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Ana Rita Pinho is a dedicated researcher with a Master’s degree in Molecular Biomedicine and a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences. Currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedicine at the University of Aveiro, she has a solid background in in vitro techniques, focusing on biomaterials and tissue engineering. Ana has contributed to eight publications in international journals and has presented her work at various conferences. With experience in molecular analysis and cell culture techniques, she is passionate about advancing biomedical research.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Arede Pinho

Citation names

  • Pinho, Ana Rita
  • Pinho, Ana
  • Pinho AR

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5B13-15F6-3DCB
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9815-7484

Email addresses

  • arapinho@ua.pt (Professional)
  • ritaredepinho@gmail.com (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11/02 - 2025
Ongoing
 Biomedicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/09/13 - 2019/12/12
Concluded
 Molecular Biomedicine (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
"The effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on male germ cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2014/09 - 2017/07/11
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
"Zebrafish as a model of expression analysis of ZNF687" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/15 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/07 - 2019/12 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/07 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/11/01 - Current Bioengineering the bone homeostasis environment in protein-based living microcapsules as building blocks for regenerative medicine
2021.05888.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
2021/01/15 - 2021/10/31 ATLAS- Bioengineered autonomous cell-biomaterials devices for generating humanised micro-tissues for regenerative medicine
ERC-2014-AdG-669858
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Exploring the potential of protein-based microunits for in vitro simulation of bone tissue regeneration". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
  2. Ana R. Pinho; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; João F. Mano. "From Protein-Based Liquified Microcapsules To Bone Tissue Micro-Units". Paper presented in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Conference 2022, Krakow, 2022.
    Published
  3. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; João F. Mano. "Bioinspired adhesive proteins as building blocks for liquified platforms with an impact on bone regenerative medicine". Paper presented in 31st Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) together with the 43rd Annual Congress of the Iberian Society of Biomechanics and Biomaterials (SIBB), Porto, 2021.
  4. Pinho, Ana Rita; Filipa Martins; Elisabete Costa; Ana Senos; Sandra Rebelo; Maria de Lourdes Pereira. "How Safe are ZnO Nanoparticles on Male Reproductive Health?". Paper presented in International Symposium on Medicinal Resources of Countries along One Belt and One Road, Guangxi, 2019.
  5. Pinho, Ana Rita; Filipa Martins; Elisabete Costa; Ana Senos; Sandra Rebelo; Maria de Lourdes Pereira. "How Safe are ZnO Nanoparticles on Male Reproductive Health?". Paper presented in 5th Hunan Innovative International Conference on Biomedicine and Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Maria C. Gomes; Pinho, Ana Rita; Mano, Joao F.. "Bio-inspired Incubators: liquified microcapsules marvels in tissue engineering". Paper presented in 12th World Biomaterials Congress, 2024.
  2. Pinho, Ana Rita; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Catechol analogs' many roles in the multifunctionality of liquid gelatine-based capsules". Paper presented in SupraLife Second School – “Bioinspired Supramolecular Self-Assemblies", 2024.
  3. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Multifunctional and multi-compartmentalized gelatin-based incubator units for in vitro studies". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023: Crossing Borders, 2023.
  4. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Multifunctional and multi-compartmentalized gelatin-based incubator units for in vitro studies". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2023, 2023.
  5. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Multifunctional and multi-compartmentalized gelatin-based incubator units for in vitro studies". Paper presented in Supralife First School-Functional Supramolecular Polymeric Biomaterials, 2023.
  6. Pinho, Ana Rita; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Bone liquified microunits as an innovative strategy to promote bone tissue regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022, 2022.
  7. Pinho, Ana Rita; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Microcapsules at the service of bone regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2021, 2021.
  8. Pinho, Ana Rita; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria Clara Gomes; João F. Mano. "Protein-based liquified systems: a step closer to personalized medicine". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2021.
  9. Pinho, Ana Rita; Dora C.S. Costa; Maria C. Gomes; Mano, Joao F.. "Protein-based liquified systems: a step closer to personalized medicine". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2021.
  10. Pinho, Ana Rita; Filipa Martins; Maria Elisabete V. Costa; Ana Maria R. Senos; Odete A. B. da Cruz e Silva; Maria de Lourdes Pereira; Sandra Rebelo. "Are ZnO-NPs harmless to spermatogenesis? Focusing cytoskeleton and nucleoskeleton dynamics in spermatogonia cells". Paper presented in Andrology 2020 12th International/11th European/ 32nd German Congress of Andrology, 2020.
  11. Pinho AR; Martins F; Costa MEV; Senos AMR; Rebelo S; Pereira MLP. "The effects of ZnO Nanoparticles in Spermatogonia Cells". Paper presented in V Post-Graduate Symposium in Biomedicine, 2019.
  12. Tatiana Authier; Susano Serrano; Pinho, Ana; Leonor Cancela; Natércia Conceição. "Study of transcriptional regulation zinc finger protein ZNF687 gene in zebrafish". Paper presented in 5th Conference: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Nahal Abie; Ceyda Ünlü; Ana Rita Pinho; Maria C. Gomes; Torsten Remmler; Marc Herb; Daniela Grumme; et al. "Designing of a Multifunctional 3D-Printed Biomimetic Theragenerative Aerogel Scaffold via Mussel-Inspired Chemistry: Bioactive Glass Nanofiber-Incorporated Self-Assembled Silk Fibroin with Antibacterial, Antiosteosarcoma, and Osteoinductive Properties". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c00065.
    10.1021/acsami.4c00065
  2. Ana R. Pinho; Maria C. Gomes; Dora C. S. Costa; João F. Mano. "Bioactive Self-Regulated Liquified Microcompartments to Bioengineer Bone-Like Microtissues (Small 9/2024)". Small (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202470074.
    10.1002/smll.202470074
  3. Ana R. Pinho; Maria C. Gomes; Dora C. S. Costa; João F. Mano. "Bioactive Self-Regulated Liquified Microcompartments to Bioengineer Bone-Like Microtissues". Small (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202305029.
    10.1002/smll.202305029
  4. Maria C. Gomes; Ana Rita Pinho; Catarina Custódio; João F. Mano. "Self-Assembly of Platelet Lysates Proteins into Microparticles by Unnatural Disulfide Bonds for Bottom-Up Tissue Engineering". Advanced Materials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202304659.
    10.1002/adma.202304659
  5. Masyitah Zulkipli; Nuzum Mahbub; Ayesha Fatima; Stefanie Lim Wan-Lin; Teng-Jin Khoo; Tooba Mahboob; Mogana R; et al. "Isolation and Characterization of Werneria Chromene and Dihydroxyacidissimol from Burkillanthus malaccensis (Ridl.) Swingle". Plants (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/11/1388.
    10.3390/plants11111388
  6. Ng, Philipp; Pinho, Ana Rita; Gomes, Maria C.; Demidov, Yan; Krakor, Eva; Grume, Daniela; Herb, Marc; et al. "Fabrication of Antibacterial, Osteo-Inductor 3D Printed Aerogel-Based Scaffolds by Incorporation of Drug Laden Hollow Mesoporous Silica Microparticles into the Self-Assembled Silk Fibroin Biopolymer". Macromolecular Bioscience (2022): 2100442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202100442.
    Published • 10.1002/mabi.202100442
  7. Jesus, Diana; Pinho, Ana R.; Gomes, Maria C.; Oliveira, Cláudia S.; Mano, João F.. "Emerging modulators for osteogenic differentiation: a combination of chemical and topographical cues for bone microenvironment engineering". Soft Matter (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00009a.
    10.1039/d2sm00009a
  8. Pinho AR; Martins F; Costa MEV; Senos AMR; da Cruz E Silva OAB; Pereira ML; Rebelo S. "In Vitro Cytotoxicity Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Spermatogonia Cells". Cells 9 5 (2020): 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051081.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/cells9051081
  9. Pinho AR; Rebelo S; Pereira ML. "The Impact of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Male (In)Fertility". Materials 13 4 (2020): 849. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13040849.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ma13040849
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pinho, Ana. "The effects of ZnO Nanoparticles on male germ cells". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/28432.
  2. Pinho, Ana. "Zebrafish as a model of expression analysis of ZNF687". Degree, Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/12 Exploring the potential of protein-based microunits for in vitro simulation of bone tissue regeneration Research Summit 2023
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/06/28 From Protein-Based Liquified Microcapsules To Bone Tissue Micro-Units Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Conference 2022
(Kraków, Poland)
2021/09/07 Bioinspired adhesive proteins as building blocks for liquified platforms with an impact on bone regenerative medicine 31st Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) together with the 43rd Annual Congress of the Iberian Society of Biomechanics and Biomaterials (SIBB)
(Porto, Portugal)
2020/12/05 Are ZnO-NPs harmless to spermatogenesis? Focusing cytoskeleton and nucleoskeleton dynamics in spermatogonia cells Andrology 2020 12th International/11th European/ 32nd German Congress of Andrology
(Münster , Germany)
2019/10/23 How Safe are ZnO Nanoparticles on Male Reproductive Health? 5th Hunan Innovative International Conference on Biomedicine and Chinese Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Changsha (Changsha, China)
2019/10/20 How Safe are ZnO Nanoparticles on Male Reproductive Health? International Symposium on Medicinal Resources of Countries along One Belt and One Road
Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine (Guangxi, China)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/10/25 - 2020/11/25 International webinar: Dietary supplements in health Chromium friend or foe? (2020/11/15 - 2020/11/25)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/07 - 2020/09/23 International COVID-19 Webinar: current scenario, opportunities and challenges (2020/09/23 - 2020/09/23)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/11 Organization of the event Signaling Afternoon (2018/11/20)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/03/12 - 2015/03/14 Volunteer in the Sixth National Journey of Biomedical Sciences (2015/03/12 - 2015/03/14)
Meeting (Other)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/02/24 - 2021/02/24 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021 with Bruce Alberts
Seminar
 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021 with Bruce Alberts
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/02/18 - 2021/02/19 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives
Conference
 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01/24 - 2021/01/24 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021 with Vinay Kumar
Seminar
 Webinar Series in Biomedicine: Meet the Professor 2021 with Vinay Kumar
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/12/05 - 2020/12/09 Andrology 2020: 12th International/11th European/ 32nd German Congress of Andrology
Congress
 12th International/11th European/ 32nd German Congress of Andrology
2020/12/02 - 2020/12/04 APCORE 2020 International Virtual Conference: Embracing Change, Forging Ahead
Conference
 APCORE 2020 International Virtual Conference
2020/11 - 2020/11 2020 RIKEN BDR-CuSTOM Joint Symposium Virtual Integrated organoid science: Stem cells, Engineering, Medicine
Symposium
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan
2020/11 - 2020/11 Jornadas CICECO 2020: THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND CICECO what have we learned from the pandemic?
Congress
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2020/11 - 2020/11 International webinar: Dietary supplements in health Chromium friend or foe?
Seminar
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09/23 - 2020/09/23 International COVID-19 Webinar: current scenario, opportunities and challenges
Seminar
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/06/27 - 2019/06/27 Fifth Post-Graduate Symposium in Biomedicine
Symposium
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/05 - 2019/05 Scientific monitor of Microday –Microscopy Open Day. Training for observation and analysis of cell diversity under an optical microscope aimed at 5th grade students at João Afonso de Aveiro School coordinated by Professor Maria de Lourdes Pereira, iBiMED and Medical Sciences Department of University of Aveiro
Workshop
 Microday –Microscopy Open Day
Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/03/13 - 2019/03/16 Tenth National Journey of Biomedical Sciences
Meeting
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 Scientific monitor of Brain Awareness Week 2019, in Aveiro Region a program coordinated by Professor Sandra Rebelo of Medical Sciences Department of University of Aveiro
Other
 Brain Awareness Week 2019
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019/01/24 - 2019/01/25 Seventh National RNA Meeting: ptRNA2019
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2018/11/20 - 2018/11/20 Signaling Afternoon
Meeting
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10/26 - 2018/10/26 Colorectal Cancer in Portugal: from research to prevention and treatment
Conference
 ASPIC Conference
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017/03/08 - 2017/03/11 Eighth National Journey of Biomedical Sciences
Meeting
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2016/11/10 - 2016/11/10 Fifth Symposium of Biomedical Sciences
Symposium
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/07 Internship in the scope of volunteer activities, to support the experimental work “Detection of genotypes of cyanotoxin-producing cyanobacteria”, at the Laboratory of Molecular and Microbial Ecology CIMA-FCT, Algarve University, under supervision of Professor Maria Margarida P. Reis.
Other
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/03/10 - 2016/03/12 Seventh National Journey of Biomedical Sciences
Meeting
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/03/12 - 2015/03/14 Sixth National Journey of Biomedical Sciences
Meeting
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2014 - 2016 Refúgio Aboim Ascensão Volunteer at Refúgio Aboim Ascensão, Faro. Support in the recreational activities of institutionalized children, contributing to the improvement of the present and future of the education of children at risk. It allowed me to improve my teamwork skills and civic responsibility.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09 - Current Complete Microscopy Training Course, Andor Microscopy School https://andor.oxinst.com/complete-microscopy-training-course https://andor.oxinst.com/complete-microscopy-training-course (Outros) Oxford Instruments plc, United Kingdom