Graca Almeida-Porada
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Professor
Department of Animal Biotechnology
University of Nevada/Mail Stop 202
1664 North Virginia Street
Reno,  Nevada   89557

Office: (775) 784-1705
Lab: 784-8048
Fax: 784-7736
Email: galmeida@cabnr.unr.edu
Building: Max Fleischmann Agriculture,  Office 225

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EDUCATION

M.D., 1985, I.C.B.A.S., University of Porto, Portugal
Ph.D., Pathology, 1995, I.C.B.A.S., University of Porto, Portugal

 
 
COURSES & TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

ASC 327- Animal Physiology: Cells to Systems, 3 credits
ASC 428/628 - Stem Cell Biology, 3 credits
ASC 429/729 - Biotechniques/Advanced Biotechniques, 3 credits                                                                                                         CMB 794 - Colloquium Gene Regulation, 1 credit
BIOT 447/647 - Research
 
AWARDS, HONORS, & PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
1991-1994         Scholarship from Junta Nacional de Investigacao Cientifica e Tecnologica , Lisbon  Portugal,

1994                   Trainee Investigator Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.The National  Clinical Research Meeting  of  the AFCR, Baltimore, USA

1994                Young Investigator Award presentation, International Society of   Experimental Hematology, Minnesota, USA,

2001-2004         Editorial board member of  Experimental Hematology

2003-2005         Member of the Emerging Leaders’s Task force for   International  Society of  Experimental Hematology

2004- Present   Associate Editor for Experimental Hematology

2005-Present    Editorial board member of Current  Stem  Cell Research  & Therapy

2005-Present    Member of Nominating Committee for International Society of  Experimental Hematology

2005                    Outstanding Researcher of the Year  CABNR, University of Nevada 

2006-Present    Advisory Committee Center for Cell Based Therapy, Ribeirao Preto, University of S. Paulo, Brasil

2006                    Inducted into Phi Beta Delta
 
2008-Pres          Reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation
 
2006-2010         Member of the Gene and Drug Delivery Systems study section at NIH
 


 
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE

Outreach Program in Cell Biology for Middle Schools
 
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

 

Journals
Lobato da Silva C, Gonçalves R. Porada C,; Ascensao J, Zanjani ED, Cabral J, Almeida-Porada G. 2009, "Differences amid bone marrow and cord blood hematopoietic/stem progenitor cell division kinetics" J Cell Physiology  
Yamagami T, Porada CD, Pardini RS , Zanjani ED, Almeida-Porada G. 2009, "Docosahexaenoic acid induces dose dependent cell death in an early undifferentiated subtype of acute myeloid leukemia cell line" Cancer Biology and Therapy  
Barrias CC, Martins MCL, Almeida-Porada G, Barbosa MA,Granja PL. 2009, "The correlation between the adsorption of adhesive proteins and cell behaviour on hydroxyl-methyl mixed self-assembled monolayers." Biomaterials  
Porada CD, Harrison-Findik DD, Sanada C, Valiente V, Thain D, Simmons PJ, Almeida-Porada G, Zanjani ED. 2008, "Development and characterization of a novel CD34 monoclonal antibody that identifies sheep hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells" Exp Hematol  
Colletti E, Lindstedt S, Park PJ, Almeida-Porada G, Porada CD. 2008, "Early fetal gene delivery utilizes both central and peripheral mechanisms of tolerance induction." Exp Hematol  
Frias A, Porada C, Crapnell C, Cabral J, Zanjani ED, Almeida-Porada G. 2008, "Generation of Functional Natural Killer and Dendritic Cells in a Human Stromal-based Serum-free Culture System Designed for Cord Blood Expansion" Exp Hem  
Colletti EJ, Airey J, Liu W, Simmons PJ, Zanjani ED , Porada CD, Almeida-Porada G 2008, "Generation of tissue-specific cells by MSC does not require fusion or donor to host mitochondrial/membrane transfer" Stem Cell Research