Laura Isabel Macieira Cerqueira (EC12-5302-3A70)

Curriculum Vitae

Laura Isabel Macieira Cerqueira

Laura Cerqueira (LC) has held her PhD in Biomedical Eng. in 2012 at UMinho. During PhD, she integrated the Biofilm Group to develop methods for pathogens detection based on Nucleic Acid Mimics (NAMs). Particularly one, related with the detection of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsies, gained more attention by its innovative potential. The result of this research let her to co-found a start-up, Biomode, intended to market proprietary PNA-FISH kits. Since then, her scientific career is focused on translational research to answer industrial needs on pathogens control combining research at LEPABE (UPorto) and technology transfer. Her scientific activity dealt with FISH methods improvement for food and environmental industry applications and on the miniaturized devices for the quasi-real detection of bacteria (LEPABE and CEFT). These studies are still ongoing. In 2019, she decided to work full time at LEPABE to expand her research field. To raise funding to support her studies, she applied to a FCT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029961; 2018-2022) where a method for Legionella pneumophila (LP) monitoring was developed in collaboration with INIAV (PT). This project was the basis for LC to demonstrate her research independence and leadership. LC is, from 2023, an Assistant Researcher at LEPABE with interdisciplinary research on microbiology, molecular biology and microfluidics and she’s exploring PNA-FISH as a spatial transcriptomic fluorescent technique to determine the ecology and functionality of biofilms. Also relevant is the fact that LC count already with a team working under her supervision in the fields that she aims to pursue: Spatial transcriptomics in biofilms (2022.11840.BD and 2024.00822.BDANA), biofilms matrix composition (e.Biofilm PhD scholarship) and miniaturized structures for cell entrapment using microfluidics (2022.14186.BD). At 2022 she was awarded with the high impact CBE Young Investigator award as a recognition of her work on the application of PNA-FISH based-methods for bacterial detection and localization in biofilms. She focused on writing an ERA Chair (Horizon) project intending to create a group of Excellence on Engineered Biofilms at LEPABE, and she is now working as the project manager. Additionally, she is taking part of other projects, such as the COST Action CA20110 exRNA, as member of the Management Committee. She is author of 30 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 3 book chapters and 5 patents.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Laura Isabel Macieira Cerqueira

Nomes de citação

Cerqueira, Laura
Cerqueira, L.

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: EC12-5302-3A70
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8452-4749
Scopus Author Id: 23977598300

Endereços de correio eletrónico

lcerqueira@fe.up.pt (Profissional)
laura.imcerqueira@gmail.com (Pessoal)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-cerqueira-3a93413a/ (Profissional)
https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=536991 (Profissional)
https://lepabe.fe.up.pt/l_cerqueira.html (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Microbiologia
Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Biotecnologia Industrial - Biotecnologia Industrial
Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Nanotecnologia
Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Médica - Tecnologia Laboratorial
Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia Molecular
Ciências Agrárias - Biotecnologia Agrária e Alimentar - Diagnóstico

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês	Utilizador elementar (A2)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador elementar (A2)	Utilizador independente (B1)
Espanhol; Castelhano	Utilizador elementar (A2)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador independente (B1)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2024/10 - 2024/12/06 Em curso	Building and Leading Research Teams – 3rd edition (Outros) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/07/07 Concluído	Curso Geral de Gestão / Executive Education in General Management (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal	18
2014/05 - 2015/01 Concluído	Integration of microfluidics and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for the rapid identification of microorganisms in clinical samples (Post-doctoral research) SFRH/BPD/98525/2013 (Pós-doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2013/11 - 2014/04 Concluído	DNA mimics: Development and application of DNA mimics for the rapid identification of microorganisms (Post-doctoral research) PIC/IC/82815/2007 (Pós-doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2012/06/06 - 2012/06/15 Concluído	Financials for Technology Entrepreneurs (Outros) Especialização em Finance COTEC, Portugal
2012/05/21 - 2012/06/06 Concluído	Management Control for SMEs - Analysis of Indicators (Outros) Especialização em Finance TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2012/02/28 Concluído	Engenharia Biomédica / Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal "Development and Evaluation of peptide Nucleic acid (PNA) probes for the rapid detection of clinically relevant microorganisms" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2010/10/01 - 2011/03/31 Concluído	English Conversation Classes (Outros) Especialização em English International House Braga, Portugal
2010/05 - 2010/05/10 Concluído	Methods of DNA analysis state of the art. (Pós-Graduação) Especialização em Molecular Biology and Genetics Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2009/11/09 - 2010/01/20 Concluído	Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores /Initial Pedagogical formation of trainers (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Especialização em Pedagogical formation Nexus, Braga (Portugal), Portugal	5/5
2008 - 2009 Concluído	English Course A2+ (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluído	Successful Approaches to Effective Real-Time RT PCR and From Petunia to Mammals siRNA, a tool to study gene function (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluído	Microarray: Theory and pratical. From RNA extraction to Functional data analysis (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2006/01 - 2007/07 Concluído	Certification of Professional Training in Environmental Management in a Company (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Winnerges, Portugal
2005/05/13 Concluído	Ciências do Ambiente / Environmental Sciences (Mestrado) Especialização em Qualidade Ambiental / Environmental Quality Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	Very Good
2004/11 - 2004/12 Concluído	Certification of Professional Training "Sampling, Analysis and Significance of Environmental Aspects (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2001/12/11 Concluído	Biologia Aplicada - Applied Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal	14

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2023/07/03 - 2027/02	Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação)	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/03/10 - 2023/06/30	Investigador (Investigação)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2019/03	Investigador visitante (Investigação)	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

2013/05 - 2015/01	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

2008/01/01 - 2012/02/28	Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

2006/04/15 - 2006/10/31	Investigador (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Cargos e Funções

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2014 - 2021/12/31	Co-founder and Secretary of the General Assembly of Biomode SA	Biomode SA, Portugal

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/31	Responsible for coordination of BLS2 laboratory at LEPABE	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015/01/20 - 2018/09/21	Chief Operations Officer	Biomode SA, Portugal

2012/03/16 - 2013/11/15	Researcher	Biomode SA, Portugal

2013 - 2013	Clinical study coordinator Helicobacter pylori /resistance to Clarithromycin. DL 98/79/EC (IVD); Pre-IDE of FDA	Biomode SA, Portugal

2006/11/01 - 2007/12/01	Owner Parapharmacy	Farma Vida Sã, Portugal

2005 - 2005	Sales Representative	Daquimed, Portugal

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2006 - 2006	Surveillance and control of microbiological stability in drinking water distribution networks (SAFER) EVK1-CT-2002-00108 Bolseiro de Investigação

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2022/09 - Atual	ERA Chair for Creation of a group of Excellence on Engineered Biofilms (e.Biofilm) HORIZON-CSA, HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01. (Project writing; researcher; project manager)) 1 Investigador	Em curso
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	ALICE - Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering LA/P/0045/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0045/2020 Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2021/10/04 - 2025/10/05	COST Action CA20110, RNA communication across kingdoms: new mechanisms and strategies in pathogen control (exRNA-PATH) (Management Committee Member from Portugal / Working Group member (2/3/4)) CA20110 Management Committee Member from Portugal / Working Group member (2/3/4)	Em curso
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy UIDP/00511/2020 10.54499/UIDP/00511/2020 Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy UIDB/00511/2020 10.54499/UIDB/00511/2020 Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2021/01/01 - 2023/06/30	FLUDS - Development of fluorescence spectroscopy systems for microbial detection (NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-046970) (Responsible for the project writing; researcher; project manager) C578918019-00129680 Investigador SARSPEC, Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal	Concluído
2020 - 2021/12/31	NAM4Covid19: Nucleic acid mimic lateral flow assay (NAM-LFA) for the detection of Covid19 596771122 Investigador Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2018/07/16 - 2021/09/15	Color-ISH - Development of a new colorimetric method for the rapid detection of Legionella spp in water samples POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029961 Investigador responsável Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25	NAM4 Toxins - De novo selection of toxin-specific aptamers using nucleic acid mimics (PTDC/BAA-DIG/28659/2017) PTDC/BAA-DIG/28659/2017 Investigador	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2018 - 2021	µFISH - Integration of fluorescence in situ hybridization with microfluidics for the quasi real-time detection of food pathogens (PTDC/EQU-EQU/31011/2017) POCI-01-0145-FEDER-0301011 Investigador Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2017/07/01 - 2019/07/01	Coded-FISH - Development of a new RING FISH method with color code: an innovative tool for the detection of antibiotic resistant pathogens POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016678 Investigador	Concluído
2018 - 2018	Diagnosing Pathogen Bacteria Earlier and More Accurately with Biomode’s Probe4@ Rapid Diagnostic Kits (SME Instrument) REP-815522-1 Investigador responsável Biomode SA, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	European Commission Concluído
2014/12/31 - 2018	Nanofluidics for ultrafast diagnosis of bacterial infections (NanoDiaBac) ENMED/0001/2014 Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2015 - 2016	Epidemiology of H. pylori in Equador and its relation to gastric cancer Collaboration Grants 2014-2015 Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Equador	Concluído
2015 - 2016	Biomode SA Business Internationalization NORTE-02-0752-FEDER-002490 Outra Biomode SA, Portugal	European Commission Concluído
2012/02/01 - 2014	“DNA mimics” - Development and application of DNA mimics for the rapid identification of pathogens info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5646-ICCMS/82815/PT	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2012 - 2013	QREN Internationalization NORTE-07-00201-FEDER-025889 Outra	European Commission Concluído
2010/04/01 - 2013	HELIWATER - Water and associated biofilms as a possible vector for Helicobacter pylori transmission among the human population info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/108811/PT Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Concluído
2010 - 2013	Peptide Nucleic acid as an emerging technology for the detection of H. pylori in food NANO/NTec-SQA/0168/2007 Investigador Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2012 - 2012	Intellectual Property NORTE-07-00201-FEDER-025012 Outra	European Commission Concluído
2010/04/01 - 2012	HeliSysBio - Molecular Systems Biology Helicobacter pylori info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/104235/PT

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2024/09/26 - 2028/09/25	CA23152 - Building Consensus on Biofilm Regulatory Decision Making (RegulatoryToolBox) CA23152 Investigador	Em curso
2011 - 2012	Strategic project LA 23 - 2011-2012 LA 23-2011-2012 Investigador

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência	Almeida, Carina; Cerqueira, L.; Azevedo, N. F.; Vieira, M. J.. "Helicobacter pylori : role of water on survival and transmission". 2012. Cerqueira, L.; Fernandes, R. M.; Ferreira, Rui M.; Carneiro, F.; Ribeiro, M. Dinis; Figueiredo, C.; Azevedo, N. F.; Keevil, C. W.; Vieira, M. J.. "Application of fluorescence in situ hybridisation using peptide nucleic acid probes in gastric samples for detection of Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance". 2011. Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, N. F.; Cerqueira, L.; Bento, Joana C.; Vieira, M. J.; Keevil, C. W.. "Development of a rapid method for Proteus spp. detection in urine by peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridisation (PNA)". 2011.
Artigo em revista	Sousa, José Mário; Barbosa, Ana; Araújo, Daniela; Castro, Joana; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, Laura. "Evaluation of Simultaneous Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes in Ground Beef Samples in Different Growth Media". Foods 13 13 (2024): 2095. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods13132095. 10.3390/foods13132095 Almeida, Carina; Cerqueira, Laura. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, Laura. "Editorial: Molecular diagnostic methods for bacteria and fungi detection". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 14 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1430630. Publicado • 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1430630 Sousa, Mário; Rocha, Rui; Araújo, Daniela; Castro, Joana; Barbosa, Ana; Azevedo, Nuno F.; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina. Autor correspondente: Almeida, Carina. "A New Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probe for the Specific Detection of Salmonella Species in Food Matrices". Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 21 5 (2024): 298-305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2023.0127. Publicado • 10.1089/fpd.2023.0127 Oliveira, Ricardo; Barbosa, Ana; Sousa, Mário; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, Laura. "Using peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) to detect Campylobacter spp. in food samples". LWT 198 (2024): 115922. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2024.115922. Publicado • 10.1016/j.lwt.2024.115922 Barbosa, Ana; Azevedo, Nuno F.; Goeres, Darla M.; Cerqueira, Laura. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, Laura. "Ecology of Legionella pneumophila biofilms: The link between transcriptional activity and the biphasic cycle". Biofilm (2024): 100196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100196. 10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100196 Barbosa A; Miranda S; Azevedo N; Cerqueira L; Azevedo A. "Imaging biofilms using fluorescence in situ hybridization: seeing is believing". Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. Sec. Biofilms Volume 13 - 2023 \| doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1195803 (2023): Aceite para publicação Cerqueira, L.; Miranda, J.M.. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, L.. "Editorial for the Special Issue on Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Applications for Biosensing". Micromachines MDPI (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/12/2060/htm. Publicado Violina Barbosa; Célia Rodrigues; Cerqueira, L.; João Mário Miranda; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe. Autor correspondente: João Mário Miranda. "Microfluidics combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for Candida tropicalis detection (corresponding author Laura Cerqueira / João Miranda)". Frontiers in Microbiology (2022): https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.987669. Publicado Nácher-Vázquez, Montserrat; Barbosa, Ana; Inês Armelim; Andreia Sofia Azevedo; Gonçalo Nieto Almeida; Cristina Pizarro ; Nuno Filipe Azevedo; Carina Almeida; Laura Cerqueira. Autor correspondente: Laura Cerqueira. "Development of a Novel Peptide Nucleic Acid Probe for the detection of Legionella spp. in Water Samples". MDPI Microorganisms (2022): DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10071409. Publicado Nacher-Vasquez, Montserrat ; Santos, Bruno ; Azevedo, Nuno F.; Cerqueira, Laura. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, Laura. "The role of Nucleic Acid Mimics (NAMs) on FISH-based techniques and applications for microbial detection". Microbiological Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2022.127086. Publicado Joana Filipa Lima; Paulo Maia; Beatriz T. Magalhães; Cerqueira, Laura; Nuno F. Azevedo. "A comprehensive model for the diffusion and hybridization processes of nucleic acid probes in fluorescence in situ hybridization (IF (2021): 4.002)". Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2020): DOI: 10.1002/bit.27462. Publicado Cerqueira, Laura; Sara Moura; Almeida, Carina; Maria João Vieira; Nuno Filipe Azevedo. Autor correspondente: Cerqueira, Laura. "Establishment of a New PNA-FISH Method for Aspergillus fumigatus Identification: First insights for future use in Pulmonary Samples (IF: 4.152)". Microorganisms (2020): DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8121950. Acesso aberto • Publicado Rocha, Rui; Sousa, José M.; Cerqueira, Laura; Vieira, Maria J.; Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, Nuno F.. "Development and application of Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence in situ Hybridization for the specific detection of Listeria monocytogenes (IF: 4.155)". Food Microbiology 80 (2019): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2018.12.009. Publicado • 10.1016/j.fm.2018.12.009 Sousa, J. Mário; Rocha, Rui; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, Nuno F.; Bastin, Benjamin; Bird, Patrick; et al. "Validation of Biomode S.A. Probe4CronobacterTM for the Identification of Cronobacter spp.". Journal of AOAC International 102 3 (2019): 855-864. http://dx.doi.org/10.5740/jaoacint.18-0328. Publicado • 10.5740/jaoacint.18-0328 Lima, Joana Filipa; Carvalho, Joana; Pinto-Ribeiro, Inês; Almeida, Carina; Wengel, Jesper; Cerqueira, Laura; Figueiredo, Céu; Oliveira, Carla; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe. "Targeting miR-9 in gastric cancer cells using locked nucleic acid oligonucleotides (IF (2019): 2.57)". BMC Molecular Biology 19 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12867-018-0107-6. Aceite para publicação • 10.1186/s12867-018-0107-6 Moura, S.; Cerqueira, L.; Almeida, A.. "Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: current diagnostic methodologies and a new molecular approach (IF(2019):2.837)". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 37 8 (2018): 1393-1403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3251-5. Publicado • 10.1007/s10096-018-3251-5 Joana Filipa Lima; Laura Cerqueira; Ceu Figueiredo; Carla Oliveira; Nuno Filipe Azevedo. "Anti-miRNA oligonucleotides: A comprehensive guide for design (5.414 (2019) 5 year IF)". RNA Biology 15 3 (2018): 338-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2018.1445959. Aceite para publicação • 10.1080/15476286.2018.1445959 Müller, Vilhelm; Sousa, José M.; Ceylan Koydemir, Hatice; Veli, Muhammed; Tseng, Derek; Cerqueira, Laura; Ozcan, Aydogan; Azevedo, Nuno F.; Westerlund, Fredrik. "Identification of pathogenic bacteria in complex samples using a smartphone based fluorescence microscope (IF(2019):3.119)". RSC Advances 8 64 (2018): 36493-36502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ra06473c. Publicado • 10.1039/c8ra06473c Ferreira, André M.; Cruz-Moreira, Daniela; Cerqueira, Laura; Miranda, João M.; Azevedo, Nuno F.. "Yeasts identification in microfluidic devices using peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH)". Biomedical Microdevices 19 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10544-017-0150-y. 10.1007/s10544-017-0150-y Almeida, C.; Constante, D.; Ferreira, A.; Cerqueira, L.; Vieira, M.J.; Azevedo, N.F.. "A new colorimetric peptide nucleic acid-based assay for the specific detection of bacteria". Future Microbiology 9 10 (2014): 1131-1142. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911493243&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.2217/FMB.14.68 Almeida, C.; Sousa, J.M.; Rocha, R.; Cerqueira, L.; Fanning, S.; Azevedo, N.F.; Vieira, M.J.. "Detection of Escherichia coli O157 by peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) and comparison to a standard culture method". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 20 (2013): 6293-6300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885043580&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1128/AEM.01009-13 Almeida, C.; Cerqueira, L.; Azevedo, N.F.; Vieira, M.J.. "Detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis using real time PCR, immunocapture assay, PNA FISH and standard culture methods in different types of food samples (Impact Factor: 4.187; 2019)". International Journal of Food Microbiology 161 1 (2013): 16-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871998766&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.11.014 Cerqueira, L.; Fernandes, R.M.; Ferreira, R.M.; Oleastro, M.; Carneiro, F.; Brandão, C.; Pimentel-Nunes, P.; et al. "Validation of a fluorescence in situ hybridization method using peptide nucleic acid probes for detection of Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance in gastric biopsy specimens (IF (2019): 4.590)". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 51 6 (2013): 1887-1893. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878492257&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1128/JCM.00302-13 Cerqueira, L.; Oliveira, J.A.; Nicolau, A.; Azevedo, N.F.; Vieira, M.J.. "Biofilm formation with mixed cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa/Escherichia coli on silicone using artificial urine to mimic urinary catheters". Biofouling 29 7 (2013): 829-840. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880401428&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/08927014.2013.807913 Azevedo, N.F.; Bragança, S.M.; Simes, L.C.; Cerqueira, L.; Almeida, C.; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, M.J.. "Proposal for a method to estimate nutrient shock effects in bacteria". BMC Research Notes 5 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864569924&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1186/1756-0500-5-422 Cerqueira, L.; Fernandes, R.M.; Ferreira, R.M.; Carneiro, F.; Dinis-Ribeiro, M.; Figueiredo, C.; Keevil, C.W.; Azevedo, N.F.; Vieira, M.J.. "PNA-FISH as a new diagnostic method for the determination of clarithromycin resistance of Helicobacter pylori". BMC Microbiology 11 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955854378&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1186/1471-2180-11-101 Azevedo, N.F.; Jardim, T.; Almeida, C.; Cerqueira, L.; Almeida, A.J.; Rodrigues, F.; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, M.J.. "Application of flow cytometry for the identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis by peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA FISH) in blood samples". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 100 3 (2011): 463-470. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054101666&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10482-011-9595-9 Azevedo, N.F.; Almeida, C.; Fernandes, I.; Cerqueira, L.; Dias, S.; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, M.J.. "Survival of gastric and enterohepatic Helicobacter spp. in water: Implications for transmission". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 6 (2008): 1805-1811. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-40849087921&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1128/AEM.02241-07 Cerqueira, L.; Azevedo, N.F.; Almeida, C.; Jardim, T.; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, M.J.. "DNA mimics for the rapid identification of microorganisms by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) (5-year Impact Factor: 4.653)". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 9 10 (2008): 1944-1960. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54349113792&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/ijms9101944 Azevedo, N.F.; Almeida, C.; Cerqueira, L.; Dias, S.; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, M.J.. "Coccoid form of Helicobacter pylori as a morphological manifestation of cell adaptation to the environment". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 10 (2007): 3423-3427. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249660577&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1128/AEM.00047-07
Capítulo de livro	Araújo, Daniela; Oliveira, Ricardo; Ana Maria Campos; Maria Margarida Barros; Andreia S. Azevedo; Ana Barbosa; Laura Cerqueira; et al. "Exploring the Spectrum of Biofilm Complexity". In Microbial Biofilm Dynamics.. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2024. Aceite para publicação Joana Castro; Ricardo Oliveira; Ana Maria Campos; Maria Margarida Barros; Andreia S. Azevedo; Ana Barbosa; Laura Cerqueira; et al. "Laboratory Models for Biofilm Studies". In Microbial Biofilm Dynamics. 2024. Aceite para publicação Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, NF; Cerqueira, L.; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, MJV. "RT-PCR and PNA-FISH as novel methods for the detection of specific microorganisms in heterotrophic biofilm communities". In Biofilms: Coming of Age,, 207-216. Manchester, Reino Unido: The Biofilm Club, 2007. Publicado
Poster em conferência	Barbosa VB; Cerqueira, L.; João M Miranda; Nuno F Azevedo. "Deterministic lateral displacement for separation in microscale: particle and microbial cell analysis". Trabalho apresentado em 40th International Symposium on Microscale Separation and Bioanalysis (MSB 2024), 2024. Barbosa VB; Cerqueira, L.; Miranda JM; Azevedo NF. "Evaluation of separation in DLD microchannel". Trabalho apresentado em 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE 2023), 2023. Violina Barbosa; Célia Rodrigues; Laura Cerqueira; João M. Miranda; Nuno F. Azevedo. "Candida tropicalis detection with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based microfluidic platform". Trabalho apresentado em 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). Helsínquia, Finlândia, 2022. Oliveira, Ricardo; Rocha, Rui; Sousa, Mário; Cerqueira, Laura; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe; Almeida, Carina. "Rapid identification of Campylobacter spp. using peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) in food samples". Trabalho apresentado em V AEICBAS Biomedical Congress - Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal, 2017. Fontenete S; Azevedo, Andreia S; Rocha, R.; Santos RS; Almeida Carina; Cerqueira, Laura; Guimarães N; Doctor Nuno F Azevedo (¿Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto). "Application of nucleic acid mimics in fluorescence in situ hybridization for the visualization of naturally- occurring biofilms with minimal disruption". Trabalho apresentado em Biofilms 6, 2014. Cerqueira, Laura; Fernandes, Ricardo; Ferreira, Rui; Oleastro, Mónica; Carneiro, Fátima; Brandão, C; Pimentel-Nunes, Pedro; et al. "Probe4Pylori®: a new kit for the rapid detection of H. pylori and associated clarithromycin resistance in gastric biopsies". Trabalho apresentado em XXVIth International Workshop on Helicobacter and related bacteria in chronic digestive inflammation and gastric cancer., 2013. Cerqueira, Laura; Fernandes, Ricardo; Ferreira, Fátima Carneiro; Dinis-Ribeiro, M.; Ceu Figueiredo; Keevil, C.W.; Azevedo, NF; Vieira, MJV. "Application of fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes in gastric samples for detection of Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance". Trabalho apresentado em 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 27h Int. Congress of Chemotherapy Group, 2011. Cerqueira, Laura; Azevedo, NF; Faria, N; Guimarães, N; Figueiredo, C; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, MJ. "New diagnostic method for the detection of clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori strains, using peptide nucleic acid probes". Trabalho apresentado em XXIInd international Workshop of the European Helicobacter Study Group. Porto, Portugal, 2009. Cerqueira, Laura; Azevedo, NF; Guimarães, N; Figueiredo, C; Keevil, C.W.; Vieira, MJ. "Use of peptide nucleic acid probes as a new method for the detection of clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori strains". Trabalho apresentado em 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). Helsínquia, Finlândia, 2009. Cerqueira, Laura; alves, josé; Vingada, José. "Poster". Trabalho apresentado em XXIX International Congress of Limnology (SIL), LAHTI, 2004.
Resumo em conferência	Azevedo, Nuno F.; Goeres, Darla M.; Cerqueira, Laura. "A Novel Multiplex mRNA PNA-FISH for Studying Gene Expression and Spatial Organization in Biofilms". Trabalho apresentado em EuroBioFilms 2024, Copenhagen, 2024. Publicado Barbosa, Ana; Darla Goeres; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe; Cerqueira, Laura. "PNA-FISH applications for bacterial detection and gene expression assessment in biofilms". Trabalho apresentado em SurfSAFE Conference - Biofilm detection and control in the food industry, Porto, 2023. Publicado Cerqueira, L.. "Lighting up Pathogen Detection: The Use of PNA-FISH for the Detection of Pathogens in Food and Water Samples". Trabalho apresentado em International Association for Food Protection: IAFP's 2022 European symposium, Munique, 2022. Rocha R; Sousa J.M.; Cerqueira, L.; Vieira M.J; Almeida C.; N. F. Azevedo. "Development and application of Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence in situ Hybridization for the specific detection of Listeria monocytogenes". Trabalho apresentado em International Association for Food Protection: IAFP's 2017 European symposium, 2017. Cerqueira, Laura; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe; Faria, Nuno Torres; Guimarães, Nuno; Figueiredo, Ceu; Keevil, Charles William; Vieira, Maria João. "New Diagnostic Method for the Detection of Clarithromycin Resistance in H. pylori Strains Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes". Trabalho apresentado em Helicobacter, 2009. Publicado Cerqueira, Laura; Guimarães, N; Figueiredo, Céu; Keevil, C.W.. "Use of peptide nucleic acid probes as a new method for the detection of clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori strains". Trabalho apresentado em Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009. Machado, Idalina; Cunha, Rita; Cerqueira, Laura; Lopes, S. P; Azevedo, N.F.,; Pereira, Olívia. "Influence of ionic strength in P. aeruginosa early-biofilm development". Trabalho apresentado em EUROBIOFILMS 2009 - First European Congress on Microbial Biofilms,, 2009. Publicado Cerqueira, Laura; Grade, Nuno; Vingada, José. "Diet and Distribution of Otter in South Portugal, Ria Formosa Natural Park". Trabalho apresentado em European Otter Conference, 2004.
Tese / Dissertação	Cerqueira, Laura. "Development and Evaluation of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes for the rapid detection of clinically relevant microorganisms". Doutoramento, 2012.

