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Mariana Rama Pedro Alves is a researcher in science education and communication at Research Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), University of Aveiro (Portugal). She won a CIDTFF postdoctoral grant (03.2023 to 02.2024) with the project Sense of belonging in young people participating in Cartas com Ciência- an assessment of the contributions of science and who makes it. She is also the co-founder and co-director of non-profit initiative Cartas com Ciência. She previously combined research in molecular biology with science and society projects in Portugal, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany and Nigeria (for nine years, 2012-2021). Mariana has a PhD in Natural Sciences form the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Universität Heidelberg (Germany), MSc Cellular and Molecular Biology (06.2017) from University of Coimbra (with thesis research at the University of Cambridge and a research rotation at the University of Copenhagen) and BSc in Biochemistry (06.2015) from University of Coimbra . For 1 year after completing her PhD, Mariana worked as Science Democratisation Project Leader at the Gulbenkian Foundation Science Institute (2022-2023), managing science cooperation projects with Portuguese-speaking African countries. Mariana has (co)authored nine publications in diverse and international journals (h index=6 in SCOPUS / 8 in Google Scholar). From these, two are in the science education and communication & science and society domains, and seven are in the biology research domain. She has (co)authored other forms of scientific production such as conference posters, reports, online essays and resources, and of scientific dissemination such as newspaper and magazine articles. Mariana has a diversified record of 43 communications - 27 by invitation, 27 international and 16 national -, together with 15 lectures in the context of advanced training from BSc to PhD level (14 by invitation, 5 international, 10 national). She supervised a MSc student from Kazakhstan who is developed a science portfolio SE&C project at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Mariana has been vastly involved in participating and leading activities for the research community and science dissemination. She has organized over 16 events or initiatives and participated in or attended over 40 workshops/webinars/events/trainings about science & society, communication, education, diversity and inclusion. Mariana is part of diverse international networks such as Sinergias ED for research-action in development education in Portugal, ANGEL Network in Global Education and Learning, FOCO for Global Citizenship, SCICOMPT - Portuguese Science Communication Network, or the international communities DiverSci, Collaborative Futures Academy Alumni, and Global (Scape) Science Communication and Perception. She is a science communication collaborator of the Drosophila Research and Training Center in Nigeria. She has received several awards, including being nominated in the Top 100 Social Innovators in Europe 2021 (Euclid Network).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mariana Rama Pedro Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro
  • Alves, Mariana
  • Alves, MR
  • Alves, MRP
  • Alves, MP

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A81C-A16C-1048
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0796-2101
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QGL9lQ0AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
GYQ-6228-2022
Scopus Author Id
57204319663

Email addresses

  • mariana.alves@cartascomciencia.org (Professional)
  • mrpalves@ua.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - History and Philisophy of Science and Technology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
German Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/08/01 - 2021/12/14
Concluded
 PhD in Natural Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Molecular Biology
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany

Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Germany
""Interrogating the complex role of UBX & multi-enhancer transcriptional hubs throughout development", available at http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/30942 . Resulted in this publications #1, #4 and #8 (below)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum laude
2015/09 - 2017/07/06
Concluded
 MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado)
Major in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Unravelling the function of Oct4 via its acute depletion in embryonic stem cells. (Thesis research at University of Cambridge Dissertation available (with embargo) at https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/82951 Resulted in this publication #2 (below)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 values (Excellent)
2012/09 - 2015/06/26
Concluded
 BSc in Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Assessment of the early retinal changes in a rat model of prediabetes - at the Retinal Dysfunction and Neuroinflammation (Ambrosio) Lab of IBILI (currently ICBR) of the University of Coimbra. Resulted in this publication #7 (below)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 values (Excellent)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/01 - 2024/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2023/01/31 Science and Technology Management Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017/08/01 - 2021/12/14 Researcher (Research) European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
(...)
2016/06/01 - 2017/07/06 Research Trainee (Research) Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2016/04/01 - 2016/05/27 Research Trainee (Research) Københavns Universitet Biotech Research & Innovation Centre, Denmark
Københavns Universitet Biotech Research & Innovation Centre, Denmark
2014/09/15 - 2016/03/28 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/07/13 - 2014/09/05 Research Trainee (Research) Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2013/02/15 - 2014/07/10 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/05/05 - Current Co-director (probono) (Research & Management) Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
2020/02/22 - 2020/03/08 Invited Visiting Scientist University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/11 - Current YE(P)STEM: co-constructing resources and widening access to tools for equitable informal STEM learning in Portuguese-speaking contexts
Scientific Outreach Grant 2023
Principal investigator
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
 Biochemical Society
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/12/31 Sense of belonging in young people participating in Cartas com Ciência - an assessment of the contributions of science and who makes it
BIPD/UI57/10732/2023
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores
Ongoing
2024/01 - 2024/10 The Science Capital Teaching Approach for Scientists and Outreach in Portuguese-speaking countries
Diversity in Science Grant 2023
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
 Biochemical Society
Ongoing
2023/09 - 2024/10 Maré de Ciência (literally translated to Tide of Science)
Webpage Maré de Ciência
Project Co-Supervisor
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
 Plataforma Comunitária GAMMA
Ongoing
2022/10 - 2023/09 Letter exchanges to connect scientists and students living in island communities
Scientific Outreach Grant 2022
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
 Biochemical Society
Concluded
2021/10 - 2022/09 Letter exchanges to connect scientists and pupils in Angola and Guinea-Bissau
Scientific Outreach Grant 2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
 Biochemical Society
Concluded
2020/09 - 2021/09 Cartas com Ciência: letter exchanges to connect scientists and pupils in East Timor
Scientific Outreach Grant 2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Cartas com Ciência, Non-profit Organization , Portugal
 Biochemical Society
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/02 - 2023/01 António Coutinho Science Awards: Conception, development, implementation and monitoring of initiatives
N/A
Project Lead
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Merck Serono Division Portugal

Camara Municipal Oeiras
2022/02 - 2023/01 Lab in a Suitcase: Conception, development, implementation and monitoring of initiatives
-
Project Lead
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Merck Family Foundation

Camara Municipal Oeiras

Other

Designation Funders
2022/04 - Current Sinergias ED - Sinergias ED: consolidar o diálogo entre investigação e ação na educação para o desenvolvimento em Portugal.
Website Sinergias ED
Community Member
Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/05/05 - Current Cartas com Ciência
Website
Co-founder and co-director
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Ana Rodrigues; Beatriz Matos; Jacinto Mathe; Sandra M Chaves; Joana Moscoso; Galupa, Rafael. "Quando a Língua de Herança é a Língua de Divulgação de Conhecimento – o caso dos programas educativos de trocas de cartas "Dia Mundial com Ciência" ( https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10342283)". Paper presented in VI Simpósio Europeu de Português como Língua de Herança (VI SEPOLH), Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  2. Gil Pereira; Sílvia Machado; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Manifesto ‘Pessoas educadoras- pessoas educandas nos confessamos…' ( https://sinergiased.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Enc_EdTSCG_livro_resumos_v1.pdf)". Paper presented in II Encontro Internacional Sinergias para a Transformação Social. Porto: 6-7/07/2023, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  3. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Becoming Oscillation: Contemporary dance and developmental biology meet through philosophy exchange (abstract book: https://lisbonicpos2023.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/uploads/sites/149/2023/07/licpos-2023-book-of-abstracts-v1.pdf)". Paper presented in 4TH LISBON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Lisbon, 12-15 July 2023, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  4. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael; Equipa Cartas com Ciência. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "AVALIAR PARA APRENDER: RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES DE PROGRAMAS CARTAS COM CIÊNCIA (Evaluating to learn: preliminary results about Cartas com Ciência's programmes) Abstract book at: http://scicom.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Livro-de-resumos-SciComPt-2023-04_05_2023-V6.pdf". Paper presented in SciComPT 2023, Bragança, Portugal, 2023.
    Published
  5. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael; Equipa Cartas com Ciência. "Cartas com Ciência: paradoxos e estratégias na construção e prática de espaços de diálogo (https://sinergiased.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Enc_EdTSCG_livro_resumos_v1.pdf)". Paper presented in III Encontro Internacional Sinergias para a Transformação Social, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  6. Borges, Filipa; Paola Cardias; Equipa Cartas com Ciência; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael. "Cartas com Ciência: troca de cartas entre cientistas e estudantes em língua portuguesa ( https://c73167cb-07cd-45c3-8e82-e788e2cf28e8.filesusr.com/ugd/1bfa3c_70ac86e7176f4426a56f2858ca2671e9.pdf)". Paper presented in 2º Encontro Aberto de Primatologia, Almada, 2023.
    Published
  7. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael; Equipa Cartas com Ciência. "Investig(ação) Cartas com Ciência – presente ou futuro de ciência cidadã? ( https://my-conference.net/encc2023/files/ENCC2023_abstracts.pdf)". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã (ENCC2023), Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
  8. Caçador, H.; Galupa, Rafael; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Da Silva Lopes, Betina. "Avaliar em contextos de Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento: um referencial em construção focado na Educação em Ciência - Available at https://bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt/bitstream/10198/23578/1/Livro-Resumos-lusoconf2021-vfinal.pdf". Paper presented in III Encontro Internacional de Língua Portuguesa e Relações Lusófonas (LUSOCONF2021), ISBN: 978-972-745-296-5, Bragança, Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  9. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "CARTAS COM CIÊNCIA: CONVERSAS INDIVIDUAIS E DURADOURAS SEM FRONTEIRAS ENTRE ESTUDANTES E CIENTISTAS - Available at http://scicom.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SciComPt2021_Livro-de-Resumos.pdf". Paper presented in SciComPT 2021, Online, 2021.
    Published
  10. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Cartas com ciência para inspirar crianças nos países de Língua Portuguesa (Letters with science to inspire children in Portuguese-speaking countries.) Available at https://www.flipsnack.com/mindelo2018/atas-das-ii-jornadas-da-l-ngua-portuguesa-no-mindelo.html". Paper presented in Atas das II Jornadas de Língua Portuguesa no Mindelo - Práticas de escrita: percursos didáticos e literários, Mindelo, Cape Verde, 2020.
    Published
  11. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "CRIAR É COMPREENDER - UM DIÁLOGO INESPERADO ENTRE ARTE E CIÊNCIA (Creating is Understanding - a serendipitous dialogue between art and science) - available at http://scicom.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Livro-2020.pdf". Paper presented in SciComPt 2020, Ponta Delgada, Portugal (changed to online due to pandemic), 2020.
    Published
  12. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "The Modern Natural Falacy - the permeability of science to values. Available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/16DBlZRawODjpxZAxvF5ncVQ098xRGu_d/view?usp=share_link". Paper presented in University of Cambridge IN[SCI]TE Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Caçador, Helena; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Santos, Olga; Galupa, Rafael; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "AVALIAÇÃO (NA E) PARA A COOPERAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DO PROGRAMA EDUCATIVO CARTAS COM CIÊNCIA - rumo à ciência inclusiva". Paper presented in VI Enjie, Leiria, 2022.
    Published
  2. Caçador, Helena; Galupa, Rafael; Santos, Olga; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Simões, Ana Raquel; Ambrósio, Susana. "Connecting scientists and students in Africa Portuguese-speaking countries via letter exchanges: the case of "Cartas com Ciência"". Paper presented in SAARMSTE - Southern African Association for reacherch in Mathematics, Science and Thecnologics Education, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. Caçador, Helena; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Ambrósio, Susana; Galupa, Rafael; Da Silva Lopes, Betina; Ana Raquel Simões. "Avaliar para aprender com a Cartas com Ciência: um exemplo de parceria institucional em prol da transformação social em comunidades de Língua Portuguesa". Paper presented in 11.ª conferência Forges, 2021.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Ana Rodrigues; Beatriz Matos; Jacinto Mathe; Sandra M Chaves; Joana Moscoso; Rafael Martins Galupa. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Quando a Língua de Herança é a Língua de Divulgação de Conhecimento: o caso dos programas educativos de trocas de cartas "Dia Mundial com Ciência"". Paper presented in VI Simpósio Europeu de Português como Língua de Herança (VI SEPOLH), 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10342284
  2. Mariana RP Alves; Ana Rodrigues; Beatriz Matos; Jacinto Mathe; Sandra M Chaves; Joana Moscoso; Rafael Galupa. "Quando a Língua de Herança é a Língua de Divulgação de Conhecimento – o caso dos programas educativos de trocas de cartas "Dia Mundial com Ciência"". 2023.
    10.5281/ZENODO.10342283
  3. Mariana RP Alves; Rafael Galupa; Helena Pinheiro; Cartas com Ciência's Team. "Cartas com Ciência: science democratization through dialogues without borders". 2023.
    10.5281/ZENODO.8019109
Journal article
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Democratizar a (educação em) ciência, em contexto de cooperação internacional: o caso da Cartas com Ciência". Medi@ções 11 2 (2023): 5-27. https://mediacoes.ese.ips.pt/index.php/mediacoesonline/article/view/393/332.
    Open access • Published • 10.60546/mo.v11i2.393
  2. Galupa, Rafael; Alvarez-Canales G; Borst NO; Fuqua T; Gandara L; Misunou N; Richter K; et al. "Enhancer architecture and chromatin accessibility constrain phenotypic space during Drosophila development.". 58 (2023): 51-62.e4.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.12.003
  3. Bates, Lawrence E.; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Silva, José C.R.. "Auxin-degron system identifies immediate mechanisms of OCT4". Stem Cell Reports (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.05.016.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.05.016
  4. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "The Natural Fallacy in a Post-Truth era". EMBO reports 21 2 (2020): https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201949859.
    Open access • Published • 10.15252/embr.201949859
  5. Albert Tsai; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Crocker J.. "Multi-enhancer transcriptional hubs confer phenotypic robustness". eLife (2019): https://elifesciences.org/articles/45325.
    Open access • Published • 10.7554/eLife.45325
  6. Hannah T. Stuart; Giuliano G. Stirparo; Tim Lohoff; Lawrence E. Bates; Masaki Kinoshita; Chee Y. Lim; Elsa J. Sousa; et al. "Distinct molecular trajectories converge to induce naive puripotency.". Cell Stem Cell (2019): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590919303078.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2019.07.009
  7. Shiro Yui; Luca Azzolin; Martti Maimets; Marianne Terndrup Pedersen; Robert P. Fordham; Stine L. Hansen; Hjalte L. Larsen; et al. "YAP/TAZ-Dependent Reprogramming of Colonic Epithelium Links ECM Remodeling to Tissue Regeneration". Cell Stem Cell (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.stem.2017.11.001.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.stem.2017.11.001
  8. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Boia, Raquel; Campos, Elisa J.; Martins, Joao; Nunes, Sara; Madeira, Maria H.; Santiago, Ana Raquel; et al. "Subtle thinning of retinal layers without overt vascular and inflammatory alterations in a rat model of prediabetes". Molecular Vision (2018): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5957544/pdf/mv-v24-353.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  9. Albert Tsai; Anand K Muthusamy; Alves, Mariana; Luke D Lavis; Robert H Singer; David L Stern; Justin Crocker. "Nuclear microenvironments modulate transcription from low-affinity enhancers". eLife 6 (2017): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28975.
    Open access • Published • 10.7554/eLife.28975
Journal issue
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Cláudio Costa. "Ao encontro da ciência: passado, presente e futuro". RNA MENSAGEIRO 10 (2015): https://www.dropbox.com/s/az42muxoo3p4pmd/10%20-%20Ao%20Encontro%20da%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20Passado%2C%20Presente%20e%20Futuro.pdf?dl=0.
    Published • Coeditor
  2. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Carla Santos. "Certo ou Errado?". RNA MENSAGEIRO 9 (2014): https://www.dropbox.com/s/umvez17bdwxt56d/9%20-%20Certo%20ou%20Errado.pdf?dl=0.
    Published • Coeditor
Magazine article
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Design Thinking - Interview with Tabea Rauscher", EMBL etc, 2018, https://www.embl.org/news/lab-matters/design-thinking/.
  2. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "An interview with António Damásio", Via Latina, 2015, https://drive.google.com/file/d/19pLDFYNVSyTCZ4D6ApTO7u5DLnc-ySjb/view?usp=share_link.
Newspaper article
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "(H)À Educação | Como pode uma carta ajudar uma pessoa jovem a sentir a ciência como sua?", Diário de Aveiro, 2023, https://www.ua.pt/pt/noticias/13/81028.
  2. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "...and a partridge in a petri dish - The science of Christmas", Cambridge Varsity Newspaper, 2016, https://archive.varsity.co.uk/819.pdf.
  3. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "Prémios Nobel à procura de sucessores na Alemanha (Nobel Prize Winners looking for successors in Germany)", Diário de Coimbra (Coimbra's Daily), 2014, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DEJbKseUo5aX-eC15TTzsn37qNRhFJkj/view?usp=share_link.
  4. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. "A Ciência do Natal", Diário de Coimbra, 2013, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aoaglxUJuq1thtGJcp5_kUzY8ZAKoEz2/view?usp=share_link.
Online resource
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael. Corresponding author: Galupa, Rafael. Is science only for the rich? Considering socioeconomic background in science. 2022. https://www.embl.org/about/info/equality-diversity/is-science-only-for-the-rich/.
  2. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Irin ajo mi si Nigeria | My journey to Nigeria - the Node, Education. 2020. https://thenode.biologists.com/irin-ajo-mi-si-nigeria-my-journey-to-nigeria/outreach/.
  3. Mariana RP Alves. Irin ajo mi si Nigeria | My journey to Nigeria. 2020. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8017361.
    10.5281/ZENODO.8017361
  4. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Visit to primary school and high school Ibadan, Nigeria, School Ambassador Diary. 2020. https://www.embl.org/ells/ambassadors/embl-school-ambassador-mariana-r-p-alves/#vf-tabs__section-2bb4cfa5-2f48-42e2-85d6-8465ba0dc93b.
  5. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Joana Moscoso; Galupa, Rafael. Quality outreach in your mother tongue. 2020. https://www.nativescientist.com/single-post/quality-outreach-in-your-mother-tongue.
  6. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Visit to High School José Falcão, Portugal, School Ambassador Diary. 2019. https://www.embl.org/ells/ambassadors/embl-school-ambassador-mariana-r-p-alves/#vf-tabs__section-0d4f17e7-0e66-4e53-9153-09cd2417ce44.
  7. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. A call for more thought in science. 2019. https://www.nativescientist.com/single-post/more-thought-in-science.
  8. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. How to use twitter at a scientific event, EMBL Events Blog. 2019. https://blogs.embl.org/events/2019/10/02/how-to-use-twitter-at-a-scientific-event/.
Preprint
  1. Rafael Galupa; Gilberto Alvarez-Canales; Noa Ottilie Borst; Timothy Fuqua; Lautaro Gandara; Natalia Misunou; Kerstin Richter; et al. "Enhancer architecture and chromatin accessibility constrain phenotypic space during development". 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.02.494376.
    10.1101/2022.06.02.494376
Report
  1. Rafael Galupa; Mariana RP Alves. 2021. "EMBL pen pals" A grassroots initiative for outreach, education and diversity in science | "Amigos por correspondência EMBL" Uma iniciativa de base pela divulgação, educação e diversidade em ciência. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10341982.
    10.5281/ZENODO.10341982
  2. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael; Equipa Cartas com Ciência. 2021. Díli 2020/2021 Programme Report. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TD4I1u1eEfWbOPdKy2ZJNomXVFtNfyXl/view?usp=share_link.
  3. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Corresponding author: Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. 2020. Let's Talk - a mental health initiative - 1st Year Report. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rx1qw4oiTqJgI7n-V6tJ263rTt26Wd0x/view.
  4. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael. 2020. EMBL Penpals - A grassroots initiative for science outreach, education and diversity. https://743b41a8-e065-4d3d-ace6-ab12cfadaea9.filesusr.com/ugd/9addc3_3ecd737f91df41f1857fcf15219d3597.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Interrogating the complex role of UBX & multi-enhancer transcriptional hubs throughout development". PhD, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, 2021. https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/id/eprint/30942.
    10.11588/HEIDOK.00030942
  2. "Unravelling the function of Oct4 via its acute depletion in embryonic stem cells.". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2017. Dissertation available (with embargo) at https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/82951 Resulted in this publication #2 (below).
Translation
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. Translated educational resources into Portuguese in collaboration with Manchester Fly Facility, see https://scicomm.plos.org/2019/05/13/how-your-science-communication-can-turn-multi-lingual/. 2023.
    Under revision
Website
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Galupa, Rafael; Equipa Cartas com Ciência. Cartas com Ciência. 2020. https://en.cartascomciencia.org/awards.

