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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
SOFIA DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS

Citation names

  • Santos, Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A615-6D07-EF99
ORCID iD
0009-0005-9383-6118

Email addresses

  • soliveirasofia13@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 927256025 (Personal)

Addresses

  • CIIMAR - Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental., 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
  • FCUP-Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia , 4169-007, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/10/01 - 2028/09/30
Ongoing
 Doctoral Programme in Animal Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/12
Ongoing
 Cambridge English C1 Advanced (CAE) course (Outros)
YES-Your English School, Portugal
2024/03/02 - 2024/06/01
Ongoing
 Writing in the Sciences-online course (Postgraduate Certificate)
Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
2021/09 - 2023/11
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Characterization of PSI-mediated vacuolar transport through genomic and proteomic approaches" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2017/08/31 - 2021/07/18
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14/20
2015/09 - 2016/10
Concluded
 FCE (FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH) course (Outros)
YES-Your English School, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/03/14 - 2024/09/30 Researcher (Research) BIOFABICS-3D Biotissue Analogues, Portugal
2024/04/14 - 2024/07/31 Researcher (Research) BIOFABICS-3D Biotissue Analogues, Portugal
Universität Graz Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, Austria

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10/01 - 2028/09/30 PhD student Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
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2023/12 - 2024/03 Research internship: Exploring PSI's Uncharacterized Loop: Its Role in Endomembrane Dynamics and Protein Transport, under the supervision of Dr. Cláudia Pereira Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/06/01 - 2023/11/29 Master thesis: Characterization of PSI-mediated vacuolar trafficking through genomic and proteomic approaches Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020/09/15 - 2021/07/21 Curricular internship: Functional characterization of anti-CSP monovalent fragment antigen binding (Fab), under the supervision of Dr. Joana Tavares and Dr. Begoña Pérez-Cabezas Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/09/30 - 2020/06/30 Extra-curricular internship: Feed Composition and feeding frequency effects in appetite regulation in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), under the supervision of Dr. Ana Couto Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/04/14 - 2024/07/31 Active organotypic models for nanoparticle toxicological screening
823981
10.3030/823981
Researcher
BIOFABICS-3D Biotissue Analogues, Portugal

Universität Graz Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, Austria
European Commission
Ongoing
2022/06 - 2023/11 StressNet - Membrane remodeling under stress: characterization of protein determinants and interaction networks
PTDC/BIA-FBT/32013/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/09/15 - 2021/07/04 BLOCKSPORO :Bloquear a migração de esporozoitos de Plasmodium da pele até ao fígado
PTDC/SAU-PAR/31340/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/09/30 - 2020/06/30 ATLANTIDA Platform for the monitoring of the North Atlantic ocean and tools for the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040
Researcher
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Oliveira, Sofia; Cláudia Sofia de Jesus Queirós Pereira; Sampaio, Miguel. "Cynara cardunculus PSIs form homo and/or heterodimers depending on the pH, with an oral presentation". Paper presented in 16.º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  2. Oliveira, Sofia; Tavares, Joana; Begoña Pérez-Cabezas; Ana Rafaela Azevedo Teixeira. "Functional characterization of anti-CSP monovalent fragment antigen binding (Fab)". Paper presented in IJUP’21 – 14º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, Porto, 2021.
Conference poster
  1. Oliveira, Sofia. "Characterization of vacuolar sorting pathways in a SYP22/SYP23 Arabidopsis double mutant". Paper presented in 2nd EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting, 6th Meeting in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, 2022.
  2. Oliveira, Sofia. "Functional Characterization of Anti CSP Monovalent Fragment Antigen Binding (Fab". Paper presented in IJUP 2021 (Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto), 2021.
Journal article
  1. Sampaio, Miguel; Santos, Sofia; Jesus, Ana Marta; Pissarra, José; Di Sansebastiano, Gian Pietro; Alvim, Jonas; Pereira, Cláudia. "Interaction Dynamics of Plant-Specific Insert Domains from Cynara cardunculus: A Study of Homo- and Heterodimer Formation". Molecules 29 21 (2024): 5139. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29215139.
    10.3390/molecules29215139
  2. Oliveira, Sofia; Neves, João; Cláudia Sofia de Jesus Queirós Pereira; Moura, Inês. "Aspartic Proteinases in Focus: A Reexamination of Plant-Specific Inserts and Their Functional Significance". Journal of Experimental Botany (2024):
    Submitted
  3. Sampaio, Miguel; Oliveira, Sofia; Cláudia Sofia de Jesus Queirós Pereira. "Dimerization dynamics of cardosins PSIs: insights into molecular interactions". Plant Science (2024):
    Submitted
  4. Cardoso, Tatiana; Sampaio, Miguel; Neves, João; Oliveira, Sofia; Moura, Inês; Séneca, Ana; Pissarra, José; Pereira, Susana; Pereira, Cláudia. "Plant-Specific Insert (PSI)-Mediated Vacuolar Sorting Is Not Disrupted in Arabidopsis Mutant with Abnormal ER Morphology". International Journal of Plant Biology 14 4 (2023): 1034-1050. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijpb14040075.
    Published • 10.3390/ijpb14040075
Preprint
  1. Cardoso, Tatiana; Sampaio, Miguel; Neves, João; Oliveira, Sofia; Moura, Inês; Séneca, Ana; Pissarra, José; Pereira, Susana; Pereira, Cláudia. "PSI-mediated Vacuolar Sorting is not Disrupted in Arabidopsis leb-2 Mutant". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0023.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202304.0023.v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05 Cynara cardunculus PSIs form homo and/or heterodimers depending on the pH. IJUP 2023 (Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto)
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/11/02 Characterization of vacuolar sorting pathways in a SYP22/SYP23 Arabidopsis double mutant 2nd EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Université Paris-Saclay (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/07 Functional characterization of anti-CSP monovalent fragment antigen binding (Fab) Encontro Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP) 14ª edition
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05/18 - 2023/05/18 FASCINATION OF PLANTS DAY: During this day, we did some activities we do daily at the laboratory for high school students. (2023/05/18 - 2023/05/18)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/02/20 - 2019/02/21 Organization of "Dias Abertos", a initiative led by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. Development of several demonstrations of experiments within the Degree in Biology to high school students. (2019/02/20 - 2019/02/21)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/20 - 2023/04/23 Participation in the "Mostra UPorto" for the divulgation of the scientific activities developed at GreenUPorto Research Centre
Exhibition
 Mostra da Universidade do Porto 2023
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/11/15 - 2021/11/18 Participation at the 7th Forensic Science Course
Conference
 7th Forensic Science Course
AEFCUP - Associação de Estudantes da Universidade do Porto , Portugal, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/07 Monitor in the science outreach activities: Biology: insects systematics and taxonomy
Workshop
 Universidade Júnior
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/06 - 2023/03 Biologia Molecular (Western Blot, PCR, in-vitro culture) Leonel Soares