Marina Correa Freitas

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International Center for Biomedical & Space Sciences (ICBS), LIASTRA Institute
Department of Medical Sciences - University of Aveiro (UA)

Marina Correa Freitas


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Biomedical graduated from the University of Aveiro, with interdisciplinary work in biomedicine, neuroscience, space medicine, open science and space sciences. She is the founder, CEO and president of the LIASTRA Institute, founder of the ICBS International Center for Biomedical Space Sciences. Works as a researcher linked to the Multi-Omics Analysis Working Group of NASA GeneLab/OSDR, scientific editor and reviewer of scientific journals. Develops projects and publications in the areas of neuroscience, molecular oncology, biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease, microgravity, human health in extreme environments, artificial intelligence applied to science and scientific education. He has complementary and postgraduate training in Astronomy, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Machine Learning, as well as experience in citizen science, scientific olympiads, scientific dissemination, educational programs and international cooperation.

EDUCATION

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Biomedicine from the University of Aveiro, where I conducted research on neurogenesis and its implications for neurodegenerative diseases under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Rebelo. I also pursued medical studies at Universidad Nacional de Rosario and Universidad Austral. Currently, I am undertaking postgraduate studies in Astronomy and in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science at Faculdade FGE (Brazil), while also pursuing an MBA in Business Management at Atom Educação e Editora S.A., supported by a Shark Tank E-School scholarship.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Neuroscience, Medicine, Molecular Medicine, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Scopus Publications

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Scholar Citations

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Scopus Publications

  • Integration of Automatic Text Mining and Genomic and Proteomic Analysis to Unravel Prostate Cancer Biomarkers
    Tânia Lima, Rita Ferreira, Marina Freitas, Rui Henrique, Rui Vitorino, et al.
    Journal of Proteome Research, 2022
    Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most prevalent noncutaneous cancer among men. The limited accuracy and/or invasive nature of the current diagnostic tools have driven the demand for new and noninvasive biomarkers. Urine as a noninvasive sample that contains prostatic secretions is a promising source of PCa markers. The automatic text-mining functionality of VOSviewer was used to retrieve and create co-occurrence networks of terms associated with PCa. These results were complemented with DisGENET data, a repository of PCa associations, and with a recent bioinformatic analysis integrating all differentially expressed proteins identified in tumor tissue and urine from PCa patients to address the limited term selection of VOSviewer. Afterward, the results were integrated with gene expression data from the Gene Expression Omnibus database to correlate gene and protein levels. This study suggests AXIN2, GSTM2, KLK3, LGALS3, MSMB, PRTFDC1, and SH3RF1 as important entities in PCa context. KLK, LGALS3, and MSMB proteins are common to a previous bioinformatic analysis, and a concordance was found between the levels of gene and protein expression. The applicability of the pipeline presented here was validated by showing altered urinary levels of galectin-3 protein in PCa patients compared to noncancer subjects.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Modulation of the Gut Microbiota through Precision Nutrition as a Physiological Countermeasure for Long-Duration Human Missions to Mars
    MC Freitas, AL Maida
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine Beyond Earth: A Systematic Review of Biomedical Innovations from Space to Planetary Healthcare
    MC Freitas
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Systematic Review of Dynamic Dark Energy Models: From Quintessence to Tachyon Fields
    MC Freitas
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Estratégias nanotecnológicas associadas à polilaminina na regeneração da medula espinhal de pessoas acometidas com paraplegia: revisão escopo
    DS da Silva Vieira, SAP Junior, ES de Santana, DNM Braga, MC Freitas, ...
    Veredas do Direito 23, e235195-e235195 , 2026
    2026.0
    Citations: 1
  • DA PROTEÍNA PLACENTÁRIA À RECUPERAÇÃO DA MOBILIDADE EM TETRAPLÉGICOS: A TRAJETÓRIA DE UM MEDICAMENTO BRASILEIRO
    PGM Bueno, JK da Silva, MC Freitas, BC da Silva, ZMO Barros, ...
    Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação 12 (3), 1-9 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Neuroimaging in Anxiety and Depression: An Integrative Review of fMRI, EEG, and Neural Biomarkers
    MC Freitas, FC Veloso
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Modular and Reusable Spacecraft Design: A Systematic Review of Engineering Approaches
    MC Freitas, E Anjo
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Astrocitomas e gliomas: abordagens cirúrgicas, desafios e avanços terapêuticos
    LSR Cidral, JWS de Viveiros, MC Freitas, GB de Sousa, EL Orso, ...
    Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde| ISSN 2178, 2091 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Clinical and Surgical Urgencies and Emergencies
    M Freitas
    ISBN: 9786525829210 1, 287 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
    M Freitas
    Clinical And Surgical Urgencies And Emergencies 1, 244-254 , 2024
    2024.0
  • New blood biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
    M Freitas
    International Journal of Health Science 4 (60) , 2024
    2024.0
  • Leucemia Mielóide Aguda
    M Freitas
    AVANÇOS NO DIAGNÓSTICO E TRATAMENTO DE NEOPLASIAS: UMA ABORDAGEM ATUALIZADA … , 2024
    2024.0
  • ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ADEM) ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19
    MH Miranda, L Vidal, MJZ Nogueira, KL da Costa Silva, ...
    International Journal of Health Science 4 (11), 1-7 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Integration of automatic text mining and genomic and proteomic analysis to unravel prostate cancer biomarkers
    T Lima, R Ferreira, M Freitas, R Henrique, R Vitorino, M Fardilha
    Journal of proteome research 21 (2), 447-458 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 13
  • Neuroblastoma
    M Freitas
    AVANÇOS NO DIAGNÓSTICO E TRATAMENTO DE NEOPLASIAS: UMA ABORDAGEM ATUALIZADA … , 2021
    2021.0
  • Neurobiological aspects of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
    M Freitas
    University of Chicago - Coursera , 2020
    2020.0
  • Microgravity-induced cerebral neuroplasticity: a systematic review of structural and functional brain adaptations Neuroplasticidade cerebral induzida pela microgravidade: uma …
    MC Freitas, CHN Silva, GM Joenck, KG Dias

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Integration of automatic text mining and genomic and proteomic analysis to unravel prostate cancer biomarkers
    T Lima, R Ferreira, M Freitas, R Henrique, R Vitorino, M Fardilha
    Journal of proteome research 21 (2), 447-458 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 13
  • Estratégias nanotecnológicas associadas à polilaminina na regeneração da medula espinhal de pessoas acometidas com paraplegia: revisão escopo
    DS da Silva Vieira, SAP Junior, ES de Santana, DNM Braga, MC Freitas, ...
    Veredas do Direito 23, e235195-e235195 , 2026
    2026.0
    Citations: 1
  • Modulation of the Gut Microbiota through Precision Nutrition as a Physiological Countermeasure for Long-Duration Human Missions to Mars
    MC Freitas, AL Maida
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine Beyond Earth: A Systematic Review of Biomedical Innovations from Space to Planetary Healthcare
    MC Freitas
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Systematic Review of Dynamic Dark Energy Models: From Quintessence to Tachyon Fields
    MC Freitas
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • DA PROTEÍNA PLACENTÁRIA À RECUPERAÇÃO DA MOBILIDADE EM TETRAPLÉGICOS: A TRAJETÓRIA DE UM MEDICAMENTO BRASILEIRO
    PGM Bueno, JK da Silva, MC Freitas, BC da Silva, ZMO Barros, ...
    Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação 12 (3), 1-9 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Neuroimaging in Anxiety and Depression: An Integrative Review of fMRI, EEG, and Neural Biomarkers
    MC Freitas, FC Veloso
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Modular and Reusable Spacecraft Design: A Systematic Review of Engineering Approaches
    MC Freitas, E Anjo
    Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) 1 , 2026
    2026.0
  • Astrocitomas e gliomas: abordagens cirúrgicas, desafios e avanços terapêuticos
    LSR Cidral, JWS de Viveiros, MC Freitas, GB de Sousa, EL Orso, ...
    Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde| ISSN 2178, 2091 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Clinical and Surgical Urgencies and Emergencies
    M Freitas
    ISBN: 9786525829210 1, 287 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
    M Freitas
    Clinical And Surgical Urgencies And Emergencies 1, 244-254 , 2024
    2024.0
  • New blood biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
    M Freitas
    International Journal of Health Science 4 (60) , 2024
    2024.0
  • Leucemia Mielóide Aguda
    M Freitas
    AVANÇOS NO DIAGNÓSTICO E TRATAMENTO DE NEOPLASIAS: UMA ABORDAGEM ATUALIZADA … , 2024
    2024.0
  • ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ADEM) ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19
    MH Miranda, L Vidal, MJZ Nogueira, KL da Costa Silva, ...
    International Journal of Health Science 4 (11), 1-7 , 2024
    2024.0
  • Neuroblastoma
    M Freitas
    AVANÇOS NO DIAGNÓSTICO E TRATAMENTO DE NEOPLASIAS: UMA ABORDAGEM ATUALIZADA … , 2021
    2021.0
  • Neurobiological aspects of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
    M Freitas
    University of Chicago - Coursera , 2020
    2020.0
  • Microgravity-induced cerebral neuroplasticity: a systematic review of structural and functional brain adaptations Neuroplasticidade cerebral induzida pela microgravidade: uma …
    MC Freitas, CHN Silva, GM Joenck, KG Dias