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Verónica Isabel Correia Bastos

Assistant Researcher

Author Name : Bastos V.

Researcher ID: V-6107-2018
ORCID: 0000-0002-9882-4766
Ciencia ID: BB17-B635-7414
Department: Biology
Research Group: Aquatic Toxicology & Risk Assessment (ATRA)

Research interests

Cell biology - In vitro cell culture;
Cytotoxicity;
Genotoxicity;
Nanotoxicology;
Nanobiomedicine;
Cancer Therapy;
Biologically active compounds for biological applications;
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of new compounds;
Biocompability of newly synthesized compounds.

Academic degrees

2016- PhD in Cell Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2011- M.Sc. in Biology -Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2010- Degree in Clinical Analysis and Public Health, Coimbra Health School, Portugal

Scientific activities

01-09-2022 - Researcher at CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal
12/02/2019-09/08/2021- Junior Researcher Contract ("HOTsPOT - Novel upconversion nanoparticles for multimodal therapy of melanoma: pHOtothermal Therapy, PhOtodynamic therapy and chemoTherapy"), Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal
01/09/2018-11/02/2019- Pos-Doc Fellowship, LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences-Applied Chemistry Lab, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal
01/01/2018-01/09/2018- Research Collaborator, Department of Biology of Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
01/01/2012-02/06/2016- PhD student (FCT Fellowship), Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Publications

Projects

HOTsPOT - Novel upconversion nanoparticles for multimodal therapy of melanoma: pHOtothermal Therapy, PhOtodynamic therapy and chemoTherapy See more

Scientific Supervision

Master (Main Supervisor): Susana Soares (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Simone Pascoal (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): David Brandão (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Rúben Afonso (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Diana Salvador (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Rita Moreira (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Ana Calçona (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Lutete Daniel Lenda (not a CESAM member)

Projeto Licenciatura Biotecnologia (Main Supervisor): Laura Castro (not a CESAM member)

Projeto Licenciatura Bioquímica (Main Supervisor): Francisca Mateus (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura Biologia (Main Supervisor): Beatriz Matos (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa - Licenciatura em Biologia (Co-supervisor): Sofia Ribeiro (not a CESAM member)

Licenciatura (Co-supervisor): Inês Sofia Afonso (not a CESAM member)

COST Actions

Working group member

CA17104 STRATAGEM - Member of the working group 2: "Synthesis and nanodelivery stratagies for new therapeutic tools against MDR tumours"

CA17104 STRATAGEM - Member of the working group 3: "Efficacy validation of new therapeutic tools against pre-clinical models of MDR tumours"

CA17140: Nano2Clinic: Cancer Nanomedicine - from the bench to the bedside. Member of the working group 3: "Preclinical studies of nanodrugs".

Editorial board member of international scientific journals

Journal of Cellular Toxicology and Cell Biology - https://norcaloa.com/index.php?/CTCB/editorial-board/4

Peer Review of international scientific journals

Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/1625329/veronica-bastos/

IUBMB Life

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Nanotoxicology

NanoTechnology and Nanomedicine

PLOSOne

SN Aplied Sciences

Translational Cancer Research

Projects

"HOTsPOT- Novas nanopartículas de conversão ascendente para terapia multimodal do melanoma: terapia fototérmica, terapia fotodinâmica e quimioterapia" REF: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031794

"Metabolic profiling: a novel tool for evaluation of the toxicological and biological effects of nanomaterials" REF: PTDC/SAU- TOX/120953/2010

Additional Training

Attendance at WG2 meeting and International Symposium on "Synthesis and nanodelivery stratagies for new therapeutic tools against Multidrug Resistant Tumours" COST action CA 17104 STRATAGEM, Online event, 15th December 2020

Training School "StrataCell: 3D cell models - a powerful tool to study MDR", COST action CA17104 STRATAGEM, 5-6 November, 2020

Attendance at the 1st Conference of Cost action CA 17140 “NANO2CLINIC, Cancer nanomedicine – from the bench to the bedside”; 15-17 October, 2019, Riga, Latvia

Organizing Comitte of MULTICOMP meeting (Multi-functional Nano-carbon composite materials network) - COST Action CA15107; 21 March, 2019, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Invited Lecturer at a curricular unit (development Biology 3rd year of graduation of Biology; and oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses- 1st year, Master MBCM) of the graduation of Biology and Master of Cellular and molecular biology

Research collaborator of the Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology (I2B) at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto - https://www.ib2lab.com/veronica-bastos

Advanced course on Biomarkers: Biomarkers in Ecotoxicology: user-friendly approach. 25 - 29 May, 2015, SETAC Summer School, Department of Biology, CESAM, University of Aveiro

Attendance at Nanosafe Conference; 18-20 November, 2014, Minatec, Grenoble, France

Comet assay training course, 12 - 14 September 2013 - Orientation of pratical section: Measuring DNA damage in different organisms I (Day 2, 13th September), Mamalian lymphocytes (bovine or porcine)

Organizing Comitte on Advanced Course "3rd annual BioPlant workshop and advanced course" - MAP-Bioplant - Minho, Aveiro and Porto Universitys (4th-6th December of 2012); Aveiro University, Portugal.

English Course, 60 hours; (October to 3th December, 2012), Laguage Department, Aveiro University, Portugal.

Participation on “ESTIV 2012 Congress” – European Spciety of Toxicology in Vitro; (16th-19th October of 2012); Lisbon, Portugal.

Collaboration on Advanced Course " Markers of toxicology in plant cells and toxicity of phytocompounds " - Bioplant - Aveiro University (9th-12th July of 2012), Portugal. Forming the pratical of "Comet assay”.

Participation in Advanced Workshop - “Implications of nanomaterials: A hands on course on synthesis, characterizations, and ecotoxicology, 4th edition” (28th May to 2nd June, 2012), Aveiro University, Portugal.

Participation in Advanced workshop “Toxicity, Metabolism and Disease” – (30th January to 03th February, 2012), University of Aveiro, Portugal

Participation on a National Congress “VI Encontro Nacional das Ciências e Tecnologias de Lisboa “ (20th-22th October, 2011); Lisbon College of Health Technology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Participation on a International Congress “International Conference on Occupational and Environmental Health (ICOEH 2011)”; (17th-19th October, 2011), Porto, Portugal.

Collaboration on Advanced Course "Markers for Toxicology and toxicity of fitocompounds" - MAP-Bioplant - Minho, Aveiro and Porto Universitys (13th-17th June, 2011); Aveiro University, Portugal. Forming the theoretical and pratical of "Comet assay as a biomarker”.

Course of Academic English, 48 hours; (20th September to 17th December, 2010); Language department, Aveiro University, Portugal.

Organizing Comitte of “X Workshop” of Clinical Analysis and Public Health” (5th-6th March, 2010), Coimbra College of Health Technology, Coimbra, Portugal.

Participation on Advanced Course “Autoimmunity” (17th-18th April, 2009), Coimbra College of Health Technology, Coimbra, Portugal.

Participation on a workshop “IX workshop of Clinical analysis and public health”, (17th-18th April, 2009); Coimbra College of Health Technology, Coimbra, Portugal.

Participation on a workshop “VIII workshop of Clinical analysis and public health”, (29th february to 1st March, 2008); Coimbra College of Health Technology, Coimbra, Portugal.

Academic Career

Invited lecture at SODA-FC4130 "Assessing genotoxicity using Comet and CBMN assays", Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences (invitation by Professor Isabel Amorim), BIOISI/Faculty of Sciences University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Research Interests

Cell biology - In vitro cell culture;
Cytotoxicity, Genotoxicity, Inflammatory pathways, oxidative stress;
Nanobiomedicine;
Cancer Therapy;
Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative potential of new nutrients for future use in nutraceuticals and cosmetics;
Biocompability of newly synthesized compounds.