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition
  1. 2022. "Science For the World Exhibition (for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência)". In https://gulbenkian.pt/agenda/ciencia-para-o-mundo/.
Program / Show
  1. Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro. 2015. "http://www.ruc.pt/conselhocientifico". Conselho Científico Radio Show (1 show every 2 weeks from september 2014 to July 2015): Conselho Científico. Rádio Universidade de Coimbra.
Video recording
  1. Alves, Mariana; MBCM class 2017; Marta Costa (Director). 2016. "Funky Infection" Fundraising Video MBCM-Maratona da Saúde. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ei0F0_NOhM.

Other

Other output
  1. Auxin-degron system identifies immediate mechanisms of Oct4. 2020. Bates, Lawrence E.; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; José Silva. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.21.306241.
    10.1101/2020.09.21.306241
  2. Multi-enhancer transcriptional hubs confer phenotypic robustness. 2019. Albert Tsai; Alves, Mariana Rama Pedro; Justin Crocker. https://doi.org/10.1101/575175.
    10.1101/575175
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06 Facilitating Access to Science: Understanding and supporting science identities and belonging Ecsite 2024
(Slovenia)
2024/06 Cartas com Ciência - using science to counter social inequalities across borders Ecsite Conference 2024
(Slovenia)
2024/06 Inclusion Tools Speed Searching - Equity Compass (from the point of view of users at Cartas com Ciência) Ecsite Conference 2024
Ecsite (Slovenia)
2023/11 Investig(ação) Cartas com Ciência – presente ou futuro de ciência cidadã? 4º Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã (National Citizen Science Meeting)
(Portugal)
2023/11 Cultura Científica – Todos temos um papel (invited panelist) LS4FUTURE Online Informative Session
LS4FUTURE
2023/10 Quando a Língua de Herança é a Língua de Divulgação de Conhecimento – o caso dos programas educativos de trocas de cartas "Dia Mundial com Ciência" (poster) VI Simpósio Europeu de Português como Língua de Herança (VI SEPOLH)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/10 Science activism for health (invited panel speaker) EuroScience Policy Forum: “Science activism: going beyond informing policy and society”
EuroScience
2023/09 “É p’ra amanhã! Construindo o futuro no presente” (invited panel speaker) Fórum Interno VII Fórum CIDTFF (UA)
2023/08 Invited communication Sense of belonging in youth exchanging letters in Portuguese-speaking countries https://bienalstem.wordpress.com/ Bienal STEM+ L
OSUWELA (Maputo, Mozambique)
2023/08 Cartas para democratizar a ciência além fronteiras (invited) Bienal STEM+L Maputo
OSUWELA (Maputo, Mozambique)
2023/07 Becoming Oscillation: Contemporary dance and developmental biology meet through philosophy exchange 4TH LISBON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Lisbon, 12-15 July 2023
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/07 Cartas com Ciência: paradoxos e estratégias na construção e prática de espaços de diálogo III Encontro Internacional Sinergias para a Transformação Social Sinergias ED
Sinergias ED (Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/16 Engaging with researchers in an informal science education initiative - shared with Norina Vicente as part of the panel "Museum evolution: from a researchers perspective" https://www.ecsite.eu/conference/programme/museum-evolution-researchers-perspective Ecsite Conference 2023
Ecsite Conference (Valetta, Malta)
2023/06/06 (Poster) Cartas com Ciência: creating science dialogues without borders to promote the democratization of research EU-LIFE Conference Envisioning the research centres of the future
EU-LIFE (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/06 Cartas com Ciência: Oportunidades para o Ambiente num ecossistema de investigação e prática (invited) “Parcerias para um futuro sustentável - Comemorações do Dia Mundial do Ambiente”
CESAM (UA) (Portugal)
2023/06 Comunicar e conectar para a democratização da ciência (invited opening speaker) VIII Jornadas Caminhos de Investigação em Educação “Comunicar ciência: conexões em educação”
PDE UA (Portugal)
2023/06 Entre cartas e sonhos: resultados e perspectivas (invited) “I Encontro Anual Mulheres Pela Primatologia”
Coletivo Brasileiro de Mulheres Primatólogas (Brazil)
2023/05 AVALIAR PARA APRENDER: RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES DE PROGRAMAS CARTAS COM CIÊNCIA (Evaluating to learn: preliminary results about Cartas com Ciência's programmes) SciComPT 2023
SciComPT (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/03 Maré com Ciência - a Cartas com Ciência project for Sines and Santiago do Cacém (in representation of Cartas com Ciência) Gamma Community Pitches
Gamma Community, StartCampus (Sines, Portugal)
2023/02 Opening remarks, in representation of Cartas com Ciência, for conference which featured more than 10 women scientists from 7 Portuguese-speaking countries including 2 ministers of science (Angola and Portugal) and one secretary of state of higher education (Cape Verde). Available here: https://www.cartascomciencia.org/_files/ugd/9addc3_b9cf3b8e35924e17bb7439dfa9431419.pdf Women and Girls in Science
Cartas com Ciência and CPLP (Lisboa and Online , Portugal)
2022/10 Alves, M., (2022) Invited Lecture "Equitable Practices and for Equity in Science Teaching" in the Lab in a Box, online Credited Training, promoted by Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (October). https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/pt-pt/noticias/formacoes-lib-com-novos-docentes/
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/09 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Speaker at the panel "Descomplicar a Ciência!" in the 16th National Science Exhibition, promoted by Fundação da Juventude, Alfândega Congress Centre, Oporto (September).
Fundação da Juventude (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06 Invited Speaker "The educational program of Cartas com Ciência in Timor-Leste: sharing experiences to multiply effects". Lopes, B., Alves, M., Cunha, T., Caçador, H. (2022) More at https://blogs.ua.pt/cidtff/?p=48559 International Seminar East-Timor in Focus
Universidade Federal Fluminense & Universidade Estadual do Paraíba (Brasil) (Paraíba and Online, Brazil)
2022/06 Invited Talk "Letters with Science for international cooperation" Alves, M., Lopes, B., José, M. (2022) African Science Week Teacher Training
Next Einstein Forum (Bissau and Online, Guinea-Bissau)
2022/06 Invited Talk "Lab in a Suitcase" Alves, M. (2022) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marianarpa_labinasuitcase-activity-6946464774297681920-_f8R?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop African Science Week Teacher Training
Next Einstein Forum (Bissau and Online, Guinea-Bissau)
2022/06 Alves, M. (2022). Presentation "How Cartas com Ciência used the equity compass" at the session Supporting equitable and socially just practice: the Equity Compass of the Ecsite Conference, Heilbronn, Germany (June). (by submission) https://www.ecsite.eu/activities-and-services/ecsite-events/conferences/sessions/supporting-equitable-and-socially-just
(Germany)
2022/06 Alves, M. (2022). Presentation "Lab in a Suitcase - portable labs to democratize science" at the Project Showcase session of the Ecsite Conference, Heilbronn, Germany (June). (by submission) https://www.ecsite.eu/activities-and-services/ecsite-events/conferences/sessions/project-showcase-5
(Germany)
2022/04 Alves, M. (2022). Short presentation "How the fruit fly shaped my path in science and society" at the EMBL Graduation Ceremony, Heidelberg, Germany (April). (by submission)
(Heidelberg, Germany)
2022/04 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Talk "Inclusion and equity in communication - the case of Cartas com Ciência" at the II Jornadas de Comunicação de Ciência Online at University of Minho (April).
(Online, Portugal)
2022/03 Invited Spotlight Talk "Working with and embedding researchers in equity work - the case of Cartas com Ciência" Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2021) DiverSci Community of Practice Session
DiverSci Community of Practice - https://www.diversci.eu/our-community/ (Online (International))
2022/03 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Talk "Letters with Science for Science Democratization" at the External Seminar Series promoted by the Post Doc Committee of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras (March).
