Maria do Carmo Fonseca

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is do Carmo and the second or paternal family name is Fonseca.

Maria do Carmo Fonseca (born Almada, Portugal, 9 August 1959) is a Portuguese scientist, full professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Onco-biology at the University of Lisbon Medical School and president of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (Molecular Medicine Institute at the University of Lisbon).

Maria do Carmo Fonseca
Born	9 August 1959 Almada, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

Her research is focused in pre-mRNA splicing and aims to contribute to the development of new diagnostic approaches and treatment strategies for related diseases.^[1]

Scientific trajectory

After studying Medicine at University of Lisbon, Maria do Carmo Fonseca completed her PhD in 1988. She broadened her studies in institutions such as the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), in Germany. She then became a professor at the University of Lisbon. ^[2]

In 2011 she travelled to the United States to work as a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School for two years, and was Director of the Harvard Medical School-Portugal Program from 2009 to 2015.^[1][3]

Memberships and honours

She is member of the Portuguese Academy of Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Portuguese Academy of Medicine^[4] and editor for the Journal of Cell Science^[5] and the RNA journal.^[6]

She has received the Portuguese Pfizer Research Prize,^[7] the José Sala-Trepat Prize, the Iberian DuPont Science Award in 2002,^[8] the Gulbenkian Science Award in 2007, the Prémio Pessoa National Award in Arts, Science and Culture in 2010,^[9] and the Prémio D. Antónia Ferreira Portuguese award for Entrepreneurial women in 2013.^[10]

References

1. LANGE, Timo (2020-03-06). "Maria Carmo-Fonseca". EU Science Hub - European Commission. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
2. Infopédia. "Maria do Carmo Fonseca - Infopédia". Infopédia - Dicionários Porto Editora (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-25.
3. "APDH - Maria do Carmo Fonseca". www.apdh.pt. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
4. ORCID. "Maria Carmo-Fonseca (0000-0002-3402-7143)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
5. Watt, Fiona M.; Ahmad, Sharon (2009-04-01). "New JCS Editor". Journal of Cell Science. 122 (7): 887. doi:10.1242/jcs.050518. ISSN 0021-9533.
6. "RNA -- Editors and Editorial Board". rnajournal.cshlp.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
7. "Prémios Pfizer". Pfizer Portugal (in European Portuguese). 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
8. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "Prémio DuPont de Ciência distingue investigadora portuguesa". Prémio DuPont de Ciência distingue investigadora portuguesa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-25.
9. "Interview with Maria do Carmo-Fonseca, Winner of the Pessoa Prize 2010". news@fmul (News from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon). 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
10. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "Maria do Carmo Fonseca distinguida com Prémio Dona Antónia 2013". Maria do Carmo Fonseca distinguida com Prémio Dona Antónia 2013 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-25.