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Ana Rita Fortunato Sousa. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Oncologia em 2018/11/06 pelo(a) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar e Licenciatura em Ciências Biomédicas em 2016/07/11 pelo(a) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde. É Research Fellow no(a) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 1 projeto(s).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Fortunato Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A81B-E6BE-5113
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4869-1272

Addresses

  • Rua principal nº 94, Silval, 2460-790, Turquel, Alcobaça, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Oncology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/11/01 - 2023/11/01
Ongoing
 Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotecnologia Médica
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/11/06
Concluded
 Mestrado em Oncologia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Targeting metastatic colorectal cancer with PLGA nanoparticles carrying MACC1 siRNA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2016/07/11
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/15 - Current Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/07/03 - 2019/01/04 Master Student Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/11/01 - Current Pancreatic islet transplantation using biomaterial-mediated secretome of stem cells as long-lasting microenvironment modulator
SFRH/BD/145765/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
2019/01/15 - Current TranSphera - Cápsulas esféricas multicompartimentalizadas de alto rendimento para a transplantação de co-culturas multimodais de células estaminais derivadas de tecido adiposo e de ilhotas pancreáticas
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030770
Research Fellow
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Ana. "Targeting metastatic colorectal cancer with PLGA nanoparticles carrying MACC1 siRNA". Paper presented in I3S Annual Meeting 2018, 2018.
Journal article
  1. "Engineering Strategies for Allogeneic Solid Tissue Acceptance". Trends in Molecular Medicine (2021): https://www.cell.com/trends/molecular-medicine/fulltext/S1471-4914(21)00089-7.
    10.1016/j.molmed.2021.03.005
  2. "Recent advances in the design of implantable insulin secreting heterocellular islet organoids". Biomaterials 269 (2021): 120627-120627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120627.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120627
  3. Sousa, Ana Rita; Martins-Cruz, Cláudia; Oliveira, Mariana B.; Mano, João F.. "One-Step Rapid Fabrication of Cell-Only Living Fibers". Advanced Materials (2019): 1906305. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201906305.
    Published • 10.1002/adma.201906305
  4. Sousa, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Ana Vanessa; Oliveira, Maria José; Sarmento, Bruno. "Nanotechnology-based siRNA Delivery Strategies for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Therapy". International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2019): 118530. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118530.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118530
  5. Sousa, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Maria Jose; Sarmento, Bruno. "Impact of CEA-targeting Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery in Colorectal Cancer". Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/jpet.118.254441.
    10.1124/jpet.118.254441
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, Ana. "Targeting metastatic colorectal cancer with PLGA nanoparticles carrying MACC1 siRNA". Master, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018 Targeting metastatic colorectal cancer with PLGA nanoparticles carrying MACC1 siRNA 2nd Symposium of the MSc in Oncology
Instituto Português de Oncologia-Porto IPO-PORTO (Porto, Portugal)