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Portugal, Switzerland

Biography

Postdoctoral researcher in life sciences, holding a doctoral degree in Biomedicine.

• strong background in molecular and cellular biology techniques applied to cancer research.
• expert user of microscopy techniques (live- and fixed-cell super-resolution STED microscopy, confocal microscopy, photoactivation, automated cellular imaging and expansion microscopy).
• hands-on experience in cell-culture, cell-based assays and proteomics.

Main scientific interests: Chromosomal instability and aneuploidy; Cancer-related therapies; Cellular and inflammatory signaling pathways; Cancer cell division/proliferation; DNA damage; 3D-cell culture models & microscopy.

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Employment (3)

University of Geneva: Geneva, CH

2022-07 to present | Postdoctoral Researcher (Molecular and Cellular Biology )
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Ana C. Almeida

i3S - Health Research and Innovation Institute: Porto, PT

2017-10 to 2022-04 | PhD Candidate
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Ana C. Almeida

i3S - Health Research and Innovation Institute: Porto, PT

2017-02 to 2017-09 | Research Fellow
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina: Porto, Porto, PT

2017-10 to 2022-04 | PhD (Biomedicine)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências: Porto, Porto, PT

2014-09 to 2016-10 | Msc (Biochemistry)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências: Porto, Porto, PT

2011-09 to 2014-07 | Bsc (Biochemistry)
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Professional activities (2)

PhD Students' Representative: Porto, PT

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Ana C. Almeida

Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Opticalmicroscopy meeting 2021: Lisbon, PT

2021-11 | Best oral communication
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Works (14)

Augmin-dependent microtubule self-organization drives kinetochore fiber maturation in mammals

Cell Reports
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110610
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cv-prod-id-3133687

ISSN: 2211-1247
Contributors: Almeida, Ana C.; Soares-de-Oliveira, Joana; Drpic, Danica; Cheeseman, Liam P.; Damas, Joana; Lewin, Harris A.; Larkin, Denis M.; et al.
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Mechanism of kinetochore fiber maturation by Augmin

Cell Biovirtual 2021 - An ASCB|EMBO meeting.
2021-12 | Conference abstract
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Ana C. Almeida

Super-resolution analysis of microtubule growth unveils how Augmin drives k-fiber maturation inmammals

Spanish & Portuguese Advanced Opticalmicroscopy meeting (SPAOM2021)
2021-11 | Conference abstract
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Ana C. Almeida

Kinetochore-mediated microtubule assembly and Augmin-dependent amplification drive k-fiber maturation in mammals

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2021-08-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.18.456780
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Ana C. Almeida

New insights on mitotic spindle assembly - a nanoscale perspective

Optical & Microscopy Imaging for Biosciences Course - 12th ed.
2021-04 | Conference abstract
Contributors: Ana C. Almeida
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Ana C. Almeida

A mitotic screening in Indian muntjac fibroblasts reveals a role for Augmin in kinetochore fiber maturation

Mitotic Spindle: From living and synthetic systems to theory
2021-03 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-2640983
Contributors: Almeida, Ana C.
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Functional Dissection of Mitosis Using Immortalized Fibroblasts from the Indian Muntjac, a Placental Mammal with Only Three Chromosomes

Methods in Molecular Biology
2020 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0219-5_16
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cv-prod-id-1367994

ISSN: 1064-3745
ISSN: 1940-6029
ISBN: 9781071602188
ISBN: 9781071602195
Contributors: Almeida, Ana C.; Drpic, Danica; Okada, Naoyuki; Bravo, Joana; Madureira, Marta; Maiato, Helder
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A mitotic screen in indian muntjac cells reveals a role for augmin in kinetochore fiber maturation

ASCB/EMBO Meeting - Cell Biology for the 21st Century
2019-12-06 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-1371441
Contributors: Almeida, Ana C.
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Malassezia colonisation on a reconstructed human epidermis: Imaging studies.

Mycoses
2019-10-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/myc.13011
PMID: 31556177
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Ana C. Almeida
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Coherent-hybrid STED: high contrast sub-diffraction imaging using a bi-vortex depletion beam.

Optics express
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.008092
PMID: 30894786
PMC: PMC6420153
Contributors: Pereira A; Sousa M; Almeida AC; Ferreira LT; Costa AR; Novais-Cruz M; Ferrás C; Sousa MM; Sampaio P; Belsley M et al.
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Ana C. Almeida via Europe PubMed Central

Establishing the simplest in vitro mammalian model system to investigate chromosome segregation fidelity during mitosis.

BIGS Winter School: Molecular Mechanisms in Mitosis
2019-03 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-2417404
Contributors: Almeida, Ana C.
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Chromokinesins.

Current biology : CB
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.017
PMID: 30300593
PMC: PMC6402541
Contributors: Almeida AC; Maiato H
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Ana C. Almeida via Europe PubMed Central

Chromosome Segregation Is Biased by Kinetochore Size.

Current biology : CB
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.023
PMID: 29706521
PMC: PMC5954971
Contributors: Drpic D; Almeida AC; Aguiar P; Renda F; Damas J; Lewin HA; Larkin DM; Khodjakov A; Maiato H
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Ana C. Almeida via Europe PubMed Central

Determinação de concentrações inibitórias mínimas de antibiótios e mataloantibióticos

II AEICBAS Biomedical Congress: an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to life sciences
2014-04-24 | Conference poster
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cv-prod-id-1371662
Contributors: Almeida, Ana C.
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