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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Clara Ferreira de Almeida Cardia Gomes

Citation names

  • Gomes, Maria
  • Gomes, M. C.
  • Maria C. Gomes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1414-69CE-C610
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3199-2535

Addresses

  • CICECO. Edifício Tecnológico, Departamento de Quimica, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago, 3810 - 193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Inorganic Chemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013 - 2017/06/17
Concluded
 Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Photoactive nanoparticles for optical bioimaging" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aproved
2016/01 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Advanced Confocal Raman Microscopy couse (Outros)
University Health Network, Canada
2016/06 - 2016/06
Concluded
 Advanced Course in TEM for cell imaging (Outros)
University Health Network, Canada
2016/05 - 2016/05
Concluded
 ARC Mouse handling wet lab (Outros)
University Health Network, Canada
2016/05 - 2016/05
Concluded
 ARC Anesthesia Wet Lab (Outros)
University Health Network, Canada
2014 - 2014
Concluded
 Advanced Course in Photobiological Sciences (Curso médio)
Major in Photobiology
European Society of Photobiology, Italy
2009 - 2010
Concluded
 Biology (Mestrado)
Major in Clinical and Ambiental Microbiology
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
"Cationic galactoporphyrins on microoganisms photoinactivation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004 - 2009
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/12/15 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/06/01 - 2019/12/14 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/10/04 - 2019 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/07 Research Trainee (Research) University Health Network, Canada
University Health Network, Canada
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/02 - 2017/01 PHOTOACTIVE SILICA NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTICS AND BIO IMAGING
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/88334/2012
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2016 Photoactive silica nanoparticles for bio imaging
SFRH/BD/88334/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04 - 2013/06 Optical Sensors and Nanomaterials for Anion Recognition
Provided by PTCRIS: 101538
Master Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/05/01 - Current PRISM-LT - PRInted Symbiotic Materials as a dynamic platform for Living Tissues production
101070913
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 European Innovation Council
Ongoing
2021/03/28 - 2024/03/27 Bioinspired tile-matching to create ultrastructured bone microtissues in a close-to-native fashion
PTDC/BTM-MAT/3201/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07/22 - 2022/06/21 Platelet Lysate Hydrogels for Myocardial Repair
PTDC/BTM-MAT/30869/2017
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2020/02/01 PANGEIA- Microencapsulated 3D+ Cancer-Stroma Microtumor-based In vitro Testing Platforms for High-Throughput Screening of Combinatorial Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030503
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/06/01 - 2019/12/14 Bioengineered autonomous cell-biomaterials devices for generating humanised micro-tissues for regenerative medicine
ERC-2014-ADG
Post-doc Fellow
European Commission
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2019/05/31 Tailored Elastin-like Recombinamers as Advanced Systems for Cell Therapies in Diabetes Mellitus: a Synthetic Biology Approach towards a Bioeffective and Immunoisolated Biosimilar Islet/Cell Niche
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/646075/EU
Post-doc Fellow
European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Custódio, C. A.; Santos, S. C.; Monteiro, C. F.; Deus, I. A.; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, J. F.. "Chapter 26. Animal Protein-based Soft Materials for Tissue Engineering Applications". In Soft Matter for Biomedical Applications, edited by João F. Mano; Helena S. Azevedo; João Borges, 660-683. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021.
    Published • 10.1039/9781839161124-00660
Conference abstract
  1. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Exploring the potential of protein-based microunits for in vitro simulation of bone tissue regeneration". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
  2. Ana R. Pinho; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; João F. Mano. "From Protein-Based Liquified Microcapsules To Bone Tissue Micro-Units". Paper presented in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Conference 2022, Krakow, 2022.
    Published
  3. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; João F. Mano. "Bioinspired adhesive proteins as building blocks for liquified platforms with an impact on bone regenerative medicine". Paper presented in 31st Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) together with the 43rd Annual Congress of the Iberian Society of Biomechanics and Biomaterials (SIBB), Porto, 2021.
Conference paper
  1. Bruno M. Ladeira; Maria C. Gomes; Custódio, Catarina A.; Mano, Joao F.. "Recreating the dynamic properties of the ECM through cyclodextrin-mediated assembly of human amniotic membrane". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
  2. Bruno M. Ladeira; Maria C. Gomes; Custódio, Catarina A.; Kongchang Wei; Mano, Joao F.. "Leveraging host-guest interactions to produce highly reshapable soft hydrogels from proteins of human origin". Paper presented in 33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, ESB2023, Davos, 2023.
Conference poster
  1. Maria C. Gomes; Pinho, Ana Rita; Mano, Joao F.. "Bio-inspired Incubators: liquified microcapsules marvels in tissue engineering". Paper presented in 12th World Biomaterials Congress, 2024.
  2. Pinho, Ana Rita; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Catechol analogs' many roles in the multifunctionality of liquid gelatine-based capsules". Paper presented in SupraLife Second School – “Bioinspired Supramolecular Self-Assemblies", 2024.
  3. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Multifunctional and multi-compartmentalized gelatin-based incubator units for in vitro studies". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023: Crossing Borders, 2023.
  4. Bruno M. Ladeira; Maria C. Gomes; Custódio, Catarina A.; Mano, Joao F.. Corresponding author: Bruno M. Ladeira. "Exploring host-guest interactions between cyclodextrins and proteins to produce supramolecular amniotic membrane hydrogels". Paper presented in SupraLife First School “Functional Supramolecular Polymeric Biomaterials”, 2023.
  5. Pinho, Ana Rita; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Bone liquified microunits as an innovative strategy to promote bone tissue regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022, 2022.
  6. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Microcapsules at the service of bone regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2021, 2021.
  7. Ana Rita Pinho; Dora Gosta; Maria C. Gomes; João F. Mano. "Protein-based liquified systems: a step closer to personalized medicine". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2021.
  8. Gomes, Maria. "Carbohydrate Coated Gold Nanoparticles as SERS probes for Confocal Raman Microscopy of Cancer Cells". 2016.
    10.1117/12.2080443
  9. Gomes, Maria. "Photodynamic Inactivation of Conidia of Penicillium chrysogenum by Cationic Porphyrins". Paper presented in 14th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology (ESP), Geneva (Switzerland), 2011.
  10. Gomes, Maria. "Glycosylated Porphyrinoids for PDT applications". Paper presented in International Symposion on Advances in Synhtesis and Medicinal Chemistry, 2011.
  11. Maria C. Gomes. "Cationic galactoporphyrins for the photoinactivation of microorganisms". 2011.
  12. Gomes, Maria. "Porphyrins and phthalocyanines for wastewater treatment". Paper presented in European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, 2011.
  13. Gomes, Maria. "Synthesis, Caracterization and Biological Studies of Cationic Galactoporphyrins". Paper presented in International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2010.
  14. Gomes, Maria. "New cationic glycoporphyrins for the photoinactivation of microorganisms". Paper presented in Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Elisa A.G. Martins; Inês A. Deus; Maria C. Gomes; Ana S. Silva; João F. Mano; Catarina A. Custódio. "Human Chorionic Membrane-derived Tunable Hydrogels for Vascular Tissue Engineering Strategies". Advanced Healthcare Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202401510.
    10.1002/adhm.202401510
  2. Cátia F. Monteiro; Maria C. Gomes; Pankaj Bharmoria; Mara G. Freire; João A. P. Coutinho; Catarina A. Custódio; João F. Mano. "Human Platelet Lysate-Derived Nanofibrils as Building Blocks to Produce Free-Standing Membranes for Cell Self-Aggregation". ACS Nano (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c02790.
    10.1021/acsnano.4c02790
  3. Nahal Abie; Ceyda Ünlü; Ana Rita Pinho; Maria C. Gomes; Torsten Remmler; Marc Herb; Daniela Grumme; et al. "Designing of a Multifunctional 3D-Printed Biomimetic Theragenerative Aerogel Scaffold via Mussel-Inspired Chemistry: Bioactive Glass Nanofiber-Incorporated Self-Assembled Silk Fibroin with Antibacterial, Antiosteosarcoma, and Osteoinductive Properties". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c00065.
    10.1021/acsami.4c00065
  4. Pinho, Ana R.; Gomes, Maria C.; Costa, Dora C. S.; Mano, João F.. "Bioactive Self-Regulated Liquified Microcompartments to Bioengineer Bone-Like Microtissues (Small 9/2024)". Small 20 9 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202470074.
    Published • 10.1002/smll.202470074
  5. Pinho, Ana R.; Gomes, Maria C.; Costa, Dora C. S.; Mano, João F.. "Bioactive Self-Regulated Liquified Microcompartments to Bioengineer Bone-Like Microtissues". Small 20 9 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202305029.
    Published • 10.1002/smll.202305029
  6. Zargarzadeh, Mehrzad; Gomes, Maria C.; Patrício, Sónia G.; Custódio, Catarina A.; Mano, João F.. "A Self-Sustaining Hydrogels with Autonomous Supply of Nutrients and Bioactive Domains for 3D Cell Culture". Advanced Functional Materials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202214372.
    10.1002/adfm.202214372
  7. Gomes, Maria C.; Pinho, Ana Rita; Custódio, Catarina; Mano, João F.. "Self-Assembly of Platelet Lysates Proteins into Microparticles by Unnatural Disulfide Bonds for Bottom-up Tissue Engineering". Advanced Materials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202304659.
    10.1002/adma.202304659
  8. Oliveira, Cláudia S.; Nadine, Sara; Gomes, Maria C.; Correia, Clara R.; Mano, João F.. "Bioengineering the human bone marrow microenvironment in liquefied compartments: A promising approach for the recapitulation of osteovascular niches". Acta Biomaterialia 149 (2022): 167-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2022.07.001.
    10.1016/j.actbio.2022.07.001
  9. Ladeira, Bruno Miguel; Maria C. Gomes; Custodio, Catarina; Mano, João Filipe Colardelle da Luz. Corresponding author: Custodio, Catarina. "High-Throughput Production of Microsponges from Platelet Lysate for Tissue Engineering Applications". Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2022.0029.
    Published • 10.1089/ten.tec.2022.0029
  10. Costa, Dora C. S.; Costa, Patrícia D. C.; Maria C. Gomes; Chandrakar, Amit; Wieringa, Paul A.; Moroni, Lorenzo; Mano, João F.. "Universal Strategy for Designing Shape Memory Hydrogels". ACS Materials Letters 4 (2022): 701-706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00107.
    Published • 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00107
  11. Ng, Philipp; Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Demidov, Yan; Krakor, Eva; Grume, Daniela; Herb, Marc; et al. "Fabrication of Antibacterial, Osteo-inductor 3D Printed Aerogel-based Scaffolds by Incorporation of Drug Laden Hollow Mesoporous Silica Microparticles into the Self-assembled Silk Fibroin Biopolymer". Macromolecular Bioscience (2022): 2100442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202100442.
    Published • 10.1002/mabi.202100442
  12. Jesus, Diana; Pinho, Ana R.; Maria C. Gomes; Oliveira, Cláudia S.; Mano, João F.. "Emerging modulators for osteogenic differentiation: a combination of chemical and topographical cues for bone microenvironment engineering". Soft Matter 18 16 (2022): 3107-3119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00009a.
    Published • 10.1039/d2sm00009a
  13. Maria C. Gomes; Chen, Juan; Cunha, Angela; Trindade, Tito; Zheng, Gang; Tomé, João P. C.. "Complex cellular environments imaged by SERS nanoprobes using sugars as an all-in-one vector". Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1tb01360b.
    Published • 10.1039/d1tb01360b
  14. Maria C. Gomes; Costa, Dora C. S.; Oliveira, Cláudia S.; Mano, João F.. Corresponding author: Maria C. Gomes. "Design of Protein-Based Liquefied Cell-Laden Capsules with Bioinspired Adhesion for Tissue Engineering". Advanced Healthcare Materials (2021): 2100782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202100782.
    Published • 10.1002/adhm.202100782
  15. Bharmoria, Pankaj; Bisht, Meena; Maria C. Gomes; Martins, Margarida; Neves, Márcia C.; Mano, João F.; Bdikin, Igor; Coutinho, João A. P.; Ventura, Sónia P. M.. "Protein-olive oil-in-water nanoemulsions as encapsulation materials for curcumin acting as anticancer agent towards MDA-MB-231 cells". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88482-3.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-88482-3
  16. Gomes, Maria C.; Mano, João F.. Corresponding author: Gomes, Maria C.. "Chemical modification strategies to prepare advanced protein-based biomaterials". Biomaterials and Biosystems 1 (2021): 100010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbiosy.2021.100010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbiosy.2021.100010
  17. Neto, Mafalda D.; Stoppa, Aukha; Neto, Miguel A.; Oliveira, Filipe J.; Gomes, Maria C.; Boccaccini, Aldo R.; Levkin, Pavel A.; Oliveira, Mariana B.; Mano, João F.. "Fabrication of Quasi-2D Shape-Tailored Microparticles using Wettability Contrast-Based Platforms". Advanced Materials 33 14 (2021): 2007695. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202007695.
