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Profile Details
Hire Rui M.
Portugal
Postdoctoral fellow of Biomedicine at UMCG and UA | Expert in genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and epigenetics
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Medical Writing
Research
Scientific and Technical Research
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Predictive Modeling,
Statistical Analysis,
Image Analysis,
Algorithm Design-Non ML,
Algorithm Design-ML,
Data Visualization,
Big Data Analytics,
Data Mining
Work Experience
Postdoctoral researcher
University of Aveiro
March 2026 - February 2028 
Postdoctoral researcher
UMCG
March 2026 - February 2028
PhD student
University of Aveiro
October 2020 - October 2025
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Saúde de Aveiro
February 2019 - October 2020
Education
Doctorate in Biomedicine (Department of Medical Sciences)
University of Aveiro
October 2020 - October 2025
Doctorate in Medical Sciences (Department of Pulmonary Diseases)
University of Groningen
October 2020 - October 2025
MSc. in Molecular Biomedicine (Medical Science)
Universidade de Aveiro
September 2016 - December 2018
Biologist (Life Science)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia
September 2012 - July 2016
Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rui Marçalo, Corry-Anke Brandsma, Peter J. van der Most, Alda Marques, Gabriela R. Moura, Maarten van den Berge, Judith M. Vonk, Maaike de Vries (2026). Genetic variants underpinning lung function decline in the Lifelines general population cohort study . ERJ Open Research.
et al., Rui Marçalo, Guilherme Rodrigues, Miguel Pinheiro, Sonya Neto, Sofia L Marques, Paula Simão, Vitória Martins, Lília Andrade, Maria Aurora Mendes, Manuel Santos (2025). Functional impairment in COPD can be predicted using genomic-derived data . Thorax.
Sara Cuevas Ocaña, Pauline Bardin, Rui Marçalo, Heleen Demeyer (2023). Preview of the Lung Science Conference 2024 . Breathe.
Tânia Soares Martins, Rui Marçalo, Cristóvão B. da Cruz e Silva, Dário Trindade, José Catita, Francisco Amado, Tânia Melo, Ilka Martins Rosa, Jonathan Vogelgsang, Jens Wiltfang, et al.(2022). Novel Exosome Biomarker Candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease Unravelled Through Mass Spectrometry Analysis . Molecular Neurobiology. 59. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2838--2854. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Rui Marçalo, Yan-Ming Xu, Sonya Neto, Miguel Pinheiro, Ana J. Rodrigues, Nuno Sousa, Manuel A. S. Santos, Paula Simão, Carla Valente, Lília Andrade, et al. (2022). Evaluation of the genetic risk for COVID-19 outcomes in COPD and differences among worldwide populations . PLOS ONE.
Tânia Soares Martins, Rui Marçalo, Maria Ferreira, Margarida Vaz, Raquel M. Silva, Ilka Martins Rosa, Jonathan Vogelgsang, Jens Wiltfang, Odete A. B. da Cruz e Silva, Ana Gabriela Henriques (2021). Exosomal Aβ-Binding Proteins Identified by “In Silico” Analysis Represent Putative Blood-Derived Biomarker Candidates for Alzheimer´s Disease . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Tânia Soares Martins, Rui Marçalo, Maria Ferreira, Margarida Vaz, Raquel M. Silva, Ilka Martins Rosa, Jonathan Vogelgsang, Jens Wiltfang, Odete A.B. da Cruz e Silva, Ana Gabriela Henriques (2021). Exosomal Aβ-Binding Proteins Identified by “In Silico” Analysis Represent Putative Blood-Derived Biomarker Candidates for Alzheimer´s Disease . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
PREPRINT
Rui Marçalo, Guilherme Rodrigues, Cíntia Dias, Ana Sofia Grave, Raquel Vilar Marinho, Miguel Pinheiro, Sonya Neto, Stephanie Holum, Ana Rita Guimarães, Sofia Lucília Marques, et al. (2026). Genome-wide association study of extrapulmonary traits in the context of COPD .
Rui Marçalo, Alen Faiz, Orestes A. Carpaij, Tatiana Karp, Jeunard Boekhoudt, Avrum Spira, Judith M. Vonk, Wim Timens, Hubertus A. M. Kerstjens, Gaik W. Tew, et al. (2025). Bronchial gene expression clustering in COPD identifies a subgroup of patients with higher level of bronchial T-cells and accelerated lung function decline .
DISSERTATION THESIS
Rui Filipe Santos Marçalo(2025). The genetic contribution for COPD susceptibility, prognosis and treatment response . University of Groningen
Exosomal proteomes as a source for biomarker discovery in Alzheimer's Disease @phdthesis {
author = {Marçalo, Rui},
title = {Exosomal proteomes as a source for biomarker discovery in Alzheimer's Disease},
year = {2018},
month = {dec},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25180},
school = {Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas}
} . Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
Nasal epithelial gene expression data improves the prediction of asthma exacerbations @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui},
title = {Nasal epithelial gene expression data improves the prediction of asthma exacerbations},
address = {Vienne},
year = {2024}
}. ERS International Congress 2024.
Decoding the genetic architecture of reduced functional status in COPD: Insights from cluster analysis and genome-wide association study @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Marques, Alda and Moura, Gabriela},
title = {Decoding the genetic architecture of reduced functional status in COPD: Insights from cluster analysis and genome-wide association study},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.48528/nd5m-mk87}
} . Research Summit 2023, University of Aveiro.
The Influence of Genetic Factors on Reduced Functional Status in COPD @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Rodrigues, Guilherme and Miguel Pinheiro and Neto, Sonya and Marques, Sofia L. and Simão, Paula and Martins, Vitória and et al.},
title = {The Influence of Genetic Factors on Reduced Functional Status in COPD},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.48528/ym5m-v564}
} . VI Post-Graduate Symposium in Biomedicine.
GWAS and PRS studies of human diseases: perspectives and limitations @inproceedings {
author = {Neves, Vasco and Sonya Neto and Marçalo, Rui and Thaís Córdova and Manuel A. S. Santos and Moura, Gabriela},
title = {GWAS and PRS studies of human diseases: perspectives and limitations},
address = {Évora},
pages = {129},
year = {2023},
keywords = {Bioinformática; Genética; Ciências Médicas; PRS}
}. III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics.
Exploring functional status in COPD: A combination of statistical and genomic approaches towards understanding functional status in COPD @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Rodrigues, Guilherme and Marques, Alda and Moura, Gabriela},
title = {Exploring functional status in COPD: A combination of statistical and genomic approaches towards understanding functional status in COPD},
year = {2022}
}. Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED).
Impact of genetic background on the poor prognosis of people with COPD upon COVID-19 infection and high heterogeneity among worldwide populations @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Marques, Alda and Moura, Gabriela},
title = {Impact of genetic background on the poor prognosis of people with COPD upon COVID-19 infection and high heterogeneity among worldwide populations},
year = {2022}
}. Research Summit 2022, University Aveiro.
Intensity and safety of community-based physical activities for people with COPD @inproceedings {
author = {Rebelo, Patrícia and Rodrigues, Guilherme and Cíntia Dias and Grave, Ana and Paixão, Cátia and Machado, Ana Filipa and Oliveira, Ana and et al.},
title = {Intensity and safety of community-based physical activities for people with COPD},
year = {2022}
}. Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED).
COPD: can genetic background inform about disease heterogeneity? @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Córdova, Thaís and Neves, Vasco and Pinheiro, Miguel and Santos, Manuel António da Silva and Simão, Paula and Andrade, Lília and et al.},
title = {COPD: can genetic background inform about disease heterogeneity?},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1183/13993003 }
} . European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2022.
Genetic risk for covid-19 outcomes in COPD @inproceedings {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Neto, Sonya and Pinheiro, Miguel and Rodrigues, Ana João and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Manuel António da Silva and Simão, Paula and et al.},
title = {Genetic risk for covid-19 outcomes in COPD},
address = {Barcelona},
year = {2021},
month = {nov},
doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA670 ; 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA670},
keywords = {Genetics; COPD}
} . European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2021.
CONFERENCE POSTER
Deciphering COPD as a risk group for COVID-19: can we blame genetics? @misc {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Neto, Sonya and Pinheiro, Miguel and Rodrigues, Ana and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Manuel and Simão, Paula and et al. Corresponding author: Marçalo, Rui.},
title = {Deciphering COPD as a risk group for COVID-19: can we blame genetics?},
year = {2021},
month = {nov}
}. 25th ANNUAL MEETING SPGH.
The worldwide covid-19 genetic risk scenario @misc {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Neto, Sonya and Pinheiro, Miguel and Rodrigues, Ana and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Manuel and Simão, Paula and et al. Autor correspondente: Marçalo, Rui.},
title = {The worldwide covid-19 genetic risk scenario},
year = {2021},
month = {sep}
}. ERS International Congress 2021.
Genetic risk for covid-19 outcomes in COPD @misc {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Neto, Sonya and Pinheiro, Miguel and Rodrigues, Ana and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Manuel and Simão, Paula and et al. Corresponding author: Marçalo, Rui.},
title = {Genetic risk for covid-19 outcomes in COPD},
year = {2021},
month = {sep}
}. ERS International Congress 2021.
COPD as a COVID-19 risk group: Is genetic background the reason? @misc {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Neto, Sonya and Pinheiro, Miguel and Rodrigues, Ana and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Manuel and Simão, Paula and et al.},
title = {COPD as a COVID-19 risk group: Is genetic background the reason?},
year = {2021},
month = {jul},
keywords = {COPD; Genetics}
}. GenomePT Symposium 2021.
Genetic risk for COVID-19 outcomes in COPD and differences among worldwide populations @misc {
author = {Marçalo, Rui and Neto, Sonya and Pinheiro, Miguel and Rodrigues, Ana João and Sousa, Nuno and Santos, Manuel António da Silva and Simão, Paula and et al.},
title = {Genetic risk for COVID-19 outcomes in COPD and differences among worldwide populations},
year = {2021},
month = {may},
keywords = {Genetics; COPD}
}. Bioinformatic Open Days.
Blood-derived exosomal biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease @misc {
author = {Marçalo, Rui},
title = {Blood-derived exosomal biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease},
year = {2019},
month = {mar}
}. 14th International Conference on Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Diseases.
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