Cláudia Maria Carrudo de Deus (B913-57C9-0842)

Curriculum Vitae

Cláudia Maria Carrudo de Deus

Cláudia M. Deus (CMD) obtained a BSc. in Biotechnology from the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra in 2008, and completed her Master's in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Aveiro in 2012. After her MSc studies, CMD has extensively participated as team member in several R&D funded projects in mitochondrial biology field at Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (CNC-UC, 2012-2015). Her research involves the evaluation of mitochondrial remodeling that occurs in several age-related diseases, namely in cancer, cardiovascular diseases, as well as in Parkinson's Disease (PD). In 2015, CMD was awarded with a PhD fellowship from FCT to pursue her studies in metabolic remodeling mechanisms that occur in PD. During her PhD, she carried out an international scientific secondment at Nuno Raimundo Lab, Germany to obtain advanced training in organelle crosstalk in health and disease. In 2021, CMD concluded the PhD studies in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine with a specialization in Neurosciences and Disease at the University of Coimbra. After her PhD, CMD worked as Pos-Doc in 2 FCT-funded projects (2021-2022), including to screen mitochondrial health biomarkers, and to investigate mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns in neuroinflammation. In November 2022, CMD moved to Advanced Therapies Group (CNC-UC), led by Lino Ferreira being awarded with a Pos-Doc fellowship to work in bioengineering extracellular vesicles for regenerative medicine applications. In 2023, CMD was awarded with a Junior CEEC contract (2023.05873.CEECIND). Currently, CMD works as Assistant Researcher at Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing (MIA-Portugal) supported through a H2020 Teaming partnership. CMD has published 23 peer-reviewed publications (10 first author; 1 corresponding author), 1 book chapter, 19 publications in conference proceedings, 13 oral and 28 poster presentations in scientific meetings, having an h-index of 14, and 685 total citations (google scholar; 2017-2023), 1 clinical trial registered, principal investigator (PI) in 1 funded project (50k euros), team member in 9 funded projects (>2M euros), obtained 9 grants/awards, while having participated in 3 organizations of international scientific meetings. CMD has teaching experience in Master of Biomedical Engineering (2023), Master in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Master in Biochemistry (2022, UC) and at the Experimental Advanced Courses at the Institute for Education and Citizenship. CMD is part of reviewer editorial board of Frontiers in Pharmacology and Frontiers in Medical Engineering and her international merit has also been recognized by the invitation for peer reviewing of scientific papers for 16 international scientific journals of recognized merit in the field of ageing-related disorders. Over the years, CMD mentored 3 Master students, 1 visiting student and some students in their lab rotations. Moreover, she participated in science outreach activities, such as "Researchers European Night", "Week of Science UC" and "Brain Awareness Week". Besides research, CMD was also dedicated to Entrepreneurship Activities/Technology Transfer to Industry participating in IneoSTART program and Business Ideas Acceleration (2015) promoted by Institute Pedro Nunes, Coimbra.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cláudia Maria Carrudo de Deus
Gender: Female

Citation names

Deus CM
Cláudia M. Deus

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B913-57C9-0842
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8344-9182

Websites

https://www.cnc.uc.pt/en/people/c-deus (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/04/01 Concluded	Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Biotecnologia e Saúde Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal "Metabolic remodeling and quality control mechanisms in Parkinson´s disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Com Distinção e Louvor \| Summa cum laude
2012 Concluded	Applied Biology with specialization in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Resveratrol and Cancer - What role for Sirtuins?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2008 Concluded	Biotechnology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal "Study of effects of chronic toxicity of alcohol in Wistar Rats" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/03 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing, Portugal
2022/10/26 - 2023/12/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/01/03 - 2022/06/02	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2021/04/01 - 2021/12/05	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2021/01/04 - 2021/12/05	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/11/01 - 2021/04/01	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2017/01/02 - 2017/06/30	Researcher (Research)	Institute of Cellular Biochemistry, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/06/01 - 2015/10/30	Research fellow	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2013/05/15 - 2015/04/30	Research Fellow Integration in Project funded by FCT (PTDC/DTP-FTO/1180/2012): Pathophysiology of persistent cardiac toxicity of Doxorubicin: A link between Mitochondria and Epigenetic.	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2012/06/01 - 2013/03/30	Research Fellow Integration in Project funded by FCT (#PTDC/QUI-QUI/101409/2008): Opening Pandora’s Box for Active Anti-Breast Cancer Therapy – Role of Selective Targeting to Mitochondria.	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2011/08/02 - 2012/05/30	Master student-scientific training Integration in Project funded by FCT (#PTDC/SAU- TOX/110952/2009): Protective Activity of SIRT3 Against Drug-induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction.	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

