CV Ana Faustino

Ana Luisa Faustino   Bolseira de Investigação Científica                           Mestrado em Bioquímica   Universidade de Coimbra                              This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   Tel: +351 284319399   Ext: 01107/01105

Education and Training

Bachelor Degree in Biology by Faculty of Science and Tecnhology, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Coimbra 2010)

Master Degree in Biochemistry by Faculty of Science and Tecnhnology, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Coimbra 2013)

Research and Professional Experience

Set. 2018 - Dec. 2018. Practical Internship in work context

Analysis and identification of quarantine organisms, manipulation and processing different types of sample (fungi and bacteria), culture maintenance and multiplication techniques to fungi and bacteria, molecular and biochemical tests.
Collaborator in the project + Prev CRP – Development of integrated strategies for the prevention of resinous pine canker.

2012 - 2013. Scholarship

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra
Preparation of stocks solutions, collection of rats urines, processing of rats urine and blood samples, western blot assays, glucose tolerance tests in diabetic and normal rats, determination of metabolic parameters, processing of liver, skeletal and heart samples.

2011 - 2013. Student/Collaborator

IBILI – Biomedical Research Institute of Light and Image, Coimbra
Preparation of stocks solutions, collection of rats urines, processing of rats urine and blood samples, western blot assays, glucose tolerance tests in diabetic and normal rats, determination of metabolic parameters, processing of liver, skeletal and heart samples.

Aug. 2009. Summer Internship

IMAR, Coimbra
Processing of soil samples and identification of invertebrates.

Current interests of research

Cellular and molecular biology, plant physiology, plant cell biotechnology, genomics and metabolomics.

Selected Publications

Papers in peer reviewed journals

Sena, C., Pereira, A., Fernandes, R., Santos-Silva, D., Faustino, A., Seiça, R. (2014). Novel therapeutic approach to target endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. Cardiovascular Research Supplements 103, S102-S141.

Pereira, A., Louro, T., Faustino, A., Seiça, R., Sena, C. (2012). Potencial terapêutico da berberina na disfunção endotelial associada a diabetes tipo 2. Revista Portuguesa de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo, 7(2): 85-86

Thesis

Faustino, A. (2013). O efeito da berberina na resistência à insulina em ratos diabéticos. Master Thesis in Biochemistry. Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 64p.