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In 2017, Rute Vanessa Novais Ferreira (RNF) obtained her master’s in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minho with a thesis developed at the Centre for Biological Engineering (CEB). During her MSc, she demonstrated a passion for bacteriophage research and entrepreneurship by leading the project “Phage-Care – Personalized Antimicrobials to Combat Infections Caused by Multi-Resistant Pathogens,” a finalist in the Angelini University Award! 16/17. Then, RNF contributed as a research fellow to notable Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)-funded projects, including INOVCONTROLFIL: Innovative Strategies to Control Filamentous Overgrowth in Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment (PTDC/AAG-TEC/3331/2014) and Development of an Engineered-Phage Cocktail to Combat Helicobacter pylori Infections and Prevent Gastric Cancer (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029182). She was later awarded an FCT studentship to pursue her PhD, during which she conducted part of her research at the i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto. In December 2024, RNF completed her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Minho. Subsequently, she worked as a research fellow on the Phage Therapy project (UIDB/04469/2020). RNF has published six peer-reviewed papers in international journals, five as first author (h-index = 5), and has presented her work in four oral communications and multiple posters at international conferences. Beyond research, she was an instructor in the 5th International Hands-on Phage Biotechnology course (HOP V) and a staff member for the Viruses of Microbes 2022 international conference. She also completed the International Mentoring Program of the International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education (IMFAHE), highlighting her commitment to professional development. Her outreach activities include participating in CEB open days, workshops, and exhibitions. She received an honorable mention in the 4th Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM) Science Communication competition and was recently honored with the 2024 SPM Young Researcher Award in the Health Microbiology category. At a personal level, RNF is determined, organized, and hardworking, demonstrating proactivity, autonomy, and strong teamwork skills.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rute Vanessa Novais Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Rute
  • Ferreira, R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3113-5711-9A2B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7016-7944
Researcher Id
A-8978-2018

Email addresses

  • rute.ferreira@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

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

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02/01 - 2024/12/16
Concluded
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
"A new strategy to combat Helicobacter pylori infections based on chimeric phages" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017
Concluded
 Integrated Masters in Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Clinical Enginneering
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Development of a phage-based bioactive product to control biofilms in chronic wounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 (0-20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/06/16 - 2024/12/14 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/08/29 - 2020/01/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/01/09 - 2019/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/01 - 2024/01/31 PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10/05 - 2017/11/14 MSc student Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/08/29 - 2020/01/31 Development of an engineered-phage cocktail to combat Helicobacter pylori infections and prevent gastric cancer
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029182
PhD Student Fellow
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2018/06/01 - 2020/01/31 HELICOPHAGE - Development of an engineered-phage cocktail to combat Helicobacter pylori infections and prevent gastric cancer
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029182
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/01/09 - 2019/06/30 INOVCONTROLFIL - Innovative strategies to control filamentous overgrowth in activated sludge wastewater treatmentn
PTDC/AAG-TEC/3331/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Rute. "A new strategy to combat Helicobacter pylori infections based on chimeric phages". Paper presented in VIII IMFAHE´s International Conference-Innovation Camp 2022, 2022.
    Published
  2. Ferreira, R.; Sousa, C.; Gonçalves, R. F. S.; Pinheiro, A. C.; Oleastro, M.; Azeredo, J.; Figueiredo, C.; et al. "A novel Helicobacter pylori phage to combat gastric infections: first characterizations". Paper presented in 24th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, Olimpia, 2021.
    Published
  3. Ferreira, Rute; Sousa, Cláudia; Presa, Eva; Pires, Diana P.; Oleastro, Mónica; Azeredo, Joana; Figueiredo, Ceu; Melo, Luís. Corresponding author: Melo, Luís. "Helicobacter pylori prophages: screening, detection, induction and potential therapeutic use". Paper presented in Microbiotec 21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Lisbon, 2021.
    Published
  4. Ferreira, Rute; Sousa, Cláudia; Presa, Eva; Pires, Diana P.; Oleastro, Mónica; Azeredo, Joana; Figueiredo, Ceu; Melo, Luís. Corresponding author: Melo, Luís. "Isolation and characterization of a novel Helicobacter pylori phage to combat gastric infections". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum, 2021.
  5. Ferreira, Rute; Sílvio B Santos; Pacheco, Maria Inês; Ferreira, Vânia; Melo, Luís; Nicolau, Ana. Corresponding author: Nicolau, Ana. "Isolation and characterization of a new bacteriophage against Rhodococcus erythropolis". Paper presented in EUROBIOTEC 2020 - European Biotechnology Congress, Prague, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Rute; Sousa, Cláudia; Presa, Eva; Pires, Diana P.; Oleastro, Mónica; Azeredo, Joana; Figueiredo, Ceu; Melo, Luís. "Comparison of bioinformatics tools to predict the presence of prophages in Helicobacter pylori genomes". Paper presented in BOD 2021 - X Bioinformatics Open Days, 2021.
  2. Ferreira, Rute; Sousa, Cláudia; Eva Presa; Pires, Diana P.; Oleastro, Mónica; Azeredo, Joana; Figueiredo, Ceu; Melo, Luís. "Induction and initial characterization of a new Helicobacter pylori prophage". Paper presented in Phage Futures Congress 2021, 2021.
  3. Ferreira, Rute; Amado, Rui; Padrão, Jorge; Santos, Sílvio; Ferreira, Vânia; Azeredo, Joana; Mota, Manuel; et al. "Isolation and preliminary characterization of a new bacteriophage against Sphaerotilus natans". Paper presented in International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), 2018.
Journal article
  1. Rute Ferreira; Graça Pinto; Eva Presa; Mónica Oleastro; Catarina Silva; Vieira L; Sousa, Cláudia; et al. "Screening and in silico characterization of prophages in Helicobacter pylori clinical strains". Microbes and Infection (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2024.105429.
    10.1016/j.micinf.2024.105429
  2. Rute Ferreira; Cláudia Sousa; Raquel Gonçalves; Ana C Pinheiro; Mónica Oleastro; Jeroen Wagemans; Rob Lavigne; et al. "Characterization and Genomic Analysis of a New Phage Infecting Helicobacter pylori". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/14/7885.
    10.3390/ijms23147885
  3. Sousa, Cláudia; Ferreira, Rute; Azevedo, Nuno F. ; Oleastro, Mónica ; Azeredo, Joana; Figueiredo, Ceu; Melo, Luís. "Helicobacter pylori infection: from standard to alternative treatment strategies". Critical Reviews in Microbiology 48 3 (2021): 376-396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1040841x.2021.1975643.
    Published • 10.1080/1040841x.2021.1975643
  4. Ferreira, Rute. "The first sequenced Sphaerotilus natans bacteriophage- Characterization and potential to control its filamentous bacterium host.". FEMS microbiology ecology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab029.
    10.1093/femsec/fiab029
  5. Melo, L.D.R.; Ferreira, R.; Costa, A.R.; Oliveira, H.; Azeredo, J.. "Author Correction: Efficacy and safety assessment of two enterococci phages in an in vitro biofilm wound model (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (6643), 10.1038/s41598-019-43115-8)". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85106287142&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-021-90464-4
  6. Melo, Luís D. R.; Ferreira, R.; Costa, Ana R.; Oliveira, H.; Azeredo, J.. "Efficacy and safety assessment of two enterococci phages in an in vitro biofilm wound model". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43115-8.
    10.1038/s41598-019-43115-8
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ferreira, Rute. "Development of a phage-based bioactive product to control biofilms in chronic wounds". Master, Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11 Novas perspetivas sobre o papel e as aplicações dos bacteriófagos de Helicobacter pylori Microbiologia 2024
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (Held virtually (Lisbon), Portugal)
2022/09 H. pylori phages: from genome release to hope for use as therapy EHMSG 2022
35th International Workshop on Helicobacter & Microbiota in Inflammation & Cancer (Glasgow, United States)
2022/05/30 A new strategy to combat Helicobacter pylori infections based on chimeric phages VIII IMFAHE´s International Conference-Innovation Camp 2022
International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education
2021/08/02 A novel Helicobacter pylori phage to combat gastric infections: first characterization 24th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting
Elizabeth Kutter (OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, United States)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/23 5th International hands-on PHAGE BIOTECHNOLOGY course (2023/06/19 - 2023/06/23)
Workshop (Other)
2022/07/18 - 2022/07/22 VoM2022 - Viruses of Microbes 2022 (2022/07/18 - 2022/07/22)
Congress (Other)
2020/09/16 - 2020/09/18 1st Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium (2020/09/16 - 2020/09/18)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Prémio Jovem Investigador SPM
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2023 Honourable mention in the 4th edition of the "Comunicação de Ciência em Microbiologia"
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2017 Finalist project of Angelini University Award 16/17
Morada Angelini Farmacêutica Lda, Portugal