>CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Information Name: Ana de Lemos Fernandes Toste Rêgo Nationality: Portuguese Birth: 2nd April, 1978 Address: Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida da República, Apartado 27, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal Academic Degree 2001 – B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry – Biotechnology, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Professional Experience April 2006- present: ITQB/ Birkbeck College Oeiras/London Ph.D. Studenship, ITQB-UNL , Lisbon, Portugal/Birkbeck college, University of London, UK. November 2003- March 2006, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon Research Studentship in the Crystallography group, ITQB-UNL, Lisbon, Portugal. November 2004 and April 2005: University of York, York Training Periods in the York Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York- York, U.K. February 2003- July 2003, University of California, Los Angeles Research collaboration in the Department of Human Genetics, University of California- Los Angeles, U.S.A. June 2002- February 2003, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon Research Studentship in the Human Genetics Center, INSA, Lisbon, Portugal. March 2001- May 2002, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon Student for BS.c thesis, at the Human Genetics Center, INSA, Lisbon, Portugal. Research Interests and Projects Current: Bacterial Adhesion, proteins related to human health, Molecular Biology and Crystallography. Other Interests: Human Genetics, male infertility, sexual differentiation. Abstracts (oral presentations in scientific meetings) A. Friães, A. Toste Rêgo, J. M. Aragüés, M. R. Mascarenhas, A. Galvão-Teles, J. Cidade Rodrigues, R. A. M. Campos, T. Rocha, L. Lopes, J. Gonçalves; “Molecular Study of 21‑hidroxylase deficiency in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia patients” – Abstract book of the 7th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics – Lisbon, Portugal (26-28 November, 2003). (1st prize for the best congress oral presentation in young scientist category) A. Toste Rêgo, L. Raimundo, J. Gonçalves; “Molecular study of the DAX-1 gene in a family with adrenal failure”- Abstract book of the III Congress of the Portuguese Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes – Lisbon, Portugal (21 November, 2002) A. Friães, A. Toste Rêgo, M. Nicolau, J. M. Aragüés, J. Cidade Rodrigues, M. R. Mascarenhas, A. Galvão-Teles, J. Gonçalves; “Mutational analysis on the CYP21 gene in individuals suspected to have 21-hydroxylase deficiency”- Abstract book of the III Congress of the Portuguese Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes – Lisbon, Portugal (21 November, 2002). (1st prize for the best congress oral presentation) A. Toste Rêgo, A. Friães, M. Nicolau, J. M. Aragüés, M. R. Mascarenhas, A. Galvão-Teles, J. Gonçalves; “Molecular Characterization of CYP21 gene in patients suspected to have 21-hydroxylase deficiency”- Abstract book of the 6th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics – Porto, Portugal (15 November, 2002) Abstracts (poster) A. Toste Rêgo, M. Correia, S. Caria, D. Marçal, A.M. Gonçalves, F.J. Enguita; "Molecular characterization of the adhesin gene cluster from clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae", Abstract Book of the 1st International Conference on Enviromental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology; code 438; Badajoz, Spain (15-18 March, 2005). A. Toste Rêgo, D. Marçal, M. Correia, S. Caria, A. M. Gonçalves and F. J. Enguita; “Structural characterization of the epithelial adhesion mechanism of Klebsiella pneumoniae” – Abstract book of XIV Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica- Vilamoura, Portugal, December (2-4 December, 2004). S. Caria, M. Correia, A. Toste Rêgo, A. M. Gonçalves, A. Duarte and F. J. Enguita; “Molecular characterization of the mrk gene cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains” – Abstract book of XIV Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica- Vilamoura, Portugal, December (2-4 December, 2004). C. Proença, A. T. Rêgo, T. Rocha, J. M. S. Gonçalves; “Identificação dos genes DAZ presentes/ausentes em homens férteis e em homens oligozoospérmicos da população portuguesa” – Abstract book of the 8th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics – Porto, Portugal (17-19 November, 2004) Carmen Proença, Ana Toste Rêgo, Tiago Rocha, João M. S. Gonçalves; “Characterization of the DAZ gene copy number in fertile and in oligozoospermic Portuguese males” - Andrologia 36(4): 207 (Abstract PO059). Third European Congress of Andrology and 16th Congress of the German Society of Andrology- Munster, Germany (11-14 September, 2004) Publications Friaes A, Rego AT, Aragues JM, Moura LF, Mirante A, Mascarenhas MR, Kay TT, Lopes LA, Rodrigues JC, Guerra S, Dias T, Teles AG, Goncalves J. “CYP21A2 mutations in Portuguese patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Identification of two novel mutations and characterization of four different partial gene conversions”, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 2006, 88(1), 58–65. Most recent workshops. congresses and courses November 2004: ITQB-UNL, Oeiras, Biocrys 2004 Course on “Fundamentals of modern methods in Biocrystallography” (Held at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, 19th-26th November, 2004) October 2004: SPINE London SPINE Congress 2004 (Held at Royal College of Surgeons, London, 18th-19th October 2004)