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Marta Teixeira Pinto
In vivo CAM assays
Team Coordinator

Marta Teixeira Pinto (MT Pinto) is responsible for the i3S Scientific Platform in vivo CAM assays provides custom-made in vivo assays using the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model. 

MT Pinto graduated in Biochemistry (FCUP, 1999), completed her MSc degree in Neurosciences (FMUL, 2001) and obtained her PhD in Human Biology (FMUP, 2008). MT Pinto joined Ipatimup as an Investigator (Ciência2008) of the Cancer Genetics Group and was mainly dedicated to study cancer angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis, using an animal model that fulfills the 3Rs principals. After setting up the laboratory and implementing several important assays, MT Pinto established the platform in 2012.  

MT Pinto also developed skills and training in entrepreneurship, innovation , IP protection, science communication, science policy and science  management throughout her scientific career. 

MT Pinto is author in 44 publications in several topics, having more than 1250 citations and h-Index of 21.

Selected Publications

Ferreira L.B., Tavares C., Pestana A., Pereira C.L., Eloy C., Pinto M.T., Castro P., Batista R., Rios E., Sobrinho-Simões M., Pereira Gimba E.R., Soares P.,
Osteopontin-a splice variant is overexpressed in papillary thyroid carcinoma and modulates invasive behavior. Oncotarget7(32):52003-52016, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 25] [IF: 5,2]
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10468 SCOPUS: 84982293109.


Almeida M.I., Silva A.M., Vasconcelos D.M., Almeida C.R., Caires H., Pinto M.T., Calin G.A., Santos S.G., Barbosa M.A.,
miR-195 in human primary mesenchymal stromal/stem cells regulates proliferation, osteogenesis and paracrine effect on angiogenesis. Oncotarget7(1):7-22, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 59] [IF: 5,2]
DOI: 10.18632/ONCOTARGET.6589 SCOPUS: 84969765513.


Estrada M.F., Rebelo S.P., Davies E.J., Pinto M.T., Pereira H., Santo V.E., Smalley M.J., Barry S.T., Gualda E.J., Alves P.M., Anderson E., Brito C.,
Modelling the tumour microenvironment in long-term microencapsulated 3D co-cultures recapitulates phenotypic features of disease progression. Biomaterials78:50-61, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 94] [IF: 8,4]
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.11.030 SCOPUS: 84949946054.


Simões-correia J., Silva D.I., Melo S., Figueiredo J., Caldeira J., Pinto M.T., Girão H., Pereira P., Seruca R.,
DNAJB4 molecular chaperone distinguishes WT from mutant E-cadherin, determining their fate in vitro and in vivo. Human Molecular Genetics23(8):2094-2105, 2014. [Journal: Article] [CI: 20] [IF: 6,4]
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt602 SCOPUS: 84897831766.


Caldeira J., Simões-Correia J., Paredes J., Pinto M.T., Sousa S., Corso G., Marrelli D., Roviello F., Pereira P.S., Weil D., Oliveira C., Casares F., Seruca R.,
CPEB1, a novel gene silenced in gastric cancer: A Drosophila approach. Gut61(8):1115-1123, 2012. [Journal: Article] [CI: 40] [IF: 10,7]
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300427 SCOPUS: 84863719147.


Pinheiro H., Carvalho J., Oliveira P., Ferreira D., Pinto M.T., Osório H., Licastro D., Bordeira-carriço R., Jordan P., Lazarevic D., Sanges R., Stupka E., Huntsman D., Seruca R., Oliveira C.,
Transcription initiation arising from E-cadherin/CDH1 intron2: A novel protein isoform that increases gastric cancer cell invasion and angiogenesis. Human Molecular Genetics21(19):4253-4269, 2012. [Journal: Article] [CI: 16] [IF: 7,7]
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds248 SCOPUS: 84866408689.


Gomes C., Osório H., Pinto M.T., Campos D., Oliveira M.J., Reis C.A.,
Expression of ST3GAL4 Leads to SLex Expression and Induces c-Met Activation and an Invasive Phenotype in Gastric Carcinoma Cells. PLoS ONE8(6):, 2013. [Journal: Article] [CI: 88] [IF: 3,5]
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066737 SCOPUS: 84879165131.