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
Websites
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=27ne3REAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AOAOcb0jPbLvS_sLtAco2-37LF-0fplrWMZe-GlKksnXv6Fb-g_d7iIT1s1WszePGSIYZvPfOgWjlztmudo-ppxO29o (Scholar)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-rita-sousa-216319112/ (Social media)
- https://x.com/RitaSousa__ (Social media)
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 |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2019/11/01 - 2024/03/22
Concluded
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Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotecnologia Médica
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Exploring Cells and their Abiotic Products as Materials for Immunomodulation and Biomedical Applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2018/11/06
Concluded
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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)
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18 |
2016/07/11
Concluded
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Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/11/01 - 2024/03/22 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/01/15 - 2019/11/01 | 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 | |
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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
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Ongoing
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2019/11/01 - 2024/03/22 | Pancreatic islet transplantation using biomaterial-mediated secretome of stem cells as long-lasting microenvironment modulator
SFRH/BD/145765/2019
PhD Student Fellow
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Ongoing
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2023/07 - 2023/12 | Modulation of immune cells phenotype by cell-based materials for regenerative medicine applications
proj 2023/0222
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Luso American Development Foundation |
Outputs
Publications
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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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)
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Distinctions
Award
2023 | Participation Prize on the 11th Edition of the Arrisca C Contest 2023
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022 | Dr. Bragança Parreira / Roche 2022 Grant - Technologies for Diabetes
Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia, Portugal
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