CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Célia
Surnames: Fernandes
Born: 28-07-1961, Fajão, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese
Phone: +351-21-994 6226
E-mail: celiaf (@itn.pt)
Education
MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa.
Graduate in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa.
BSc in Chemical Engineering , Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa.
Professional Employment Career
1986-1990 – Fellowship, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial (INETI).
1990-1995 – Technician, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN).
1995-1999 – Research Trainee, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN).
Since 1999 – Research Assistant, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN).
Fellowships and Training
1986-1990 – INETI/ICEN fellowship, at Departamento de Radioisótopos of Instituto Ciência e Engenharia Nuclear (ICEN).
2/5-2/6/2000 – Training at the Forschunszentrum Rossendorf, Institut fur Bioanorganische und Radiopharmazeutische Chemie, Germany. STSM (Short-Term Cientific Mission). COST ACTION B12, Radiotracers for in vivo Assessment of Biological Functions, WG 5: TECHNETIUM CHELATES.
6/8-6/9/2001 – ICCTI/DAAD Fellowship, Forschunszentrum Rossendorf, Institut fur Bioanorganische und Radiopharmazeutische Chemie, Germany.
25/2-22/3/2002 – ICCTI/DAAD Fellowship, Forschunszentrum Rossendorf, Institut fur Bioanorganische und Radiopharmazeutische Chemie, Germany, in the group of Doctor Hartmut Spies.
Membership of Professional Societies
Member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Nuclear.
Main Scientific Areas of Research
Radiopharmaceuticals Development.
Scientific Works
MSc Theses "Complexos de 99mTc com Aminoácidos e Dipéptidos", Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1999."
Monograph "Radiofármacos Halogenados para o Estudo dos Receptores Dopaminérgicos por PET e SPECT", Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1999.
7 original publications in refereed journals and proceedings of international conferences.
20 Communications to National and International Meetings (3 oral presentations).
Prizes
Prize Nycomed Amersham for the best poster in "VII Congresso Nacional de Medicina Nuclear", Sintra, 1998.
POSTER PRIZE in the session "Chemistry of Technetium and other metals" in 6th International Symposium on Technetium in Chemistry and Nuclear Medicine, Italy, September, 2002.
Selected Publications
Silylated Mixed-Ligand Rhenium Complexes with the [ PNS/S] Donor Atom Set, T. Kniess, C. Fernandes, I. Santos, W. Kraus, H. Spies, , Inorg. Chim.Acta, in press.
Synthesis of Hydroxyl Silylated Rhenium and (99mTc)Technetium ²3+1² Oxo-Complexes with the H2PNS Tridentate Ligand, C. Fernandes, T. Kniess, I. Santos, S. Seifert, H. Spies, A. Zablotskaya, In: Nicolini M., Mazzi U., eds. Technetium, Rhenium and Other Metals in Chemistry and Nuclear Medicine, Padova: SG Editoriali, 2002 211-213.
Tc Oxocomplexes with the PNO/S and PNS/S Donor Atom Sets: Labelling of a 5HT1A Receptor-Binding Ligand, C. Fernandes", J.D.G. Correia, L. Gano, I. Santos, Sepp Seifert, Hartmut Spies, R. Syhre., J. Labelled Cpd Radiopharm, 2001 44 S518-S520.
Péptidos-99mTc: Marcação e Biodistribuição em Murganhos, C. Fernandes, R. Moreira, R. Dias, H. Pena, G. Cantinho, L. Patrício, (1998), Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear, 17 399.
Technetium-99m Labelling of the IOR CEA1 Monoclonal Antibody: Evaluation of Different Methods, Gano, L., Fernandes, C., Cantinho, G., Santos, A.I., Pena, H., Vieira, R., Salgado, L., Patrício, L., (1997). Nuklearmedizin, 36 205- 212.
Radiochemical and Biological Properties of 99mTc Human Immunoglobulin Prepared via 2-Iminothiolane, Patrício, L., Gano, L., Fernandes, C., Rodrigues, A., (1995), The Quaterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 39 74-75.
Influence of the Labelling Method on Biological and Radiochemical Behaviour of 99mTc-IORCEA1, Gano, L., Fernandes, C., Rodrigues, A., Patrício, L., (1995) The Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 39 58-59.
Scientific Communications
Organosilicon bearing Re/Tc complexes: Aim and Status, COST Action B12, Radiotracers for in vivo assessment of biological function, H. Spies, C. Fernandes, Sacavém, Portugal, Nov. 15-16 (2002).
Synthesis of Hydroxyl Silylated Rhenium and (99mTc)Technetium "3+1" Oxo-Complexes with the H2PNS Tridentate Ligand, C. Fernandes, T. Kniess, I. Santos, S. Seifert, H. Spies, A. Zablotskaya, 6th International Symposium on Technetium in Chemistry and Nuclear Medicine, Italy, September, 2002.
New "3+1" Tc(V) Oxocomplexes Containing a Tridentate H2PNS Ligand and Different Monodentate Ligands For The 5HT1A Receptor, C. Fernandes, J. D. G. Correia, I. Santos, H. Spies, S. Seifert, on Advances and Perspectives in Radiotracer Development, Rossendorf/Dresden, Germany, 2002.
Visualização de receptores dopaminérgicos utilizando radiofármacos marcados com halogéneos e 99mTc, C. Fernandes, Curso de Produção e Utilização Médica de Radiofármacos, Coimbra, November, 2001.
Tc Oxocomplexes with the PNO/S and PNS/S Donor Atom Sets: Labelling of a 5HT1A Receptor-Binding Ligand, C. Fernandes, J.D.G. Correia, L. Gano, I. Santos, Sepp Seifert, Hartmut Spies, R. Syhre, 14th International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry (ISRC), June 10-15, 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland.
Synthesis, Caracterization and Biodistribution Studies of 99mTc-Peptides, C. Fernandes, A. Domingos, M. P. C. Campello, G. Cantinho, S. Lisboa, R. Moreira, L. Patrício, H. Pena, I. Santos, XVII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, Lisboa , 2000.
Péptidos-99mTc: Marcação e Biodistribuição em Murganhos, C. Fernandes, R. Moreira, R. Dias, H. Pena, G. Cantinho, L. Patrício, VII Congresso Nacional de Medicina Nuclear, Sintra, 1998.