Maria do Carmo Fonseca
{{Short description|Portuguese scientist, Molecular Biologist}}
{{Portuguese name|do Carmo|Fonseca}}
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| name = Maria do Carmo Fonseca
| image = Maria Carmo-Fonseca.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|08|09}}
| birth_place = Almada, Portugal
| nationality = Portuguese
| alma_mater = University of Lisbon
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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).
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.{{Cite web|last=LANGE|first=Timo|date=2020-03-06|title=Maria Carmo-Fonseca|url=https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/euwomen4future/maria-carmo-fonseca|access-date=2021-04-25|website=EU Science Hub - European Commission|language=en}}
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. {{Cite web|last=Infopédia|title=Maria do Carmo Fonseca - Infopédia|url=https://www.infopedia.pt/$maria-do-carmo-fonseca|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Infopédia - Dicionários Porto Editora|language=pt}}
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.{{Cite web|title=APDH - Maria do Carmo Fonseca|url=https://www.apdh.pt/evento/25/orador/199|access-date=2021-04-25|website=www.apdh.pt}}
Memberships and honours
She is member of the Portuguese Academy of Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the [https://www.academianacionalmedicina.pt/ Portuguese Academy of Medicine]{{Cite web|last=ORCID|title=Maria Carmo-Fonseca (0000-0002-3402-7143)|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3402-7143|access-date=2021-04-25|website=orcid.org|language=en}} and editor for the Journal of Cell Science{{Cite journal|last1=Watt|first1=Fiona M.|last2=Ahmad|first2=Sharon|date=2009-04-01|title=New JCS Editor|journal=Journal of Cell Science|volume=122|issue=7|pages=887|doi=10.1242/jcs.050518|issn=0021-9533|doi-access=}} and the RNA journal.{{Cite web|title=RNA -- Editors and Editorial Board|url=https://rnajournal.cshlp.org/site/misc/edboard.xhtml|access-date=2021-04-25|website=rnajournal.cshlp.org}}
She has received the Portuguese Pfizer Research Prize,{{Cite web|date=2018-03-07|title=Prémios Pfizer|url=https://www.pfizer.pt/pt-pt/premios-pfizer|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Pfizer Portugal|language=pt-pt}} the José Sala-Trepat Prize, the Iberian DuPont Science Award in 2002,{{Cite web|last=Portugal|first=Rádio e Televisão de|title=Prémio DuPont de Ciência distingue investigadora portuguesa|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/premio-dupont-de-ciencia-distingue-investigadora-portuguesa_n100225|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Prémio DuPont de Ciência distingue investigadora portuguesa|language=pt}} the Gulbenkian Science Award in 2007, the Prémio Pessoa National Award in Arts, Science and Culture in 2010,{{Cite news|date=2011-02-01|title=Interview with Maria do Carmo-Fonseca, Winner of the Pessoa Prize 2010|work=news@fmul (News from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon)|url=https://www.medicina.ulisboa.pt/newsfmul/110|access-date=2021-04-25}} and the Prémio D. Antónia Ferreira Portuguese award for Entrepreneurial women in 2013.{{Cite web|last=Portugal|first=Rádio e Televisão de|title=Maria do Carmo Fonseca distinguida com Prémio Dona Antónia 2013|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/economia/maria-do-carmo-fonseca-distinguida-com-premio-dona-antonia-2013_n664213|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Maria do Carmo Fonseca distinguida com Prémio Dona Antónia 2013|language=pt}}
References
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Category:Women molecular biologists
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