Mariana Ladeiro Afonso (D01A-B93A-2D56)

Curriculum Vitae

Mariana Ladeiro Afonso

Mariana Ladeiro Afonso. PhD student of the Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences at the Institute of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Coimbra, working on the project “Candida spp. escape to Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: Role of 3’-nucleotidase/nuclease”. Has published 1 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Participated in 4 event(s). Participates and/or participated as a PhD Fellow in 1 project(s) and Research Fellow in 1 project(s).

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mariana Ladeiro Afonso

Citation names

Afonso, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: D01A-B93A-2D56
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6437-697X

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2025 Ongoing	Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Ciências Biomédicas Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "Candida spp. escape. to Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: Role of 3'-nucelotidase/nuclease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/01 - 2021/06 Concluded	Training Course – Research Methodologies in Life Sciences, Nature Sciences and Engineering (Diploma de especialização) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/05 - 2020/11/13 Concluded	Master's degree in Biochemistry. During this period: collaboration in monitoring students in training (undergraduate and master's) from FMUC and FCTUC (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal "Involvement of the purinergic system in the host-microbe interaction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2014/10/25 - 2017/11/28 Concluded	Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology with participation in Erasmus + at the Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu in Poland from 28/09/2016 to 30/01/2017. (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal "Quality control mechanisms are up-regulated in epicardial adipose tissue from heart failure patients." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/04/01 - 2020/12/31	Voluntary collaboration in the diagnosis of COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

2017/05 - 2017/10	Professional Internship - "Quality control mechanisms are up-regulated in epicardial adipose tissue from heart failure patients.".	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/12 - Current	Candida spp. escape to Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: Role of 3’-nucleotidase/nuclease 2021.07033.BD PhD Student Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/03 - 2021/10	I&D PureAir@Automotive - equipamentos de purificação do ar para veículos rodoviários de passageiros POCI-01-02B7-FEDER-070195 Research Fellow	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

Afonso, Mariana. ""Candida albicans 5’-3’-ectonucleotidase activity: a comparative study of isolates from different human infection niches." Mariana Afonso, Bernardo Bandeira, Rodrigo A. Cunha, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Teresa Gonçalves, Lisa Rodrigues". Paper presented in Microbiotec23- Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
Afonso, Mariana. ""Host ecto-5’-nucleotidase (CD73) suppression impairs neutrophils NET formation response upon Candida albicans infection." Mariana Afonso, Lisa Rodrigues, Ana Catarina Almeida, Rodrigo A. Cunha, Teresa Gonçalves". Paper presented in 11th Trends in Medical Mycology, Athens, Greece, 2023.
Afonso, Mariana. ""Candida - Neutrophil interaction: The Role of Extracellular Nucleotide Metabolism." Mariana Afonso, Ana Rita Mestre, Guilherme Silva, Ana Catarina Almeida, Rodrigo A. Cunha, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Teresa Gonçalves, Lisa Rodrigues". Paper presented in FEBS Advanced Lecture Course HFP2022: “Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Virulence in Human Fungal Pathogens”, 2022.
Afonso, Mariana. ""Extracellular nucleotide metabolism in the context of Candida-neutrophils interaction"; Mariana Afonso, Ana Rita Mestre, Guilherme Silva, Rodrigo A. Cunha, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Teresa Gonçalves, Lisa Rodrigues". Paper presented in Candida and Candidiasis 2021 online congress, 2021.

Journal article

Correia, Gil; Rodrigues, Luís; Afonso, Mariana; Mota, Marta; Oliveira, Joana; Soares, Rui; Tomás, Ana Luísa; et al. "SARS-CoV-2 air and surface contamination in residential settings". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22679-y.
10.1038/s41598-022-22679-y
Afonso, Mariana. "Candida extracellular nucleotide metabolism promotes Neutrophils Extracellular Traps escape; Mariana Afonso, Ana Rita Mestre, Guilherme Silva, Ana Catarina Almeida, Rodrigo A. Cunha, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Teresa Gonçalves, Lisa Rodrigues". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2021): DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.678568.
Published

Activities

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/09/17 - 2021/09/17	Science Communication Activities: Participation in the MicroScience Photo Gallery- Microorganismos de estimação: associated to the International Microorganism Day 2021, Exploratório - Ciência Viva, Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10/17 - 2020/11/05	Science Communication Activities: Participation in the MicroScience Photo Gallery- Microorganismos de estimação: associated to the International Microorganism Day 2020, Exploratório - Ciência Viva, Coimbra, Portugal Exhibition	International Day of the Microorganism 2020
2016/03/16 - 2016/03/17	Participation in Biotechnology Days - Católica Faculty of Biotechnology Congress	Biotechnology Days

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022 - Current	Portuguese Biochemical Society
2021/02 - Current	Microbiology Society