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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nuno Manuel Ribeiro Martins Xavier

Citation names

  • Nuno M. Xavier

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5C1B-445A-46A3
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8739-8768
Researcher Id
B-4040-2011
Scopus Author Id
55971690900

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/10/01 - 2011/05/18
Concluded
 Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Química Orgânica
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
"Synthesis of new sugar derivatives containing an alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl system in their structure and biological evaluation." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with praise and distinction by unanimity
2001/10 - 2005/10/27
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Synthesis of potentially bioactive heteroaromatic-monosaccharide hybrid molecules by coupling reactions catalyzed by palladium complexes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
(...)
2013/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
2012/06 - 2012/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
(...)
2011/06 - 2012/05/31 Postdoc (Research) Universität für Bodenkultur Department für Chemie, Austria
Universität für Bodenkultur Department für Chemie, Austria

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/01/01 - 2007/09 Bolseiro de Investigação Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current Monosaccharide analogues as novel therapeutic agents to block glycan-driven cancer cell metastasis.
PTDC/MED-QUI/2335/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/02 - 2023/12/31 Development of novel nucleotide and sugar diphosphate mimetics as potential antibacterial agents targeting the peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway
EXPL/MED-QUI/1017/2021
Principal investigator
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Synthesis of nucleotide mimics as potential antitumor agents targeting cyclin-dependent kinases
IF/01488/2013/CP1159/CT0006
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2014/02 - 2014/09 LisbonLiving+: Innovative strategies for a healthy life and an active ageing in the Region of Lisbon
Provided by PTCRIS: 135837
135837
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. N. M. Xavier; R. Gonçalves-Pereira; R. Balo. "Microwave-assisted synthesis of N-substituted 1-azido glucuronamides". In Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, edited by P. Kosma; A. Stütz; T. Wrodnigg. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2021.
    Published • 10.1201/9781351256087-4
  2. Fortuna, Andreia; Nuno M. Xavier. "Recent developments in synthetic methods for sugar phosphate analogs". In Recent Trends in Carbohydrate Chemistry, edited by A. P. Rauter; B. E. Christensen; L. Somsak; P. Kosma; R. Adamo, 301-329. Elsevier, 2020.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-817467-8.00008-6
  3. Xavier, Nuno M.; Fortuna, Andreia. "Synthesis and Biological Properties of d-Glucuronamide-Containing Compounds". In Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, edited by J. Reedijk. Elsevier, 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.11098-4
  4. Xavier, Nuno M.; Nunes, Rafael. "Recent Advances in the Synthesis of N-Glycosyl Compounds". In Advances in Organic Synthesis: Volume 10, edited by Atta-ur-Rahman, 99-138. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2018.
    Published • 10.2174/9781681087436118100005
  5. Xavier, Nuno M. "Recent Advances on Nucleotide Analogs and Mimetics". In Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, edited by J. Reedijk. Elsevier, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.12655-1
  6. Nuno M. Xavier. "Preparation of a tosylhydrazidyl N-glycosyl derivative of D-glucuronic acid via tosylhydrazone formation and intramolecular ring closure". In Comprehensive Organic Chemistry Experiments for the Laboratory Classroom, edited by C. A. M. Afonso; N. R. Candeias; D. P. Simão; A. F. Trindade; J. A. S. Coelho; B. Tan; R. Franzén, 282-284. London, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
    Published
  7. Xavier, N.M.; Lucas, S.D.. "Triazole-containing carbohydrate mimetics: Synthesis and biological applications". In Targets in Heterocyclic Systems: Chemistry and Properties, edited by O. Attanasi; R. Noto; D. Spinelli, 214-235. Rome, Italy: Italian Society of Chemistry, 2014.
    Published
  8. Schwarz, Stefan; Xavier, Nuno M.; Csuk, René; Rauter, Amélia P.. "Triterpene/Steroid Glycoconjugates: Natural Occurrence, Synthesis and Biological Activities". In Carbohydrate Chemistry, edited by A. P. Rauter; T. Lindhorst, 326-373. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012.
    Published • 10.1039/9781849732765-00326
  9. Nuno M. Xavier; S. Kopitzki; A. P. Rauter. "Pyranose-fused butenolides: an expedient preparation from furanose synthons". In Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, edited by P. Kovác, 137-157. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2011.
