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Joana Filipa Gomes da Silva holds an MSc in Medical Microbiology (2016) from Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical and a BSc in Microbiology (2013) from Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Escola Superior de Biotecnologia. She specializes in Medical and Health Sciences, with a focus on Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. In addition to her research activities, Joana is responsible for preparing materials for practical Microbiology classes at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. Over the past years, she has participated in four research projects and continues to collaborate on various projects within the Molecular Microbiology and Infection Unit.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Filipa Gomes da Silva

Citation names

  • Gomes-Silva, Joana
  • Silva, J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D616-E605-48A0
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3658-1102

Email addresses

  • jfsilva@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Ed. Egas Moniz, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1)
Portuguese gestual language Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/10 - 2016/01
Concluded
 Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"Characterization of the major autolysin on Staphylococcus aureus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2009/09 - 2013/07
Concluded
 Microbiologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Environmental Research: Study of population dynamics of bacteria associated with pine wood nematode" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10 - 2023/12/28 Researcher (Research) Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/11/21 - 2019/09 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12/29 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/08/01 - 2023/12/28 Capsules and vaccines - a tale of two serotypes
2022.09900.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/10 - 2023/07/31 Non-invasive pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infection in Portugal - evolution of serotype prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and the impact of Prevenar 13.
Pneumostudy2018
Research Fellow
Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Concluded
2016/11 - 2019/09 The changing pneumococci: adapting to vaccination and transitioning between colonization and disease
PTDC/DTP-EPI/1555/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - 2020/12/30 Pediatric complicated pneumonia - the importance of molecular methods in the etiological diagnosis
567_PCeIPed_19
Research Fellow
Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Infecciosas e Microbiologia Clínica
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; he Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Serotype 3 dominance in pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022)". Paper presented in 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo), Rethymno, 2023.
  2. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pneumococci and serotype 3 remain important causes of complicated pneumonias despite six-years of near universal coverage of PCV13". Paper presented in 15th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus - Europneumo, Liverpool, 2022.
  3. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Prados, L; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal: dominance of serotype 3 and increase in serotype 8 four years after PCV13 inclusion in the National Immunization Plan". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
  4. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Prados, L; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Persistence of serotype 19F and the importance of non-vaccine serotypes in pediatric non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal (2015-2018)". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
  5. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Teodoro, I; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "The PCV13 serotypes still account for a large fraction of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults three-years after PCV13 introduction in the pediatric vaccination schedule (Portugal: 2015-2018)". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
Conference poster
  1. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, Catarina; Melo-Cristino, Jose; Ramirez, Mário. "Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 - to be or not to be mucoid". Paper presented in ESCMID Global 2024, 2024.
  2. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease: the importance of molecular methods in the diagnosis and serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae in culture negative samples". Paper presented in 16th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases, 2023.
  3. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal: small decrease in PCV13 serotypes (2019-2022)". Paper presented in 16th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus (EuroPneumo), 2023.
  4. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Sustained importance of Streptococcus pneumoniae among pediatric complicated pneumonia in Portugal (2019-22)". Paper presented in 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), 2023.
  5. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; The Portuguese Study Group Of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Of The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society.. "Etiologic diagnosis from pleural effusion and empyema in pediatrics: is it worth looking beyond Streptococcus pneumoniae in the post-pneumococcal vaccine era?". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023.
  6. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Subtil-Limpo, F; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; The Portuguese Study Group Of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Of The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society.. "Vaccine serotypes and the post-pandemic rebound of pediatric invasive disease in Portugal (2018-2022)". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023.
  7. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; The Portuguese Group For The Study Of Streptococcal Infections. "Small decrease of PCV13 serotypes in invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Portugal 7 years after PCV13 universal use in children". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023.
  8. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Santos, Andreia; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Persistence of PCV13 serotypes in non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in Portugal after vaccine introduction in the national immunization plan for children". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci&Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), 2022.
  9. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Subtil-Limpo, F; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pneumococcal pediatric invasive disease in Portugal: importance of serotype 3 and increase in non-vaccine types six-years after near universal vaccination with PCV13". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci&Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), 2022.
  10. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo Cristino, Jose; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Complicated pediatric pneumococcal pneumonia in the context of near universal vaccination in Portugal". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Pneumococci&Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12), 2022.
  11. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Subtil-Limpo, F; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Decreases in pediatric invasive disease (pIPD) in Portugal (2018-2021) and the growing importance of non-vaccine serotypes and of serotype 3 complicated pneumonia in pIPD". Paper presented in 15th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus - Europneumo, 2022.
  12. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Looking beyond Streptococcus pneumoniae in culture-negative complicated pneumonia in children in Portugal (2009-19)". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022.
  13. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Continued dominance of serotype 3 in pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal, five years after PCV13 introduction into routine infant immunization". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022.
  14. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Andreia Santos; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal (2016-2018): the importance of conjugate vaccine serotypes". Paper presented in 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022.
  15. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Prados, L.. "Continued dominance of serotype 3 and increase in serotype 8 as causes of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal four years after PCV13 inclusion in the national immunization plan". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2019.
  16. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Serotypes 19F, 11A and 23B dominate in pediatric non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal (2015-2018)". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2019.
  17. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Despite introduction of PCV13 into routine infant immunization serotype 3 continues to cause pediatric complicated pneumococcal pneumonia among vaccinees". Paper presented in 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 2019.
  18. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Guerreiro, Soraia I.; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Molecular diagnostics reveals persistence of serotype 3 as the main cause of pediatric complicated pneumonia in Portugal despite extensive PCV13 use". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), 2019.
  19. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Silva-Costa, C.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Characterization of the genetic lineages responsible for pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal (1999-2015)". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), 2019.
  20. Silva-Costa, C.; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Guerreiro, Soraia I.; Brito, Maria J.; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José. "Three years after PCV13 introduction in the National Immunization Plan serotype 3 is still the main cause of complicated pneumonia in Portugal". Paper presented in 14th European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus, 2019.
  21. Gomes-Silva, Joana; Grilo, Inês R.; Ana Madalena Ludovice; R.G. Sobral. "Characterization of the major autolysin in Staphylococcus aureus". Paper presented in MicroBiotec15 Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Celina Couto; Ana Pereira Lemos; Lorena Stella; Carolina Sobral; João Marques; Ana Friães; Joana Gomes-Silva; Catarina Gouveia. "MYOSITIS AND DEEP SUPPURATIVE SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS CAUSED BY GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS". Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (2025): https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004736.
    10.1097/INF.0000000000004736
  2. Joana Gomes-Silva; Marcos D. Pinho; Ana Friães; Mário Ramirez; José Melo-Cristino; Catarina Silva-Costa; the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; et al. "Pneumococci remain the main cause of complicated pediatric pneumonia in the post-pandemic era despite extensive pneumococcal vaccine use". Pneumonia (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-024-00151-x.
    10.1186/s41479-024-00151-x
  3. Catarina Silva-Costa; Joana Gomes-Silva; Marcos Pinho; Ana Friães; Fábio Subtil-Limpo; Mário Ramirez; José Melo-Cristino. "Rebound of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Portugal after the COVID-19 pandemic was not associated with significant serotype changes". Journal of Infection (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106242.
    10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106242
  4. Catarina Silva-Costa; Joana Gomes-Silva; Andreia Santos; Mário Ramirez; José Melo-Cristino; The Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Adult non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in Portugal is dominated by serotype 3 and non-PCV13 serotypes 3-years after near universal PCV13 use in children". Frontiers in Public Health (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1279656.
    10.3389/fpubh.2023.1279656
  5. Silva-Costa, C.; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos Daniel; Friães, Ana; Ramirez, Mário; Melo-Cristino, José; Catarina Silva-Costa; et al. "Continued vaccine breakthrough cases of serotype 3 complicated pneumonia in vaccinated children, Portugal (2016-19)". Microbiology spectrum (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01077-22.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/spectrum.01077-22
  6. Silva-Costa, Catarina; Gomes-Silva, Joana; Pinho, Marcos D.; Friaes, Ana; Ramirez, Mario; Melo-Cristino, Jose. "Continued Vaccine Breakthrough Cases of Serotype 3 Complicated Pneumonia in Vaccinated Children, Portugal (2016-2019)". Microbiology Spectrum (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53681634/.
    10.1128/SPECTRUM.01077-22
  7. Catarina Silva-Costa; Joana Gomes-Silva; Lúcia Prados; Mario Ramirez; José Melo-Cristino; on behalf of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections; the Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. "Pediatric Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Three Years after PCV13 Introduction in the National Immunization Plan—The Continued Importance of Serotype 3". Microorganisms (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071428.
