Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mireia Castillo-Martin
Citation names
- Castillo-Martin, Mireia
- Castillo-Martin M
- Castillo M
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- CF1A-4E80-8168
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8926-6013
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pathology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Catalan (Mother tongue) | |||||
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2006/10/25
Concluded
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La valoració de les alteracions genètiques i de l'immunofenotip millora la detecció i seguiment de les neoplàsies urotelials
(Doctorat)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Cellular, Spain
"Evaluation of the genetic and immunophenotypical alterations improves primary detection and follow-up of urothelial neoplasms.
" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Excelente Cum Laude |
2003/05/01
Concluded
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Anatomia Patològica (DEA)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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n/a |
2002/05/01
Concluded
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Especialitat en Anatomia Patológica (Postgraduate Certificate)
Atenció Sociosanitària Hospital Clínic, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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n/a |
1994/07/01
Concluded
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Llicenciatura en Medicina i Cirurgia (Bachelor)
Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Medicina, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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n/a |
Affiliation
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/02/06 - Current | Director of the Champalimaud Foundation Biobank (CFB) | Centro Champalimaud, Portugal |
2015/08/01 - Current | Team Leader | Centro Champalimaud, Portugal |
2015/08/01 - Current | Attending pathologist | Centro Champalimaud, Portugal |
2011/04/11 - Current | Assistant Professor of Research | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Lillian and Henry M Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, United States |
2011/04/11 - 2015/07/31 | Co-Director of the Biorepository and Pathology CORE | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Lillian and Henry M Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, United States |
2009/11/01 - 2011/04/10 | Associate Research Scientist | Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States |
2006/12/01 - 2009/10/31 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States |
2004/12/01 - 2006/07/31 | Attending pathologist | Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain |
2003/07/01 - 2004/11/30 | Attending pathologist | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain |
2002/11/01 - 2003/06/30 | Research Fellow | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain |
2002/06/01 - 2002/07/31 | Attending pathologist | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2002/08/01 - 2002/10/31 | Volunteering in the Hospital of Bathalapalli | Fundación Vicente Ferrer, India |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/07/01 - 2026/06/30 | Innovative approaches for pancreatic cancer: Decoding and manipulating immune response to short sialylated O-glycans
2022. 04607.PTDC
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2012/08/01 - 2022/03/31 | ROLES AND REGULATION OF P53
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NIH/NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE/5P01CA087497-04/US
Researcher
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Center for Cancer Research
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2021/12/31 | Eradicating prostate cancer metastasis before clinical manifestation
HR17-00094
Principal investigator
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
Ongoing
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2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Mecanismos epigenéticos de resistencia a la castración en cancer de próstata: oportunidades terapéuticas en combinación con
antagonistas del receptor de andrógenos
Ref.: PI16/01070
Researcher
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Concluded
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2016/05/01 - 2017/04/30 | Genomic analysis of primary muscle-invasive bladder cancers and correlation with clinical outcomes
xxx
Researcher
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Vasculonox Inc
Concluded
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2012/07/01 - 2014/06/30 | Role of ¿Np63 isoform in progression from high grade non-muscle invasive to invasive bladder cancer.
xxx
Principal investigator
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SASS Foundation
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Translation |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/05/09 | Neoplasias Biliares: Visão do anatomo-patologista | XVI Congresso Nacional de Radiologia
Sociedade Portuguesa De Radiologia E Medicina Nuclear (Peniche, Portugal)
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2023/12/06 | Começar um Biobanco – experiências portuguesas | Curso de formação avançada em Biobancos para países de fala portuguesa (PALOP).
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2023/10/18 | Tumores Pancreáticos. Taller SEDIA: Curso de correlación radiopatológica. Grandes retos diagnósticos. | XXII Congreso SEDIA – Imagen pélvica. Abordaje multidisciplinar
Sociedad Española de Diagnóstico por Imagen del Abdomen (Salamanca, Spain)
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2023/09/22 | 3. A importância dos Biobancos em Oncologia | 5º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (Porto, Portugal)
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2022/11/18 | Biobanco: conducta para armazenamento e utilização de amostras para investigação. Dilemas éticos em Oncologia. | 19º Congresso Nacional de Oncologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Oncologia (Porto, Portugal)
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2022/10/18 | PSMA Characteristics and Immunohistochemistry Expression | 35th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine – EANM’22
European Association of Nuclear Medicine (Barcelona, Spain)
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2022/03/30 | Champalimaud Foundation Biobank | Sessão BIOBANCOS II: Experiências Portuguesas
Comissão de Ética do Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018/05/04 | Biobanco da Fundação Champalimaud - Biópsia líquida. | 3rd CHAMPALIMAUD CANCER NURSE CONFERENCE
Fundação Champalimaud (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018/05 | Biobanco da FC – biopsia liquida. | 3º Congresso de Enfermagem da Fundação Champalimaud
(Portugal)
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2018/02 | To be or not to be | Angels & Demons in rectal cancer: Challenging the dogmas.
Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018 | Comparative pathology and molecular characterization of tumors. | 16th ASEICA International Congress
(Valencia, Spain)
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2016/09 | ¿Np63 is critical for progression of high grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer through deregulation of specific genetic pathways. | XXXI International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology and 28th Congress of the European Society of Pathology
European Society of Pathology (Germany)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/03 - 2028/03 | Clinical implications of pathologic response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer
Supervisor
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PhD (PhD)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2025/01/01 - 2026/09/30 | Study to compare the activation of the immune system depending on the chemotherapy scheme used together with PEMBROLIZUMAB
(immunotherapy) in the pre-surgical treatment of triple-negative breast cancer
Supervisor
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2018/09/01 - 2019/08/31 | 3-Dimensional characterization of PanIN (pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia) in cleared human pancreatic cancer tissues
by multiplex immunofluorescence
Supervisor
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2016/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Characterization of its Molecular Phenotype
Supervisor
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2016/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | ¿Np63 is Critical for Progression of High Grade Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Through Deregulation of Specific Genetic
Pathways
Supervisor
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2025/03/12 - 2025/03/12 | Science workshop for 8th-9th graders from Escolas básicas do 2.º ciclo(10:00 to 13:00 - Escola Dr.Azevedo Neves, Amadora;
14:00 to 17:00 – Escola Alto do Lumiar, Lisboa). Activity title: "Discover your own cells", which consists on perfroming a
bucal smear, staining it with Diff-Quick and vviewing the cells under a light microscope.
Workshop
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Ciência di Noz Manera (CNM) workshop |
2025/02/28 - 2025/02/28 | Visita Escolar - Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança. Activity: Discover your own cells.
Workshop
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2024/04/01 - 2024/06/30 | Phase 3 sessions Ciência di Noz Maneira. Escola básica do 2.º ciclo Dr Azevedo Neves – Damaia, Amadora (7 sessions on Wednesdays).
Workshop
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Phase 3 sessions Ciência di Noz Maneira |
2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21 | Science workshop for 8th-9th graders from Escolas básicas do 2.º ciclo (10:00 to 13:00 - Escola Alto do Lumiar; 14:00 to 17:00
– Escola Dr.Azevedo Neves), Lisbon. Activity title: "Discover your own cells", which consists on perfroming a bucal smear,
staining it with Diff-Quick and vviewing the cells under a light microscope.
Workshop
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Ciência di Noz Manera (CNM) workshop |
2023/02/10 - 2023/02/10 | Science workshop for 8th-9th graders from Escola básica do 2.º ciclo Prof. Pedro D´Orey da Cunha – Damaia, Amadora, Lisbon.
Activity title: "Discover your own cells", which consists on perfroming a bucal smear, staining it with Diff-Quick and vviewing
the cells under a light microscope.
Workshop
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Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2022/09/28 - 2022/09/29 | The CaixaResearch Health Meeting is an event designed specifically to bring together all the researchers who received a grant
in the CaixaResearch Health 2018 Call. The Project Leaders and Principal Investigators of the 25 projects awarded in any of
the 5 areas (Neuroscience, Oncology, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Infectious Diseases and Enabling Technologies)
are invited to create a multidisciplinary discussion of hot topics in Life Sciences and to share their ideas and experiences
for 2 days.
Meeting
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1st CaixaResearch Health meeting
Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal
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2021/12/15 - 2021/12/15 | Volunteer in the Mentorship program “Ciência di Noz Manera”, performing a workshop on Cell Biology for 8th and 9th graders
at the Escola Pedro D’Orey da Cunha in Damaia (Lisbon suburbs), to promote science in underserved communities, with focus
in STEM groups.
Workshop
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Ciência di Noz Manera |
2019/11/15 - 2019/11/15 | Moderator in the Pancreatic Cancer – From Cell Biology to Treatment. Session III. Symposium on Imaging Hallmarks of Cancer.
Fundação Champalimaud
Conference
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Symposium on Imaging Hallmarks of Cancer
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/11/25 | Unravelling how melanoma extracellular vesicles establish pre-metastatic niches in the lung
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria João Teixeira da Costa de Almeida (Master)
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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2024/09 | The Potential of Natural Killer cells in Pancreatic Cancer: from Exploring Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes to novel CAR-NK
cell Therapy
Supervisor
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Andreia Filipa Garrido Maia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2022/02/10 - Current | • Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) | member |
2016/02/01 - Current | European Association of Cancer research (EACR) | Member |
2016/02/01 - Current | Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro (ASPIC) | Member |
2013/10/01 - Current | International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) | Member |
2013/03/01 - Current | American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) | Member |
2011/12/01 - Current | United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) | Member |
2002/05/01 - Current | Societat Catalana de Citopatologia | Member |
2002/05/01 - Current | Societat Catalana d’Anatomia Patologica | Member |
1998/09/01 - Current | Academia de Ciències Mèdiques de Catalunya i Balears | Member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2024/09/09 - 2029/08/31 | Member of the PhD Thesis Advisory Committee of Inês Ribeiro, MSc. from the Glycoimmunology lab of NOVA FCT, with the project
entitled “The Potential of Sialyl-Tn as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer”.
Advisor / Consultant
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal |
2021/01/01 - 2024/01/05 | Member of the PhD thesis Committe of Julia Elzanowska entitled “Extracellular Vesicles Molecular Cargo as Cancer Biomarkers:
Insights into EV-DNA Preparation and EV Protein Interactions”. Defended on the 5th of January 2024
Member
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Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2022/05/27 - 2022/05/28 | XV Congrés de la Societat Catalana d’Anatomia Patològica | Societat Catalana d'Anatomia Patològica |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2019/10 - Current | Multispectral microscopy for tumor characterization. | (Doutoramento) | Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal |
2019/06 - Current | Biobanks: Best practices for specimen collection, processing and storage. | ||
2017/06 - Current | Que futuro para os biobancos? Sustentabilidade dos biobancos. Privados vs. Públicos. | ||
2024/10/09 - 2024/10/09 | Mesa Redonda: Começar um biobanco – experiências portuguesas. | (Outros) | Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal |
2021/02/22 - 2021/02/22 | Molecular Pathology. Impact in oncological patient's management. | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2019/07/01 - Current | The Journal of Pathology (1096-9896) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
2015/05/01 - Current | SpringerPlus (2193-1801) | Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) |
2014/07/01 - Current | PLoS ONE (1932-6203) | Public Library of Science |
2013/02/01 - Current | Journal of Dermatological Science | |
2011/07/01 - Current | European Urology |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2024/03/01 - 2028/03/31 | Clinical implications of pathologic response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer | José Gonçalves Moreira de Azevedo |
2025/01/01 - 2025/07/31 | Study to compare the activation of the immune system depending on the chemotherapy scheme used together with PEMBROLIZUMAB (immunotherapy) in the pre-surgical treatment of triple-negative breast cancer | Diogo Ferreira |
2022/09/01 - 2024/11/13 | Can response to chemotherapy be predicted by studying inflammatory cells in the tumour microenvironment of pancreatic cancer? | Andreia Lopes |
2020/01/01 - 2024/03/01 | Expansion of Natural Killer cells as a complementary approach for adoptive cell therapy in advanced Colorectal Cancer (NKAT-CRC) | Andreia Filipa Garrido Maia |
2021/10/04 - 2023/11/19 | Characterisation of the colon adenocarcinoma microenvironment with a focus on Natural Killer cells | Hasti António Meggi Calá |
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | Unraveling the importance of HLA class I in colorectal cancer cell stemness and tumor initiation | Ana Raquel Borralho |
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | Molecular phenotyping of prostate cancer microenvironment, with emphasis in fibroblast activation | Sara Cascais |
2019/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | Do MHC Class I Negative Tumour Cells Display the Cancer Stem Cell Property of Chemoresistance? Unravelling the Mechanisms | Cátia Rebelo |
2019/07/01 - 2020/06/30 | Immune infiltrates analysis for prediction of response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer | Inês Franco |
2018/09/01 - 2019/08/31 | 3-Dimensional characterization of PanIN (pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia) in cleared human pancreatic cancer tissues by multiplex immunofluorescence | Susana Canastra Dias |
2019/02/01 - 2019/05/31 | Immune infiltrates analysis for prediction of response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer | Ana Borralho |
2016/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Characterization of its Molecular Phenotype | Sara Trinidade Correia |
2016/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | ¿Np63 is Critical for Progression of High Grade Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Through Deregulation of Specific Genetic Pathways | Andreia Filipa Garrido Maia |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/12/19 - 2023/12/19 | Jury of the Master Thesis by Inês Saldanha entitled “Extracellular Vesicles as biomarkers of hepatic metastasis in pancreatic cancer patients”. Defended on the 19th of December | Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | 2º Prémio Ultrasound Imaging Price
Grupo Portugues de Ultrassons em Gastroenterologia, Portugal
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2020 | Menção Honrosa for the project entitled: Expansion of Natural Killer cells as a complementary approach for adoptive cell therapy in advanced Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer (NKAT-CRC-PDAC). |
2020 | Menção Honrosa for the project entitled: Zebrafish Avatars, towards personalized cancer treatment. |
2017 | Image of the Month Award- September 2017
European Association For Cancer Research, United Kingdom
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2012 | Young Physician-Scientist Award
SASS Foundation, United States
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2002 | Award at the end of Residency
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
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