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Hugo M. Botelho

  • University of Lisboa
  • Faculty of Sciences
  • Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute

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Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FCUL.

Researcher at BioISI/FCUL with a strong expertise in Cell Biology, High Content Microscopy, Image Analysis, Biophysics and Data Scicence. Member of the Margarida D. Amaral research lab (FunGP), with an interest in the identification and characterizaton of novel therapeutic targets for the genetic disease Cystic Fibrosis. Major experimental focus: siRNA-based high content screening.

Facility Manager, BioISI High-Throughput Screening Facility.

Co-coordinator of FCUL Microscopy Facility focusing on high throughput capabilities, assay design, image analysis and software development.

High-content screening expert

Bioimage analyst and software developer. Specialization: ImageJ, CellProfiler, R / Shiny, KNIME.

Data scientist

Instructor on high-content screening, microscopy and bioimage analysis.

Academic Positions

  • Present 2024

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa

  • 2024 2019

    Junior Researcher

    Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute

  • 2019 2012

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

    Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute

  • 2013 2012

    Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Advanced Light Microscopy Facility

  • 2012 2010

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

  • 2011

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

    University of Freiburg, Department of Neuropathology

  • 2010

    Visiting Ph.D. Student

    Umeå University, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics

  • 2010 2006

    Ph.D. Student

    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

  • 2006 2005

    Undergraduate Research Student

    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. 2010

    Ph.D. in Biochemistry

    Specialty: Biophysics

    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica/UNL

  • Licenciatura2006

    Degree in Biochemistry

    Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa

Cell Biology, High Content Microscopy, Image Analysis and Data Science.

Institutional Representations

  • 2024
    Image Analysis Workgroup, PPBI
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    Workgroup chair.

    The mission of the Image Analysis Worgroup is to support and develop bioimage analysis procedures, providing tools and skills for solving practical bioimage analysis problems by members of the Portuguese Platform of Bioimaging.

  • 2021
    Euro-BioImaging
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    Member of the FCUL node.

    Euro-BioImaging is a European research infrastructure offering open access to imaging technologies, training and data services in biological and biomedical imaging.

  • 2019
    PPBI - Portuguese Platform of BioImaging
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    Representative of the FCUL Node

    PPBI integrates the National Roadmap of Research Infrastructures from FCT

  • 2019
    PT-OPENSCREEN
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    Representative of the BioISI Node

    PT-OPENSCREEN integrates the National Roadmap of Research Infrastructures from FCT

  • 2016
    NEUBIAS
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    Member.

    NEUBIAS: Network of European BioImage Analysts is a COST action (CA15124) funded by the European Union.