Experience

Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa
• Science Project Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present


FARM-ID - Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento

• Science Project Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

  Pre-award Project Management Science and Communication Management at iMed.ULisboa - The Research Institute for Medicines Pre-award Project Management Science and Communication Management at iMed.ULisboa - The Research Institute for Medicines

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2021

  Investigation of new molecular predictors of colorectal cancer disease progression and response to chemioradiotherapy. - Lab skills: quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), FFPE patient tissue and plasma RNA extraction, animal cell culture manipulation, intestinal organoid culture Investigation of new molecular predictors of colorectal cancer disease progression and response to chemioradiotherapy. - Lab skills: quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), FFPE patient tissue and plasma RNA extraction, animal cell culture manipulation, intestinal organoid culture

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Aug 2017 - Sep 2018

  Evaluation of the impact of hydrogen as an energy vector in Portugal - State of the art on hydrogen technologies around the world - Implementation of a hydrogen roadmap in Portugal - Creation of website, online surveys, posters and flyers regarding the dissemination of hydrogen as energy vector in Portugal Evaluation of the impact of hydrogen as an energy vector in Portugal - State of the art on hydrogen technologies around the world - Implementation of a hydrogen roadmap in Portugal - Creation of website, online surveys, posters and flyers regarding the dissemination of hydrogen as energy vector in Portugal



ITQB-UNL

• Research Fellow

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Creation of homologous and heterologous expression systems in bacteria for large scale protein production and engineering - Lab skills: bacterial DNA extraction; polymerase chain reaction (PCR); primer design; mutagenesis; cloning and sequence and ligation independent cloning (SLIC); transformation and electroporation in bacteria; homologous and heterologous protein expression

• PhD Student

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2017

  Production of sustainable energy biofuels (hydrogen and formate) using bacteria as new biological catalysts Design biological processes for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewaters Identification and characterization of proteins involved in relevant metabolic pathways - Lab skills: anaerobic bacterial manipulation; bioreactors for bacterial growth and production of added value compounds; gas chromatography (GC); high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); protein… Show more Production of sustainable energy biofuels (hydrogen and formate) using bacteria as new biological catalysts Design biological processes for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewaters Identification and characterization of proteins involved in relevant metabolic pathways - Lab skills: anaerobic bacterial manipulation; bioreactors for bacterial growth and production of added value compounds; gas chromatography (GC); high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); protein purification; enzymatic assays; cloning and sequence and ligation independent cloning (SLIC); quantitative real time –PCR (qRT-PCR); homologous and heterologous protein expression.

• Research Fellow

  • May 2012 - Dec 2012

  Metabolic engineering of an anaerobic bacterium for biological hydrogen production as future energy carrier. Technical skills: Anaerobic bacteria manipulation. Gas chromatography (GC).



University of Potsdam

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Internship

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  Training on genetic engineering of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, production of recombinant strains and heterologous expression of proteins. Training on genetic engineering of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, production of recombinant strains and heterologous expression of proteins. - Lab skills: construction of recombinant plasmids by mutagenesis and cloning; transformation in bacteria; heterologous protein expression. Training on genetic engineering of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, production of recombinant strains and heterologous expression of proteins. Training on genetic engineering of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, production of recombinant strains and heterologous expression of proteins. - Lab skills: construction of recombinant plasmids by mutagenesis and cloning; transformation in bacteria; heterologous protein expression.



Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Master's Student

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2012

  Investigation of resistance mechanisms to pharmaceutical compounds (antibiotics and biocides) in multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains - Lab skills: manipulation of hospitalar multiresistant bacterial strains; antibiotics resistant tests; real-time flurometric assays; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); electroporation, polimerase chain reaction (PCR). Investigation of resistance mechanisms to pharmaceutical compounds (antibiotics and biocides) in multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains - Lab skills: manipulation of hospitalar multiresistant bacterial strains; antibiotics resistant tests; real-time flurometric assays; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); electroporation, polimerase chain reaction (PCR).