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/01 Invited presentations of Cartas com Ciência as part of its insertion in the CPLP Multilateral Cooperation Action Plan for Science, Technology and Higher Education (2022-2023) Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2022) IX Meeting of CPLP Ministers of Science, Technology and Higher Education
CPLP (Luanda and Online, Angola)
2022/01 Invited Presentation of Cartas com Ciência as part of its insertion in the CPLP Multilateral Cooperation Action Plan for Science, Technology and Higher Education (2022-2023) Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2022) IX Technical Meeting of Focal Points
CPLP (Luanda and Online, Angola)
2021/11 Educação (não) formal em Ciência(s): Partilha da experiência de um programa de troca de cartas entre estudantes e cientistas [(Non) formal education in Science(s): Sharing the experience of a letter exchange program between students and scientists]. Lopes, B., Alves, R.P., Galupa, R., Caçador, H. & Santos, O. (2021). V Bienal STEM+L
OSUWELA and Universidade Pedagógica de Maputo (Maputo and Online, Mozambique)
2021/11 Djaló, M. & Alves, M. (2021) Lecture "Democratizing science in Portuguese-speaking countries through the exchange of letters between scientists and students" at the Science for Peace and Development Online Seminar Series of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (November). Available at https://youtu.be/knjgzPFH_nY
Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Lisbon and Online)
2021/10 Alves, M., Galupa, R., et al., (2021) Invited Talk "Letters with Science" at the event Diversity - a challenge for life and health sciences promoted by i3S, Oporto (October). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3gBzKv6nI
i3S (Porto and Online, Portugal)
2021/07 Invited talk "Cartas com Ciência: Individual and lasting conversations without borders in Portuguese Language" Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2021) Available at https://youtu.be/Yjk5AxXIrkU Mindelo Portuguese Language Centre Cycle of Conferences
Portuguese Language Centre in Cape Verde (Mindelo & Online, Cape Verde)
2021/06 Invited talk "Cartas com Ciência - an introducion & scientists' perspectives" Alves, M., Rodrigues, A., Seco, I., Galupa, R., (2021) Available at https://youtu.be/t9UZSMGzEjU Celebrating the Portuguese Children's day with Science
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (Online (International))
2021/06 Galupa, R. & Alves, M. (2021). Presentation "Equity Dimensions of Letters with Science" in the session Reaching beyond borders: innovative science communication for vulnerable communities. (by submission) https://www.ecsite.eu/activities-and-services/ecsite-events/conferences/sessions/reaching-beyond-borders-innovation Ecsite Conference 2021
Ecsite (Online (International))
2021/06 Alves, M., Galupa, R., et al., (2021) Invited Lecture "Letters with Science" at the Science(s) Communication Meeting - Communicating Science to children and young people - Challenges and opportunities promoted by Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Lisboa (June).
University of Lisbon (Online, Portugal)
2021/06 Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2021). Long presentation "Letters with Science: individual and lasting conversations without borders between scientists and students" at SciComPT 2021 Online Congress (June). (by submission) Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFEZGzUcIk SciComPT 2021
2021/05 Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2021) Presentation "Letters with Science to inspire children in Lusophone countries" at the International Conference on Culture and Society in Mozambique - Which literacies for social and economic justice?, online (May). (by submission)
(Maputo and Online, Mozambique)
2021/04 Invited talk "Cartas com Ciência for social innovation" Alves, M. (2021) More at https://x.facebook.com/conectaudf/photos/a.331507453939567/1121346284955676/?type=3&source=48 Conecta Meeting
UDF University Center, Brasilia (Brasilia and Online, Brazil)
2020/11 Invited talk "How to Organize Science Outreach Events" Alves, M. (2020) Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp5aEVbxRyg&t=3938s BioRoom Virtual Biology Seminar Series
BioRoom (Online (International))
2020/11 Invited Presentation of Cartas com Ciência 9th CPLP Education Focal Points Meeting
CPLP (Online (International))
2020/11 Alves, M. & Galupa, R. (2020) "Letters with Science to inspire children in Lusophone countries" at the II Jornadas da Língua Portuguesa, online, Mindelo, Cape Verde (November). (by submission) Available at https://youtu.be/rBCPEG3etzQ
(Mindelo & Online, Cape Verde)
2020/05 Alves, M. (2020) Short presentation Criar é Compreender: um diálogo inesperado entre arte e ciência / Creating is Understanding - a serendipitous dialogue between art and science. Available with English subtitles at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGQsXJbv8jM SciComPt 2020
SciComPT (Ponta Delgada (changed to online due to pandemic), Portugal)
2020/03 Invited talk "Science Outreach Practices in Schools" Alves, M. (2020) Hands-On Training course on Drosophila melanogaster in Biomedical Research
University of Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria)
2020/03 Invited talk "Gene Regulation during Development" Alves, M. (2020) More at https://thenode.biologists.com/irin-ajo-mi-si-nigeria-my-journey-to-nigeria/outreach/ Hands-On Training course on Drosophila melanogaster in Biomedical Research
DRTC & University of Bingham (Bingham, Nigeria)
2020/03 Alves, M. (2020) Accepted presentation "Multi-enhancer transcriptional hubs confer phenotypic robustness" at the Higher-Order Chromatin Keystone Symposia, Canada (March, cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic).
(Canada)
2017/03 Alves, M. (2017) Presentation "The Modern Natural Falacy - permeability of natural sciences to values" at the IN[SCI]TE meeting, Cambridge, UK (March). (by submission)
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2015/03 Alves, M. et al, (2015) Presentation "Prediabetes does not induce changes in tight junction proteins, neural markers and inflammatory mediators in the rat retina" at the 9th Leiden International Medical Students Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands (March).
(Leiden, Netherlands)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/09 - 2023/06 Penpals for science Kazakhstan - Career & Academic Skills Portfolio Project
Supervisor of Assina Abdussaitova
 Master in Neurosciences (Other)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/07 - 2023/07 II Encontro de Reflexão e Capacitação da Comunidade FOCO CG (postponed due to unforeseen circumstances) (2023/07/29 - 2023/07/29)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/05/15 - 2023/05/15 Invited organizer and speaker at panel on "Science democratization and the importance of science education research" for the Portuguese General Direction of School Administration. 3 speakers include myself, Marlene José from São Tomé and Príncipe and José Zacarias from Angola. (2023/05/15 - 2023/05/15)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 Direção-Geral da Administração Escolar, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/03 Invited organizer of panel "Women and research in science communication" for the "Mind the Gap" event of Portuguese Association of Young Scientists - with speakers Denise Camacho from Cape Verde and Gabriela Heck from Brazil. (event cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances) (2023/03)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Cartas com Ciência (pluricentric in 8 countries), São Tomé and Príncipe
2022/12 - 2023/03 Invited co-organizer of event Women and Girls in Science - a conference by Cartas com Ciência and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) - which featured more than 10 women scientists from 7 Portuguese-speaking countries including 2 ministers of science (Angola and Portugal) and one secretary of state of higher education (Cape Verde) https://www.cartascomciencia.org/mulheresemeninas23 (2023/02/28)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Cartas com Ciência (pluricentric in 8 countries), São Tomé and Príncipe
2022/07 - 2023/01 Designed and led the implementation of the first "Science for the World" exhibition, and related events such as 2 guided visits, in the context of António Coutinho Science Awards, as project manager for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. https://gulbenkian.pt/agenda/ciencia-para-o-mundo/ (2022/09 - 2022/12)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/01 Initiated the first Lab in a Suitcase loan system for teachers in Oeiras, and organised the related training (as project manager for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência) https://www.publico.pt/2022/05/10/ciencia/noticia/kit-professores-portugueses-criarem-experiencias-sala-aula-2005633 https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/pt-pt/noticias/ciencia-chega-mais-longe-com-o-lis/ (2022/02 - 2023/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/01 Designed and organised the first ACSA Alumni Meeting (as project manager for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência) https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/pt-pt/noticias/premiados-antonio-coutinho-science-awards-participam-em-acoes-de-divulgacao-da-iniciativa/ (2022/09 - 2022/10)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/01 Produced, in collaboration with the audiovisual officer, a series of six promotional videos to support the ACSA and LiS projects (as project manager at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1crsfOc6Zo (2022/02 - 2023/01)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023/01 Organized several initiatives articulating science communication and education initiatives with the professional development plan for ACSA fellows (as project manager for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência) Such as guided visits https://gulbenkian.pt/agenda/visita-e-conversa-com-cientistas-ciencia-para-o-mundo-22-23/ https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoGulbenkianCiencia/videos/2338433199637125/ (2022/02 - 2023/01)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/10 Designed and organized António Coutinho Science Awards Ceremony 2022 (as project manager for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0WCj_I-7M (2022/09 - 2022/09)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/05 Equitable Practices in Science Education and Dissemination online symposium (co-organizer as co-director of Cartas com Ciência). 3 keynotes from Brazil, UK and Portugal, and a roundtable 'YESTEM ideas for socially just practices in Portuguese' https://en.cartascomciencia.org/aniversarios (2022/05 - 2022/05)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Cartas com Ciência (pluricentric in 8 countries), São Tomé and Príncipe
2021 - 2022 Cycle of conferences "Scientific Dialogues Cartas com Ciência" https://www.cartascomciencia.org/dialogos-cientificos (as co-director of Cartas com Ciência) (2021 - 2022)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Cartas com Ciência (pluricentric in 8 countries), São Tomé and Príncipe
2018/10 - 2021/05 Project management volunteer at Native Scientists (October 2018- May 2021) Organised the first science workshop for migrant students in Portuguese in Heidelberg and managed Existing Partnerships. https://www.embl.org/news/lab-matters/teaching-science-in-your-mother-tongue/ https://www.nativescientist.com/single-post/quality-outreach-in-your-mother-tongue (2018 - 2021)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Native Scientists, United Kingdom
2020/02 - 2020/09 Co-organizer of EMBL -Nigeria Penpals - A grassroots initiative for science outreach More at https://743b41a8-e065-4d3d-ace6-ab12cfadaea9.filesusr.com/ugd/9addc3_3ecd737f91df41f1857fcf15219d3597.pdf. (2020/02 - 2020/09)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Cartas com Ciência (pluricentric in 8 countries), São Tomé and Príncipe
2020/02 - 2020/03 Gave training and co-organized the Abolaji lab's first two school visits, which were very successful and included a new initiative - EMBL-Nigeria PenPals. More at https://thenode.biologists.com/irin-ajo-mi-si-nigeria-my-journey-to-nigeria/outreach/ (2020/02 - 2020/03) University of Ibadan, Nigeria
2019 - 2020 Established a mental health support programme "Let's Talk" that was then adopted by the institution -Of over 30 students, 69% stated a positive impact on their personal wellbeing and 50% on their professional lives. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rx1qw4oiTqJgI7n-V6tJ263rTt26Wd0x/view?usp=share_link (2019)
Other (Co-organisor)
 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2019/03 - 2019/10 Coordinator of the Science & Dance Project "Creating is Understanding" (March-October 2019) Initiated an institutional partnership between Dance Theater Heidelberg and EMBL, which began with the organisation of an interdisciplinary outreach event (at European Researchers Night 19), which included a debate and eventually led to the participation of EMBL scientists in the production process of Iván Pérez's recent play, Oscillation. https://www.theaterheidelberg.de/produktion/creating-is-understanding/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0U66vm2 (2019/09 - 2019/09)
Festival (Co-organisor)
2017/10 - 2018/11 Event "20th EMBL PhD Symposium"(November 2018) - co-organizer of the event as coordinator of the Speakers Committee, as a PhD student of EMBL. (2018/10 - 2018/10)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2017/02 - 2017/07 Co-host and Coordinator of the Stem Cell Exchanges Podcast https://sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/2497224 Podcasts embedded in the Art & Science Project, awarded with the SCI Public Engagement Fund. (2017/04 - 2017/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2013/06 - 2017/01 Radio Science Editor and programme presenter (June 2013-January 2017) For Radio Universidade de Coimbra, I interviewed over 100 Portuguese and international scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates; created and presented the Science Council (Conselho Científico); did press coverage of Lindau'14 Meeting. https://www.mixcloud.com/conselhocientifico/ For CamFM in Cambridge (UK), I co-organised the BlueSci Show https://www.mixcloud.com/BlueSciRadio/ (2013 - 2017)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2017 - 2017 Stem Cell Exchanges Exhibition, awarded with the SCI Public Engagement Fund. (2017/06 - 2017/07)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2015/09 - 2016/07 Project Coordinator, "Funky Infection" Flash Mob Video raised 4k to support biomedical neuroscience research. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ei0F0_NOhM&feature=youtu.be (2016/04 - 2016/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/10 - 2015/09 Cofounder of the "MiniBioqs" Project at Coimbra Children's Hospital (October 2013- September 2015) Now a non-profit organisation. Biochemistry students engage children with fun science. https://minibioqs.wordpress.com/ (2013 - 2015)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Editor-in-chief and contributor of the journal RNA Mensageiro between 2013 and 2015: Coordinated two editions (Journal issue 1 and 2 above) of the journal of the Biochemistry Students of the University of Coimbra. https://mrnauc.wordpress.com/ (2013 - 2015)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/17 - 2033/05/17 Invited speaker at panel of Erasmus+ project BOLD (Building on Linguistic and Cultural Diversity for social action within and beyond European universities) event
Round table
 A aprendizagem em serviço na formação de professores para a diversidade linguística e cultural: potencialidades, desafios e caminhos possíveis
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
2023/10 - 2023/10 Investigação e construção de saberes (invited moderator of session)
Conference
 VI Simpósio Europeu de Português como Língua de Herança
2023/08 - 2023/08 Cientistas Cartas com Ciência - Testemunhos (organizer and moderator of roundtable)
Conference
 Bienal STEM+L Maputo
Universidade Pedagogica, Mozambique
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/20 Participation in fourth biennial conference of the EU-funded ANGEL project, in 2023 in partnership with UNESCO https://angel-network.net/ANGEL_CON_2023
Conference
 2023 ANGEL Conference - Global Education & Learning, Education for Sustainability, and Global Citizenship
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France
2023/05/10 - 2023/05/25 Collaborative Futures Academy Fellow 2023 - Ethics and Equity in Engagement https://www.publicengagement.berlin/cfa2023
Other
 Collaborative Futures Academy 2023 - Ethics and Equity in Engagement
Wellcome Connecting Science, United Kingdom
2023/04/24 - 2023/04/24 Invited speaker at art&science panel as part of the public programme of transdisciplinary project LYSIS of artists Diana Policarpo and Odete, at Kunsthalle Lissabon https://www.kunsthalle-lissabon.org/eventos/para-uma-ciencia-mais-acessivel-conversa-entre-mariana-duarte-e-mariana-alves
Round table
 Para uma ciência mais acessível (for a more accessible science)
