Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Bibiana Ferreira
Citation names
- Ferreira, Bibiana I.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- A311-E925-09C5
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4772-9395
Email addresses
- bibiana.i.ferreira@gmail.com (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23008110200 (Scholar)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bibiana-ferreira-a4133a19/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2009/11/26
Concluded
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Biologia molecular, Bioquímica y Biomedicina (Doctor)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Spain "ROLE OF GENOMIC INSTABILITY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CHROMOSOMAL REARRANGEMENTS" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Summa Cum Laude |
2005/06/16
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/09/07 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | AD-Algarve Biomedical Center, Portugal |
2018/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
2015/10/01 - 2018/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
2010/06/01 - 2015/07/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016/10/01 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/03 - Current | Organic Unit Director | AD-Algarve Biomedical Center, Portugal |
2018/10 - Current | Cordenadora Cientifica da Unidade de Citometria | Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/01 - 2016/12 | Honorary Editor | BioMedWorld - Biomedworld Bioscience Limited, China |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - Current | ENDURING- Desvendar mecanismos de resistência em Glioblastoma
PTDC/MED-ONC/4167/2020-
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2021 - Current | PtCAC- ABC
72682
Principal investigator
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Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Algarve |
2020 - Current | Development of a new assay do detect SARS-CoV-2 directly from clinical samples
126_596760136
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2017 - Current | Characterizing the clinical relevance and the mechanism underlying TRIB2-mediated drug resistance to MEK inhibitors in the
context of melanoma
LPCC/NRS Terry Fox 2017
Principal investigator
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Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro
Concluded
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2019 - 2021 | Targeting TRIB2-mediated drug resistance in melanoma (RESIST)
RTI2018-094629-B-I00
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2017 - 2019 | RED transfronteriza para el desarrollo de productos innovadores con microALGAs (ALGARED+)
ALGARED+
Researcher
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
---|---|---|
2018 - Current | TRIBBLES
748585
Principal investigator
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European Commission -Marie Curie
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2019 - Current | Using natural products from regional grapes/wine capable of regulating FOXO factors as potential anti-aging drugs
CBMR Synergy Grant 2019
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/02 | Discovering drugs to overcome anti-cancer drug resistance | Challenging organic synthesis inspired by nature - from natural products chemistry to drug discovery, COST action-CM1407 |
2016/07 | Melanoma is in TRIBBLES | 1st CBMR/ProRegeM Annual Meeting |
2016/06 | A CRISPR view on TRIBBLES proteins | Tribbles Proteins at the Interface of Metabolism and Cancer |
2016/04 | Characterization of TRIB2-mediated resistance to anti-melanoma drugs | Jornadas de Investigação em Oncologia em Portugal |
2008/09 | Patterns of Genomic Instability associated with cell cycle and DNA repair in Ewing sarcomas – gene expression and aCGH profiling | 11th European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Solid Tumours (11th EWCMGST) |
2007/05 | MOLECULAR PROFILING OF THE GENOME | MC-GARD Conference |
2006/09 | t(11;22) Ewing sarcomas genomic characterization by high resolution CGH array reveals distinct subgroups | 3rd Marie Curie Conference on array CGH and molecular cytogenetics |
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019 - Current | Studying the role of hypoxia in glioblastoma
Co-supervisor
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Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019 - Current | Generation of drug resistant cell lines as a model to study melanoma, pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma
Supervisor
|
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2019 - Current | Characterizing the role of FOXO regulators and FOXO isoforms in cancer
Supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2016 - Current | Integrin alpha5beta1 and resistance to cancer therapies: Role of endocytosis in resistance to gefitinib
Co-supervisor
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Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2016 - Current | Characterization of TRIB2 mediated drug resistance and its validation as a novel diagnostic marker
Co-supervisor
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ProREGEM (PhD) |
2019 - 2019 | Study of a panel of inhibitors on TRIB2 –AKT association by Protein Complementation Assay
Supervisor
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Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Other) |
2018 - 2019 | Study of the TRIB2 protein network
Supervisor
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Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Efeito de diferentes terapêuticas citotóxicas na expressão do CD133, Wnt/ß-catenina no cancro do colo do útero
Co-supervisor
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Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing: from basic research to translational medicine
Supervisor
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Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Other) |
2017 - 2018 | CRISPR: Appplications in Human pathologies and future prospects
Co-supervisor
|
Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Characterization of TRIB2-mediated resistance to pharmacological inhibition of MEK
Co-supervisor
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Oncobiologia - Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2016 - 2016 | Generating Cellular Models to Unravel the Oncogenic Properties of TRIB2 in Melanoma Cells Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System
Supervisor
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mestrado integrado em medicina (Other)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/03/30 - Current | Coordinator of the "COVID19 Testing Unit" at ABC. Responsible for the implementation of the COVID19 diagnostic lab at the
Universidade do Algarve. (2020)
Other
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2020/02 - Current | MIcromundo- Programa de sensibilizaçao do uso de antibioticos na populaçao a longo prazo.
