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Biomedical Scientist & Data Analyst | Advanced user of R | Expert in qiime2

Profile Summary

I am a wet-lab biomedical scientist, my background os majorly related with molecular biology and human genetics. Currently, I am doing my PhD in microbiology field, which haver a big component of data analyses (microbiota analyses and statistical analyses), field in which I've gained expertise.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Genetics

Services

• Writing
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

PhD student

Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina

November 2018 - Present

Research Fellow

Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina

April 2018 - October 2018

Commercial Trainee

Speculum Artigos Médicos, S.A.

February 2018 - March 2018

Education

PhD program on Biomedicine (Medical Sciences)

Universidade de Aveiro

November 2018 - Present

MSc in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine (Life Sciences)

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

September 2015 - December 2017

BSc in Biomedical Sciences (Medical Sciences)

Universidade do Algarve

September 2012 - July 2015

Certifications

• Applied Metagenomics (AM21) from GTPB

  Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

  November 2021 - Present

• CRA Certification (Escola de Study Coordinators)

  Work4Research and Hospital da Luz Learning Health

  July 2018 - Present

• ICH Good Clinical Practice E6 (R2)

  The Global Health Network

  April 2018 - Present

• Curso Intensivo em Medicina Legal

  CRIAP

  July 2014 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD is associated with changes in microbiota Melo-Dias, S., Cabral, M., Furtado, A. et al. Responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD is associated with changes in microbiota. Respir Res 24, 29 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02339-z . Respiratory Research.

Saliva as a non-invasive specimen for COPD assessment @article { author = {Melo-Dias, Sara and Carla Valente and Lília Andrade and Alda Marques and Ana Sousa}, title = {Saliva as a non-invasive specimen for COPD assessment}, journal = {Respiratory Research}, volume = {23}, number = {16}, year = {2022}, month = {jan}, url = {https://respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12931-022-01935-9}, doi = {10.21203/rs.3.rs-940216/v1} } . Respiratory Research.

Sara Melo-Dias and Carla Valente and L{\'{\i}}lia Andrade and Alda Marques and Ana Sousa(2022). Saliva As A Non-Invasive Specimen For COPD Assessment . Respiratory Research. Research Square Platform {LLC}

PREPRINT

Sara Melo-Dias, Miguel Cabral, Andreia Furtado, Sara Souto-Miranda, Maria Aurora Mendes, João Cravo, Catarina R. Almeida, Alda Marques, Ana Sousa (2022). Responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD is associated with changes in microbiota .

Sara Melo-Dias, Carla Valente, Lília Andrade, Alda Marques, Ana Sousa (2021). Saliva As A Non-Invasive Specimen For COPD Assessment .

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

Responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation is related with changes in oral microbiota of people with COPD Melo-Dias S., Cabral M., Furtado A., Souto-Miranda S., Mendes MA., Cravo J., Almeida CR., Marques A., Sousa A. (2022) “Responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation is related with changes in oral microbiota of people with COPD” Pulmonol. 2022;28 Supl Congr 3:5-6 (IF: 9.216, 5 years IF: 7.845, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: Q1) URL: https://www.journalpulmonology.org/en-pdf-X2531043722034180 . 38º Congresso de Pneumologia.

Sara Melo-Dias, M Cabral, A Furtado, S Souto-Miranda, J Carvo, A Mendes, C Almeida, A Marques, S Ana(2022). Pulmonary rehabilitation changes the oral microbiota of people with COPD . 05.01 - Airway pharmacology and treatment. European Respiratory Society

Melo-Dias, Sara, Valente, Carla, Andrade, Lília, Marques, Alda, Sousa, Ana, 2021, "The salivary microbiota signatures of COPD".

Salivary microbiota composition is associated with severe exacerbations @inproceedings { title = {Salivary microbiota composition is associated with severe exacerbations}, year = {2021}, month = {sep}, doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.OA1286} } .

Melo-Dias, Sara; Valente, Carla; Andrade, Lília; Marques, Alda; Sousa, Ana, 2021 “Salivary microbiota composition is associated with severe exacerbations” .

Sara Dias, Catarina Almeida, Alda Marques, Ana Sousa, 2021 “Microbial shifts during an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” .

