Meet ITC Awardees

Ivana Durisova
Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               EMBO Workshop: The inflammasomes, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, September 24-29, 2024

               Poster: Temporal dynamics of phosphatidylglycerol secretion in A549 cells and its impact on macrophage-mediated inflammatory response


Ana Rita Pais
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 19th Lipidomics Meeting at the End of the World, Plouzané, France, September 23-26, 2024

               Poster: Uncovering the functional lipidome of Dunaliella salina: Bioactive lipids with potential nutraceutical applications


Francisca Marques
CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Santiago University Campus, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 19th Lipidomics Meeting at the End of the World, Plouzané, France, September 23-26, 2024

               Poster: Evaluation of biosolvents and ultrasound-assisted extraction for lipid recovery from Chlorella vulgaris, Fucus vesiculosus and Ulva sp.: a sustainable approach for food and nutraceutical applications


Joana Batista
CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, and Spectrometry Centre, LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro; GreenCoLab – Associação Oceano Verde, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal

               GERLI 19th Lipidomics Meeting at the End of the World, Plouzané, France, September 23-26, 2024

               Poster: Upgrading the lipidome of Gelidium corneum biomass and byproducts as sources of added-value lipids and bioactive ingredients


Tiago Conde
CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Mass Spectrometry Centre, LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro; Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 19th Lipidomics Meeting at the End of the World, Plouzané, France, September 23-26, 2024

               Poster: Polar lipids from marine microalgae show strong anti-inflammatory effects against LPS induced macrophages


Veronika Šubratova
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic

               International School on Mass Spectrometry, Erice, Italy, September 9-14, 2024

               Poster: Utilizing trapped ion mobility separation for enhanced lipid coverage in RPUHPLC/MS analysis of biological samples


Ondrej Peterka
Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, Czech Republic; Lipidica a. s., Pernštýnské náměstí 51, Pardubice, Czech Republic

               International Mass Spectrometry Conference 2024, Melbourne, Australia, August 17-23, 2024

               Poster: Comparison of plasma and serum samples for lipidomic profiling: early screening for high-risk groups of pancreatic cancer


Inês Guerra
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               48th FEBS Congress – “Mining biochemistry for human health and well-being”. Milan, Italy, June 29-July 3, 2024

               Poster: Lipidomics as a tool to highlight the differences in plasma lipid profile of phenylketonuric children


Marisa Pinho
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               48th FEBS Congress – “Mining biochemistry for human health and well-being”. Milan, Italy, June 29-July 3, 2024

               Poster: Exploring the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of Suaeda albescens lipids through in chemico testing


Tatiana Maurício
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               48th FEBS Congress – “Mining biochemistry for human health and well-being”. Milan, Italy, June 29-July 3, 2024

               Poster: Investigating the role of phosphatidylethanolamine esterified to n-3 and n-6 fatty acids on RAW 264.7 macrophages-mediated immune response: A lipidomics analysis


Ales Kvasnicka
Laboratory for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia

               Metabolomics 2024, Osaka, Japan, June 16-20, 2024

               Oral communication: Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing phosphatidylcholines predict survival rate in patients after heart failure


Helena Ferreira
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               Frontiers in Precision Medicine for Peripheral Vascular Disease, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, June 3-4, 2024

               Poster & Oral communication: Why is lipidomics important in abdominal aortic aneurysm: Evidence of altered lipid profile; Why is lipidomics important in aortic diseases: Evidence of altered lipid profile


Lucia Pokorna
Centre of Biosciences, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetis, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               Yeast Lipid Conference, Homburg, Germany, May 29-31, 2024

               Poster: Utilization of external sterols under hypoxic stress in yeast


Leja Perna
Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences B2, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

               EMBO/FEBS Advanced Lecture Course: Membranes, Lipids and Proteins in Organelle Biogenesis, Island of Spetses, Greece, May 26- June 1, 2024

               Poster: Lipid droplets affect ferroptosis sensitivity through polyunsaturated fatty acid sequestration and release


Viacheslav Zemlianski
Charles University, Czech Republic

               48th Annual Conference on Yeasts, Smolenice, Slovakia, May 14-17, 2024

               Oral communication: Entangled links between nitrogen source, lipid metabolism and mitotic fidelity in fission yeast


Ivana Durisova
Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               EMBO Workshop Pathogen Immunity and Signaling, Venice, Italy, April 8-12, 2024

               Poster: Study of surfactant production in short-term and long-term culture of A549 cells and their response to inflammation


Helena Ferreira
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               19th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo – Fats, Oils and Lipids: from Raw Materials to Consumer Expectations, Poznan, Poland, September 17-20, 2023

               Poster: Unveiling alterations in plasma and blood lipidomic signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic Sclerosis patients for metabolic biomarkers discovery


Dominika Olesova
Institute of Neuroimmunology & Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               Transport Dementia 5, Tromso, Norway, August 28-September 1, 2023

               Oral communication: Progression of tau pathology in transgenic rat model for taupathology revealed by joined lipidomic and metabolomic approach


Lukas Opalka
Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Czech Republic

               Gordon Research Conference – Barrier Function of Mammalian Skin, Waterville Valley, NH, United States, August 6-11, 2023

               Poster: The molecular dynamics of Cer[EOS] in rigid skin barrier lipid layers


Francisca Marques
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               ISSFAL 15th International Congress, Nantes, France, July 2-6, 2023

               Poster: Extraction of n-3 and n-6 lipids from micro- and macroalgae, single or blended, using
innovative food-grade and conventional methodologies


Tiago Conde
CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Mass Spectrometry Centre, LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro; Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine – iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

               ISSFAL 15th International Congress, Nantes, France, July 2-6, 2023

               Poster: Unveiling how temperature and salinity affect the lipid composition of the microalga Tetraselmis striata CTP4 using lipidomic approaches


Ivana Durisova
Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               27th Wilhelm Bernhard Workshop on the Cell Nucleus, Prague, Czech Republic, June 19-23, 2023

               Poster: The potential role of phosphatidylglycerol in epigenetics


Joanna Godzien
Metabolomics Laboratory, Clinical Research Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

               19th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society Metabolomics 2023, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 18-22, 2023

               Poster: Targeted and untargeted lipidomics of non-small cell lung cancer


Busra Kose
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar, Istanbul, Turkey; Clinical and Cancer Proteomics Lab, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (visiting researcher)

               Redox Biology in Translation – 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research, Vienna, Austria, June 5-10, 2023 

               Oral communication: Oxidative stress markers in the cervicovaginal fluid within cervical neoplasia stages


Bruna Neves
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal     

               Redox Biology in Translation – 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research, Vienna, Austria, June 5-10, 2023 

               Poster: Identification of fragmentation fingerprinting of oxidized and nitrated triacylglicerides: an update using HCD-MS/MS


Daniela Krajciova
Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, CBs, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               8th Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, Cork, Ireland, June 5-8, 2023

               Poster: Involvement of pomegranate long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases in heterologous production of punicic acid


Ondrej Peterka
University of Pardubice, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Pardubice, Czech Republic

               71st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Houston, Texas, United States, June 4-8, 2023

               Poster: Lipidomic analysis of human serum of pancreatic cancer patients with focus on less abundant lipid classes by HILIC-UHPLC/MS


Inês Mourão
CESAM—Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

               SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, April 30-May 4, 2023

               Poster & Oral communication: POPs maternal transference and consequences for egg development and reproduction success in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas); Are metal levels in female sea turtles influencing their eggs?


Tiago Simões
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, April 30-May 4, 2023

               Poster: (1) Pinpointing the effects of oceanic pollutanta in blue sharks (Prionace glauca) with high-throughput transcriptomics; (2) Lipidic effects of metals in liver of blue shark (Prionace glauca) and small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)


Michaela Vondrackova
Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

               11th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, March 21-23, 2023

               Oral communication: LORA, Lipid Over-Representation Analysis tool based on Goslin grammars


Tânia Melo
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               11th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, March 21-23, 2023

               Oral communication: The crosstalk of oxidative stress and glycation: effects from glycation of single aminophospholipids to endothelial cell lipidome

               Best oral communication prize


Tito Damiani
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

               11th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, March 21-23, 2023

               Oral communication: Novel analytical and computational metabolomics approaches applied to plant natural products discovery


Ales Kvasnicka
Laboratory for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia

               Metabolomics and Human Health, Gordon Research Conference and Seminar, Lucca, Italy, March 11-17, 2023

               Poster & Oral communication: Alterations in lipidome profiles distinguish early-onset hyperuricemia, gout, and the effect of urate-lowering treatment


Arif Kamil Salihoglu
Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey

               FENS Forum 2022 and ENCODS, Paris, France, July 7-13, 2022 

               Poster: Neuroendocrine modulations in C57BL/6 mice hippocampus in response to calorie restriction


Nevena Dabetic
Department of Bromatology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

               3rd International Conference on Food Bioactives and Health, Parma, Italy, June 21-24, 2022

               Poster: Box-Behnken experimental design for optimal extraction of polyphenols from grape seed oil and antioxidant activity of obtained extracts


Vanja Todorovic
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

               3rd International Conference on Food Bioactives and Health, Parma, Italy, June 21-24, 2022

               Poster: Comparative analysis of olive and avocado oil quality


Tito Damiani
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

               Metabolomics 2022, 18th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Valencia, Spain, June 19-23, 2022

               Poster: Mass spectrometry data processing with MZmine 3: from LC-MS to ion-mobility-enabled molecular networking


Paulína Kanovicova
Institute of animal genetics and biochemistry sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               YLC 22 Yeast Lipid Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 1-3, 2022

               Poster: Accumulation of phosphatidylglycerol in yeast defective in cardiolipin remodeling results in a new model of the Barth syndrome


Dominik Stastny
Centre for Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               EMBO FEBS Advanced Lecture Course – Lipids, Proteins and their interactions in Organelle Biology, Isle of Spetses, Greece, May 29-June 4, 2022

               Poster: Characterization of lipid transfer proteins in malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum


Livia Petriskova
Department of Biochemistry of Biomembranes, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

               EMBO FEBS Advanced Lecture Course – Lipids, Proteins and their interactions in Organelle Biology, Isle of Spetses, Greece, May 29-June 4, 2022

               Poster: Utilization of external sterols under hypoxic stress in yeast


Peter Hoboth
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia

               EMBO FEBS Advanced Lecture Course – Lipids, Proteins and their interactions in Organelle Biology, Isle of Spetses, Greece, May 29-June 4, 2022

               Poster: Phospholipid identity of the gene expression compartments


Fátima Monteiro
Department of Medical Sciences iBiMED – Aveiro Institue of Biomedicine, University of Aveiro, Portugal

               ISLS-10, 10th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, March 8-10, 2022

               Poster: Inhibition of SETD7 methyl-transferase activity remodels mammary epithelial cell lipidome


Rita Araújo
Department of Chemistry and CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal

               ISLS-10, 10th International Singapore Lipid Symposium, March 8-10, 2022

               Poster: Tumor lipid signatures descriptive of acquisition of resistance to endocrine therapy in an endocrine-related breast cancer mouse


Helena Ferreira
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal           

               ILS 1st International Lipidomics Society annual conference and 7th Lipidomics Forum, Regensburg, Germany, Oct. 5-8, 2021

               Poster: Phospholipidomics highlights promising clinical biomarkers in multiple sclerosis


Inês Guerra
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               ILS 1st International Lipidomics Society annual conference and 7th Lipidomics Forum, Regensburg, Germany, Oct. 5-8, 2021

               Poster: Lipidomics as a tool to highlight the differences in plasma lipid profile of phenylketonuric children


Bruna Neves
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 16th International Lipidomics Meeting, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 26-29, 2021

               Poster: Looking in deep in the modification of triacylglycerides by reactive nitrogen species as basis for nitrolipodimics in living systems
               Best Poster Award


Daniela Couto
Department of Biochemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 16th International Lipidomics Meeting, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 26-29, 2021

               Poster: Fluctuations of polar lipids species-rich in EPA from two strains of Nannochloropsis sp. grown in the laboratory and outdoor flat-panels


Diana Lopes
Department of Chemistry & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 16th International Lipidomics Meeting, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 26-29, 2021

               Poster: From phylum to species-specific polar lipidome of green, red, and brown seaweeds: Unravelling bioactive lipids to foster their valorization in blue bioeconomy


Marija Paunovic
Group for Nutritional Biochemistry and Dietology, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia

               GERLI 16th International Lipidomics Meeting, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 26-29, 2021

               Poster: The effects of fish oil supplementation during pre- and perinatal period on fatty acid profile of brain phospholipids in 5xFAD transgenic mice model of Alzheimer’s disease


Tânia Melo
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 16th International Lipidomics Meeting, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 26-29, 2021

               Oral communication: Bioprospecting for bioactive polar lipids from Palmaria palmate biomass: an anti-inflammatory perspective


Tiago Conde

Research Unit for Natural Products and Agrifood, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal

               GERLI 16th International Lipidomics Meeting, Bordeaux, France, Sep. 26-29, 2021

               Poster: Evaluation of microalgae fatty acids and antioxidant activity contribute to the valorization of these microorganisms as biofactores of healthy lipids


Duygu Agagunduz
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gazi University, Emek/Ankara, Turkey

               ISLS-9 9th International Singapore Lipid Symposium – online, National University of Singapore, March 1-5, 2021

               Poster: Thermo-oxidative alterations during repeated domestic deep-frying of potatoes: Palm oils and sunflower oils


Helena Ferreira
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               ISLS-9 9th International Singapore Lipid Symposium – online, National University of Singapore, March 1-5, 2021

               Poster: Altered phospholipid profile in multiple sclerosis reveals new promising clinical biomarkers
               Best Poster Award


Inês Guerra
Lipidomics Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro and CESAM’s MBA research group of the University of Aveiro, Portugal

               ISLS-9 9th International Singapore Lipid Symposium – online, National University of Singapore, March 1-5, 2021

               Poster: Plasma phospholipidome differs between children with phenylketonuria and healthy children


Marija Paunovic
Group for Nutritional Biochemistry and Dietology, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia

               ISLS-9 9th International Singapore Lipid Symposium – online, National University of Singapore, March 1-5, 2021

               Poster: Dietary-induced dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome in Wistar rats


Milica Kojadinovic
Group for Nutritional Biochemistry and Dietology, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia

               ISLS-9 9th International Singapore Lipid Symposium – online, National University of Singapore, March 1-5, 2021

               Poster: Effect of pomegranate juice on lipid profile in patients with metabolic syndrome: short- and long-term consumption


Tanja Todorovic
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia

               ISLS-9 9th International Singapore Lipid Symposium – online, National University of Singapore, March 1-5, 2021

               Poster: The effect of long-term cocoa supplementation on liver fatty acid composition in C57BL/6J mice