    10.3390/microorganisms9071428
  8. Catarina Silva-Costa; Joana Gomes-Silva; Inês Teodoro; Mario Ramirez; José Melo-Cristino; on behalf of the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections. "Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Adults in Portugal: The Importance of Serotypes 8 and 3 (2015–2018)". Microorganisms (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051016.
    10.3390/microorganisms9051016
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2020/06 Caracterização da população de Streptococcus pneumoniae causadora de infeções humanas
Co-supervisor of Maria Beatriz Lotra
 Biologia (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/09/10 - Current Antimicrobial resistance and characteristics of macrolide-resistant lineages of Streptococcus pyogenes causing tonsillopharyngitis Margarida Chilrito
2024/09/10 - Current Staphylococcus aureus causing pediatric Invasive infections in Portugal, 2021-2023 Mariana Caseiro
2024/09/10 - Current Characterization of Lancefield group C and G streptococci causing non-invasive infections in humans in Portugal, 2019-2023 Margarida Costa
2025/02 - 2025/06 Laboratory Instructor of Internships of Undergraduate Students Catarina Jesus and Diana Melim
2025/02 - 2025/06 Laboratory Instructor of Internships of Undergraduate Students Vanessa Tang
2025/02 - 2025/06 Laboratory Instructor of Internships of Undergraduate Students Isabel Terenas
2023/09/15 - 2024/12/10 Non-invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population in Portugal (2019-2021) Rita Cunha
2021/09 - 2024/12/09 Exploring the genetic variability of Streptococcus pyogenes virulence factors and its phenotypic impact Inês Blum
2023/09/15 - 2024/12/06 “Characterization of Lancefield Group C and G Streptococci Causing Invasive Infections in Humans and Genomic Analysis of Macrolide Resistance, Portugal” Maria Inês Mendes
2023/09/15 - 2024/12/05 Invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population in Portugal (2019-2021) Andreia Nunes
2019/09/01 - 2024/07/19 Sreptococcus pyogenes associado a infeção invasiva no Homem em Portugal: caracterização genómica e resistência antimicrobiana Beatriz Santos
2020/09/01 - 2024/06/04 Pneumococcal invasive infection in children: phenotypic and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Portugal, 2017-2019 Fábio Limpo
2024/02 - 2024/06 Laboratory Instructor of Internships of Undergraduate Students Julie Vermeiren
2020/09/28 - 2024/05/29 Caracterização genómica de Staphylococcus aureus isolados de infeção invasiva em idade pediátrica em Portugal Yenine Martins
2019/12/12 - 2023/11 Caracterização de Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis responsável por infeção não invasiva no Homem Bruno Capistrano
2018/09/01 - 2023/03/27 Determinação da atividade de fatores de virulência em estirpes de Streptococcus pyogenes isoladas de diferentes tipos de infeção Beatriz Esteves
2021/09 - 2022/12 Genomic characterisation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis associated with respiratory tract infections Filipe Valcovo
2019/09/01 - 2022/05/12 Caracterização das estirpes de Streptococcus pneumoniae responsáveis por provocar infecção não invasiva no adulto entre 2016 e 2018 Andreia Santos
2020/02/01 - 2022/02/09 The Shewanella genus - understanding an emerging human pathogen Maria Firmino
2019/12/15 - 2022/01 Epidemiologia molecular da infeção em recém nascidos por Streptococcus agalactiae em Portugal (2016-2020) Milani Rodrigues
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/30 Exploring the reasons underlying Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 capsular variants Melissa Sousa
2018/09/01 - 2020/07/22 Pneumococcal invasive disease in adults (2015-2017): epidemiological and molecular characterisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae and genomic analysis of emerging clones Inês Teodoro
2019/09/01 - 2020/06/28 Caracterização genómica de Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis responsável por infecção invasiva no Homem Ana Carolina Castro
2019/09/01 - 2020/06/21 Epidemiologia molecular da colonização por Streptococcus agalactiae em mulheres grávidas Rui Pedrosa
2019/10 - 2019/12 Laboratory Instructor of Internships of Undergraduate Students Francisca Melo and Tiago Ferreira
2017/09/01 - 2018/11/08 Molecular Epidemiology of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections by Streptococcus agalactiae in Portugal (2005-2016) Joana Ferreira da Costa
2017/09/01 - 2018/10/26 Genomic characterization and quantification of virulence factor activities in Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from human infections Mariana Ferreira
2017/09/01 - 2018/10/16 Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with invasive disease in children in Portugal (2015-2017) Lúcia Prados