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Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Medical Writing
Research
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Work Experience
Junior Researcher
I3s- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
October 2025 - Present
Molecular Biology Scientist
Co-Lab Vector B2B
November 2019 - November 2020 
Education
PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology (ICBAS)
Universidade do Porto
January 2021 - July 2025
Msc in Applied Microbiology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências
April 2017 - November 2019
Bsc in Biochemistry
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências
September 2014 - June 2017
Certifications
Publications
CONFERENCE POSTER
Immunoinformatics predictions on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage-specific T cell epitopes and HLA Class I/II interactions in West Africa @misc {
author = {Silva, Marta},
title = {Immunoinformatics predictions on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage-specific T cell epitopes and HLA Class I/II interactions in West Africa },
year = {2025},
month = {feb}
}. 11th McBiology.
Timely activation of the LXR is a promising Host-Directed Therapy for Tuberculosis”. @misc {
author = {Silva, Marta and Couto, J and Rute Gonçalves},
title = {Timely activation of the LXR is a promising Host-Directed Therapy for Tuberculosis”.},
year = {2024},
month = {mar}
}. Tuberculosis: The Host-Pathogen Interface conference, Keystone, Colorado.
Whole blood transcriptional analysis of M.tuberculosis vs M.africanum infected patients reveals the nuclear receptor pathway as a potential disease severity marker.” @misc {
author = {Silva, Marta and Couto, J},
title = {Whole blood transcriptional analysis of M.tuberculosis vs M.africanum infected patients reveals the nuclear receptor pathway as a potential disease severity marker.”},
year = {2023},
month = {mar}
}. XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology.
Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: the immune response to Mycobacterium africanum during infection @misc {
author = {Silva, Marta and Couto, J},
title = {Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: the immune response to Mycobacterium africanum during infection},
year = {2022},
month = {oct}
}. 5th PhDay i3s.
“Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: the immune response to Mycobacterium africanum during infection” @misc {
author = {Silva, Marta},
title = {“Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis: the immune response to Mycobacterium africanum during infection”},
year = {2022},
month = {sep}
}. EMBO Workshop on Tuberculosis 2022: From innovation to intervention.
Mycobacterium africanum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis induce differential immune responses during tuberculosis”. @misc {
author = {Silva, Marta},
title = {Mycobacterium africanum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis induce differential immune responses during tuberculosis”.},
year = {2022},
month = {apr}
}. Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia 47th annual meeting.
Overcoming the BBB: in vivo selection of single domain antibodies for brain targeting and drug delivery @misc {
author = {Aguiar, Sandra I and Silva, Marta (601E-6149-5DAD) (poster presenter) and Martins, Diana and André, Ana S and Neves, Vera and Dias, Joana NR and et al.},
title = {Overcoming the BBB: in vivo selection of single domain antibodies for brain targeting and drug delivery },
year = {2019},
month = {nov}
}. 11th Annual PEGS EUROPE 18-22th November 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gonçalves, R., Couto, J., Ferreirinha, P., Costa, J.M., Silvério, D., Silva, M.L., Fernandes, A.I., Madureira, P., Alves, N.L., Lamas, S., et al.(2023). SARS-CoV-2 variants induce distinct disease and impact in the bone marrow and thymus of mice . iScience. 26. (2).
Silva, M.L., Cá, B., Osório, N.S., Rodrigues, P.N.S., Maceiras, A.R., Saraiva, M.(2022). Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum: Knowns and unknowns . PLoS Pathogens. 18. (5).
Marta Silva, Magda Ferreira, Maria Ogren, Joana N. R. Dias, Solange Gil, Luís Tavares, Frederico Aires-da-Silva, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Sandra Isabel Aguiar(2021). Liposomes as Antibiotic Delivery Systems: A Promising Nanotechnological Strategy against Antimicrobial Resistance . Molecules. 26. (7). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2047. {MDPI} {AG}
Marta Silva, Magda Ferreira, Maria Ogren, Joana N. R. Dias, Solange Gil, Luís Tavares, Frederico Aires-da-Silva, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Sandra Isabel Aguiar (2021). Liposomes as Antibiotic Delivery Systems: A Promising Nanotechnological Strategy against Antimicrobial Resistance . Molecules.
Aguiar, S.I., Dias, J.N.R., André, A.S., Silva, M.L., Martins, D., Carrapiço, B., Castanho, M., Carriço, J., Cavaco, M., Gaspar, M.M., et al.(2021). Highly specific blood-brain barrier transmigrating single-domain antibodies selected by an in vivo phage display screening . Pharmaceutics. 13. (10).
Ferreira, M., Ogren, M., Dias, J.N.R., Silva, M., Gil, S., Tavares, L., Aires-Da-silva, F., Gaspar, M.M., Aguiar, S.I.(2021). Liposomes as antibiotic delivery systems: A promising nanotechnological strategy against antimicrobial resistance . Molecules. 26. (7).
DISSERTATION THESIS
Development of a new immunoliposome for the treatment of pneumococcal meningitis @phdthesis {
author = {Silva, Marta},
title = {Development of a new immunoliposome for the treatment of pneumococcal meningitis},
year = {2019},
month = {oct},
url = { http://hdl.handle.net/10451/40166},
school = {Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária}
} . Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária.
Cloning, expression and purification of Cek1, a polyglutamine-containing MAPK, from the fungal pathogen Candida albicans for functional and structural analysis @phdthesis {
author = {Silva, Marta},
title = {Cloning, expression and purification of Cek1, a polyglutamine-containing MAPK, from the fungal pathogen Candida albicans for functional and structural analysis },
year = {2017},
month = {jun},
school = {Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde; Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar; Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências}
}. Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde; Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar; Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências.
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