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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia Oliveira Martins

Citation names

  • Martins, Ana Sofia
  • Ana S. Martins

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A411-97A0-6D6B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4635-1362

Email addresses

  • ana.s.martins@inl.int (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/04/01 - 2027/04/01
Ongoing
 Engenharia Biomédica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2025/01/17 - 2025/02/01
Concluded
 Curso em Oncobiologia (Diploma de especialização)
Major in Oncobiologia
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal

Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro Núcleo Regional do Norte, Portugal
2019 - 2022/02
Concluded
 Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Engineering a metastasis-on-a-chip system towards studying cell invasion and drug efficacy in lung cancer " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2022
Concluded
 Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Engineering a metastasis-on-a-chip system towards studying cell invasion and drug efficacy in lung cancer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020 - 2020
Concluded
 Curso Avançado em Bionanodispositivos para Diagnóstico Clínico (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 18
2020
Concluded
 Curso Avançado em Bionanossistemas com Aplicações Farmacêuticas e Dermocosméticas (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 17
2020
Concluded
 Curso Avançado em Nanomateriais Funcionais e Inteligentes para Aplicações Biomédicas (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 17
2019/03/14
Concluded
 WorkShop - Histologia Básica, ferramenta importante na formação de um biólogo (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/03/14
Concluded
 Workshop - Escrita Científica (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2019
Concluded
 Biologia e Geologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
(...)
2022/04/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2020/09/15 - 2022/02/28 Research Trainee (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/04/01 - Current Tumour-on-a-chip model to study the invasive potential of patient-derived circulating tumor cells
2022.14120.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - 2023 PROMISE: BioPrinted hydROgel MicrofluIdicS to mimic patient-specific tumor mEtastatic microenvironment
HR20-00637
Researcher
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - 2023 METASTARG: TARGETED MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOEMULSIONS TO INTERRUPT METASTATIC PROGRESSION
EuroNanoMed 2018
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Teixeira, Alexandra; Carneiro, Adriana; Piairo, Paulina; Xavier, Miguel; Ainla, Alar; Lopes, Cláudia; Sousa-Silva, Maria; et al. "Advances in Microfluidics for the implementation of Liquid Biopsy in Clinical Routine". In Microfluidics and Biosensors in Cancer Research, 553-590. Springer, 2022.
    Accepted • 10.1007/978-3-031-04039-9_22
Conference abstract
  1. Micaela T. Oliveira; Luke Marren; Martins, Ana Sofia ; Diéguez, Lorena; Ainla, Alar. Corresponding author: Ainla, Alar. "Electrochemical pH monitoring in cell culture systems". Paper presented in CinBio Conference, Vigo, 2022.
    Published • Assistant staff
  2. Honrado, Carlos; Martins, Ana Sofia ; Carolina Rodrigues; Ainla, Alar; Sara Abalde-Cela; Diéguez, Lorena. Corresponding author: Diéguez, Lorena. "A microfluidic tool for rare cell proliferation, expansion and study". Paper presented in CinBio Conference, Vigo, 2022.
    Published
  3. "Evaluation of lipidic nanosystems for cancer treatment in static and non static 3D models". 2022.
  4. "Metastasis-on-a-chip para a avaliação da eficácia terapêutica de nanoformulações". Paper presented in 3º Enjo - Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia, 2022.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. Micaela T. Oliveira; Luke Marren; Martins, Ana Sofia ; Diéguez, Lorena; Ainla, Alar. Corresponding author: Ainla, Alar. "Electrochemical pH monitoring in cell culture systems". Paper presented in CinBio Conference, 2022.
    Assistant staff
  2. Honrado, Carlos; Martins, Ana Sofia ; Carolina Rodrigues; Ainla, Alar; Sara Abalde-Cela; Diéguez, Lorena. Corresponding author: Diéguez, Lorena. "A microfluidic tool for rare cell proliferation, expansion and study". Paper presented in CinBio Conference, 2022.
  3. "Organ-on-a-chip system to study the invasive capacity of patient-derived circulating tumour cells". Paper presented in CinBio Conference, 2021.
  4. Martins, Ana; Xavier, Miguel. Corresponding author: Martins, Ana. "Metastasis-on-a-chip platform to study the invasive capacity of circulating tumour cells". Paper presented in EuroNanoForum conference, 2021.
  5. "Metastasis-on-a-chip system to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Nanoformulations". Paper presented in Total NanoSafe Conference, 2021.
  6. "Metastasis-on-a-chip platform to study the invasive capacity of circulating tumour cells". 2021.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Engineering a metastasis-on-a-chip system towards studying cell invasion and drug efficacy in lung cancer". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2022.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/19 Tumor-on-a-chip model to understand breast cancer metastasis 7th Annual Meeting CINBIO
(Vigo, Spain)
2022 Evaluation of lipidic nanosystems for cancer treatment in static and non static 3D models XIV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery
The Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (Spain)
2021 Metastasis-on-a-chip para avaliação da eficácia terapêutica de nanoformulações 3º Enjo - Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro - Núcleo Regional Norte (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15 I Jornadas Ciência - [Concentra] o Conhecimento. Conjunto de palestras, workshops e actividades dos cursos de licenciatura de Biologia Aplicada, Biologia e Geologia, Ciências do Ambiente e Bioquímica, da Escola de Ciências da Universidade do Minho. (2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 I Simpósio de Biofísica e Bionanossistemas - Palestras, actividades e mesa redonda relacionadas com Biofísica e Bionanossistemas
Symposium
 I Simpósio de Biofísica e Bionanossistemas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 Best Oral Contribution
Universidade de Vigo, Spain