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The candidate always pursued a research path, starting with a scientific internship in the Institute of Physiology, iCBR – FMUC during his first degree in Biotechnology in 2010. He improved his scientific (adipose tissue physiology and pathophysiology in cardiometabolic diseases) and soft skills through a voluntary internship for one year. In 2013, he concluded a recognized master course in cellular and molecular biology. After several research internships, integrating basic and entrepreneurial experiences, the candidate won a position as a research fellow (FCT project) dedicated to angiogenesis. This project strengthened his scientific and technical knowledge, including in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo assays, subsequently integrated into relevant publications. Given his higher motivation to perform translational studies, he integrated the doctoral program in health sciences - FMUC, which was the perfect environment to establish networks and gather knowledge in clinical studies. Five years ago, he won a PhD grant (3rd/135 and 4,950/5) from FCT. Since then he was mainly involved in translational projects related to adipose tissue pathophysiology in cardiometabolic diseases, namely his PhD project “AGEing fat – exploring the mechanisms of glycation-induced microvascular dysfunction in adipose tissue”. After 1 year as PhD student, he was forced to abandon Voluntary Firefighters (2006-2016) to be fully dedicated to the scientific path. He enriched his formation attending several courses, workshops, webinars and co-supervising students. His supervision and teaching experience were important in several Master thesis and lab rotations or internships as well as to teach in a specialized course dedicated to cell culture. Importantly, he has strong skills in pre-clinical and clinical studies, for instance, he developed a new assay to study rat adipose tissue angiogenesis. Since he started his scientific journey, 10 years ago, he published 20 papers (highly involved in 4 as 1st and 6 as 2nd author), has an h-index of 8 and 163 citations (Scopus). Additionally, he has published mostly in Q1 journals with impact factors up to 9.791. After PhD conclusion (full mark) in Health Sciences at FMUC (11th of September 2019), he won a position as a research fellow (ANGIODIA FCT project). Given that he has established his research in the Institute of Physiology, iCBR – FMUC, he attended numerous international scientific meetings gathering the most recent knowledge and insights in the field as well. Additionally, he has been particularly active in several publications under review (1 as first and 3 as co-author already in press) and other on going scientific projects. He has been involved in grant proposals (1 EFSD, 2 FCT and 3 SPD) and was recently invited to write 2 book chapters regarding the role of glycation and adipose tissue function in insulin resistance and to participate as Invited Professor in ‘adipose tissue physiology’ lecture in the Integrated Master's in Biomedical Engineering. Now, as a post-doc fellow, he is also attending several workshops, scientific meetings and webinars involved in post-doc career development. He already scheduled an international internship during the second semester of 2020, which is a crucial strategy to improve scientific and curricular path as well as science quality/impact. As scientific interests, he is particularly focused in the role of GLP-1-based therapeutic approaches in cardiometabolic diseases, including GLP-1 analogues and metabolic surgery, and exploring the involved mechanisms as well as new therapeutic targets and strategies. Tackling cardiometabolic diseases and associated comorbidities using sustainability strategies will prevent the loss of well-being and several life-threatening conditions, which pose a huge burden to society, environment and healthcare systems.

Este Programa, é oferecido como uma forma privilegiada de promoção e consolidação de uma estratégia que estimule o desenvolvimento de projetos de investigação interdisciplinares na área das ciências biomédicas, tirando proveito das competências e recursos de excelência existentes na Escola. Para isso é necessário criar as condições que estimulem um diálogo próximo, efetivo e frutífero entre investigadores com formação clínica e básica, potenciando o melhor que a Escola tem em cada uma das áreas. O objetivo principal do programa é o de contribuir para a formação de excelência em áreas científicas de reconhecido mérito, e consideradas estratégicas para o desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico da FMUC, promovendo sinergias e maximizando a complementaridade dos recursos técnicos e metodológicos existentes, reforçando, de uma forma muito particular, a colaboração entre a ciência básica e clínica. Neste contexto, o aluno, no âmbito do seu projeto de doutoramento, será o catalisador desta estratégia de interação entre áreas/ disciplinas.

O Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular dá formação científica e técnica, multidisciplinar, a nível avançado, em áreas de forte desenvolvimento actual da Biologia, do nível molecular e celular ao sistema. O programa é dirigido aos interessados numa carreira científica ou técnica superior, fornecendo os conhecimentos e as ferramentas experimentais para a compreensão do funcionamento dos seres vivos, dos problemas de saúde, e das técnicas modernas de diagnóstico e tratamento, particularmente em Neurociências, Toxicologia, Oncobiologia, Reprodução e Fertilidade.
O Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular é ministrado pelo Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC) com a colaboração do Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNC). O programa beneficia ainda da estreita colaboração existente com outros Centros de Investigação, particularmente o Instituto de Investigação Biomédica em Luz e Imagem (IBILI) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, e com laboratórios dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (HUC), do Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Centro e do Instituto de Medicina Legal. Este ambiente assegura a colaboração de um corpo docente constituído por cientistas nacionais e estrangeiros, e a formação em laboratórios de investigação e clínicos.

Licenciatura que pretender fornecer uma sólida formação científica, teórica e aplicada, de carácter genérico, que permita ao aluno iniciar uma atividade profissional, desenvolver atividades de investigação aplicada e desenvolvimento, empreendedorismo e inovação quer a nível nacional quer internacional, nas várias vertentes da área da biotecnologia: biomédica, farmacêutica, agroalimentar, energia, ambiente, etc.