Dr Cristina Carvalho| Neurosciences and Metabolism | Women Researcher Award 

 

I am a doctorate junior investigator, hired under the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) individual call for scientific employment 2017 (CEECIND/02201/2017). I graduated in Biology from the University of Coimbra (UC) in 2007 and completed a master’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from UC in 2008, scoring 18 out of 20. I obtained my Ph.D. in Cellular Biology from UC in 2013, achieving the highest distinction: Summa cum laude. In 2015, I was awarded a science management fellowship, and from 2016 to 2019, I received a national post-doc fellowship from FCT.

Profiles

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Research and Innovations

Completed/Ongoing Research Projects

• 🔬 Total Projects: 8

Citation Index

• 📊 Scopus: 29
• 📈 Google Scholar: 35

Editorial Appointments

• 📝 Guest Editor of 6 Special Issues in international journals over the last 5 years:
  • 🧬 1 in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (IF=6.63, Q1)
  • 🧪 2 in Antioxidants (IF=7.675, Q1)
  • 🧫 3 in Biomedicines (IF=4.757, Q1)
  • 🥈 The Special Issue titled “AD: 115 Years after Its Discovery” published in Biomedicines ranked 2nd in the Top 10 most successful Special Issues of 2022.
  • 🎤 Invited to chair the 3rd Biomedicines Webinar “AD: The History of Forgetting”, which was open to both the scientific community and the general public.
  • 🌟 Currently a board member of Biomedicines.

Publications

• Protective effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol in okadaic acid-induced cellular model of Alzheimer’s disease
  Cardoso, S., Carvalho, C., Correia, S.C., Moreira, P.I.
  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Molecular Basis of Disease, 2024, 1870(6), 167222

 

• MitoTempo protects against nε-carboxymethyl lysine-induced mitochondrial dyshomeostasis and neuronal cells injury
  Carvalho, C., Moreira, P.I.
  Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2024, 220, pp. 192–206

 

• Special Issue “Alzheimer’s Disease—115 Years after Its Discovery”
  Cardoso, S., Carvalho, C., Correia, S.C.
  Biomedicines, 2024, 12(3), 478

 

• Metabolic defects shared by Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes: A focus on mitochondria
  Carvalho, C., Moreira, P.I.
  Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023, 79, 102694

 

• WWOX inhibition by Zfra1-31 restores mitochondrial homeostasis and viability of neuronal cells exposed to high glucose
  Carvalho, C., Correia, S.C., Seiça, R., Moreira, P.I.
  Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022, 79(9), 487

 

• Disrupted cellular quality control mechanisms in aging
  Carvalho, C., Pires, J.F., Moreira, P.I., Raimundo, N.
  Aging: From Fundamental Biology to Societal Impact, 2022, pp. 359–384

 

• Cognitive impairment in obesity and diabetes
  Carvalho, C., Moreira, P.I.
  Obesity and Diabetes: Scientific Advances and Best Practice, 2020, pp. 399–414

 

• Post-translational modifications in brain health and disease
  Correia, S.C., Carvalho, C., Cardoso, S., Moreira, P.I.
  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Molecular Basis of Disease, 2019, 1865(8), pp. 1947–1948