2023/03 - 2023/04 [46] Special Issue Launch - Reflecting on Freire (04.23) Leeds & online [45] GlobalScape Symposium (04.23) online [44] PCST Pre-Conference Online Webinars (04.23) online [43] DiverSci Community of Practice - Holding Up a Mirror to Organizational Practices: An Equity Audit as a Tool for Change (03.23) online [42] Public Engagement Practitioners Journal Club (03.23) online, org. Berlin SPE, Scottish PEN, Falling Walls Engage and EUSA Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2023/02 - 2023/03 [41] CES South Epistemologies Seminar: From Black Lives Matter to Classroom (03.23) in person [40] CECS Minho Diversity & Communication Webinar: Research on Producers and subjects of knowledge (03.23) online [39] Responsible science communication - SciCom Network Chats (02.23) online [38]Equitable Practices Workshop Royal Society of Chemistry (02.23) online [37]Science on the media - when scientists are subject to harassment webinar (02.23) online [36] Webinar Data as a vehicle for impact (02.23) online Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2023/01 - 2023/02 [35] Training in Volunteer Management (02 to 03.23) online [34] Webinar Beyond the Binary: Challenging Sex and Gender Variables in Science (02.23) online [33] GlobalScape Final event (02.23) online [32] GlobalScape Workshops Global Science Communication & JEDI (01.23) online [31] Coreopolitics and imagining the world - Lepecki Seminar (01.23) In person, Lisbon [30] Reckoning with Racism: The Social Memory of the Slave Trade Conference (01.23) In person, Lisbon Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2022/11 - 2022/11 Invited speaker at the Panel "Enriching Science - Diversity and Unconscious Bias" Alves, M. (2022) More at https://twitter.com/VBCPhdSymposium/status/1587920026597670914
Symposium
 Vienna Biocenter PhD Symposium
Vienna BioCenter, Austria
2022/09 - 2022/09 Alves, M. (2022) Guest of the Feminist Heroides Book Club - Discussion of the book Inferior, by Angela Saini, online (September). https://www.publico.pt/2022/01/01/culturaipsilon/noticia/clube-livro-feminista-heroides-discute-livro-carson-mccullers-final-janeiro-1990467
Meeting
 Feminist Heroides Book Club
2022 - 2022 [29] Training in Interpersonal Communication, promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (In person, October, 2022). [28] Equality 2022 Forum, promoted by the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (Presencial, October 2022). [27] Inclusive Language Workshop, promoted by André Tecedeiro and Laura Falésia in partnership with Livraria Snob (Presential, October, 2022). [26] MAPIS seminar - Presentation of the study "Mapping health sciences research in the PALOP countries", promoted by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (In person, 09.22) Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2022 - 2022 [25] Workshop on Protagonism and racialities: New narratives and affect, promoted by BRABA Platform (Online, 07.2022). [24] Workshop on Art, Politics and Gender Narratives: Tooling the future, promoted by BRABA Platform (Online, 07.2022). [23] Seminar "Culture and International Development" of the Development Academy - II Edition, promoted by the Portuguese Platform of NGDOs, City of Lisbon Foundation (Presencial, 05.2022). [22] Research Forum "Foundations, science and equality,what are the key elements for success?", Philea In Person 04.2022 Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2021 - 2022 [21] Colloquium on Youth Political Participation: What Future? promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (in person, March 2022). [20] Workshop Fostering Action on Science Engagement Challenges , hosted by Falling Walls (Online, November 2021). [19] Inclusive SciComm Symposium, hosted by Metcalf Institute, USA (Online, October 2021). [18] Training in Anti-racist Education, promoted by "More Citizenship" & INMUNE (Online, October, 2021). Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2018/01/01 - 2021/09 Frequent volunteer for the EMBL schools (ELLS) and Friends of EMBL programmes, where I participated in: Giving Scientific presentations; Guiding laboratory visits; Panels on career and science communication; Summer school teaching; REMIX Art and Science Project 2018; Presenting Research to EMBL Corporate Partners; Pairing programme with a young student; translating educational resources; School Ambassador Project - visiting high-schools(Coimbra, Portugal and Ibadan, Nigeria).
Other
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2021/02 - 2021/02 Invited Speaker at the panel "The value of fundamental science(part 2)" Alves, M. & Palacios,I. (2021) Available at https://oc.embl.de/index.php/s/LTjQVSafXvKUdWC
Seminar
 EMBL Alumni Online Coffee Talks
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2021 - 2021 [17] Webinar Desafíos para una ciencia en español y portugués, promoted by the Organization of Iberoamerican States (Online, July 2021). [16] International Development Summer Course, promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Online, June 2021). [15] International Seminar I Working Meeting "New Times" in Education? How? The future is already here! - Workshop 3 Evaluation, promoted by CES, (Online, June 2021). [14] Decolonised Futures Conference, hosted by St Mary's University, London (Online, May 2021). Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2021 - 2021 [13] Course on Organisational Culture, promoted by With Company, Lisbon (Online, April-May 2021). [12] Symposium Innovations in STEM Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic, hosted by Native Scientist (Online, April 2021). [11] Ecsite Workroom Workshop Imagining Futures in Informal Learning, hosted by Ecsite (Online, March-April 2021). [10] Webinar Development Cooperation: trends and perspectives, promoted by the Portuguese NGDO Platform (Online, March 2021). Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2021 - 2021 [9] II International Seminar on Reading and Writing Promotion with the theme "Reading and Writing in Contexts of Diversity and Inclusion, promoted by RIUL|IPCB, Brazil, (Online, March 2021). [8] Decolonising Knowledge Symposium, hosted by Leiden University (Online, March 2021). [7] Webinar Launching the book "Interculturality and plurilingualism in education and training discourses and practices in post-colonial Portuguese-speaking contexts", promoted by CIDTFF/University of Aveiro (Online, March 2021). Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2018 - 2020 [6] II Jornadas Estratégia Nacional de Educação para o Desenvolvimento - Oficina 6. Quality Education and Language of Teaching, promoted by ENED (Online, October 2020). [5] Collaborative Curriculum Design Workshop, hosted by the ELLS of EMBL (Face-to-face, June 2019). [4] Workshop Working with Journalists, hosted by EMBL (Face-to-face, May 2019). [3] Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting'18 Congress (selected as Young Scientist), hosted by the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Lindau, Germany (In person, June 2018). Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events
2018/10 - 2018/10 Gene Regulatory Networks course Hosted by the Marine Biological Laboratory, funded through the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, 14-27 October, Woods Hole, USA. Application submitted, accepted and funded. https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/gene-regulatory-networks-development
Other
Marine Biological Laboratory, United States
2018/07 - 2018/07 Twitter Takeover EMBL in Lindau (July 2018) Social media activity in collaboration with and by invitation of the EMBL institutional communication team. https://www.embl.org/about/info/communications/blog/2018/09/digital-communications-update-july-august-2018/
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2016/06 - 2017/07 Frequent volunteer for the Science Outreach programme where I participated in: GameLab - science and computer games hackathon; Sketch Crawl - pairing with visual artist; European Researchers' Night at the Natural History Museum in London.
Other
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2016/03 - 2016/03 Invited moderator of "Ethics and Science" debate with Professors João Maria André, Carlos Fiolhais and Henrique Vilaça.
Conference
 IX National Conference of Biochemistry Students
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Immunosurgery, Stem Cell Derivation & Transgenics Workshop CamBioScience (now OBRIZUM), funded through the CamBioScience International Scholarship, 18-19 August, Cambridge, UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VsR8fVl-U
Workshop
2013 - 2014 [2] Statistics Workshop, promoted by the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education of the University of Coimbra (Presencial, November 2014). [1] Course Science Communication for Researchers, promoted by CES and CNC of the University of Coimbra (face-to-face, June 2013). Participation or attendance in SE&C and DAEI workshops/webinars/events

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/06 - Current ANGEL ECR Network Connecting Early Career Researchers in global education and learning Member
2023/05 - Current Associação Cartas com Ciência Founder and member of direction board
2023/02 - Current Global (Scape) Science Communication and Perception Network Community Member
2023 - Current FOCO CG Community - Train and Collaborate for Global Citizenship Community Member
2023 - Current Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology Member
2022 - Current Sinergias ED network - Sinergias ED: consolidating the dialogue between research and action in development education in Portugal Community Member
2022 - Current EMBL Alumni Network Member
2021 - Current SciCom PT - Portuguese Association for Science Communication Member
2021 - Current DiverSci Community of Practice - https://www.diversci.eu/our-community/ Community Member
2018 - Current DrosAfrica for International Science Cooperation https://thenode.biologists.com/drosafrica/education/ Volunteer
2018 - Current Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Alumni Network
2013 - 2016 Maratona da Saúde http://www.maratonadasaude.pt/ Volunteer

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2021 EMBL Science and Society Committee
Member
 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2018 - 2020 PhD student representative: Advocated for student rights and established a mental health support programme.
Member
 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/02 - Current Invited collaborator at DRTC, the Nigerian Centre for Drosophila Research, where I provide SE&C advice https://drosophilartc.org/about-us/our-team.php Drosophila Research and Training Centre, Nigeria

