Sara Cristina Freitas Ribeiro (B619-ED40-50CB)

Curriculum Vitae

Sara Cristina Freitas Ribeiro

Sara Freitas-Ribeiro concluded her master’s in Bioengineering awarded by the School of Engineering of the University of Minho in 2017. During this period, she developed her master’s dissertation on the hypothermic preservation of cell sheets, in the 3B’s Research Group (3B’s), University of Minho, under the supervision of Prof. Rui L. Reis and Dr. Mariana Henriques. Her findings from this research were published in an original research paper. From 2017 to 2024 Sara conducted her Ph.D. in 3B’s, under the supervision of Dr. Rogério P. Pirraco and Prof. Rui L. Reis supported by a Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) Ph.D. grant within the Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells doctoral program. Her thesis focused on advancing biopreservation strategies for tissue-engineered constructs, including both hypothermic and cryogenic methods, with the goal of optimizing clinical translatability. During this period, she has also been involved in the ERC CAPBED project. As a result, until this date, her track record includes, 9 peer-reviewed original papers (4 as first author) and 1 review paper. Additionally, she has presented her research as the first author at 3 international conferences and has contributed numerous poster presentations. Sara has also been actively involved in the organization of 3 conferences within the Gene2Skin project. Furthermore, she has contributed to the scientific community by serving as a scientific referee for 3 scientific journals, and involved in the organization of several science divulgation activities. Her dedication to advancing knowledge in the field of biopreservation and tissue engineering is evident through her extensive research contributions and scholarly activities.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Sara Cristina Freitas Ribeiro

Nomes de citação

Feitas-Ribeiro, Sara
Rbeiro, Sara

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: B619-ED40-50CB
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3103-6703
Scopus Author Id: 57211324357

Endereços de correio eletrónico

sara.ribeiro@i3bs.uminho.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

I3Bs - Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics of University of Minho, 4805-694 , São Claudio de Barco, Guimarães, Portugal (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Biotecnologia Médica - Tecnologias que envolvem a Manipulação de Células,Tecidos,Órgãos ou todo o Organismo
Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Biotecnologia Médica - Biomateriais

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Inglês	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador independente (B2)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2017/09 - 2024/09/25 Concluído	Engenharia de Tecidos, Medicina Regenerativa e Células Estaminais (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "The Impact of Preservation Strategies on Tissue Engineering Constructs: Streamlining Future Clinical Application" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2017/09/01 - 2018/06/26 Concluído	Engenharia de Tecidos, Medicina Regenerativa e Células Estaminais (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/09 - 2017/03 Concluído	Bioengenharia (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Testing of commercially available compounds for the optimal hypothermic storage of cell sheets" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	17
2011/10 - 2014/07 Concluído	Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Culture techniques and cell characterization for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	13

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2024/10/01 - Atual	Investigador (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2017/09/01 - 2024/09/25	PhD Student	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal

Projetos

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2018/11/01 - Atual	Engineered Capillary Beds for Successful Prevascularization of Tissue Engineering Constructs 805411 Investigador	European Commission
2018/11/01 - 2024/09/25	Engineered Capillary Beds for Successful Prevascularization of Tissue Engineering Constructs 805411 Bolseiro de Doutoramento	European Commission

