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The beginning of Armanda Rodrigues road for scientific independence started in 2017 with the PhD degree attribution. Her work was supported by FCT SFRH/BD/73386/2010 and constituted an innovative approach to immune-parasitology, using 3D-cell models of canine hepatocytes and contributing to endorse liver as a central immunological organ. As junior post-doctoral researcher, Rodrigues A increased her scientific background, by participating in research projects in different areas, such as metabolic oncobiology, as research fellow (iNOVA4Health Project NOVA Medical School) and addressing the role of self and non-self-DNA in activating innate immune receptors and regulating cell fate. In 2019, she was assigned as post-doctorate researcher at iMed ULisboa (PTDC/MED-TOX/29183/2017) where she worked with 3D-cultures and human stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells. At IHMT/UNL, Rodrigues A has been conducting innovative research on extracellular vesicles shed by trypanosomatids of veterinary importance and assessing their interaction with host immune system (PTDC/CVT-CVT/28908/2017). Presently, Rodrigues A is a post-doctoral researcher (2022.00499.CEECIND), tackling neglected tropical diseases addressing the role of extracellular vesicles and microRNAs using tridimensional (3D) cell models to unravel host-parasite interactions. As Principal Investigator (PI) of two exploratory projects ( EXPL/CVT-CVT/0175/2021and 2023.11944.PEX), Rodrigues A aimed to apply groundbreaking tissue culture and immunology, allied with microRNA sequencing and molecular techniques, to unravel new insights on host-parasite early interaction. Rodrigues A, is also an active COST Action member (CA21108 and CA20110). She is author and co-auhtor of several papers published in Q1 or Q2 immunology, veterinary sciences, parasitology, and interdisciplinary journals, with impact factors above average to the field. Rodrigues A actively performs scientific revision of manuscripts and is part of the editorial team of several for international peer-reviewed journals. She also enthusiastically participates in various national and international scientific meetings, divulging her most innovative results. Rodrigues A has lecturing experience in post-graduated advanced national and international courses, including MSc and PhD teaching programs, lecturing on immunology, Real-time PCR, ELISA and Flow Cytometry. She is also supervisor/co-supervisor of MSc and PhD students, empowering them to realize their potential and excel in their academic and professional pursuits. Her current areas of expertise are: 3D cell culture systems; Immunology and host-parasite interaction; Liver metabolism and local immunology; 3D Cell Models and molecular Biology; Cell culture; Trypanosomatids biology; Cytotoxicity assays for drug screening; Biology of cancer; Extracellular vesicles. Stats and scores: H index= 13; 480 citations (Web of Science).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Armanda Viana Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Armanda
  • Rodrigues, Maria Armanda
  • Armanda Viana Rodrigues

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F713-B3A9-FAF1
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4261-3879

Email addresses

  • armanda.rodrigues@ihmt.unl.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/05/20 - 2024/05/22
Concluded
 The Technology Transfer Process: Translating Extracellular RNA Research into the Market (Outros)
exRNA-PATH COST ACTION CA20110, United Kingdom
 N/A
2011/10/01 - 2017/03/10
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Work supported by the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), with a PhD scholarship - SFRH / BD / 73386 / 2010. Authorship of three scientific papers doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2016.08.00; doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2017.09.004 and doi: 10.1017/S0031182018002068.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
"Canine leishmaniasis: the role of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes during Leishmania infantum infection" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimously Approved
2007/09/01 - 2008/12/05
Concluded
 Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Cellular Biology and Biotechnology) (Mestrado)
Major in Co-authorship in two scientific papers: doi: 10.1089/ten.TEC.2009.0784 and doi: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0352.
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento de sistemas 3D de culturas primárias de hepatócitos para teste de drogas (Development of 3D primary hepatocyte cultures for drug screening)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores
2003/09 - 2007/09/14
Concluded
 Cellular Biology and Biotechnology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/06/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Faculty of Pharmacy Research and Development Association - FARM-iD, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/10 - 2013/02 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/12/01 - 2011/09/01 Intern for AICEP Portugal Global, in the 15th INOV Contact program 2010/2011 edition. Intenrship at Elan Pharmaceuticals integrated in the Assay Development group under the supervison of doctor Rut Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, Califórnia, USA, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current 2022.00499.CEECIND - Tackling zoonotic Trypanosomatids: Extracellular vesicles, microRNAs and tridimensional (3D) cell models to unravel host-parasite interactions
2022.00499.CEECIND
10.54499/2022.00499.CEECIND/CP1725/CT0023
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Associated Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2025 - Current Inside and Beyond the Colour: a green approach for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
2023.12853.PEX
Consultant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/02/20 - 2026/08/19 2023.11944.PEX - New approaches on neglected cutaneous Leishmaniasis: tridimensional (3D) skin models and miRNA signatures
2023.11944.PEX
10.54499/2023.11944.PEX
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/04 - 2025 EXPL/CVT-CVT/0175/2021 - Tackling trypanosomiasis cardiomyopathy with microRNAs and tridimentional (3D) cell models
EXPL/CVT-CVT/0175/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023 - 2025 PTDC/CVT-CVT/0228/2020 - Immune precision medicine as a new opportunity to control canine trypanosomatid diseases - DogIPM
PTDC/CVT-CVT/0228/2020
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/12 - 2024 Cruzivax
815418
Researcher
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung Abteilung Vakzinologie und angewandte Mikrobiologie, Germany

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
European Union
Ongoing
2020/06/01 - 2023/03 PTDC/CVT-CVT/28908/2017 - Achieving new frontiers through trypanosomatid exosomes (TEx)
PTDC/CVT-CVT/28908/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023/08 - Current CA20110 - RNA communication across kingdoms: new mechanisms and strategies in pathogen control (exRNA-PATH)
CA20110
Researcher
The University of Edinburgh Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, United Kingdom
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2023 - Current Open and Universal Science (OPUS)
101058471
Other
Ongoing
2022/11 - Current CA21108 - European Network for Skin Engineering and Modeling (NETSKINMODELS)
CA21108
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Alexandre-Pires, G.; Santos, M.; Rodrigues, M. A.; Pereira, M. A.; Gomes, J.; Diaz, S. A.; Gomes, L.; et al. "Leishmaniosis: New Insights in a Changing World". In Advances in Animal Health, Medicine and Production, 301-320. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-61981-7_17
Conference poster
  1. Marta Monteiro; Moreno, Cláudia; Weber JI; Rodrigues, Armanda; Meunier, Mafalda; Rui Ferreira; Inês Cardoso; et al. Corresponding author: Marta Monteiro. "Exploring the gene expression of canine monocyte-derived cells following three differentiation cocktails". Paper presented in 1 st Internacional Conference of the Zoonoses Working Group - One Health & Zoonotic Threats: An Integrated Approach and 3rd Annual Meeting of the AL4AnimalS Thematic Line Emergent Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, 2025.
  2. Marta Monteiro; Meunier, Mafalda; Rodrigues, Armanda; Moreno, Cláudia; Rui Ferreira; Inês Cardoso; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; et al. "Canine monocyte-derived cells: insights on molecular signature and morphology following different cytokine protocols". Paper presented in 14th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium (IVIS2025), 2025.
  3. Marta Monteiro; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Meunier, Mafalda; Rodrigues, Armanda; Moreno, Cláudia; Rui Ferreira; Cardoso, Inês; et al. Corresponding author: Alexandre-Pires, Graça. "Morphological characterization of canine monocyte-derived cells exposed to different in vitro stimuli: insights in scanning electron microscopy". Paper presented in Congrès Euopéen des anatomistes vétérinaires - EAVA 2025, 2025.
  4. Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Beatriz Martins; Marta Monteiro; Weber JI; Joana Palma-Marques; Telmo Nunes; Wilson Antunes; et al. Corresponding author: Alexandre-Pires, Graça. "Planetary health: Decoding Trypanosomatid infection through ultrastructural images". Paper presented in XXIX International Symposium on Morphological Sciences (ISMS 2025), 2025.
  5. Inês Lopes; Victória Tavares; Débora Cerqueira; Weber, Juliana; Martins, Liege; Cimetta, Elisa; Micheli Sara; et al. "Microfluidic Engineering for the Development of Ozonized Oil Microemulsions Aimed at Canine Leishmania Treatment: Implementation of 3D Skin Models". Paper presented in ENROL 2025 - International Conference on Engineering for Life Sciences, 2025.
  6. Marta Monteiro; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Moreno, Cláudia; Rodrigues, Armanda; Rui Ferreira; Inês Cardoso; Telmo Nunes; et al. Corresponding author: Marta Monteiro. "A DEEP LOOK AT CANINE MONOCYTE-DERIVED CELLS IN THE CONTEXT OF CANINE LEISHMANIOSIS: PHASE CONTRAST AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY". Paper presented in 4º Encontro Anual do Laboratório Associado AL4AnimalS, 2025.
Journal article
  1. de Freitas, Bruna Eugênia; Rodrigues, Armanda; Palma-Marques, Joana; Weber, Juliana Inês; Valério-Bolas, Ana; Soares, Rodrigo Pedro; Torrecilhas, Ana Claudia; et al. "Unleashing the immune modulatory potential of Leishmania amazonensis-derived extracellular vesicles in American cutaneous leishmaniasis". Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 12 (2025): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2025.1593363.
    10.3389/fmolb.2025.1593363
  2. Rodrigues, Armanda; Weber, Juliana Inês; Durães-Oliveira, João; Moreno, Cláudia; Ferla, Micheli; Aires Pereira, Maria de; Valério-Bolas, Ana; et al. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Armanda. "Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Trypanosomatids: The Key to Decoding Host–Parasite Communication". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26 9 (2025): 4302. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26094302.
    10.3390/ijms26094302
  3. Jain, Sankalp; Manganelli, Serena; Gryshkova, Vitalina; Rodrigues, Maria Armanda; Magarkar, Aniket. "Editorial: Methods in predictive toxicology 2023". Frontiers in Pharmacology 16 (2025): https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1556352.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fphar.2025.1556352
  4. Valério-Bolas, Ana; Meunier, Mafalda; Rodrigues, Armanda; Palma-Marques, Joana; Ferreira, Rui; Cardoso, Inês; Lobo, Lis; et al. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Armanda. "Unveiling the Interplay Between Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer Cells as Key Players in Leishmania Infection". Journal of Immunology Research 2025 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1155/jimr/3176927.
    Published • 10.1155/jimr/3176927
  5. Rodrigues, Armanda; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Valério-Bolas, Ana; Nunes, Telmo; Pereira da Fonseca, Isabel; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "Kupffer Cells and Hepatocytes: A Key Relation in the Context of Canine Leishmaniasis". Microorganisms 12 9 (2024): 1887. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12091887.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/microorganisms12091887
  6. Rodrigues, Armanda; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "Editorial: Neglected tropical diseases: tackling the challenges of a global world". Frontiers in Toxicology 6 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2024.1417438.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/ftox.2024.1417438
  7. Durães-Oliveira, João; Palma-Marques, Joana; Moreno, Cláudia; Rodrigues, Armanda; Monteiro, Marta; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; da Fonseca, Isabel Pereira; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, Armanda. "Chagas Disease: A Silent Threat for Dogs and Humans". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 7 (2024): 3840. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25073840.
    10.3390/ijms25073840
  8. Valério-Bolas, Ana; Meunier, Mafalda; Palma-Marques, Joana; Rodrigues, Armanda; Santos, Ana Margarida; Nunes, Telmo; Ferreira, Rui; et al. "Exploiting Leishmania—Primed Dendritic Cells as Potential Immunomodulators of Canine Immune Response". Cells 13 5 (2024): 445. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells13050445.
    Open access • 10.3390/cells13050445
  9. Gouveia-Fernandes, Sofia; Rodrigues, Armanda; Nunes, Carolina; Charneira, Catarina; Nunes, João; Serpa, Jacinta; Antunes, Alexandra M.M.. "Glycidamide and cis-2-butene-1,4-dial (BDA) as potential carcinogens and promoters of liver cancer - An in vitro study". Food and Chemical Toxicology 166 (2022): 113251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2022.113251.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113251
  10. Rodrigues, Armanda Viana; Valério-Bolas, Ana; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Aires Pereira, Maria; Nunes, Telmo; Ligeiro, Dário; Pereira da Fonseca, Isabel; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis: New Insights on Innate Immune Response by Blood Macrophages and Liver Kupffer Cells to Leishmania infantum Parasites". Biology 11 1 (2022): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11010100.
    Accepted • 10.3390/biology11010100
  11. Serras, Ana S.; Rodrigues, Joana S.; Cipriano, Madalena; Rodrigues, Armanda V.; Oliveira, Nuno G.; Miranda, Joana P.. "A Critical Perspective on 3D Liver Models for Drug Metabolism and Toxicology Studies". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.626805.
    Published • 10.3389/fcell.2021.626805
  12. Rodrigues, Armanda V.; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Valério-Bolas, Ana; Santos-Mateus, David; Rafael-Fernandes, Mariana; Pereira, Maria A.; Ligeiro, Dário; et al. "3D-Hepatocyte Culture Applied to Parasitology: Immune Activation of Canine Hepatic Spheroids Exposed to Leishmania infantum". Biomedicines 8 12 (2020): 628. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8120628.
    Published • 10.3390/biomedicines8120628
  13. Santos, Marcos Ferreira; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Pereira, Maria A.; Gomes, Lídia; Rodrigues, Armanda V.; Basso, Alexandra; Reisinho, Ana; et al. "Immunophenotyping of Peripheral Blood, Lymph Node, and Bone Marrow T Lymphocytes During Canine Leishmaniosis and the Impact of Antileishmanial Chemotherapy". Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00375.
    Open access • 10.3389/fvets.2020.00375
  14. Santos, Marcos Ferreira; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Pereira, Maria A.; Marques, Cátia S.; Gomes, Joana; Correia, Jorge; Duarte, Ana; et al. "Meglumine Antimoniate and Miltefosine Combined With Allopurinol Sustain Pro-inflammatory Immune Environments During Canine Leishmaniosis Treatment". Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00362.
    Published • 10.3389/fvets.2019.00362
  15. Mendes, Cindy; Lopes-Coelho, Filipa; Ramos, Cristiano; Martins, Filipa; Santos, Inês; Rodrigues, Armanda; Silva, Fernanda; André, Saudade; Serpa, Jacinta. "Unraveling FATP1, regulated by ER-ß, as a targeted breast cancer innovative therapy". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50531-3.
    10.1038/s41598-019-50531-3
  16. Pereira, Maria A.; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Câmara, Margarida; Santos, Marcos; Martins, Catarina; Rodrigues, Armanda; Adriana, Jéssica; et al. "Canine neutrophils cooperate with macrophages in the early stages of Leishmania infantum in vitro infection". Parasite Immunology 41 4 (2019): e12617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pim.12617.
    Published • 10.1111/pim.12617
  17. Valério-Bolas, Ana; Pereira, Maria; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Santos-Mateus, David; Rodrigues, Armanda; Rafael-Fernandes, Mariana; Gabriel, Aurea; Passero, Felipe; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "Intracellular and extracellular effector activity of mouse neutrophils in response to cutaneous and visceral Leishmania parasites". Cellular Immunology 335 (2019): 76-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2018.11.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cellimm.2018.11.003
  18. Rodrigues, A.; Alexandre-Pires, G.; Valério-Bolas, A.; Santos-Mateus, D.; Rafael-Fernandes, M.; Pereira, M. A.; Ligeiro, D.; et al. "Dog hepatocytes are key effector cells in the liver innate immune response to Leishmania infantum". Parasitology 146 6 (2018): 753-764. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182018002068.
    Published • 10.1017/s0031182018002068
  19. Nunes, Sofia C.; Ramos, Cristiano; Lopes-Coelho, Filipa; Sequeira, Catarina O.; Silva, Fernanda; Gouveia-Fernandes, Sofia; Rodrigues, Armanda; et al. "Cysteine allows ovarian cancer cells to adapt to hypoxia and to escape from carboplatin cytotoxicity". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27753-y.
    10.1038/s41598-018-27753-y
  20. Pereira, Maria; Valério-Bolas, Ana; Santos-Mateus, David; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Santos, Marcos; Rodrigues, Armanda; Rocha, Hugo; et al. "Canine neutrophils activate effector mechanisms in response to Leishmania infantum". Veterinary Parasitology 248 (2017): 10-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.10.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.10.008
  21. Rodrigues, A.; Santos-Mateus, D.; Alexandre-Pires, G.; Valério-Bolas, A.; Rafael-Fernandes, M.; Pereira, M.A.; Ligeiro, D.; et al. "Leishmania infantum exerts immunomodulation in canine Kupffer cells reverted by meglumine antimoniate". Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 55 (2017): 42-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2017.09.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cimid.2017.09.004
  22. Rodrigues, A.; Claro, M.; Alexandre-Pires, G.; Santos-Mateus, D.; Martins, C.; Valério-Bolas, A.; Rafael-Fernandes, M.; et al. "Leishmania infantum antigens modulate memory cell subsets of liver resident T lymphocyte". Immunobiology 222 2 (2017): 409-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imbio.2016.08.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.imbio.2016.08.009
  23. Santos-Mateus, David; Rodrigues, Armanda; Valério-Bolas, Ana; Silva-Pedrosa, R; Pereira, MA; Laurenti, MD; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela. "The battle between Leishmania and the host immune system at a glance". International Trends in Immunity 4 1 (2016): 28-34. http://researchpub.org/journal/iti/number/vol4-no1/vol4-no1-3.pdf.
    Published • 10.18281/iti.2016.1.3
  24. Marques, Cláudia S.; Passero, Luiz Felipe D.; Vale-Gato, Inês; Rodrigues, Armanda; Rodrigues, Olivia Roos; Martins, Catarina; Correia, Ivone; et al. "New insights into neutrophil and Leishmania infantum in vitro immune interactions". Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 40 (2015): 19-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2015.03.003.
    10.1016/j.cimid.2015.03.003
  25. Carvalheiro, Manuela; Esteves, M. Alexandra; Santos-Mateus, David; Lopes, Rui M.; Rodrigues, M. Armanda; Eleutério, Carla V.; Scoulica, Effie; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela; Cruz, M. Eugénia M.. "Hemisynthetic trifluralin analogues incorporated in liposomes for the treatment of leishmanial infections". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 93 (2015): 346-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.04.018.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.04.018
  26. Santos-Gomes, G.M.; Rodrigues, A.; Teixeira, F.; Carreira, J.; Alexandre-Pires, G.; Carvalho, S.; Santos-Mateus, D.; et al. "Immunization with the Leishmania infantum recombinant cyclophilin protein 1 confers partial protection to subsequent parasite infection and generates specific memory T cells". Vaccine 32 11 (2014): 1247-1253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.024.
    Published
  27. Armada, Ana; Gazarini, Marcos L.; Gonçalves, Lídia M.; Antunes, Sandra; Custódio, Ana; Rodrigues, Armanda; Almeida, António J.; et al. "Generation of an antibody that recognizes Plasmodium chabaudi cysteine protease (chabaupain-1) in both sexual and asexual parasite life cycle and evaluation of chabaupain-1 vaccine potential". Experimental Parasitology 135 1 (2013): 166-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2013.06.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.06.009
  28. Fauss, Donald; Motter, Ruth; Dofiles, Lilibeth; Rodrigues, Maria Armanda Viana; You, Monica; Diep, Linnea; Yang, Yangli; et al. "Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure the level of tyrosine hydroxylase protein in brain tissue from Parkinson's disease models". Journal of Neuroscience Methods 215 2 (2013): 245-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.03.012.
    10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.03.012
  29. Diaz, Suraya; Fonseca, Isabel Pereira da; Rodrigues, Armanda; Martins, Catarina; Cartaxeiro, Clara; Silva, Maria Jesus; Brito, Teresa Villa de; Alexandre-Pires, Graça; Santos-Gomes, Gabriela M.. "Canine leishmaniosis. Modulation of macrophage/lymphocyte interactions by L. infantum". Veterinary Parasitology 189 2-4 (2012): 137-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.05.004.
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.05.004
  30. Miranda, Joana P.; Rodrigues, Armanda; Tostões, Rui M.; Leite, Sofia; Zimmerman, Heiko; Carrondo, Manuel J.T.; Alves, Paula M.. "Extending Hepatocyte Functionality for Drug-Testing Applications Using High-Viscosity Alginate-Encapsulated Three-Dimensional Cultures in Bioreactors". Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods 16 6 (2010): 1223-1232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0784.
    Published • 10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0784
  31. Miranda, Joana P.; Leite, Sofia B.; Muller-Vieira, Ursula; Rodrigues, Armanda; Carrondo, Manuel J.T.; Alves, Paula M.. "Towards an Extended Functional Hepatocyte In Vitro Culture". Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods 15 2 (2009): 157-167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0352.
    Published • 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0352
Online resource
  1. Rodrigues, Maria Armanda. Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis: Blood Macrophages and Kupffer Cells. 2022. https://encyclopedia.pub/19453.
Website
  1. Rodrigues, Armanda; Mafalda Meunier. Tackling trypanosomiasis cardiomyopathy with microRNAs and tridimensional (3D) cell models. 2023. http://mit3d.ihmt.unl.pt/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10 Shaping Immunity: The Role of Dendritic–Natural Killer Cell Crosstalk in Leishmania Infection 4th International Caparica Conference on Leishmaniasis 2025
(Caparica, Portugal)
2023/01/05 Exploiting extracellular vesicles in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis webinar: Trypanosomiasis: challenges and opportunities
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/10 - Current Title: Desvendar a resposta imunológica do sangue periférico de mamíferos à exposição ao Trypanosoma cruzi. For the obtention of the MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL). Role: Supervisor. Thesis in the context of project miT3D EXPL/CVT-CVT/0175/2021.
Supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2024/10 - Current Title: Análise da resposta imunológica da pele canina à infeção por Leishmania sp.. For the obtention of the MSc degree in Bioquímica para a Saúde (FCT, UNL) . Role: Supervisor. Thesis in the context of project miL3DSkin - 2023.11944.PEX.
Supervisor
 Bioquímica para a Saúde (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/01/10 - 2024/01/10 Co- organization of the webinar/seminar session entitled "Changing the game in the battle against Trypanosomatids" prepared in the context of DogIPM prroject (PTDC/CVT-CVT/0228/2020). More information available: https://dogipm.fmv.ulisboa.pt/ (2024/01/10 - 2024/01/10)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2023/01/05 - 2023/01/05 Co- organization of the webinar session entitled "Trypanosomiasis: challenges and opportunities" prepared in the context of EXOTRYPANO (PTDC/CVT-CVT/28908/2017). More information available: http://exotrypano.fmv.ulisboa.pt/ (2023/01/05 - 2023/01/05)
Seminar (Co-organisor)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/07 - Current Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL
2021/02 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia
2021/02 - Current WHO Collaborating Center for Health Workforce Planning and Policies - Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL) Centro Colaborador da Organização Mundial de Saúde (CCol OMS) - Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)
2020 - Current Global Heath and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) from Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT-UNL).

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/10 - Current Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (IHMT, UNL) , Unidade Curricular Comunicação Científica, aulas teóricas "Inteligência artificial"; Doctoral Program (3rd Cycle) in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL), Curricular unit Scientific Communication, theoretical class on "Artificial Intelligence". Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2023/12 - Current Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (IHMT, UNL) , Unidade Curricular Imunologia das Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, aula teórica "Infecção e Inflamação"; Doctoral Program (3rd Cycle) in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL), Curricular unit Immunology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, theoretical class "Infection and Inflammation". Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2022/10 - Current Mestrado em Ciências Biomédicas (IHMT/UNL), Unidade Curricular de Imunologia, aula prática - Imunidade humoral "Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)". Master of Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL), Curricular unit of Immunology, practical class-humoral immunity on "enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)". Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2022 - Current Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (IHMT, UNL) , Unidade Curricular Imunologia das Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, aulas práticas "Metodologias moleculares- RNA de interferência (RNAi)" ; Doctoral Program (3rd Cycle) in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL), Curricular Unit Immunology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, practical class " Molecular methodologies- RNA Interference (RNAi)". Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2021 - Current Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (IHMT, UNL) , Unidade Curricular Comunicação Científica, aulas teóricas "Apresentação de Resultados"; Doctoral Program (3rd Cycle) in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL), Curricular unit Scientific Communication, theoretical class on " Results presentation". Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2020 - Current Doutoramento em Ciências Biomédicas (IHMT, UNL) , Unidade Curricular Imunologia das Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, aula prática "Metodologias celulares - Citometria de Fluxo"; Doctoral Program (3rd Cycle) in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL), Curricular unit Immunology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, practical class "Cellular methodologies - Flow cytometry". Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025/11 - 2026/07 Extracellular vesicles: immunomodulatory action in cutaneous leishmaniasis models Andreia Magalhães