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Biology, Genetic, Molecular Biology
Portugal

Biography

Maria Inês de Jesus Duarte Farrim graduated in Biology in 2018 at Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Afterwards, she attended the Master in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine in Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia from 2018-2021, where she developed her master thesis entitled "Triggering of intracellular aggregation and cytotoxicity by immature forms of human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide" in Molecular Nutrition and Health Lab, at Chronic Diseases Research Centre (CEDOC). She participated in the published article "Heterologous expression of immature forms of human islet amyloid polypeptide in yeast triggers intracellular aggregation and cytotoxicity". Currently, she has started a doctoral program in Health Sciences at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias in partnership with Universidade de Alcalá and its starting to develop her research project at Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies (CBIOS).

Activities

Employment (4)

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2022-02-21 to present | Fellowship Researcher
Employment
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Maria Inês Farrim

Sociedade Portuguesa de Distribuição de Artigos de Desporto: Amadora, Lisboa, PT

2020-08-21 to 2022-02-11 | Vendedor desportivo (Decathlon Lisboa Centro)
Employment
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Maria Inês Farrim

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2019 to 2020 | Research Trainee (Molecular Nutrition and Health)
Employment
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Maria Inês Farrim

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia: Caparica, Setúbal, PT

2019 to 2019 | Research trainee (Yeast Lab)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2022 to present | Health Sciences (PhD)
Education
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Maria Inês Farrim

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia: Caparica, Setúbal, PT

2019-09 to 2021-01-15 | Mestrado em Genética Molecular e Biomedicina (DCV)
Education
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Maria Inês Farrim

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2015 to 2018 | Licenciatura em Biologia - ramo da Biologia Molecular e Genética
Education
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Professional activities (3)

Lusitanos d'Atela: Lisbon, Lisbon, PT

2017 to present | Summer camp monitor and volunteer (Centro Hípico Quinta da Fonte Santa)
Service
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Maria Inês Farrim

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2016 to 2018 | Coordinator of the project "Tutoria em Biologia" (Biology)
Service
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Maria Inês Farrim

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2016 | Diploma of academic merit in 2015/2016 for ending the 1st year of the bachelor degree with a grade higher than 15/20
Distinction
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Funding (4)

Targeting ß-cell dysfunction as a therapeutic strategy for diabetes: a multi-omics approach

2024-03-01 to present | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2023.01737.BDANA

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Exploring Unconventional Plant-Derived Metabolites to Keep Away Diabetes: The case of Pomegranate

2023-09 to present | Grant
Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural CRL (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

FAZER+/ILIND/CBIOS/1/2023

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Perceiving Diabetes as an Islet Amyloid PoliPeptide oligomeropathy: disease progression and therapeutic focus

2019-09-01 to 2020-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/BIA-MOL/31104/2017

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TherDIAPP_Islet Amyloid Polypeptide oligomers as critical entities in diabetes: early diagnosis and therapeutic focus

2017-11-01 to 2019-12-31 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UID/Multi/04462/2013-SubProj Inova4health 44

GRANT_NUMBER:

UID/Multi/04462/2019-SubProj Inova4health C44

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Works (24)

(Poli)fenos e a diabetes: dos efeitos aos mecanismos de ação

20º Congresso Português de Diabetes
2024 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4446438

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Dragan Milenkovic
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ß-cell Exhaustion and Islet Microenvironment: The Role of Local Vascular Network.

Revista Portuguesa de Diabetes
2024 | Magazine article
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cv-prod-id-4412946

Contributors: Emilia Borba Alves; Ferreira, Sofia; Farrim, Maria I.; Regina de A. Menezes
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Potencial terapêutico dos (poli)fenóis na diabetes: efeitos e mecanismos de ação

6º Congresso Nacional da APDP
2024-11 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4412997

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Milenkovic, Dragan
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The Impact of Polyphenols on Diabetes: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential

3º Encontro Internacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia
2024-11 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4412992

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; menezes regina; Milenkovic, Dragan
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(Poly)phenols and diabetes: From effects to mechanisms by systematic multigenomic analysis

Ageing Research Reviews
2024-10 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-4412924

Part of ISSN: 1568-1637
Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Menezes, Regina; Milenkovic, Dragan; Autor correspondente: Milenkovic, Dragan.
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Disclosing the potential of (Poly)phenols in Managing Diabetes: from effects to mechanisms of action

11th Annual ICPH Conference
2024-10 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4413001

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Milenkovic, Dragan
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Exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying (poly)phenol health-promoting activities against diabetes

60th European Association for the Study of Diabetes
2024-09 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4446440

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Dragan Milenkovic
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IAPP and ß-cell dysfunction in diabetes: unveiling the protective potential of urolithins

Encontro Ciência 2024
2024-07 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4412939

Contributors: Ferreira, Sofia; Gomes, Andreia; Emilia Borba Alves; Raimundo, Ana; Farrim, Maria I.; Andrade, Rita; Raposo, J. F.; et al.
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IAPP and ß-cell dysfunction in diabetes: unveiling the protective potential of urolithins

