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Inês Navalho Morais, holds a master's degree in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT-NOVA, 2019) and graduated in Biochemistry from NOVA-FCT in 2017. She is certified and accredited for handling laboratory animals by DGAV. Currently, she is a PhD student in Tropical Diseases and Global Health at IHMT-NOVA (since 2023) with an FCT grant 2023.03356.BD. Acknowledged for academic achievements was honored with the Professor João Fraga de Azevedo Award for best IHMT-NOVA master theses in Medical Parasitology (2019). She was the recipient of a Research Fellow in two research projects: PTDC_BIA-CEL_28456_2017 (2020/01-2022/01), CIRCNA/BRB/0281/2019_AMAZING (2023/02-2023/10). Inês has co-authored 3 papers, one as 1st author (all Q1 and SCOPUS) Her research focus is on malaria drug resistance and new antimalarials.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Navalho Morais

Citation names

  • Morais, Inês
  • Morais, Inês Navalho
  • Inês Morais
  • Inês Navalho Morais

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F21C-9B3B-ADD9
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3906-694X
Researcher Id
JXL-9330-2024
Scopus Author Id
57559383200

Email addresses

  • ines.nmorais@gmail.com (Professional)
  • ines.morais@ihmt.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua da Junqueira nº100, 1349-008, Belém, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09 - 2027/09
Ongoing
 Doenças Tropicais e Saúde Global (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/06/30
Concluded
 Pharma Key Account Management (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 16
2017/10 - 2019/11/13
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado)
Major in Biologia Molecular em Saúde Tropical e Internacional
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 17
2018 - 2018
Concluded
 Categoria B de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal
17
2012/10 - 2017/06
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2020/01/06 - 2022/01/05 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/11 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
2017/01 - 2017/06 Research Trainee (Research) REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/07 - 2021/07 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/11 - Current Snakes against malaria parasites: Exploring the antimalarial properties of snake venoms
2023.03356.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - 2023/10/31 AMAZING - AMAZonian snake toxins: creatING value from bioresources
CIRCNA/BRB/0281/2019_AMAZING
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/06 - 2022/01/05 When the host cell is not so cosy anymore - A drop off in energy or an increase in toxicity?
PTDC_BIA-CEL_28456_2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Balau, Ana; Sobral, Daniel; Abrantes, Patrícia; Carvalho, Maria; Morais, Inês; Mixão, Verónica; Medeiros, Márcia Melo; et al. "Unveiling the Protective Mechanisms of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency against Malaria: Transforming Vulnerability into Resilience". Paper presented in MicroBiotec 2023, 2023.
  2. Balau, Ana; Inês Santos; Inês Navalho Morais; Antunes, Sandra; Ana Paula Arez. Corresponding author: Ana Paula Arez. "Protective effect of pyruvate kinase deficiency against malaria - transcriptomic analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite under the action of the compound 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG)". Paper presented in 6º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Tropical, 2023.
  3. Inês Morais. "The effect of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) on malaria parasite development - is there a potential for a host-directed therapy tool?". Paper presented in III International Conference NOVAhealth Chronic Disease and Infection “Infection, Cancer and Global Health", 2020.
  4. Maria Carvalho; Catarina S Lopes; Inês Morais; Nuno C Santos; Filomena Aréde de Carvalho; Ana Paula Arez. "Protective effect of red blood cell pyruvate kinase deficiency against malaria ¿ is there a role for the host cell membrane?". Paper presented in III International Conference NOVAhealth Chronic Disease and Infection ¿Infection, Cancer and Global Health¿, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Livia M. Feitosa; Rodolfo Rodrigo F. Franca; Maria de Lourdes G. Ferreira; Anna C.C. Aguiar; Guilherme E. de Souza; Sarah El Chamy Maluf; Juliana O. de Souza; et al. "Discovery of new piperaquine hybrid analogs linked by triazolopyrimidine and pyrazolopyrimidine scaffolds with antiplasmodial and transmission blocking activities". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116163.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116163
  2. Carvalho, Maria; Medeiros, Márcia M.; Morais, Inês; Lopes, Catarina S.; Balau, Ana; Santos, Nuno C.; Carvalho, Filomena A.; Arez, Ana Paula. "2,3-Diphosphoglycerate and the Protective Effect of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency against Malaria Infection—Exploring the Role of the Red Blood Cell Membrane". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 2 (2023): 1336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021336.
    10.3390/ijms24021336
  3. Morais, Inês; Medeiros, Márcia M.; Carvalho, Maria; Morello, Judit; Teixeira, Sara M.; Maciel, Suelma; Nhantumbo, Janice; et al. "Synthetic Red Blood Cell-Specific Glycolytic Intermediate 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) Inhibits Plasmodium falciparum Development In Vitro". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 12 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.840968.
    10.3389/fcimb.2022.840968
Preprint
  1. Morais, Inês; Rodrigues, Soraia; Mas, Aida; Escalon, Serguei; Borrego, Adalzira; nogueira, fatima; Antunes, Maria Lina. "Severe Malaria in Angola: Clinical Profile and Disease Outcome among Adults from a Low-Endemic Area". 2024. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0541.v1.
Distinctions

Award

2019 Professor João Fraga de Azevedo - Award for Best student in the Medical Parasitology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal