Birth date : 25/08/1988
Nationality: Portuguese
Academic Qualifications:
2012 : MSc in Biology University of Coimbra, Portugal.
2011 : BSc in Biology University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Current Position:
PhD student supervised by Dr Margarida Saraiva. Started at the Microbiology and Infection Research Domain, ICVS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Professional Experiences :
October 2014/April 2015: Trainee supervised by Dr Paulo Vieira at the Lymphopoiesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
October 2013/April 2014: Trainee supervised by Dr Paulo Vieira at the Lymphopoiesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
January 2013 to present: Team member in the project “Deregulation of hematopoiesis by Interleukin-10 over-expression: implications for the development of hematological disorders”, co-funded by FCT-ANR (FCT-ANR/BIM- MEC/0007/2013).
March 2011/ September 2012: MSc student supervised by Dr Margarida Saraiva at the Microbiology and Infection Research Domain, ICVS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Oral ommunications :
A Role for IL-10 in Myelopoiesis. Conference and Workshop on Regulatory Myeloid Cells in Health and Disease. Krakow, Poland. 2015.
A Role for IL-10 in Myelopoiesis. Symposium on Immunomodulation in Cancer and Research. Oporto, Portugal. 2015.
IL-10 Over-expression Causes Myelopoiesis. Hematopoiesis: from bench to bedside. Braga, Portugal. 2014.
Implications of IL-10 in the development of hematological disorders. XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology: From Immune Disorders to Immunotherapies. Oporto, Portugal. 2012.
Oral communications – Posters :
A Role for IL-10 in Myelopoiesis. Conference and Workshop on Regulatory Myeloid Cells in Health and Disease. Krakow, Poland. 2015.
A Role for IL-10 in Myelopoiesis. B6 Hematopoiesis. Keystone Symposia Conference, Keystone, Colorado, USA. 2015.
IL-10 Over-expression Causes Myelopoiesis. Hematopoiesis: from bench to bedside. Braga, Portugal. 2014.
Honors and Awards:
A Role for IL-10 in Myelopoiesis. Best Poster Award. Conference and Workshop on Regulatory Myeloid. Cells in Health and Disease. Krakow, Poland. Septembre 2015.
A Role for IL-10 in Myelopoiesis. SPI travel grant, Portuguese Society of Immunology. July 2015. Impact of Regulatory cytokines in Hematopoiesis. ImmunoTools – Special Award. February 2014.
Impact of Regulatory cytokines in Hematopoiesis. bourse doctorale, Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT). October 2012.
Complementary Education :
Revive, 3rd annual consortium meeting. Belle-Eglise. France. 3-5 February 2014.
Laboratory Animal Science (according to FELASA and Direção Geral de Veterinária recommendations for category C personnel). Braga. 2012
XXVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Immunology. Oporto. 2012
Signal. Braga. 2012
Host Pathogen Interaction – postgraduation course. Braga. 2012.