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Bruna Dias is currently in a PhD programme in Chemical and Biological Engineering, at University of Minho, since October 2021, working on the theme "Production of bio-oils from lignocellulosic raw-materials by oleaginous yeasts resistant to inhibitory compounds". She completed her Master in Biotechnology in 2021 and Graduation in Biochemistry in 2018, both at the University of Minho. Throughout my academic and scientific career, I have accomplished several objectives, which contributed to my personal fulfillment: (i) 3 papers published in an international peer-reviewed Q1 journal (as first author) and 1 paper published in an international peer-reviewed Q2 journal (as first author); (ii) 3 conference papers in proceedings of a scientific conference and (iii) 4 oral and 3 poster communications in national and international conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruna Filipa da Silva Dias

Citation names

  • Dias, Bruna

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
281C-6CDE-A79E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4799-7296

Email addresses

  • bruna.dias@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 253601966 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho. Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30
Ongoing
 PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Production of bio-oils from lignocellulosic raw-materials by oleaginous yeasts resistant to inhibitory compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/09 - 2021/02
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
"Candida tropicalis as a promising yeast for olive mill wastewaters biodegradation and added-value compounds production" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2015/09 - 2018/07
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Avaliação da capacidade de produção “Single Cell Proteins” (SCP) a partir alimentos e resíduos agrícolas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/27 - 2021/07/26 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/27 - 2021/07/26 Biodegradation of effluents with phenolic compounds by yeasts
UIDB/04469/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - 2025/05/31 Preparation of traditional sweets from Galicia and Northern Portugal enriched with insect protein (PRODOCE)
PRODOCE
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade de Vigo Departamento de Enxeñaría Química, Spain
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Dias, Bruna; Araújo, Liliana P.; Joana Araujo; José M. Salgado; Armando Venâncio; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Bioprocessamento de produtos derivados de insetos pela levedura Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in Microbiologia 2024 - Congresso internacional de microbiologia em língua Portuguesa, 2024.
    Published
  2. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Bioprocessing of sugarcane molasses into gluconic acid by Aureobasidium pullulans : effect of oxygen transfer rate in stirred and airlift bioreactors". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB EFB 2023) Virtual Conference, 2023.
  3. Dias, Bruna; Fernandes, Helena; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica from glucose and compounds found in lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB EFB 2023) Virtual Conference, 2023.
  4. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger from sugarcane molasses and grape must: effect of increased air pressure and operation mode". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress, Prague, 2022.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Dias, Bruna; Araújo, Liliana P.; Araújo, Joana; Salgado, José Manuel; Armando Venâncio; Marlene Alexandra da Silva Lopes; Belo, Isabel. "Bioprocessamento de produtos derivados de insetos pela levedura Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in Microbiologia 2024 - Congresso internacional de microbiologia em língua Portuguesa, 2024.
    Published
  2. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of olive tree prunings for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in 5-CIAB Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries, Jaén, 2024.
    Published
  3. Dias, Bruna; Fernandes, Helena; Marques, Susana; GIRIO, FRANCISCO MANUEL; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Belo, Isabel. "Microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica W29 from eucalyptus bark hydrolysate". Paper presented in CHEMPOR-2023 - 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Lignocellulosic biomass as a low-cost and renewable substrate for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in 5th Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium, 2024.
  2. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Olive tree prunings as feedstock for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in LABBELS meeting 2024, 2024.
  3. Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene; Rosa María Rodríguez-Jasso; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Belo, Isabel. "Microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica strains from lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates". Paper presented in UMinho Research & Innovation Open Days, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Yarrowia lipolytica uses olive tree prunings hydrolysates for microbial lipids as biodiesel feedstock". Chemical Engineering Science (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2024.121150.
    Published
  2. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Soybean molasses as a new and low-cost substrate for gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger". Process Biochemistry (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2024.07.034.
    Published
  3. Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene; Fernandes, Helena; Marques, Susana; Girio, Francisco; Belo, Isabel. "Biomass and microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica W29 from eucalyptus bark hydrolysate". Renewable Energy (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120173.
    Published
  4. Dias, Bruna; Fernandes, Helena; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica produces lipid-rich biomass in medium mimicking lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 107 12 (2023): 3925-3937. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12565-6.
    10.1007/s00253-023-12565-6
  5. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Gonçalves, Daniela A.; Nobre, Clarisse; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Co-production of Gluconic Acid and Fructo-oligosaccharides by Aureobasidium pullulans from Sugarcane Molasses: Effect of Oxygen Transfer Rate in Stirred Tank and Airlift Bioreactors". Food and Bioprocess Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-023-03201-2.
    Open access • Published
  6. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Enhancement of gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger from by-products as glucose source using pressurized air conditions". Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.7428.
    Published
  7. Dias, Bruna; Marlene Lopes; Renata Ramôa; Ana Sofia Pereira; Isabel Belo. "Candida tropicalis as a Promising Oleaginous Yeast for Olive Mill Wastewater Bioconversion". Energies 14 3 (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/640/htm.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Dias, Bruna. "Candida tropicalis as a promising yeast for olive mill wastewaters biodegradation and added-value compounds production". Master, 2021.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Belo, Isabel; Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene. 2023. "METHOD OF PRODUCING GLUCONIC ACID, OXALIC ACID AND FRUCTOSE SYRUP FROM SOYBEAN MOLASSES, PT nº Nº118833". Portugal.
    Pending
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/27 Bioprocessamento de produtos derivados de insetos pela levedura Yarrowia lipolytica Microbiologia 2024 - Congresso internacional de microbiologia em língua Portuguesa
(Portugal)
2024/10/02 Hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of olive tree prunings for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica 5-CIAB Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries
(Jaén, Spain)
2023/09/15 Microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica W29 from eucalyptus bark hydrolysate CHEMPOR-2023 - 4th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
(Bragança, Portugal)
2023/03/28 Lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica from glucose and compounds found in lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates Biotechnology for a circular bioeconomy (AFOB-EFB virtual conference)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/07/24 - Current Workshop "O que comem e o que produzem as leveduras?". High school students (10º - 12º ano). 3 hours
Workshop
 Engenharia Química e Biológica - A engenharia ao serviço da Sociedade" (Chemical and Biological Engineering - engineering serving the society) - Verão no Campus 2024
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/05/24 - Current A Biotecnologia Industrial no CEB: a investigação para alcançar a sustentabilidade industrial
Exhibition
 Feira Internacional de Ciência-FIC2
Instituto Design Guimarães, Portugal
2019/05 - 2019/05 ExpoBiotec, Feira de Biotecnologia
Exhibition
 ExpoBiotec, Feira de Biotecnologia
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/04 - 2018/04 IX Jornadas de Bioquímica
Symposium
 IX Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/03 XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Meeting
 XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/04 - 2017/04 X Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Meeting
 X Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/04 VII Jornadas de Bioquímica
Symposium
 VII Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal