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Marco Pires da Silva completed his Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2021, by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia. He published 1 review article regarding drug development in toxoplasmosis (Microorganisms, 2021). He worked in the areas of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Parasitology, Microbiology and Nanotechnology, as a research fellow, under 1 project (Health-UNorte). He delivered 3 oral presentations and presented 1 poster in an international congress. He currently studies the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as PhD student at i3s. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific and technological output are: Toxoplasmosis; Mycobacteria; Nano-technology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marco Pires da Silva
Date of birth
1997/12/04
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • da Silva, Marco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AE10-02EF-6071
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6339-1446

Email addresses

  • marcos@i3s.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 917883115 (Personal)

Addresses

  • R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/11 - 2027/12
Ongoing
Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cell Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2015/09 - 2021/10
Concluded
Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/10/01 - 2023/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/10 - 2020/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/12/01 - 2023/02/28 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/10 - 2023/10 Assessment of New Modified Formulations (NMF) Containing Active Drugs for a Suitable Cellular Target
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000039
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. da Silva, Marco; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula; Borges, Margarida. Corresponding author: Borges, Margarida. "Promising Drug Targets and Compounds with Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Activity". Microorganisms 9 9 (2021): 1960. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9091960.
    Published • 10.3390/microorganisms9091960
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/11 Review of potential compounds with anti-Toxoplasma gondii activity 2nd edition of Simpósio de Investigação da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (SIFFUP)
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02 In vitro assessment of cytotoxic activity of a cinnamic acid-derived antimalarial compound for future evaluation of anti-Toxoplasma gondii activity 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2020)
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/11 In vitro assessment of cytotoxic activity of a cinnamic acid-derived antimalarial compound for future evaluation of anti-Toxoplasma gondii activity 1st edition of Simpósio de Investigação da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (SIFFUP)
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/26 - 2023/10/28 Poster presentation entitled "Sutezolid liposomal formulations to tackle mycobacterial infections"
Congress
X Iberoamerican Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal