Sónia Carina Silva

Assistant Researcher (tenured)


Career

  • Since  2023: Assistant Researcher (tenured), Universidade do Minho
  • 2020 - 2021: Junior Researcher (Non-Tenure Track), Universidade do Minho
  • 2016 - 2020: Invited Assistant Reseacher (non-tenured track), Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

  • 2010: PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade do Minho

Courses

  • Complementary Training ( Master Program in Bioengineering )
  • Since  2023: Faculty Researcher at CEB
  • 2020 - 2020: Antisense technology: a new approach to fight Candida infections
  • 2016 - 2021: Antisense technology: a new approach to fight Candida infections
  • 2015 - 2016: Effect of gastroientestinal microbiota in Candida species heomostasis and pathogenicity
  • 2013 - 2015: Molecular biotechnology/transcriptonic and proteomic of microbial cells
  • 2011 - 2013: Characterization of virulence genes/proteins implicated in non-Candida albicans Candida species-host interaction
  • 2006 - 2010: Virulence factors of non-Candida albicans Candida species

Projects

Supervision of Researchers


Recent Publications

1
  • Gomes, Emílio; Araújo, Daniela; Nogueira, Teresa; Oliveira, Ricardo; Silva, Sónia C.; Oliveira, Lorena V. N.; Azevedo, Nuno F.; Almeida, Carina; Castro, Joana
Advances in whole genome sequencing for foodborne pathogens: implications for clinical infectious disease surveillance and public health
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 15(1593219), 2025
2
Students' summer internships in a research centre: the impact on scientific literacy and the choice of a career in the STEM fields
  • Heliyon, 11(4), e42472, 2025
3
NADES-in-Oil Emulsions Enriched with Essential Oils for Cosmetic Application
  • Processes, 13(2), 374, 2025
4
Molecular detection of carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii strains of Portugal and association with sequence types, capsular types, and virulence
  • Clinical Therapeutics, 468(12), e9-e15, 2024
5
Developing translucent emulsions using sustainable NADES-based extracts
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids, 415, Part B(126413), 2024
6
  • Mateus, Ana Rita S.; Teixeira, João David; Barros, Silvia Cruz; Almeida, Carina; Silva, Sónia C.; Sanches-Silva, Ana
Unlocking the potential of Citrus medica L.: antioxidant capacity and phenolic profile across peel, pulp, and seeds
  • Molecules, 29(15), 3533, 2024
7
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from clinical specimens of companion animals in Northern Portugal, 2021–2023
  • Veterinary Journal, 305(106153), 2024
8
Molecular characterization and virulence profile of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca isolated from ill cats and dogs in Portugal
  • Veterinary Microbiology, 292(110056), 2024
9
Emerging approaches for mitigating biofilm-formation-associated infections in farm, wild, and companion animals
  • Pathogens, 13(4), 320, 2024
10
Development and evaluation of microencapsulated oregano essential oil as an alternative treatment for Candida albicans infections
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(31), 40628-40640, 2024
11
Application of DNA aptamers to block enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli toxicity in a Galleria mellonella larval model
  • Frontiers in Chemistry, 12(1425903), 2024
12
Biofilm matrix regulation by Candida glabrata Zap1 under acidic conditions: transcriptomic and proteomic analyses
  • Microbiology Spectrum, 12(12), 1-20, 2024
13
Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella variicola isolated from patients in Portuguese hospitals: Genomic and phenotypic characterization
  • The Microbe, 5(100172), 2024
14
Design and evaluation of nanoencapsulated oregano essential oil as alternative treatment to Candida albicans infection (Abstracts from 11th Trends in Medical Mycology)
  • Mycopathologia, 188(Suppl P387), S255-S256, 2023
15
Sfl1 is required for Candida albicans biofilm formation under acidic conditions
  • Biochimie, 209, 37-43, 2023
16
  • Araújo, D.; Castro, J.; Matos, F.; Oliveira, R.; Ramos, C.; Almeida, Carina; Silva, Sónia C.
Exploring the prevalence and antibiotic resistance profile of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca isolated from clinically ill companion animals from North of Portugal
  • Research in Veterinary Science, 2023
17
Combined application of antisense oligomers to control transcription factors of Candida albicans biofilm formation
  • Mycopathologia, 188, 231-241, 2023
18
  • Barros, Maria Margarida; Castro, Joana; Araújo, Daniela; Campos, Ana Maria; Oliveira, Ricardo; Silva, Sónia C.; Outor-Monteiro, Divanildo; Almeida, Carina
Swine colibacillosis: global epidemiologic and antimicrobial scenario
  • Antibiotics-Basel, 12(4), 682, 2023
19
Effect of vapor-phase oregano essential oil on resistant Candida species biofilms: mechanisms of action
  • Microbiology Spectrum, 11(2), e05124-22, 2023
20
Effect of phage vB_EcoM_FJ1 on the reduction of ETEC O9:H9 infection in a neonatal pig cell line
  • Veterinary Research, 54(1), 26, 2023
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