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Expert in Regeneration process in multiple organisms and Neurosciences specifically in spinal cord injury
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Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Medical Writing,
Technical Writing
Research
Market Research,
Gray Literature Search,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Work Experience
Post Doctoral Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde
April 2020 - Present 
Invited auxiliar professor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
September 2018 - February 2020
Post Doctoral Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas
April 2018 - January 2020
PhD student
Universitat de Barcelona
September 2013 - July 2017
Auxiliar Professor
University of Barcelona
2014 - 2017
Scientific stay
European Space Research and Technology Centre
2015 - 2016
Education
Doctor (Genetics)
University of Barcelona
2013 - 2017
Master in Technological, Comparative and Molecular Genetics
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
September 2011 - July 2013
BSc Genetics and Biotechnology
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
September 2008 - July 2011
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
CONFERENCE POSTER
Baclofen as a potential treatment to promote recovery from spinal cord injury. @misc {
author = {de Sousa, Nídia and Pinho, Andreia and Monteiro, Susana and Santos, Diogo and Campos, Jonas and Silva, Nuno and Barreiro-Iglesias, Antón and Salgado, António J},
title = {Baclofen as a potential treatment to promote recovery from spinal cord injury.},
year = {2020},
month = {dec}
}. NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Spinal Cord Injury: can recovery be achieved through the spleen? @misc {
author = {Lentilhas-Graça, José and Gomes, Eduardo and Afonso, João and Lima, Rui and Pinho, Andreia and Santos, Diogo and de Sousa, Nídia and et al.},
title = {Spinal Cord Injury: can recovery be achieved through the spleen?},
year = {2020},
month = {dec}
}. NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Impact of the Secretome of Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Axonal Growth and Spinal Cord Injury Repair @misc {
author = {Santos, Diogo and Marote, Ana and Rocha, Luís and de Sousa, Nídia and Mendes-Pinheiro, Bárbara and Pinho, Andreia and Monteiro, Susana and et al.},
title = {Impact of the Secretome of Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Axonal Growth and Spinal Cord Injury Repair},
year = {2020},
month = {dec}
}. NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Microglia-neutrophil interaction in spinal cord injury @misc {
author = {Pinho, Andreia and de Sousa, Nídia and Lentilhas-Graça, José and Monteiro, Susana and Silva, Nuno},
title = {Microglia-neutrophil interaction in spinal cord injury},
year = {2020},
month = {dec}
}. NeRD meeting 2020, ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Low density neutrophils are associated with a worse prognosis in Breast Cancer @misc {
author = {Correia, Bruna and Saraiva, Diana and Salvador, Rute and de Sousa, Nídia and Jacinto, António and Braga, Sofia and Cabral, Guadalupe},
title = {Low density neutrophils are associated with a worse prognosis in Breast Cancer },
year = {2020}
}. Innovate Competition | iMed Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Functional characterisation of up and downstream elements of Hippo pathway in S. mediterranea @misc {
author = {Rosseló, M and Cardona, Heura and De Sousa, Nídia and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Functional characterisation of up and downstream elements of Hippo pathway in S. mediterranea},
year = {2018}
}. International Planarian Meeting.
Launch effects, static hypergravity and vibrations have long lasting effects on gene expression @misc {
author = {van Loon, Jack and de Sousa, Nídia and Capriccio, Marcello and Vandersteen, Jeroen and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa and Auletta, Gennaro},
title = {Launch effects, static hypergravity and vibrations have long lasting effects on gene expression},
year = {2018}
}. The American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR).
Smed-BS is a novel peptide which inhibition produces bigger planarians or overgrowths depending on the nutritional status. @misc {
author = {Pascual-Carreras, Eudald and Marín-Barba, Marta and Eckelt, Kay and de Sousa, Nídia and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Smed-BS is a novel peptide which inhibition produces bigger planarians or overgrowths depending on the nutritional status. },
year = {2018}
}. The II catalan annual conference of Biology. Barcelona, Spain.
