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Adriana P Mamede, BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Forensic Chemistry, and PhD in Biosciences with speciality in Biochemistry by the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra. Her first research works were developed at "Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Universidade de Coimbra" (QFM-UC) on the study of burned human bones through vibrational spectroscopy, covering both light- and neutron-based techniques and producing 11 publications on the subject. Developed her PhD research at QFM-UC, working on the application of vibrational spectroscopy and machine learning to the diagnosis of human breast cancer, concomitantly contributing for the other research lines developed at this research unit, collecting another 10 publications.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Adriana Mamede

Citation names

  • Mamede, Adriana
  • A. P. Mamede

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B41E-B9A6-2713
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0647-4771

Email addresses

  • apm@uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Forensic Science
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/10/01 - 2023/03/02
Concluded
 PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Biochemistry
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Diagnostics of the Future: Spectral Histopathology for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer at a Molecular Level" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/09/02 - 2019/09/13
Concluded
 16th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering: An ideal introduction to the theory, techniques and applications of neutron scattering (Outros)
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
2019/03 - 2019/09
Concluded
 MatLab Onramp and MatLab Fundamentals (Outros)
Mathworks Inc, United States
2018/06/25 - 2018/06/29
Concluded
 Seventh Annual Niels Bohr International Academy Workshop-School on ESS Science (NBIA7) (Outros)
Københavns Universitet Niels Bohr Instituttet, Denmark
 20
2017/09/27
Concluded
 Forensic Chemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Burned Bones: A Comparison of Methodological Approaches to Assess Heat-induced Alterations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2015/07/13
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2014/07/21 - 2014/07/25
Concluded
 Beyond the Microscope, culturing Life, II Cell Culture and Tissue Training Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Portugal
2014/07 - 2014/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10 - Current Diagnostics of the Future: Vibrational Spectroscopy for an Early Detection of Breast Cancer
SFRH/BD/137001/2018
Universidade de Coimbra Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Portugal
 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Under evaluation
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Batista de Carvalho, L.A.E.; A. P. Mamede; I.P. Santos; A.L.M., Batista de Carvalho; P. Figueiredo; Da Silva, M.C.; Marques, M.P.M.. "Spectral Histopathology: A Brighter Future for Breast Cancer Diagnosis". Paper presented in 12th International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy (SPEC), 2022.
  2. Mamede, Adriana; P. Santos, Inês; Paulo Figueiredo; Ana L. M. Batista de Carvalho; Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405). "Spectral Histopathology - A Rising Field for Breast Cancer Diagnosis". Paper presented in 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY, 2021.
  3. Luís P. Q. Rei; A. P. Mamede; Inês Pereira dos Santos (6B15-D17D-C161); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405); Paulo Figueiredo (5D1F-E148-C055). "Assessing the biochemical features of breast cancer using raman sprectroscopy". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Pathology, 2020.
  4. David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF); A. P. Mamede; A.R. Vassalo; Giampaolo Piga (4514-5AC2-0B34); Eugénia Cunha (E717-5464-E13B); Stewart Frederick Parker (4A1F-D2DC-0B7E); Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405). "Le Potentiel des Groupes Hydroxyles de la Bioapatite Pour Discriminer des os Brulés Humains Par Spectroscopie Vibrationelle". Paper presented in XXXIIIème Colloque du GALF (Groupement des Anthropologistes de la Langue Française), Coimbra, Portugal, 2018.
  5. A. P. Mamede; A.R. Vassalo; C. Makhoul; David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF); Stewart Frederick Parker (4A1F-D2DC-0B7E); Winfried Kockelmann (C011-C9FB-D8A6); Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405). "Widening the Frontiers in Forensic Identification: Probing Burned Human Bones with Neutron Techniques". Paper presented in Molecular Spectroscopy Science Meeting 2018, London, UK, 2018.
