PhD Alumni
IBB2016
Thesis: Role of Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in adipose tissue biology
Supervised by Colin Adrain
Position after PhD: Postdoc at IMM, Portugal
IBB 2015
Thesis: Interspecies interactions in recovery of gut microbiota functions
Supervised by Karina Xavier
Position after PhD: Postdoc at University of Chicago, United States
PGCD2015
Thesis: Early events of cell autonomous immunity against Toxoplasma gondii in the mouse
Supervised by Jonathan Howard
Position after PhD: Science Education, Lab in a Box, IGC, Portugal
IBB2017
Thesis: Axil progenitors and the making of the vertebrate body plan
Supervised by Moises Mallo
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
Plants4Life2016
Thesis: The SnRK1 kinase: novel regulatory mechanisms and its role in metabolic homeostasis
Supervised by Elena Baena
Position after PhD: Postdoc at IGC, Portugal
IBB 2015
Thesis: Immunity-related GTPases (IRGs) in the house mouse and the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in South America
Supervised by Jonathan Howard and Luis Teixeira
Position after PhD: Postdoc at IMM
IBB 2014
Thesis: Dissecting the rules underlying de novo centrosome biogenesis
Supervised by Mónica Bettencourt-Dias and Ivo Telley
Position after PhD: Junior Microscopist at MPI-CBG - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
IBB 2016
Thesis: Co-option of immune response mechanisms by the metamorphosis hormonal signalling system
Supervised by Élio Sucena
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Imperial College, United Kingdom
Plants4Life2016
Thesis: Transcriptome dynamics in the Arabidopsis thaliana male germ unit: From mature pollen grain to pollen tube
Supervised by Jörg Becker
PGCD2014
Thesis: Dissecting Non-Canonical Roles of Condensin Complexes
Supervised by Raquel Oliveira
Position after PhD: Post-doc in Monica Bettencourt-Dias Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal and Joana Paredes Lab , I3S, Porto, Portugal
PGCD2016
Thesis: Phenotypic architecture and genetic polymorphisms associated with social behaviour in zebrafish
Supervised by Rui Oliveira
Position after PhD: Clinical Director and Psychologist, Centro de Atendimento Psicológico Dr. Jacob Vicente; cape verde
IBB 2014
Thesis: How to make a single structure per cell? Lessons from X chromosome inactivation and antigen receptor gene recombination
Supervised by Jorge Carneiro
Position after PhD: Senior Data Scientist at Unbabel
IBB 2014
Thesis: Understanding fitness from molecular mechanisms - a step towards predicting evolution
Supervised by Lília Perfeito
Position after PhD: Data Scientist at NOS SGPS
PGCD2014
Thesis: Regulation of Heterochromatin and telomere Length in S. pombe (fission yeast
Supervised by Miguel Godinho Ferreira
Position after PhD: Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Zurich, ETH, Switzerland
IBB 2015
Thesis: Robust tolerance out of volatile Regulatory T cells: Lessons from mathematical modelling
Supervised by Jorge Carneiro and Jocelyne Demengeot
Position after PhD: Postdoc at LIP
PGCD2014
Thesis: Molecular bases of Wolbachia-host Interactions
Supervised by Luís Teixeira
Position after PhD: Researcher (Genomics, bioinformatics and infectious diseases ), University of Cambridge, UK
Plants4Life2017
Thesis: Function of SnRK1 kinases in the shoot apical meristem
Supervised by Elena Baena and Henrik Jönsson
MOLBIOS2016
Thesis: Regulation of virulence in the vector borne plant pathogen Erwinia carotovora
Supervised by Karina Xavier and Luís Teixeira
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
IBB2016
Thesis: Habitat loss and fragmentation: effects on genetic diversity and differentiation
Supervised by Lounès Chikhi
Position after PhD: Postdoctoral Research Cientist at Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, USA
IBB2016
Thesis: Regulation of the microbiota in the gut of Drosophila melanogaster
Supervised by Luís Teixeira
Position after PhD: Postdoc at University of Lausanne, Switzerland
IBB2015
Thesis: Organismal homeostasis in sepsis: The role of mitochondrial function and metabolism
Supervised by Luis Ferreira Moita
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Cemm, Vienna, Austria
IBB2015
Thesis: Oxytocinergic modulation of social information use in threat perception in zebrafish
Supervised by Rui Oliveira
Position after PhD: Postdoc at University of Calgary, Canada (Jaideep Bains Lab)
IBB2015
Thesis: Responses to liver damage: Macrophage plasticity in tissue recovery and dysbiotic drifts
Supervised by Carlos Penha-Gonçalves
Position after PhD: Postdoc at CEDOC, Portugal
IBB2014
Thesis: Exploring the role of Sympathetic Nervous System activity in the control of Body-Size and Metabolism
Supervised by Ana Domingos
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Max Planck, Germany
MOLBIOS2015
Thesis: Discovery of novel autoinducer-2 receptors
Supervised by Karina Xavier
Position after PhD: Postdoc at IGC, Portugal
IBB2014
Thesis: Regulation of celular signalling by trafficking control: Molecular control of proteolysis on the cell surface by the iRhom/TACE sheddase complex
Supervised by Colin Adrain
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Genentech, San Francisco, USA
IBB2014
Thesis: Thymic activities in the establishment of tumor immune tolerance
Supervised by Jocelyne Demengeot
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Imperial College, United Kingdom
IBB2015
Thesis: The role of the gut microbiota in the subsistence of antibiotic resistance
Supervised by Isabel Gordo
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Max Von Peuter Institute LMU, Munchen
MOLBIOS2015
Thesis: The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of membrane transporters: Uncovering novel determinants of plant abiotic stress tolerance
Supervised by Paula Duque
Position after PhD: Postdoc at IGC, Portugal
IBB 2015
Thesis: Transcription factor-dependent regulation of neural stem cell identity throughout mitosis
Supervised by Diogo Castro and Raquel Oliveira
Position after PhD: Postdoc at i3ES, Portugal
IBB2018
Thesis: The role of competition in microbial evolution
Supervised by Isabel Gordo
Position after PhD: Postdoc at University of Lausanne, Switzerland
MOLBIOS2014
Thesis: Regulation of plant energy signalling by components of the abscisic acid pathway
Supervised by Elena Baena
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Montpellier SupAgro, France
IBB2018
Thesis: Zebrafish avatars as a model for immunotherapy response in bladder cancer
Supervised by Rita Fior and Jocelyne Demengeot
Position after PhD: University lecturer and researcher at Universidad de las Americas Ecuador
IBB 2014
Thesis: Cohesion failure and Mitosis: From Molecular Mechanisms to Organismal Consequences
Supervised by Raquel Oliveira
Position after PhD: Postdoc at ETH Zurich, Institute of Biochemistry, Switzerland
PGCD2016
Thesis: Interplay between DAF and viral proteins HA and NA modulates viral pathogenesis
Supervised by Maria João Amorim
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Crick, London, United Kingdom
PGCD2015
Thesis: Role of telomere proteins in Replication stress
Supervised by Miguel Godinho Ferreira
Position after PhD: Principal Investigator and Coordinator (Research - Molecular Biology Lab), Agostinho Neto University Hospital: Praia, Cape Verde
IBB 2016
Thesis: Thymus autonomy
Supervised by Vera Martins
Position after PhD: Postdoc at Institut Curie, Paris, France
Plants4Life2017
Thesis: Axil progenitors and the making of the vertebrate body plan
Supervised by Paula Duque and Alexander Jones
Position after PhD: Medical student at FMUL, Portugal
IBB2017
Thesis: Determining the role of STAT1 and STAT3 transcription factors in transcriptional memory
Supervised by Lars Jansen
IBB 2016
Thesis: De novo centriole biogenesis during spermatogenesis in the model bryophyte Physcomitrium patens
Supervised by Jörg Becker and Mónica Bettencourt-Dias
Position after PhD: Postdoc at University of Geneva, Switzerland
PGCD2015
Thesis: Seasonal plasticity in insect models: effect of variable temperatures on developmental outcome
Supervised by Patrícia Beldade and David Duneau
Position after PhD: Director of Science Promotion, Development and Communication at UTA, Cabo Verde
IBB 2015
Thesis: Innate and vasoregulatory crosstalk at the maternal-fetal interface during placental malaria
Supervised by Carlos Penha-Gonçalves
Position after PhD: Postdoc at IMM, Portugal