FERNANDO EDUARDO FREITAS DE OLIVEIRA (A710-D8B4-0BE7)

Curriculum Vitae

FERNANDO EDUARDO FREITAS DE OLIVEIRA

Fernando Oliveira completed his PhD in Bioengenharia in 2019 at Universidade do Minho, his MSc in Tecnologia Bioquímica em Saúde in 2013 at Escola Superior de Saúde - Instituto Politécnico do Porto, and his BSc in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (formerly Análises Clínicas e Saúde Pública) in 2011 at the same institution. Since 2021, he has been an Invited Adjunct Teacher at Escola Superior de Saúde - Instituto Politécnico do Porto, where he has taught different courses as part of the BSc in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences. He has also been providing Medical Writing services to top pharmaceutical companies since 2021.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: FERNANDO EDUARDO FREITAS DE OLIVEIRA

Citation names

Oliveira, Fernando E.
Oliveira, Fernando
Oliveira, F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A710-D8B4-0BE7
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7984-8968
Scopus Author Id: 56136497700

Email addresses

ffo@ess.ipp.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto - Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 400, , 4200-072, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology
Medical and Health Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/07/01 - 2019/12/02 Concluded	Bioengenharia (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "The role of iron uptake in Stapylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and virulence" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very Good
2011/09/01 - 2013/09/06 Concluded	Tecnologia Bioquímica em Saúde (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal "Diversity and characterisation of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from healthy individuals in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18/20
2007/09 - 2011/07 Concluded	Análises Clínicas e Saúde Pública (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal "Comparative study of two automated DNA purification methods" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02/06 - 2021/05/05	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09/15 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2018/03 - 2019/09	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/04 - 2020/06	Volunteer: SARS-CoV-2/ COVID19 testing	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2019/12/02	PhD Fellow	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/09/15 - 2015/06/30	Research Fellow	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2014/04/14 - 2014/08/15	Biomedical Scientist	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

2012/02/01 - 2013/12/31	Scientific Initiation/ Research Technician Fellow	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2011/04/30	Integration Into Research Grant Fellow	Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
	Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015/07/01 - 2019/06/30	The role of iron uptake in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and virulence SFRH/BD/101399/2014 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2009/09/01 - 2010/08/31	Effect of chitosan in the primary and secondary haemostasis processes CBQF/C2008/BII-2009/01-13 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/02/06 - Current	Impact of S. epidermidis dormancy and persistence in host pathogenesis POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029553 Researcher Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/08/01 - 2019/11/30	Strategic funding 2019 UID/BIO/04469/2019 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Governo da República Portuguesa Concluded
2015/07/01 - 2019/06/30	Impact of S. epidermidis dormancy and persistence in host pathogenesis POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029553 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2014/09/01 - 2015/06/30	LEPAE/CEFT - reinforcing R&D engineering competences in Energy, Environment & Health SAESCTN - PIIC&DT/1/2011 - NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000025 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/09/01 - 2013/12/31	Molecular interactions between S. epidermidis biofilm cells and the murine host response FCT PTDC/BIA-MIC/113450/2009 Research Technician Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/06/01 - 2012/11/30	Molecular interactions between S. epidermidis biofilm cells and the murine host response FCT PTDC/BIA-MIC/113450/2009 Scientific Initiation Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022/01/17 - 2033/11/16	Understanding antibiotic resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci: a transcriptomics approach EXPL/BIA-MIC/0032/2021 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

Oliveira, Fernando E.; Correia, Alexandra; Rohde, Holger; Cerca, Nuno; Vilanova, Manuel. "Iron acquisition influences the interaction between Staphylococcus epidermidis and the host innate immune system". Paper presented in Microbiotec'19, 2019.
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Rohde, Holger; Cerca, Nuno. "Staphylococcus epidermidis heavily relies on its iron acquisition systems to form biofilms". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI2018), 2018.
Melo, Luís D. R.; Pinto, Graça; Oliveira, Fernando E.; França, Ângela Maria Oliveira Sousa; Vilas Boas, Diana; Almeida, Carina; Sillankorva, Sanna; Cerca, Nuno; Azeredo, Joana. "Disclosing the complexity involved in phage-biofilm interaction: the case study of a Sep1virus phage infecting S. epidermidis". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, 2017.
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Cerca, N.. "Biological validation of putative iron-related genes in Staphylococcus epidermidis: how iron induces physiologic and transcriptomic changes on biofilm cells". Paper presented in 7th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS 2017), 2017.
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Soares, Pedro Migel Oliveira; Cerca, Nuno. "Iron availability modulates biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art, 2016.
Melo, Luís Daniel Rodrigues; Oliveira, Fernando E.; Sillankorva, Sanna; Pérez-Cabezas, B.; Vilanova, Manuel; Azeredo, J.; Cerca, Nuno. "Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms are resistant to phage infection due to the protective effect of the biofilm matrix". Paper presented in EMBO Viruses of microbes: structure and function, from molecules to communities, 2014.
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Cerca, Nuno. "Relationship between biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance in commensal isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis". Paper presented in V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2013, 2013.
Freitas, Ana Isabel Costa Oliveira; Oliveira, Fernando; Ramos, H; Vasconcelos, C.; Vilanova, Manuel; Cerca, N.. "Genotypic and phenotypic differences between nosocomial and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from northern Portugal". Paper presented in EUROBIOFILMS 2013 - 3rd European Congress on Microbial Biofilms: Basic and Clinical Aspects,, 2013.
Pérez-Cabezas, B.; Oliveira, C.; Carvalhais, Virginia; Freitas, Ana Isabel Costa Oliveira; Oliveira, Fernando; Cerca, N.; Vilanova, Manuel. "Medium supplementation with magnesium prevented the induction of dormancy in biofilms of clinical and commensal isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis". Paper presented in BioMicroWorld 2013 - V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, 2013.
Melo, Luís Daniel Rodrigues; Oliveira, Fernando E.; Sillankorva, Sanna; Pérez-Cabezas, B.; Vilanova, Manuel; Azeredo, Joana; Cerca, N.. "Efficacy studies of phage phiIBB-Sep1 against S. epidermidis cells under different metabolic states". Paper presented in Biofilms 5, 2012.

Journal article

Oliveira, Fernando; Gaio, Vânia; Brás, Susana; Oliveira, Sofia; França, Angela. "Host Soluble Factors Cause Changes in Staphylococcus epidermidis Antibiotic Susceptibility and Biofilm Formation Ability". Pathogens 12 8 (2023): 1064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12081064.
10.3390/pathogens12081064
Oliveira, Fernando; Lima, Tânia; Correia, Alexandra; Silva, Ana Margarida; Soares, Cristina; Morais, Simone; Weißelberg, Samira; et al. "Involvement of the Iron-Regulated Loci hts and fhuC in Biofilm Formation and Survival of Staphylococcus epidermidis within the Host". Microbiology Spectrum 10 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02168-21.
10.1128/spectrum.02168-21
Oliveira, Fernando; Lima, Tânia; Correia, Alexandra; Silva, Ana Margarida; Soares, Cristina; Morais, Simone; Weißelberg, Samira; et al. "Siderophore-Mediated Iron Acquisition Plays a Critical Role in Biofilm Formation and Survival of Staphylococcus epidermidis Within the Host". Frontiers in Medicine 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.799227.
10.3389/fmed.2021.799227
Oliveira, Fernando; Rohde, Holger; Vilanova, Manuel; Cerca, Nuno. "Fighting Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm-Associated Infections: Can Iron Be the Key to Success?". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.798563.
10.3389/fcimb.2021.798563
Oliveira, Fernando; Rohde, Holger; Vilanova, Manuel; Cerca, Nuno. "The Emerging Role of Iron Acquisition in Biofilm-Associated Infections". Trends in Microbiology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2021.02.009.
Published • 10.1016/j.tim.2021.02.009
Melo, Luís D. R.; Pinto, Graça; Oliveira, Fernando; Vilas-Boas, Diana; Almeida, Carina; Sillankorva, Sanna; Cerca, Nuno; Azeredo, Joana. "The Protective Effect of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Matrix against Phage Predation". Viruses 12 10 (2020): 1076. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12101076.
Published • 10.3390/v12101076
Oliveira, Fernando E.; França, A; Cerca, N.. "Staphylococcus epidermidis is largely dependent on iron availability to form biofilms". International Journal of Medical Microbiology 307 8 (2017): 552-563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.08.009.
Published • 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.08.009
Gaio, Vânia; Lima, Cláudia Afonso; Oliveira, Fernando E.; França, Ângela; Cerca, Nuno. "Carvacrol is highly disruptive against coagulase-negative staphylococci inin vitrobiofilms". Future Microbiology 12 16 (2017): 1487-1496. http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2017-0122.
Published • 10.2217/fmb-2017-0122
Freitas, Ana I; Lopes, Nathalie; Oliveira, Fernando E.; Brás, Susana; França, Ângela; Vasconcelos, Carlos; Vilanova, Manuel; Cerca, Nuno. "Comparative analysis between biofilm formation and gene expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates". Future Microbiology 13 4 (2017): 415-427. http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2017-0140.
Published • 10.2217/fmb-2017-0140
Moreira, J.M.R.; Fulgêncio, R.; Oliveira, Fernando E.; Machado, I.; Bialuch, I.; Melo, L.F.; Simões, M.; Mergulhão, F.J.. "Evaluation of SICON ® surfaces for biofouling mitigation in critical process areas". Food and Bioproducts Processing 98 (2016): 173-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2016.01.009.
Published • 10.1016/j.fbp.2016.01.009
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Lima, Cláudia Afonso; Brás, Susana; França, Ângela; Cerca, Nuno. "Evidence for inter- and intraspecies biofilm formation variability among a small group of coagulase-negative staphylococci". FEMS Microbiology Letters 362 20 (2015): fnv175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnv175.
Published • 10.1093/femsle/fnv175
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Rocha, Sara; Fernandes, Rúben. "Iron Metabolism: From Health to Disease". Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 28 3 (2014): 210-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcla.21668.
Published • 10.1002/jcla.21668
Oliveira, Fernando E.; Cerca, Nuno. "Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation ability among coagulase-negative staphylococci in healthy individuals from Portugal". The Journal of Antibiotics 66 12 (2013): 739-741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ja.2013.90.
Published • 10.1038/ja.2013.90

