Joana Isabel Figueira Ferrolho

I am a Veterinary Surgeon from Portugal, pursuing a research career on zoonotic and emerging diseases. During my PhD, I am studying the functional genomics of Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Babesia spp. or Ehrlichia spp. interactions towards vaccine development, in collaboration with researchers from Brazil and Spain, as it is in line with my personal and professional interests as a veterinary surgeon and researcher. I am also collaborating in a project that involves the molecular identification of possible infectious agents present in Rhipicephalus bursa ticks collected in different regions and several biotopes in Portugal. Along the years, my fascination and interest have deeply increased with regard to zoonotic diseases and their impact in human and animal health. What drives my interest is the fact that the study of emerging diseases is always challenging in the way that there is always something new to investigate, especially now with the climate changes interfering with the ecological systems. I have completed my first Bachelor´s Degree in Nuclear Medicine in Lisbon, Portugal, and spent six years studying Veterinary Science in Coimbra, Portugal, obtaining a second undergraduate degree and a Master s Degree in Veterinary Science. As a result of this degree, I was awarded a prize from Pfizer Animal Health for being the student of the year in my University, which enabled me to undertake an internship with Parasitology lectures and field sample collection, at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. After I undertook a second Master s Degree, a Master s Degree in Science by Research at the University of Edinburgh The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies completed with distinction in August 2013. For this degree, I was awarded an 18-month scholarship from the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN), as an Early Stage Researcher. The first 6 months were at The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, and the last 12 months were at The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, UK. The Pirbright Institute is a world leading centre for research and surveillance of animal and zoonotic diseases and it was an amazing laboratory training and learning experience.

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Acadêmico

Formação acadêmica

Doutorado em andamento em Doutorado em Ciência Biomédicas

2013 - Atual

Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Orientador: Ana Domingos
Coorientador: Jose de La Fuente.

Mestrado em Master in Science by Research

2012 - 2013

University of Edinburgh
Orientador: John Fazakerley
Coorientador: Lesley Bell-Sakyi. Bolsista do(a): Marie Curie Initial Training Network.

Graduação em Medicina Veterinária

2004 - 2010

Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama
Orientador: Não se aplica

Graduação em Medicina Nuclear

2000 - 2004

Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Espanhol

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Razoavelmente, Lê Bem, Escreve Pouco.

Francês

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Pouco, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Pouco.

Áreas de atuação

Grande área: Ciências Biológicas / Área: Bioquímica / Subárea: Biologia Molecular.

Grande área: Ciências Biológicas / Área: Biologia Geral / Subárea: Parasitologia.

Participação em eventos

8th International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS VIII). Rotation of the external genitalia in male Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in laboratory conditions and in captured specimens in Algarve, Portugal . 2014. (Congresso).

VIII International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-8). Ehrlichia canis grows in some, but not all cell lines derived from vector and non-vector tick species . 2014. (Congresso).

XVI Congreso Ibérico de Entomología. The use of a Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera, Psychodidae) colony, IHMT-UNL, Portugal, for the morphologic study of the male external genitalia: applications. 2014. (Congresso).

World Veterinary Congress. 2013. (Congresso).

12th International Symposium on Ectoparasites of Pets. "Use of the tick cell line RSE8 as an in vitro model system for studies on Ehrlichia canis, causative agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis". 2013. (Congresso).

Joint Conference on emerging and re-emerging epidemics affecting Global Health. : Growth of arthropod-borne pathogens in the Rhipicephalus sanguineus cell line RSE8 . 2012. (Congresso).

Euro Science Open Forum 2012 and Marie Curie Actions Conferences. 2012. (Congresso).

World Buiatrics Congress 2012. 2012. (Congresso).

Society for General Microbiology Spring Conference 2012. 2012. (Congresso).

POSTICK Bioinformatics Workshop. 2012. (Seminário).

POSTICK Second Year Assessment Symposium and Workshop on Immunology. Effect of co-infection with a virus on Ehrlichia canis kinetics in tick and mammalian cells in vitro . 2012. (Encontro).

POSTICK Second Year Assessment Symposium and Workshop on Immunology,. 2012. (Encontro).

XIII Meeting of the Portuguese Buiatrics Association. 2009. (Congresso).

I Meeting of Veterinary Public Health. 2009. (Seminário).

XII Meeting of the Portuguese Buiatrics Association. 2008. (Congresso).

X Meeting of the Portuguese Buiatrics Association. 2006. (Congresso).

I International Workshop "HACCP in Farms of Dairy Cattle". 2006. (Seminário).

IX Meeting of the Portuguese Buiatrics Association. 2005. (Congresso).

Meeting of Portuguese Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. 2004. (Seminário).

Produções bibliográficas

ZWEYGARTH, ERICH ; CABEZAS-CRUZ, ALEJANDRO ; JOSEMANS, ANTOINETTE I. ; OOSTHUIZEN, MARINDA C. ; MATJILA, PAUL T. ; LIS, KATARZYNA ; BRONISZEWSKA, MARZENA ; SCHÖL, HEIDRUN ; FERROLHO, JOANA ; GRUBHOFFER, LIBOR ; PASSOS, LYGIA M.F. . In vitro culture and structural differences in the major immunoreactive protein gp36 of geographically distant Ehrlichia canis isolates. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases , v. 5, p. 423-431, 2014.
CABEZAS-CRUZ, ALEJANDRO ; PASSOS, LYGIA M. F. ; LIS, KATARZYNA ; KENNEIL, RACHEL ; VALDÉS, JAMES J. ; FERROLHO, JOANA ; TONK, MIRAY ; POHL, ANNA E. ; GRUBHOFFER, LIBOR ; ZWEYGARTH, ERICH ; SHKAP, VARDA ; RIBEIRO, MUCIO F. B. ; ESTRADA-PEÑA, AGUSTÍN ; KOCAN, KATHERINE M. ; DE LA FUENTE, JOSÉ . Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis. Plos One , v. 8, p. e65243, 2013.

Prêmios

2010

Melhor aluno universitário de Medicina de Produção, Pfizer Saúde Animal.

2010

Bolsa Mundial do National Mastitis Council, USA, National Mastitis Council.

Histórico profissional

Endereço profissional

Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Departamento de Parasitologia. , Rua da Junqueira, 100, Lisboa, 1349008 - Lisboa, - Portugal, Telefone: (351) 213652600, URL da Homepage: