Teacher
Sara Zúquete

Resume

Sara Isabel de Oliveira Rodrigues Tudela Zúquete. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Saúde Tropical, Especialidade de Saúde Tropical em 2016 pelo(a) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical e Mestrado em Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária em 2011 pelo(a) Universidade de Évora. Publicou 7 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 2 capítulo(s) de livros. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 4 projeto(s) e Investigador responsável em 1 projeto(s). No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Cattle; Ticks; Geba River basin; Guinea-Bissau; Cistus ladanifer L.; gastrointestinal parasites; lambs; Saúde tropical; Doenças tropicais; Moscas do sono; Trypanosoma; Sodalis; Ixodidae; Bovinos; Gui-Bissau; pequenos ruminantes; EGI; controlo integrado; tratamento selectivo; Fasciola hepatica; Fasciola gigantica; morfometria; Portugal; Fasciola; .

Graus

• Mestrado
  Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária
• Mestrado
  Mestrado em Saúde Tropical, Especialidade de Saúde Tropical
• Outros
  Laboratory Animal Science Course
• Outros
  Training School 6 (WG4): Phylogenetic and population genetic tools for vectors and vector-borne pathogen
• Outros
  Training of Trainers Course GOOD Pedagogical Aptitude training course (90 Hours) -
• Pós-Graduação
  I Curso Pós-Graduado One Health - Saúde humana, Saúde animal, Saúde ambiental
• Outros
  Epidemiologia
• Outros
  Training School: "Dynamical Systems and Biological Information: Exploring the Next Frontier"

Publicações

Magazine article

• 2020-07, Esteva (Cistus ladanifer L.) na alimentação de ruminantes - Projeto CistusRumen - Parte II, Voz do Campo
• 2019, CistusRumen - Utilização Sustentável de Esteva em Pequenos Ruminantes - Aumento da Competitividade e Redução do Impacto Ambiental

Journal article

• 2025-06-27, Ageing affects the CD4+ T cell polarization and mucosal tropism induced by TLR2/TLR4-activated dendritic cells, Journal of Leukocyte Biology
• 2024-12-08, Detection of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania amazonensis in Bats From Endemic and Non-endemic Areas of São Paulo State, Brazil, Zoonoses and Public Health
• 2024-12, Combined TLR2/TLR4 activation equip non-mucosal dendritic cells to prime Th1 cells with gut tropism, iScience
• 2024-05-07, Trypanosoma cruzi in Bats (Chiroptera; Mammalia) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, São Paulo State, Microorganisms
• 2024-02-28, Balancing Act: Tubulin Glutamylation and Microtubule Dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii, Microorganisms
• 2022-05-18, Impact of Endemic Besnoitiosis on the Performance of a Dairy Cattle Herd, Animals
• 2022-01-17, The Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii, Encyclopedia
• 2021-11-26, Characterization of a MOB1 Homolog in the Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii, Biology
• 2017-01, Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations in cattle along Geba River basin in Guinea-Bissau, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
• 2017-01, Guidelines for the Detection ofBabesiaandTheileriaParasites, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
• 2017-01, Guidelines for the Detection of Rickettsia spp., Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
• 2017, Utilização sustentável da Esteva em pequenos ruminantes, Voz do Campo
• 2014-09, No evidence of African swine fever virus replication in hard ticks, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2016, Master, Expressão de proteínas anti-Trypanosoma sp. em Sodalis glossinidius no modelo Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera, Glossinidae)
• 2010, Master, Clínica e cirurgia em animais de companhia: monografia: "Uma abordagem diagnóstica às afecções dos ouvidos - OTITES - em cães"

Book chapter

• 2020, Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases: Morphological and Molecular Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Population Genetics and Control Strategies, Advances in Animal Health, Medicine and Production, Springer International Publishing
• 2020, Tropical Livestock Development: Mitigating Seasonal Weight Loss and Health Conditions, Advances in Animal Health, Medicine and Production, Springer International Publishing

Conference poster

• 2026-06-11, From salivary modulation to biological absence: A systems approach to tick-induced susceptibility, X Workshop on Computational Data Analysis and Numerical Methods (WCDANM|2026)
• 2026-03-10, Tick – Host Dynamics: A feedback loop system, DYNALIFE Training School: Minimal Replicators in Extreme Environments: The Search For The First Universal Ancestor
• 2025-12-10, First Report of Megaselia Scalaris in Evora Region, Portugal, X PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
• 2025-05-27, Targeting TLR2 to shape Th1 immunity with gut tropism, EMBO Workshop on Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Tissues, 26 May – 29 August 2025, Basel, Switzerland.
• 2025-05-16, Combining TLR2 with TLR4 and TLR9 agonists in liposomal formulations to fine-tune vaccine-induced immune responses, the IV AL4animals Meeting, 15 May – 16 May 2025, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 2025-03-15, Otimização de técnicas moleculares: Estudo do impacto da temperatura e humidade na identificação de estrongilídeos gastrointestinais em pequenos ruminantes, 16ª Jornadas Internacionais Hospital Veterinário Muralha de Évora
• 2024-12-11, Influence of Temperature and Humidity on Sample Preservation prior to the Molecular Identification of Major Gastrointestinal Strongylids (GIS) in Small Ruminants, IX PhD Student Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
• 2024-05-24, TLR2/TLR4 activation in non-mucosal dendritic cells enhances the priming of Th1 cells with gut tropism, III meeting AL4animals de 24 May – 25 May 2024, Porto, Portugal.
• 2024-05-24, Effects of TLR2 activation on the modulation of germinal centre responses, III meeting AL4animals de 24 May – 25 May 2024, Porto, Portugal.
• 2024-04-17, Impact of TLR2 activation on germinal centre responses, XLIX anual meeting of Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia on 17 April - 19 April 2024, Porto, Potugal.
• 2024-03-01, Optimização de técnicas moleculares para a identificação dos principais estrongilídeos gastrointestinais (EGIs) em pequenos ruminantes, 15ªs Jornadas Internacionais do Hospital Veterinário Muralha de Évora
• 2023-11-29, Ticks (Ixodidae) collected on cattle and tick-borne pathogens at traditional housing systems in Huambo, Angola, Al 4Animals
• 2023-11-27, Modulating germinal centres via TLR2, 18th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS 2023)
• 2023-10-20, Refining a toxoplasmosis mouse model for evaluation of the early infection steps upon oral inoculation, Al4animals thematic meeting
• 2023-10-20, Assessing the role of Tubulin-binding cofactor B in the zoonotic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, AL4Animals Congress on Comparative and Translational Medicine and Biotechnology
• 2023-05-12, MOB1 in Toxoplasma gondii - a player in the asexual and sexual phases of the parasite’s life cycle, 2nd Meeting of the Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Scienses (AL4AnimalS)
• 2023-04, Caracterização Molecular de Hepatozoon Canis em Portugal.
• 2023-03-29, Equipping non-mucosal dendritic cells to prime th1 cells with gut tropism by a combined TLR2/TLR4 activation, XLVIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology – SPI 48
• 2022-11-11, Tick-borne diseases in asymptomatic cattle from São Miguel Island, Azores – A clinical perspective, CIISA Congress 2022
• 2022-11-11, The coccidian Toxoplasma gondii’s MOB1: an unexpected story, CIISA Congress 2022
• 2022-10-05, Toxoplasma gondii MOB1 protein at the crossroad of cytokinesis and tissue homeostasis, Apicowplexa 2022
• 2022, LEISHMANIA INFANTUM INFECTION IN EXOTIC PETS LIVING IN METROPOLITAN AREA OF LISBON, PORTUGAL: WHAT DO WE KNOW? , WorldLeish7
• 2021-11-18, Identification of Theileria orientalis genotypes in asymptomatic grazing cows in São Miguel, Azores – silent commuters or neglected opponents?, Vector-borne apicomplexan parasites: Apicowplexa
• 2021-03-24, Arguments in favor of the taxonomic reinstatement of Amblyomma superbum Dias, 1953 as a valid species, 14th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
• 2019-10-02, Programming mucosal-homing lymphocytes to block Toxoplama gondii oral infection, APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin
• 2019-10-02, Establishing a skin immune alarm to prevent tick-borne apicomplexan parasite transmission, APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin
• 2019-10-02, Do dendritic cell derived exosomes play a role in Toxoplasma gondii infection? , APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animal, Berlin
• 2019-10-02, Bioinformatic and experimental identification of a MEN/Hippo pathway in Toxoplasma gondii, APICOWPLEXA 2019, 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Berlin
• 2019-09-27, Evaluating natural alternatives as hypothetical nutraceuticals against gastrointestinal parasites in lactating Goats, I Bio.Natural – Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting. Lisbon
• 2019-05-02, Contributo para a caracterização de populações de Haemonchus contortusparasitas de caprinos em diferentes tipos de clima tropical (Cabo Verde e S. Tomé)., XXI Encontro da REALP, Lubango, ANGOLA,
• 2019-04-06, Mudança de Paradigma na Abordagem aos Parasitas Gastrointestinais em Pequenos Ruminantes - Controlo Integrado com tratamento selectivo, 9o Encontro de Formação da Ordem dos Médicos Veterinários. Lisboa
• 2019, Em Portugal, Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica ou hibridos? Um estudo morfométrico, XX jornadas Associação Portuguesa de Buiatria
• 2019, Contribuição para o estudo da infecção por Fasciola spp. em bovinos, XX jornadas Associação Portuguesa de Buiatria
• 2018-11-16, Artificial tick-feeding system as a tool to investigate new approaches in tick control, CIISA ´s Congress "Exploring the boundaries of animal, veterinary and biomedical sciences”, Lisbon
• 2017-10-11, Evaluating the impact of pregnancy-associated immunomodulation on specific immune mechanisms against Neospora caninum infection in mice, APICOWPLEXA 2017, 4th International Meeting on Apicomplexa in Farm Animals, Madrid, Spain

Other output

• 2014, Infestações de carraças (Acari:Ixodidae) em populações de bovinos na bacia do Rio Geba, Guiné- Bissau