3rd Annual Meeting of the ProteoCure COST Action
2024-05 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4412935

Contributors: Ferreira, Sofia; Gomes, Andreia; Emilia Borba Alves; Raimundo, Ana; Farrim, Maria I.; Rita Andrade; J. F. Raposo ; et al. Autor correspondente: Regina de A. Menezes.
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(Poli)fenóis e a diabetes: dos efeitos aos mecanismos de ação

Congresso Português da Diabetes
2024-03 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4412932

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Milenkovic, Dragan; Autor correspondente: Milenkovic, Dragan.
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The potential role of dietary (poly)phenols in diabetes

IV Jornadas Lusófonas de Nutrição
2024-03 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4412928

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Milenkovic, Dragan; Autor correspondente: Milenkovic, Dragan.
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Gene expression analysis reveals diabetes-related gene signatures

Human Genomics
2024-02-08 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-4036738

Contributors: Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Regina de A. Menezes; Milenkovic, Dragan; Corresponding author: Regina de A. Menezes.
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Integrative multi-omics approach for pancreatic islet reprogramming into insulin producers

V CBIOS Seminar
2023 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-4446439

Contributors: Regina de A. Menezes; Farrim, Maria I.; Gomes, Andreia; Dragan Milenkovic
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Integrative multi-omits approach for pancreatic islet cell reprogramming into insulin producers

V CBIOS Seminar
2023-11-10 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-3646883

Contributors: Regina de A. Menezes; Maria Inês Farrim; Gomes, Andreia; Milenkovic, Dragan; Corresponding author: Regina de A. Menezes.
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Long non-coding RNAs as potential biomarkers associated with pancreatic ß-cell failure in diabetes

V CBIOS Seminar
2023-11-10 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-3646897

Contributors: Ana Catarina Aleixo Mendes; Regina de A. Menezes; Maria Inês Farrim; Gomes, Andreia; Milenkovic, Dragan
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Pancreatic islet cell reprogramming into insulin producers: a multi-omics approach

American Physiology Summit 2023
2023-04 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-3441846

Contributors: Luis Monteiro Rodrigues ; Maria Inês Farrim; Gomes, Andreia; Milenkovic, Dragan; Regina de A. Menezes
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Análise Integrada das Alterações Transcriptómicas Associadas à Diabetes: Novas Pistas para Transdiferenciação de Células Pancreáticas [with oral presentation by A. Gomes]

19° Congresso Português de Diabetes
2023-03 | Conference abstract
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cv-prod-id-3346474

Contributors: Maria Inês Farrim; Gomes, Andreia; Regina Menezes; Milenkovic, Dragan; Autor correspondente: Regina Menezes.
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Ablation of Kex2 activity enhances proIAPP proteotoxicity in yeast

Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
2022-12 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-3349237

Contributors: Ferreira, Sofia; F. Raimundo, Ana; Farrim, Maria I.; Menezes, Regina; Corresponding author: Menezes, Regina.
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Urolithin B inhibits IAPP aggregation with implications to pancreatic beta-cells health

CA20113 ProteoCure 1st anual meeting 2022
2022-05-17 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-3170391

Contributors: Ferreira, Sofia; Ana FIlipa Raimundo; Maria Inês Farrim; Vânia Pobre; José Brito; M. L. da Silva; Cláudia Nunes dos Santos; Regina de A. Menezes
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Urolithin B as a protective compound against diabetes via modulation of islet amyloid polypeptide cytotoxicity

3rd International Conference on Food Bioactives and Health
2022-04-21 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-3170389

Contributors: Ana FIlipa Raimundo; Ferreira, Sofia; Maria Inês Farrim; Pobre, Vânia; José Brito; Catarina Homem; Cláudia Nunes dos Santos; Regina Menezes; Corresponding author: Regina Menezes.
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Triggering of intracellular aggregation and cytotoxicity by immature forms of human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
2021-01 | Dissertation or Thesis
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cv-prod-id-3170369

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Effects of IAPP processing in aggregation and cell viability

16º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia (SPD) [selected by the scientific committee for oral discussion by Sofia Ferreira]
2020 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-1399746

Contributors: Ana FIlipa Raimundo; Sofia Ferreira; Maria Inês Farrim; Regina Menezes, Regina A Menezes or Regina de Andrade Menezes; Cláudia Nunes dos Santos
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Heterologous Expression of Immature Forms of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Yeast Triggers Intracellular Aggregation and Cytotoxicity

Frontiers in Microbiology
2020-09-03 | Journal article
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cv-prod-id-4036746

Contributors: Raimundo, Ana F.; Ferreira, Sofia; Farrim, Maria I.; Santos, Cláudia N.; Menezes, Regina
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IAPP processing as a trigger of intracellular oligomerization in type 2-diabetes

Proteostasis: From organelles to organisms [Selected for oral presentation by Regina Menezes]
2019-11 | Conference abstract
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cv-prod-id-3969351

Contributors: Regina Menezes, Regina A Menezes or Regina de Andrade Menezes; Raimundo, Ana; Maria Inês Farrim
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