Miguel Moreira

Miguel Moreira, PhD

Biomedical Scientist | Clinical Research

Genoa, Italy

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Clinical research certifications

All unique clinical research and GCP certificates are shown here with clickable previews.

Missione CRA – 50h Clinical Research Course

Comprehensive training on GCP, GMP, pharmacovigilance, monitoring and quality systems
ICH Good Clinical Practice E6(R3)

Global Health Training Centre · Score 100% · 17 Aug 2025
Introduction to Clinical Research

Global Health Training Centre · Score 100% · 19 Aug 2025
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Introduction

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 4 CPD credits · 16 Aug 2025
Research Practice in Clinical Settings

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 1 CPD credit · 17 Aug 2025
Informed Consent with Children

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 17 Aug 2025
Informed Consent: Including Adults Lacking Capacity

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 17 Aug 2025
Informed Consent with Different Communities

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 17 Aug 2025
Remote Consent

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 17 Aug 2025
Introduction to Decentralised Trials

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 17 Aug 2025
Fundamentals of Clinical Research Delivery for Laboratory Staff

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 1 CPD credit · 17 Aug 2025
Fundamentals of Clinical Research for IMP Management

NIHR Research Delivery Network · 1 CPD credit · 17 Aug 2025

Scientific schools & additional training

Advanced scientific courses and research schools attended.

ENOVA School – Immunoactive Carbohydrates and Adjuvants

ENOVA Training School · April 2019
AIC International Crystallography School 2019 – Crystallographic Information Fiesta

Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia · Naples, Italy · 29 Aug – 3 Sept 2019
Scuola Avanzata di Chimica dei Carboidrati (XVII CSCC 2021)

Società Chimica Italiana · Certosa di Pontignano, Siena · 4–7 July 2021
XXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana

Società Chimica Italiana · Rome · 14–23 Sept 2021
Hybrid EMBO Workshop – When predictions meet experiments: the next challenges in structural biology

Palermo, Italy · 9–12 Sept 2025 · EMBO Courses & Workshops
CNR–NRF Korea collaboration internships and project participation

Joint training and research activities supported by CNR and NRF

Grants & funded projects

Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship – INCIPIT Programme

European Commission · International PhD fellowship in biomolecular sciences
BactiVax – Marie Curie Innovative Training Network

Participation in the BactiVax MSCA-ITN on bacterial vaccines (2019–2021)
COST Action BM1405 – Short Term Scientific Mission grant

Funding for international research mobility (STSM BM1405)
COST Action CA16231 – ENOVA Training School grant

Support to attend ENOVA immunoactive carbohydrates & adjuvants school
Erasmus Scholarship – King's College London

Erasmus mobility grant for research in the group of Prof. Annalisa Pastore
Bruker Grant – AIC International Crystallography School 2019

Bruker & Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia · Competitive grant to attend AIC School 2019

Awards & distinctions

Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship

Awarded fellowship under the INCIPIT International PhD programme
Bruker Grant – Crystallographic Information Fiesta 2019

Winner of the Bruker grant to attend the AIC International Crystallography School 2019
3rd place – Portuguese Biotechnology Olympiads

National competition, Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia · May 2009

Publications

2024-02-28 | Molecular Insights into O-Linked Sialoglycans Recognition by the Siglec-Like SLBR-N (SLBRUB10712) of Streptococcus gordonii
ACS Central Science | DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c01598
2023-05-10 | Unveiling CD59-Antibody Interactions to Design Paratope-Mimicking Peptides for Complement Modulation
International Journal of Molecular Sciences | DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108561
2021-07 | A structure-based approach for the development of a bicyclic peptide acting as a miniaturized anti-CD55 antibody
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.092
2020-09 | Structural features of HtpGMtb and HtpG-ESAT6Mtb vaccine antigens against tuberculosis: Molecular determinants of antigenic synergy and cytotoxicity modulation
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.04.252
2019-11-01 | The non-swapped monomeric structure of the arginine-binding protein from Thermotoga maritima
Acta Crystallographica Section F – Structural Biology Communications | DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X1901464X
2019-09 | Binding and enzymatic properties of Ageritin, a fungal ribotoxin with novel zinc-dependent function
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.125
2019-06-18 | The Cell Wall Hydrolytic NlpC/P60 Endopeptidases in Mycobacterial Cytokinesis: A Structural Perspective
Cells | DOI: 10.3390/cells8060609

Conference Proceedings

2015 | Understanding the role of the different domains on Ataxin-3 aggregation kinetics

1st NGP-NET Symposium on Non-Globular Proteins, Porto, Portugal
Authors: Moreira, M., Fraga, J.S., Almeida, B., Macedo-Ribeiro, S.
2013 | Is there a link between genetic code ambiguity and virulence in the human pathogen Candida albicans?

5th FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens, La Colle-sur-Loup, Nice, France
Authors: Silva, A., Sárkány, Z., Carvalho, V., Moreira, M., Santos, M.S., Pereira, P.J.B., Macedo-Ribeiro, S.

2025 | Drugging the Undruggable: Structure-based discovery of RhoA inhibitors to disrupt oncogenic signaling

EMBO Workshop – When predictions meet experiments: the next challenges in structural biology, Palermo, Italy
Authors: Moreira, M. (Poster presentation)
2021 | Optimization of the E. coli recombinant expression of proteins from Streptococcus oralis subspecies involved in Infective Endocarditis pathogenic mechanisms

XXVII National Congress of the Italian Chemistry Society (SCI2021), Italy
Authors: Moreira, M., Silipo, A., Molinaro, A., Marchetti, R.
2021 | Optimization of the E. coli recombinant expression of proteins from Streptococcus oralis subspecies involved in the Infective Endocarditis pathogenic mechanisms

Advanced School on Carbohydrate Chemistry (XVII CSCC 2021), Pontignano, Siena, Italy
Authors: Moreira, M., Silipo, A., Molinaro, A., Marchetti, R.
2019 | Rv2299c – a chaperone or a vaccine antigen against Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Why not both?

Fifth Meeting of the Italian (AIC) and Spanish Crystallographic (GE3C) Associations (MISCA V), Naples, Italy
Authors: Moreira, M., Squeglia, F., Ruggiero, A., Kim H.-J., Berisio, R.
2018 | Structural determinants of complement modulation mediated by the complement inhibitor CD55

Congress of the Italian Chemistry Society (SCI), Biologic Systems Division, Caserta, Italy
Authors: Moreira, M., Sandomenco, A., Ruggiero, A., Iaccarino, E., Ruvo, M., Berisio, R.