https://tinyearth.wisc.edu/ (2020/02)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
2020/01/30 - 2020/01/31 | 2nd Joint COST-WG4-WG5 TRANSAUTOPHAGY Translational Workshop (2020/01/30 - 2020/01/31)
Congress
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Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal |
2020/01 - 2020/01 | INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE PORTUGUESE SOCIETY OF GENETICS (2020/01/23 - 2020/01/24)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
2019/11/25 - 2019/11/27 | Flow Cytometry Course - CBMR Training Program (2019/11/25 - 2019/11/27)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal |
2008/03/10 - 2008/03/11 | CNIO ONCOTRAIN Workshop: “New Battlefields in Cancer- Attacking in Many Fronts (2008/03)
Conference
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Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Spain |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2020/05/05 - 2020/05/08 | Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders:
Leadership and management skills are critical for a successful career in science. This course has been designed to meet the
specific needs of researchers progression into an independent position.
Workshop
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Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders |
2019/06/05 - 2019/06/07 | Workshop on Genome Editing using CRISPR-Cas9:
The aim of this workshop is to provide hands-on training in genome editing in mammalian cells using the powerful CRISPR/Cas9
system. It will cover topics from sgRNA design, molecular cloning and transfection, through off-target assessment, validation
and different applications.
Workshop
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Workshop on Genome Editing using CRISPR-Cas9
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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2013 - 2013 | Modern Marketing for Scientists: “How to Sell Yourself and Your Work” (Marc Kuchner) |
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States
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2005 - 2005 | Workshop on molecular biology and cellular of cancer – Introduction to the cellular and molecular mechanisms |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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---|---|---|
2019 | Avaliação da expressão de PD-L1 e de subpopulações linfocitárias em Cancro da mama
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Cátia Neto (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019 | MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOSENSING AND IMMUNOPRECIPITATION
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Christian Perez (Master) |
2019 | Study of the TRIB2 protein network
Supervisor
|
Catarina Raposo (Master) |
2017 | Analysis of transcriptional and post- transcriptional regulators of DUSP4, a human gene associated with CRC
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Tatiana Varela (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 | Nanoparticulas de ouro no tratamento do cancro da mama
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Raquel Marques (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 | Integrin alpha5beta1 and resistance to cancer therapies: Role of endocytosis in resistance to gefitinib
Supervisor
|
Elisabete Cruz da SILVA (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2017 | Characterization of TRIB2-mediated resistance to pharmacological inhibition of MEK
Supervisor
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Vanessa Henriques (Master) |
2016 | Contribuição para a identificação do papel da MGP no desenvolvimento tumoral no cancro colorretal
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Inês Martins Silva (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2015 - Current | Associaçao Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/01 - Current | Member of the Executive board of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Member
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Portuguese Society of Genetics, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2016/09 - Current | Progressão Tumoral | Oncobiologia- Mecanismos Moleculares do Cancro (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal |
2019/10/03 - 2019/10/03 | Seminar: "Keep your cells CRISPr" | Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2008 - 2010 | Identificación de alteraciones en el genoma utilizando array-CGH | (Master) | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Spain |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2021/02/11 - Current | TSF- igualdade de genero | Mulheres na ciência: muitas habilitações e ainda sem estabilidade na vida |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2017/06 - Current | Scientific Reports (2045-2322) | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2017 | LPCC-Terry Fox |
2017 | MCSC- Marie Curie Re-Integration Fellowship |
2014 | Bolsa de Post-Doutoramento |
2005 | Bolsa de Doutoramento- ONCOTRAIN Program - Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher MEST-CT-2005-6423 |