
Curriculum Vitae
Sara Alexandra Correia Amorim
Sara is a Researcher at Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina (CBQF). Her research is focused on the development of innovative
approaches to treat diabetes by creating a supportive environment for pancreatic beta cells to produce insulin, potentially
improving the success of cell therapies for diabetes. Her academic journey started on 2002 at the University of Minho, with
a graduation in Chemistry, which was concluded in 2007. During her graduation she participated in the Erasmus Program, where
she had the opportunity to visit the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, for 5 months. In 2007 she started a Master
degree course in Medicinal Chemistry (at the University of Minho), which she finished by 2009. In 2010 she started her research
at 3B's Research group where she was enrolled in different projects (co)funded by EU, FP7, H2020. In 2015 she was awarded
with an individual FCT PhD fellowship, starting her PhD on Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem cells (TERM&SC)
at I3B's in collaboration with Ipatimup (Portugal). Her PhD work was focused on the development of 2D and 3D platforms to
mimic the ECM of gastric cancer cells, and to study their invasive behavior mediated by the different molecular weights of
hyaluronic acid. She has been also dedicated to the functionalization of 2D surfaces using different strategies, namely, using
self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for biosensing applications, as well as the synthesis of inorganic silica nanoparticles to
induce osteogenic differentiation. She has been also dedicated to the development of a biocompatible cardiac patch for the
regeneration and functional recovery of cardiac tissue. This latest subject gave her an approved FCT-funded Project as Principal
Investigator (I-Care - Implantable 3D-bioprinted glycopeptide-based patch for Cardiac tissue Repair (2023.00076.RESTART)).
As result of her research work, she is the author of a total of 21 full-length papers in ISI-indexed international peer-reviewed
scientific journals, from which, 18 reported scientific results obtained by her and colleagues/collaborators, and 1 review
papers. All the published papers are categorized in the Q1 of my scientific area. She also published 2 book chapters, 1 conference
abstract, 11 oral communications in national/international meetings and 1 invited oral communication , 29 poster presentations
and 2 oral-poster presentations. Sara recently became an invited peer-reviewer for the journal Crystals, having also an active
role as a reviewer for different journals from the most reputed publishers, including Wiley, IOP Publisher, Springer Nature,
American Chemical Society, The Royal Society of Chemistry. In addition, she has participated in several outreach activities,
such as general public science dissemination. She had been part of the organizing committee of national and international
meetings and integrated several projects funded by national and international agencies (EU, FP7 and H2020). She has been involved
in the writing of several national and international R&D projects and on the execution of the research tasks associated with
different projects, namely ones financed by National (e.g. FCT, ANI, etc.) and international funding agencies (e.g. FP7, H2020,
M-Era-Net, etc.). Sara participated in the evaluation of scientific projects, namely from the H2020. Since September 2024
she is Invited assistant professor at the College of Biotechnology, Portuguese Catholic University of Porto (ESB-UCP).
