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Inês Pereira holds a BSc and an MSc in Biomedical Science from Coventry University and is currently pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Science at the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (IHMT-NOVA). During her Master’s studies, she received a Silver Leadership Award, completed a CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice, and worked as a student mentor. Her PhD research focuses on repurposing drugs to enhance Neisseria gonorrhoeae treatment through the identification of antibiotic adjuvants using an in silico strategy. In particular, the selected drug candidates target efflux systems in N. gonorrhoeae as a novel approach against antimicrobial resistance. She is a co-author of a published article and presented a poster as first author at the 2nd Egas Moniz One Health Symposium, based on her internship work at IHMT-NOVA. She also presented a poster at the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Multidrug Efflux Systems, related to her PhD project, and is currently finalizing a manuscript for submission to Antibiotics peer-reviewed journal.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês de Alves Pereira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D615-9B80-66C9
ORCID iD
0009-0006-2206-4138

Email addresses

  • a21002124@ihmt.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10 - 2028
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/09
Concluded
 MSc Biomedical Science (Master)
Major in Infection Science
Coventry University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, United Kingdom
"The antimicrobial activity of honey and yoghurt on organisms which form the vaginal microflora." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction (max grade)
2022/05
Concluded
 CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (Outros)
Chartered Management Institute, United Kingdom
2018/09 - 2021/05
Attended
 BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (Bachelor)
Coventry University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, United Kingdom
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02 - 2023/08 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Fernando M.H. Cardoso; Alexandre Elias; Pereira, I.; Isabel Maurício; Olga Matos. Corresponding author: Fernando M.H. Cardoso. "A Fast and Cost-Effective dsRNA Isolation Method for Viral Detection and Bioinformatics Applications". Paper presented in International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2025 (ViBioM), 2025.
  2. Pereira, I.; Pina, A; Santos, B.; Vítor, I.; Henriques, A.; Pereira, F.; Couto, I.; et al. "Targeting membrane transport and energy metabolism for the identification of new drugs for Neisseria gonorrhoeae using in silico repurposing". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference - Multi-Drug Efflux Systems: Navigating Efflux Proteins through Fundamental Research and Clinical Translation, 2025.
  3. Pereira, I.; Pina, A; Santos,B; Vítor, I; Henriques, A; Pereira, F; Couto, I; et al. "Targeting membrane transport and energy metabolism for the identification of new drugs for Neisseria gonorrhoeae using in silico repurposing". Paper presented in Gordon Research Seminar - Multi-Drug Efflux Systems: Navigating Efflux Proteins through Fundamental Research and Clinical Translation, 2025.
  4. Pereira, I.; Cardoso F; Novo, T.; Lopes L. F.. "One Health snapshot of flies’ bacterial communities in a era of Global Changes". Paper presented in 2nd Egas Moniz One Health Symposium, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Fernando M H Cardoso; Alexandre Elias; Inês Pereira; Isabel Maurício; Olga Matos. "Improved dsRNA isolation and purification method validated by viral dsRNA detection using novel primers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". MethodsX (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102435.
    10.1016/j.mex.2023.102435
Newspaper article
  1. Pereira, Inês A.; André Pina; Beatriz Santos; Inês Vítor; Ana Henriques; João Fernandes; Filomena Pereira; et al. Corresponding author: Liliana Rodrigues. "Targeting membrane transport and energy metabolism for the identification of new drugs for Neisseria gonorrhoeae using an in silico repurposing strategy", In the last stages of preparation to be submitted to Antibiotics (2025), 2025
Distinctions

Award

2022 Silver Leadership Award
Coventry University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, United Kingdom