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Susana P. Costa is currently a Research Engineer in the Medical Devices Research Group at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, working on developing a device for bacterial detection and identification in the environment based on volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Susana holds a Master’s degree in Bioengineering (2016) and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (2023) from the University of Minho. She has more than 5 years of experience in bacterial detection sensors, published seven articles in peer-reviewed journals, and co-authored several conference proceedings abstracts. During her academic and Ph.D. research she received three awards and participated in various international projects.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Susana Patrícia Chaves Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Susana P.
  • Susana Costa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0215-0264-F161
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2661-3617

Email addresses

  • susana.costa@inl.int (Professional)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/18
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Developement of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the multiplex detection of bloodstream pathogens" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016
Concluded
 Mestrado em Bioengenharia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Development of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the detection of foodborne pathogens" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2016
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"development of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the detection of foodborne pathogens " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic diversity in ethambutol resistance acquisition" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2022/08/01 - 2023/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2022/08/12 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
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Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/10/01 - 2017/09/30 Bolseiro de Investigação - "Proteostasia da huntingtina e mitocôndria: alvos para prevenir a disfunção neuronal na doença de Huntington" Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2016/11/29 Tese de Mestrado - "Development of a phage based lab-on-chip for the detection of foodborne pathogens". Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/05/01 - 2014/07/25 Bachelor's Project - "Impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic diversity in ethambutol resistance acquisition" Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/10 - 2021/09 Development of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the multiplex detection of bloodstream pathogens
SFRH/BD/130098/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current Smartgnostics - Global Testing and Diagnostics solutions for antimicrobial resistances
Smartgnostics
Researcher
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2023/02/28 GreenPalm - Development of sustainable date palm-based agro systems by preserving their biodiversity
PRIMA/0001/2019
Research Fellow
Ongoing
2018/07/16 - 2022/08/13 An integrated phage-based microdevice for multiplex detection of bloodstream infections
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032442
Researcher
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/10/01 - 2017/09/30 Targeting huntingtin proteostasis and mitochondria to prevent neuronal dysfunction in Huntington’s disease
P2020-PTDC/NEU-NMC/0412/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Costa, Susana P.; Dias, Nicole; Melo, Luis D.R.; Santos, Silvio B.; Azeredo, Joana; Carvalho, Carla. "A phage-based assay for the rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections". Paper presented in 23rd Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, Olympia, 2019.
    Published
  2. Reis, Sara D; Costa, Susana P. (0215-0264-F161); Pinho, Brígida R; Oliveira, Jorge M. A.. "Huntingtin Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Status in Different Cellular Models of Huntington’s Disease". Paper presented in iMed.ULisboa and 2nd i3du Postgraduate Students Meeting, Lisboa, 2017.
    Published
  3. Reis, Sara D; Costa, Susana P; Pinho, Brígida R; Oliveira, Jorge M. A.. "Cellular proteostasis of N-terminal and full-length huntingtin and its impact on mitochondrial status". Paper presented in MitoPorto - Advances in Mitochondrial Research. International Symposium, Porto, 2017.
    Published
  4. Carvalho, Carla M.; Costa, Susana P. (0215-0264-F161); Melo, Luis D.R.; Santos, Silvio B.; Freitas, Paulo P.; Azeredo, Joana. "A phage-based assay for detection of pathogen". Paper presented in Bacteriophages: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Their Application in Medicine, Veterinary and Food, Moscovo, 2016.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Costa, Susana P.; Dias, Nicole; Melo, Luis D.R.; Santos, Sílvio B.; Azeredo, Joana; Carvalho, Carla. "A phage-based assay for the rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections". Paper presented in 23rd Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, 2019.
  2. Reis, Sara D; Costa, Susana P.; Pinho, Brígida R; Oliveira, Jorge M. A.. "Huntingtin Proteostasis and Mitochondrial Status in Different Cellular Models of Huntington’s Disease". Paper presented in 9th iMed.ULisboa and 2nd i3du Postgraduate Students Meeting, 2017.
  3. Reis, Sara D; Costa, Susana P. (0215-0264-F161); Pinho, Brígida R; Oliveira, Jorge M. A.. "Cellular proteostasis of N-terminal and full-length huntingtin and its impact on mitochondrial status". Paper presented in MitoPorto - Advances in Mitochondrial Research. International Symposium, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Susana P. Costa; Catarina R.F. Caneira; Virginia Chu; Paulo P. Freitas; João P. Conde; Carla M. Carvalho. "A microfluidic platform combined with bacteriophage receptor binding proteins for multiplex detection of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in blood". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 376 (2023): 132917-132917. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.132917.
    10.1016/j.snb.2022.132917
  2. Susana P Costa; Carla Carvalho. "Burden of bacterial bloodstream infections and recent advances for diagnosis". Pathogens and Disease 80 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftac027.
    10.1093/femspd/ftac027
  3. Susana P. Costa; Catarina L. Nogueira; Alexandra P. Cunha; Ana Lisac; Carla M. Carvalho. "Potential of bacteriophage proteins as recognition molecules for pathogen detection". Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (2022): 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2022.2071671.
    10.1080/07388551.2022.2071671
  4. Susana P. Costa; Alexandra P. Cunha; Paulo P. Freitas; Carla M. Carvalho. "A Phage Receptor-Binding Protein as a Promising Tool for the Detection of Escherichia coli in Human Specimens". Frontiers in Microbiology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.871855.
    10.3389/fmicb.2022.871855
  5. Costa, Susana P.; Dias, Nicolina M.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Azeredo, Joana; Santos, Sílvio B.; Carvalho, Carla M.. "A novel flow cytometry assay based on bacteriophage-derived proteins for Staphylococcus detection in blood". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62533-7.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-62533-7
  6. Santos, S.B.; Cunha, A.P.; Macedo, M.; Nogueira, C.L.; Brandão, A.; Costa, S.P.; Melo, L.D.R.; Azeredo, J.; Carvalho, C.M.. "Bacteriophage-receptor binding proteins for multiplex detection of Staphylococcus and Enterococcus in blood". Biotechnology and Bioengineering 117 11 (2020): 3286-3298. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85088800250&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/bit.27489
  7. Ergun Akturk; Hugo Oliveira; Sílvio B. Santos; Susana Costa; Suleyman Kuyumcu; Luís D. R. Melo; Joana Azeredo. "Synergistic Action of Phage and Antibiotics: Parameters to Enhance the Killing Efficacy Against Mono and Dual-Species Biofilms". Antibiotics 8 3 (2019): 103-103. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030103.
    10.3390/antibiotics8030103
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Susana P.. "Development of a phage-based lab-on-chip for the detection of foodborne pathogens". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/10/17 Plataforma microfluídica combinada com proteínas de bacteriófagos para deteção múltipla de bactérias no sangue Microbiologia 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (Portugal)
2022/04/04 A phage-based microfluidic system for the multiplex detection of bloodstream pathogens INL Annual Research Symposium 2022
(Braga, Portugal)
2021/08/04 Combining bacteriophage proteins with magnetic and optical approaches for the detection of Escherichia coli in different clinical samples 24th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting
The Evergreen State College (Olympia, United States)
2016/10/13 A phage-based assay for detection of pathogen Bacteriophages: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Their Application in Medicine, Veterinary and Food
(Moscovo, Russia)
Distinctions

Award

2022 SPM Young Investigator Award - Best Oral Presentation
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2021 Conference Meeting Grant
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, United Kingdom
2016 Merit Grant
Universidade do Minho, Portugal