Bruno P. Moreira, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Student

Supervision: Prof. Pedro F. Oliveira
Co-supervision: Prof. Alberto Barros (FMUP-UP), Prof. Margarida Fardilha (ibiMED-UA)

brunommoreira9@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-8584-4979

Short Biography

Bruno P. Moreira was conferred a BSc degree in Biomedical Sciences in 2016 at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior (FCS-UBI), Portugal. In 2017 he was conferred a MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences at the same institution. His master's dissertation was developed at Sertoli Cell and Gamete Biology group and is entitled "Leptin and Sertoli cells mitochondrial bioenergetics".

From 2017 to 2018 he was a laboratory technician at the Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), ICBAS, Porto, Portugal under the supervision of Dr. Pedro F. Oliveira, within the FCT founded project: PTDC/BBB-BQB/1368/2014. In 2019, he was granted a 6-month fellowship at the same institution within the FCT funded project: PTDC/MEC-AND/28691/2017 under the supervision of Dr. Marco G. Alves.

Later that year, he enrolled in the PhD programme on Biomedical Sciences, at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (ICBAS-UP), under supervision of Prof. Pedro F. Oliveira (UA), and co-supervision of Prof. Margarida Fardilha (iBiMED-UA) and Prof. Alberto Barros (FMUP-UP). His research interests are focused in new signaling pathways that control sperm quality.

Proceedings in Peer-reviewed Journals

2. Moreira BP, Dias AC, Monteiro MP, Sousa M, Alves MG, Oliveira PF (2017) Leptin modulates Sertoli cells mitochondrial function and biogenesis with implications for the nutritional support of spermatogenesis. Endocrine Abstracts 49: EP1179. (DOI:10.1530/endoabs.49.EP1179)

1. Martins AD, Moreira BP, Barros A, Sousa M, Monteiro MP, Oliveira PF, Alves MG (2017) Ghrelin, leptin and glp-1 as modulators of the nutritional support of spermatogenesis. Obesity Facts 10(S1):72. (DOI:10.1159/000468958)

Fellowships and Prizes

2019 – 4-year PhD fellowship (SFRH/BD/145219/2019), in the field of Biomedicine by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

2019 – 6-month fellowship within the FCT funded project entitled “TRaitor - Tracking TRAnsgenerational epigenetic Inheritance of metabolic diseases Transmitted via overweight or obese fathers” (PTDC/MEC-AND/28691/2017) at Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, P.I.: Marco Gouveia Alves, PhD.

2018 – Best Poster Presentation in Session 3 - Novel Therapeutics for Diabesity, "Leptin modulates biogenesis and mitochondrial function in Sertoli cells – new mechanisms with implications in male reproductive potential", I NoTeS Congress, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 22-23 June 2018.

2017 – 1-year fellowship within the FCT funded project entitled “Aquaporinas como parceiros moleculares do CFTR na Barreira Hematotesticular: uma intersecção entre a infertilidade masculina e a fibrose cística?” (PTDC/BBB-BQB/1368/2014) at Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, P.I.: Professor Pedro Fontes Oliveira, PhD.

2017 – ITC Conference Grant (COST-ITCCG-CA15203-110), granted by the COST Action MitoEAGLE (CA15203), to present his work and attend the MiP 2017 /MitoEAGLE Conference at the Charles University - Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, 15-18 November 2017.

*both authors contributed equally

Bruno P. Moreira, M.Sc.