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2016/10/14	Characterization of a new twortlikevirus infecting Staphylococcus epidermidis that exhibits activity against biofilm and stationary bacterial populations	BacterIophages: theoretical and practical aspects of their application in Medicine, Veterinary and Food
2013/10/02	Genomic characterization of the Staphylococcus epidermidis-specific bacteriophage Sep1 and evaluation of its lytic activity against bacterial under different metabolic states	BioMicroWorld 2013 - V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/09 - 2019/07	Interaction between Staphylococcus epidermidis and immunological cells Co-supervisor of Ana Antunes Gomes	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2020/05/22 - 2020/05/24	Speaker in the workshop: "Biofilm transcriptomics: Quantifying gene expression from pathogenic bacterial biofilms - 10th Edition" - https://biofilmtranscriptomics.wordpress.com/organization/ (2020/05/22 - 2020/05/24) Workshop (Other)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/05/18 - 2019/05/18	1st Iberian Congress on Medicinal Biotechnology (2019/05/18 - 2019/05/18) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03/22 - 2019/03/22	Instructor of the practical classes in Biotechnology in the event "Sexta-Feira Aberta" (2019/03/22 - 2019/03/22) Workshop (Other)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2016/11/25 - 2016/11/25	Instructor of the practical classes in Medical Microbiology in the event “Cientistas por um dia” (2016/11/25 - 2016/11/25) Workshop (Other)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/07/15 - 2016/07/17	Instructor in the workshop: "Biofilm transcriptomics: Quantifying gene expression from pathogenic bacterial biofilms - 9th Edition" - https://biofilmtranscriptomics.wordpress.com/9th-edition/ (2016/07/15 - 2016/07/17) Workshop (Other)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/11/26 - 2019/11/26	Invited speaker in the event "PubhD Porto" Other	PubhD Porto PubHD Porto, Portugal
2017/11/06 - 2017/11/07	Basic Light Microscopy - Hands-on course Workshop	Basic Light Microscopy - Hands-on course Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
2016/12/20 - 2016/12/22	Proteome 2 Gene 2 Protein - Hands-on course Workshop	Proteome 2 Gene 2 Protein - Hands-on course Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2015/09/09 - 2015/09/16	iPROMEDAI Summer School: Antimicrobial Biomedical Materials Meeting	iPROMEDAI Summer School Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Netherlands Amsterdam Universitair Medische Centra, Netherlands
2010 - 2010	Platelet Analysis by Flow Cytometry Workshop	Platelet Analysis by Flow Cytometry Sociedade Portuguesa de BioAnalistas da Saúde , Portugal
2010 - 2010	Clones, genes and mobile genetic elements Conference	Clones, genes and mobile genetic elements Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Irregular Antibody Screening Workshop	Irregular Antibody Screening Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Flow Cytometry Workshop	Flow Cytometry Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020	Could Leishmania infantum NDH2 be the force to master Leishmaniasis? (Thesis) Arguer	Diogo Cabral (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019	Atividade antibacteriana de líquidos iónicos baseados em antibióticos beta-lactâmicos (Thesis) Arguer	Vitorino Gomes Dias (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018	Desenvolvimento de plataformas de microfluidos para avaliar a adesão bacteriana em materiais microestruturados (Thesis) Arguer	Liliana Raquel Silva Pinto (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018	Setting up a protocol for the prolonged aqueous hydrolysis of RNA (Thesis) Arguer	Catarina Castro Ferreira (Other) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/02 - Current	ANICT - Associação Nacional de Investigadores em Ciência e Tecnologia	Member
2019 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia	Member
2011 - Current	Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde	Técnico Superior de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica: Análises Clínicas (C-043148018)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/02/06 - Current	Member of the Scientific Commission of the "Biofilm Group" Member	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/02/06 - Current	Member of the Scientific Commission Member	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/08 - Current	Medical writer

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/03 - 2023/07	Clinical Biochemistry II	Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/02	Clinical Biochemistry I	Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02	Inorganic Biochemistry	Laboratórios de Química e Bioquímica (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/09	Laboratórios de Biotecnologia II	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/09	Mecanismos Bioquímicos de Adaptação Celular	Bioquímica em Saúde (Mestrado)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/09	Biotecnologia Microbiana e Fagoterapia	Bioquímica em Saúde (Mestrado)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/16 - 2019/01/16	Seminários em Bioquímica em Saúde: The role of iron uptake in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and virulence	Bioquímica em Saúde (Mestrado)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/09	Biotecnologia Analítica	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2017	Early Career Scientist Grant Award Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, United Kingdom
2017	Merit Scholarship (2012/2013) Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior , Portugal
2015	Individual PhD Scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal