Scientific Outputs
Scientific Publications
H Matthew Berns, Dawn E Watkins-Chow, Sizhu Lu, Pakavarin Louphrasitthiphol, Tongwu Zhang, Kevin M Brown, Pedro Moura-Alves, Colin R Goding, William J Pavan. Single-cell profiling of MC1R-inhibited melanocytes. March, 2024.
Kgatle, M., Chalwe. J.M., van der Westhuizen, D., Xu, X., Damane, B.P., Mathebela, P., Ueckermann, V., Mayaphi, S., Gomes Rodrigues, H., Moura-Alves, P., Ndlovu, H., Mzizi, Y., Zongo, L., Hairwadzi, H., Vorster, M., Zeevart, J.R., Sathekge, M. Detection of Neutralizing Antibodies in COVID-19 Patients from Steve Biko Academic Hospital Complex: A Pilot Study. July, 2023.
DOI: 10.3390/covid3070072
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Pinto, C.J.G., Ávila-Gálvez, M.Á., Lian, Y., Moura-Alves, P., Nunes dos Santos, C.*, Targeting the aryl hydrocarbon receptor by gut phenolic metabolites: A strategy towards gut inflammation., Redox Biology (2023), February 1, 2023.
Flegel, J., Shaaban,S., Jia, Z.K., Schulte, B., Lian, Y., Krzyzanowski, A.,Metz, M., Schneidewing, T., Wesseler, F., Flegel, A., Reich, Moura-Alves, P., The highly potent AhR agonist Picoberin modulates Hh-dependent osteoblast differentiation., Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2022), December 22.
Seminar Organization
26/06/2024 | Phenotype switching in cancer | Friday Noon Seminar
Colin Goding
[Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | Lead Participant]
28/05/2024 | Identification of antigens presented by MHC-I and MHC-II through immunopeptidomics for vaccines against tuberculosis | Satellite Seminar
Paulo Bettencourt
[Católica Medial School, Lisbon, Portugal | Lead Participant]
22/04/2024 | Epidemiological and Immunological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases in Amazonia | Satellite Seminar
Pritesh Jaychand Lalwani
[Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia), Manaus, Brazil | Lead Participant]
22/04/2024 | Inflammatory mediators of TB granuloma caseation | Friday Noon Seminars
Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala
[Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa | Lead Participant]
22/04/2024 | Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor targeting with allosteric and orthosteric ligands | Satellite Seminar
Zdenek Dvorak
[Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia | Lead Participant]
03/10/2023 | The innate immune system and tissue homeostasis | 6th i3S PhDay
Andreas Diefenbach
[Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany | Lead Participant]
17/03/2023 | Microbial priming of the lung for control of SARS-CoV2 infection | Friday Noon Seminars
Alan Sher
[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH), USA| Lead Participant]
28/10/2022 | Tuberculosis: From basic research to rational design of novel diagnostic and preventive measures | Friday Noon Seminars
Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
[Max Plank Institute, Germany | Lead Participant]
Scientific Event Organization
i3S, Porto, Portugal
+info: https://phasage.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RI_Winter-School_program_final.pdf
[ Organizer ]
Ordem dos Médicos, Porto, Portugal
Pedro Moura-Alves, Helena Azevedo, Inês Gonçalves
[ Organization Committee ]
i3S, Porto, Portugal
Pedro Moura-Alves, Tânia Lima, Nuno Alves, Margarida Saraiva
[ Organization Committee ]
+ Info: https://immunohub.i3s.up.pt/i-immunohub-annual-meeting/
Scientific Event Participation
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Pedro Moura-Alves; Tânia Lima; Pedro Curto; Palmira Barreira-Silva; Inês Almeida
Porto, Portugal
Pretoria, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Nova Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal.
