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Carolina Dias completed her BSc degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Algarve in 2019. During that period, she organized and participated in several science-related events and volunteered at the microbiology laboratory of Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina (CBMR) for one semester in 2018. She did an internship in the last year of her BSc at Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) under the supervision of Professor Paula Soares. Her work focused on the validation studies for Uromonitor®, a sensitive urine-based assay for the detection of bladder cancer recurrences. She then participated as a research fellow in the project "TERT promoter mutations detection in bladder cancer" (ref UROEVERIS) and published in the journal Scientific Reports in 2021 as a co-author (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89906-w). Soon after, she completed her MSc in Oncology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar University of Porto in 2021. Her Master's thesis was also performed at i3S but in collaboration with Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, focusing on the molecular characterization of a series of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinomas. This work resulted in an original article in the journal Diagnostics in 2023 (doi:10.3390/diagnostics13010153). After completing her MSc thesis, she continued as a research fellow at i3S and participated in several projects, including 10.1093/eurpub/ckab120.001, doi: 10.1200/JCO.2022.40.6_suppl.471 and ISSN: 1646-3439. In April 2022, she was awarded an internship (Estágios ATIVAR.pt) at U-Monitor, granted by Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP). During her still short but intensive career, she has accumulated advanced technical expertise in the laboratory and also participated in several courses and conferences with poster and oral communications. She is now pursuing a PhD in EV cancer research at the "Intercellular Communication and Cancer" group from i3S-IPATIMUP, under the supervision of Doctor Sónia Melo.

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Employment (5)

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia: Lisbon, PT

2024-01-01 to present | PhD student
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i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto: Porto, PT

2023-07-01 to 2023-12-31 | Research Fellow
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U-Monitor: Porto, PT

2022-04 to 2023-01 | Internship
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i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto: Porto, PT

2021-03 to 2021-12 | Research Fellow
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i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto: Porto, PT

2019-08 to 2020-09 | Research Fellow
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade do Porto: Porto, PT

2024 to present | PhD (FMUP)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar: Porto, Porto, PT

2019-09 to 2021-12 | MSc (ICBAS/IPO-Porto)
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Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas: Faro, PT

2016-09 to 2019-07 | BSc (FMCB)
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Professional activities (2)

Portuguese Network on Extracellular Vesicles (PNEV): Porto, PT

2023-06 to present
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Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional: Porto, PT

2022-04-17 | Internship Ativar.pt
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Works (7)

Biomarker Profiling of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Only and with Synchronous or Metachronous Bladder Cancer

Biomedicines
2024-09-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Sara Meireles; Carolina Dias; Diana Martins; Ana Marques; Nuno Dias; Luís Pacheco-Figueiredo; João Silva; Carlos Martins Silva; Miguel Barbosa; Luís Costa et al.
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Exosomes define a local and systemic communication network in healthy pancreas and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Nature Communications
2024-02-21 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Bárbara Adem; Nuno Bastos; Carolina F. Ruivo; Sara Sousa Alves; Carolina Dias; Patrícia Vieira; Ines Batista; Bruno Cavadas; Dieter Saur; José C. Machado et al.
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Prognostic Value of Bladder Involvement in the Outcome of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Diagnostics
2023-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sara Meireles; Nuno Dias; Diana Martins; Carolina Dias; Marina Gonçalves; João Silva; Carlos Martins Silva; Paulo Dinis Oliveira; Paula Soares; José Manuel Lopes
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Prospective validation of urine based FGFR screening by Uromonitor within the real-world clinicopathological register trial BRIDGister.

Journal of Clinical Oncology
2022-02-20 | Conference abstract
Part of ISSN: 0732-183X
Part of ISSN: 1527-7755
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Carolina Dias

DGCR8 microprocessor defect and deregulation of its expression in thyroid tumours

Congresso Português de Endocrinologia - 73ª Reunião Anual da SPEDM, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal.
2022-01 | Conference abstract
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DGCR8 microprocessor defect and deregulation of its expression in thyroid cancer

European Journal of Public Health
2021-08-03 | Conference abstract
Part of ISSN: 1101-1262
Part of ISSN: 1464-360X
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TERTp mutations and p53 expression in head and neck cutaneous basal cell carcinomas with different aggressive features

Scientific Reports
2021-05-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: António Castanheira; Maria João Vieira; Mafalda Pinto; Carolina Dias; Luísa Prada; Sofia Macedo; Margarida Sá Fernandes; Fortunato Vieira; Paula Soares; Alberto Mota et al.
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