Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Filipa Alexandra Lopes Simões da Silva
- Date of birth
- 1995/10/04
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Silva, Filipa A.L.S.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2611-4002-A5BC
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7400-267X
Email addresses
- flsilva@i3s.up.pt (Professional)
Websites
- www.linkedin.com/in/filipa-silva-247050b3 (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
- Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2022/01/01 - 2026/01/01
Ongoing
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Biomedical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
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2022/12/04 - 2022/12/04
Concluded
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Essential Project Management (Outros)
Associação Portuguesa de Gestão e Engenharia Industrial (APGEI), Portugal
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19/20 |
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/24
Concluded
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Research Data Management (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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18/20 |
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/24
Concluded
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Professional Negotiation Techniques (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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16/20 |
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/24
Concluded
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Leadership and Performance Management (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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17/20 |
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/24
Concluded
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Scientific Research Methodology (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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19/20 |
2017/09/01 - 2019/07/19
Concluded
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Medicinal Chemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Skin sensitizers: moving forward new approaches for toxicity prevision and sensitization management" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
2018/09/13 - 2019/06/01
Concluded
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Theoretical and Practical Course of Laboratory Animal Science recommended by FELASA for category B (Outros)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório (SPCAL), Portugal
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2013/09/01 - 2017/07/11
Concluded
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Medicinal Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal (...) |
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2020/01/02 - 2021/12/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
2018/09/01 - 2019/07/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Toxfinder Lda, Portugal |
2018/07/01 - 2018/09/30 | Science and Technology Management | Qualityplant Investigação e Produção em Biotecnologia Vegetal Unipessoal Lda, Portugal |
2018/05/01 - 2018/06/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Laboratório de Farmacologia e Cuidados Farmacêuticos, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal | ||
2018/03/01 - 2018/03/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Grupo de Investigação de Química Biológica , Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal | ||
2016/09/01 - 2017/07/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Grupo de Investigação de Estrutura, Energia e Reatividade, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | New 2D nanomaterials for cancer phototherapy and immunotherapy
2021.05897.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2020/01/02 - 2021/12/31 | New platforms for dermatological phototherapy
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031143
Research Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023 | Silva FALS, Freitas B, Chang H-P, Fernandes JR, Magalhães FD, Santos SG, Incorvia JAC, Pinto AM. The effect of ultrasonication and high shear mixing in MoS2 and WS2 exfoliation for biomedical applications. | DCE 2023 – Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2023 |
2023 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Freitas B, Paredes J, Oliveira MJ, Fernandes JR, Sarmento B, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. New pharmaceutical formulations containing two-dimensional nanomaterials for phototherapy. | European Graphene Forum
(Albufeira, Portugal)
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2023 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Freitas B, Paredes J, Oliveira MJ, Fernandes JR, Sarmento B, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. Biomedical applications of graphene and new 2D-nanomaterials. | NanoBalkan
(Tirana, Albania)
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2023 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Freitas B, Paredes J, Oliveira MJ, Fernandes JR, Sarmento B, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. New two-dimensional nanomaterials and devices for phototherapy. | Trends in Nanotechnology
(Lyon, France)
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2023 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Freitas B, Paredes J, Oliveira MJ, Fernandes JR, Sarmento B, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. Carbon nanomaterials and 2D nanomaterials in biomedicine: applications, main challenges, and opportunities. | NanoBioMed
(Barcelona, Spain)
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2023 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Almeida RC, Fernandes JR, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Pinto A.M. New nanomaterials for biomedical applications with focus on phototherapy. | NanoSpain
(Terragona, Spain)
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2023 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Almeida RC, Fernandes JR, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. UV-C driven reduction of nanographene oxide opens path for new applications in phototherapy. | Chem2Dmat Conference
(Bolonha, Italy)
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2023 | Silva FALS, Pinto S, Santos SG, Magalhães FD, Sarmento B, Pinto AM. New Graphene Pharmaceutical Formulations for Phototherapy of Skin Cancer: in vitro validation and ex-vivo human skin permeation studies. | Graphene 2023
(Manchester, United Kingdom)
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2023 | Freitas B, Silva FALS, Fernandes JR, Santos SG, Oliveira MJ, Paredes J, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. Designing Smart Nanocarriers: Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/graphene nanoparticles combined drug delivery and cancer phototherapy. | DCE 2023 ¿ Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2023
(Porto, Portugal)
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2022 | Van De Kemp T, Meneses J, Pedro I, Freitas B, Moreira J, Pires L, Silva FALSS, Pereira R, Magalhães FD, Castilho M, Pinto AM. 3D-printing of Magnetic Polycaprolactone/Graphene-Based Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering. | Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP) |
2022 | Pedro I, Van De Kemp T, Freitas B, Moreira J, Pires L, Silva FALSS, Pereira R, Magalhães FD, Castilho M, Pinto AM. Graphene/pectin-based hydrogels for cancer treatment and tissue regeneration. | Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP) |
2022 | Silva FALS, Timochenco L, Pinto S, Freitas B, Pires L, Moreira JM, Fernandes JR, Santos SG, Oliveira MJ, Magalhães FD, Sarmento B, Pinto AM. Graphene-based materials/Carbopol hydrogels for phototherapy of skin diseases. | 8th Advanced Summer School Interrogations at the biointerface: Fibrosis from mechanisms to the clinic |
2021 | Silva FALSS, Costa-Almeida R, Timochenco L, Pinto S, Fernandes JR, Magalhães FD, Sarmento B, Pinto AM. Near-infrared radiation light emitting diode based photothermal therapy with graphene: skin permeation studies | Graphene Industrial Forum (GIF2021) |
2021 | Timochenco L, Costa-Almeida R, Silva FALS, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM. High yield nanographene oxide production for biomedical applications | Graphene Industrial Forum 2021
(Spain)
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2021 | SI Amaral, FALS Silva, L Timochenco, S Azevedo, JR Fernandes, BS Sarmento, FD Magalhães, IC Gonçalves, R Costa-Almeida, AM Pinto, Reduced nanographene oxide hydrogels for combined chemotherapy and photothermal therapy of skin cancer. | Encontro de Investigação Jovem (IJUP) |
2021 | S Azevedo, L Timochenco, FALS Silva, SI Amaral, M Bessa-Gonçalves, K Chattahy, JR Fernandes, FD Magalhães, R Costa-Almeida, SG Santos, AM Pinto, Immunomodulatory effects of nanographene oxide and reduced nanographene oxide in combination with phototherapy. | Encontro de Investigação Jovem (IJUP) |
2020 | Bogas D, Silva FALSS, Costa-Almeida R, Couto C, Timochenco L, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM, Nanographene oxide and PEGylated reduced nanographene oxide as platforms for anti-cancer drug delivery | Graphene and 2DM Online conference 2020 |
2020 | Costa-Almeida R, Bogas D, Timochenco L, Couto C, Silva FALSS, Fernandes JR, Martins MCL, Gonçalves IG, Magalhães FD, Pinto AM "Graphene-based materials for cancer-targeted chemo-photothermal dual therapy | Graphene 2020 |
2020 | Pinto AM, Costa-Almeida R, Timochenco L, Meneses J, Silva FALS, Magalhães FD. Nanographene production scale-up and its biomedical applications with focus on cancer phototherapy. | ImagineNano 2020 |
2020 | Pinto AM, Timochenco L, Meneses J, Silva FALS, Costa-Almeida R, Magalhães FD. From nanographene production scale-up to its biomedical applications. Graphene and graphene/drug conjugates for cancer therapy. | NanoPT 2020 |
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/02/25 - 2016/02/26 | III Feira de Emprego e Empreendedorismo do Departamento de Química da Universidade de Coimbra (Job fair) (2016/03/01 - 2016/03/01)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal |
2015/05 - 2015/12 | VI Gala de Solidariedade do Departamento de Química da Universidade de Coimbra (Charity fundraising event) (2015/12/09)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal |
2014/05 - 2014/12 | V Gala de Solidariedade do Departamento de Química da Universidade de Coimbra (Charity fundraising event) (2014/12/11 - 2014/12/11)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/01/25 - 2023/01/25 | Presentation of the work developed in the laboratory and showcasing small experiments.
Exhibition
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Science outreach activity
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
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2022/11/19 - 2022/11/24 | Presentation of the work developed in the laboratory and showcasing small experiments.
Exhibition
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Science and Technology Week
Ciência Viva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
2019/03/07 - 2019/03/07 | Knowledge exchange centred around the cooperation between participating national entities in the process of co-development
and co-validation of medical devices
Workshop
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Colaborações Eficazes para o Desenvolvimento de Dispositivos Médicos em Portugal
Rede Nacional de Transferência de Conhecimento de Dispositivos Médicos, Portugal
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2019/03/01 - 2019/03/01 | Seminar focus on entrepreneurship and intelectual property
Seminar
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Seminário Seat&Seed: Empreendedorismo & Propriedade Intelectual
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019/02/12 - 2019/02/12 | Knowledge exchange centred around the cooperation between participating national entities in the process of co-development
and co-validation of medical devices
Workshop
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Prospecção e Identificação de Tecnologias com Elevado Potencial de Transferência para o Mercado
Rede Nacional de Transferência de Conhecimento de Dispositivos Médicos, Portugal
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2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 | Networking event directed at young and undergraduate portuguese chemistry students
Congress
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V Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Química, Portugal
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2017/02/15 - 2017/02/16 | Job fair
Conference
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III Feira de Emprego e Empreendedorismo do Departamento de Química
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2016/11/17 - 2016/11/18 | Scientific divulgation event
Congress
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II Encontro Científico
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2016/11/09 - 2016/11/09 | Extra-curricular course of Origin
Workshop
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Curso extra-curricular de Origin
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2016/03/18 - 2016/03/20 | Networking event directed at young and undergraduate portuguese chemistry students
Congress
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IV Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Química, Portugal
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2015/11/19 - 2015/11/20 | Scientific divulgation event
Conference
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I Encontro Científico
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015/04/30 - 2015/04/30 | Scientific divulgation event for children
Workshop
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Hospital do Ursinho
Núcleo de Estudantes de Medicina da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015/03/27 - 2015/03/29 | Networking event directed at young and undergraduate portuguese chemistry students
Congress
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III Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Química, Portugal
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2015/03/06 - 2015/03/08 | Entrepreneurship competition
Workshop
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Bioempreende o Teu Futuro
Núcleo de Estuddantes de Bioquímica da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2015/02/25 - 2015/02/25 | Job fair
Congress
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II Feira de Emprego e Empreendedorismo do Departamento de Química
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2014/10/09 - 2014/10/09 | Course of first aid
Workshop
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Curso de Primeiros Socorros
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2014/10/06 - 2014/10/06 | Extra-curricular course of Chemdraw
Workshop
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Curso extra-curricular de Chemdraw
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2014/09/28 - 2014/09/28 | Scientific divulgation event
Conference
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Dia do Centro de Química
Departamento de Química da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2014/04/29 - 2014/05/01 | Scientific divulgation event
Meeting
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4th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
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2014/04/09 - 2014/04/10 | Job fair
Conference
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I Feira de Emprego e Empreendedorismo do Departamento de Química
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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2014/03/28 - 2014/03/30 | Networking event directed at young and undergraduate portuguese chemistry students
Congress
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II Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Química, Portugal
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2013/11/21 - 2013/11/22 | VII Congresso Científico do NEF/AAC
Conference
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Fronteiras da Biotecnologia
Núcleo de Estudantes de Farmácia da Associação Académica de Coimbra, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2015/05 - 2016/05 | Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra | Secretary |
2014/05 - 2015/05 | Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica de Coimbra | Colaborator |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | Scholarship – Short-term Research Internships at UT Austin 2023 |
Other distinction
2021 | PhD scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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