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista

Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Helena Moreira; Lucília P. da Silva; Jennifer Noro; Belém Sampaio-Marques; Paula Ludovico; Mariana Jarnalo; et al. "Prevascularized spongy-like hydrogels maintain their angiogenic potential after prolonged hypothermic storage". Bioactive Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.02.035.
10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.02.035
Francisca Frias; Beatriz Matos; Mariana Jarnalo; Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Rui L. Reis; R.P. Pirraco; Ricardo Horta. "Stromal Vascular Fraction Obtained From Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: Ex-Obese and Older Population as Main Clinical Targets". Journal of Surgical Research 283 (2023): 632-639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.11.012.
10.1016/j.jss.2022.11.012
Helena R. Moreira; Daniel B. Rodrigues; Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Lucília P. da Silva; Alain da S. Morais; Mariana Jarnalo; Ricardo Horta; et al. "Spongy-like hydrogels prevascularization with the adipose tissue vascular fraction delays cutaneous wound healing by sustaining inflammatory cell influx". Materials Today Bio 17 (2022): 100496-100496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100496.
10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100496
Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Rui L Reis; Rogério P Pirraco. "Long-term and short-term preservation strategies for TERM products: state of the art and emerging trends". PNAS Nexus (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac212.
10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac212
Helena R. Moreira; Daniel B. Rodrigues; Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Lucília P. da Silva; Alain da S. Morais; Mariana Jarnalo; Ricardo Horta; et al. "Integrin-specific hydrogels for growth factor-free vasculogenesis". npj Regenerative Medicine 7 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41536-022-00253-4.
Acesso aberto • 10.1038/s41536-022-00253-4
Sara Ribeiro; Gabriela S. Diogo; Catarina Oliveira; Albino Martins; Silva, Tiago H.; Mariana Jarnalo; Ricardo Horta; Rui L. Reis; R.P. Pirraco. "Growth Factor-Free Vascularization of Marine-Origin Collagen Sponges using Cryopreserved Stromal Vascular Fractions from Human Adipose Tissue". Marine Drugs (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/20/10/623.
10.3390/md20100623
Diogo, G.S.; Marques, C.F.; Freitas-Ribeiro, S.; Sotelo, C.G.; Pérez-Martin, R.I.; Pirraco, R.P.; Reis, R.L.; Silva, T.H.. "Mineralized collagen as a bioactive ink to support encapsulation of human adipose stem cells: A step towards the future of bone regeneration". Materials Science and Engineering C (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121580543&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.msec.2021.112600
Diogo, G.S.; Carneiro, F.; Freitas-Ribeiro, S.; Sotelo, C.G.; Pérez-Martín, R.I.; Pirraco, R.P.; Reis, R.L.; Silva, T.H.. "Prionace glauca skin collagen bioengineered constructs as a promising approach to trigger cartilage regeneration". Materials Science and Engineering C 120 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095804916&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.msec.2020.111587
Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Andreia Filipa Carvalho; Marina Costa; Mariana Teixeira Cerqueira; Alexandra Pinto Marques; Rui Luís Reis; Rogério Pedro Pirraco. "Strategies for the hypothermic preservation of cell sheets of human adipose stem cells". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222597.
Publicado • 10.1371/journal.pone.0222597

Poster em conferência

Freitas-Ribeiro S; Moreira H; da Silva LP; Noro J; Sampaio-Marques B; Ludovico P; Jarnalo M; et al. "Long-Term Hypothermic Storage Preserves Angiogenic Potential of Prevascularized Spongy-Like Hydrogels". Trabalho apresentado em TERMIS-WC, 2024.
Gomes CF; Rodrigues DB; Cruz-Moreira D; Noro J; Freitas-Ribeiro S; Reis RL; Pirraco RP. "Tuning collagen-based hydrogels for improved microvascularization of tissue engineering constructs". Trabalho apresentado em TERMIS-WC, 2024.
Freitas-Ribeiro S; Diogo GS; Oliveira C; Martins A; Silva TH; Jarnalo M; Horta R; Reis RL; Pirraco, RP. "Vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges through cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction". Trabalho apresentado em HEALTH-UNORTE, 2023.
Freitas-Ribeiro S; Diogo GS; Oliveira C; Martins A; Silva TH; Jarnalo M; Horta R; Reis RL; Pirraco, RP. "Cryopreserved human adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the growth factor-free vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges". Trabalho apresentado em Forecast final Conference, 2021.
Freitas-Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Pires RA; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "The impact of hypothermic and cryogenic preservation on the ECM of cell sheets". Trabalho apresentado em Advanced cell therapies and tissue engineering, 2019.
Freitas-Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Pires RA; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "Novel methods for ECM preservation". Trabalho apresentado em Second Achilles Conference on Tendon biophysical environment, 2019.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Pires RA; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "The effect of low temperature preservation on the ECM of cell sheets". Trabalho apresentado em 1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine, 2019.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Pires RA; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "The effect of hypothermic and cryogenic temperatures on the extracellular matrix of cell sheets". Trabalho apresentado em First Achilles Conference on Molecular and biological mechanisms of tendon homeostasis and repair, 2019.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Cerqueira MT; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "Screening of new compounds for enhancing hASC cell sheets resilience to hypothermic and hypoxic insult". Trabalho apresentado em Gene2Skin Final conference on Cutting-edge basic and translational research in skin-related diseases and disorders,, 2018.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Cerqueira MT; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "New compounds for improving hASCs cell sheets resilience to hypothermic and hypoxic insult". Trabalho apresentado em TERMIS-WC, 2018.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Cerqueira MT; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "Improving hASCs cell sheets resilience to hypothermic and hypoxic insult using new compounds". Trabalho apresentado em Gene2Skin Summer School, 2018.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Costa M; Cerqueira MT; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "Hypothermic Storage Of Confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells". Trabalho apresentado em Gene2Skin Winter School, 2017.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Costa M; Cerqueira MT; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "Hypothermic preservation of confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells". Trabalho apresentado em TERMIS-EU, 2017.
Ribeiro S; Carvalho AF; Costa M; Cerqueira MT; Marques AP; Pirraco RP; Reis RL. "Hypothermic Storage of Confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells". Trabalho apresentado em Chem2Nature Second, 2017.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2022/06/29	Cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the growth factor-free vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges	TERMIS-EU 2022 (Kraków, Polónia)
2022/05/24	Cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges	Workshop MicSeaOnMed (Guimarães, Portugal)
2016/11/26	Hypothermic preservation of Cell Sheets of Human Adipose Stem Cells	IFACTS (San Diego, Califórnia , Estados Unidos)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2024/11/26 - 2024/11/26	This is not magic this is science! - World Science Day activities for young students and children. (2024/11/26 - 2024/11/26) Outro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
2024/05/15 - 2024/05/29	This is not magic this is science! - Science month for young students and children. (2024/05/15 - 2024/05/29) Outro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
2023/05/04 - 2023/05/04	This is not magic this is science! - Science day for young students and children. (2023/05/04 - 2023/05/04) Outro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
2018/10/23 - 2018/10/24	Gene2Skin Final Conference (2018/10/23 - 2018/10/24) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
2018/06/16 - 2018/06/16	3Bs Family day - open day for staff's family members (2018/06/16 - 2018/06/16) Outro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
2018/06/06 - 2018/06/08	Gene2Skin Summer School - Biomaterials and molecular mechanisms in the context of skin regeneration (2018/06/06 - 2018/06/08) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
2017/11/13 - 2017/11/17	Gene2Skin Winter School - Skin tissue disorders and advanced TE/genetic-based treatment strategies (2017/11/13 - 2017/11/17) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/04	Vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges through cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction Conferência	HEALTH-UNORTE Conference
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/21	Proteomics Approaches in Life Sciences Outro	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2022/04/13 - 2022/04/16	From 3D Light to 3D Electron Microscopy Oficina (workshop)	European Molecular Biology Laboratory Grenoble, França
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/29	Cryopreserved human adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the growth factor-free vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges Conferência	Forecast final Conference
2019/11/14 - 2019/11/16	The impact of hypothermic and cryogenic preservation on the ECM of cell sheets Conferência	Advanced cell therapies and tissue engineering
2019/11/04 - 2019/11/08	Novel methods for ECM preservation Conferência	Second Achilles Conference on Tendon biophysical environment,
2019/09/05 - 2019/09/07	The effect of low temperature preservation on the ECM of cell sheets Conferência	1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine,
2019/07/03 - 2019/07/08	The effect of hypothermic and cryogenic temperatures on the extracellular matrix of cell sheets. Conferência	First Achilles Conference on Molecular and biological mechanisms of tendon homeostasis and repair,
2018/10/14 - 2018/10/18	Screening of new compounds for enhancing hASC cell sheets resilience to hypothermic and hypoxic insult. Conferência	Gene2Skin Final conference on Cutting-edge basic and translational research in skin-related diseases and disorders,
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/12	Improving Hasc Cell Sheets Resilience To Hypothermic And Hypoxic Insult Using New Compounds Conferência	Gene2Skin Summer School
2017/11/12 - 2017/11/16	Hypothermic Storage Of Confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells Conferência	Gene2Skin Winter School
2017/10/01 - 2017/10/03	Gene2Skin scientific retreat Encontro
2017/06/05 - 2017/06/08	Hypothermic Storage of Confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells, Conferência	Chem2Nature Second School

Arbitragem científica em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2024/04/22 - Atual	Biomaterials science	The Royal Society of Chemistry
2020/05/19 - Atual	Journal of Advanced Research	Elsevier
2019/12/09 - Atual	Stem Cells Translational Medicine	Oxford University Press

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2024/04/26 - 2024/05/25	Member of electoral commission for representatives of the students and non-academic employees in the Unit Council of I3Bs Membro	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal

Tutoria

	Tópico	Nome do aluno
2024/01/08 - 2024/06/25	Development of collagen hydrogels for tissue engineering aplications	Mariana Silva
2024/04/22 - 2024/06/21	Production and characterization of collagen hydrogels for Tissue Engineering applications	Inês Machado

Distinções

Outra distinção

2017	PhD scholarship (PD/BD/135252/2017) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal