Henrique Almeida

Currently, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto

1999 – PhD – Faculty of Medicine of Porto

1993 – Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Capacity – Faculty of Medicine of Porto

1984 – Degree in Medicine – Faculty of Medicine of Porto

Member of the Portuguese Society of Gynecology.

Member of the Portuguese Society of Reproductive Medicine.

2012 – Crioestaminal Award.

2011 – Grant for Fertility Innovation – Merck-Serono Foundation, Geneva.

2006 – Research Grant from the Portuguese Society of Gynecology.

Researcher of the effects of aging on cells and tissues, including reproductive aging (Laboratories of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto and Institute of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, IBMC of Porto).

Selected publications:

Tomada I, Tomada N, Almeida H, Neves D. (2011) Androgen depletion in humans leads to cavernous tissue reorganization and upregulation of Sirt1-eNOS axis. AGE (in press). doi:10.1007/s11357-011-9328-z

Matos, L, Gouveia, A, and Almeida, H (2011) Copper ability to induce premature senescence in human fibroblasts. AGE (in press). doi: 10.1007/s11357-011-9276-7

Cordeiro, AL, Figueiredo, A, Tomada, I, Almeida, H, Neves, D (2010). Characterization of the expression of Ang1, Ang2 and Tie2 in the corpus cavernosum of the Rat during aging. Microsc Microanal 16: 1-11.

L. Matos, D. Stevenson, F. Gomes, JL Silva-Carvalho, H. Almeida (2009) Superoxide Dismutase expression in human cumulus oophorus cells. Mol Hum Reprod. 15 (7): 411-419