+ Info: https://imedconference.org/
Talk: The AHR: from a xenobiotic sensor to a Pattern Recognition Receptor, playing a role in immunity to infection and drug-therapy
[ Participant ]
Xuwen Zeng, Thales Costa, Palmira Barreira Silva, Pedro Moura Alves
i3S, Porto, Portugal
+ Info: https://biotechhealth2023.wixsite.com/x-symposium
[ Invited speaker, Round Table Discussion ]
+ Info: https://www.up.pt/ijup/ijup-2023/
Talk: Dissecting the roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in melanoma: from a sensor to a regulator of the melanoma microenvironment
+ Info: https://www.up.pt/ijup/ijup-2023/
Talk: T(AHR)getting the AHR: mapping the road of a xenobiotic sensor, from disease to a therapeutic target
+ Info: https://toxrun.iucs.cespu.pt/congress2023/
Talk: The AHR: from a xenobiotic sensor to a Pattern Recognition Receptor, playing a role in immunity to infection and drug-therapy
+ Info: https://toxrun.iucs.cespu.pt/congress2023/
Poster: T(AHR)getting the AHR: mapping the road of a xenobiotic sensor, from disease to a therapeutic target
Poster: T(AHR)getting the AHR: mapping the road of a xenobiotic sensor, from disease to a therapeutic target
+ Info: https://dgfi.org/arbeitskreise/ak-infektionsimmunologie/meeting/
Talk: AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection
Talk: Dissecting the roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in melanoma: from a sensor to a regulator of the melanoma microenvironment
+ Info: https://www.i3s.up.pt/event?v=239
Pedro Moura-Alves, Sergio Marinho, Tânia Lima, Palmira Barreira-Silva, Inês Almeida, Beatriz Moreira
+ Info: https://www.i3s.up.pt/event?v=239
Pedro Moura-Alves, Sergio Marinho, Tânia Lima, Palmira Barreira-Silva, Inês Almeida, Beatriz Moreira
Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Lyon, France
+ Info: https://www.ludwig.ox.ac.uk/news/ludwig-oxford-retreat-2022-2013-a-recap
Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA
Talk: AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection
Centre International de Recherche em Infectiologie, Lyon, France.
+ Info: https://www.ludwig.ox.ac.uk/news/ludwig-oxford-retreat-2022-2013-a-recap
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, cancer and therapy
+ Info: https://meetings.embo.org/event/21-signaling
Talk: AhR sensing bacterial quorum during infection and its impact on antibiotic therapy
Seminars
Oeiras, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity, and therapy
Perugia, Italy
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy
6th International AHR Meeting: Research, Prevention, Therapy
Dusseldorf, Germany
Talk: AHR sensing microbial infections: a ticket to multiple destinations
Berlin, Germany
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection and therapy
Leiden, The Netherlands
Talk: Sensing and responding to rickettsial infections
Lisbon, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy
Durban, África do Sul
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy
18th IUIS International Congress of Immunology
Cape Town, South Africa
Talk: AHR sensing bacterial quorum and infection dynamics
Theranostics, Basic and Translational Research Symposium 2023
Pretoria, África do Sul
Talk: Immune Sensing & Signaling Dynamics
Porto, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy
Covilhã, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in immunity to infection and drug delivery
Lund, Sweden
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in immunity to infection and drug delivery
Copenhagen, Denmark
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy
Lisboa, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy
Braga, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in host interactions and response
Albany, USA
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy
Louvain, Belgium
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy
Erlangen, Germany
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and drug therapy
Jury / Evaluation Panel
i3S, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro Moura-Alves, Pedro Curto, Tãnia Lima,Palmira Barreira- Silva
[ Abstract Evaluator ]
[ Oral Presentation Evaluation ]
[ Poster Evaluator ]
Awards & Distinctions
University of Porto, Portugal
School of Health Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Federation of European Societies of Biochemistry
China Scholarship Council
Faculty of Sciences, University of Beira Interior
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, The Netherlands
Molecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure, Denmark
International Internships
Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Host: Dr. Tatsiana Charnavets