Jaqueline_Cv
Name: Jaqueline Quaresma Garcia (BI)
Date of Birth: 29-09-1982
Nationality: Portuguese
Address: ITQB, Av. da Républica - EAN, 2780-157 Oeiras (Portugal)
Telephone: +351214469656
E-mail: jqgarcia@itqb.unl.pt
Academic Qualifications
2009 Master in Biotechnology (Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Universidade do Algarve). Classification: Very Good
2006 Degree in Biotechnology Engineering (Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Universidade do Algarve). Classification: 14/20
Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
March 2011 to date – Research Fellowship - “IMPROVIRON: Improved PROductiVIty and IRON nutrition in legume grains”, supervised by Carla Pinheiro and Cândido Pinto Ricardo, Plant Biochemistry, ITQB, Oeiras.
October 2009 to February 2011 – Research Fellowship - “ Biomimetic affinity polymer systems for molecular recognition of antibodies”, supervised by Maria Ângela Taipa, Bioprocess Engineering and Biocatalysis Laboratory, IBB-IST, Lisboa.
October 2006 to September 2009 - Research Technician Fellowship (BTI) – Genomics Unit, DNA sequencing service, supervised by Carlos Penha Gonçalves, IGC, Oeiras.
October 2005 to May 2006 - Scientific Internship - “Production and purification of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant PfRhoptry (“Ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen”), supervised by Deborah Power (Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Universidade do Algarve, Faro) and Ana Armada ( INETI- Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação, Lisboa).
Current research interests
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Other skills/activities
Molecular biology (PCR, RT-PCR, Nucleic acid electrophoresis, DNA sequencing)
Immunology (Western Blot, Hybridoma in vitro culture, ELISA)
Publications
J. Côrte-Real, J.Rodo, P. Almeida, J.Garcia, A.Coutinho, J. Demengeot and C. Penha- Gonçalves, “ IRF4 is a positional and functional candidate gene for the control of serum IgM levels in the mouse”, Genes and Immunity (2008) 1-7.
Thesis
Garcia, J.Q. (2009). “Production and purification of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant PfRhoptry and total extracts of Plasmodium falciparum. Assays for immuno-location”. Master in Biotechnology. Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Universidade do Algarve.
Garcia, J.Q. (2006). “Production and purification of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant PfRhoptry (“Ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen”). Degree in Biotechnology Engineering (final report), Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais da Universidade do Algarve.
Oral Communications
Silva, C.S.O., Garcia, J.Q., Lansalot, M., Afonso, C.A.M., Martinho, J.G.M., Taipa, M.A., Bioinspired affinity polymer systems for antibody molecular recognition and purification”, 8th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science | ESBES,
Bologna, Italy, September, 2010.
