MSc. Ana Maria Osório de Barros de Almeida Filipe
Job Position: PhD student - Laboratory of Enzymology of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens
Phone:
+420 38 777 5477
E-mail:
anamaria.filipe@paru.cas.cz
Web:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-maria-filipe-2629a6174/
Room:
308
Education
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2022-now |
PhD student, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Supervisors: Dr. Marie Jalovecká and Dr. Daniel Sojka |
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2020-2021 |
myClass Advanced C1 course, British Council Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal |
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2018-2020 |
Master student, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. Supervisors: Dr. David Ramilo and Dr. Maria Teresa Rebelo |
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2014-2018 |
Bachelor student, Departments of Animal and Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal |
Professional Experience
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2026-now |
Member of the Laboratory of Enzymology of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (headed by Dr. Daniel Sojka), Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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2024-2026 |
Member of the working group led by Dr. Daniel Sojka within the research team at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Ticks (headed by Dr. Jan Perner), Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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2022-2024 |
Member of the Department of Parasitology (headed by Dr. Jan Štefka), Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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2022 |
Member of the Research Unit for Global Infection Control, Department of Global Cooperation (headed by Dr. Masahito Asada), at the National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan |
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2018-2020 |
Member of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal |
Peer-reviewed Publications
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Levytska, V., Bondar, A., Filipe, A.M. et al. (2026) The Application of Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy Reveals the Apical Microtubule Architecture of Babesia. International Journal for Parasitology 4 |
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Filipe A.M., Levytska V., Jalovecká M. (2024) Babesia divergens. Trends in Parasitology 40, 271-272 |
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Ramilo, D.W., Filipe, A.M., Lucientes, J. et al. (2021) Morphological anomalies found in female Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Biologia 76, 3405–3410 |
Attended Workshops
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2026 |
EMBL Course in Advanced fluorescence imaging techniques, Heidelberg, Germany |
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2025 |
Processing and Analysis of Microscopic Images in Biomedicine, Prague, Czech Republic |
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2024 |
EMBO Intensive Course in Electron Microscopy for Cell Biology, Oslo, Norway |
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2024 |
Sample Preparation Series for Electron Microscopy, Prague, Czech Republic |
Presentations in Conferences
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2026 |
Oral presentation, ICOPA XVI, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
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2026 |
Oral presentation, BSP Spring Meeting 2026, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
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2025 |
Oral presentation, 4th USB Conference of Doctoral Students, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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2025 |
Poster presentation, International Proteolysis Society meeting, Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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2025 |
Poster presentation, Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM) XXXVI, Woods Hole, MA, USA |
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2025 |
Oral presentation, The 54th Jírovec's Protozoological Days, Frymburk, Czech Republic |
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2025 |
Oral presentation, International Babesiosis Meeting, Querétaro, Mexico |
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2024 |
Poster and flash talk presentations, EMBL BioMalParXX: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite, Heidelberg, Germany |
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2024 |
Oral presentation, The 53rd Jírovec's Protozoological Days, Karlova Studánka, Czech Republic |
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2023 |
Oral presentation, 3rd USB Conference of Doctoral Students, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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2023 |
Poster presentation, EMBO 13th Young Scientists’ Forum Conference, Lisbon, Portugal |
Awards and Funding
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2026 |
British Society for Protistology (BSP) Travel Award for attending BSP Spring Meeting 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
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2025 |
Best presentation award at the 4th University of South Bohemia (USB) Conference of Doctoral Candidates in České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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2025 |
International Proteolysis Society (IPS) Travel Award for attending IPS meeting in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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2025 |
Principal Investigator of a one-year student grant project (Grant No. 024/2025/P) titled "Identifying Key Players in the Egress Cascade of Babesia divergens" |
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2024 |
Registration fee waiver funded by the EMBO Organizer Dr. Norbert Roos for attending the EMBO Intensive Course in Electron Microscopy for Cell Biology |
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2024 |
Poster prize winner at EMBL BioMalParXX: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite, Heidelberg, Germany |
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2024 |
Travel grant funded by the EMBL Corporate Partnership Programme for attending the EMBL BioMalParXX: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite Conference |
Other Certificates and Skills
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2023 |
European Union Aviation Safety Agency A1/A3 subcategory |
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2020 |
Certificate of Achievement: Statistics and R - HarvardX |
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Languages: |
Portuguese (native), Spanish (intermediate) and English (full professional proficiency, TOEFL ITP certificate) |
