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Genomics Data Analysis Solutions: event participation
5th-7th December 2024
SPGH 2024 - 28th Annual Meeting, Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana
Portuguese Society of Human Genetics, Porto - PORTUGAL
5th-9th November 2024
ASHG 2024 - American Human Genetics Conference 2024
American Society of Human Genetics, Denver, Colorado - USA
24th-26th June 2024
Spanish Association of Hematology and Hamatotherapy and Spanish Association of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Palma de Mallorca - SPAIN
24th-26th June 2024
AMP 2024 Europe - Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2024 Europe Congress
European Association for Molecular Pathology, Madrid - SPAIN
1st-4th June 2024
ESHG - European Human Genetics Conference 2024
European Society of Human Genetics, Berlin - GERMANY ~Certificate~
16th-17th April 2024
SSMG - Swiss Society for Medical Genetics 2024 Anual Meeting
Swiss Society for Medical Genetics, Bern - SWITZERLAND ~Certificate~
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IVD event participation & training
27th October 2023
III Workshop Diagnóstico in vitro ISODER
ISODER, Coimbra - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
27th - 31st March 2023
One Lambda European Advanced User Workshop
One Lambda, a Thermo Fisher Scientific brand, Lisbon - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
This course comprehended a total of 28 contact hours of technical training in serology, molecular biology and NGS tools for genetic HLA typing, in the field of Human Immuno Histocompatibility clinical analysis for transfusions and transplantation: LABScreen™, LABType™ and LinkSeq™, AlIType™ and AllType™ FASTplex™, HLA Fusion™ 4.6, SureTyper™ 6.1.8 and TypeStream™ Visual 3.0.
07th - 9th March 2023
EIKEN Chemical Training on Faecal Testing “OC-SENSOR” platform
EIKEN Chemical CO. Ltd European Office, Amsterdam - THE NETHERLANDS
02nd - 4th March 2023
XII Congresso Nacional em Patologia Clínica – SPPC
Sociedade Portuguesa de Patología Clínica (SPPC), Figueira da Foz - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
23rd - 25th February 2023
Perspectives in Hematology
Porto - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~ ~Certificate EACCME~
17th - 19th November 2022
26th Annual Meeting – SPGH
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Humana (SPGH), Coimbra - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
13th - 15th September 2022
LaCAR Distributer´s Metting 2022
LaCAR MDx headquarters, Liège - BELGIUM
International scientific research event participation
27th-28th April 2022
Alliance for Malaria Prevention, Akros, Bluesquare, Catholic Relief Services, Dimagi, Medicines for Malaria Venture, and TDR
Global Virtual Event
An inclusive event for global health and digital development experts to advance knowledge exchange and build capacity on ICT4D to drive more impactful use of digital technology and data for malaria elimination. Conference tracks: Reaching Intended Target Groups Equitably; Harnessing the Power of Data; Partnering for Scale; Sustainability of Digital Malaria Programs.
5th-8th April 2022
8th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPvR)
Global Virtual Event ~Presentation~ ~Certificate~
Registration awarded
The global burden and epidemiology of vivax malaria, to recent advances in the understanding of vivax pathology and pathogenesis, new understandings of vivax biology, vaccine development, progress in improving treatment options as well as transmission studies, and new advances in diagnostics and genomic epidemiology.
8th-10th December 2019
EMBL–Wellcome Genome Campus Conference: Target Validation Using Genomics and Informatics
Heidelberg - GERMANY ~Poster~ ~Poster~ ~Certificate~
This meeting brought together researchers based in academia and industry to focus on the opportunities and challenges for genomics in drug discovery. Multi-omics (e.g. genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics), epidemiology, molecular biology and computational approaches will be covered, focusing on the contributions of these methods to target validation.
1st-4th September 2019
9th Brazilian Symposium in Medicinal Chemistry (BrazMedChem 2019)
Pirenópolis, Goiás - BRAZIL ~Poster~ ~Certificate~ ~Certificate~
Federal University of Goiás and Medicinal Chemistry Division of the Brazilian Chemical Society
With the theme “Bridging the gap between Academia and Pharmaceutical Industries for Advancing Drug Discovery”, the main goal of BrazMedChem2019 was to provide a scientific atmosphere to stimulate the cooperation between scientists from Brazil and abroad, thus serve as a driving source of the Brazilian medicinal chemistry enhancement.
18th-22nd August 2019
XXIX International Conference in Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB2019)
Gothenburg - SWEDEN ~Poster~ ~Certificate~ ~Volunteer~
Registration awarded
Yeast2019 is the meeting of the international yeast research community.
26th-28th June 2019
7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPvR)
Paris - FRANCE ~Poster~
This conference will serve as an excellent opportunity to review progress made in different areas of P. vivax research, define knowledge gaps and provide opportunities to researchers to explore collaborative research strategies to address them. Overall the goal of the meeting is to provide a platform that highlights work on P. vivax, which has often been neglected but is extremely important in the fight to eliminate malaria.
17th-20th October 2018
21st-Century Drug Discovery and Development for Global Health (S3)
Part of the Keystone Symposia Global Health Series, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Berlin - GERMANY ~Poster~
Infectious diseases cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The medicines available today are often inconvenient to use or result in side effects, and many are being lost to emerging drug resistance. There remains an urgent need to discover and develop the next generation of transformative medicines that are more efficacious, more highly targeted, and have a better safety profile. This will only be achieved through the application of state-of-the-art drug discovery tools, technologies, and approaches. This meeting will focus on diseases caused by parasitic organisms and bacteria, including malaria, neglected tropical diseases, diarrheal disease, and tuberculosis. The goals of this meeting are to improve understanding of the disease burden and challenges faced in developing new therapies, to highlight examples of progress towards new drug candidates, and to foster communication and collaboration among communities of researchers working in global health across the spectrum from research to the clinic. The meeting will be of interest to basic scientists as well as drug discovery and development experts wanting to gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities in global health.
29th-31st May 2017
EMBL Conference: BioMalPar XIII: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite
Heidelberg - GERMANY ~Poster~ ~Certificate~
This conference will address fundamental questions about the biology of the malaria parasite, its vector, the (immune) response of the host, and the disease that it causes, and will showcase the latest technological approaches. The use of “big data” and computational approaches to tackle fundamental biological questions will be assessed. This will be the 13th BioMalPar conference at EMBL Heidelberg. The conference series has built on the success of the EU-funded Networks of Excellence EviMalaR and BioMalPar and, for more than a decade, has brought together malaria researchers from Europe with their colleagues and collaborators from around the world, to present and share recent ground-breaking findings on fundamental malaria research in an integrated and highly collaborative environment.
19th-22nd May 2015
5th International Conference of Research on Plasmodium vivax Malaria (ICPvR)
Bali - INDONESIA ~Poster~~Certificate~
Registration and accommodation awarded
This is a gathering of scientists, committed to research on malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax. The momentum of research on this parasite has gained dramatically in recent years after long decades of almost complete neglect. The conference is structured for biomedical researchers, and clinical and public health investigators engaging the problem of P. vivax in the laboratory, clinic, or field. Plenary speakers will present the most exciting and important advances against P. vivax.
30th September-3rd October 2015
XIV Reunião Nacional de Pesquisa em Malária (XIV National Meeting in Malaria Research)
São Paulo - BRAZIL ~Poster~~Certificate~
This is a Brazilian national meeting of scientists with the aim to update, broaden and communicate their scientific achievements in malaria research and epidemiology in Brazil.
Other certification & training
24th October - 18th November 2022
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases from WHO-TDR and University of Ghana School of Public Health (virtual course) ~Certificate~
This MOOC provided hands-on training on implementation research, especially to enable the design of owned implementation research projects with an intersectional gender lens, critically evaluate and use the evidence produced by other implementation research projects, and commission robustly designed implementation research projects that take into account gender dimensions and other intersecting axes of inequality.
25th October 2022
SPPC 2022 - Ciclo Anual de Formação Online
Sociedade Portuguesa de Patologia Clínica (SPPC), Lisbon - PORTUGAL (virtual seminar) ~Certificate~
"Implementação do BrCAST no Brasil e Ações junto ao Plano de Combate à Resistência Bacteriana do Ministério da Saúde" - Speakers Prof. Dr. Ana Cristina Gales, Universidade Federal De São Paulo (UNIFESP); Prof. Dr André Doi, Hospital Israelita e Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde - Albert Einstein; Prof. Dr Marcelo Pillonetto, LACEN-PR, PUC Paraná, BR-GLASS); Prof. Dr. Marines Dalla Valle Martino, Hospital Israelita e Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde - Albert Einstein
12th October 2022
SPPC 2022 - Ciclo Anual de Formação Online
Sociedade Portuguesa de Patologia Clínica (SPPC), Lisbon - PORTUGAL (virtual seminar) ~Certificate~
"The role of next-generation rapid-AST technologies in the modern response to sepsis" - Speaker Prof. Dr. Rafael Cantón, Hospital Ramón Y Cajal, Madrid
7th September 2022
SPPC 2022 - Ciclo Anual de Formação Online
Sociedade Portuguesa de Patologia Clínica (SPPC), Lisbon - PORTUGAL (virtual seminar) ~Certificate~ Moderator
"Role of the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) proteins and their genetic variability in the susceptibility, pathophysiology and immunotherapy of immune-mediated diseases" - Speaker Prof. Francisco Boix-Giner, Centro De Transfusión De La Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia & Medicine School, Polytechnic University of Valencia
15th - 19th November 2021
EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC European Chemical Biology Database - Autumn Training School 2021
EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC, Berlin - GERMANY (virtual course) ~Certificate~
Open access free training course on chemical biology with a focus on screening technologies, assay development, medicinal chemistry, fragment screening, and chemoproteomics.
23rd August - 25th October 2021
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases from WHO-TDR and University of Ghana School of Public Health (virtual course) ~Certificate~
This course is a step-by-step online training that focuses on how to design and demonstrate robust IR projects to improve the control of infectious diseases in poverty and generate better health outcomes.
19th - 21st July 2021
Welcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge - UK (virtual course)
Registration awarded
The Public Engagement Masterclass supports researchers from all disciplines who want to embed public engagement as a leadership quality in their career portfolio.
May 2021
One month PM: Growth for Product Managers
Lisbon - PORTUGAL (virtual course) ~Certificate~
The One Month PM is an online training course for one month in Product Management with a focus on Growth.
March 2021
One month PM: Product Management Foundations
Lisbon - PORTUGAL (virtual course) ~Certificate~
The One Month PM is an online training course for one month in Product Management Foundations.
2nd - 4th February 2021
EMBO online training course Project Management for Scientists
EMBO Laboratory Leadership Courses, Heidelberg - GERMANY (virtual course) ~Certificate~
The successful management of research projects is key to success in science. Understanding what project management is, when it is helpful and how to apply it in research is an important skill for scientists. This course, developed by CJ Fitzsimons—author of "International Project Management - intercultural cooperation in practice"—introduces key concepts in project management, both for planning and managing work and for working effectively with people (including with yourself).
22nd November – 2nd December 2018
São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Vaccines
Sponsored by FAPESP. Institution University of São Paulo, São Paulo - BRAZIL ~Poster~ ~Certificate~
Registration awarded
The Advanced School on Vaccines aims to provide participants with a critical and comprehensive view of the state of the art in vaccine research, starting with basic themes, such as "global impact of vaccination", and delving into more complex topics, such as "systems vaccinology".
17th – 21st June 2018
Institution University of Georgia, Georgia - USA ~Presentation~ ~Certificate~
Registration awarded
The EuPathDB workshop is a 4-day thorough and intensive introduction to database resources that are part of the EuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center. It is centered on determining what is — and isn't — working for you, the end-user. Our goal is to maintain a fruitful and ongoing conversation between the developers and the biologists to obtain more efficient, effective ways to help you reach your goals.
16th – 17th March 2017 workshop and online training till 19th September 2017
Course Bioinformatics for Discovery (80H – 2.0 HP credits)
EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge – UK ~Certificate~
Registration awarded
Principal aims: apply concepts in experimental design to the practice of bioinformatics, find and access a range of appropriate publically available data resources and tools, incorporate the use of appropriate bioinformatics resources into your work, and know where to gain further information and support.
7th – 30th March 2017
Course Bioinformatics in Genomics (120H – 4.5 HP credits)
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg – SWEDEN ~Certificate~
The course was given under the topics sequence bioinformatics and NGS data analysis, considering information resources, sequence alignment, phylogenomics, NGS-QC, exome, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Methyl-seq, and Metagenomics using UNIX and R environments.
23rd January – 3rd February 2017
UNIX with applications to Next Generation Sequencing data (40H – 1.5 HP credits)
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg – SWEDEN ~Certificate~
Professional competencies Introduction to the UNIX command-line environment, commands and functions, and intro to scripting.
24th October – 4th November 2016
Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing Data (80H – 2.0 HP credits)
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg – SWEDEN ~Certificate~
The course covered data analysis considering QC sequencing, Cancer genomics, RNA-seq, allele-specific expression, functional annotation, gene ontology, and pathway analysis using UNIX and R environments.
4th – 7th October 2016
Whole Transcriptome Data Analysis
EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg – GERMANY ~Certificate~
EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme Travel Grant awarded
The following topics were learned in Bioconductor software and Illumina® BaseSpace Cloud app environments: tools for RNA-seq data analysis. experimental design, quality control, normalization, data reformatting, basic statistics, selecting differentially regulated genes/microRNAs/non-coding RNAs, biological interpretation, transcriptome analysis in absence of genomic annotation information, detecting alternative splicing events, fusion-transcripts, and circular RNAs.
6th – 10th June 2016
Workshop in "New Approaches to Drug Discovery against Tropical Diseases"
Course in "YEAST-BASED HIGH-THROUGHPUT APPROACHES" (3H)
UNICAMP at UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo - BRAZIL ~Certificate~ ~Certificate~
This course described and allowed a hands-on experience with some of the resources available to the research community and showed how they can be employed towards understanding gene function, identifying the mode of action of bioactive compounds, and designing novel drugs.
22nd September-2nd October 2015
Science of Eradication: Malaria
São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences
Institute of Biomedical Sciences - USP, São Paulo - BRAZIL ~Poster~ ~Certificate~
Preparing and inspiring a future generation of scholars and leaders is an essential component to achieving a malaria-free world. As part of a unique academic consortium effort, three institutions with deep knowledge and expertise in malaria—the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Harvard University, and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute—have established an innovative leadership development course to advance the goal of global malaria eradication.
3rd – 5th August 2015
Course Bioinformatics Workshop (45H)
UNICAMP / EMBL-EBI at UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo - BRAZIL ~Certificate~
Emphasis was given to EMBL-EBI resources and EBI search tools for sequence searching and alignment, including Array Express and Expression Atlas, as well as UniProt and InterPro databases for protein function and classification, IntAct to check interactions, and Reactome to explore reactions and pathways.
27th – 31st October 2014
Dissecting the Lifestyle of Apicomplexan Parasites: from Bioinformatics to Phenotypes (45H)
Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ-PR) / Carlos Chagas Institute (ICC) and University of Glasgow at ICC, Curitiba, Paraná - BRAZIL ~Certificate~
This multidisciplinary course passes through different topics for studies on pathogenesis and treatment of infectious diseases: molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, immunology, genotyping, and drug discovery. It covered important aspects of modern research on apicomplexan parasites and was organized in a teaching and experimental module. Ph.D. students had access to an updated view on modern approaches for studies in genetic, cellular, and molecular biology of apicomplexan parasites that are relevant to health problems in Latin America and the possibility of collaborations with leaders in the field.
Grade A (Excellent) in UK Framework of Qualifications
7th – 10th April 2014
RNA-seq and ChIP-seq Data Analysis Course (28H)
UNICAMP, The Roslin Institute and European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) at Faculty of Medical Sciences - UNICAMP, Campinas - São Paulo - BRAZIL ~Certificate~
The course covered data analysis of RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq experiments. Topics included: alignment, data handling and visualization, region identification, differential expression, data quality assessment, and statistical analysis, using R/Bioconductor.
3rd – 7th June 2013
Bioinformatics using Python for Biologists (BPB13) (35H)
The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics (GTPB)
Gulbenkian Science Institute, Oeiras - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
Python is an object-oriented programming language that is ideal for biological data analysis. The course started from zero knowledge and covered all basic concepts of Python, including variables, calculating, reading, and writing files, control flow, modules, functions, and exceptions. All examples and practical sessions focused on solving biological problems: working with DNA and protein sequences; data retrieval from files and their manipulation; running applications, such as BLAST, locally and from a script; finding motifs in sequence; parsing Swiss-Prot files, PDB files, ENSEMBL records, blast output files; Biopython. The course provided a good understanding of Python basics, the skills to manage any type of bioinformatics database record and to run applications from scripts. Basic Unix/Linux skills were also provided at the beginning of the course.
13th – 15th May 2013
Introduction to Microscopy Fundamentals Workshop (21H)
Sponsored by Izasa and Nikon. Gulbenkian Science Institute, Oeiras - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
Theoretical background on microscopy and image formation: aberrations, contrast, detection, quantification, and the types of advanced microscopy commonly used today. Hands-on session on Nikon microscopes provided by Isa. Practical image processing and analysis workshop: image processing basics (bit-depth, compression, extracting values) and automated image analysis (image segmentation, automated cell counting, automated workflow with macros).
19th – 21st October 2011
Comprehensive Flow Cytometry Training Course (35H)
FlowCyte Associates – FloCyte Regional Training Program
Gulbenkian Science Institute, Oeiras - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
Flow Cytometry: introduction, components, staining and antibodies, fluorescence and floors, cellular processes, compensation, controls, immunology applications and non-mammalian applications, statistics, data analysis and presentation, strategies for panel development, practical experimental design, and troubleshooting.
6th – 23rd January 2010
5th Practical Laboratorial Course of Genetic Diagnoses (3 ECTS – 44H)
Lisbon School of Health Technology, Lisbon - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
Basic principles of genetics, biochemistry analysis in the genetic diagnosis, biochemistry tests, hereditary diseases, genetics bases of cancer, epigenetic bioinformatics. Polymorphism research: DNA extraction, agarose gel, PCR, VNTRs, STR’s, RFLP’s, SSCP; Sequencing, Real-Time PCR. Laboratory Methodology Choices.
Level 15 (fifteen) (out of 20) on the Portuguese Framework of Qualifications
29th June – 4th July 2009
3rd Practical Course of Real-Time PCR (1,5 ECTS – 24H)
Lisbon School of Health Technology, Lisbon - PORTUGAL ~Certificate~
Theoretical Principles of Real-Time PCR; Absolute and relative quantification methods for nucleic acids; Real-Time PCR for genotyping; Real-Time PCR applied to microbiology, virology, and detection of transgenic food.
Level 18 (eighteen) (out of 20) on the Portuguese Framework of Qualifications