Curriculum Vitae
Pedro Emanuel Ferreira Peralta
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Pedro Emanuel Ferreira Peralta
Citation names
- Peralta, Pedro
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C31B-C740-A656
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4355-8541
- Researcher Id
- rid33973
- Scopus Author Id
- 58584286500
Email addresses
- p.peralta@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)
- peperalta@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Human Genetics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2022/07 - 2026/08
Ongoing
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Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Towards understanding and restoring the function of the NKX6-2 transcriptional regulator in normal and pathological conditions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2019 - 2022
Concluded
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Genética Molecular e Biomedicina (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Restoring NKX6-2 function by protein complementation: a proof-of-concept" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2016 - 2019
Concluded
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Licenciatura)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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16 |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/09 - Current | Towards understanding and restoring the function of the NKX6-2 transcriptional regulator in normal and pathological conditions
2022.14141.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/01/17 | Is spastic ataxia 8 a protein misfolding disorder? - flash talk | TWIN2PIPSA UCambridge Training School
Twin2PIPSA and UCambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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| 2021/10/14 | The role of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay on NKX6-2-associated spastic ataxia 8 | XXI SPB National Congress of Biochemistry 2020
Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade de Évora (Evorá, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/01/27 - 2024/01/29 | Computational strategies for analysing protein structures TWIN2PIPSA UCPH On-site Training 2, given by Thea Klarsø Schulze
and Nicolas Jonsson
Workshop
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TWIN2PIPSA UCPH On-site Training 2
Twinning for excellence in biophysics of protein interactions and self-assembly, Twin2PIPSA, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal University of Copenhagen - Københavns Universitet, Denmark |
| 2024/01/15 - 2024/01/17 | Training School 2 | From pathological protein aggregation to drug discovery. This training aims to introduce the fundamentals
of pathological protein aggregation in protein conformational diseases, and of the development of therapeutics and diagnostics
(small molecule and biologics).
Workshop
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Training School 2 | From pathological protein aggregation to drug discovery
Twinning for excellence in biophysics of protein interactions and self-assembly, Twin2PIPSA, Portugal
University of Cambridge Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, United Kingdom |
| 2023/12/11 - 2023/12/13 | Computational strategies for analysing protein structures - TWIN2PIPSA UCPH On-site Training, given by Francesco Pesce and
Matteo Cagiada
Workshop
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Computational strategies for analysing protein structures
Twinning for excellence in biophysics of protein interactions and self-assembly, Twin2PIPSA, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal University of Copenhagen - Københavns Universitet, Denmark |
| 2023/11/13 - 2023/11/16 | Integrating experimental&computational approaches in protein self-assembly - TWIN2PIPSA UCPH Training Shcool . Introduce the
network to the advanced experimental and computational techniques applied the study of proteins, their interactions, and the
relationships to function and disease.
Workshop
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Training School 1 | Integrating experimental and computational approaches in protein self-assembly
Twinning for excellence in biophysics of protein interactions and self-assembly, Twin2PIPSA, Portugal
University of Copenhagen - Københavns Universitet, Denmark |
| 2023/07/24 - 2023/07/28 | Participation in the event "Ser Cientista 2023" as a bench tutor for the project "Projeto 4: A estrutura interna das células humanas | Ciências da Vida e da Saúde". "Ser Cientista 2023" is a summer program intended for high school students. The aim is to give them an idea of how science is done by completing a week-long project, from running the experiments to analyzing the data and finalizing the week with a presentation of the results. | Ser Cientista 2023
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2022/07/25 - 2022/07/29 | Participation in the event "Ser Cientista 2022" as a bench tutor for the project "Projeto 1: A estrutura interna das células
humanas | Ciências da Vida e da Saúde ". "Ser Cientista 2022" is a summer program intended for high school students. The aim
is to give them an idea of how science is done by completing a week-long project, from running the experiments to analyzing
the data and finalizing the week with a presentation of the results.
Other
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Ser Cientista 2022
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2022/04/05 - 2022/04/05 | Euro-BioImaging User Forum "At the Forefront of Neuroscience" | Euro-BioImaging User Forum "At the Forefront of Neuroscience"
Euro-BioImaging ERIC , Finland
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| 2020/11/03 - 2020/11/04 | Encontro Ciência 20 | Encontro Ciência 20
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Ciência Viva, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2024 - Current | Bench tutoring Eduarda Ferreira in general biological tecniques and CRISPR in the CSD Lab | Eduarda Ferreira |
| 2024 - Current | Bench tutoring of Joana Santinha in general biological tecniques and CRISPR in the CSD Lab | Joana Santinha |
| 2022/01 - Current | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new pHD student in the CSD Laboratory. | André Costa |
| 2022/01 - Current | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new pHD student in the CSD Laboratory | Carina Coelho |
| 2022/01 - Current | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new MSc student in the CSD Laboratory. | Lia Pereira |
| 2021/01 - Current | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new MSc student in the CSD Laboratory | Ana Sofia Boasinha |
| 2022/09 - 2023/09 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new MSc student in the CSD Laboratory. | Brenda França |
| 2022/07/04 - 2022/07/15 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques during a undergrad student 2-weeks intership | Joana |
| 2021/07 - 2022 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new MSc student in the CSD Laboratory | Patricia Nascimento |
| 2021/08 - 2021/12 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques to a new MSc student in the CSD Laboratory. | Luís Santos |
| 2021/07 - 2021/07 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques during a undergrad student 2-weeks intership. | Catarina Tracanas |
| 2021/07 - 2021/07 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques during a undergrad student 2-weeks intership. | Inês Augusto |
| 2021/06 - 2021/07 | Bench Tutor in genetic related techniques during a undergrad student 2-months intership | Rafaela Mamom |