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Pedro Fonte is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal. He is also an integrated member at Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Portugal and collaborator researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Nanotechnologies specialty at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Faculty of Economics and Business Management, Lusíada University, Portugal in 2012. His area of scientific activity is on the development of new drug delivery systems by means of colloidal carriers, structural characterization of proteins entrapped into micro- and nanocarriers, lyophilization of biopharmaceuticals, targeted and controlled delivery of drugs across biological barriers, solid state characterization of pharmaceuticals and drying of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals. He is also conducting research in the regenerative medicine field, focusing in wound healing, tissue regeneration and cell therapy. In his activity he is enrolled in the up-scale of pharmaceutical products and is involved in entrepreneurship activities.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Fonte
Date of birth
1986/04/08
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Fonte, Pedro
  • Pedro Fonte

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2410-123D-3385
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1115-9282
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GDugcOQAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
K-3215-2013
Scopus Author Id
55146900200

Email addresses

  • prfonte@ualg.pt (Professional)
  • pedrofonte86@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 289244441 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculty of Sciences and Technology - University of Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Building 2 Room 3.28, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine
  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/04/13
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doutoramento)
Major in Nanotechnologies
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Optimization of lyophilization parameters of polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic proteins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction
2012/09
Concluded
 MBA - Master in Business Administration (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Management and Business Administration
Universidade Lusíada Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Economia e da Empresa, Portugal
 15
2010/09
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 15
2009/09
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Licenciatura)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 14
2006
Attended
 Engenharia Electrónica e de Telecomunicações (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2019/12 Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2019/09 Researcher (Research) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2016/04 - 2017/12 Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2019/09 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/03 - 2019/09 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Biociências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/01 - 2016/05 Study of biophysical interactions and antibody bioactivity of bevacizumab encapsulated into nanoparticles towards its controlled release
SFRH/BD/112201/2015
Other
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/01 - 2015/12 Optimization of lyophilization parameters of polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic proteins
SFRH/BD/78127/2011
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/01 - 2013/12 NanoFreeze - Freeze-drying approaches for overcoming instability of therapeutic proteins encapsulated into nanoparticles
PTDC/SAU-FCF/104492/2008
Master Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09 - 2010/09 Formulation approaches for overcoming therapeutic proteins instability assessed by FTIR
05-GCQF-CICS-09
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde
Concluded
2006/09 - 2008/09 Evaluation of transfer of metals to the teas by the utensils used for its preparation
CESPU-01
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
 Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/08/10 - 2022/08/09 Uma abordagem nanotecnológica para administração tópica de insulina para cicatrização de feridas
PTDC/MEC-DER/32610/2017
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Desenvolvimento de filmes orais contendo compostos bioativos nanoencapsulados
PTDC/BBB-NAN/3249/2014
Researcher
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Sousa, F.; Fonte, P.; Sarmento, B.; Flávia, Sousa; Pedro, Fonte; Bruno, Sarmento. Effect of lipid matrix on structure and stability of protein-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers. 2015.
    10.4155/fseb2013.14.12
Book chapter
  1. Fonte, Pedro; Sousa, Flavia; Sarmento, Bruno. "Polyester-Based Nanoparticles for Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins". 255-274. 2018.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-7312-5_21
  2. Sousa, Flavia; Fonte, Pedro; Cruz, Andreia; Kennedy, Patrick J.; Pinto, Ines Mendes; Sarmento, Bruno. "Polyester-Based Nanoparticles for the Encapsulation of Monoclonal Antibodies". 239-253. 2018.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-7312-5_20
  3. Nunes, Rute; Sarmento, Bruno; Reis, Salette; Fonte, Pedro. "Oral nanotechnological approaches for colon-specific drug delivery". In Nanoparticles in Life Sciences and Biomedicine, 133-168. Pan Stanford, 2018.
    10.1201/9781351207355-6
  4. Braz, L.; Rodrigues, S.; Fonte, P.; Grenha, A.; Sarmento, B.; Braz, Luis; Rodrigues, Susana; et al. "Mechanisms of chemical and enzymatic chitosan biodegradability and its application on drug delivery". edited by Gary P. Felton, 325-364. Nova Publishers, 2011.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Fonte, Pedro. "Ana Júlio, R. Caparica, M. E. M. Araújo, T. Santos de Almeida, P. Fonte, Evaluation of the effect of ionic liquids on the stability of polymer nanoparticles, XIIIth Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery “25th Anniversary”, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2020". 2020.
  2. Fonte, Pedro. "Ana S. Macedo, João Vieira, Patrícia Filipe, Natália G. Thomé, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Optimization of PLGA-nanoparticle loaded hydrogels for wound healing, XIIIth Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery “25th Anniversary”, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2020". 2020.
  3. Fonte, Pedro. "João Vieira, Patrícia Filipe, Ana S. Macedo, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Skin compatibility assessment of PLGA-nanoparticle loaded hydrogels for wound healing, Physioma 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019". 2019.
  4. Fonte, Pedro. "Ana Júlio, Rita Caparica, Maria E. M. Araújo, André Rolim Baby, Pedro Fonte, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Ionic liquids as vehicles to deliver poorly soluble antioxidants for biomedical applications, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  5. Fonte, Pedro. "Joyce Costa, Ana Júlio, Jocilane Oliveira, Pedro Fonte, Development of lipid-based nanoparticles for delivery of caffeine and curcumin, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  6. Fonte, Pedro. "João Vieira, Patrícia Filipe, Ana S. Macedo, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Skin compatibility assessment of sodium alginate hydrogels loaded with PLGA nanoparticles for wound healing, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  7. Fonte, Pedro. "Patrícia Filipe, Ana S. Macedo, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Development of an alginate hydrogel for topical delivery of chitosan-coated PLGA nanoparticles, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  8. Fonte, Pedro. "Ana Morais, Marisa Nicolai, Pedro Fonte, Patrícia Rijo, Lamiaceae genus extracts as a tool to obtain silver nanoparticles for biomedical applications, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  9. Fonte, Pedro. "Paula Pereira, Maria Lídia Palma, Sara Gothe, Marta Rodrigues, Patrícia Rijo, Joyce Costa, Pedro Fonte, Maria João Cebola, Gabriela Bernando-Gil, Ana Sofia Fernandes, Carla Palma, Marisa Nicolai, Application of Vitis vinera L. as bioactive in food and cosmetic products, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  10. Fonte, Pedro. "Emília Alves, Marisa Nicolai, Pedro Fonte, Joyce Costa, Patrícia Rijo, Catarina Rosado, Characterization of Kefir beverage produced from Portuguese cow milk, I Bio.Natural Meeting 2019, Lisbon, Portugal". 2019.
  11. Fonte, Pedro. "Lívia Barroso, Iara Lemos, Pedro Fonte, Joyce Costa, João Silveira, Tatiana Amaral, Caracterização de extratos de cafés arábica da região Norte de Minas Gerais extraídos a frio como potencial aplicação na produção de café solúvel liofilizado, III SIMEALI – Simpósio de Engenharia de Alimentos, Montes Claros, Brasil, 2019". 2019.
  12. Fonte, Pedro. "A. Júlio, T. Santos de Almeida, P. Fonte, Exploitation of the effect of ionic liquids as cryoprotectants on the stability of protein-loaded PLGA nanoparticles upon freeze-drying, Controlled Release Society (CRS) Annual Meeting and Exposition 2019, Valencia, Spain". 2019.
  13. Fonte, Pedro. "A. Júlio, R. Caparica, S. Costa Lima, S. Reis, A.S. Fernandes, C. Rosado, P. Fonte, T. Santos de Almeida, Ionic liquid-nanoparticle hybrid systems as tools to deliver poorly soluble drugs, 46th Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition, 21-24 Julho 2019, Valencia.". 2019.
  14. Fonte, Pedro. "T. Santos de Almeida, A. Júlio, R. Caparica, A.S. Fernandes, N. Saraiva, M.E.M Araújo, A. R. Baby, S. C. Lima, S. Reis, J. Portugal Mota, C. Rosado, J. G. Costa, P. Fonte, Ionic liquids in drug delivery, CA17103 - Delivery of Antisense RNA Therapeutics, 25-27 Fevereiro 2019, Bilbao". 2019.
  15. Fonte, Pedro. "Joyce Costa, Jocilane Oliveira, Pedro Fonte, Ariel Antonio Campos Toledo Hijo, Jessica Ferreira Rodrigues and Soraia Borges, Avaliação optica de emulsões na produção de micropartículas de óleo de pequi, XII Iberoamerican Congress of Food Engineering – CIBIA 2019, Faro, Portugal, 2019". 2019.
  16. Fonte, Pedro. "A. Julio, R. Caparica, S. Costa Lima, S. Reis, J. G. Costa, P. Fonte, T. Santos De Almeida, Ionic Liquids-Polymer Nanoparticle Systems as Breakthrough Tools to Improve the Leprosy Treatment, ICAIL 2019: Advances in Ionic Liquids, Venice, Italy, 2019". 2019.
  17. Fonte, Pedro. "Patrícia Filipe, Ana S. Macedo, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Development of a nanoparticle-based hydrogel for topical delivery of insulin for wound healing, 2nd SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2019". 2019.
  18. Fonte, Pedro. "Ana Macedo, Saúl Pereira, Patrícia Filipe, Pedro Fonte, Evaluation of the stability of therapeutic proteins loaded into nanostructured lipid carriers, 2nd SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2019". 2019.
  19. Fonte, Pedro. "Ana S. Macedo, Patrícia Rijo, Pedro Fonte, Encapsulation of dehydroabietic acid into PLGA nanoparticles, 1st Joint Conference on the Research of Natural and Poultry Products / 4th CYTED meeting 2018 – Iberoamerican Program for Development of Science and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018". 2018.
Journal article
  1. Cláudia Viegas; Daniela S. M. Pereira; Pedro Fonte. "Insights into Nanomedicine for Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment". Materials (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062086.
    10.3390/ma15062086
  2. Mariana Barbosa; Hélvio Simões; Sandra N. Pinto; Ana S. Macedo; Pedro Fonte; D.Miguel F. Prazeres. "Fusions of a Carbohydrate Binding Module with the Small Cationic Hexapeptide RWRWRW Confer Antimicrobial Properties to Cellulose-based Materials". Acta Biomaterialia (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2022.02.042.
    10.1016/j.actbio.2022.02.042
  3. Lívia Alves Barroso; Ana S. Macedo; Iara Lopes Lemos; Nathália Andrade Neves; Marcio Schmiele; João Vinícios Wirbitzki Silveira; Tatiana Nunes Amaral; Pedro Fonte. "Optimization of the brewing parameters on coffee extraction using a central composite rotatable design". JSFA reports (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/jsf2.33.
    10.1002/jsf2.33
  4. Adouni, Khaoula; Julio, Ana; Santos-Buelga, Celestino; Gonzalez-Paramas, Ana M.; Filipe, Patricia; Rijo, Patricia; Costa Lima, Sofia A.; et al. "Roots and rhizomes of wild Asparagus: Nutritional composition, bioactivity and nanoencapsulation of the most potent extract". Food Bioscience (2022): https://publons.com/publon/47168642/.
    10.1016/J.FBIO.2021.101334
  5. Magda Fonseca; Ana S. Macedo; Sofia A. Costa Lima; Salette Reis; Raquel Soares; Pedro Fonte. "Evaluation of the Antitumour and Antiproliferative Effect of Xanthohumol-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles on Melanoma". Materials 14 21 (2021): 6421-6421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14216421.
    10.3390/ma14216421
  6. Ana S. Macedo; Francisca Mendes; Patrícia Filipe; Salette Reis; Pedro Fonte. "Nanocarrier-Mediated Topical Insulin Delivery for Wound Healing". Materials (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14154257.
    10.3390/ma14154257
  7. Leonor C. Fonseca; João A. Lopes; João Vieira; Cláudia Viegas; Cláudia S. Oliveira; Rafael P. Hartmann; Pedro Fonte. "Intranasal drug delivery for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease". Drug Delivery and Translational Research 11 2 (2021): 411-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-021-00940-7.
    10.1007/s13346-021-00940-7
  8. Barroso, Lívia; Viegas, Cláudia; Vieira, João; Ferreira-Pêgo, Cíntia; Costa, Joyce; Fonte, Pedro. "Lipid-based carriers for food ingredients delivery". Journal of Food Engineering 295 (2021): 110451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110451.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110451
  9. Pichlsberger, Melanie; Jerman, Urska Dragin; Obradovic, Hristina; Tratnjek, Larisa; Macedo, Ana Sofia; Mendes, Francisca; Fonte, Pedro; et al. "Systematic Review of the Application of Perinatal Derivatives in Animal Models on Cutaneous Wound Healing". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2021): https://publons.com/publon/49595548/.
    10.3389/FBIOE.2021.742858
  10. Murugesan, Akshaya; Holmstedt, Suvi; Brown, Kenna C; Koivuporras, Alisa; Macedo, Ana S; Nguyen, Nga; Fonte, Pedro; et al. "Design and synthesis of novel quinic acid derivatives: in vitro cytotoxicity and anticancer effect on glioblastoma". Future Medicinal Chemistry 12 21 (2020): 1891-1910. http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2020-0194.
    10.4155/fmc-2020-0194
  11. Tânia Marante; Cláudia Viegas; Inês Duarte; Ana S. Macedo; Pedro Fonte. "An Overview on Spray-Drying of Protein-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles for Dry Powder Inhalation". Pharmaceutics 12 11 (2020): 1032-1032. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12111032.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics12111032
  12. Jesus, Sandra; Bernardi, Natalia; da Silva, Jessica; Colaço, Mariana; Panão Costa, João; Fonte, Pedro; Borges, Olga. "Unravelling the Immunotoxicity of Polycaprolactone Nanoparticles—Effects of Polymer Molecular Weight, Hydrolysis, and Blends". Chemical Research in Toxicology 33 11 (2020): 2819-2833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00208.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00208
  13. Ana S. Macedo; Pedro M. Castro; Luís Roque; Natália G. Thomé; Catarina P. Reis; Manuela E. Pintado; Pedro Fonte. "Novel and revisited approaches in nanoparticle systems for buccal drug delivery". Journal of Controlled Release 320 (2020): 125-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.01.006.
    10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.01.006
  14. Rita Caparica; Ana Júlio; Maria Eduarda Machado Araújo; André Rolim Baby; Pedro Fonte; João Guilherme Costa; Tânia Santos de Almeida. "Anticancer Activity of Rutin and Its Combination with Ionic Liquids on Renal Cells". Biomolecules 10 2 (2020): 233-233. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10020233.
    10.3390/biom10020233
  15. Ana Macedo; Patrícia Filipe; Natália G. Thomé; João Vieira; Carolina Oliveira; Catarina Teodósio; Raquel Ferreira; Luís Roque; Pedro Fonte. "A Brief Overview of the Oral Delivery of Insulin as an Alternative to the Parenteral Delivery". Current Molecular Medicine 20 2 (2020): 134-143. https://doi.org/10.2174/1566524019666191010095522.
    10.2174/1566524019666191010095522
  16. Caparica, Rita; Júlio, Ana; Araújo, Maria Eduarda Machado; Baby, André Rolim; Fonte, Pedro; Costa, João Guilherme; Santos de Almeida, Tânia. "Anticancer activity of rutin and its combination with ionic liquids on renal cells". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13708.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10020233
  17. Oluwasegun Adedokun; João Jesus; Bunyamin Adesina Ayinde; Patricia Rijo; Fonte, Pedro. "Enhanced anticancer activity of Hymenocardia acida stem bark extract loaded into PLGA nanoparticles". (2020):
    Submitted
  18. Ana Júlio; Rita Caparica; Sofia A. Costa Lima; Ana Sofia Fernandes; Catarina Rosado; Duarte M. F. Prazeres; Salette Reis; Tânia Santos de Almeida; Pedro Fonte. "Ionic Liquid-Polymer Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems as New Tools to Deliver Poorly Soluble Drugs". Nanomaterials 9 8 (2019): 1148-1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081148.
    10.3390/nano9081148
  19. Ana Júlio; Sofia A. Costa Lima; Salette Reis; Tânia Santos de Almeida; Pedro Fonte; Júlio, Ana; Costa Lima, Sofia A.; et al. "Development of ionic liquid-polymer nanoparticle hybrid systems for delivery of poorly soluble drugs". Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2019.01.030.
    10.1016/j.jddst.2019.01.030
  20. Faustino, Celia; Neto, Iris; Fonte, Pedro; Macedo, Ana. "Cytotoxicity and chemotherapeutic potential of natural rosin abietane diterpenoids and their synthetic derivatives.". Current pharmaceutical design (2019): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:30648502&KeyUID=MEDLINE:30648502.
    10.2174/1381612825666190112162817
  21. De Oliveira, J.P.; Barroso, L.A.; Júlio, A.; Caparica, R.; Macedo, M.J.; Silva, F.N.; Horta, M.G.; et al. "Preparation and characterization of microparticles loaded with seed oil of Caatinga passion fruit obtained by spray drying". Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 16 1 (2019): 97-104. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85075645629&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.19277/bbr.16.1.203
  22. Oliveira, Ana Isabel; Pinho, Claudia; Fonte, Pedro; Sarmento, Bruno; Dias, Alberto C. P.. "Development, characterization, antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) nanoparticles loaded with a neuroprotective fraction of Hypericum perforatum". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 110 (2018): 185-196. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000429399600020&KeyUID=WOS:000429399600020.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.10.103
  23. Julio, Ana; Antunes, Claudia; Mineiro, Rui; Raposo, Miguel; Caparica, Rita; M. Ara¿jo, M. Eduarda; Rosado, Catarina; et al. "Influence of two choline-based ionic liquids on the solubility of caffeine". Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 15 1 (2018): 96-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.19277/bbr.15.1.178.
    10.19277/bbr.15.1.178
  24. Castro, Pedro; Fonte, Pedro; Kennedy, Patrick J.; Neves-Petersen, Maria Teresa; Sarmento, Bruno. "Nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic antibodies: Dogma or promising strategy? AU - Sousa, Flávia". Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 14 10 (2017): 1163-1176. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000409341600003&KeyUID=WOS:000409341600003.
    10.1080/17425247.2017.1273345
  25. Castro, Pedro M.; Fonte, Pedro; Oliveira, Ana; Madureira, Ana Raquel; Sarmento, Bruno; Pintado, Manuela E.. "Optimization of two biopolymer-based oral films for the delivery of bioactive molecules". Materials Science and Engineering: C 76 (2017): 171-180. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000405541600021&KeyUID=WOS:000405541600021.
    10.1016/j.msec.2017.02.173
  26. Sousa, Flávia; Cruz, Andrea; Fonte, Pedro; Pinto, Inês Mendes; Neves-Petersen, Maria Teresa; Sarmento, Bruno. "A new paradigm for antiangiogenic therapy through controlled release of bevacizumab from PLGA nanoparticles". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): 3736-3736. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000403413700098&KeyUID=WOS:000403413700098.
    10.1038/s41598-017-03959-4
  27. Pedro Fonte; Fernanda Andrade; Cláudia Azevedo; João Pinto; Vítor Seabra; Marco van de Weert; Salette Reis; Bruno Sarmento. "Effect of the Freezing Step in the Stability and Bioactivity of Protein-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles Upon Lyophilization". Pharmaceutical Research (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11095-016-2004-3.
    10.1007/s11095-016-2004-3
  28. Sgorla, Débora; Bunhak, Élcio J.; Cavalcanti, Osvaldo A.; Fonte, Pedro; Sarmento, Bruno. "Exploitation of lipid-polymeric matrices at nanoscale for drug delivery applications". Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2016): 1-9. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000381995800011&KeyUID=WOS:000381995800011.
    10.1080/17425247.2016.1182492
  29. Andrade, Fernanda; Fonte, Pedro; Costa, Ana; Reis, Cassilda Cunha; Nunes, Rute; Almeida, Andreia; Ferreira, Domingos; Oliva, Mireia; Sarmento, Bruno. "Pharmacological and toxicological assessment of innovative self-assembled polymeric micelles as powders for insulin pulmonary delivery". Nanomedicine (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000382432100008&KeyUID=WOS:000382432100008.
    10.2217/nnm-2016-0045
  30. Fonte, P.; Araújo, F.; Silva, C.; Pereira, C.; Reis, S.; Santos, H.A.; Sarmento, B.. "Corrigendum to "Polymer-based nanoparticles for oral insulin delivery: Revisited approaches",[Biotechnol Adv. 2015 Nov 1;33 (6 Pt 3):1342-1354] DOI:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.02.010.". Biotechnology Advances 34 1 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952887630&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.12.017
  31. Fonte, P.; Reis, S.; Sarmento, B.. "Facts and evidences on the lyophilization of polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery". Journal of Controlled Release 225 (2016): 75-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955443329&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.01.034
  32. Fonte, P.; Lino, P.R.; Seabra, V.; Almeida, A.J.; Reis, S.; Sarmento, B.. "Annealing as a tool for the optimization of lyophilization and ensuring of the stability of protein-loaded PLGA nanoparticles". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 503 1-2 (2016): 163-173. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961218502&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.03.011
  33. Sousa, Flavia; Castro, Pedro; Fonte, Pedro; Sarmento, Bruno. "How to overcome the limitations of current insulin administration with new non-invasive delivery systems". Therapeutic Delivery 6 1 (2015): 83-94. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000218196400008&KeyUID=WOS:000218196400008.
    10.4155/TDE.14.82
  34. Madureira, Ana Raquel; Campos, Debora A.; Fonte, Pedro; Nunes, Sara; Reis, Flavio; Gomes, Ana Maria; Sarmento, Bruno; Pintado, Maria Manuela. "Characterization of solid lipid nanoparticles produced with carnauba wax for rosmarinic acid oral delivery". Rsc Advances 5 29 (2015): 22665-22673. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350643700046&KeyUID=WOS:000350643700046.
    10.1039/c4ra15802d
  35. da Silva, Sara Baptista; Amorim, Manuela; Fonte, Pedro; Madureira, Raquel; Ferreira, Domingos; Pintado, Manuela; Sarmento, Bruno. "Natural extracts into chitosan nanocarriers for rosmarinic acid drug delivery". Pharmaceutical Biology 53 5 (2015): 642-652. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000351180700004&KeyUID=WOS:000351180700004.
    10.3109/13880209.2014.935949
  36. Ferraro, Vincenza; Madureira, Ana Raquel; Fonte, Pedro; Sarmento, Bruno; Gomes, Ana M.; Pintado, Manuela E.. "Evaluation of the interactions between rosmarinic acid and bovine milk casein". Rsc Advances 5 107 (2015): 88529-88538. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000363416400098&KeyUID=WOS:000363416400098.
    10.1039/c5ra11973a
  37. Fonte, Pedro; Araujo, Francisca; Seabra, Vitor; Reis, Salette; van de Weert, Marco; Sarmento, Bruno. "Co-encapsulation of lyoprotectants improves the stability of protein-loaded PLGA nanoparticles upon lyophilization.". International journal of pharmaceutics 496 2 (2015): 850-62. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:26474964&KeyUID=MEDLINE:26474964.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.10.032
  38. Andrade, Fernanda; Fonte, Pedro; Oliva, Mireia; Videira, Mafalda; Ferreira, Domingos; Sarmento, Bruno. "Solid state formulations composed by amphiphilic polymers for delivery of proteins: characterization and stability". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 486 1-2 (2015): 195-206. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000353999100022&KeyUID=WOS:000353999100022.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.03.050
  39. Lopes, Marlene A.; Abrahim-Vieira, Barbara; Oliveira, Claudia; Fonte, Pedro; Souza, Alessandra M. T.; Lira, Tammy; Sequeira, Joana A. D.; et al. "Probing insulin bioactivity in oral nanoparticles produced by ultrasonication-assisted emulsification/internal gelation". International Journal of Nanomedicine 10 (2015): 5865-5880. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000361620700001&KeyUID=WOS:000361620700001.
    10.2147/IJN.S86313
  40. Fonte, Pedro; Araujo, Francisca; Silva, Catia; Pereira, Carla; Reis, Salette; Santos, Helder A.; Sarmento, Bruno. "Polymer-based nanoparticles for oral insulin delivery: Revisited approaches". Biotechnology Advances 33 6 (2015): 1342-1354. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000362859100006&KeyUID=WOS:000362859100006.
    10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.02.010
  41. Castro, Pedro M.; Fonte, Pedro; Sousa, Flavia; Madureira, Ana Raquel; Sarmento, Bruno; Pintado, Manuela E.. "Oral films as breakthrough tools for oral delivery of proteins/peptides". Journal of Controlled Release 211 (2015): 63-73. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000357049800008&KeyUID=WOS:000357049800008.
    10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.05.258
  42. Araujo, Francisca; Shrestha, Neha; Shahbazi, Mohammed-Ali; Fonte, Pedro; Makila, Ermei M.; Salonen, Jarno J.; Hirvonen, Jouni T.; et al. "The impact of nanoparticles on the mucosal translocation and transport of GLP-1 across the intestinal epithelium". Biomaterials 35 33 (2014): 9199-9207. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000341674400017&KeyUID=WOS:000341674400017.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.07.026
  43. Fonte, Pedro; Soares, Sandra; Sousa, Flavia; Costa, Ana; Seabra, Vitor; Reis, Salette; Sarmento, Bruno. "Stability Study Perspective of the Effect of Freeze-Drying Using Cryoprotectants on the Structure of Insulin Loaded into PLGA Nanoparticles". Biomacromolecules 15 10 (2014): 3753-3765. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000343026600031&KeyUID=WOS:000343026600031.
    10.1021/bm5010383
  44. Fonte, P.; Araújo, F.; Reis, S.; Sarmento, B.. "Oral insulin delivery: How far are we?". Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 7 2 (2013): 520-531. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891424882&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/193229681300700228
  45. Soares, Sandra; Fonte, Pedro; Costa, Ana; Andrade, Jose; Seabra, Vitor; Ferreira, Domingos; Reis, Salette; Sarmento, Bruno. "Effect of freeze-drying, cryoprotectants and storage conditions on the stability of secondary structure of insulin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 456 2 (2013): 370-381. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000325644600014&KeyUID=WOS:000325644600014.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.08.076
  46. Fonte, Pedro; Soares, Sandra; Costa, Ana; Andrade, Jose Carlos; Seabra, Vitor; Reis, Salette; Sarmento, Bruno. "Effect of cryoprotectants on the porosity and stability of insulin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles after freeze-drying.". Biomatter 2 4 (2012): 329-39. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:23507897&KeyUID=MEDLINE:23507897.
    10.4161/biom.23246
  47. Araújo, F.; Fonte, P.; Santos, H.A.; Sarmento, B.. "Oral delivery of glucagon-like peptide-1 and analogs: Alternatives for diabetes control?". Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 6 6 (2012): 1486-1497. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879421792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/193229681200600630
  48. Fonte, Pedro; Andrade, Fernanda; Araujo, Francisca; Andrade, Claudia; das Neves, Jose; Sarmento, Bruno; Duzgunes, N. "CHITOSAN-COATED SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLES FOR INSULIN DELIVERY". Nanomedicine: Cancer, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Pulmonary and Inflammatory Diseases 508 (2012): 295-314. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000303133200015&KeyUID=WOS:000303133200015.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-391860-4.00015-X
  49. Fonte, Pedro; Andrade, Jose Carlos; Seabra, Vitor; Sarmento, Bruno. "Chitosan-based nanoparticles as delivery systems of therapeutic proteins.". Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 899 (2012): 471-87. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:22735970&KeyUID=MEDLINE:22735970.
    10.1007/978-1-61779-921-1_28
  50. Fonte, Pedro; Nogueira, Tiago; Gehm, Christiane; Ferreira, Domingos; Sarmento, Bruno. "Chitosan-coated solid lipid nanoparticles enhance the oral absorption of insulin". Drug Delivery and Translational Research 1 4 (2011): 299-308. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000209423400003&KeyUID=WOS:000209423400003.
    10.1007/s13346-011-0023-5
Journal issue
  1. Fonte, Pedro. "Polymer Nanoparticles for Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins". Pharmaceutics (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceutics/special_issues/protein_delivery.
    Under revision • Invited editor
  2. Fonte, Pedro. "Polymer-Based Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications". Materials (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/Polymer_Based_Nanoparticles_Drug_Delivery_Applications.
    Invited editor
Magazine article
  1. Fonte, Pedro. "A Tecnologia Farmacêutica e a Nanotecnologia nas Ciências Farmacêuticas", Pharmagazine, 2017
  2. Fonte, Pedro. "Enzyme structure after encapsulation into micro and nanoparticles", Bioencapsulation Innovations, 2013
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Oliveira, Mafalda Alexandra Marques Peixe de. "Desenvolvimento de protetores solares bioativos". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/8899.
  2. Fonseca, Leonor Castro da. "Application of nanotechnological delivery systems in pancreatic cancer therapy". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/10115.
  3. Pedro Ricardo Martins Lopes da Fonte. "Optimization of lyophilization parameters of polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic proteins". PhD, 2016. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/96110.

Other

Other output
  1. Invasive versus Noninvasive Delivery of Insulin. 2017. Soares, Sandra; Costa, Ana; Fonte, Pedro; Sarmento, Bruno; Soares, S.; Costa, A.; Fonte, P.; Sarmento, B.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315117584-6.
    10.1201/9781315117584-6
Spin-off company
  1. 2017. Lyocandy Fruit. Produção de liofilizados e revestimentos edíveis.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020 A. Júlio, R. Caparica, A.S. Fernandes, C. Rosado, N. Saraiva, M.E.M. Araújo, A. R. Baby, J. G. Costa, P. Fonte, J. P. Mota, T. Santos de Almeida, Ionic liquids as a strategy to improve drug delivery systems, 13º Encontro Nacional de Química Orgânica, 6º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica, Aveiro, Portugal, 2020
2019 Patrícia Filipe, Ana S. Macedo, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Hydrogel containing chitosan-coated PLGA nanoparticles for topical delivery of insulin, Physioma 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019
2019 Ana Júlio, Rita Caparica, Sofia Costa Lima, Ana Sofia Fernandes, Catarina Rosado, Duarte M. F. Prazeres, Salette Reis, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Pedro Fonte, Development of rutin-loaded hybrid nanoparticles for wound healing, Physioma 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019
2019 A. Júlio, A. R. Gonçalves, T. Santos de Almeida, P. Fonte, Study of the effect of ionic liquids as cryoprotectors on the stability of polymer nanoparticles, 46th Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition, 21-24 Julho 2019, Valencia
2019 R. Caparica, A. Júlio, A. R. Baby, M. E. Araújo, P. Fonte, J. G. Costa, T. Santos de Almeida, Ionic liquid-based formulations to improve rutin delivery, 4th Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, 24 Maio 2019, Braga.
2018 Joyce Costa, Lourena Souza, Jocilane Oliveira, Keyla Pereira, Álvaro Júnior, Pedro Fonte, Microencapsulation of bioactive compounds for food applications, 1st Joint Conference on the Research of Natural and Poultry Products / 4th CYTED meeting 2018 – Iberoamerican Program for Development of Science and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
2018 Patrícia Filipe, Ana Macedo, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Salette Reis, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, A nanotechnological approach for topical administration of insulin for wound healing, Science and Technology Summit in Portugal 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
2018 Pedro Fonte, Influence of freeze-drying in the stability and bioactivity of therapeutic proteins encapsulated into polymer nanoparticles, Lyotalk Europe 2018 – Europe’s Largest Conference in Freeze Drying/Lyophilization, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018
2018 Thaís Paseto, Patrícia Filipe, Catarina Rosado, Patrícia Rijo, Luís Monteiro Rodrigues, Patrícia Maia Campos, Pedro Fonte, Optimization of nanostructured lipid carriers by solvente-evaporation double emulsion technique for topical drug delivery, Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia Meeting 2018, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
2018 Ana Júlio, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Pedro Fonte, Ionic liquids and polymeric nanoparticles hybrid systems as new tools for delivery of poorly soluble drugs, Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia Meeting 2018, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
2018 Ana Júlio, Rita Caparica, Ana Sofia Fernandes, Sofia Costa Lima, Salette Reis, Catarina Rosado, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Pedro Fonte, Application of ionic liquids-nanoparticles hybrid systems in food technology, II Lusophone Nutrition Seminar, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal 2018
2018 Ana Júlio, Rita Caparica, Ana Rita Gonçalves, Sofia Costa Lima, Salette Reis, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Pedro Fonte, Applications of ionic liquids in drug delivery: a nanotechnological approach, III CBIOS Seminar, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
2018 Ana Júlio, Rita Caparica, Ana Sofia Fernandes, Nuno Saraiva, M.E.M. Araújo, Catarina Rosado, Pedro Fonte, Joana Portugal Mota, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Application of ionic liquids in delivery systems, CBIOS Sessions, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
2017 Flávia Sousa, Andrea Cruz, Pedro Fonte, Inês Mendes Pinto, Maria Teresa Neves-Petersen, Bruno Sarmento, Study of biophysical interactions and bevacizumab bioactivity encapsulated into nanoparticles towards its controlled release, i3s Annual Meeting 2017, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, 2017
2017 Flávia Sousa, Andrea Cruz, Pedro Fonte, Inês Mendes Pinto, Maria Teresa Neves-Petersen, Bruno Sarmento, Stability and bioactivity study of bevacizumab-loaded PLGA nanoparticles towards its controlled release. 43rd International Conference on Micro and NanoEngineering, INL, Braga, Portugal, 2017
2017 Ana Júlio, Caparica, R., Ana Sofia Fernandes, Nuno Saraiva, Araújo, M.E., Baby, A.R., Pedro Fonte, Catarina Rosado, Joana Mota, Tânia Santos de Almeida, Ionic liquids as functional ingredients in drug delivery systems, Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2017, Lisboa, Portugal, 2017
2017 Flávia Sousa, Andrea Cruz, Pedro Fonte, Inês Mendes Pinto, Maria Teresa Neves-Petersen, Bruno Sarmento, A new paradigm for antiangiogenic therapy through controlled release of bevacizumab, 1st SPLC-CRS Young Scientist Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2017
2017 Pedro Fonte, Salette Reis, Bruno Sarmento, Stability and bioactivity of protein-loaded PLGA nanoparticles upon lyophilization: from cryoprotectants to the freezing step, 1st SPLC-CRS Young Scientist Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2017
2017 Pedro Fonte, The influence of lyophilization on polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic proteins, CBIOS Sessions, Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017
2016 Pedro M. Castro, Ana Oliveira, Pedro Fonte, Ana Raquel Madureira, Bruno Sarmento, Manuela E. Pintado, Edible films as oral delivery systems for xanthines extracted from medicinal plants: an experimental design approach, International Conference of Aromatic and Medicinal Herbs in Food, Bucharest, Romania, 2016
2016 Pedro Fonte, Lyophilization of polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic proteins, IV Jornadas de Química e Bioquímica da Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, 2016
2014 Pedro Fonte, Effect of freeze-drying on the structure of therapeutic proteins loaded into nanoparticles, SMi Group Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals: Lyophilization, London, England, 2014
2013 Pedro Fonte, Freeze-drying and structure of therapeutic proteins encapsulated into Nanoparticles, 3rd AAPS-UP Student Chapter Annual Symposium, Porto, Portugal, 2013
2013 Pedro Fonte, Freeze-drying approaches for overcoming instability of therapeutic proteins encapsulated into nanoparticles, IX Cycle of conferences, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte, Porto, Portugal, 2013
2011 Pedro Fonte, José Carlos Andrade, Vitor Seabra, Domingos Ferreira, Bruno Sarmento, Oral absorption enhancement of insulin-loaded chitosan-coated solid lipid nanoparticles, XIX International Workshop on Bioencapsulation, Amboise, France, 2011
2009 Pedro Fonte, Formulation approaches envolving encapsulation into solid lipid nanoparticles for overcoming therapeutic proteins instability, Researchers annual meeting, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte, Gandra-PRD, Portugal, 2009
2009 Pedro Fonte, Tiago Nogueira, João Cocharra, Targeted nanoparticles for cancer treatment, II Monographic Molecular Therapy Sessions, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte, Gandra-Prd, Portugal, 2009
2006 Pedro Fonte, Tiago Nogueira, Ivone Pinto, Evaluation of the transfer of metals to the tea utensils used for preparation, Researchers annual meeting, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte, Gandra-PRD, Portugal, 2006

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/02/01 - Current Antibody encapsulation into polymer nanoparticles as a promising strategy for lung cancer treatment
Supervisor of Cláudia Viegas
 Ciências Biomédicas (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/02 - Current Development of hydrogel-nanoparticle systems for wound healing
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/09 - Current Development of a nanotechnological approach for wound healing
Supervisor of Ana Patrícia Filipe
 Doutoramento Ciências de la Salud (PhD)
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2018/09 - Current Development of ionic-liquids nanoparticle systems for delivery of poorly soluble drugs
Co-supervisor of Ana Júlio
 Doctorado Ciencias de la Salud (PhD)
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2020/01 - 2020/02 Development of hydrogels containing mesenchymal stem cells-loaded particles for wound healing
Co-supervisor of Alexandra Zuhlke
Aalto-yliopisto Teknillisen fysiikan laitos, Finland
2019/01 - 2019/12 Extraction of coffee by cold brew and freeze-drying of the extract
Co-supervisor
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil
2018/09 - 2019/09 Co-encapsulation of caffeine and curcumin into nanostructured lipid carriers
Supervisor of Joyce Costa
 Pos-doc Project (Specialization course)
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil
2018/09 - 2019/09 Effect of the ionic liquids in the stability of therapeutic proteins
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/09 Evaluation of the effect of ionic liquids as cryoprotectants in nanocarriers stability
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017/09 - 2019/09 Evaluation of the structural stability of therapeutic proteins loaded into nanostructured lipid carriers
Supervisor
 Mestrado Ciências Biológicas (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09 - 2019/09 Application of nanotechnological delivery systems in pancreatic cancer therapy
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Desenvolvimento de hidrogeles contendo nanopartículas para regeneração de feridas cutâneas
Supervisor
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Development of nanocarrier-loaded hydrogels for wound healing
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Evaluation of the capacity of ionic liquids as cryoprotectants
Supervisor of Ana Rita Gonçalves
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Development of bioactive sunscreens
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em CIências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Encapsulation of a wild asparagus extract into PLGA nanoparticles
Co-supervisor
Université de Monastir, Tunisia
2017 - 2017 Development of a heating-free nanostructured lipid carriers production method
Co-supervisor
Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
2014 - 2015 Characterization of insulin structure upon encapsulation into nanostructured lipid carriers
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Characterization of secondary structure of proteins encapsulated into nanoparticles
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Scientific initiation)
Near East University Faculty of Pharmacy, Cyprus
2013 - 2013 Evaluation of calcitonin structural stability after encapsulation into polymeric nanoparticles by SDS-PAGE
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Drug Encapsulation and Controlled Release Via Stimuli Responsive Nano and Micro Structured
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nieves Iglesias Blanco (PhD)
Universidad de Sevilla Facultad de Farmacia, Spain
2020 OTIMIZAÇÃO DOS PARÂMETROS DE EXTRAÇÃO A FRIO (COLD BREW) DE CAFÉ ARÁBICA DA REGIÃO DE MINAS GERAIS PARA PRODUÇÃO DE CAFÉS SOLÚVEIS LIOFILIZADOS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Lívia Alves Barroso (Master)
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil
2019 DNA recognition system on bioactive paper using fusions of carbohydrate-binding modules and IgG-binding Z domains
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Margarida de Mendonça Rosa (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Nanostructured lipid carriers as drug delivery systems for the treatment of tuberculosis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Fernandes da Silva Magalhães (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019 ENZIMA INTEGRASE: UM ALVO TERAPÊUTICO VALIDADO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE FÁRMACOS ANTIRRETROVIRAIS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Ramos Bernardo (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Establishment of bioengineered glucose-responsive nanoparticles for type 2 diabetes mellitus therapy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Filipa Ribeiro da Fonseca (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019 Reações primárias intrínsecas da pele: Estudo piloto da irritação e inflamação por tecnologia de imagem e outros meios não invasivos - TiVI e TEWL
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Antunes (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 STUDY OF THE PRIMARY INTRINSIC SKIN REACTIONS - IRRITATION AND INFLAMMATION BY IMAGING TECHONOLOGIES AND OTHER NON-INVASIVE MEANS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Israa Negmeldin (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE COCRYSTALS BY VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marisa Abreu Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019 Application of nanotechnological delivery systems in pancreatic cancer therapy
Supervisor
 Leonor Fonseca (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Development of lipid nanocapsules as a strategy to overcome the passage across the blood-brain barrier of drug substances acting on the central nervous system
(Thesis) Arguer
 Juan Aparicio Blanco (PhD)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2018 A journey through diabetes
President of the jury
 Carolina Albergaria da Costa Martins Migalhas (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Merchandising in the community pharmacy
President of the jury
 Patrícia Sofia Oliveira Penela (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Dementia: recognition and approach
President of the jury
 Joana Rita de Mascarenhas Franco (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Rheumatoid arthritis: actual therapy and future perspectives
President of the jury
 Susana Cristina Oliveira França (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Parabens in formulations: Yes or No?
President of the jury
 Ana Rita Borba Pacheco (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Application of nanotechnology in transdermal delivery
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marta Alexandra Leitão Trindade (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2018 Development of bioactive sunscreens
Supervisor
 Mafalda Alexandra Marques Peixe de Oliveira (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017 New technologies for the improvement of leprosy multidrug therapy: a quality by design approach
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Luise Lopes Chaves (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Evaluator of Book proposal Handbook on Intelligent Nanobiosystems - Emerging Trends in Medicine & Healthcare, Edited by Vijay Mishra and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Elsevier, 2020 Elsevier BV, Netherlands

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2018 - Current COST - European Cooperation in Science & Technology - COST expert
Specialist
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium European Cooperation in Science and Technology
2018 - Current REPRISE, Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) - Invited External Expert
Specialist
 Italian Ministry of Education, Italy
2019 - 2019 Juri atribuição bolsa de Investigação Grant – Bolsa de Investigação (BI) pela FCT UID/DTP/04567/2019-CBIOS/BI3 Institution - School of Health Sciences and Technology, Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal Year – 2019
Evaluator
 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Avaliador em Prova de Acesso Maiores de 23 anos Course – Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences Institution - School of Health Sciences and Technology, Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal Year – 2019 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Evaluator of the Pfizer 2019 award Pfizer Portugal, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Arguente em ano probatório de Programa de Doutoramento FCT Doctoral Program in Sustainable Animal Nutrition and Feeding (SANFEED) Title – From mouth to mammary glands: a nanotechnology application in dairy cow nutrition for targeted lysine delivery Student – João Pedro Albuquerque e Costa Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 BRG travel Grant award 11th Microencapsulation Training School, Loughborough, United Kingdom - Attributed to the PhD student Patrícia Filipe
Bioencaspsulation Research Group, France
2019 Trainee Grant Award, DARTER – Winter School on Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Therapy, COST Action CA17103, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (815€)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2018 Best oral presentation, Ana Júlio, Pedro Fonte, Application of ionic liquids-nanoparticles hybrid systems in food technology, II Jornadas Lusófonas de Nutrição, Lisboa, Portugal (500 Euros)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2017 Top-10 team award, CEO of the start up company Renvest, European Innovation Academy
European Innovation Academy, Portugal
2015 3rd place on iUP25k contest for entrepreneurship ideas, Head of the project “LyoCandy Fruit”, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (prize 5.000 Euros)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2014 SMi travel Grant award for Oral Presentation, Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals: Lyophilization, London, UK
2014 Best Poster Presentation, 32º RACI – Reunião Anual do Colégio da Especialidade da Indústria Farmacêutica da Ordem dos Farmacêuticos
Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal
2013 BRG travel Grant award, Vth Training School on Bioencapsulation, Nantes, France
Bioencapsulation Research Group, France
2012 Biomatter Journal Cover award, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2012, Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom
2011 XIX International Conference on Bioencapsulation outstanding contribution
Bioencapsulation Research Group, France
2011 BRG travel Grant award XIX International Conference on Bioencapsulation, Amboise, France

Title

2018 Nominated Ambassador of the European Innovation Academy
European Innovation Academy, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Member of reviewer board - Pharmaceutics
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2018 Financiamento de projecto IC&DT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), COMPETE 2020, PTDC/MEC-DER/32610/2017, Investigador responsável
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 Most downloaded paper award of Drug Delivery and Translational Research Journal, Springer
Springer New York, United States
2011 Bolsa de Doutoramento FCT, "Optimization of lyophilization parameters of polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of therapeutic proteins", (SFRH/BD/78127/2011)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 Bolsa de Investigação FCT (BI), (PTDC/SAU-FCF/104492/2008)