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Ana Capitão is a Junior Researcher (4th Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - FCT). ACADEMIC: Master in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2012, University of Aveiro), and PhD in Biology (2017, University of Porto). EXPERTISE: Ana Capitão has wide knowledge in environmental contaminants, molecular and cellular biology and bioinformatic tools; SUPERVISION: 3 BsC ; MENTORING: 5 Master students; 2 BsC; JURY (main arguer): 3 Master Degree; JURY: 1 PhD; PUBLICATIONS: 17 publications in international peer reviewed journals , 2 book chapters, h-index 8; 158 citing articles (Web of Science); TOP PUBLICATIONS (IF>7): Journal of Hazardous Materials (1); Environmental Science & Technology (1); Environment International (1); Environmental Pollution (1); CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: 1; PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS: 12; COMMUNICATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS: 22; TOTAL INVITED SPEAKER: 2; AWARDS: 2; REVIEWER: 16 (Web of Science)
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Maria Ferreira Capitão

Citation names

  • CAPITÃO, ANA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
961A-F7EC-41AF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8458-3439
Researcher Id
AAD-1871-2020

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/01 - 2022/01
Concluded
 Python Data Structures (Outros)
University of Michigan, United States
 98.40%
2021/12 - 2021/12
Concluded
 Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) (Outros)
University of Michigan, United States
 99.08%
2021/07 - 2021/07
Concluded
 SARS-CoV-2 Protein Modeling and Drug Docking (Outros)
Coursera Inc, United States
2013/05 - 2017/12/19
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Screening obesogens in aquatic model organisms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2016
Concluded
 Molecular data analysis (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015
Concluded
 Introduction to R for the Biological Sciences (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014
Concluded
 Advanced course: Biomarkers (Outros)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2012
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Sciences Course - Aquatic Species (Outros)
Major in FELASA-Category B
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2011
Concluded
 CCP (Certificate of Pedagogical Skills) (Outros)
Fundação para a Divulgação das Tecnologias da Informação - FDTI, Portugal
2008/09 - 2010/12/21
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Magnetic field effect in three chlorophyta species" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2004/09 - 2007/07/12
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Biotecnologia
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/06/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/05/01 - 2022/03/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2020/06/15 - 2021/04/14 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2020/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/05/01 - 2017/12/19 PhD student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/04/30 - 2013/05/01 Research fellow Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2008/05/01 - 2012/01/31 Research fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/05/01 - 2017/04/30 SCREENING OBESOGENS IN AQUATIC MODEL ORGANISMS
SFRH/BD/90664/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/05/03 - 2012/01/31 Effects of an anisotropic magnetic field in algae life cycle
COOL-MAGNET (BI/FIS/COOL-MAG/MAR-10)
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
Concluded
2008/05/01 - 2010/04/30 Effects of EM field in cells and simple organisms
UI_03_2008
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/05/01 - Current SHARP – Short-chain PFAS: A dangerous loophole in environmental regulations?
2021.02220.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/05/01 - 2022/02/28 UNRAvEL - Understanding the Mechanisms of Toxicity of NanomateRials - EnvironmentaL impact Assessment
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029035
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2020/06/15 - 2021/04/14 CARTILFACTORY - DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE-SCALE ENGINEERED CARTILAGE-LIKE MANUFACTURING-SYSTEM COMBINING ELECTROSPINNING OF CHONDROCYTE-LADEN 3D SCAFFOLDS WITH DIRECT 3D CELL EXPANSION AND MECHANICAL-STIMULUS ON BIOREACTOR
PTDC/EME-SIS/28424/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2017/11/01 - 2020/01/31 BIOmaterial RIsk MAnagement
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/760928/EU
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2012/05/01 - 2013/04/30 The modulation of retinoid and thyroid signalling pathways by endocrine disrupting chemicals: invertebrate insights
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/115199/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/06/01 - 2023/05/31 BIOMAG – Magnetic bionanocomposites for micropollutant removal and water reuse
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-181268
Researcher
Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2022/10/31 Trans-phyletic obesogenic responses: from epigenetic modules to transgenerational environmental impacts
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31544/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/02 - 2021/07/01 The Metazoan Endocrine System in the Anthropocene Epoch: from EVOlution to DISruption
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31342/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2018 Coral - Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000036
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Semitela, Â.; Couto, J.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendes, A.F.; Marques, P.A.A.P.; Completo, A.. "Bilayered arcade-like scaffolds for articular cartilage repair". In Advances and Current Trends in Biomechanics, 182-186. CRC Press, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-41
  2. Semitela, Â.; Pereira, A.L.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendes, A.F.; Marques, P.A.A.P.; Completo, A.. "Automated fabrication of 3D chondrocyte-laden anisotropic scaffolds for articular cartilage". In Advances and Current Trends in Biomechanics, 187-191. CRC Press, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-42
Conference abstract
  1. Santos, Miguel; Lyssimachou, Angeliki; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Capitao, Ana; Fonseca, Elza; Ruivo, Raquel; Castro, Luís Filipe C.. "Obesogens: molecular signaling pathways in fish". 2015.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2015.03.00245
  2. CAPITÃO, ANA. "Germoplasm bank construction and genetic characterization of the endemic flora from Berlengas Natural Park through RAPD". Paper presented in 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona, 2007.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.07.053
Conference poster
  1. Gaspar, Laetitia; CAPITÃO, ANA; Santos, Barbara; Ferreira Mendes, Alexandrina; Cavadas, Claudia; S. Moreira, Irina; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Systematic Review and Pathway Analysis of differentially expressed microRNAs in Obstructive Sleep Apnea". Paper presented in Annual congress of the European-Respiratory-Society (ERS), 2023.
    10.1183/13993003.congress-2023.pa3599
  2. Gaspar, Laetitia S; CAPITÃO, ANA; Santos, Bárbara; Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira ; Cavadas, Claudia; Moreira, Irina S; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Exploring microRNAs as biomarkers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea". Paper presented in eSleep Europe, 2023.
  3. Gaspar, Laetitia S; CAPITÃO, ANA; Santos, Bárbara; Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira ; Cavadas, Claudia; Moreira, Irina S; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Systematic review of miRNA Expression Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: insights into associated pathways and contribution to disease". Paper presented in 17th World Sleep Congress, 2023.
  4. Gaspar, Laetitia S; CAPITÃO, ANA; Santos, Bárbara; Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira ; Cavadas, Claudia; Moreira, Irina S; Álvaro, Ana Rita. "Differential expression of microRNAs in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Systematic Review and Pathway Analysis". Paper presented in PharmaDay, 2023.
  5. Semitela, Ângela; Pereira, A.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendes, A. F.; Marques, A. P.. "Automated fabrication of 3D chondrocyte-laden anisotropic scaffolds for articular cartilage". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-42
  6. Semitela, Ângela; Couto, J.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendes, A. F.; Marques, P. A.; Completo, António. "Bilayered arcade-like scaffolds for articular cartilage repair". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, 2021.
    10.1201/9781003217152-41
  7. Semitela, Ângela; Pereira, A.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendes, A. F.; Marques, P. A.; Completo, António. "Automated manufacture of anisotropic electrospun scaffolds towards articular cartilage repair". Paper presented in TEchMA 2021– 4th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, 2021.
  8. CAPITÃO, ANA; Lopes-Marques, Mónica S.; Raquel Ruivo; Mendiratta, Nicolau; Fonseca, Elza S. S.; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Miguel M. Santos. "The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus is a target of the model obesogen tributyltin: an in vitro and in vivo study". Paper presented in 31st Congress ESPB - New European Society for Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry, 2018.
  9. CAPITÃO, ANA; Rocha, Filipa; Valente, Luísa; Santos, Miguel M.. "Gonadal growth and maturation of P. lividus under laboratory control conditions". Paper presented in 31st Congress ESPB - New European Society for Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry, 2018.
  10. CAPITÃO, ANA; Lyssimachou, Angeliki; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Santos, Miguel M.. "Obesogens in the aquatic environment". Paper presented in SETAC europe 28th Annual Meeting, 2018.
