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João Vasco Oliveira Ferreira

Investigador  Investigador Doutorado
Post Doctoral Researcher
João Vasco Ferreira has a minor in Biology and a Master’s in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Coimbra. He completed his PhD by Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA in 2013, on the alternative pathways for the control of the hypoxia master regulator HIF1-alpha. He returned briefly to the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra and later accepted a position, awarded by the FCT, as researcher at NMS in 2016. He is currently focusing on new mechanisms for organismal intercellular and inter-organ exchange of information, or on how one group of cells can influence and/or communicate with a different organ or tissue over long distances. O João Vasco Ferreira é licenciado em Biologia e mestre em Biologia Celular e Molecular pela Universidade de Coimbra. Realizou o seu doutoramento na Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra e no Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, EUA em 2013, sobre as vias alternativas para o controlo do moderador principal da hipoxia, o HIF1-alpha. Regressou brevemente à Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra e mais tarde aceitou um lugar, atribuído pela FCT, como investigador na NMS em 2016. Atualmente, está focado no estudo de novos mecanismos para a troca de informação entre células e orgãos, ou por outras palavras, em como um grupo de as células podem influenciar e/ou comunicar com outro órgão ou tecido distante.
LAMP2A regulates the loading of proteins into exosomes. João Vasco Ferreira, José Ramalho, Catarina Máximo Carvalho, Maria Helena Cardoso, Petra Pintado, Ana Sofia Carvalho, Hans Christian Beck, Rune Matthiesen, Mónica Zuzarte, Henrique Girão, Guillaume van Niel, Paulo Pereira. bioRxiv, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.26.453637 (Preprint) Exosomes and STUB1/CHIP cooperate to maintain intracellular proteostasis. Ferreira JV, Rosa Soares A, Ramalho JS, Ribeiro-Rodrigues T, Máximo C, Zuzarte M, Girão H, Pereira P.PLoS One. 2019 Oct 15;14(10):e0223790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223790. eCollection 2019.PMID: 31613922 Free PMC article. (IF: 3.240, 7 citations) K63 linked ubiquitin chain formation is a signal for HIF1A degradation by Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy. Ferreira JV, Soares AR, Ramalho JS, Pereira P, Girao H.Sci Rep. 2015 May 11;5:10210. doi: 10.1038/srep10210.PMID: 25958982 Free PMC article. (IF: 5.228, 77 citations) Gap junctional protein Cx43 is involved in the communication between extracellular vesicles and mammalian cells. Soares AR, Martins-Marques T, Ribeiro-Rodrigues T, Ferreira JV, Catarino S, Pinho MJ, Zuzarte M, Isabel Anjo S, Manadas B, P G Sluijter J, Pereira P, Girao H.Sci Rep. 2015 Aug 19;5:13243. doi: 10.1038/srep13243.PMID: 26285688 Free PMC article. (IF: 5.228, 120 citations) AMSH-mediated deubiquitination of Cx43 regulates internalization and degradation of gap junctions. Ribeiro-Rodrigues TM, Catarino S, Marques C, Ferreira JV, Martins-Marques T, Pereira P, Girão H.FASEB J. 2014 Nov;28(11):4629-41. doi: 10.1096/fj.13-248963. Epub 2014 Jul 28.PMID: 25070368 (IF: 5.043, 35 citations) STUB1/CHIP is required for HIF1A degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy. Ferreira JV, Fôfo H, Bejarano E, Bento CF, Ramalho JS, Girão H, Pereira P.Autophagy. 2013 Sep;9(9):1349-66. doi: 10.4161/auto.25190. Epub 2013 Jun 7.PMID: 23880665 (IF:16.016, 127 citations)
FCT PhD fellow from 2007-2013. FCT PostDoc fellow from 2017 until now.
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