Advisory Boards, Consulting: Member of the Scientific Council for Life Sciences, National Research Council, Portugal, 2009-2013 National Research Council Study Section, Portugal, l990, l992, l995 EEC Human Genome program grant evaluator, Brussels, l991 EEC Biomed programme grant evaluator, Brussels, l992 Wellcome Foundation fellowship evaluator, 2000 Italian CNR grant Evaluator, 2002,2006 Australian Res Council grant Evaluator, 2002-2003 International Society for Amyloidosis, 1993-2003 Curator for a HUGO data base on Transthyretin mutations Internationals meetings: 2nd, 4th , 5th , 6th and 8th International Meetings on Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy 8th, 10th , 11th and 12th International Meetings on Amyloidosis CIBA Symposium on"The nature and origin of amyloid 27th FEBS meeting