  11. Lopes-Marques, Mónica S.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Raquel Ruivo; Fonseca, Elza S. S.; Santos, Miguel M.; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Structural and molecular underpinnings of variable obesogen sensitivity in vertebrates". Paper presented in 7th Portugalia Genetica, 2018.
  12. Lopes-Marques, Mónica S.; Ruivo, Raquel; Sainath, S. B.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Santos, Miguel M.; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "PPAR ORTHOLOGUE FROM A LOPHOTROCOZOAN MOLLUSC: INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF NUCLEAR RECEPTORS". Paper presented in 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, 2014.
  13. CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendiratta, S.K.; Monteiro, J.; Calado, A.. "Effect of continuous magnetic field on the division cycle of Spirogyra sp., Pediastrum sp., Pandorina sp.". Paper presented in Horizons in Molecular Biology, 2010.
  14. CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendiratta, S.K.; Monteiro, J.. "Effect of electromagnetic fields on living organisms:Examples of a single filament of a Spirogyra Alga and a common grass plant". Paper presented in 1st meeting I3N, 2008.
  15. CAPITÃO, ANA; Mendiratta, S.K.; Monteiro, J.. "Observation of effect of continuous magnetic field on the life cycle of Single Filament of a Spirogyra Alga". Paper presented in 16ª Conferência Nacional de Fisíca, 2008.
  16. Monteiro, J.H.; Mendiratta, S.K.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Capitão, A.; Monteiro, Jorge H.; Mendiratta, Sushil Kumar; Capitao, Ana. "Effect of microwave fields on the germination period and shoot growth rate of some seeds". Paper presented in International Conference of Recent Advances in Microwave Theory and Applications, 2008.
    10.1109/AMTA.2008.4763071
  17. CAPITÃO, ANA. "Germoplasm bank construction and genetic characterization of the endemic flora from Berlengas Natural Park through RAPD". Paper presented in 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, 2007.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.07.053
Journal article
  1. Semitela, Ângela; Pinto, Susana C.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Marques, Paula A. A. P.; Completo, António. "Fabrication of Customizable and Reproducible 3D Chondrocyte-Laden Nanofibrous Architectures: Effect of Specific Fiber Alignments and Porosities on Chondrocyte Response under Cyclic Compression". ACS Applied Bio Materials 6 12 (2023): 5541-5554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00737.
    10.1021/acsabm.3c00737
  2. Barreto, Angela; Silva, Ana Rita R.; CAPITÃO, ANA; Sousa, Érika M.L.; Calisto, Vânia; Maria, Vera L.. "Nanoplastics increase the toxicity of a pharmaceutical, at environmentally relevant concentrations – A mixture design with Daphnia magna". Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 103 (2023): 104258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2023.104258.
    10.1016/j.etap.2023.104258
  3. Moço, Gabriela; Sousa, Cátia; CAPITÃO, ANA; MacKinnon, Stephen Scott; Leitão, Alcino Jorge; Mendes, Alexandrina Ferreira. "Synthesis of Carvone Derivatives and In Silico and In Vitro Screening of Anti-Inflammatory Activity in Murine Macrophages". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 3 (2023): 2263. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032263.
    10.3390/ijms24032263
  4. Barreto, Angela; Santos, Joana; CAPITÃO, ANA; Eusébio, Rodrigo; Pinheiro Damasceno, Évila; Luísa Machado, Ana; Rocha, Luciana S.; et al. "Assessment of diphenhydramine toxicity – Is its mode of action conserved between human and zebrafish?". Environment International 164 (2022): 107263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107263.
    10.1016/j.envint.2022.107263
  5. CAPITÃO, ANA; Santos, Joana; Barreto, Angela; Amorim, Mónica J. B.; Maria, Vera L.. "Single and Mixture Toxicity of Boron and Vanadium Nanoparticles in the Soil Annelid Enchytraeus crypticus: A Multi-Biomarker Approach". Nanomaterials 12 9 (2022): 1478. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12091478.
    10.3390/nano12091478
  6. Semitela, Â.; Ramalho, G.; Capitão, A.; Sousa, C.; Mendes, A.F.; AAP Marques, P.; Completo, A.. "Bio-electrospraying assessment toward in situ chondrocyte-laden electrospun scaffold fabrication". Journal of Tissue Engineering 13 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122454718&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/20417314211069342
  7. Nande, M.; Monroig, O.; Machado, A. M.; Castro, L. F. C.; Lopes-Marques, M.; Capitao, A.; Navarro, J. C.. "Dietary lipids as modulators of fatty acid profile and gene expression patterns on body compartments of Octopus vulgaris paralarvae". Aquaculture (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51628009/.
    10.1016/J.AQUACULTURE.2022.738293
  8. Capitão, Ana M.F.; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Páscoa, Inês; Sainath, S.B.; Hiromori, Youhei; Matsumaru, Daisuke; Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi; et al. "An ancestral nuclear receptor couple, PPAR-RXR, is exploited by organotins". Science of The Total Environment 797 (2021): 149044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149044.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149044
  9. Capitão, A.; Lopes-Marques, M.; Páscoa, I.; Ruivo, R.; Mendiratta, N.; Fonseca, E.; Castro, L.F.C.; Santos, M.M.. "The Echinodermata PPAR: Functional characterization and exploitation by the model lipid homeostasis regulator tributyltin". Environmental Pollution 263 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85082755161&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114467
  10. Barbosa, M.A.G.; Capela, R.; Rodolfo, J.; Fonseca, E.; Montes, R.; André, A.; Capitão, A.; et al. "Linking chemical exposure to lipid homeostasis: A municipal waste water treatment plant influent is obesogenic for zebrafish larvae". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 182 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068468504&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109406
  11. Capitão, Ana M. F.; Lopes-Marques, Mónica S.; Ishii, Yoichiro; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza S. S.; Páscoa, Inês; Jorge, Rodolfo P.; et al. "Evolutionary Exploitation of Vertebrate Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma by Organotins". Environmental Science & Technology 52 23 (2018): 13951-13959. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04399.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b04399
  12. Ruivo, R.; Capitão, A.; Castro, L.F.C.; Santos, M.M.. "The cycling gonad: retinoic-acid synthesis and degradation patterns during adult zebrafish Danio rerio oogenesis". Journal of Fish Biology 92 4 (2018): 1051-1064. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042221550&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jfb.13564
  13. Santos, M.M.; Ruivo, R.; Capitão, A.; Fonseca, E.; Castro, L.F.C.. "Identifying the gaps: Resources and perspectives on the use of nuclear receptor based-assays to improve hazard assessment of emerging contaminants". Journal of Hazardous Materials 358 (2018): 508-511. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85046755659&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.04.076
  14. Barros, S.; Montes, R.; Quintana, J.B.; Rodil, R.; André, A.; Capitão, A.; Soares, J.; Santos, M.M.; Neuparth, T.. "Chronic environmentally relevant levels of simvastatin disrupt embryonic development, biochemical and molecular responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio)". Aquatic Toxicology 201 (2018): 47-57. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048489692&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.05.014
  15. Ana André; Raquel Ruivo; Ana Capitão; Elsa Froufe; Inês Páscoa; Luís Filipe Costa Castro; Miguel Machado Santos. "Cloning and functional characterization of a retinoid X receptor orthologue in Platynereis dumerilii : An evolutionary and toxicological perspective". Chemosphere 182 (2017): 753-761. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.chemosphere.2017.05.064.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.064
  16. Ana Capitão; Angeliki Lyssimachou; Luís Filipe Costa Castro; Miguel M. Santos. "Obesogens in the aquatic environment: an evolutionary and toxicological perspective". Environment International 106 (2017): 153-169. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.envint.2017.06.003.
    10.1016/j.envint.2017.06.003
  17. Coimbra, A.M.; Peixoto, M.J.; Coelho, I.; Lacerda, R.; Carvalho, A.P.; Gesto, M.; Lyssimachou, A.; et al. "Chronic effects of clofibric acid in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A multigenerational study". Aquatic Toxicology 160 (2015): 76-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928704596&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.01.013
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. CAPITÃO, ANA. "Screening obesogens in aquatic model organisms". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/110057.
  2. CAPITÃO, ANA. "Effect of electromagnetic fields on three Chlorophyta". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/7299.