Propriedade Intelectual

Patente

Cerqueira, L.. 2022. "Laura Cerqueira; Montse-Vásquez; Carina Almeida; Nuno Azevedo. SONDA DE ÁCIDO PÉPTIDO NUCLEICO (PNA), ESTOJO E MÉTODO PARA DETECTAR E/OU QUANTIFICAR LEGIONELLA SPP. E RESPECTIVAS APLICAÇÕES".
Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, NF; Vieira, MJ. 2014. "Peptide Nucleic Acid probe (PNA), Kit and method for detection of Aspergillus fumigatus and applications thereof".
Almeida, C.; De Sousa, José Mário; Rocha, Rui; Cerqueira, Laura; Vieira, MJ; Azevedo, NF. 2014. "Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) Probe, Kit and Method for detecting and/or quantifying Escherichia coli O157:H7".
Almeida, C.; Cerqueira, Laura; Vieira, MJ; Azevedo, NF. 2014. "A blocker probe to avoid non-specific detection of Listeria monocytogenes, method and applications thereof".
Azevedo, NF; Cerqueira, Laura; Faria, Ricardo. 2009. "Peptide nucleic acid probes, kit and method for detecting helicobacter pylori and/or clarithromycin resistance profile and applications".

Outros

Empresa spin-off	2010. Biomode SA. www.biomode-sa.com. 2007. Farma Vida Sã. Health care products selling.
Outra produção	Probe4Salmonella Test Kit Certification by AOAC RI. This method has been evaluated in the AOAC® Performance Tested MethodsSM Program, and found to perform as stated by the manufacturer contingent to the comments contained in the manuscript. This certificate means that an AOAC® Certification Mark License Agreement has been executed which authorizes the manufacturer to display the AOAC Performance Tested SM certification mark.. 2018. De Sousa, José Mário; Rocha, Rui; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe. Probe4Monocytogenes Test Kit Certification by AOAC RI. This method has been evaluated in the AOAC® Performance Tested MethodsSM Program, and found to perform as stated by the manufacturer contingent to the comments contained in the manuscript. This certificate means that an AOAC® Certification Mark License Agreement has been executed which authorizes the manufacturer to display the AOAC Performance Tested SM certification mark. 2017. Rocha, Rui; De Sousa, José Mário; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe. Probe4Cronobacter Test Kit Certification by AOAC RI. first product in the world certified by AOAC for Cronocbacter Evaluation under the AOAC® PTM Program, and found to perform as stated by the manufacturer contingent to the comments contained in the manuscript. This certificate means that an AOAC® Certification Mark License Agreement has been executed which authorizes the manufacturer to display the AOAC Performance Tested SM certification mark;. 2017. Rocha, Rui; De Sousa, José Mário; Cerqueira, Laura; Almeida, Carina; Azevedo, Nuno Filipe. Biomode quality certification system by ISO 9001. IQNet and AENOR certified Biomode for the following field of activities: Investigation and development for Design and production of peptide nucleic acid probes kits for rapid and direct identification of pathogenic microorganisms by fluorescence microscopy in food processing and clinical areas (in vitro research and diagnosis). 2016. Cerqueira, Laura; Lima, Joana. Biomode quality certification system by ISO 13485 - Medical Devices production. IQNet and AENOR certified Biomode SA for the following field of activities: Investigation and development for design and production of peptide nucleic acid probes kits for rapid and drect identification of pathogenic microorganisms by fluorescence microscopy for in vitro diagnosis.. 2016. Cerqueira, Laura; Lima, Joana.
Processo judicial	2016. Technical File for Probe4Pylori CE Mark (D.L. 98/79/EC (IVD) ) and PRE-IDE FDA.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023	PNA-FISH applications for Legionella detection and localization in biofilms	5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering. Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023	PNA-FISH as a tool for exRNA detection in biofilms	COST Action CA20110 meeting, Centre Culturel Irlandais (Paris, France)
2022/07/13	Application of PNA-FISH based-methods for bacterial detection and localization in biofilms (Invited Speaker / Young Investigator Award)	annual Montana Biofilm Science & Technology Meeting Center for Biofilm Engineering - Montana State University (Bozeman, Estados Unidos)
2022/06	NAM-FISH based methods for bacterial detection	COST Action meeting Univ. Turin (Turin, Itália)
2022/05/05	Lighting up Pathogen Detection: The Use of PNA-FISH for the Detection of Pathogens in Food and Water Samples	International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) 2022 - European Symposium (Munique, Alemanha)
2021/11	Barbosa VB; Rodrigues CF; Cerqueira L; Miranda J; Azevedo NF. Microfluidics combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for Candida tropicalis detection	EUROPT(R)ODE XV, 29 (warsaw, Polónia)
2021/05/04	Taking FISH from Lab to Market (invited speaker)	SS2 "FISHing Bacteria" FEUP_LEPABE (DELNAM) (Porto, Portugal)
2021	Violina Barbosa; Célia Rodrigues; Laura Cerqueira; João Miranda; Nuno Azevedo: COmbination of microfluidics and fluorescence in situ hybridization to detect Candida tropicalis in urine samples. Flash presentation - Session B.	British yeast group 2021 - The future of yeast research Microbiology Society
2020/07	Biomode	VIbrant - Workshop 6 - Diagnostic development (online Workshop) CeNTI, V. N. Famalicão, Portugal (Portugal)
2017/07/04	Biomode Company presentation to MIT	MIT presentations INL (Braga, Portugal)
2017/03/17	DIVs - Marcação CE Biomode	Investbraga - Medical Devices StartupBraga (Braga, Portugal)
2017/02/23	Biomode presentation to Bayer	InvestBraga startups presentation to Bayer INL (Portugal)
2016/10/27	From Idea to Business	FNAC Talks COTEC (Braga, Portugal)
2015/04/07	Biomode Presentation: Biomode and the experience of a technology-based entrepreneur	War Stories - COHITEC 2015 Program Seminar COTEC (Porto, Portugal)
2015/03/17	Biomode Presentation - Portuguese reality	Programa de Gestão da Inovação e Empreendedorismo da Universidade de Brown COTEC (Porto, Portugal)
2014/09/12	Moreira, D., Cerqueira, L., Miranda, J., Azevedo, N. “Yeasts identification in microfluidic devices through peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) “. Yeasts identif	ChemPor 2014 - 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, FEUP, University of Porto FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2014/07/17	Biomode presentation	Global Entrepreneurship Program Delegation to Portugal COTEC (Porto, Portugal)
2013/09/16	Biomode presentation to Mister President Sir Cavaco Silva	Spinpark/Tecminho (Caldas das Taipas, Portugal)
2013/09/11	Biomode presentation to Caixa Capital - Investment	CaixaCapital (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/07/19	Taking FISH from lab to market	FISH: Fundamentals and Applications LEPABE (Porto, Portugal)
2013/07/09	Biomode update	Portugal Ventures Portugal Ventures (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/03/22	Biomode presentation to Biomérieux	(Caldas das Taipas, Portugal)
2012/11/09	Medical Devices	Ciência e Engenharia - Dispositivos médicos Universidade do Minho (Escola de ciências/Escola de Engenharia) (Guimarães, Portugal)
2008/09/20	Cerqueira, L., Azevedo, N.F., Guimarães, N., Figueiredo, C., Keevil, C.W., and Vieira, M.J. Development of peptide nucleic acid probes for the detection of different point mutations conferring clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori 23S rRNA	XXIst international Workshop of the European Helicobacter Study Group. Riga, Latvia European Helicobacter Study Group (Riga, Letónia)
2008/03/14	L. Cerqueira, N.F. Azevedo and M.J.Vieira. "Development of peptide nucleic acid probes for the detection of different point mutations conferring clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori 23S rRNA.",	Reunião Luso-Francesa de Helicobacter pylori Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal. (Lisboa, Portugal)

Orientação

	Título / Tema Papel desempenhado	Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2023/10 - Atual	Use of FISH and targeted transcriptomic imaging along with matrix stains to map an industrial multispecies biofilm that includes the pathogen Legionella Coorientador de Sofia Cruz	Phd (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Center for Biofilm Engineering - Montana State University, Estados Unidos
2022/09/01 - 2026/08/31	Development of a multiplex mRNA PNA-FISH method to assess Legionella pneumophila morphological state within multispecies biofilms in water systems Orientador de Ana Barbosa	PhD (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Associated Laboratory in Chemical Engineering (ALiCE), Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Center for Biofilm Engineering - Montana State University, Estados Unidos
2022/09/01 - 2025/08/31	Integration of microfluidics and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for rapid identification of microorganisms in food samples Coorientador de Violina Barbosa	PhD (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Associated Laboratory in Chemical Engineering (ALiCE), Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/05	Development of a Spatial Transcriptomics approach to study L. pneumophila biofilm ecology Orientador	Licenciatura em Bioengenharia (Bioengenharia Molecular) (Licenciatura/Bacharelato) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2023/10 - 2024/02	Métodos de análise para biofilmes de Escherichia coli Orientador	Licenciatura em Engenharia Química (Licenciatura/Bacharelato) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/04	FLUDS - Development of fluorescence spectroscopy systems for microbial detection (NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-046970) Coorientador de Ricardo Oliveira	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2023	FLUDS - Development of fluorescence spectroscopy systems for microbial detection (NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-046970) NAM probes diffusion on standardized biofilms Coorientador de Igor Resende	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/12 - 2022/10/05	Short Term Scientific Mission on the exRNA-PATH COST Action CA20110, “RNA communication across kingdoms: new mechanisms and strategies in pathogen control”. Coorientador de Enkeleda Berberi	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2022/09/01	Desenvolvimento de sistemas baseados em espectroscopia de fluorescência para deteção microbiana Coorientador de Ana Teresa Barbosa	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02/28 - 2022/05/31	Erasmus Programme Health and Environment in Development of a colorimetric method for the detection of Legionella spp. Orientador de Jorge Llopis García	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02/28 - 2022/05/31	Erasmus Programme Health and Environment in Optimization of salmonella PNA-FISH probe conditions Coorientador de Nieves Corbalán López	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/11 - 2021/02/01	IMPROVING A PATHOGEN DETECTION METHOD BASED ON NUCLEIC ACID MIMICS-IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (NAM-ISH) Orientador de Joaquim de Almeida	Mestrado Integrado Bioengenharia - Engenharia Biológica (SPI) (Mestrado)
2019 - 2021	Legionella spp. PNA-FISH detection in water samples Orientador de Montserrat Nacher-Vasquez	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02/10 - 2020/07/17	Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029961 - COLOR-ISH – Improvement of a colorimetric in situ hybridization method (COLOR-ISH) for the rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria Orientador de Inês Almerim	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02/10 - 2020/07	Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029961 - Improvement of a colorimetric in situ hybridization method (COLOR-ISH) by the screening of alternative options for the enzyme-NAM conjugate Coorientador de Cedric Bouba	Universiteit Gent, Bélgica
2018 - 2018	Development of NAM-FISH methods for the detection of microorganisms in clinical and food samples Orientador de Ana Catarina Sousa	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Product of Biomode based in the PNA-FISH technology for the detection of Aspergillus fumigatus in the clinical area. From this master thesis it was published a review (DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3251-5) Orientador de Sara Moura	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2014 - 2017	The use of antisense DNA mimics for suppressing microRNAs involved in gastric cancer (PhD) Coorientador de Joana Lima	Sandwich PhD (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2013 - 2013/10	Interference studies for a product based on PNA-FISH Coorientador de Teresa Maria Conde Lopes	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2012 - 2013	Certification processes in food biotechnology area Coorientador de Simão Freitas Félix	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2012 - 2013	Application of PNA-FISH based method for the specific identification of Aspergillus fumigatus in clinical samples Coorientador de Joana Santos	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2011 - 2012	Development of a PNA-FISH method for the detection of L. monocytogenes Coorientador de Ana Isabel Rocha Fontão	Universidade do Minho, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2011 - 2012	Certification of processes and products in the biotechnology area Coorientador de Vasco Rafael Fernandes dos Santos	Universidade do Minho, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2023/03/03 - 2023/03/03	e.Biofilm project Kick-off meeting organization, 3rd March 2023 at Department of Chemical Engineering FEUP, University of Porto. (2023/03/03 - 2023/03/03)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/05/06	The 2nd DelNAM Summer School. The summer school will include theoretical sessions and hands-on practical sessions on the FISH technique and its applications. The practical sessions will include the design of oligonucleotides to target bacteria, standard FISH on planktonic and mixed biofilms, as well as variants including the application of liposomes, microfluidics and spectral image analysis. (2021/05/04 - 2021/05/06) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2013 - 2013	The workshop focused on the theoretical part of FISH and its applications with oral presentations and poster sessions and in a practical course, focused on different FISH techniques applied to the detection of bacteria. This one-day course allowed participants to have a hands-on experience on the diverse steps of two well-known hybridization techniques: PNA-FISH (peptide nucleic acid FISH) and CARD-FISH (catalyzed reporter deposition FISH). (2013/07/18 - 2013/07/20) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2011 - 2011	Third International Practical Course on Biofilm Sciences: Biofilms: from basic to emergent (2011/05/09 - 2011/05/13) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2009 - 2009	Second International Practical Course on Biofilm Sciences (2009/02/16 - 2009/02/21) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2006 - 2006	First International Practical Course on Biofilm sciences (2006/09/11 - 2006/09/16) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2003 - 2003	XXVIth International Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB): Integrating Wildlife with People; Perdix Xth International Symposium (2003/09 - 2003/09) Congresso (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2002/09 - 2003	VIth European Roe Deer Meeting; Caldas do Gerês (2003/04 - 2003/04) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2000 - 2000	II Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada (2000/11 - 2000/11) Simpósio	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2021/09/20 - 2021/09/20	Webinar "Legionella testing: Latest approaches and new perspectives" Explore different approaches to Legionella testing Understand the key requirements of the new European directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption Gain advice from a multiutility laboratory on the analysis and management of Legionella in drinking water Seminário	SelectScience, Reino Unido
2021/09/06 - 2021/09/06	Participation at the COST Academy online "Leadership workshop" Oficina (workshop)	Leadership Workshop
2021/07/07 - 2021/07/07	CEMBO. EU Workshop on "Excellence in project Management"	CEMBO.EU, Países Baixos
2020/07/13 - 2020/07/15	Attended the EMBL Conference: Microfluidics: Designing the Next Wave of Biological Inquiry Conferência	EMBL Conference: Microfluidics: Designing the Next Wave of Biological Inquiry European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Alemanha
2020/03/10 - 2020/03/10	From Farm to Fork - The Food Safety Journey. Exploring the various pain points of potential contamination in the processes involved, and regulations overseeing production Outro	From Farm to Fork - The Food Safety Journey PALL Laboratory, Estados Unidos
2019/05/22 - 2019/05/22	Jornada Te´cnica sobre "Redes de a´gua pota´vel em edifi´cios hospitalares - Descontaminac¸a~o e controle da corrosa~o''FEUP, 22ndMay 2019 Simpósio	Jornada Te´cnica sobre "Redes de a´gua pota´vel em edifi´cios hospitalares - Descontaminac¸a~o e controle da corrosa~o' Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/06/12 - 2018/06/12	ACHEMA World Forum and Leading Show for the Process Industries - Meetings with Stakeholders
2018/04/10 - 2018/04/13	Analytica Exhibition 2018 - meetings with stakeholders Exposição
2017/06/05 - 2017/06/06	TECNET - Business Camp to talk about entrepreneurship and technology development
2016/07/31 - 2016/08/03	International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting. The IAFP Annual Meeting was attended by more than 3,300 of the top industry, academic and governmental food safety professionals from six continents. IAFP 2016 was held at the America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri. (Stand)
2016/05/27 - 2016/05/29	Digestive Disease Along the Douro Valley (Hotel Douro Palace) (Stand)
2008/06 - 2008/06	3rd Technology Open Day – Health & Food Technologies, Braga
2006/04 - 2006/04	XV Porto cancer Meeting Helicobacter pylori: From infection to gastric cancer IPATIMUP, Porto
2006/04 - 2006/04	Seventh Progress Meeting, SAFER (European Programme), Drinking Water. University of Minho, Braga
2005/12 - 2005/12	VII jornadas da SECEM (Sociedade espanhola para a conservação e estudo dos mamíferos) Valência, Spain
2003/11 - 2003/11	IV Congresso de Ornitologia e II Jornadas Ibéricas de Ornitologia Aveiro, Portugal apresentação em poster como co-autora
2003/09 - 2003/09	XXVIth International Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists – IUGB, Integrating Wildlife with People” and Perdix Xth International Symposium, Braga
2003/07 - 2003/07	The return of the otter in Europe – Where and How?; The International Otter Survival Fund, Scotland
2002/09 - 2002/09	XXVth Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists – IUGB and Perdix IX International Symposium, Cyprus
2002/09 - 2002/09	2º Congresso Nacional de Conservação da Natureza. ICN,Lisboa
2000/11 - 2000/11	II Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada Universidade do Minho; Braga
1999/12 - 1999/12	I Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada University of Minho; Braga, Portugal
1999/03 - 1999/03	IV Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (ENEB) Instituto Profissional do Terço Porto, Portugal

Júri de grau académico

	Tema Tipo de participação	Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização
2023/12/04	A new endolysin to combat Helicobacter pylori infections and gastric cancer prevention Arguente principal	Maria Inês Pinto Rocha (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2022/12/09	Novel phage-derived product to control Paenibacillus larvae in bee hives Arguente	Henrique Gonçalves Ribeiro (Doutoramento) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2022/02/18	Phage-encoded proteins for Helicobacter pylori detection Arguente principal	Marta Daniela Coelho Barbosa (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/07/17	Design of NAM-probes specific to Legionella spp. Orientador	Inês Armelim (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/10/11	Product of Biomode based in the PNA-FISH technology for the detection of Aspergillus fumigatus in the clinical area Orientador	Sara Moura (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2016/10	Development and validation of a LNA-FISH method for the detection of Aeromonas Arguente principal	Cátia Filipa Magalhães Ferreira (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/10	Development of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the detection of foodborne pathogens Arguente principal	Susana Patrícia Chaves Costa (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2013/10	Interference Studies for a Product based on PNA-FISH Orientador	Teresa Maria Conde Lopes (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal Biomode SA, Portugal
2012/12/07	Development of PNA-FISH methods for the detection of foodborne pathogens Vogal	Ana Isabel Rocha Fontão (Mestrado)
2012/12/07	Certification of Biotechnological processes and products Vogal	Vasco Rafael Fernandes dos Santos (Mestrado)

Arbitragem científica em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2023/04 - Atual	JoVE Methods Collection under the Topic “FISH technologies for microbial detection”.
2023 - Atual	Associate Editor for Microbiotechnology Frontiers in Microbiology
2022 - Atual	Cellular and Infection Microbiology - Biofilms	Frontiers
2021/01/05 - Atual	International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067)	MDPI
2021 - Atual	Vaccines (2076-393X)	MDPI
2021 - Atual	Microorganisms (2076-2607)	MDPI
2020/11/24 - Atual	Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X)	MDPI
2020/10/16 - 2022/10/25	Foods (ISSN 2304-8158)	MDPI
2020/10/21 - 2020/11/11	BMC Microbiology (1471-2180)	Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2020/07/22 - 2020/07/31	processes (2227-9717)	MDPI
2020/03 - 2020/04	Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X) (2072-666X)	MDPI

