User:Ana-Teresa Maia
Contact Info
- Ana-Teresa Maia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine
- IBB/CBME Laboratório Associado
- University of Algarve
- Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
- Email me through OpenWetWare
I am an Assistant Professor at University of Algarve. I learned about OpenWetWare from a former colleague of mine who had his lab's web page here. I've joined because I find the lab pages and protocols extremely useful.
Education
- 2003, PhD, Institute of Cancer Research, London, U.K.
- 1999, MS, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, U.K.
- 1997, BS, Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
Research Interests
I am interested in studying allelic imbalance in gene expression, a common feature of our genome. Due to regulatory polymorphisms, which can occur both in cis- and in trans-, a large number of our genes are preferentially expressed from one allele. This unequal expression can contribute to susceptibility to common diseases. My main aim is to try to use this concept to develop a new method to study predisposition to breast cancer. Additionally, I am investigating the role that this imbalance can play in tumour biology, namely in the effect of mutations and treatment response.
Publications
For all publications
http://publicationslist.org/ana-teresa.maia
Selected Papers
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Curtis CN et al. (2012) Nature:486(7403):346-52 pmid= 22522925
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Maia AT et al. (2012) Breast Cancer Research:R63pmid= 22513257
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Maia AT et al. (2009) Breast Cancer Research:R88 pmid= 20003265
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Meyer KM, Maia AT et al. (2008) PLoS Biology:6(5):e108 pmid= 18462018
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Udler M, Maia AT et al. (2007) Journal of Clinical Oncology:25(21):3015-23 pmid= 17634480
Lab Members
Joana Xavier, Post-doctoral Fellow Cátia Rocha, MSc Student
Funding
- 2013 - 2015 “Cis-regulation of somatic mutations in breast and ovarian cancers”; PTDC/BIM-ONC/1338/2012; Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
- 2012 - 2016 Marie Curie Integration Grant, GenCar - Genetic Control of Gene Expression in Cancer Risk, FP7-MC-CIG, European Union
- 2009 – 2010 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Grant, U.S.A., Differential Allelic Expression Analysis of Susceptibility Loci in Breast Cancer, USA
- 2008 – 2009 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Grant, U.S.A., Differential Allelic Expression Analysis of Susceptibility Loci in Breast Cancer, USA
