Dr. Marco Alves

  • Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar
  • University of Porto

Professional Experience

2016 – now: Assistant Researcher/Principal Investigator

2014 – 2016: Post-doc in Endocrinology and Reproduction

2010 – 2014: Post-doc in Endrinology and Reproduction

2004 – 2010: PhD student in Biochemistry

Expertise and Research Interests

  • Andrology
  • Sperm Physiology
  • Sertoli cells
  • Endocrinology
  • Metabolomics
  • Metabolic diseases (i.e. Obesity, diabetes)
  • Epigenetics

Selected Publications

  1. Oliveira PF, Cheng CY, Alves MG (2017). The emerging role for mTOR in male fertility. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism. 28(3):165-167. Doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2016.12.004. IF=10.8 / IF5years=10.8.
  2. Martins AD, (…) Alves MG (2016). Ghrelin acts as energy status sensor of male reproduction by modulating Sertoli cells glycolytic metabolism and mitochondrial bioenergetics. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 434:199-209. Doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.07.008. IF=3.6 / IF5years= 4.0
  3. Martins AD,(…), Alves MG (2015). Leptin modulates human Sertoli cells acetate production and glycolytic profile: a novel mechanism of obesity-induced male infertility? BBA-Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(9): 1824–1832. Doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.06.005. IF=5.1 / IF5years= 6.0
  4. Oliveira PF, Martins AD, Moreira AC, Cheng CY, Alves MG (2015). The Warburg effect revisited – lesson from the Sertoli cell. Medicinal Research Reviews 35(1): 126-51. Doi: 10.1002/med.21325. IF=8.3 / IF5years= 8.7