    10.1002/adma.202007695
  18. Bharmoria, Pankaj; Mondal, Dibyendu; Pereira, Matheus M.; Neves, Márcia C.; Almeida, Mafalda R.; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, João F.; et al. "Instantaneous fibrillation of egg white proteome with ionic liquid and macromolecular crowding". Communications Materials 1 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-0035-0.
    Published • 10.1038/s43246-020-0035-0
  19. Lourenço, Leandro M. O.; Rocha, Deisy M. G. C.; Ramos, Catarina I. V.; Maria C. Gomes; Almeida, Adelaide; Faustino, Maria A. F.; Almeida Paz, Filipe A.; et al. "Photoinactivation of Planktonic and Biofilm Forms of Escherichia coli through the Action of Cationic Zinc(II) Phthalocyanines". ChemPhotoChem 3 5 (2019): 251-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201900020.
    Published • 10.1002/cptc.201900020
  20. Simões, C.; Maria C. Gomes; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Cunha, Â.; Tomé, J.P.C.; Tomé, A.C.; Cavaleiro, J.A.S.; Almeida, A.; Faustino, M.A.F.. "Photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli with cationic meso-tetraarylporphyrins - The charge number and charge distribution effects". Catalysis Today 266 (2016): 197-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969753160&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cattod.2015.07.031
  21. Maria C. Gomes; Cunha, Â.; Trindade, T.; Tomé, J.P.C.. "The role of surface functionalization of silica nanoparticles for bioimaging". Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences 9 4 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84976477957&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1142/S1793545816300056
  22. Lourenço, L.M.O.; Sousa, A.; Maria C. Gomes; Faustino, M.A.F.; Almeida, A.; Silva, A.M.S.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; et al. "Inverted methoxypyridinium phthalocyanines for PDI of pathogenic bacteria". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 14 10 (2015): 1853-1863. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942929561&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1039/c5pp00145e
  23. Rocha, D.M.G.C.; Venkatramaiah, N.; Maria C. Gomes; Almeida, A.; Faustino, M.A.F.; Almeida Paz, F.A.; Cunha, A.; Tomé, J.P.C.. "Photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli with cationic ammonium Zn(II) phthalocyanines". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 14 10 (2015): 1872-1879. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942855338&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1039/c5pp00147a
  24. Lopes, D.; Melo, T.; Santos, N.; Rosa, L.; Alves, E.; Maria C. Gomes; Cunha, Â.; et al. "Evaluation of the interplay among the charge of porphyrinic photosensitizers, lipid oxidation and photoinactivation efficiency in Escherichia coli". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 141 1 (2014): 145-153. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925440218&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.08.024
  25. Maria C. Gomes; Fernandes, R.; Cunha, Â.; Tomé, J.P.; Trindade, T.. "Fluorescence biolabeling using methylated silica nanoparticles containing a lanthanide complex". Journal of Materials Chemistry B 1 40 (2013): 5429-5435. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884607986&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1039/c3tb20688b
  26. Maria C. Gomes; Silva, Sandrina; Faustino, Maria A. F.; Neves, Maria G. P. M. S.; Almeida, Adelaide; Cavaleiro, José A. S.; Tomé, João P. C.; Cunha, Ângela. "Cationic galactoporphyrin photosensitisers against UV-B resistant bacteria: oxidation of lipids and proteins by1O2". Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 12 2 (2013): 262-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2pp25149c.
    Published • 10.1039/c2pp25149c
  27. Costa, Dora C. S.; Maria C. Gomes; Faustino, Maria A. F.; Neves, Maria G. P. M. S.; Cunha, Ângela; Cavaleiro, José A. S.; Almeida, Adelaide; Tomé, João P. C.. "Comparative photodynamic inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria by first and second generation cationic photosensitizers". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 11 12 (2012): 1905. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2pp25113b.
    Published • 10.1039/c2pp25113b
  28. Maria C. Gomes; Woranovicz-Barreira, S.M.; Faustino, M.A.F.; Fernandes, R.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Tomé, A.C.; Gomes, N.C.M.; et al. "Photodynamic inactivation of Penicillium chrysogenum conidia by cationic porphyrins". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 10 11 (2011): 1735-1743. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80455176460&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c1pp05174a
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gomes, Maria. "Photoactive nanoparticles for oprical bio imaging". PhD, 2016.
  2. Gomes, Maria. "Cationic galactoporphyrins on microorganisms photoinactivation". Master, 2010.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Mano, Joao F.; Maria C. Gomes; Custódio, Catarina A.. 2024. "PLATELET LYSATE-BASED MICROPARTICLES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF - WO-2024127155-A1". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
  2. Mano, Joao F.; Maria C. Gomes; Custódio, Catarina A.. 2024. "MICROPARTICULAS À BASE DE LISADOS DE PLAQUETAS, MÉTODOS DE PREPARAÇÃO E SUAS APLICAÇÕES". Portugal.
    Pending
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/05/29 Cysteine mastery: transforming platelet lystate proteins into advanced microparticles World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) 2024
(Daegu, South Korea)
2010/11/10 Cationic galactopotphyrins on microorganims photoinactivation XVI Encontro Luso-Galego de Químic
(Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/06/01 - Current Production of protein-derived microparticles with different stiffnesses for tissue engineering
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2024/06/01 - Current Design of novel protein-derived bioinks with tuneable pockets for tissue engineering
Supervisor
2023/09/15 - Current 3D living puzzles: assembly of micro-capsules to build macro-sized tissues
Supervisor
 Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01/01 - Current Bioinspired protein-based liquified microcapsules with adhesive properties for bone regenerative medicine
Supervisor
 PhD in Biomedicine (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2023/09/16 - 2024/06/05 Assembly of capsules using a robotic arm to build macro-sized tissues
Supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/01/10 - 2023/06/01 Supramolecular protein-based hydrogels as delivery systems
Supervisor
 BSc in Chemistry (Degree)
2021/09/01 - 2022/12/05 Chemical modification of human-derived proteins to develop personalized cell culture platforms and bioinks.
Supervisor
2021/09/19 - 2022/11/18 Detection of biomarkers associated to cancer
Co-supervisor
 Master in Chemistry (Master)
2020/11/01 - 2021/03 Biomimetic human-based hydrogels through tannin-protein interactions
Co-supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/10/12 - Current Techdays Aveiro (2017/10/12 - 2017/10/14)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
2019/10/21 - 2019/10/25 Training School under COST Action ENBA entitle: Biomimetic adhesive polymers and hydrogels (2019/10/21 - 2019/10/25)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
2018/11 - 2018/11 Training School under COST Action ENBA entitle: Biomimetic adhesive polymers and hydrogels (2018/11 - 2018/11)
2017 - 2017 ISBMS Congress - International symposium on bioinspired macromolecular systems (2017/11/06 - 2017/11/08)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/18 - 2024/09/20 4th International Conference on Engineered Living Materials (ELMs)
Conference
2024/03/10 - 2024/03/15 SupraLife Second School - Bioinspired Supramolecular Self-Assemblies
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/03/19 - 2023/03/23 SupraLife First School "Functional Supramolecular Polymeric Biomaterials"
Congress
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/02/18 - 2021/02/19 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives
Congress

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/14 - Current Bioorganic Chemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Técnicas de Comunicações e Apresentações (Communication and Presentation Techniques) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09/10 - 2022/12/07 Advanced Biomaterials and Biomimetics (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/01/06 - 2019/06/14 Engineering of Cells and Tissues (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/12/01 - 2023/01/31 Member of external evaluation jury of Marie Curie ITN Networks for MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01)
Evaluator

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Materials Today Bio (2590-0064) Elsevier
2020 - Current Langmuir ASC Publications

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Member of external evaluation jury of Marie Curie ITN Networks. Type of action: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01)
2021/01/27 - 2021/01/27 Member of the Jury of the M. Sc. curricular unit "Seminários" in Biochemistry, at University of Aveiro, of Graduate André Filipe Dias Lima - monography on "Platelet lysates-based hydrogels as 3D cell culture platforms for cardiac regeneration"
2020/10/28 - 2020/10/28 Member of the Jury of the PhD. curricular unit "Projeto de Tese" in Nanosciences and nanotechnology, at University of Aveiro, of Graduate Edgar Angelo Castanheira - monography on "Bioactive hybrid water-resistant adhesives for regenerative medicine".
2019/07/19 - 2019/07/19 Member of the Jury of the PhD curricular unit "Projeto tese" in Biotechnology, at University of Aveiro, of Graduate Lucia Isabel Ferreira Santos - monography on "Magnetic-responsive platforms to control cell behaviour for tissue engineering applications".