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Teresa Gonçalves

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Teresa Gonçalves is an Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC), responsible for teaching the unit of Medical Microbiology (Microbiology and Parasitology) for MD students and coordinator of the Area of Infection and Immunity of the Master Course in Biomedical Research of FMUC. She obtained her B.Sc. in Biology, M. Sc. in Cellular Biology, PhD in Cellular Biology and her title of Aggregated in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Coimbra. Her PhD project was developed at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (Portugal). Her first position was as Auxiliary Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and, before that R&D director at a pharmaceutical company. In 2000 she moved to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, as Auxiliary Professor, and began founding a research group in medical mycology. She has supervised 6 PhD students and more than 20 MSc. She is responsible for the Clinical Yeast Collection at UC (CYCCUC). TG is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology and Guest Editor of Microorganisms. During the first year of Covid19 pandemics, while clinical facilities adapted to the techniques, she become Technical Director for a SARS-CoV2 diagnosis lab. She is Principal Investigator of the Medical Microbiology Research Group (MMRG) at Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), including 5 Junior Level Investigators, 5 PhD students, and among these, 4 MD-PhD students with clinical practice Her broad scientific interests are related with i) novel strategies of fungi to cope with the immune system, such as modulation of the purinergic system, and with ii) the identification of novel strategies to control microbial populations, biofilms and microbiota/mycobiota; with the pandemics her research group initiated iii) a line of research of studies regarding the collection of indoor air to quantify virus (including SARS-CoV2), bacteria and fungi, and implemented models of validating air disinfection procedures, together with a UC based research center specialized in air ventilation and air quality (DEM/ADAI). These scientific interests are illustrated by the research group list of publications. She keeps several international collaborations including Arturo Casadevall at Univ Johns Hopkins (USA), Jay Slater at FDA (USA), Márcio Rodrigues at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil), Robson Coutinho-Silva at UFRJ (Brazil), Felix Marcos-Tejedor, Univ Castilla La Mancha (Spain), and national collaborations, with Rodrigo Cunha FMUC/CIBB, MC Gameiro da Silva and José Costa at DEM/ADAI, and Agostinho Carvalho, ICVS.

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2023/09/01 - 2027/08/31

HumanIC - Human - Centric Indoor Climate for Healthcare Facilities

SEP-210866998-1

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra

Funders: European Commission Third Framework Programme

2023/02/01 - 2024/01/31

A peptide-decorated anti-microbial and pro-healing hyaluronic acid dressing to promote diabetic wound healing

EFSD

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra

Funders: EFSD/Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme

2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28

Roles of the Candida albicans variome in its interaction with the human host

2022.01376.PTDC

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2022 - 2023

ActiveStent - Sustentable functionalization of stents to prevent urinary tract infections

181221

Researcher

2022/09/01 - 2024/03/31

Mycobiota homeostasis under the regulation of adenosine receptors as pivotal players in obesity

MMETA4Obesity

Principal investigator

Funders: Biocodex Microbiota Foundation

2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31

Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology - Associate Laboratory

LA/P/0058/2020

Universidade de Coimbra

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2020/11/02 - 2021/10/15

PureAir Automotive

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: ADi - Agência de Inovação

2020/05/01 - 2021/05/30

Environmental monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in an hemodialysis unit: a quest for preventing transmission in healthcare facilities

Research4Covid Proj N. 679

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2019/03/01 -

'Strategies for healthy aging

• 1/05/18-30/04/20

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional

2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31

CNC. IBILI

UID/NEU/04539/2019

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular; Universidade de Coimbra; Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde; Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2017/09/01 - 2018/10/01

HEALTHY AGING2020

CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000012

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular

Funders: Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional

2017/10/01 - 2018/10/01

Airways fungal colonization and respiratory allergies: Agents and Natural Prophylactic Approaches

FMUC-BST-2017- 023

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: Santander-Totta - FMUC

2017/03/01 - 2021/12/30

ViraVector ¿ mplementation of a UC collection of pathogenic yeasts

ViraVector

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular

2014/10/01 - 2015/10/01

Infection of the GI tract by Candida albicans in elderly. Involvement of A2A receptors

GAI

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina

2013/03/01 - 2015/08/01

Yeast Chromogenic Media “Chromopym”

INOV.C

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: INOV.C

2013/07 - 2015/06

Ambiguity and virulence in a human pathogen

125271

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2011/06 - 2013/05

The role of adenosine and A2A receptor in anti-Candida albicans immunity

115598

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31

Strategic Project - LA 1 - 2011-2012

PEst-C/SAU/LA0001/2011

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2010/03 - 2012/08

Alternaria infectoria FKS, CHS and melanin synthesis genes: the combination for oportunism

Provided by PTCRIS: 108636

Principal investigator

Funders: Universidade de Coimbra

2010/03 - 2012/02

Role of adenosine A2A receptors in microglia and glutamatergic synapses in the control of synaptic plasticity and brain damage

108668

Funders: Universidade de Coimbra

2009/01 - 2011/12

Implementation of a Nacional Facility for DNA Microarrays: Phase II

Provided by PTCRIS: 64745

Universidade de Aveiro; Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar; Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2007/06 - 2009/08

Role of extracellular ATP and characterization of purinergic receptors in the resistance of Candida albicans to macrophage attack

81436

Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

2003/03/01 - 2005/08/01

Characterisation of FKS gene(s) in Alternaria infectoria

MSG MSD P-1599

Principal investigator

Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina

Funders: MERCK, SHARP & DOHME, Inc., Programa Medical School Grant

2002/03/01 - 2006/10/01

PYM – Pathogenic Yeast Methods.

PYM

Researcher

Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina

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