Scientific Outputs
Scientific Publications
DOI: 10.3390/molecules29132988
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.
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.13141
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, 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
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
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
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 ]
i3S, Porto, Portugal
+ Info: https://biotechhealth2023.wixsite.com/x-symposium
[ Invited speaker, Round Table Discussion ]
Porto, Portugal
+ Info: https://eventos.gis.pt/Ficheiros/28ISS/SEPSIS_%20Program_2023.pdf
Talk: Sensing bacterial quorum: an AHR guided tour to host defence mechanisms and drug efficacy during infection
Pedro Moura-Alves
University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
+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
University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
+ 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
Hotel Cristal, Porto, Portugal
+ 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
Hotel Cristal, Porto, Portugal
+ 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
University of, Aveiro, Portugal
Poster: T(AHR)getting the AHR: mapping the road of a xenobiotic sensor, from disease to a therapeutic target
German Society for Immunology (DGfI) Rothenfels, Germany
+ Info: https://dgfi.org/arbeitskreise/ak-infektionsimmunologie/meeting/
Talk: AHR sensing bacterial quorum during infection
Instituto Português Oncologia, Porto, Portugal
Talk: Dissecting the roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in melanoma: from a sensor to a regulator of the melanoma microenvironment
i3S, Porto, Portugal
Casa de Vilar, Porto, Portugal
+ 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:
IRCI 2022: Immune Responses in Cancer and Infection
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford, UK
+ 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
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
EMBO, Saint-Malo, France
+ Info: https://meetings.embo.org/event/21-signaling
Talk: AhR sensing bacterial quorum during infection and its impact on antibiotic therapy
Seminars
Porto, Portugal
Talk: Connections in the AHR: a ticket to multiple destinations in infection, immunity and therapy
Covilhã, Portugal
Lund, Sweden
Jury / Evaluation Panel
Event: I ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting
Pedro Moura-Alves, Pedro Curto, Tãnia Lima,Palmira Barreira- Silva
[ Abstract Evaluator ]