CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Place and Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Address1:
João Paulo Isidoro Coelho
Amarante, 05/02/1976
Portuguese
Valborgsmassovagen 22
126 37 Hagersten
Sweden
Address2:
Carrer Ramon Turró,
41, 3º-2ª
08005 Barcelona
Spain
Phone: 0046 08 6450194 / 0034 666057652
E-mail: jpicoelho@hotmail.com
Academic degrees, fields of study, awarding institutions, dates in reverse
chronological order
2006 – PhD thesis (to be presented)
1999 – BSc in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oporto
1994 – High-school graduation
Present position, institution, starting date:
Oct. 2002 – June 2006: PhD student at the Molecular Immunopathology Unit
DCEXS – Pompeu Fabra University
Barcelona
Nov.2001 – July 2002: PhD student accepted in GABBA program (Graduation in
Basic and Applied Biology Areas) from the University of
Oporto
Previous experience, Institution
July 2001 – Nov. 2001: BTI fellowship of the project “Genetic study of migraine”
UnIGENe – IBMC – University of Oporto
May 2000 – July 2001: BTI fellowship of the project “Genetic study of
spinocerebellar ataxia and hereditary spastic paraplegia”
UnIGENe – IBMC – University of Oporto
Nov.1999 - May 2000: Trainee student in molecular genetics.
UnIGENe – IBMC – University of Oporto
Extra activity:
Oct. 2004 – Dec. 2005: part-time activity on Barceloca Networks SLU.
Courses:
May 2001 – Human Gene Mapping Disease, IBMC, University of Oporto
May 2000 – Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteolysis: From Cellular Functions to Human
Diseases, IBMC, University of Oporto
May 2000 – Mechanisms of Brain Protection and Repair, IBMC, University of Oporto
Mar. 2000 – New Vectors and Strategies for Gene Therapy, IBMC, University of
Oporto
Nov. 1999 – ABC of Clinical Genetics, IBMC, University of Oporto
July 1999 – Recent Advances in Plant Biology From Stress and Oxygen Radicals to
Programmed Cell Death and Senescence, IBMC, University of Oporto
Publications:
Alonso I, Barros J, Tuna A, Coelho J, Sequeiros J, Silveira I, Coutinho P: Phenotypes
of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 and familial hemiplegic migraine caused by a
unique CACNA1A missense mutation in patients from a large family. Arch Neurol
60:610-614, 2003.
Silveira I, Miranda C, Guimaraes L, Moreira MC, Alonso I, Mendonça P, Ferro A,
Pinto-Basto J, Coelho J, Ferreirinha F, Poirier J, Parreira E, Vale J, Januario C,
Barbot C, Tuna A, Barros J, Koide R., Tsuji S, Holmes SE, Margolis RL, Jardim L,
Pandolfo M, Coutinho P and Sequeiros J: Trinucleotide repeats in 202 families
with ataxia: a small expanded (CAG)n allele at the SCA17 Locus. Arch Neurol
59:623-9, 2002.
Presentations
Alonso I, Tuna A, Coelho J, Barros J, Sequeiros J, Silveira I, Coutinho P: A missense
mutation in a calcium-channel gene causes SCA in a four generation family also
with hemiplegic migraine. Am J Hum Genet 69 (4): 2429, 2001.
Silveira I, Alonso I, Miranda C, Guimarães L, Moreira MC, Mendonça P, Ferro A,
Pinto-Basto J, Coelho J, Ferreirinha F, Jardim L, Coutinho P, Sequeiros J:
Trinucleotide and pentanucleotide repeats in 202 unrelated families with
spinocerebellar ataxia. Am J Hum Genet 69 (4): 2554, 2001.
Coelho J, Alonso I, Barros J, Fraga C, Pereira Monteiro J, Sequeiros J, Silveira I:
Caracterização molecular do gene CACNA1A em famílias e doentes com
enxaqueca. 7th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Neuroscience, 2001.
Alonso I, Tuna A, Coelho J, Barros J, Coutinho P, Sequeiros J, Silveira I: Mutação
missense no gene CACNA1A provoca SCA associada a enxaqueca hemiplégica
familiar. 7th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Neuroscience, 2001.
Coelho J, Alonso I, Barros J, Fraga C, Pereira Monteiro J, Sequeiros J, Silveira I:
Estudo genético da enxaqueca em 84 famílias e 13 casos isolados. 5th Meeting of
the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics, 2001.
Alonso I, Tuna A, Coelho J, Barros J, Coutinho P, Sequeiros J, Silveira I:
Substituição GA no codão 583 do gene da subunidade 1A do canal de Ca2+ do
tipo P/Q causa ataxia dominante progressiva com enxaqueca hemiplégica familiar.
5th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics, 2001.
Coelho J, Alonso I, Ferreirinha F, Vale J, Barros J, Mota Vieira L, Coutinho P,
Sequeiros J, Silveira I: Caracterização molecular de 27 famílias com paraparésia
espástica hereditária. XXXVII Genetics Conference, 2001.
Alonso I, Coelho J, Mendonça P, Jardim L, Costa C, Januário C, Pavão I, Tuna A,
Barros J, Coutinho P, Sequeiros J, Silveira I: Caracterização molecular do gene
CACNA1A em 6 famílias com enxaqueca hemiplégica ou ataxia episódica do tipo
2. XXXVII Genetics Conference, 2001.
Homem C, Alonso I, Coelho J, Ferro A, Pinto Basto J, Mendonça P, Matamá T,
Ferreirinha F, Tuna A, Jardim L, Barros J, Januário C, Sequeiros J, Silveira I:
Análise molecular de 8 genes com repetições de tripletos em famílias com ataxia
hereditária. XXXVII Genetics Conference, 2001.
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Alonso I, Coelho J, Mendonça P, Jardim L, Tuna A, Barros J, Coutinho P, Sequeiros
J, Silveira I: CACNA1A gene polymorphisms in families with episodic ataxia and
hemiplegic migraine. Am J Hum Genet 67 (2): 2085, 2000.
Coelho J, Alonso I, Jardim L, Barros J, Coutinho P, Ross CA, Holmes SE, Margolis
RL, Sequeiros J, Silveira I: The (CAG)n in the PPP2R2B gene associated with
SCA12 is not expanded in a large group of Portuguese ataxia families. Eur J Hum
Genet 8(1):147, 2000.
Alonso I, Coelho J, Mendonça P, Moreira MC, Jardim L, Tuna A, Barros J, Coutinho
P, Sequeiros J, Silveira I: Molecular analysis of the CACNA1A gene in patients with
episodic and /or progressive cerebellar ataxia. Eur J Hum Genet 8(1):129, 2000.
Aditional Information:
Spoken Languages: Portuguese (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
French (good knowledge)
Catalan (good knowledge)
Swedish (basic level)
1994 – 1996: Political leader of the youth section of Juventude Socialista (the youth
wing of the Portuguese Socialist Party) of my city (Ermesinde)