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Joana Abreu Silva

 ◳ Joana Silva 2 (jpg) → (originál)Joana Abreu Silva holds a BSc degree in Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences (2014) and an MSc degree in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (2017) from the University of Porto, Portugal. Under 4-year FCT-funded studentships (2020 to date), Joana is a Ph.D. candidate in Biotechnology at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in collaboration with the Department of Open Innovation & Partnerships, bioMérieux France.

Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto) and NIPH (Oslo, Norway) warmly welcomed Joana as Research Fellow in HEPeCONTROL (EEA Grants 2009–2014, 60DT2): a team-work project and a multitasking experience to evaluate hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Portugal (general population, blood donors and workers occupationally exposed to swine) and to assess the potential risk of HEV contamination of commercial porcine-derived pharmaceutical products.

Shortly thereafter (2016-2017), human genetics and neurodegenerative disorders were her scientific focus during the MSc Thesis at i3S, the University of Porto aiming to explore genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases as modifiers of age-at-onset in Portuguese patients with Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy.

At Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF (2019), Joana developed technical and scientific skills in culture-based and -independent methods to assess antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and/or antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) abundance in wastewater, and the epidemiological dynamics of resistance in natural water bodies receiving treated urban wastewaters. As a purpose-driven Ph.D. candidate, Joana´s scientific interests have evolved towards Host-Pathogen interactions and omics-based technologies to address the hypothesis that some Escherichia coli strains, next to their evolution to fitness enhancement in human host-associated environments, also have evolved towards an enhanced fitness in aquatic environments. Under the supervision of Prof. Célia M. Manaia and Prof. Alex van Belkum, Joana aims to predict the potential of MDR E. coli strains with an environmental origin (wastewater or surface water) to cause opportunist infections in humans.

Updated: 1.2.2021 20:28, Author: Lucie Pokorná

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