Maria Joao Amorim

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Vice-director and Group Leader/Associate Professor

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Portugal

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Maria Joao Amorim is an Associate Professor and Vice-director at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal. Her research encompasses various areas including immunology, infectious diseases, and viral mechanisms, as evidenced by her recent publications on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, malaria resistance mechanisms, and innovative organ-on-chip technologies for studying respiratory infections. Professor Amorim's work contributes to understanding the dynamics of respiratory viruses and the immune response to viral challenges.

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LOFlu

Open Date: 2021-04-01

Close Date: 2026-03-01

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ERC Consolidator grant CONTROLLING INFLUENZA A VIRUS LIQUID ORGANELLES

Open Date: 2021-04-01

Close Date: 2026-03-31

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A practical assay for routine detection of neutralizing antibodies against SARSCoV2 that bypasses requirements for high biosafety laboratory usage

Open Date: 2020-07-01

Close Date: 2020-12-01

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A practical assay for routine detection of neutralizing antibodies against SARSCoV2 that bypasses requirements for high biosafety laboratory usage

Open Date: 2020-07-01

Close Date: 2020-12-01

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Ion channel blockers mechanism of action against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: a fast-track ex-vivo study to complement the current on-going clinical trials

Open Date: 2020-07-01

Close Date: 2020-12-01

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Universidade Católica Portuguesa

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A Metabolite-Based Resistance Mechanism Against Malaria

Deciphering respiratory viral infections by harnessing organ-on-chip technology to explore the gut-lung axis.

Comparative study of humoral and cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 induced by different COVID-19 vaccine types

Fast and flu-rious: How to prevent and treat emerging influenza A viruses

Pre-existing IgG antibodies to HCoVs NL63 and OC43 spike increased during the pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccination

Fluorescence Loss After Photoactivation (FLAPh)

Understanding influenza

Building an adverse outcome pathway network for COVID-19

Beyond chemicals

Influenza A virus propagation requires the activation of the unfolded protein response and the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates

Defining basic rules for hardening influenza A virus liquid condensates.

Defining basic rules for hardening influenza A virus liquid condensates

CD8+ tissue-resident memory T-cell development depends on infection-matching regulatory T-cell types

Balance between maternal antiviral response and placental transfer of protection in gestational SARS-CoV-2 infection

ATG9A regulates the dissociation of recycling endosomes from microtubules to form liquid influenza A virus inclusions

Challenges in Imaging Analyses of Biomolecular Condensates in Cells Infected with Influenza A Virus

Saliva molecular testing bypassing RNA extraction is suitable for monitoring and diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

Gut as an Alternative Entry Route for SARS-CoV-2: Current Evidence and Uncertainties of Productive Enteric Infection in COVID-19

COVID-19 through Adverse Outcome Pathways: Building networks to better understand the disease – 3rd CIAO AOP Design Workshop

Clinical Features Related to Severity and Mortality among COVID-19 Patients in a Pre-Vaccine Period in Luanda, Angola

Mechanisms Leading to Gut Dysbiosis in COVID-19: Current Evidence and Uncertainties Based on Adverse Outcome Pathways

PI4P and BLOC-1 remodel endosomal membranes into tubules

Secretory IgA and T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are transferred to the breastmilk upon mRNA vaccination

Signatures in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein conferring escape to neutralizing antibodies

Collaborators (23)

Marta Alenquer

João Sobral

Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma

Lucia Grenga

fatima nogueira

Margarida Archer

Florian Kurth

Cristina Silva Pereira

Marc Thilo Figge

Gabriel Martins

Helena Soares

Penny Nymark

Maria Cristina Albertini

Laura Elo

Cláudio Soares

Ana Laura Sousa

Sílvia Cardoso

Marvin Martens

Fatima Serrano

Maria Diniz da Costa

Francesca De Bernardi

Zemin Ning

Cruz Sebastião

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