People

Our laboratory was founded in January 2014 at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal). We moved to the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL) in March 2019. Many excellent students and researchers have joined us and contributed to science and the growth of the Cell Structure and Dynamics laboratory.

Our current Team (11/16/2021):

PhD Students (co-supervision)
Sept 2021-present Carina Coelho, PhD student (co-supervisor), FCUL, LIP PhD programme on Proton Therapy
Dec 2017-present Inês Leitão, PhD student (co-supervisor), ITQB-NOVA, Individual PhD fellowship from the MolBioS PhD programme.

Alumni:

Post-doctoral researchers
Sept 2015-Sept 2016 Mariana Santa-Marta, Postdoctoral researcher (Ref. SFRH/BPD/105635/2015), Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica (ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal)
Visiting PhD students
Jul-Dec 2019 Cristina Duarte Olivenza, visiting PhD student (short stay), from University of Oviedo, Spain.
Apr-Jul 2019 Fabiana Miraglia, visiting PhD student (short stay), from University of Pissa, Italy.
MSc students
Oct 2019-July 2021 Beatriz Teixeira, Master student (co-supervisor), ITQB NOVA (Abel Oliva), Oeiras, Portugal. Final grade: 19/20.
Oct 2019-Feb 2021 Bruno Martins, Master student (internal supervisor), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Oct 2019-Oct 2020 Carolina Borlido, Master student (internal supervisor), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Final grade: 19/20.
Oct 2019-Mar 2021 Mafalda Carvalho, Master student (internal supervisor), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Final grade: 18/20.
Oct 2019-Mar 2021 Francisco Meda, Master student (internal supervisor), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Final grade: 20/20.
Sept 2018-Dec 2019 Ricardo Marques, Master student (co-supervisor), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal. Final grade: 18/20.
Sept 2018-Dec 2019 Ana Catarina Narciso, Master student (co-supervisor), ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
Sept 2018-Dec 2019 Ricardo Quiteres, Master student, ITQB-NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal) and FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal). Final grade: 19/20.
June 2016-Sept 2017 Joana Ferreira, Master student, ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal. Final grade: 17/20.
Dec 2015-Jul 2017 Catarina Almeida, Master student, ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal. Final grade: 18/20.
Feb 2014-Feb 2016 Ricardo Vilela Ribeiro, Master student, ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal. ANICT Fellowship. Final Grade: 19/20.
May 2014-Dec 2015 Ana Maia Rocha, Master student, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Oeiras, Portugal. Final grade: 18/20.
June 2011-Dec 2012 Joana Branco dos Santos, Master student, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Final grade: 18/20
Undergraduate students
June-July 2021 Rafaela Marimon, Biochemistry undergraduate, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
July 2021 Catarina Sofia Tracanas, MD undergraduate, Estágios Científicos da ANEM (Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina.
July 2021 Inês Sofia Augusto, MD undergraduate, Estágios Científicos da ANEM (Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina.
May-July 2021 Daria Kovalchuk, Biochemistry undergraduate, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Feb-June 2018 Mafalda Carvalho, undergraduate student (project within the BSc subject Biologia Celular e Molecular, FCT NOVA). ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
Feb-June 2018 João Passos de Sousa, undergraduate student (project within a subject of her BSc in Biochemistry degree, FCT NOVA). ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
Aug 2015 Francisco Sacadura, Summer student, Programa de Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias (OCJF, Ciência Viva), ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
Aug 2015 Margarida Pinto, Summer student, Programa de Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias (OCJF, Ciência Viva), ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
Jan-May 2015 Patricia Gonçalves, undergraduate student (project within a subject of her BSc in Biochemistry degree). ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
June-Aug 2014 Tiago Reis, Summer student, ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.