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/11 Invited lecture "International Cooperation in Science Education" Lopes,B & Alves, M. (2023) Political and Social Sciences (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2019/05 - 2023/05 Alves, M. (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) Invited Lecture (yearly since 2019) "Communication and Dissemination of Science" in the Writing Course for the Master in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Coimbra (May) Master in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Lecture "Science and Society - Challenges for Democratization" at the Science Communication Workshop of the European Consortium MSCA-ITN Syn2Psy, Centre for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (October). European Consortium MSCA-ITN Syn2Psy Science Communication Workshop (Doctor of Philosophy) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/07 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Lecture "From PhD to Science and Society" at the Annual Congress of the European Neurasmus Consortium, Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (July). Annual Congress of the European Neurasmus Consortium (Master) European Neurasmus Consortium, Belgium
2022/05 - 2022/05 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Lecture "Democratization of Science - challenges and opportunities" at the Advanced Course Connecting Researchers with Society and Industry of the PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (May). PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/04 - 2022/04 Alves, M. (2022) Invited Lecture "Projects with Science: Letters with Science" in Post-graduation in Science and Technology Policy and Management, NOVA FCSH, Lisbon (April). Post-graduation in Science and Technology Policy and Management (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/10 - 2019/10 Invited Lecture "Science Permeability to Values" Alves, M. (2019) EIPP Programme Induction Course (Doctor of Philosophy) European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2019/10 - 2019/10 Invited Lecture "Science Communication" Alves, M. (2019) EIPP Programme Induction Course (Doctor of Philosophy) European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2019/07 - 2019/07 Invited Lecture "Seeing the unknown: What molecular labelling can do for developmental biology" Alves, M. (2019) https://www.embl.org/about/info/undergraduates/embl-lautenschlager-summer-school/2019-visualising-life/2019-programme/ EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School, https://www.embl.org/news/events/embl-lautenschlager-summer-school-success/ (Bachelor) European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2018/01 - 2018/01 Alves, M. (2018) Invited Lecture "Science and Radio" at the Transversal Skills Course, PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (January). Transversal Skills Course, PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/04 Alves, M. (2016) Invited Lecture "Values in Science" in the Module of Philosophy of Science, Bsc Degree in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra (April). BSc Degree in Philosophy (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/04 1 of 5 invited testemonies about the importance of Science Communication for the piece "Porquê a divulgação científica? A ciência não é uma ilha" https://www.publico.pt/2023/04/12/ciencia/noticia/divulgacao-cientifica-ciencia-nao-ilha-2045770 Público
2022 (2022) Invited participation in Science Communication Network Podcast 2022 on Democratizing Science and Cartas com Ciência, together with Anil Vila. Available at https://scicomnetwork.wordpress.com/podcast/
2021 (2021) Interview for Público on Euclid distinction. Available at https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/08/p3/noticia/ha-seis-portuguesas-lista-100-melhores-empreendedoras-sociais-1953472
2021 (2021) Diário de Coimbra report on Euclid distinction. Available at https://www.cartascomciencia.org/_files/ugd/9addc3_3f7a99958abd430b9667b0e6060eb380.pdf
2019 (2019) Interview for GPS Scientists - GPS Scientists #57: "Treating Nobel prizes by name and not by Professor makes all the difference". Available at https://www.ffms.pt/pt-pt/atualmentes/cientistas-gps-57-tratar-premios-nobel-pelo-nome-e-nao-por-senhor-professor-faz-toda?fbclid=IwAR1BAhLcW6GrtNMTXcz3w1mNWG1k35_1X4Po9ArSMNIFDN9qUZYbaO5Msfc
2018 (2018) Interview for Women in Research Blog. Available at https://www.lindau-nobel.org/de/blog-women-in-research-at-lino18-mariana-alves-from-portugal/
2018 (2018) 10 questions for Women in Research Blog. Available at https://womeninresearchblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/mariana-portugal/
2016 (2016) Report in A Cabra newspaper on Funky Infection's fundraising solidarity project for the Health Marathon. Available at https://www.acabra.pt/2016/03/mbcm-da-uc-danca-em-prol-da-ciencia/

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/05/15 - 2023/05/15 Radar XS Invited interview for youth (8-12 yrs old) news show to talk about being a scientists for the National Scientist Day https://www.rtp.pt/play/zigzag/p10676/e689610/radar-xs National Scientist Day
2023/04 - 2023/04 Invited guest at Rumos magazine show, of RTP África, as co-director of Cartas com Ciência https://www.rtp.pt/play/p11293/e684918/rumos
2023/01 - 2023/01 Invited guest at long-interview format "My Generation" (A Minha Geração) Short TV version: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p11165/e667434/a-minha-geracao Full Youtube version:https://youtu.be/kGtAzk5MCww Full Radio version: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9309/e667186/a-minha-geracao
2022 - 2022 (2022) Invited participation in the week about Citizenship, in Antena 1 Sociedade. Available at https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9821/e615876/antena-1-sociedade
2022 - 2022 (2022) Report on the António Coutinho Science Awards Participation in RDP Africa's Geração Digital - as project leader of the António Coutinho Science Awards. Available at https://www.rtp.pt/play/p4068/e642489/geracao-digital
2022 - 2022 (2022) Participation on António Coutinho Science Awards - Welcome - RTP Africa - as project leader of the António Coutinho Science Awards. Available at https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9802/e642905/bem-vindos/1087032 (minutes 22:56-38:10)
2022 - 2022 (2022) Report on Science for the World Exhibition - Reporter África - RTP Africa - as project leader of the António Coutinho Science Awards. Available at https://www.rtp.pt/play/p9678/e644593/reporter-africa-1-a-edicao (minutes 22:50-25:52)
2021 - 2021 (2021) Interview to TSF news in the scope of the first anniversary of Cartas com Ciência - as co-director of Cartas com Ciência. Available at https://www.tsf.pt/programa/noticiarios/emissao/noticiario-das-14h00-13662294.html
2021 - 2021 (2021) Participation in the C de Ciência program together with Nuno Santos and Adalberto Varela about Cartas com Ciência - as co-director of Cartas com Ciência. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoBh3ow5TFM&list=PLV6_qQPalsKKp0AEjhqwRxBCGMLIt6XYA&index=2
2021 - 2021 (2021) Participation in the program Geração Digital (Digital Generation), together with Rafael Galupa, José Langa and Eliane Arez, about Cartas com Ciência - as co-director of Cartas com Ciência. Available at https://youtu.be/-8xgac6ghzo
2021 - 2021 (2021) Participation by invitation in a major interview for Radio Universidade de Coimbra. Available at https://www.ruc.pt/podcast/ha-vidas-nesta-cidade/mariana-alves-ao-longo-do-meu-percurso-penso-na-radio-muitas-vezes
2021 - 2021 (2021) Invited participation on Cartas com Ciência - Welcome - RTP Africa - as co-director of Letters with Science. Available at https://youtu.be/oyFOFsBt4Ro
2020/11 - 2020/11 Alves, M.R. P. & Lopes, B. Programa À Escuta da Rádio Regional Rádio Terra Nova, episódio 29. [ Program Listening of Radio Terra Nova, episode 29]. Available at https://www.terranova.pt/sites/default/files/podcasts/2020-11-11_educacao_cartas_com_ciencia-1.mp3 Avaliar para aprender com a Cartas com Ciência[Assessing to learn from Letters with Science]
2020 - 2020 (2020) Invited participation on Cartas com Ciência- Radar XS - RTP - as co-director of Letters with Science. Available at https://www.cartascomciencia.org/desafio-radar-xs
2017 - 2017 (2017) Invited participation in special programme Born in 94. Available at https://www.rtp.pt/play/p2362/e285811/especial-a3
2016 - 2016 (2016) Participation about the Funky Infection solidarity project, fundraising for the Health Marathon - A Praça - RTP - as a MBCM student coordinating the initiative. Available at https://www.rtp.pt/play/p1983/e231637/a-praca (minutes 26:30-38:12)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Invited to be a part of SE&C staff recruitment jury for a designer and a content officer positions for EMBL's Visitor Experience Exhibition European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Distinctions

Award

2023 CIDTFF Travel Grant (to attend SciComPT23 Conference)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
2021 "Go Green Go Social" - 2nd Prize (for Cartas com Ciência)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021 Best presentation of Session 10- Science for Development (SciComPt 2021)
2020 Keystone Symposia Travel Grant
Keystone Symposia, United States
2018 Gene Regulatory Networks Course Grant
Marine Biological Laboratory, United States
2018 Young Scientist for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2018
2018 Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Science Travel Grant
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Stiftung für medizinische Grundlagenforschun, Germany
2018 Travel Grant for Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2018
Dieter Schwarz Stiftung, Germany
2017 EMBL International Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2017 SCI Public Engagement Fund
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, United Kingdom
2016 Erasmus+ Master thesis grant
2014 Best Student Award 3% of the University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Title

2021 Top 100 Women Social Innovators