  6. A. P. Mamede; A.R. Vassalo; Giampaolo Piga (4514-5AC2-0B34); Eugénia Cunha (E717-5464-E13B); Stewart Frederick Parker (4A1F-D2DC-0B7E); Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596); David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405). "Targeting the OH's within Bone´s Bioapatite by Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy". Paper presented in Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology, Portsmouth (United Kingdom), 2018.
  7. A. P. Mamede; C.S. Matos; ANA LÚCIA MARQUES BATISTA DE CARVALHO (4419-A4AF-3D7C); Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596). "Pt(II) and Pd(II) Polyamine Complexes in the spotlight of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treatment". Paper presented in The 43rd FEBS Congress, Prague (Czech Republic), 2018.
  8. A. P. Mamede; A.R. Vassalo; David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF); Stewart Frederick Parker (4A1F-D2DC-0B7E); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405); Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596). "Eating the bone! An enzymatic protocol aiming at bone's organic matrix removal". Paper presented in Seventh NBIA School-Workshop on ESS Science (NBIA7), Copenhagen (Denmark), 2018.
  9. A.R. Vassalo; A. P. Mamede; Eugénia Cunha (E717-5464-E13B); Stewart Frederick Parker (4A1F-D2DC-0B7E); Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596); David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF); Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405). "Unravelling the mystery: FTIR-ATR and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectroscopies applied to the analysis of burned human skeletal remains". Paper presented in Seventh NBIA School-Workshop on ESS Science (NBIA7), Copenhagen (Denmark), 2018.
  10. A. P. Mamede; Luis Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho (D01B-AC37-A405); David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF); A.R. Vassalo; C. Makhoul; Stewart Frederick Parker (4A1F-D2DC-0B7E); Giulia Festa (B71D-9CB6-72DF); C. Andreani; Maria Paula Matos Marques (6B14-8AE7-9596). "Shining the Beam on Bones: Human Burned Skeletal Remains Probed by Neutron Spectroscopy". Paper presented in Neutrons Matter, the seventh edition of the International Workshop on Electron-volt Neutron Spectroscopy, Neutrons Matter, the seventh edition of the International Workshop on Electron-volt Neutron Spectroscopy, 7th to 8th November 2017, Rome (Itay), 2017.
  11. Parker, S.F.; M.G. Taylor; Marques, M.P.M.; D. Gonçalves; A. P. Mamede; A.R. Vassalo; C. Makhoul; Batista de Carvalho, L.A.E.. "Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies of Bone". Paper presented in Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference 2017, 2017.
  12. A.R. Vassalo; A. P. Mamede; Maria Teresa Ferreira (3C13-AF0E-B51A); Eugénia Cunha (E717-5464-E13B); David Gonçalves (4A15-E556-7CDF). "The Force Awakens? O Efeito da Gravidade na Ocorrência de Deformação Térmico-Induzida". Paper presented in III Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Coimbra (Portugal), 2016.
Journal article
  1. Maria P. M. Marques; P. Santos, Inês; Ana L. M. Batista de Carvalho; A. P. Mamede; Martins, Clara B.; Figueiredo, Paulo; Mona Sarter; et al. "Water Dynamics in Human Cancer and Non-Cancer Tissues". PCCP (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP00621A.
    Submitted • 10.1039/D2CP00621A
  2. A. P. Mamede; Santos, Inês P.; Batista de Carvalho, Ana L. M.; Figueiredo, Paulo; Silva, Maria C.; Marques, Maria P. M.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.. Corresponding author: Santos, Inês P.. "Breast cancer or surrounding normal tissue? A successful discrimination by FTIR or Raman microspectroscopy". The Analyst 147 21 (2022): 4919-4932. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2an00622g.
    10.1039/d2an00622g
  3. A. P. Mamede; Santos, Inês P.; Batista de Carvalho, Ana L. M.; Figueiredo, Paulo; Silva, Maria C.; Tavares, Mariana V.; Marques, Maria P. M.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.. Corresponding author: Santos, Inês P.. "A New Look into Cancer - A Review on the Contribution of Vibrational Spectroscopy on Early Diagnosis and Surgery Guidance". Cancers 13 21 (2021): 5336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215336.
    10.3390/cancers13215336
  4. Marques, M.P.M.; Gonçalves, D.; Mamede, A.P.; Coutinho, T.; Cunha, E.; Kockelmann, W.; Parker, S.F.; Batista de Carvalho, L.A.E.. "Profiling of human burned bones: oxidising versus reducing conditions". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099381661&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-020-80462-3
  5. Batista de Carvalho, L.A.E.; Mamede, A.P.; Batista de Carvalho, A.L.M.; Marques, J.; Cinque, G.; Rudic, S.; Marques, M.P.M.. "Metallodrug-protein interaction probed by synchrotron terahertz and neutron scattering spectroscopy". Biophysical Journal 120 15 (2021): 3070-3078. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85110674051&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bpj.2021.06.012
