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Miguel Leitão received his BSc and MSc degrees in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Beira Interior in 2018 and 2020, respectively. The research work developed during the MSc degree at CICS-UBI was aimed at researching and developing graphene oxide nanoparticles for use in photothermal cancer therapy. He is currently a PhD student in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. His research interests focus on the development of innovative multi-target agents for the treatment of biofilm infections, with particular interest in phytochemicals. He has published three articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Marques Leitão

Citation names

  • Miguel M. Leitão

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1A12-D674-B621
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1029-4893

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 967962290 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua da trapa, nº6, 4870-185, Santa Eulália, Ribeira de Pena, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/01 - 2025/12
Ongoing
Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2020
Concluded
Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Development of multifunctional IR780 based nanomaterials for cancer therapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19 (0-20)
2019/07 - 2019/07/11
Concluded
Young researchers training (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
18 (0-20)
2015 - 2018
Concluded
Biomedical Sciences (Bachelor)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
15 (0-20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - Current Development of innovative multi-target directed agents for biofilm infections treatment
2021.07145.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ALICE - Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering
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
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy
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
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Ariana S. C. Gonçalves; Miguel M. Leitão; Manuel Simões; Anabela Borges. "The action of phytochemicals in biofilm control". Natural Product Reports (2023): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NP00053A.
    10.1039/D2NP00053A
  2. Borges, Anabela; Simões, Manuel; Miguel M. Leitão. Corresponding author: Borges, Anabela. "Polypharmacological strategies for combating biofilm infections (in preparation)". Medicinal Research Reviews (2022):
  3. Leitão, Miguel M.; de Melo-Diogo, Duarte; Alves, Cátia G.; Lima-Sousa, Rita; Correia, Ilídio J.. "Prototypic Heptamethine Cyanine Incorporating Nanomaterials for Cancer Phototheragnostic". Advanced Healthcare Materials 9 6 (2020): 1901665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201901665.
    10.1002/adhm.201901665
  4. Leitão, Miguel M.; Alves, Cátia G.; de Melo-Diogo, Duarte; Lima-Sousa, Rita; Moreira, André F.; Correia, Ilídio J.. "Sulfobetaine methacrylate-functionalized graphene oxide-IR780 nanohybrids aimed at improving breast cancer phototherapy". RSC Advances 10 63 (2020): 38621-38630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra07508f.
    10.1039/d0ra07508f
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17 Organization and participation in "Masterchef da Ciência Gastronómica" integrated into "13ª Edição da Semana do Bebé do Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira". (2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira EPE, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/01 - 2023/12/15 Oral Presentation: Exploring Aldehydes as PQS System Targeting Agents to Combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm
Conference
3rd International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29 Practical Biofilm Course and Symposium with Oral Presentation: Efficacy of selected aldehydes in blocking the PQS system and enhancer antibiotic activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Conference
5th International Practical Biofilm Course and Symposium
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/06/15 - 2023/06/16 Poster Presentation: Effectiveness of selected aldehydes as inhibitors of the LasI/LasR quorum sensing pathway and enhancers of antibiotic activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
Conference
Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2023
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09/12 - 2022/09/15 Summer School Summer School on Antimicrobial Resistance
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical Biblioteca, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/21 Participation in "GARDP webinair: Biofilms, what are they and why do you care?"
Seminar
GARDP webinair: Biofilms, what are they and why do you care?
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Switzerland
2021/10/07 - 2021/10/08 Participation in "E-conference on Innovation in Microbial Control" E-conference on Innovation in Microbial Control
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019/07/04 - 2019/07/05 Participation in "XIV Annual CICS-UBI Symposium"
Symposium
XIV Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019/06/06 - 2019/06/06 Participation in "Hackathon: Mundo do Biomédico 2.0"
Call
Hackathon: Mundo do Biomédico 2.0
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/17 - 2019/01/18 Participation in "Regional Helix Summit, Conferência sobre Indústria, Tecnologia e Inovação"
Conference
Regional Helix Summit, Conferência sobre Indústria, Tecnologia e Inovação
Centro de Empresas Inovadoras, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/03 Participation in "VIII Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas"
Other
VIII Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 Merit Scholarship
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal