Funded projects
2018-2024 Participation in the Research Unit iNOVA4Health, UIDB/04462/2020, FCT/Ministério da Educação e Ciência, FEDER.
2020-2021 Investigating GLT8D1 specificity and its implications in brain disease. Exploratory Project iBET. iNOVA4Health (PI)
2020-2021 Muscle up with intermittent hypoxia: a matter of intensity, gender and metabolism. iNOVA4Health, FCT. Collaboration.
2015-2017 mioSpA: the role of the muscle in Spondyloarthritis, a new paradigm. Collaborative project in context of iNOVA4Health Research Unit, with Fernando Pimentel-Santos (project coordinator).
2015-2017 Participation in the Research Unit iNOVA4Health - Advancing Precision Medicine, FCT/Ministério da Educação e Ciência, FEDER, LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007344. Coordinator of Research Group 4 (Biomarkers and Diagnostics).
2014-2018 Nanoengineered exosomes to treat glioma (GlioEx), EURONANOMED II, FCT, ENMed/0001/2013 (PI). Project coordinator: M. Glatzel, University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf, Germany.
2012-2016 Sampling and biomarker OPtimization and Harmonization In ALS and other motor neuron diseases (SOPHIA), EU Joint Programming Neurodegenerative Disease (JPND) Research, FCT, JPND/0003/2011 (PI). Project coordinator: L.H. van den Berg, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2010-2013 Glycosylation and Lewis X motif in neuronal tissue, FCT, PTDC/SAU-NEU/100724/2008 (PI).
2009-2014 The EuroGlycosciences Forum (Euroglycoscience) network, European Science Foundation. Project coordinator: S.L. Flitsch, University of Manchester.
2009-2012 Respiratory Rehabilitation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: clinical and biochemical impact, FCT, PIC/IC/82765/2007. Collaboration with M. de Carvalho (PI), IMM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon.
2008-2010 Associated participant of BBMRI / Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure. Combination of Collaborative Project and Coordination and Support Actions, European Seventh Framework Programme, nº 212111. Project coordinator: K. Zatloukal, Medical University of Graz.
2007-2009 Study of the biological role of ADAM10 N-linked oligosaccharides. Bilateral collaboration CRUP/DAAD, ref. A-8/07. Collaboration with P. Altevogt, DKFZ, Germany.
2004-2008 Cell Programming by Nanoscaled Devices, Integrated Project, European Sixth Framework Programme, nº 500039-2. Collaboration with M. Carrondo (PI of the Portuguese team), IBET, Oeiras. Project coordinator: G. Fuhr, Fraunhofer, Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT, Germany.
2004-2007 Signalling and Membrane Trafficking in Transformation and Differentiation, STREP, European Sixth Framework Program, LSHG-CT-2004-503228. PI of the Portuguese team. Project coordinator: T. Galli, INSERM, Paris.
2003-2005 Clinical, neurophysiological and neurochemical studies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, FCT, POCTI/CBO/43952/02. Collaboration with M. de Carvalho (PI), IMM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (FML).
2002-2005 Identification and characterization of proteins involved in Golgi organization from mammalian cells, FCT, POCTI/BCI/38631/2001 (PI).
2001-2005 Purification, gene cloning and characterization of plant fucosyltransferases, FCT, POCTI/BIO/35679/2000 (PI).
2000-2002 Human fucosyltransferases: membrane organization and regulation of the in vivo activity, FCT, Portugal (PI).
1999-2001 Mucin O-glycosylation in human gastric mucosa, intestinal metaplasia, gastric carcinoma and gastric cancer cell lines: role of glycosyltransferases and of the carrier proteins; FCT. Collaboration with L. David (PI), IPATIMUP, Oporto.
1997-1999 Construction of stable animal cells expressing chimeric forms of human fucosyltransferase III. Study of the intracellular transport of the enzyme, FCT, Portugal (PI).