Comissão de avaliação

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de assessoria	Instituição / Organização	Entidade financiadora
2022 - Atual	Guest Associate Editor in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (Clinical Microbiology)
2022 - Atual	Review Editor - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology -Novel diagnostic methods for microbial detection
2022 - Atual	Review Editor in Frontiers in Food Microbiology
2023/06 - 2023/06	2023 AOAC Eurofins “Testing for Life Student Scholarship” Award - Member of the Judging Panel Avaliador	AOAC International, Estados Unidos	Administration on Aging AOAC International
2023/06 - 2023/06	2023 AOAC Herbalife Student Scholarship Award - Member of the Judging Panel Avaliador	AOAC International, Estados Unidos	AOAC International
2022 - 2023/01/15	Guest Editor in the Special Issue "Biomedical Microdevices: State of the Art and Trends". A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Biology and Biomedicine". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 Jan 2022 (2 published papers) Coordenador	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Suiça
2022/03 - 2022/03	Rapporteur - EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2022; https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/outreach/eit-regional-innovation-scheme-ris (3 projects)
2022/03 - 2022/03	EIT Food Business Creation programmes 2022 - online evaluation (10 Projects)
2022/02 - 2022/03	Expert for RIS Innovation Call 2022 Call For Evaluation; https://eithealth.eu/opportunity/eit-health-ris-innovation-call-2022/ (4 projects) Evaluator Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2020/10/20 - 2021/12/31	Guest Editor in the Special Issue "Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Applications for Biosensing". A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Biology and Biomedicine". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 Dec 2021. (5 published papers) Coordenador	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Suiça
2021/01/19 - 2021/01/29	Rapporteur - EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2021; https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/outreach/eit-regional-innovation-scheme-ris (2 projects) Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria	European Institute of Innovation and Technology
2020/12/07 - 2021/01/18	Expert for EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2021; https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/outreach/eit-regional-innovation-scheme-ris (2 projects) Avaliador	EIT Health, Alemanha	EIT Health
2020/04/09 - 2020/04/10	Evaluator of EIT Health COVID-19 “Rapid Response” in 2020 (2 projects) Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2020/03 - 2020/03	Rapporteur - RIS 2020 Innovation call; https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/outreach/eit-regional-innovation-scheme-ris (2 projects) Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2020/02 - 2020/02	Expert for EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2020; https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/outreach/eit-regional-innovation-scheme-ris (4 projects) Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2019/07 - 2019/07	Expert for EIT Health RIS Innovation Call 2019 https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/outreach/eit-regional-innovation-scheme-ris (2 projects) Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2019/06 - 2019/06	Expert for EIT Health Innostars (https://eithealth.eu/) - European Health Catapult Innostars (3 projects). Avaliador	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2019/04 - 2019/04	External Expert for EIT Health Innostars (https://eithealth.eu/) - EIT Headstart Innostars Funding Programme (6 projects).	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungria
2012/10 - 2012/10	Independent expert for European research and innovation FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-2: HEALTH.2013.0-1: Boosting the translation of health research projects' results into innovative applications for health.	European Commission, Bélgica

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2021/05/06 - 2021/05/06	Summer School 2 "FISHing Bacteria" - part of the practical classes	(Outros)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2014/04/03 - 2014/04/03	Invited to teach the seminar: “PNA-FISH - Fluorescence in situ hybridization with Peptide Nucleic Acid probes Microorganisms detection” Institution: Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Class of Industrial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2013/05/21 - 2013/05/21	Invited to teach the seminar: “PNA-FISH - for Microorganisms detection” Institution: Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Class of Industrial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2011/05/12 - 2011/05/13	Practical Classes Support “Third International Practical Course on Biofilm Sciences - Biofilms: from Basic to Emergent”	(Outros)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2009/02/20 - 2009/02/21	Practical Classes Support “Second International Practical Course on Biofilm Sciences - Biofilms”	(Outros)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2006/09/15 - 2006/09/16	Practical Classes Support “First International Practical Course on Biofilm Sciences - Biofilms	(Outros)
2000 - 2001	Support of the Practical classes (during the end of course stage) of the Ecology Discipline Institution: Sciences School, Universidade do Minho, Braga (Portugal)	(Licenciatura)	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

	Descrição da atividade	Jornal / Forum
2023/03	e.Biofilm project and my work on Legionella spp. was described at Issue nº 63 of the Engineering Magazine from Faculty of Engineering from University of Porto.
2022	The Young Investigator Award from the Montana State University that I had obtained was noticed at “U.Porto News” website.
2015/03/16	Biomode new investment round - Biomode company	Observador
2012/04/02	Biomode: Biotechnology on the way to the USA	Dinheiro Vivo

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

	Programa	Tema
2023/02 - Atual	"90 Segundos de Ciência" program, a scientific dissemination program coordinated by Joana Lobo Antunes and António Granado, broadcast daily on Antena 1.	Legionella Biofilms
2015/04/02 - 2015/04/02	Interview with Porto Canal Porto Canal, "Mentes que Brilham"	Biomode

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2021/02 - Atual	Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (SPM)	Effective member - 681
2020/02 - Atual	Associação Nacional de Investigadores em Ciência e Tecnologia (Alternate in the list for the General Assembly - year 2022)	Member

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2020/09/15 - Atual	Topical Advisory Panel Member at Micromachines (MDPI) Outro
2022/10/17 - 2022/10/19	Scientific Committee for the conference "Microbiologia 2022". Panel Food Microbiology. https://microbiologia2022.com/
2013 - 2017	AOAC Research Institute Advisory Council (US Association of Analytical Communities) Consultor

Tutoria

	Tópico	Nome do aluno
2018 - 2018	IEFP Internship - Market approach (Biomode SA)	Elísia Lopes
2012 - 2012	IEFP Internship - Company operations development (Biomode SA)	Joana Lima
2012 - 2012	IEFP Internship - Products development (Biomode SA)	Rui Rocha

Distinções

Prémio

2022	CBE Young Investigator Award - Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University, Estados Unidos
2017	Second Prize in a Scientific Posters Competition: R. Oliveira, R. Rocha, M. Sousa, L. Cerqueira, Nuno F. Azevedo, C. Almeida. Rapid identification of Campylobacter spp. using PNA FISH in food samples V AEICBAS Biomedical Congress, 21st to the 23rd of April 2017, Porto, Portugal., Portugal
2012	BES Innovation Award - Panel Natural resources and feeding Banco Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa, Portugal

Outra distinção

2019	Honourable Mention - Best student at General Management Course Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
2018	Selected to represent Catolica Business School in the 2nd Edition of the 1st round of the global management challenge Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
2014	Series A funds (1.6M€): The spin-off Biomode SA was award with an investment to support the certification and the market entry
2010	Seed funds (300k€): The spin-off Biomode was awarded with an investment (InovCapital-ACTec venture fund) intended to support the products development and certification. Portugal Ventures, Portugal
2009	CienCinvest financing to perform a Cohort study to validate PNA-FISH method for the detection of H. pylori and clarithromycin resistance (IPO/IPATIMUP/INSA/U.MINHO) (60k€)