  6. David Gonçalves; Ana R. Vassalo; Calil Makhoul; Giampaolo Piga; Adriana P. Mamede; Stewart F. Parker; Maria T. Ferreira; et al. "Chemosteometric regression models of heat exposed human bones to determine their pre-burnt metric dimensions". American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24104.
    10.1002/ajpa.24104
  7. M. P. M. Marques; A. L. M. Batista de Carvalho; A. P. Mamede; A. Dopplapudi; V. García Sakai; L. A. E. Batista de Carvalho. "Role of intracellular water in the normal-to-cancer transition in human cells - insights from quasi-elastic neutron scattering". Structural Dynamics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000021.
    10.1063/4.0000021
  8. M. Paula M. Marques; Ana L. M. Batista de Carvalho; Adriana P. Mamede; Asha Dopplapudi; Svemir Rudic; Madhusudan Tyagi; Victoria Garcia Sakai; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho. "A New Look into the Mode of Action of Metal-Based Anticancer Drugs". Molecules 25 2 (2020): 246-246. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020246.
    10.3390/molecules25020246
  9. Marques, M. P. M.; Batista de Carvalho, A. L. M.; Mamede, A. P.; Rudic, S.; Dopplapudi, A.; García Sakai, V.; Batista de Carvalho, L. A. E.. "Intracellular water as a mediator of anticancer drug action". International Reviews in Physical Chemistry 39 1 (2020): 67-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144235x.2020.1700083.
    10.1080/0144235x.2020.1700083
  10. Maria Paula M. Marques; Ana L. M. Batista de Carvalho; Adriana P. Mamede; Inês P. Santos; Victoria García Sakai; Asha Dopplapudi; Gianfelice Cinque; et al. "Chemotherapeutic Targets in Osteosarcoma: Insights from Synchrotron-MicroFTIR and Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2019): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05596.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05596
  11. Festa, G.; Andreani, C.; Baldoni, M.; Cipollari, V.; Martínez-Labarga, C.; Martini, F.; Rickards, O.; et al. "First analysis of ancient burned human skeletal remains probed by neutron and optical vibrational spectroscopy". Science Advances 5 6 (2019): eaaw1292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1292.
    10.1126/sciadv.aaw1292
  12. Ana L. M. Batista de Carvalho; Adriana P. Mamede; Asha Dopplapudi; Victoria Garcia Sakai; James Doherty; Mark Frogley; Gianfelice Cinque; et al. "Anticancer drug impact on DNA - a study by neutron spectroscopy coupled with synchrotron-based FTIR and EXAFS". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP05881D.
    10.1039/C8CP05881D
  13. A. P. Mamede; M. P. M. Marques; A. R. Vassalo; E. Cunha; D. Gonçalves; S. F. Parker; W. Kockelmann; L. A. E. Batista de Carvalho. "Human bone probed by neutron diffraction: the burning process". RSC Advances 9 63 (2019): 36640-36648. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA07728F.
    10.1039/C9RA07728F
  14. Marques, M. P. M.; Mamede, A. P.; Vassalo, A. R.; Makhoul, C.; Cunha, E.; Gonçalves, D.; Parker, S. F.; Batista de Carvalho, L. A. E.. "Heat-induced Bone Diagenesis Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34376-w.
    10.1038/s41598-018-34376-w
  15. Adriana P. Mamede; David Gonçalves; M. Paula M. Marques; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho. "Burned bones tell their own stories: A review of methodological approaches to assess heat-induced diagenesis". Applied Spectroscopy Reviews (2018): 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/05704928.2017.1400442.
    10.1080/05704928.2017.1400442
  16. Mamede, Adriana P.; Vassalo, Ana R.; Piga, Giampaolo; Cunha, Eugénia; Parker, Stewart F.; Marques, M. Paula M.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Gonçalves, David. "Potential of Bioapatite Hydroxyls for Research on Archeological Burned Bone". Analytical Chemistry 90 19 (2018): 11556-11563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02868.
    10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02868
  17. D. Gonçalves; A. R. Vassalo; A. P. Mamede; C. Makhoul; G. Piga; E. Cunha; M. P. M. Marques; L. A. E. Batista de Carvalho. "Crystal clear: Vibrational spectroscopy reveals intrabone, intraskeleton, and interskeleton variation in human bones". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166 2 (2018): 296-312. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fajpa.23430.
    10.1002/ajpa.23430
  18. A. P. Mamede; A. R. Vassalo; E. Cunha; D. Gonçalves; S. F. Parker; L. A. E. Batista de Carvalho; M. P. M. Marques. "Biomaterials from human bone - probing organic fraction removal by chemical and enzymatic methods". RSC Advances (2018): https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA05660A.
    10.1039/C8RA05660A
  19. Ana R. Vassalo; Adriana P. Mamede; Maria T. Ferreira; Eugénia Cunha; David Gonçalves. "The G-force awakens: the influence of gravity in bone heat-induced warping and its implications for the estimation of the pre-burning condition of human remains". Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences (2017): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00450618.2017.1340521.
    10.1080/00450618.2017.1340521

Other

Other output
  1. Anticancer Drug Impact on DNA – A Study by Neutron Spectrocopy, Synchrotron-based FTIR and EXAFS. 2018. de Carvalho, A.L.B.; Mamede, A.P.; Dopplapudi, A.; Sakai, V.G.; Doherty, J.; Frogley, M.; Cinque, G.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095618139&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/398826
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/10 Shining the Beam on Water in Human Cells and Tissues Joint ESS ILL User Meeting
(Lund, Sweden)
2022/08 The Biochemical Profile of Breast Cancer - Diagnosing with Raman Spectroscopy XXVII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy
(Long Beach, California, United States)
2022/06 Role of Water Dynamics in Normal-to-Cancer Transition - Insights from Neutron Scattering Techniques 12th International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy (SPEC)
(Dublin, Ireland)
2021/08 Normal-to-Cancer Transition - Insights from Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering 11th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS)
(Poland)
2021/05 Intracellular Water Dynamics as a Mediator of Chemotherapy-induced Cell Death QENS-WINS 2021 Conference
(ONLINE)
2020/02 Unlocking the Secrets of Human Bone - Probing Burned Bones with Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy 8th International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS)
(Bangalore, India)
2019/10/11 Widening the Frontiers in Forensic Profiling: Probing Burned Human Bones with Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy 12th Workshop "FT-IR Spectroscopy in Microbiological and Medical Diagnostics"
(Berlim, Germany)
2019/08 Synchrotron-based FTIR and Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering in the Search for New Chemotherapeutic Targets Against Osteosarcoma XVIII European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 18)
(Dublin, Ireland)
2019/08 Shining the Beam on Biosystems: From Cancer Cells to Bones ILL – Synergies with Portugal Workshop
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07 Probing Drug Pharmacodynamics by Optical and Neutron-based Vibrational Spectroscopy: Interaction of Cisplatin-like Anticancer Agents with DNA 10th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS10)
(Auckland, New Zealand)
2019/06 Synchrotron-based Techniques in Biosciences - from Human Cells to Bones 8º Encontro Nacional de Utilizadores de Radiação de Sincrotrão 2019
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/05 Shining the Beam on Cells - Intracellular Water as a Mediator of Anticancer Drug Action UK Neutron and Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) 2019
(Warwick, United Kingdom)
2019 Widening the Frontiers in Forensic Profiling: Probing Burned Human Bones with Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy 12th Workshop "FT-IR Spectroscopy in Microbiological and Medical Diagnostics"
(Berlin, Germany)
2018/11 Shining the Beam on Bones - Finding New Clues on Archaeological Skeletal Remains Molecular Spectroscopy Science Meeting (MSSM) – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
(London, United Kingdom)
2018/10 Widening the Frontiers in Forensic Identification: Probing Burned Human Bones with Neutron Techniques ISIS Student Meeting 2018
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2018/09 Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopy for Probing Ancient Skeletal Human Remains Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology
(Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
2018/03 Vibrational Spectroscopy as an Indicator of Structural Degradation on Human Burned Remains Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies Conference (SSSB)
(Southampton, United Kingdom)
2017/11 Interrogando Ossos Queimados: Avaliação das alterações térmico-induzidas em ossos humanos usando espetroscopia vibracional 16º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses: 1ª Reunião da Rede de Serviços Médico-Legais de Língua Portuguesa
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/11 Gato por Lebre: a Fauna Não é um Proxy Satisfatório dos Humanos em Estudos Sobre a Composição Química do Esqueleto 16º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses: 1ª Reunião da Rede de Serviços Médico-Legais de Língua Portuguesa
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/09 A Vibrational Spectroscopy Study of Burned Human Bones XVII European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 17)
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2017/04 Resizing Human Burned Skeletal Remains by Spectroscopic Methods Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference 2017
(Coventry, United Kingdom)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/09 - 2018/10 Raman4Clinics Final Conference and Summer School (2018/10/10 - 2018/10/12)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Química-Física Molecular, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2016/10/11 - Current Benchtop SEM seminar about the concepts of SEM and its applications.
Seminar
 Seminário: Microscopia Eletrónica de Bancada
2017/04/29 - 2017/04/29 An introduction to the basics of forensic anthropology was covered, namely the establishment of the biological profile of human remains. With an hands-on component
Workshop
 III Workshop em Antropologia Forense
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/01 - Current miniBIOQS - Associação Ciência para todos. This association aims at the performance of simple and affordable chemistry experiments for children with complicated backgrounds e.g., children in hospital admission or institutionalised children, disabled adults, and more recently in schools and museums, in Coimbra, Portugal. Human resources management, organisation and planning of activities and events, research.
2019 - Current Neutron and Muon Users in Portugal (NeMPo) Associate Member
2018/03 - Current Portuguese Biochemical Society Associate Member
2018/01 - Current Member of the managing team of the group Rancho Folclórico e Etnográfico de Eira Pedrinha. This group represents the 1950´s aiming to preserve the culture and habits of the people from Eira Pedrinha, Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra, Portugal. Active member, assistance in the organisation and planning of events.
2019/03 - 2021/12 Royal Society of Chemistry Associate Member

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/02 - 2022/06 New methods for cancer diagnosis - the potential of Raman spectroscopy for cervical cancer diagnosis João Miguel Batista Gracio

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/01/10 - 2022/01/31 Research mission at the Physical-Chemistry Department, University of Málaga, Spain, under the scope of the PhD degree. CARS experiments were performed on formalin-fixed human breast samples. Universidad de Málaga Facultad de Ciencias, Spain
2019/06/06 - 2019/06/14 Research mission at the ISIS Facilities (UK) to study the potential of QENS to distinguish between tumour and non-tumour cell lines (on the OSIRIS instrument). ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, United Kingdom
2019/05/20 - 2019/05/23 Research mission at the Diamond Light Source Facility (UK) to probe the interaction of Pt- and Pd-polyamine complexes with the HSA and MT proteins through synchrotron THz spectroscopy. Diamond Light Source Ltd, United Kingdom
2018/12/13 - 2018/12/16 Research mission at the ISIS Facilities (UK) to study the impact of cisplatin-like drugs on DNA through INS (on the TOSCA instrument). ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, United Kingdom
2017/02/12 - 2017/02/24 Trainee at the Physical-Chemistry Department, University of Málaga, Spain under the scope of the MSc degree. Raman Spectroscopy (CARS, microRaman, FT-Raman, LT-FT-Raman) for the study of burned human bones. Universidad de Málaga Facultad de Ciencias, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2018 Best Poster Award
ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, United Kingdom
2012 Merit student award
2010 Merit Student Award