SMED-BS is a novel peptide which inhibition accelerates regeneration and produces bigger planarians or overgrowths depending on the nutritional status. @misc {
author = {Pascual-Carreras, Eudald and Marín-Barba, Marta and Eckelt, Kay and Herrera-Úbeda, Carlos and de Sousa, Nídia and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {SMED-BS is a novel peptide which inhibition accelerates regeneration and produces bigger planarians or overgrowths depending on the nutritional status. },
year = {2018}
}. The International planarian meeting, Madison, WI, USA.
Hippo signaling restricts cell plasticity in planarians. @misc {
author = {de Sousa, Nídia and Rodríguez-Esteban, Gustavo and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Hippo signaling restricts cell plasticity in planarians.},
year = {2017}
}. Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biologia del Desarrollo, Gijón, Spain.
Hippo signaling restricts cell plasticity in planarians. @misc {
author = {de Sousa, Nídia and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa },
title = {Hippo signaling restricts cell plasticity in planarians.},
year = {2017}
}. EMBO workshop ‘The Hippo pathway across species and disciplines.
Hippo signaling controls cell death, cell cycle and differentiation in planarians. @misc {
author = {de Sousa, Nídia and Chocano, Elvira and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Hippo signaling controls cell death, cell cycle and differentiation in planarians.},
year = {2016}
}. 3rd European Meeting on Planarian Biology.
Smed-bs is a novel secreted peptide that controls cell number in planarians. @misc {
author = {Pascual-Carreras, Eudald and Marín-Barba, Marta and de Sousa, Nídia and Eckelt, Kay and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa },
title = {Smed-bs is a novel secreted peptide that controls cell number in planarians. },
year = {2016}
}. The catalan annual conference of Developmental Biology. Barcelona, Spain.
Smed-BS is a novel secreted peptide with an essential role in the control of cell number in planarians. @misc {
author = {Pascual-Carreras, Eudald and Marín-Barba, Marta and de Sousa, Nídia and Eckelt, Kay and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Smed-BS is a novel secreted peptide with an essential role in the control of cell number in planarians.},
year = {2016}
}. The 4th European Meeting on Planarian Biology, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
Hippo signaling controls cell turnover and differentiation in planarians. @misc {
author = {de Sousa, Nídia and Cardona, Heura and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Hippo signaling controls cell turnover and differentiation in planarians.},
year = {2015}
}. Keystone Symposia: The Hippo Pathway: Signaling, Development and Disease.
Smed-Blitzschnell is a novel gene which modulates proliferation in planarians. @misc {
author = {Pascual-Carreras, Eudald and Marín-Barba, Marta and de Sousa, Nídia and Eckelt, Kay and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Smed-Blitzschnell is a novel gene which modulates proliferation in planarians. },
year = {2015}
}. The catalan annual conference of Developmental Biology, Sant Feliu de Guixols.
Planarian yorkie controls apoptosis and neoblast proliferation. @misc {
author = {de Sousa, Nídia and Saló, Emili and Adell, Teresa},
title = {Planarian yorkie controls apoptosis and neoblast proliferation.},
year = {2014}
}. EMBO conference: The molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and tissue repair.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
(2019). Cell Renewal and Regeneration . Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research.
De Sousa, Nídia, Gustavo Rodriguez-Esteban, Ivan Colagè, Paolo D’Ambrosio, JJWA van Loon, Emili Saló, Teresa Adell, Gennaro Auletta (2019). Transcriptomic Analysis of Planarians under Simulated Microgravity or 8 g Demonstrates That Alteration of Gravity Induces Genomic and Cellular Alterations That Could Facilitate Tumoral Transformation . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
(2018). Detection of Cell Death in Planarians .
(2017). The pioneer factor Smed-gata456-1 is required for gut cell differentiation and maintenance in planarians . Int. J. Dev. Biol.
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