Other

Other output
  1. Chronic environmentally relevant levels of Simvastatin induces non-monotonic responses in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). 2018. Barros, S.; Montes, R.; Quintana, J.B.; Rodil, R.; André, A.; Capitão, A.; Soares, J.; Santos, M.M.; Neuparth, T.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095521378&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/289694
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/02 In Silico screnning of short-chain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for endocrine disruption potential Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/07/07 Molecular tools in nanotoxicity Seminar for animal biodiversity postgraduate students
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS, (GOIÂNIA, Brazil)
2020 The Echinodermata PPAR: functional characterization and exploitation by the model lipid homeostasis regulator tributyltin SETAC SciCon 30th annual Meeting
(Dublin, Ireland)
2018/05/16 The evolution of obesogen-induced phenotypes in vertebrates SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting
(Rome, Italy)
2017/10/27 Screening obesogens in aquatic model organisms Neptune Seminar Series
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2015 Obesogens: molecular signaling pathways in fish XV European Congress of Ichthyology
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/15 - 2022/06/03 Which will be the toxic effects of single and combined exposures of various (nano)materials of Rare Earth Elements on Folsomia candida?
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2022/06 Evaluation of changes in gene expression in organisms exposed to nanomaterials
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/06 Isolation of the thyroid receptor in Priapulus caudatus and Platynereis dumerilii
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/10/29 - 2021/11/13 EIT Health i-Days - Competition among student teams from a range of disciplines encourages a new generation of health innovators. I-Days educate and inspire university students to tackle Europe¿s healthcare challenges.
Other
 EIT Health i-Days
EIT Health, Germany
2021/04 - 2021/04 Conversas com Cientistas - Décadas de Ciência para Dias de Vacinas (speaking with scientist - decades of science for days of vaccines) consisted in talks between scientists and non-scientists (including but not limited to the school audience) regarding the different COVID-19 vaccines and the decades of research that allowed the quick response from the pharmaceutical industry.
Other
 Conversas com Cientistas - Décadas de Ciência para Dias de Vacinas
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Participation in FCT NOVA challenge with Escola Secundária da Maia - FCT NOVA challenge is a competition to stimulate the scientific interest of high-school students.
Other
 FCT NOVA challenge
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/18 Generational effects of priority emerging pollutants Susana Andreia Teixeira Barros (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2022/11/08 Gammarid Nuclear Receptors: receptor-based tools for endocrine disruption assessment
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Pedro Costa Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/12/09 Chronic life-cycle studies with the priority pharmaceutical metformin: molecular and biochemical assessment with Danio rerio
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marta Duarte Caldas Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/10/13 Optimization of a molecular cell-based sensor to detect PPAR¿ ligands – a tool for drug discovery in cyanobacteria
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rita Biltes Lopes Gonçalves Machado (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/11 - Current Frontiers in Pharmacology
2023/05/01 - Current Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
2021/04 - Current Chemosphere Elsevier
2020/05 - Current General and Comparative Endocrinology Elsevier
2018/04 - Current Journal of Hazardous Materials Elsevier

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10/23 - 2021/10/23 Molecular Ecology (Ensino secundário) Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/08 Practical Course - Application of biological models to ecotoxicology studies (Outros) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020 - 2021 Evalution of the potencial of a new sirtuin-1 activator as drug for Alzheimer's disease Inês Rodrigues
2020 - 2021 Anti-aging potential of a new sirtuin-1 activator. Eliana Barbosa
2020 - 2021 Synthesis and screening of anti-inflammatory activity of new monoterpenic compounds Gabriela Moço
2017 - 2018 Endocrine disruptors and Obesogens Liliana Manuela Santos Ferreira
2017 - 2017 Generational effects of exposure to endocrine disruptors and emergent contaminants in non-target aquatic organisms Susana Andreia Teixeira de Barros
2016 - 2017 Obesity and environmental pollutants: a reason for concern? Melanie Audrey Gomes Barbosa
2015 - 2016 Cloning and Characterization of Two Lophotrochozoan Ecdysone Receptors Ana Filipa Azevedo de Castro
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2019 IACOBUS PAPERS II
2018 IACOBUS PAPERS I