2009/09/01 - 2010/10/25	Life science consultant and auditor	CAP, Lda., Portugal

2008/05/06 - 2008/09/30	Undergraduate student-scientific training Integration of research and development project in the area of eating disorders caused by alcohol entitled - Study of effects of chronic toxicity of alcohol i	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/10/26 - Current	LightImplant - Fabrication of light responsive and multifuntional dental implant for the treatment of peri-implant diseases PTDC/CTM-CTM/1719/2021 Post-doc	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/01/03 - Current	Role of mitochondrial-thiol homeostasis in neurodegeneration: implication for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis EXPL/BTM-TEC/1407/2021 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2024 - 2027	Small extracellular vesicles-based Nrf2 mRNA delivery as a therapeutic approach for Parkinson’s Disease n/a Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023 - 2023	mitoMOVE4PD: Mitochondrial and metabolic remodeling induced by physical activity in fibroblasts from Parkinson's Disease patients (not contracted for bureaucratic reasons) 2022.01232.PTDC Principal investigator Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2022/06/04	EXOmirHD: iPS cells-derived exosomes - impact on mitochondrial (dys)function in Huntington's disease and potential nanodelivery system for microRNA-based therapeutics PTDC/BTM-TEC/29621/2017 Post-doc	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/04/01 - 2021/12/05	MitoScreening: Development and validation of innovative screening methods for mitochondrial health modulators PTDC/BTM-SAL/29297/2017 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018 - 2021/06/01	Development of Novel Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants for Improving SOD1-Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Phenotype PTDC/MED-FAR/29391/2017 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017 - 2020	MitoBOOST: A Next-Generation Therapeutics for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Based on Smart Antioxidant Delivery to Mitochondria Pathophysiology PTDC/DTP-FTO/2433/2014 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015 - 2016	An Epigenetic Engineering Approach to Reverse the Parkinson Disease (PD) Cell State CPD0028001 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Concluded
2013/05/15 - 2015/04/30	Pathophysiology of persistent cardiac toxicity of Doxorubicin: A link between Mitochondria and Epigenetic PTDC/DTP-FTO/1180/2012 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/06/01 - 2013/03/30	Opening Pandora’s Box for Active Anti-Breast Cancer Therapy – Role of Selective Targeting to Mitochondria PTDC/QUI-QUI/101409/2008 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2013	Protective Activity of SIRT3 Against Drug-induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/110952/PT Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/07/27 - Current	The Effects on Physical Activity on Mitochondrial Function in Skin Fibroblasts in Patients With Parkinson's Disease. (PARKEX Clinical Trial)) NCT05963425 Post-doc	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Deus CM; Branco, Ana F.; Paulo J. Oliveira; Sardão, Vilma. "Caffeine Cardiovascular Toxicity: Too Much of a Good Thing.". edited by Victor R. Preedy. 2014. 10.1016/B978-0-12-409517-5.00078-4
Conference abstract	Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; José Teixeira; Rui F. Simões; Fernando Cagide; Sofia Benfeito; et al. "A novel phenolic acid-based mitochondria-targeted antioxidant improves cellular responses to oxidative stress in fibroblasts from sporadic Parkinson’s disease patients". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2021. Published • 10.1111/eci.13567 Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; José Teixeira; Rui F. Simões; Fernando Cagide; Sofia Benfeito; et al. "AntiOxCIN4 a new mitochondriotropic derivative based on the natural polyphenol caffeic acid reverts cellular and mitochondrial metabolic defects of fibroblasts from idiopathic Parkinson’s disease". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2021. Published • 10.1111/eci.13567 Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Sofia Benfeito; Fernando Cagide; Fernanda Borges; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Human skin fibroblasts from sporadic Parkinson’s disease patients as a surrogate to measure the efficacy of a novel mitochondria-directed antioxidant therapy". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2019. Published • 10.1111/eci.13109 Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Sofia Benfeito; Fernando Cagide; Fernanda Borges; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Targeting dietary antioxidants to mitochondria ameliorate metabolic alterations of skin fibroblasts from patients with sporadic Parkinson’s Disease". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2018. Published • 10.1111/eci.12926 Cátia V. Diogo; Cláudia M. Deus; Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska; Jan M. Suski; Massimo Bonora; Caroline Veloso; Sónia Pinho; et al. "Cytotoxicity of Hyperglycemia on H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts Cultured in High-Glucose Media Under Different Differentiation Conditions". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2017. Published • 10.1111/eci.12749 Cátia V. Diogo; Cláudia M. Deus; Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska; Aleksandra Wojtala; Mariusz R. Wieckowski; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Carvedilol Regulates Antioxidant Proteins in a Type I Diabetes Rat Model". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2017. Published • 10.1111/eci.12749 Somia Lassed; Cláudia M. Deus; Radja Djebbari; Djamila Zama; Paulo J. Oliveira; Albert A. Rizvanov; Abderrezak Dahdouh; Fadila Benayache; Samir Benayache. "Antioxidant and antiproliferative effects of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) against Prostate Cancer". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2017. Published • 10.1111/eci.12749 Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Ana R. Coelho; Cláudia M. Deus; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Mitochondrial dysfunction and p53 signaling in mouse stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes exposed to doxorubicin". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2017. Published • 10.1111/eci.12748 Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Vilma A. Sardão; Cláudia M. Deus; Inês Cardoso; Sónia Pinho; Shanshan Yang; et al. "Maternal Obesity (MO) in Sheep Decreases Fetal Hepatic Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Activity and Total Mitochondrial Lipids". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2017. Published • 10.1111/eci.12748 Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Altered Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Skin Fibroblasts from Parkinson’s Disease Patients". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2017. Published • 10.1111/eci.12748 Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Cláudia M. Deus; Paulo J. Oliveira; Shanshan Yang; Ablat Tuerxun; Fred Odhiambo; et al. "Maternal Obesity (MO) in sheep decreases fetal hepatic mitochondrial respiratory chain activity". Paper presented in Reprod Sci, 2016. Published • 10.1177/1933719116641257 Susana P. Pereira; Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Cláudia M. Deus; Irina G. Starostina; Vilena V. Ivanova; Albert A. Rizvanov; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Metabolic remodeling of human skin fibroblasts as model for studying mitochondrial diseases and drug-induced toxicity". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2016. Published • 10.1111/eci.12604 Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Silvia M. Novais; Andreia Vilaça; Irina G. Starostina; Vilena V. Ivanova; Albert A. Rizvanov; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Involvement of sirtuin 1 and 3 on resveratrol cytotoxicity and differentiation of breast cancer cell lines". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2016. Published • 10.1111/eci.12604 Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Andreia Vilaça; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Resveratrol Effects in Breast Cancer Cell Lines are SIRT3-independent". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2015. Published • 10.1111/eci.12365 Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Vilma A. Sardão; Cláudia M. Deus; Amy Greene; Edward Perkins; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Mitochondrial Characterization of Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines for in Vitro Cancer Research". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2015. Published • 10.1111/eci.12365 Tatiana R. Martins; Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa Oliveira; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Berberine modulates DOX-induced cell death and autophagy in rat cardiomyoblasts". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2015. Published • 10.1111/eci.12435 Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Silvia M. Novais; Andreia Vilaça; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Is Resveratrol Cytotoxicity on Breast Cancer Cell Lines Modulated by Sirtuins?". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2015. Published • 10.1111/eci.12435 Deus CM; Cheryl Zehowski; Kendra Nordgren; Andrew Skildum; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Doxorubicin Lysosomal Accumulation, Autophagic Regulation and Mitochondrial Depolarization in H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2014. Published • 10.1111/eci.12258 Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Resveratrol induces cancer cell death: a possible effect of Sirtuin modulation?". Paper presented in Eur J Clin Invest, 2013. Published • 10.1111/eci.12060
Conference poster	Henrique Tavares; Beatriz, Margarida; Cláudia M. Deus; Casqueiro, Ricardo; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Carla Lopes. "Mitochondrial cargo in extracelular vesicles promotes microglia-mediated proinflammatory response". Paper presented in 3rd International RESETageing Conference, 2023. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana Soares; Magda Ferreira-Rodrigues; Rai, Akhilesh; Lino, Miguel; Ferreira, Lino. "To reset the senescence program in senescent stem/progenitor cells by extracellular vesicles". Paper presented in 33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, 2023. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; José Teixeira; Rui F. Simões; Fernando Cagide; Benfeito, Sofia ; et al. "AntiOxCIN4 a new mitochondriotropic derivative based on the natural polyphenol caffeic acid reverts cellular and mitochondrial metabolic defects of fibroblasts from idiopathic Parkinson’s disease". Paper presented in 55th Annual meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2021. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; José Teixeira; Rui F. Simões; Cagide, Fernando; Sofia Benfeito; et al. "A novel phenolic acid-based mitochondria-targeted antioxidant improves cellular responses to oxidative stress in fibroblasts from sporadic Parkinson’s disease patients". Paper presented in 55th Annual meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2021. Somia Lassed; Sabrina Bicha; Cláudia M. Deus; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Fadila Benayache; Samir Benayache. "Antiproliferative effects of Centaurea Maroccanana Ball (Asteraceae) compounds". Paper presented in International Congress of Recent developments in Pharmaceutical Analysis (RDPA), 2019. Ricardo Marques; Cláudia M. Deus; Filomena Silva; Vilma A. Sardão; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Teresa L. Serafim. "Metabolic reprogramming forwards oxidative phosphorylation in breast cancer cells as potential drug targets". Paper presented in FEBS Advanced Course: “Oncometabolism - From Conceptual Knowledge to Clinical Application, 2019. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Sofia Benfeito; Fernando Cagide; Fernanda Borges; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Human skin fibroblasts from sporadic Parkinson’s disease patients as a surrogate to measure the efficacy of a novel mitochondria-directed antioxidant therapy". Paper presented in 53rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2019. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Sofia Benfeito; Fernando Cagide; Fernanda Borges; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Targeting mitochondria with mitochondria-targeted cinnamic antioxidants: a new avenue for sporadic Parkinson’s Disease therapy". Paper presented in MitoPorto - Advances in Mitochondrial Research: International Symposium, 2018. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Sofia Benfeito; Fernando Cagide; Fernanda Borges; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Targeting dietary antioxidants to mitochondria ameliorate metabolic alterations of skin fibroblasts from patients with sporadic Parkinson’s Disease". Paper presented in 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2018. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Sofia Benfeito; Fernando Cagide; Fernanda Borges; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Mitochondria-directed antioxidants increased metabolic viability of human skin fibroblasts from Parkinson´s Disease patients". Paper presented in EpiChemBio and MuTaLig actions joint annual meeting, 2018. Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Nuno Raimundo; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Human skin fibroblast from Parkinson´s Disease patients reveal metabolic alterations and oxidative stress". Paper presented in EpiChemBio and MuTaLig actions joint annual meeting, September, 2017. Teresa L. Serafim; Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Vilma A. Sardão; Pedro Cunha; Caroline Veloso; Daniela Costa; et al. "Stimulation of mitochondrial metabolism in human breast cancer cells results in increased cell motility and decreased resistance to metabolic inhibitors". Paper presented in MitoPorto –Advances in Mitochondrial Research: International Symposium, 2017. Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Cláudia M. Deus; Inês Cardoso; Sónia Pinho; Shanshan Yang; Ablat Tuerxun; et al. "A Decreased Fetal Hepatic Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Activity caused by Maternal Obesity in Sheep". Paper presented in MitoPorto –Advances in Mitochondrial Research: International Symposium, 2017. Teresa L. Serafim; Cláudia M. Deus; Sónia Pinho; Tatiana R. Martins; Vilma A. Sardão; Luis Grilo; Chiara H. Cavallaro; et al. "Impact of Maternal Obesity During Pregnancy on Fetal Hepatic Redox Profile and Quality Control Proteins". Paper presented in MitoPorto - Advances in Mitochondrial Research: International Symposium, 2017. Cláudio Costa; Joana Maleita; Cláudia M. Deus; Susana P. Pereira; Teresa L. Serafim; Vilma A. Sardão; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira. "Characterization of mitochondrial parameters in cell lines in the presence or absence of glucose". Paper presented in MitoPorto –Advances in Mitochondrial Research: International Symposium, 2017. Somia Lassed; Cláudia M. Deus; Radja Djebbari; Djamila Zama; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Albert A.Rizvanov; Abderrezak Dahdouh; Fadila Benayache; Samir Benayache. "Antioxidant and antiproliferative effects of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) against Prostate Cancer". Paper presented in 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2017. Cátia V. Diogo; Cláudia M. Deus; Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska; Aleksandra Wojtala; Mariusz R. Wieckowski; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Carvedilol Regulates Antioxidant Proteins in a Type I Diabetes Rat Model". Paper presented in 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2017. Cátia V. Diogo; Cláudia M. Deus; Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska; Jan M. Suski; Massimo Bonora; Caroline Veloso; Sónia Pinho; et al. "Cytotoxicity of Hyperglycemia on H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts Cultured in High-Glucose Media Under Different Differentiation Conditions". Paper presented in 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2017. Susana P. Pereira; Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Cláudia M. Deus; Irina G. Starostina; Vilena V. Ivanova; Albert A. Rizvanov; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Metabolic remodeling of human skin fibroblasts as model for studying mitochondrial diseases and drug-induced toxicity". Paper presented in 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2016. Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Andreia Vilaça; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Cytotoxic Effects of Resveratrol in Breast Cancer Cells are Sirtuin 3-Independent". Paper presented in Cancer Epigenetics and Metabolism: Connecting the Dots, 2015. Cláudia M. Deus; Cheryl Zehowski; Kendra Nordgren; Andrew Skildum; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Dose-dependent Effects of Doxorubicin on Acidic Lysosomal Bodies and Apoptosis of H9c2 cardiomyoblasts". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society, 2014. Tatiana R. Martins; Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Berberine modulates DOX-induced cell death and autophagy in rat cardiomyoblasts". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society, 2014. Teresa L. Serafim; Teresa Cunha-Oliveira; Vilma A. Sardão; Cláudia M. Deus; Amy Greene; Edward Perkin; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Characterization of Mitochondria of Breast Cancer Cell Lines". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society,, 2014. Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Resveratrol Toxicity in Cancer Cell Lines is Related With Sirtuins Modulation". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society, 2014. Cláudia M. Deus; Cheryl Zehowski; Kendra Nordgren; Andrew Skildum; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD. "Doxorubicin Effects on Autophagic Regulation Occur Simultaneously With Mitochondrial Depolarization and Apoptosis Signaling in H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts". Paper presented in XII CNC Annual Meeting, 2014. Cláudia M. Deus; Cheryl Zehowski; Kendra Nordgren; Andrew Skildum; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Deus, Cláudia; Cláudia M. Deus. "Doxorubicin Lysosomal Accumulation, Autophagic Regulation and Mitochondrial Depolarization in H9c2 Cardiomyoblasts". Paper presented in 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2014. DOI: 10.1111/eci.12258 Deus, Cláudia; Cláudia M. Deus; Teresa L. Serafim; Susana M. Cardoso; Paulo J. Oliveira, PhD; Cláudia M. Deus; Susana M. Cardoso. "Resveratrol induces cancer cell death: a possible effect of Sirtuin modulation?". Paper presented in 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2013. 10.1111/eci.12060
Journal article	Magaña, Juan Carlos; Deus, Cláudia M.; Baldellou, Laura; Avellanet, Merce; Gea-Rodríguez, Elvira; Enriquez-Calzada, Silvia; Laguna, Ariadna; et al. "Investigating the impact of physical activity on mitochondrial function in Parkinson’s disease (PARKEX): Study protocol for A randomized controlled clinical trial". PLOS ONE 18 11 (2023): e0293774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293774. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0293774 Juan Carlos MAGAÑA GALLARDO; Cláudia Deus; Deus, CM; Maria Giné-Garriga; Joel Montane; Pereira SP. "Exercise-Boosted Mitochondrial Remodeling in Parkinson’s Disease". Biomedicines (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/10/12/3228. 10.3390/biomedicines10123228 Cláudia Deus; Deus, CM; Henrique Tavares; Margarida Beatriz; Sandra Mota; C Lopes. "Mitochondrial Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns Content in Extracellular Vesicles Promotes Early Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Disorders". Cells (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/15/2364. 10.3390/cells11152364 Pinho, Sónia A.; Costa, Cláudio F.; Deus, Cláudia M.; Pinho, Sonia L.C.; Miranda-Santos, Inês; Afonso, Gonçalo; Bagshaw, Olivia; et al. "Mitochondrial and metabolic remodeling in human skin fibroblasts in response to glucose availability". The FEBS Journal (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.16413. 10.1111/febs.16413 Cláudia M. Deus; José Teixeira; Nuno Raimundo; Paolo Tucci; Fernanda Borges; Luciano Saso; Paulo J. Oliveira. "Modulation of the redox intra-cellular environment as a novel therapeutic strategy for Parkinson’s Disease". Pharmaceutical Research (2022): Under revision Pereira, Susana P.; Santos, Sandra M.A.; Fernandes, Maria A.S.; Deus, Cláudia M.; Martins, João D.; Pedroso de Lima, Maria C.; Vicente, Joaquim A.F.; Videira, Romeu A.; Jurado, Amália S.. "Improving pollutants environmental risk assessment using a multi model toxicity determination with in vitro, bacterial, animal and plant model systems: The case of the herbicide alachlor". Environmental Pollution 286 (2021): 117239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117239. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117239 Deus, Cláudia M.; Pereira, Susana P.; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Teixeira, José; Simões, Rui F.; Cagide, Fernando; Benfeito, Sofia; et al. "A mitochondria-targeted caffeic acid derivative reverts cellular and mitochondrial defects in human skin fibroblasts from male sporadic Parkinson's disease patients". Redox Biology 45 (2021): 102037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2021.102037. 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102037 Serafim, Teresa L.; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Deus, Claudia M.; Sardão, Vilma A.; Cardoso, Ines M.; Yang, Shanshan; Odhiambo, John F.; et al. "Maternal obesity in sheep impairs foetal hepatic mitochondrial respiratory chain capacity". European Journal of Clinical Investigation (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13375. 10.1111/eci.13375 Deus, Cláudia M.; Pereira, Susana P.; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Pereira, Francisco B.; Raimundo, Nuno; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Mitochondrial remodeling in human skin fibroblasts from sporadic male Parkinson's disease patients uncovers metabolic and mitochondrial bioenergetic defects". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease 1866 3 (2020): 165615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165615. 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165615 Deus, Cláudia M.; Yambire, King Faisal; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Raimundo, Nuno. "Mitochondria–Lysosome Crosstalk: From Physiology to Neurodegeneration". Trends in Molecular Medicine 26 1 (2020): 71-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2019.10.009. 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.10.009 Correia-da-Silva, Marta; Rocha, Verónica; Marques, Cláudia; Deus, Cláudia M; Marques-Carvalho, Adriana; Oliveira, Paulo J; Palmeira, Andreia; et al. "SULFATION PATHWAYS: Potential benefits of a sulfated resveratrol derivative for topical application". Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 61 2 (2018): M27-M39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/jme-18-0031. 10.1530/jme-18-0031 Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Ferreira, Luciana L.; Coelho, Ana Raquel; Deus, Cláudia M.; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Doxorubicin triggers bioenergetic failure and p53 activation in mouse stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 348 (2018): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2018.04.009. 10.1016/j.taap.2018.04.009 Teixeira, José; Deus, Cláudia M.; Borges, Fernanda; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Mitochondria: Targeting mitochondrial reactive oxygen species with mitochondriotropic polyphenolic-based antioxidants". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 97 (2018): 98-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2018.02.007. 10.1016/j.biocel.2018.02.007 Pereira, Susana P; Deus, Cláudia M; Serafim, Teresa L; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa; Oliveira, Paulo J. "Metabolic and Phenotypic Characterization of Human Skin Fibroblasts After Forcing Oxidative Capacity". Toxicological Sciences 164 1 (2018): 191-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfy068. 10.1093/toxsci/kfy068 Coelho, Ana R.; Martins, Tatiana R.; Couto, Renata; Deus, Cláudia; Pereira, Cláudia V.; Simões, Rui F.; Rizvanov, Albert A.; et al. "Berberine-induced cardioprotection and Sirt3 modulation in doxorubicin-treated H9c2 cardiomyoblasts". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease 1863 11 (2017): 2904-2923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.07.030. 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.07.030 Lassed, Somia; Deus, Cláudia M.; Djebbari, Radja; Zama, Djamila; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Rizvanov, Albert A.; Dahdouh, Abderrezak; Benayache, Fadila; Benayache, Samir. "Protective Effect of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze) against Prostate Cancer: From In Vitro Data to Algerian Patients". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 (2017): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1691568. 10.1155/2017/1691568 Diogo, Cátia V.; Deus, Cláudia M.; Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska, Magdalena; Wojtala, Aleksandra; Wieckowski, Mariusz R.; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Carvedilol and antioxidant proteins in a type I diabetes animal model". European Journal of Clinical Investigation 47 1 (2016): 19-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.12696. 10.1111/eci.12696 Deus, Cláudia M.; Serafim, Teresa L.; Magalhães-Novais, Silvia; Vilaça, Andreia; Moreira, Ana C.; Sardão, Vilma A.; Cardoso, Susana M.; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Sirtuin 1-dependent resveratrol cytotoxicity and pro-differentiation activity on breast cancer cells". Archives of Toxicology 91 3 (2016): 1261-1278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00204-016-1784-x. 10.1007/s00204-016-1784-x Lassed, Somia; Deus, Cláudia M.; Lourenço, Nuno; Dahdouh, Abderrezak; Rizvanov, Albert A.; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Zama, Djamila. "Diet, Lifestyles, Family History, and Prostate Cancer Incidence in an East Algerian Patient Group". BioMed Research International 2016 (2016): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5730569. 10.1155/2016/5730569 Wieckowski, Mariusz R.; Deus, Cláudia M.; Couto, Renata; Oparka, Monika; Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska, Magdalena; Duszynski, Jerzy; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Measuring p66Shc Signaling Pathway Activation and Mitochondrial Translocation in Cultured Cells". Current Protocols in Toxicology 66 1 (2015): 25.6.1-25.6.21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/0471140856.tx2506s66. 10.1002/0471140856.tx2506s66 Deus, Cláudia M.; Zehowski, Cheryl; Nordgren, Kendra; Wallace, Kendall B.; Skildum, Andrew; Oliveira, Paulo J.. "Stimulating basal mitochondrial respiration decreases doxorubicin apoptotic signaling in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts". Toxicology 334 (2015): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2015.05.001. 10.1016/j.tox.2015.05.001 Deus, Cláudia; Santos, Gabriela; Loureiro, Rute; Vega-Naredo, Ignacio; Faneca, Henrique; Oliveira, Paulo. "Shutting Down the Furnace: Preferential Killing of Cancer Cells with Mitochondrial-Targeting Molecules". Current Medicinal Chemistry 22 20 (2015): 2438-2457. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666150209155957. 10.2174/0929867322666150209155957 Deus, Cláudia M; Coelho, Ana R; Serafim, Teresa L; Oliveira, Paulo J; Deus, Cláudia. "Targeting mitochondrial function for the treatment of breast cancer". Future Medicinal Chemistry 6 13 (2014): 1499-1513. http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/fmc.14.100. 10.4155/fmc.14.100

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/10/11	Mitochondrial cargo in extracelular vesicles promotes microglia-mediated proinflammatory response	14th Targeting mitochondria congress (Berlin, Germany)
2023/05/13	Mitochondria damage-associated molecular patterns associated to extracellular microvesicles promote microglia-mediated proinflammatory response	MitoPorto - Mitochondrial physiology, redox biology, and genetics: International Symposium (Porto, Portugal)
2021/10/13	Reverting mitochondrial impairment in skin fibroblasts from Parkinson’s Disease patients using a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant AntiOxCIN4	23rd International Conference on Oxidative Stress reduction, redox homeostasis and antioxidants (International online event)
2017/07/27	Doxorubicin toxicity and mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse induced pluripotent stem cells-derived cardiomyocytes	10th MITOEAGLE workshop WG1-4 (Obergurgl, Austria)
2017/05/17	Altered Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Skin Fibroblasts from Parkinson’s Disease Patients	51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Génova, Italy)
2017/05/17	Maternal Obesity (MO) in Sheep Decreases Fetal Hepatic Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Activity and Total Mitochondrial Lipids	51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Génova, Italy)
2017/05/17	Mitochondrial dysfunction and p53 signaling in mouse stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes exposed to doxorubicin	51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Génova, Italy)
2016/04/27	Involvement of sirtuin 1 and 3 on resveratrol cytotoxicity and differentiation of breast cancer cell lines	50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Paris, France)
2016/03/17	Maternal Obesity (MO) in sheep decreases fetal hepatic mitochondrial respiratory chain activity	Society for Reproductive Investigation 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting (Montreal, Canada)
2015/05/27	Is Resveratrol Cytotoxicity on Breast Cancer Cell Lines Modulated by Sirtuins?	49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2015/05/27	Berberine modulates DOX-induced cell death and autophagy in rat cardiomyoblasts	49th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2015/02/02	Mitochondrial Characterization of Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines for in Vitro Cancer Research	Cancer Epigenetics Metabolism: Connecting the Dots (Cantanhede, Portugal)
2014/09/18	In vitro OH Scavenging activity and cytotoxicity effect of green tea (Camellia sinensis) extracts again prostate cancer cell lines	4th International Meeting on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IMPPS-4) (Istambul, Turkey)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/05/22 - 2019/05/24	53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (2019/05/22 - 2019/05/24) Congress	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2016/09/08 - 2016/09/08	3rd BEB (PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine) Symposium - "scientia potentia est": Knowledge is power (2016/09/08 - 2016/09/08) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2014/12/17 - 2014/12/20	18th Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society (2014/12/17 - 2014/12/20) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2013/04/17 - 2013/04/20	47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (2013/04/17 - 2013/04/20) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2014/09 - Current	Collaboration in the "Researchers European Night" activities Other	Researchers European Night Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/20	Collaboration in the "Week of Science UC"	Week of Science UC Escola Secundária de Adolfo Portela, Portugal
2022/05 - 2022/05	Collaboration in the "Brain Awareness Week" activities	Brain Awareness Week Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	European Journal of Clinical Investigation (1365-2362)	Wiley Online Library
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Physiology (1664042X)	Frontiers Media SA
2022 - Current	Vessel Plus (2574-1209)	OAE Publishing Inc.
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Pharmacology (1663-9812)	Frontiers Media S.A.
2022 - Current	International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2296-634X)	Frontiers Media S.A
2022 - Current	Pharmaceutics (1999-4923)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Redox Biology (2213-2317)	Elsevier
2022 - Current	Biology (2079-7737)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Antioxidants (2076-3921)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Cells (2073-4409)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Diagnostics (Basel) (2075-4418)	MDPI
2022 - Current	Archives of Hematology Case Reports and Reviews (2640-7914)	Peertechz Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Medical Engineering (2813-687X)	Frontiers Media S.A.
2022 - Current	Mitochondrion (1567-7249)	Elsevier
2022 - Current	Scientific Reports (2045-2322)	Nature

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014 - Current	Portuguese Biochemical Society
2013 - Current	European Society for Clinical Investigation

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2023/05 - Current	Elected member of Postdoctoral researchers’ representatives of Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB-UC) Member	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/09/20 - 2023/12/13	Regenerative Medicine (Non-cellular based therapies: exosomes biogenesis and bioactivity)	Master of Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/03	Flow cytometry practical class, methodology and basic notions from Molecular Biology of Cancer	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/03	Flow cytometry practical class, methodology and basic notions from Molecular Biology of Cancer	Bioquímica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/04/27 - 2019/06/01	Biomedicine: Mitochondria and Diseases – Evaluation of cell viability using Sulphorodamine B method. Effect of several mitochondrial poisons	(Ensino secundário)	Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2016/04/02 - 2016/05/21	Biomedicine: Mitochondria and Diseases – Mitochondrial Activity: Respirometry in isolated mitochondria and yeasts. Effects of specific inhibitors	(Ensino secundário)	Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2015/01/10 - 2015/03/14	Biomedicine: Mitochondria and Diseases – Morphological evaluation of Cell Death in Cardiac Cell Lines and Cellular Viability.	(Ensino secundário)	Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2013/11/16 - 2013/11/30	Biomedicine: Mitochondria and Diseases – Morphological evaluation of Cell Death and Cellular Viability		Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2013/01/05 - 2013/03/09	Biomedicine: Mitochondria and Diseases – Determination of Cellular Metabolism and Alteration of Mitochondrial Respiration	(Ensino secundário)	Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2013 - Current	Molecular and Cell Biology; Toxicology; Mitochondrial physiology	Several Bachelor students
2022 - 2022	Molecular and Cell Biology	Jaime Santos
2022 - 2022	Molecular and Cell Biology	Henrique Tavares
2015 - 2015	Molecular and Cell Biology	Tatiana Martins
2012 - 2012	Molecular and Cell Biology	Somia Lassed

Distinctions

Award

2024	6th Edition of Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (2023.05873.CEECIND) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2024	L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science (20th Edition, 15k euros) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France Fondation L'Oréal, France
2018	ITC Conference Grant (Action CA15135 and CM1406) European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2017	Student Travel Grant European Society for Clinical Investigation, Netherlands
2017	ITC Conference Grant (Action CA15135) European Cooperation in Science & Technology – Action CA15135, Austria
2016	Student Travel Grant European Society for Clinical Investigation, Netherlands
2015	Student Travel Grant European Society for Clinical Investigation, Netherlands
2015	Doctoral scholarship (SFRH/BD/100341/2014) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013	Research Fellow (BIM) Fellowship (PTDC/DTP-FTO/1180/2012) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2012	Research Fellow (BTI) Fellowship (PTDC/QUI-BIQ/101052/2008) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal