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Sofia Santos Costa is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), since September 2014.
She is a member of the Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) research center. She has a degree in Applied Chemistry, specialization Biotechnology from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (2005); a MSc in Medical Microbiology from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (2008) and a PhD in Biomedical Sciencies, specialization Microbiology from IHMT/UNL (2013).
In 2014, she received the Award Professor Doutor Manuel Pinto for the best PhD Thesis of 2013 in Biomedical Sciences, specialization Microbiology and the Excellence Award Garcia de Orta for the best student of 2013 of the IHMT/UNL. She is currently developing her studies at the Unit of Medical Microbiology, where she holds a Post-doctoral Grant funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) to develop the working program “Exploring routes of animal-to-human staphylococci transmission: trying to break the cycle of virulence and antimicrobial resistance dissemination”.
She has participated in Research projects in the areas of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria and as a lecturer in the course of “Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms” of the Master programs in Medical Microbiology (UNL) and Biomedical Sciences (IHMT/UNL).
Her main areas of interest are efflux-mediated resistance to antibiotics and biocides in Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococci; epidemiology of resistance genes in staphylococci of human and animal origin; mobile genetic elements as vehicles of dissemination of resistance and virulence traits in staphylococci; mechanisms of action of biocides; biofilm formation; identification and evaluation of compounds with efflux inhibitory activity in bacteria (staphylococci and mycobacteria).
Sofia Santos Costa is author/co-author of 22 international peer-reviewed publications and is/was co-supervisor of four MSc students and one ERASMUS student.
Education/Academic qualification
Biomedical Sciences, specialization Microbiology, Doctorate, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)
Award Date: 25 Nov 2013
Medical Microbiology, Master, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Award Date: 3 Jul 2008
Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology branch, Bachelor, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT)
Award Date: 20 Jan 2005
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Research Output at NOVA
Antibiotic and biocide resistance among staphylococci causing SSTIs in companion animals in Portugal
Costa, SS., Ribeiro, R., Oliveira, V., Serrano, M., Ferreira, C., Morais, C., Pomba, C. & Couto, I., 2020, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius associated with skin and soft tissue infections in dogs and cats
Morais, C., Costa, SS., Abrantes, P., Pomba, C. & Couto, I., 2020, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius causing skin and soft-tissue infections in companion animals
Morais, C., Costa, SS., Pomba, C. & Couto, I., 5 Dec 2019, p. 237.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius causing skin and soft-tissue infections in pets
Morais, C., Costa, SS., Pomba, C. & Couto, I., 26 Sep 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Biocide and antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus causing skin and soft tissue infections in companion animals
Ribeiro, R., Costa, SS., Pomba, C. & Couto, I., 5 Dec 2019, p. 290. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Prizes
Award Professor Doutor Manuel Pinto
Santos Costa, Sofia (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Excellence Award Garcia de Orta
Santos Costa, Sofia (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Post Doctoral Scholarship
Santos Costa, Sofia (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
Third GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day
S Santos Costa (Organiser)
21 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Emergence of non-wild-type populations towards biocides and antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis colonizing veterinary staff and students
S Santos Costa (Speaker)
21 Apr 2018 → 24 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Second GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day
S Santos Costa (Organiser)
13 Nov 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Charles Mgone
S Santos Costa (Host)
11 Dec 2017
Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
First GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day
S Santos Costa (Organiser)
15 Nov 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference