REQUIMTE

	Teresa Maria Fonseca de Moura Associate Professor REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal Tel.: + 351 212948356 Fax: + 351 212948385 E-mail: tfm@dq.fct.unl.pt

Research Interests
Biological Transport: 1) Water and ion transport through specific channels; 2) The use of epithelia as sensors for toxicology; 3) Mathematical models of transporters, cells and epithelia.

Main publications
"Water transport in intact yeast cells assessed by fluorescence self quenching" G. Soveral, A. Veiga, M.C. Loureiro-Dias, T. Moura. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73 (7), 2341-2343, 2007 “A Mathematical Model of the Diluting Power of the Cortical Thick Ascending Limb (cTAL) of the Loop of Henle”. João. C. Dias, Frederico. C. Ferreira, H. G. Ferreira, Teresa. F. Moura. J. Memb. Biol., 214 (1-2), 59-73, 2006. “Water Channels Are Important For Osmotic Adjustments of Yeast Cells at Low Temperature”. G. Soveral, A. Veiga, M .C. Loureiro-Dias, P. Van Dijck, T. Moura. Microbiology, 152, 1515-1521, 2006. “Clomipramine Induces the Opening of Na+ Channels in the Frog Skin Epithelium”. P. Alves, I. Graça, T. Moura. Pharmacology and Toxicology, 90, 161-168, 2002. “Osmotic Equilibrium and Elastic Properties of Eel Intestinal Vesicles”. P. Alves, G. Soveral, R. Macey, T. Moura, J. Memb. Biol., 171, 171-176, 1999. “Membrane Stress Causes Inhibition of Water Channels in Brush Border Membrane Vesicles From Kidney Proximal Tubule”. Graça Soveral, Robert I. Macey, Teresa F. Moura. Biology of the Cell, 89, 275-282, 1997.