Identificação
Identificação pessoal
- Nome completo
- Sara Alexandra Correia Amorim
Nomes de citação
- Amorim, Sara
Identificadores de autor
- Ciência ID
- 2F10-9D2F-899C
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6150-9412
- Researcher Id
- AAB-5100-2020
- Scopus Author Id
- 55555086600
Websites
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6150-9412 (Profissional)
Domínios de atuação
- Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Nanotecnologia - Nanomateriais
- Ciências Exatas - Química
- Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Bioquímica
- Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Biotecnologia Médica - Biomateriais
- Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia Celular
Idiomas
Idioma | Conversação | Leitura | Escrita | Compreensão | Peer-review |
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Inglês | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) |
Formação
Grau | Classificação | |
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2014/10/01 - 2020/07/16
Concluído
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Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells (TERM&SC) (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
3B's Research Group, Portugal "Patterned surfaces of immobilized hyaluronan to study the biological response of gastric cancer cells" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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Very Good |
2007/10 - 2009/07
Concluído
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Química Medicinal (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento de Nanocompósitos para Embalagens para Aplicações Médicas" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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16 |
2002/10/01 - 2007/09/01
Concluído
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Química, ramo de Controlo de Qualidade de Matérias Plásticas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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13 |
Percurso profissional
Ciência
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2024/09/01 - Atual | Investigador Contratado (Investigação) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
2020/11/02 - 2024/08/09 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade do Minho - Laboratório Associado ICVS/3B's, Portugal |
3B's Research Group, Portugal | ||
2018/08/15 - 2018/09/05 | Investigador visitante (Investigação) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal |
2010/10/01 - 2015/09/30 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal | ||
2008/07/01 - 2010/06/30 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal |
2007/02 - 2007/07 | Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) | Univerzita Pardubice, República Checa |
Docência no Ensino Superior
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2024/09/01 - Atual | Professor Auxiliar Convidado (Docente Universitário) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Outros
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2022/08/15 - 2023/02/28 | Maternity leave | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
3B's Research Group, Portugal | ||
2015/10/01 - 2020/07/16 | PhD Student ( SFRH/BD/112075/2015) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal | ||
2016/12/30 - 2017/05/01 | Maternity Leave | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
3B's Research Group, Portugal |
Projetos
Bolsa
Designação | Financiadores | |
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2023/12/23 - Atual | I-CARE - Implantable 3D-bioprinted glycopeptide-based patch for Cardiac tissue Repair
2023.00076.RESTART
Investigador responsável
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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2014/10/01 - 2015/09/30 | POLARIS - Unlocking the research potential of 3Bs Group, University of Minho, in Nanomedicine field to stengthen its competitive
position at the European level
FP7-REGPOT-316331
Bolseiro de Investigação
Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
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Concluído
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2012/10/01 - 2014/09/30 | Find and Bind: Mastering sweet cell-instructive biosystems by copycat nano-interaction of cells with natural surfaces for
biotechnological applications
FP7-NMP-229292
Bolseiro de Investigação
Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
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Concluído
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2010/10/01 - 2012/09/30 | BioActiveCork - Extraccao e isolamento de compostos de elevado potencial biologico de subprodutos da industria corticeira
QREN FCOMP-01-0202- FEDER-005455
Bolseiro de Investigação
Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
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Concluído
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2008/06 - 2010/07 | “BIOPACK – In-situ biopolymers nanocomposites: high performance packaging materials for a clean environment
PTDC/AMB/73854/2006
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal
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Concluído
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Projeto
Designação | Financiadores | |
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2022/10 - Atual | RePark - Refining the efficacy of systemic administration of bioactive molecules for Parkinson's Disease
M-ERA-NET3/0007/2021
Investigador
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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European Union
Em curso
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2020/11/02 - 2022/06/30 | CANCER_CAGE - Smart Carbohydrate Nanonets for selective anticancer therapies
PTDC/NANMAT/ 28468/2017
Investigador
Universidade do Minho - Laboratório Associado ICVS/3B's, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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Outro
Designação | Financiadores | |
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2021/02/01 - 2024/01/31 | OncoNeoTreat - Inorganic-Templated and Polymeric Layer-by-Layer Microcapsules with Multimodal Drug Loading to Treat Breast
Cancer
PTDC/CTM-REF/0022/2020
Team member
Universidade do Minho - Laboratório Associado ICVS/3B's, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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2020 - 2022/06/30 | CardioHeal - Self-Healing Hydrogels with Extracellular Matrix Analogues for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
PTDC/BTM-MAT/28327/2017
Team Member
Universidade do Minho - Laboratório Associado ICVS/3B's, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
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2020/06 - 2021 | INCIPIT - INtegrated Conductive and biomimetic polymeric Interfaces able to serve as micro-nanostructured Patches for myocardIal
regeneraTion
M-ERA-NET2/0001/2016
Investigador
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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European Union
Concluído
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Produções
Publicações
Artigo em boletim informativo |
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Artigo em revista |
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Capítulo de livro |
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Poster em conferência |
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Resumo em conferência |
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Atividades
Apresentação oral de trabalho
Título da apresentação | Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento) |
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2022/03/15 | From Tissue Engineering to in-vitro cancer models | V Jornadas de Engenharia Biomédica
University of Trás os Montes and Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
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2021/10 | Hyaluronan of low molecular weight triggers the invasive “Hummingbird” phenotype on gastric cancer cells | Forecast Final Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
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2019/09 | Hyaluronan molecular weight regulates the dynamics of focal adhesions and cancer cell migration and invasiveness | 13º Reunião do Grupo de Glucidos
(Porto, Portugal)
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2019/05 | Hyaluronan-based 3D extracellular matrix model to study cancer progression | TERMIS EU
(Rhodes, Grécia)
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2019 | Progression and invasiveness of gastric cancer in 3D matrices and in the presence of stem cells | Forecast Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
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2017/11 | Model surfaces to study Hyaluronan-CD44 interactions in gastric cancers | International Symposium on Bioinspired Macromolecular Systems
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2017/09/02 | Molecular weight of surface immobilized hyaluronic acid influences CD44-mediated adhesion of gastric cancer cells | 27th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB)
European Society of Biomaterials (Cracóvia, Polónia)
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2017/09 | The effect of immobilized Hyaluronic Acid on CD44-overexpressing MKN45 gastric cancer cell line | 12º Reunião do Grupo de Glucidos
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2016 | Coating of gold nanoparticles with natural polymers for imaging and regenerative strategies | TermStem
3B's Research Group (Guimarães, Portugal)
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2015/09/01 | Glycosaminoglycan mimicking surfaces trigger distinct response of stem cells via fibronectin adsorption | 27th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB)
European Society for Biomaterials (Krakow, Polónia)
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2015/07/01 | Role of exogenous hyaluronic acid molecular weight on CD44-mediated adhesion | Polaris 2nd Workshop
(Guimarães, Portugal)
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2014/10/21 | Influence of cross-linking and hyaluronic acid/poly-L-lysine molecular weights in the physical properties and CD44 adsorption of layer-by-layer assemblies | POLARIS 1st Workshop
(Porto, Portugal)
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Organização de evento
Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) |
Instituição / Organização | |
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2016/04/26 - 2016/04/29 | Member of the Organizing Committee of 5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (5th PYCheM) and 1st European Young Chemists Meeting
(1st EYCheM) held in Guimarães, Portugal, from 26th to 29th April 2016. (2016/04/26 - 2016/04/29)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
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Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Júri de grau académico
Tema Tipo de participação |
Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização |
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2024/12/03 | Optimization of the production of hPLMA microsponges for cell expansion
Arguente principal
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Beatriz Alexandra Rodrigues Caloba (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2024/10/21 | BIOACTIVE 3D PRINTED INTERFERENCE SCREWS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT FIXATION
Arguente
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Mafalda Filipe de Paiva Rodrigues (Mestrado)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
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2022/07/07 | TAILORING SURFACE PROPERTIES OF METALS BY LASER TEXTURING: WETTABILITY CONTROL AND GUIDED DEGRADATION FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Arguente
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PABLO POU ÁLVAREZ (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Vigo Departamento de Física Aplicada, Espanha
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Arbitragem científica em revista
Nome da revista (ISSN) | Editora | |
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2020 - Atual | Crystals (2073-4352) | MDPI |
Curso / Disciplina lecionado
Disciplina | Curso (Tipo) | Instituição / Organização | |
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2024/09 - Atual | Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication | (Mestrado) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal |
Membro de associação
Nome da associação | Tipo de participação | |
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2025/01 - 2025/12 | European Association for the Study of Diabetes | Member nº 450173 |
2016/04 - 2018/04 | Board member of the Young Chemists Group (GQJ) of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) | Board member |
Tutoria
Tópico | Nome do aluno | |
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2023/10 - 2024/08/09 | Development of an in vitro glioblastoma model | Fabiana Andrade |
Distinções
Prémio
2015 | Individual PhD Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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