João Guilherme Costa (FE13-4983-BBB1)

Curriculum Vitae

João Guilherme Costa

João Guilherme Costa completed the Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (FFUL) in 2008. He achieved a Specialization in Quality Control and Food Toxicology at FFUL in 2013. He holds a PhD in Health Sciences, in the speciality of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacy, from the University of Alcalá de Henares, 2018. João is an Assistant Professor at the School of Health Sciences and Technologies (ECTS), Lusófona University since 2013, teaching disciplines in the areas of Pharmacology and Toxicology. João is researcher and integrated member of CBIOS and a collaborator of iMed.UL-FFUL. João is the President of the ECTS Ethics Committee (CE.ECTS) and member of the Scientific Councils of ECTS and CBIOS. He published more than 30 full articles in international journals and 3 book chapters, and received 9 awards/distinctions from his scientific research. He has several communications at national and international scientific congresses. João is currently supervising 2 PhD thesis and 7 MPharm dissertations. He participated in the organization of various scientific events. He is also a reviewer of some international journals, namely in the areas of Toxicology and Health Sciences. His lines of research include the study of potential new drugs, being mainly related to the areas of oxidative stress and cancer.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Guilherme Costa

Citation names

Costa, J.G.
Costa, João Guilherme
Costa, J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FE13-4983-BBB1
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5604-6142
Google Scholar ID: qwhOwAAAAJ
Researcher Id: H-1611-2018
Scopus Author Id: 55890120100

Telephones

Telephone

217515500 Ext.: 627 (Professional)

Addresses

Av. Campo Grande, 376, 1749-024, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://cbios.ulusofona.pt (Professional)
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=A-qwhOwAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Toxicology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Education

	Degree	Classification
2014 - 2018 Concluded	Health Sciences – Experimental and Clinical Pharmacy (Doutoramento) Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain "REDOX MODULATION BY SOD MIMICS IN RENAL CANCER: FROM ETIOLOGY TO PROGRESSION" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Excellent cum laude
2017 - 2017 Attended	Advanced Training Course in Clinical Trials Monitoring (Outros) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal	17
2011 - 2013 Concluded	Specialization / Post-Graduation in Quality Control and Food Toxicology (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	18
2002 - 2008 Concluded	Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal "Exposição humana ao chumbo - efeitos na saúde." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

2013 - 2016	Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Escola Superior de Saúde Ribeiro Sanches, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021 - Current	Lusophone flora fighting disease: focus on therapeutic lysyl oxidase modulators Fazer+ Researcher Instituto Lusófono de Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, C.R.L., Portugal	Ongoing
2021 - Current	Abietane Cationic Amphiphiles (ACA) to tackle resistant bacteria COFAC/ILIND/CBIOS /1/2020 Researcher Instituto Lusófono de Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, C.R.L., Portugal
2020 - Current	Applicability of Tailored Ionic Liquids in Drug Delivery Systems FIPID-2019/20 Researcher COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, C.R.L., Portugal	Ongoing
2020 - Current	Redox modulation of cancer progression FIPID-2019/20 Researcher COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, C.R.L., Portugal	Ongoing
2017/01 - 2017/12	Redox Modulation by SOD Mimics in Renal Cancer: from Etiology to Progression PADDIC-2017 Researcher Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação e Ensino em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/12	Redox Modulation by SOD Mimics in Renal Cancer: from Etiology to Progression PADDIC-2016 Researcher Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação e Ensino em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal	Concluded
2012 - 2013	Biomarkers of Dietary Acrylamide Exposure: Human Toxicological Relevance PTDC/SAU-OSM 105572/2008 Other Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Pêgo C, Vidovic B, Oliveira NG, Fernandes AS, Costa JG. "Fruit and vegetable juices and Breast Cancer". In Cancer: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants, edited by Preedy & Patel. Elsevier - Academic Press, 2021. In press Oliveira A, Morocho-Jácome A, Lima C, (...), Costa JG, Almeida TS, Rosado C, Carvalho J, Velasco MV, Baby AR. "Cosmetic Applications". In Microalgae - Cultivation, Recovery of Compounds and Applications, edited by Charis M. Galanakis, 137-151. Elsevier - Academic Press, 2020. Published Oliveira NG, Miranda JP, Costa JG, Rodrigues AS, Castro M, Fernandes AS.. "Toxicodinâmica". In Toxicologia Fundamental, edited by Dinis-Oliveira, RJ, Carvalho FC, Bastos ML, 35-63. Portugal: LIDEL, Edições Técnicas, Lda., 2018. Published
Conference abstract	Soares, R; Manguinhas, R; Costa, JG; Fernandes, AS; Saraiva, N; Gil, N; Rosell, R; et al. "Cytotoxic effects of the SOD mimic MnTnHex-2-PyP5+ and its combination with cisplatin in non-small cell lung cancer cells". 2022. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.07.419
Journal article	Íris Guerreiro; Bojana Vidovic; João G. Costa; Marta Martins; Sandra Ferreira; Nuno G. Oliveira; Nuno Saraiva; Ana S. Fernandes. "The Dietary Isothiocyanate Erucin Reduces Kidney Cell Motility by Disturbing Tubulin Polymerization". Molecular Nutrition & Food Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202200581. 10.1002/mnfr.202200581 Rita B. Soares; Rita Manguinhas; João G. Costa; Nuno Saraiva; Nuno Gil; Rafael Rosell; Sérgio P. Camões; et al. "MnTnHex-2-PyP5+ Displays Anticancer Properties and Enhances Cisplatin Effects in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells". Antioxidants (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11112198. 10.3390/antiox11112198 Paulo Luz; Isabel Fernandes; Joana Magalhães; Rita Teixeira de Sousa; Pedro Faísca; João G. Costa; Ana S. Fernandes. "Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in early breast cancer: an exploratory analysis focused on HER2+ subtype in Portuguese patients". Current Medical Research and Opinion (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2022.2096334. 10.1080/03007995.2022.2096334 Íris Guerreiro; Ferreira-Pêgo; Carregosa, Diogo; Claudia Nunes dos Santos; Regina Menezes; Ana S Fernandes; João Guilherme Costa. "Polyphenols and Their Metabolites in Renal Diseases: An Overview". Foods (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/7/1060. 10.3390/foods11071060 Ana Júlio; João Guilherme Costa; Catarina Pereira-Leite; Tânia Santos de Almeida. "TransfersomILs: From Ionic Liquids to a New Class of Nanovesicular Systems". Nanomaterials (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12010007. 10.3390/nano12010007 "A narrative review of the migration and invasion features of non-small cell lung cancer cells upon xenobiotic exposure: insights from in vitro studies". Translational Lung Cancer Research 10 6 (2021): 2698-2714. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr-21-121. 10.21037/tlcr-21-121 Rita Caparica; Ana Júlio; Filipe Fernandes; Maria Eduarda M. Araújo; João Guilherme Costa; Tânia Santos de Almeida. "Upgrading the Topical Delivery of Poorly Soluble Drugs Using Ionic Liquids as a Versatile Tool". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 9 (2021): 4338-4338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094338. 10.3390/ijms22094338 P. Luz; I. Fernandes; R. Diaz Acedo; S. Gamez Casado; E. Campoa; L. Alves; A.J. Arede; et al. "Post neoadjuvant HER2 treatment: real world data from a multicentric cohort". The Breast 56 (2021): S22-S22. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fs0960-9776%2821%2900099-0. 10.1016/s0960-9776(21)00099-0 P. Luz; I. Fernandes; A.J. Arede; E. Campoa; L. Alves; J.L. Enrique Morera; B. Gosalbez; J.G. Costa; A. Fernandes. "The evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in early breast cancer: differences between histologic subtypes in a Portuguese cohort". The Breast 56 (2021): S63-S63. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fs0960-9776%2821%2900202-2. 10.1016/s0960-9776(21)00202-2 Paulo Luz; Elsa Campoa; Rita Gameiro; Marta Vaz; Isabel Fernandes; Joana Magalhães; Beatriz Gosalbez; et al. "Systemic treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer patients with brain metastases: current status and exploratory case study in a Portuguese cohort". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal (2021): https://doi.org/10.19277/bbr.18.1.253. 10.19277/bbr.18.1.253 Ana Lucía Morocho-Jácome; Nadia Ruscinc; Renata Miliani Martinez; João Carlos Monteiro de Carvalho; Tânia Santos de Almeida; Catarina Rosado; João Guilherme Costa; Maria Valéria Robles Velasco; André Rolim Baby. "(Bio)Technological aspects of microalgae pigments for cosmetics". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00253-020-10936-x. 10.1007/s00253-020-10936-x Rita Manguinhas; Ana S. Fernandes; João G. Costa; Nuno Saraiva; Sérgio P. Camões; Nuno Gil; Rafael Rosell; et al. "Impact of the APE1 Redox Function Inhibitor E3330 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells Exposed to Cisplatin: Increased Cytotoxicity and Impairment of Cell Migration and Invasion". Antioxidants 9 6 (2020): 550-550. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9060550. 10.3390/antiox9060550 Caparica R., Júlio A., Baby A.R., Santos de Almeida T, Costa J.G.. "In vitro anticancer activity of phenolic bioactive compounds studied in a human renal cancer cell model - Supplement III Lusófona’s Nutrition Meeting". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal 17 1 (2020): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.19277/bbr.17.1.229. Published • 10.19277/bbr.17.1.229 Costa, J.G.. "In vitro cytotoxicity assessment of ferulic, caffeic and p-coumaric acids on human renal cancer cells". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal (2020): http://doi.org/10.19277/bbr.17.1.225. 10.19277/bbr.17.1.225 Caparica; Júlio; Araújo; Baby; Fonte; Costa; Santos de Almeida. "Anticancer Activity of Rutin and Its Combination with Ionic Liquids on Renal Cells". Biomolecules 10 2 (2020): 233-233. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fbiom10020233. 10.3390/biom10020233 J.G. Costa; V. Keser; C. Jackson; N. Saraiva; Í. Guerreiro; N. Almeida; S.P. Camões; et al. "A multiple endpoint approach reveals potential in vitro anticancer properties of thymoquinone in human renal carcinoma cells". Food and Chemical Toxicology 136 (2020): 111076-111076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2019.111076. 10.1016/j.fct.2019.111076 Nuno Saraiva; João G. Costa; Catarina Reis; Nuno Almeida; Patrícia Rijo; Ana Sofia Fernandes. "Anti-Migratory and Pro-Apoptotic Properties of Parvifloron D on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells". Biomolecules (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10010158. 10.3390/biom10010158 Caparica, Rita; Júlio, Ana; Araújo, Maria Eduarda Machado; Baby, André Rolim; Fonte, Pedro; Costa, João Guilherme; Santos de Almeida, Tânia. "Anticancer activity of rutin and its combination with ionic liquids on renal cells". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13708. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10020233 Morocho-Jácome A, Ruscinc N, Martinez R, Monteiro de carvalho JC, Almeida TS, Costa JG, Rosado C, Velasco MV, Baby A.. "(Bio)Technological aspects of microalgae pigments for cosmetics". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2020): Accepted João G. Costa; Nuno Saraiva; Ines Batinic-Haberle; Matilde Castro; Nuno G. Oliveira; Ana S. Fernandes. "The SOD Mimic MnTnHex-2-PyP5+ Reduces the Viability and Migration of 786-O Human Renal Cancer Cells". Antioxidants 8 10 (2019): 490-490. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100490. 10.3390/antiox8100490 João Guilherme Costa; Bojana Vidovic; Nuno Saraiva; Maria do Céu Costa; Giorgia Del Favero; Doris Marko; Nuno G. Oliveira; Ana Sofia Fernandes. "Contaminants: a dark side of food supplements?". Free Radical Research (2019): https://doi.org/10.1080/10715762.2019.1636045. 10.1080/10715762.2019.1636045 Marisa Nicolai; Nuno Almeida; Patricia Rijo; João Guilherme Costa; Nuno Saraiva; Ana Sofia Fernandes. "Cytotoxic effect of antioxidants found in food from plant origin on human osteosarcoma U2OS Cells". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (2019): https://doi.org/10.19277/BBR.16.1.202. 10.19277/BBR.16.1.202 Flórido, A.; Saraiva, N.; Cerqueira, S.; Almeida, N.; Parsons, M.; Batinic-Haberle, I.; Miranda, J.P.; et al. "The manganese(III) porphyrin MnTnHex-2-PyP⁵⁺ modulates intracellular ROS and breast cancer cell migration: Impact on doxorubicin-treated cells". Redox Biology 20 (2019): 367-378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056166388&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.redox.2018.10.016 Nicolai, M; Almeida, N; Rijo, P; Costa, JG; Saraiva, N; Fernandes, AS. "Cytotoxic effect of antioxidants found in food from plant origin on human osteosarcoma U2OS cells [Efeito citotóxico de antioxidantes de alimentos de origem vegetal em células de osteossarcoma humano U2OS]". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (2019): 10.19277/bbr.16.1.202 Rita Caparica; Ana Júlio; André Rolim Baby; Maria Eduarda Araujo; Ana Sofia Fernandes; João Guilherme Costa; Tânia Santos de Almeida. "Choline-Amino Acid Ionic Liquids as Green Functional Excipients to Enhance Drug Solubility". Pharmaceutics (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/10/4/288. 10.3390/pharmaceutics10040288 Saraiva, Nuno; Flóridol, Ana; Costa, João; Parsons, Maddy; Batinic-Haberle, Ines; Miranda, Joana Paiva; Castro, Matilde; Oliveira, Nuno Guerreiro; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Beneficial impact of a manganese(III) porphyrin in cancer cell migration". Free Radical Biology and Medicine 120 (2018): S117-S118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.387. 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.387 Costa, João; Saraiva, Nuno; Rijo, Patrícia; Almeida, Nuno; Reis, Catarina; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Anti-tumor properties of the redox-active compound Parvifloron D in breast cancer cells". Free Radical Biology and Medicine 120 (2018): S119-S120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.394. 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.394 Saraiva, Nuno; Flóridol, Ana; Costa, João; Parsons, Maddy; Batinic-Haberle, Ines; Miranda, Joana Paiva; Castro, Matilde; Oliveira, Nuno Guerreiro; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "P-240 - Beneficial impact of a manganese(III) porphyrin in cancer cell migration". Free Radical Biology and Medicine 120 (2018): S117-S118. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000432836500372&KeyUID=WOS:000432836500372. 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.387 Costa, João; Saraiva, Nuno; Rijo, Patrícia; Almeida, Nuno; Reis, Catarina; Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "P-247 - Anti-tumor properties of the redox-active compound Parvifloron D in breast cancer cells". Free Radical Biology and Medicine 120 (2018): S119-S120. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000432836500379&KeyUID=WOS:000432836500379. 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.394 Costa, JG; Pereira, F; Adouni, K; Soares, MJ; Muños, A; Almeida, N; M. Andrade, J; et al. "Proceedings - CBiOS Scientific Sessions - 2018". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 15 1 (2018): 114-119. https://doi.org/10.19277/BBR.15.1.180. 10.19277/bbr.15.1.180 Nuno Almeida; Lara Ribeiro; João G. Costa; Patricia Rijo; M. Eduarda Araújo; Nuno Saraiva; Ana Sofia Fernandes; et al. "Cytotoxicity of N-nitrosoguanidines in a breast cancer cell model". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (2017): https://doi.org/10.19277/BBR.14.2.159. 10.19277/BBR.14.2.159 Costa, João G.; Saraiva, Nuno; Guerreiro, Patrícia S.; Castro, Matilde; Batinic-Haberle, Ines; Oliveira, Nuno G.; Fernandes, Ana S.. "Viability and migration of human renal cancer cells upon treatment with a superoxide dismutase mimic". Toxicology Letters 280 (2017): S112-S112. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000425486700258&KeyUID=WOS:000425486700258. 10.1016/j/toxlet.2017.07.312 Egea, J.; Fabregat, I.; Frapart, Y. M.; Ghezzi, P.; Gorlach, A.; Kietzmann, T.; Kubaichuk, K.; et al. "European contribution to the study of ROS: A summary of the findings and prospects for the future from the COST action BM1203 (EU-ROS)". Redox Biology 13 (2017): 94-162. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000410470000009&KeyUID=WOS:000410470000009. 10.1016/j.redox.2017.05.007 Guerreiro, P.S.; Corvacho, E.; Costa, J.G.; Saraiva, N.; Fernandes, A.S.; Castro, M.; Miranda, J.P.; Oliveira, N.G.. "The APE1 redox inhibitor E3330 reduces collective cell migration of human breast cancer cells and decreases chemoinvasion and colony formation when combined with docetaxel". Chemical Biology and Drug Design 90 4 (2017): 561-571. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018948782&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/cbdd.12979 Francisco Caldeira; João Costa; Patricia Rijo; Nuno Saraiva; Ana Fernandes. "Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitory Activity of a Plectranthus saccatus aqueous extract". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 13 2 (2016): 259-269. https://doi.org/10.19277/bbr.13.2.143. 10.19277/bbr.13.2.143 Silva, C. O.; Molpeceres, J.; Batanero, B.; Fernandes, A. S.; Saraiva, N.; Costa, J. G.; Rijo, P.; et al. "Functionalized diterpene parvifloron D-loaded hybrid nanoparticles for targeted delivery in melanoma therapy". Therapeutic Delivery 7 8 (2016): 521-544. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000406663000003&KeyUID=WOS:000406663000003. 10.4155/tde-2016-0027 Costa, J. G.; Saraiva, N.; Guerreiro, P. S.; Louro, H.; Silva, M. J.; Miranda, J. P.; Castro, M.; et al. "Ochratoxin A-induced cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and reactive oxygen species in kidney cells: An integrative approach of complementary endpoints". Food and Chemical Toxicology 87 (2016): 65-76. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000368966200007&KeyUID=WOS:000368966200007. 10.1016/j.fct.2015.11.018 Guerreiro, P.S.; Estácio, S.G.; Antunes, F.; Fernandes, A.S.; Pinheiro, P.F.; Costa, J.G.; Castro, M.; et al. "Structure-based virtual screening toward the discovery of novel inhibitors of the DNA repair activity of the human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1". Chemical Biology and Drug Design 88 6 (2016): 915-925. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84987862345&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/cbdd.12826 P. Guerreiro; E. Corvacho; J.P. Miranda; J. Costa; A.S. Fernandes; M. Castro; N.G. Oliveira; et al. "Targeting APE1 redox function with E3330: Effects on the migration of MDA-MB-231 cells". Toxicology Letters 238 2 (2015): S242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.713. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.713 C.O. Silva; J.P. Coelho; P. Vieira; J. Lopes; J. Costa; A.S. Fernandes; R. Gomes; et al. "Hybrid nanoparticles for photodynamic and targeted cancer therapy: Cytotoxicity studies". Toxicology Letters 238 2 (2015): S204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.611. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.611 Costa, J.; Saraiva, N.; Guerreiro, P.; Miranda, J.P.; Batinic-Haberle, I.; Castro, M.; Oliveira, N.G.; et al. "Effect of the SOD mimetic MnTnHex-2-PyP on the generation of ROS and cytotoxicity induced by ochratoxin A". Toxicology Letters 238 2 (2015): S292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.840. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.840 Santos de Almeida, T.; Júlio, A.; Caparica, R.; Rosado, C.; Fernandes, A.S.; Saraiva, N.; Ribeiro, M.; et al. "Ionic liquids as solubility/permeation enhancers for topical formulations: Skin permeation and cytotoxicity characterization". Toxicology Letters 238 2 (2015): S293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.841. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.841 Matias, D.; Nicolai, M.; Costa, J.; Saraiva, N.; Fernandes, A.S.; Simões, M.F.; Diaz-Lanza, A.M.; et al. "Cytotoxicity screening of Plectranthus spp. extracts and individual components in MDA-MB-231 cells". Toxicology Letters 238 2 (2015): S240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.707. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.08.707 P.S. Guerreiro; J.P. Miranda; A.S. Fernandes; J.G. Costa; M. Castro; N.G. Oliveira; Guerreiro, P.S.; et al. "Effect of APE1 inhibitors on the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of doxorubicin in MDA-MB-231 cells". Toxicology Letters 221 (2013): S92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.120. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.120 J.G. Costa; A.S. Fernandes; P.S. Guerreiro; E. Filipe; J.P. Miranda; M. Castro; N.G. Oliveira; et al. "Induction of micronuclei and cytotoxic effects of ochratoxin A in Vero cells". Toxicology Letters 221 (2013): S121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.214. 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.214 Guerreiro, P.S.; Fernandes, A.S.; Costa, J.G.; Castro, M.; Miranda, J.P.; Oliveira, N.G.. "Differential effects of methoxyamine on doxorubicin cytotoxicity and genotoxicity in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells". Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 757 2 (2013): 140-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885858884&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.08.003

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/02/17	Anticancer properties of the isothiocyanate Erucin in renal cancer cells	LI SPF Meeting (Portugal)
2021/02/17	Response to Neoadjuvant therapy in HER+ Breast Cancer: Preliminary Analysis of Redox and Immune-Related Biomarkers	LI SPF Meeting (Portugal)
2020/11/23	How can rocket salads stop cancer cells from moving? [FP3]	IV CBIOS Seminar
2020/03/03	In vitro anticancer activity of phenolic bioactive compounds studied in human renal cancer cell model	III Lusófona’s Nutrition Meeting (Lisbon)
2020/03/03	The food bioactive erucin impacts human renal cancer cells viability and migration	III Lusófona’s Nutrition Meeting (Lisbon)
2020/03/02	Is erucin a promising bioactive against renal cell carcinoma?	Nutraceuticals in balancing redox status in ageing and age-related diseases - WGs Meeting of the NutRedOx COST Action CA16112 NutRedOx COST Action CA16112 (Belgrade, Serbia)
2020/02/07	APE1 redox inhibitor E3330 as a potentiator of cisplatin therapy in nonsmall cell lung cancer. [OC 10.1]	L SPF Meeting (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/07	Cytotoxic effects of rutin on renal cancer cells. [OC 10.8]	L SPF Meeting (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/07	The food bioactive erucin impacts human renal cancer cells viability and migration. [OC 10.7]	L SPF Meeting (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/10/10	Redox Regulation of Breast Cancer Progression: insights from SOD mimics	1st International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Physiology (SPFis) – Physioma 2019 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/10/03	Anticancer properties of thymoquinone in 786-O renal cancer cells	NutRedOx COST Action CA 16112 Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/07/09	The role of a SOD mimic on renal cancer: from etiology to progression	Encontro Ciência 2019 FCT (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/05/24	Ionic liquid-based formulations to improve rutin delivery	4th Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (Braga, Portugal)
2019/05/18	Effect of antioxidants from vegetables and fruits on Osteosarcoma Cells	Fascination of Plants Day
2019/04/02	Modulation of cancer cell migration by redox-active compounds	Mechanobiology of migrating Cells: From Basic Science to the Clinic (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/02/07	Anticancer Activity of Thymoquinone In Human Renal Cancer Cells. [OC 5.4].	XLIX SPF Meeting (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10/26	Effect of antioxidants from vegetables and fruits on Human Osteosarcoma U2-OS Cells	II Lusófona’s Nutrition Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/07	Choline-based ionic liquids to deliver poorly soluble drugs in topical delivery systems	27th EuCheMSil (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/04	Choline-amino acid ionic liquids as functional excipients for topical delivery of poorly soluble drugs	III CBIOS Seminar (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/03/27	A Lusofonia, a Investigação Científica e o Cancro	29º Colóquio da Lusofonia (Belmonte, Portugal)
2017/07/03	Oxidative stress and the food contaminant Ochratoxin A	Encontro Ciência 2017 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/02/02	Influence of the SOD mimic MnTnHex-2-PyP on the viability and migration of human renal cancer cells. [C14].	XLVII SPF Meeting (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/10/12	Case study: Ochratoxin A, ROS and Antioxidants. [OC9].	II CBIOS Seminar (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/04/11	SOD mimics: impact on adhesion and migration of doxorubicin-treated breast cancer cells?	EU-ROS COST meeting - ROS in drug discovery: from target identification to redox-based therapeutics (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/10/02	Reactive oxygen species generation by ochratoxin A: impact of the SOD mimic MnTnHex-2-PyP	Training Course on Redox Biology in Health and Disease - EU-ROS COST Action BM1203 (Alicante, Spain)
2015/02/04	Ochratoxin A-induced cytotoxicity and formation of ROS: effect of a manganese(III) porphyrin with superoxide dismutase mimetic activity. [C7].	XLV SPF Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/02/04	Inhibition of APE1 redox function with E3330: effects on the proliferation and migration of MDAMB-231 breast cancer cells. [C74].	XLV SPF Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/11/13	Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and reactive oxygen species production by ochratoxin A in monkey kidney cells. [OC.03].	II Iberian Days of Toxicology (Covilhã, Portugal)
2014/10/09	Redox modulation by SOD mimics in renal cancer: from etiology to progression. [OC11].	I CBIOS Seminar (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/09/22	Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and ROS production by ochratoxin A in Vero cells. [OC7].	Spetses Summer School “Biochemical Basis of Healthy Aging” (Spetses, Greece)
2013/07/18	APE1 DNA Repair Activity: a Druggable Target for the Development of Chemotherapeutic Sensitizers. [OC13].	5th iMed.UL Postgraduate Students Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Estudo do potencial efeito antitumoral do ácido 4-hidroxi-4-O-sulfato-benzóico no carcinoma renal humano Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2022 - Current	Novas opções terapêuticas no tratamento da Doença de Alzheimer Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021 - Current	Estudo do potencial efeito antitumoral de compostos bioativos presentes na dieta Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2021 - Current	Quercetina, um flavonóide com potencial impacto no cancro renal? Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020/03 - Current	A base genética das Anemias Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2020/03 - Current	Anti-inflamatórios não esteróides: o papel dos genes na resposta à terapêutica Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2020 - Current	Impact of superoxide dismutase mimics in non-small cell lung cancer cells with low capacity to detoxify hydrogen peroxide Co-supervisor	Toxicology (PhD)
2019/01 - Current	A importância da farmacogenómica no tratamento da asma Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/01 - Current	Terapia génica: que futuro? Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/01 - Current	Testes genéticos no diagnóstico e monitorização de doenças humanas Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 - Current	Relationship between the presence of lymphocytic infiltrate and oxidative stress markers in residual disease in patients with HER2 breast carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy Co-supervisor	Health Sciences (PhD) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2018 - Current	Synthesis of Ionic Liquids and evaluation of their use in pharmaceutical formulations Co-supervisor	Health Sciences (PhD) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2021 - 2022/03/03	Ácido cafeico e ácidos hidroxicinâmicos: que impacto têm nas células tumorais renais? Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019 - 2020	A Farmacogenómica no tratamento da Diabetes Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Fármacos antiepilétricos: papel dos polimorfismos genéticos na resposta à terapêutica Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Doença de Alzheimer - fisiopatologia e genética Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Evaluation of the effect of the dietary compound thymoquinone on the migration and invasion of human renal cancer cells Co-supervisor	Biotechnical Sciences (Master) Sveucilište u Zagrebu Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, Croatia
2018 - 2018	Abordagens terapêuticas no carcinoma renal: Estado da Arte Co-supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Impacto da farmacogenómica na terapia do cancro da mama Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04	Member of the Organising Committee of the NutRedOx COST Action CA 16112 Meeting, 2-4 October 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. (2019/10/02 - 2019/10/04) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/09/30 - 2019/10/02	Member of the Organising Committee of the NutRedOx COST Action CA 16112 Training School in Molecular Nutrition (“Food metabolites and the impact of microbiota” and “Cell migration: concepts, mechanisms and techniques”), 30 September-2 October 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. (2019/09/30 - 2019/10/02) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/28	Member of the Organising Committee of the I Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting 2019 - Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, 27-28 September, Lisbon, Portugal. (2019/09/27 - 2019/09/28) Meeting	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2018/10/04 - 2018/10/04	Member of the Organising Committee of the "III Jornadas CBIOS" (III CBIOS Seminar) (2018/10/04 - 2018/10/04) Symposium	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2016/10/12 - 2016/10/12	Member of the Organising Committee of the "II Jornadas CBIOS" (II CBIOS Seminar) (2016/10/12 - 2016/10/12) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2016/04/11 - 2016/04/13	Member of the Organising Committee of the Lisbon EU-ROS COST action (BM1203) meeting (2016/04/11 - 2016/04/13) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2022/03/03	Ácido cafeico e ácidos hidroxicinâmicos: que impacto têm nas células tumorais renais? Supervisor	Miguel Alexandre Brilhante Camilo (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2022/01/11	Utilização de Microalgas como Ingrediente Cosmético President of the jury	Ana Rita Falcão Nunes da Fonseca (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/10/25	Uso Terapêutico de Quinolonas e Avaliação dos Padrões de Consumo de Antibióticos numa Farmácia Comunitária (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Margarida Ferreira Ribeiro (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/07/15	Avaliação das preferências e perceção da segurança sobre embalagens alimentares Supervisor	Jennyfer Lisseth Ruiz Castillo (Other) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/07/13	Redox Systems as Targets for Antitumoral Therapy (Thesis) Main arguer	Miguel Carola Mourão Grincho (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/07/08	Materiais em contacto com os alimentos: análise das notificações de segurança no portal RASFF Supervisor	Carolina Martins Oliveira (Other) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/04/14	Artrite Reumatoide: Reações adversas dos DMARD convencionais vs biológicos (Thesis) Main arguer	Diana Cristina Azevedo Ferreira (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/04/07	Ação antidiabética de compostos de origem natural (Thesis) Main arguer	Andreia Filipa Ferreira Sousa Santos (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/04/07	Impacto de líquidos iónicos na solubilidade do ácido cafeico e na sua incorporação em géis President of the jury	Nádia Aiaz Amiraly Remtula (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/03/26	Testes genéticos no diagnóstico e monitorização de doenças humanas Supervisor	Ana Rita Madaíl (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/03/24	