EDUCATION :
2016-Present: PhD Student (GABBA PhD Program 19th Edition), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal. Supervision by Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó, PhD (INEB & I3S, University of Porto, Portugal) and Ana Cumano, MD (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
2013-2015: MSc in Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Supervision by Ana G. Freire (INEB & I3S, ICBAS, University of Porto, Portugal) and academic co-supervision by Henrique Girão (IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal).
2010-2013: BSc (Licenciatura) in Biomedical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Soares-da-Silva F, Burlen-Defranoux O, Elsaid R, Iturri L, Freyer L, Sismeiro O, Pinto-do-Ó P, Gomez-Perdiguero E, Cumano A. Yolk sac erythromyeloid progenitors sustain erythropoiesis throughout embryonic life. 2020 bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2020.02.27.968230
- Elsaid R, Meunier S, Burlen-Defranoux O, Soares-da-Silva F, Perchet T, Iturri L, Freyer L, Vieira P, Pereira P, Golub R, Bandeira A, Gomez Perdiguero E, Cumano A. A wave of hematopoietic stem cell-derived T/ILC-restricted progenitors initiates thymopoiesis and shapes the embryonic thymus architecture. 2019 bioRxiv doi:10.1101/791103
- Valente M, Resende TP, Nascimento DS, Burlen-Defranoux O, Soares-da-Silva F, Dupont B, Cumano A, Pinto-do-Ó P. Mouse HSA+ immature cardiomyocytes persist in the adult heart and expand after ischemic injury. Plos Biology 2019; doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000335
- Freire AG, Waghray A, Soares-da-Silva F, Resende TP, Lee DF, Pereira CF, Nascimento DS, Lemischka IR, and Pinto-do-Ó Transient HES5 activity instructs mesodermal cells toward a cardiac fate. Stem Cell Reports 2017; doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.05.025
- Soares-da-Silva F. Dissecting the role of Hes5 in cardiogenesis. Coimbra: [s.n.], 2015. Dissertação de mestrado. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/29716
HONORS AND AWARDS :
2019 : FSSCR/BeSSCR Travel Grant, ISSCR 2019 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles CA, USA, Jun 2019
2018 : Best Poster Award for the work “Decoding the role of fetal liver microenvironment in hematopoiesis”, 2nd Stapa International Retreat, Athens, Greece, Jun 2018
2017 : EMBO Travel Grant, “EMBO Conference: Advances in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany, May 2017
2015 : Oncology and Molecular Biology Parallel Oral Session Honorable Mention for the work “Hes5: a novel player in the specification of cardiac fate”, Porto, Portugal, Sep 2015
2015 : GABBA 19th edition PhD Fellowship
2015 : Merit Scholarship Award in the academic year(s) 2014/2015 (MSc in Biomedical Research)
MEMBERSHIP TO SOCIETIES & ORGANIZATIONS :
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
French Society for Stem Cell Research (FSSCR)
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies (SPCE-TC)
Portuguese Society for Developmental Biology (SPBD)
All Time Gabba’s (ATG)