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Patrícia Silva, PhD

Editorial Director of Science
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Patrícia holds a PhD in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work in academia was mainly focused on molecular biology and the genetic traits of infectious agents, including viruses and parasites. Patrícia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings, and is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles. Patrícia joined Bionews in 2015 as a science writer. Now, as editorial director of science since 2022, Patrícia, together with her team, is committed to empower the patient communities Bionews serves, by offering trustworthy information and resources, and making science/medical research more accessible for all.

Education

  • PhD, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, 2011
  • BSc, Applied Biology, University of Minho, 2005

Published Works

  • Currà C, Kehrer J, Lemgruber L, Silva PAGC, Bertuccini L, Superti F, Pace T, Ponzi M, Frischknecht F, Siden-Kiamos I, Mair GR. "Malaria transmission through the mosquito requires the function of the OMD protein." PLoS One. 2019. PMID: 31553751
  • MacFadden A, O'Donoghue Z, Silva PAGC, Chapman EG, Olsthoorn RC, Sterken MG, Pijlman GP, Bredenbeek PJ, Kieft JS. "Mechanism and structural diversity of exoribonuclease-resistant RNA structures in flaviviral RNAs." Nat Commun. 2018. PMID: 29317714
  • Kehrer J, Singer M, Lemgruber L, Silva PA, Frischknecht F, Mair GR. "A Putative Small Solute Transporter Is Responsible for the Secretion of G377 and TRAP-Containing Secretory Vesicles during Plasmodium Gamete Egress and Sporozoite Motility." PLoS Pathog. 2016. PMID: 27427910
  • Silva PA, Guerreiro A, Santos JM, Braks JA, Janse CJ, Mair GR. "Translational Control of UIS4 Protein of the Host-Parasite Interface Is Mediated by the RNA Binding Protein Puf2 in Plasmodium berghei Sporozoites." PLoS One. 2016. PMID: 26808677
  • Guerreiro A, Deligianni E, Santos JM, Silva PA, Louis C, Pain A, Janse CJ, Franke-Fayard B, Carret CK, Siden-Kiamos I, Mair GR. "Genome-wide RIP-Chip analysis of translational repressor-bound mRNAs in the Plasmodium gametocyte." Genome Biol. 2014. PMID: 25418785
  • Silva PA, Pereira CF, Dalebout TJ, Spaan WJ, Bredenbeek PJ. "An RNA pseudoknot is required for production of yellow fever virus subgenomic RNA by the host nuclease XRN1." J Virol. 2010. PMID: 20739539
  • Silva PAGC, Molenkamp R, Dalebout TJ, Charlier N, Neyts JH, Spaan WJM, Bredenbeek PJ. "Conservation of the pentanucleotide motif at the top of the yellow fever virus 17D 3' stem-loop structure is not required for replication." J Gen Virol. 2007. PMID: 17485534

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Articles by Patrícia Silva, PhD