Miguel Soares Rocha (2417-0B15-716B) | CIÊNCIAVITAE

Curriculum Vitae

Miguel Soares Rocha

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Miguel Soares Rocha

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2417-0B15-716B
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0511-7174

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Ongoing	Doctoral Programme on Marine Science, Technology and Management (Doutoramento) Major in Sustainable Use of Marine Resources Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal "Extraction and purification of collagens and aggregating factors from marine sponges and echinoderms for the production of biomimetic hydrogels" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/09/09 - 2019/09/13 Concluded	An integrated approach to marine invertebrate biodiversity: evolutionary and functional adaptations (Outros) Università degli Studi di Padova Dipartimento di Biologia, Italy
2019/04/08 - 2019/04/10 Concluded	Omics approaches to identify and characterize Marine/Aquatic Invertebrates Stem Cells (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/03 Concluded	Primeiros Socorros em Laboratório de Investigação (Outros) Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
2015 Concluded	Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Molecular targets involved in the goose barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Cirripedia) larvae metamorphosis and settlement" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2011 - 2013 Attended	Bioengenharia (Mestrado integrado) Major in Molecular Biotechnology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2011 Concluded	Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal "Daily Rhythms of Clock Genes in the Hypothalamus of Goldfish (Carassius auratus)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15
2010/10 - 2010/11 Concluded	Scientific Writing in English (Outros) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/11/01 - 2018/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30	Extraction and purification of collagens and aggregating factors from marine sponges and echinoderms for the production of biomimetic hydrogels PD/BD/143091/2018 PhD Student Fellow Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal	Ongoing
2017/01/05 - 2018/09/30	Extraction and purification of collagen and stiffening factor from Chondrosia reniformis for hydrogel development POCI-01-0145-FEDER- 007038 Research Fellow Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Martins, Eva; Rocha, Miguel S.; Silva, Tiago H.; Reis, Rui L.. "Remarkable Body Architecture of Marine Sponges as Biomimetic Structure for Application in Tissue Engineering". In Marine-Derived Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications, 27-50. Springer Singapore, 2019. Published • 10.1007/978-981-13-8855-2_2
Conference poster	Marques, Catarina F.; Eva Martins; Reis, Rui L.; Silva, Tiago H.. "3D printed scaffolds based on marine sponge collagen and Sr-doped fish bones for bone tissue engineering". Paper presented in Final FoReCaST Conference, 2021. Sá, Inês; Rocha, Miguel Soares; Almeida, M.; Reis, Rui L.; Silva, Tiago H.. "Collagen extraction, isolation and characterization from marine sponges". Paper presented in Final FoReCaST Conference, 2021. Rocha, Miguel; Gokalp M; Osinga R; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Production of Collagen From Maricultured Sponge Chondrosia reniformis". Paper presented in TERM STEM 2019, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Almeida Mariana; Reis RL; Silva TH; Martins Eva. "Characterization of collagen from the marine invertebrate Actinia fragacea (Cnidaria) and assessment of biotechnological potential". Paper presented in TERM STEM 2019, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Development of Novel Biomedical Applications Based on Chondrosia Reniformis Collagen Aggregation Phenomenon". Paper presented in 1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Almeida Mariana; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Biomedical potential of the sea anemone Actinia fragacea (Cnidaria)". Paper presented in 1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Matias RS; Gregory S; Ceia FR; Baeta A; Seco J; Fernandes EM; et al. "Show us your beaks and we tell you what you eat: Different ecology in sympatric Antarctic benthic octopods under a climate change context.". Paper presented in XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins, Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Understanding and mimicking Chondrosia reniformis collagen aggregation phenomenon". Paper presented in FoReCaST Second Workshop, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Almeida Mariana; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Study of structural and functional proteins in the sea anemone Actinia fragacea (Cnidaria) and their potential biomedical interest". Paper presented in FoReCaST Second Workshop, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Contributing of “omics” for the understanding of Chondrosia reniformis collagen aggregation phenomenom". Paper presented in 2nd MARISTEM Workshop, 2019. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Chondrosia reniformis adaptability phenomenon as a source of inspiration for the development of biotechnological applications: biomimetic aggregation of collagen". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Final School, 2018. Rocha, Miguel; Almeida Mariana; Silva TH; Reis RL. "Marine invertebrates are a source of bioadhesives with biomimetic interest". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Final School, 2018. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Chondrosia reniformis dynamic collagenous tissues and aggregating factor(s) as a source of inspiration for the development of biomedical applications". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Third School, 2018. Rocha, Miguel; Almeida Mariana; Silva TH; Reis RL. "Bioadhesion in the marine crustacean Pollicipes pollicipes". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Third School, 2018. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins, Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Interaction between marine collagens and Chondrosia reniformis marine sponge extract under the context of dynamic collagenous tissues". Paper presented in TERM STEM 2017, 2017. 10.1115/gt2010-23796 Rocha, Miguel; Bettencourt R; Martins, Eva; Silva TH; Reis RL. "New adhesive proteins from the Deep sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus". Paper presented in TERM STEM 2017, 2017. Rocha, Miguel; Fassini D; Martins, Eva; Alves AL; Reis RL; Silva TH. "Extraction and purification of collagen and aggregating factor(s) from Chondrosia reniformis for the production of biomimetic hydrogels". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Second School, 2017. Rocha, Miguel; Antas P; Vasconcelos V; Pereira F; Cunha Isabel. "Characterization of Pollicipes pollicipes cement protein-100K gene". Paper presented in III AEICBAS Biomedical Congress, 2015.
Journal article	Fassini, Dario; Wilkie, Iain C.; Pozzolini, Marina; Ferrario, Cinzia; Sugni, Michela; Rocha, Miguel S.; Giovine, Marco; et al. "Diverse and Productive Source of Biopolymer Inspiration: Marine Collagens". Biomacromolecules 22 5 (2021): 1815-1834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00013. Published • 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00013 mert gokalp; Tjitske Kooistra; Miguel Rocha; Silva, Tiago H.; Ronald Osinga; Albertinka Murk; Tim Wijgerde. "The Effect of Depth on the Morphology, Bacterial Clearance, and Respiration of the Mediterranean Sponge Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847)". Marine Drugs (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/18/7/358. 10.3390/md18070358 Matias, Ricardo S.; Gregory, Susan; Ceia, Filipe R.; Baeta, Alexandra; Seco, José; Rocha, Miguel S.; Fernandes, Emanuel M.; et al. "Show your beaks and we tell you what you eat: Different ecology in sympatric Antarctic benthic octopods under a climate change context". Marine Environmental Research 150 (2019): 104757. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104757. Published • 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104757 Rocha, Miguel. "Comparative Analysis of the Adhesive Proteins of the Adult Stalked Goose Barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Cirripedia: Pedunculata)". Marine Biotechnology 21 1–2 (2018): Published

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2015/05	Characterization of Pollicipes pollicipes cement protein genes	IJUP 2015 - 8º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da U. Porto Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)