A base genética das Anemias Supervisor	Ana Margarida Pereira (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/03/24	Benefícios da Utilização de Biomateriais de Origem Natural em Medicamentos e Produtos de Saúde President of the jury	João Manuel dos Santos Rodrigues (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2021/03/22	Anti-tumoral effects of an Iron and a Cobalt Scorpionate (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Miguel da Graça Silva (Master) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/12/11	Desenvolvimento de novas vacinas antivirais: da bancada até aos planos de vacinação (Thesis) Main arguer	Patrícia Vanessa da Silva Nunes (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020/10/02	Medicamentos Órfãos e Medicamentos Pediátricos: Biológicos versus Convencionais (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Inês Delgado (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2020/07/02	Efeito do composto bioativo de origem alimentar erucina no spreading de células tumorais (Thesis) Main arguer	Margarida de Castilho Duarte Gato (Other) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/06/15	A Farmacogenómica no tratamento da Diabetes Supervisor	Gonçalo da Silva Pacheco (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/07/23	Protetores solares e o papel dos antioxidantes na sua constituição President of the jury	Ana Margarida Fialho da Silva Ambrósio (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/06/07	Gestão do Sinal e Avaliação de Risco em Medicamentos President of the jury	Teresa Paula Cosme da Silva Lopes (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/26	A perceção dos professores do 1ºciclo relativamente à terapêutica da perturbação da hiperatividade e défice de atenção (Thesis) Main arguer	Raquel Leitão Madureira Ferreira (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/26	Autovigilância e Acompanhamento de Diabéticos Tipo 2 pelo Farmacêutico Comunitário (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Filipa Sebastião Saraiva (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/26	Fármacos antiepiléticos: Papel dos polimorfismos genéticos na resposta à terapêutica Supervisor	Maria Ana de Serpa e Paço (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/23	Mecanismo de Ação e Principais Limitações da Terapêutica das Demências (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Catarina Lourenço Monteiro (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/04/01	Doença de Alzheimer: Fisiopatologia e Genética Supervisor	Maria Beatriz de Almeida e Silva Rodrigues (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/10	Novos avanços terapêuticos na onicomicose President of the jury	Cláudia Solange Galhardas Perusinha (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/07/23	Artrite reumatóide: terapêutica atual e perspetivas futuras (Thesis) Main arguer	Susana Cristina Oliveira França (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/07/06	Proteína humana anti-apoptótica do Golgi (hGAAP): Um potencial objetivo terapêutico contra as metástases do cancro? (Thesis) Main arguer	Marta Filipa Malheiro Martins (Other) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/05/24	Um percurso pela diabetes (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina Albergaria da Costa Martins Migalhas (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/04/12	Demência e dor: reconhecimento e formas de abordagem (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Rita de Mascarenhas Franco (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/04/12	Abordagens Terapêuticas No Carcinoma Renal: Estado Da Arte Supervisor	Rita Alexandra Adrião Costa Silvestre (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/04/05	Automedicação e indicação farmacêutica na tosse (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Andreia Mendonça Ferreira (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/03/23	Impacto da Farmacogenómica na Terapia do Cancro da Mama Supervisor	Lara Nisa da Silva Soares (Master) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Pharmacology - IF2021 5.988 (1663-9812)
2022 - Current	Frontiers in Oncology - IF2021 5.738 (2234-943X)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020 - Current	ALIES - Lusófona Association for the Development of Research and Education in Health Sciences	Secretary of the General Assembly
2018 - Current	Portuguese Society of Pharmacology	Full member
2008 - Current	Portuguese Order of Pharmacists	Full member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2019/12 - Current	Member of the Scientific Council of the School of Health Sciences and Technologies of Lusofona University Member	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/07 - Current	Vice President of the ECTS Ethics Committee (CE.ECTS) President / Vice-president	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019/07 - Current	Member of the Scientific Council of the Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies (CBIOS) Member	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2018 - Current	Coordinator of the Advanced Training Course in Clinical Trials Monitoring	(Pós-Graduação)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 - Current	Applied Toxicology	MSc in Health Products and Food Supplements (Mestrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2016 - Current	Pharmacogenomics (coordinator)	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2015 - Current	Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants	MSc in Food Quality and Health (Mestrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014 - Current	Pharmacology II	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2014 - Current	Toxicology and Pharmacotoxicology	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2013 - Current	Food Toxicology	Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2013 - Current	Pharmacology	Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2013 - Current	Pharmacology I (coordinator since 2020)	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Introduction to the Profession	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2020	Human Genetics (coordinator)	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2020	Genetics (coordinator)	Nutrition Sciences (Licenciatura)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2013 - 2020	Pharmacotherapy	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2016 - 2019	Pharmacotoxicology (coordinator)	Osteopathy and Traditional chinese medicine courses (Diploma de especialização)	Instituto Português de Naturopatia, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Pharmacology	Nursing (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Saúde Ribeiro Sanches, Portugal
2014 - 2016	Biochemistry I and Biochemistry II	Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2013 - 2016	Pharmacology	Pharmacy and Radiology courses (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Saúde Ribeiro Sanches, Portugal
2013 - 2015	General Toxicology	Pharmacy and Clinical Analysis courses (Licenciatura)	Escola Superior de Saúde Ribeiro Sanches, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Pharmacology	Osteopathy Course (Outros)	Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2020/11 - Current	Foods (2304-8158)	MDPI AG

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Toxicology Reports (ISSN 2214-7500; CiteScore2020: 6.0) journal.
2021 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Food & Function (ISSN 2042-650X; IF2020: 5.396) journal.
2021 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X ; IF2020: 4.879) journal.
2021 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies - Springer Nature (ISSN 2662-7671 ; IF2020: 3.767) journal.
2021 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067; IF2020: 6.132) journal.
2020 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304; IF2019: 3.271) journal.
2020 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694; IF2019: 6.126) journal.
2019 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601; IF2019: 2.849), Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (ISSN 1942-0994; IF2019: 5.076) and Chemosphere (ISSN 0045-6535; IF2019: 5.778) journals.
2019 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Chemosphere (ISSN 0045-6535; IF2020: 7.086) journal.
2019 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (ISSN 1942-0900; IF2019: 6.543).
2018 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651; IF2019: 3.531) and Archives of Toxicology (ISSN 1432-0738; IF2019: 5.059) journals.
2017 - Current	Ad-hoc Reviewer for Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (ISSN 2182-2379) journal.
2019/06 - 2019/06	Member of the research grant jury within the scope of the Research Center in Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS) with the reference UID/DTP/04567/2019 - BI2, as alternate member	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/10 - 2018/11	Member of the research grant jury promoted by FARM-ID (FFUL) with the reference FARM-ID 11/2018/PTDC/MED-TOX/29183/2017, as alternate member	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2021	Best work-Medical Oncology-Early Disease (as supervisor) "Occurrence of relapse after neoadjuvant treatment with trastuzumab and pertuzumab in HER2+ breast cancer patients: preliminary results from a Iberic cohort" at XI National Congress of Senology, PT.
2020	Innovation award (as supervisor) - "In vitro anticancer activity of phenolic bioactive compounds studied in a human renal cancer cell model" at III Nutrition’s Lusofona Seminar, ECTS-ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020	Best poster communication (as presenting author and supervisor) - The effect of phenolic compounds on human renal cancer cells and the potential combination with ionic liquids, at IV CBIOS Seminar, ECTS-ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020	Best Flash oral communication (as co-author) – “How can rocket salads stop cancer cells from moving?” at IV CBIOS Seminar, ECTS-ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019	“Premio extraordinario de doctorado, en el curso 2017-18, en la rama de CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD.” Extraordinary prize awarded for the scientific merit produced and resulting from João G. Costa's PhD. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Spain
2018	Best poster communication - "Anti-tumor properties of Parvifloron D in breast cancer cells¿ at III CBIOS Seminar, ECTS-ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018	Best oral communication (as co-author) - "Effect of antioxidants from vegetables and fruits on Human Osteosarcoma U2-OS Cells" at II Nutrition’s Lusofona Seminar, ECTS-ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2016	Best oral communication - "Case study: ochratoxin A, ROS and antioxidants" at II CBIOS Seminar ECTS-ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2014	Best poster communication - "Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and reactive oxygen species production by ochratoxin A in monkey kidney cells" at II Iberian Days of Toxicology, Covilhã, Portugal.