Patients’ perspectives on exposure to environmental contaminants: a missing piece in pulmonary rehabilitation? @inproceedings{2020, doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.77}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1183%2F13993003.congress-2020.77}, year = 2020, month = {sep}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, author = {Sara Souto-Miranda and Sara Melo-Dias and Carla Valente and C{\'{e}}lia Freitas and Ana Margarida Sousa and Ana Catarina Sousa and Alda Marques}, title = {Patients' perspectives on exposure to environmental contaminants: a missing piece in pulmonary rehabilitation?}} . Physiotherapists.

(2020). Could salivary microbiota be used as a COPD BIOMARKER?. Research Summit 2020 - University of Aveiro.

Sara Dias, Filipa Machado, Carla Valente, Lilia Andrade, Alda Marques, Ana Sousa, 2019, “Saliva’s Microbiota as a biomarker of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”.

Dias, Sara et al "Airway Microbiota diversity and composition correlates with severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)." ERJ Open Research 5.suppl 2 (2019): PP224. Web. 27 Feb. 2020 .

Airway Microbiota diversity and composition correlates with severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) @inproceedings { author = {Dias, Sara}, title = {Airway Microbiota diversity and composition correlates with severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)}, year = {2019}, month = {mar}, doi = {10.1183/23120541.lungscienceconference-2019.pp224} } .

Composição e diversidade da microbiota das vias aéreas correlaciona-se com a severidade da Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica @inproceedings { author = {Sousa, Ana and Dias, Sara and Machado, Ana (E712-8E77-D474) and Valente, Carla and Andrade, Lília and Marques, Alda}, title = { Composição e diversidade da microbiota das vias aéreas correlaciona-se com a severidade da Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica }, address = {Albufeira}, number = {026}, volume = {24}, pages = {12--13}, year = {2018}, month = {nov}, keywords = {Microbiota das vias aéreas; Disbiose; Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica; Medicina Personalizada; Remodelação da microbiota} }. XXXIV Congresso Nacional de Pneumologia 2018.

Sousa Ana, Dias Sara, Machado Filipa, Valente Carla, Andrade Lília, Marques Alda (2018) "A composição e diversidade da microbiota das vias aéreas correlaciona-se com a severidade da doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica" Pulmonology;24 (Esp Cong 4):1-41 .

(2018). Microbial, inflammatory and clinical determinants of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease. Research Summit - University of Aveiro.

CONFERENCE POSTER

The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD is associated with specific shifts in oral microbiota Melo-Dias, Sara; Cabral, Miguel; Furtado, Andreia; Souto-Miranda, Sara; Almeida, Catarina; Marques, Alda; Sousa, Ana, 2022, “The Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD is associated with specific shifts in oral microbiota” (poster accepted to 7th meeting of ISEMPH 2022, Lisboa) . 7th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.

The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in salivary microbiota of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A longitudinal study @misc { author = {Andreia Furtado and Dias, Sara and Miguel Cabral and Alda Marques and Ana Margarida Domingos Tavares de Sousa}, title = {The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in salivary microbiota of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A longitudinal study}, year = {2021}, month = {oct} }. IV International Conference - “Microbiota and Health.

Saliva as a “patient-friendly” specimen for COPD assessment @misc { author = {Dias, Sara and Carla Valente and Lília Andrade and Alda Marques and Ana Margarida Domingos Tavares de Sousa}, title = {Saliva as a “patient-friendly” specimen for COPD assessment}, year = {2021}, month = {sep} } . ERS International Conference 2021.

Saliva as a “patient-friendly” specimen for COPD assessment @misc { author = {Melo-Dias, Sara (C41A-6CA5-4D84) and Carla Valente and Lília Andrade and Alda Marques and Ana Margarida Domingos Tavares de Sousa}, title = {Saliva as a “patient-friendly” specimen for COPD assessment}, year = {2021}, month = {sep}, doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA676} } . ERS International Conference 2021.

Exploring Salivary microbiota as a COPD Biomarker @misc { author = {Melo-Dias, Sara (C41A-6CA5-4D84) and Tavares, Ana (C816-3B3E-32D7) and Valente, Carla and Andrade, Lília and Marques, Alda and Sousa, Ana}, title = {Exploring Salivary microbiota as a COPD Biomarker}, year = {2020}, month = {jan} }. International Meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics.

Melo-Dias, S.; Tavares, A.; Valente, C.; Andrade, L.; Marques, A. and Sousa, A. (2020) “Exploring salivary microbiota as a COPD biomarker”, International Meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics, 23-24 January, 2020 Faro, Portugal.