    Published • 10.1201/b11261
Conference abstract
  1. Xavier, Nuno Manuel; Gonçalves-Pereira, Rita; de Sousa, Eduardo C.; Jorda, Radek; Loesche, Anne; Serbian, Immo; Csuk, René. "Novel bioactive nucleoside and isonucleotide analogs of therapeutic interest". Paper presented in 6th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, 2020.
    Published • 10.3390/ecmc2020-07488
  2. Nunes, Rafael; Nuno M. Xavier; Costa, Paulo J.. "In silico design of halogenated carbohydrate mimetics as potential halogen-bonding ligands". Paper presented in Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology, Porto, 2019.
    Published • 10.3390/mol2net-04-06125
Conference paper
  1. Catarina Maria; João Barros; Nuno Xavier; Karina Shimizu; Adilson Freitas; Mª João Ferreira; Ignazio Schino; et al. "Synthesis of New Purine Nucleosides as potential Metal Chelators and Anticholinesterase Agents". 2022.
    10.3390/ECMC2022-13451
Edited book
  1. Amélia P. Rauter; Nuno M. Xavier. Carbohydrates 2018. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. 2020.
    Published • 10.3390/books978-3-03928-317-0 • Editor
Journal article
  1. Luciana Silva; Nuno Xavier; Amélia Rauter; Rui Galhano dos Santos. "Synthesis of Alkyl Levulinates from a-Angelica Lactone Using Methanesulfonic Acid as a Catalyst: A Sustainable and Solvent-Free Route". ChemEngineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering8050103.
    10.3390/chemengineering8050103
  2. Moreau, François; Atamanyuk, Dmytro; Blaukopf, Markus; Barath, Marek; Herczeg, Mihály; Xavier, Nuno M.; Monbrun, Jérôme; et al. "Potentiating Activity of GmhA Inhibitors on Gram-Negative Bacteria". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00037.
    Open access • 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00037
  3. Xavier, Nuno M.; Andreana, Peter R.. "Glycomimetics and Glycoconjugates in Drug Discovery". Pharmaceuticals 17 3 (2024): 323. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph17030323.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ph17030323
  4. Tânia Moreira; Domingos M. Manuel; Joana Rosa; Rafael Santana Nunes; Veronika Vojácková; Radek Jorda; M. Conceição Oliveira; Nuno M. Xavier. "Synthesis and Antiproliferative Evaluation of d-Glucuronamide-Based Nucleosides and (Triazolyl)methyl Amide-Linked Pseudodisaccharide Nucleosides**". ChemMedChem (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202300608.
    10.1002/cmdc.202300608
  5. Silva, Luciana; Orišková, Sofia; Gonçalves, Diogo; Paulo, Ivo; Condeço, José; Monteiro, Miguel; Xavier, Nuno M.; et al. "Quantification of Hydrolytic Sugars from Eucalyptus globulus Bio-Oil Aqueous Solution after Thermochemical Liquefaction". Forests 14 4 (2023): 799. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14040799.
    10.3390/f14040799
  6. Andreia Fortuna; Rita Gonçalves-Pereira; Paulo J. Costa; Radek Jorda; Veronika Vojácková; Gabriel Gonzalez; Niels V. Heise; et al. "Synthesis and Exploitation of the Biological Profile of Novel Guanidino Xylofuranose Derivatives**". ChemMedChem (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202200180.
    10.1002/cmdc.202200180
  7. Xavier, Nuno M.; Andreana, Peter R.; Carvalho, Ivone; von Itzstein, Mark. "Editorial: Carbohydrate-Based Molecules in Medicinal Chemistry". Frontiers in Chemistry 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.655200.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fchem.2021.655200
  8. Fortuna, Andreia; Costa, Paulo J.; Piedade, M. Fátima M.; Conceição Oliveira, M.; Nuno M. Xavier. "Synthesis of Triazole-Containing Furanosyl Nucleoside Analogues and Their Phosphate, Phosphoramidate or Phoshonate Derivatives as Potential Sugar Diphosphate or Nucleotide Mimetics". ChemPlusChem 85 8 (2020): 1676-1691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000424.
    Published • 10.1002/cplu.202000424
  9. Amélia Pilar Rauter; Nuno Manuel Xavier. "Special Issue “Carbohydrates 2018”". Pharmaceuticals 13 1 (2019): 5-5. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph13010005.
    10.3390/ph13010005
  10. Nuno M. Xavier; Eduardo C. de Sousa; Margarida P. Pereira; Anne Loesche; Immo Serbian; René Csuk; M. Conceição Oliveira. "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Structurally Varied 5'-/6'-Isonucleosides and Theobromine-Containing N-Isonucleosidyl Derivatives". Pharmaceuticals 12 3 (2019): 103-103. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph12030103.
    10.3390/ph12030103
  11. Nuno M. Xavier; Rita Goncalves-Pereira; Radek Jorda; Denisa Hendrychová; M. Conceição Oliveira. "Novel dodecyl-containing azido and glucuronamide-based nucleosides exhibiting anticancer potential". Pure and Applied Chemistry 0 0 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1515%2Fpac-2019-0106.
    10.1515/pac-2019-0106
  12. Catarina Dias; João P. Pais; Rafael Nunes; Maria-Teresa Blázquez-Sánchez; Joaquim T. Marquês; Andreia F. Almeida; Patrícia Serra; et al. "Sugar-based bactericides targeting phosphatidylethanolamine-enriched membranes". Nature Communications 9 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41467-018-06488-4.
    10.1038/s41467-018-06488-4
  13. Rita Gonçalves-Pereira; Margarida P. Pereira; Sofia G. Serra; Anne Loesche; René Csuk; Samuel Silvestre; Paulo J. Costa; M. Conceição Oliveira; Nuno Manuel Xavier. "Novel Furanosyl Nucleoside Analogs Embodying Triazole or Theobromine Units as Potential Lead Molecules for Alzheimer's Disease". European Journal of Organic Chemistry (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fejoc.201800245.
    10.1002/ejoc.201800245
  14. Nuno M. Xavier; Rita Gonçalves-Pereira; Radek Jorda; Eva Reznícková; Vladimír Kryštof; M. Conceição Oliveira. "Synthesis and antiproliferative evaluation of novel azido nucleosides and their phosphoramidate derivatives". Pure and Applied Chemistry 89 9 (2017): 1267-1281. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1218.
    10.1515/pac-2016-1218
  15. Xavier, N.M.; Porcheron, A.; Batista, D.; Jorda, R.; Reznícková, E.; Kryštof, V.; Oliveira, M.C.. "Exploitation of new structurally diverse d-glucuronamide-containing: N -glycosyl compounds: Synthesis and anticancer potential". Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 15 21 (2017): 4667-4680. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021761785&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c7ob00472a
  16. Yang, Z.; Xu, R.; Ali-Rachedi, F.; Chambert, S.; Xavier, N.M.; Soulère, L.; Ahmar, M.; et al. "Liquid crystalline glycosteroids and acyl steroid glycosides (ASG)". Liquid Crystals (2017): 1-19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021872169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02678292.2017.1346211
  17. Blaukopf, M.; Atamanyuk, D.; Xavier, N.M.; Gerusz, V.; Kosma, P.. "Synthesis of 1,5-Anhydro- d - glycero - d - gluco -heptitol Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Bacterial Heptose Biosynthetic Pathways". Synthesis (Germany) (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85033432466&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1055/s-0036-1591518
  18. Daniela Batista; Stefan Schwarz; Anne Loesche; René Csuk; Paulo J. Costa; M. Conceição Oliveira; Nuno M. Xavier. "Synthesis of glucopyranos-6'-yl purine and pyrimidine isonucleosides as potential cholinesterase inhibitors. Access to pyrimidine-linked pseudodisaccharides through Mitsunobu reaction". Pure and Applied Chemistry 88 4 (2016): 363-379. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-0102.
    10.1515/pac-2016-0102
  19. Nuno Xavier; Susana Lucas; Radek Jorda; Stefan Schwarz; Anne Loesche; René Csuk; M. Oliveira. "Synthesis and Evaluation of the Biological Profile of Novel Analogues of Nucleosides and of Potential Mimetics of Sugar Phosphates and Nucleotides". Synlett 26 19 (2015): 2663-2672. https://doi.org/10.1055%2Fs-0035-1560591.
    10.1055/s-0035-1560591
  20. Xu, R.; Ali-Rachedi, F.; Xavier, N.M.; Chambert, S.; Ferkous, F.; Queneau, Y.; Cowling, S.J.; Davis, E.J.; Goodby, J.W.. "Self-organizing behaviour of glycosteroidal bolaphiles: Insights into lipidic microsegregation". Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 13 3 (2015): 783-792. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920097845&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4ob02191f
  21. Xavier, N.M.; Schwarz, S.; Vaz, P.D.; Csuk, R.; Rauter, A.P.. "Synthesis of purine nucleosides from D -glucuronic acid derivatives and evaluation of their cholinesterase-inhibitory activities". European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014 13 (2014): 2770-2779. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899470996&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ejoc.201301913
  22. Schwarz, S.; Siewert, B.; Xavier, N.M.; Jesus, A.R.; Rauter, A.P.; Csuk, R.. "A "natural" approach: Synthesis and cytoxicity of monodesmosidic glycyrrhetinic acid glycosides". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 72 (2014): 78-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890853658&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.11.024
  23. Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.. "Enantioselective synthesis in carbohydrate-based drug discovery: Imino sugars, alkaloids and macrolide antibiotics". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 14 10 (2014): 1235-1243. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903737621&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/1568026614666140423103848
  24. Santos, R.G.; Xavier, N.M.; Bordado, J.C.; Rauter, A.P.. "Efficient and first regio- and stereoselective direct C-glycosylation of a flavanone catalysed by Pr(OTf)3 under conventional heating or ultrasound irradiation". European Journal of Organic Chemistry 8 (2013): 1441-1447. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874840422&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ejoc.201201518
  25. Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.. "Environmentally friendly approaches to the synthesis of new antibiotics from sugars". Pure and Applied Chemistry 84 3 (2012): 803-816. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858119688&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1351/PAC-CON-11-11-11
  26. Xavier, N.M.; Goulart, M.; Neves, A.; Justino, J.; Chambert, S.; Rauter, A.P.; Queneau, Y.. "Synthesis of sugars embodying conjugated carbonyl systems and related triazole derivatives from carboxymethyl glycoside lactones. Evaluation of their antimicrobial activity and toxicity". Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 19 2 (2011): 926-938. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78651511214&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bmc.2010.11.060
  27. Xavier, N.M.; Queneau, Y.; Rauter, A.P.. "Exploitation of furanoid 5-azido-3-C-branched-chain sugars towards highly functionalized nitrogen-containing carbohydrate derivatives". European Journal of Organic Chemistry 4 (2011): 713-720. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79251608570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ejoc.201001119
  28. Amorim Madeira, P.J.; Rosa, A.M.; Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.; Helena Florêncio, M.. "Electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis of newly synthesized a,ß-unsaturated ¿-lactones fused to sugars". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 24 7 (2010): 1049-1058. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949633755&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/rcm.4490
  29. Rauter, A.P.; Xavier, N.M.; Lucas, S.D.; Santos, M.. "Zeolites and other silicon-based promoters in carbohydrate chemistry.". Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry 63 (2010): 29-99. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956420120&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0065-2318(10)63003-X
  30. Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.; Queneau, Y.. "Carbohydrate-based lactones: Synthesis and applications". Topics in Current Chemistry 295 (2010): 19-62. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956967291&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/128_2010_61
  31. Madeira, P.J.A.; Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.; Florencio, M.H.. "Furanose C-C-linked ¿ -lactones: A combined ESI FTICR MS and semi-empirical calculations study". Journal of Mass Spectrometry 45 10 (2010): 1167-1178. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650829154&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jms.1806
  32. Xavier, N.M.; Madeira, P.J.A.; Florêncio, M.H.; Rauter, A.P.. "Synthetic approaches to novel thiosugar scaffolds containing a,ß-unsaturated carbonyl groups". European Journal of Organic Chemistry 29 (2009): 4983-4991. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349758401&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ejoc.200900573
  33. Xavier, N.M.; Lucas, S.D.; Rauter, A.P.. "Zeolites as efficient catalysts for key transformations in carbohydrate chemistry". Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 305 1-2 (2009): 84-89. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67349115342&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.molcata.2009.01.003
  34. Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.. "Sugars containing a,ß-unsaturated carbonyl systems: synthesis and their usefulness as scaffolds in carbohydrate chemistry". Carbohydrate Research 343 10-11 (2008): 1523-1539. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46549088035&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.carres.2008.04.033
  35. Xavier, N.M.; Silva, S.; Madeira, P.J.A.; Helena Florêncio, M.; Silva, F.V.M.; Justino, J.; Thiem, J.; Rauter, A.P.. "Synthesis and biological evaluation of sugars containing a,ß-unsaturated ¿-lactones". European Journal of Organic Chemistry 36 (2008): 6134-6143. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57349093466&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ejoc.200800763
  36. Rauter, A.P.; Almeida, T.; Xavier, N.M.; Siopa, F.; Vicente, A.I.; Lucas, S.D.; Marques, J.P.; et al. "Acid zeolites as efficient catalysts for O- and S-glycosylation". Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 275 1-2 (2007): 206-213. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548203168&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.molcata.2007.06.002
  37. Xavier, N.M.; Rauter, A.P.. "Easy and stereoselective approach to a,ß-unsaturated ¿-lactones fused to pyranoses from furanose scaffolds". Organic Letters 9 17 (2007): 3339-3341. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548145145&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ol071351m
Preprint
  1. Moreira, Tânia; Manuel, Domingos; Rosa, Joana; Nunes, Rafael; Vojácková, Veronika; Jorda, Radek; Oliveira, M. Conceição; Nuno M. Xavier. "Synthesis and Antiproliferative Evaluation of Novel D-Glucuronamide-based Nucleosides and (Triazolyl)methyl Amide-linked Pseudodisaccharide Nucleosides". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-rh8ck.
    10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-rh8ck
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Nuno M. Xavier. "Synthesis of new sugar derivatives containing an a,ß-unsaturated carbonyl system in their structure and biological evaluation". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2011. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/3474.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. A. P. Rauter; Nuno M. Xavier; J. Justino; A. Neves; M. Goulart; Y. Queneau. 2012. "(N-Alkylcarbamoyl)methyl enulosides and related pyranoside containing an a,ß,¿,d-unsaturated ester, their preparation and their efficacy as antibacterial agents".
  2. J. Justino; A. P. Rauter; Nuno M. Xavier; A. Neves; M. Goulart. 2012. "N-Alquilcarbamoil)metil enulósidos e piranosida relacionada contendo um éster a,ß,¿,d-insaturado, sua preparação e sua eficácia como agentes antibacterianos". Portugal.

Other

Other output
  1. Synthesis and Exploitation of the Biological Profile of Novel Guanidino Xylofuranose Derivatives. 2021. Nuno Manuel Xavier; Andreia Fortuna; Rita Gonçalves-Pereira; Paulo J. Costa; Radek Jorda; Veronika Vojácková; Niels V. Heise; René Csuk; M. Conceição Oliveira. https://doi.org/10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-mxk4c.
    10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-mxk4c
  2. Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazole-Containing Furanosyl Nucleoside Analogs and Their Phosphate, Phosphoramidate or Phoshonate Derivatives as Potential Sugar Diphosphate or Nucleotide Mimetics. 2020. Andreia Fortuna; Paulo J. Costa; Fátima Piedade; M. Conceição Oliveira; Nuno Manuel Xavier. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12343994.
    10.26434/chemrxiv.12343994
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/09/03 - 2019/09/03 Session co-Chair of the 13th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (GLUPOR13). (2019/09/03 - 2019/09/05)
Congress (Other)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017/11 - 2018/07/19 Member of the Organising Committee of the 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS 2018) (2018/07/14 - 2018/07/19)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2018/07/14 - 2018/07/14 Session Co-Chair of the Iberian Day of the 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS 2018) (2018/07/14 - 2018/07/14)
Conference (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015/07 Member of the Organising Commitee and Scientific Secretary of the 19th European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (2015/07/12 - 2015/07/16)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2012/05 - 2012/07/20 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 6th Spanish-Portuguese-Japanese Organic Chemistry Symposium (2012/07/18 - 2012/07/20)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/01 - 2009/01 Member of the Organizing Committee (students) of the international congress "Carbohydrates as Organic Raw Materials V". (2009/01/20 - 2009/01/23)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016/01 - Current Colégio de Química da Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) Membro
2015 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Química Member
2013/01 - Current International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC Member; Member of the IUPAC Task Group on Carbohydrate Nomenclature
2010 - 2013 Groupe Français des Glycosciences Member
2009 - 2011 Groupe Lyonnais des Glyco-sciences Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2015 - Current Member of the Scientific Committee and Scientific Advisor of the International e-Learning Course “Glycobiology and Glycochemistry”.
Advisor / Consultant
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/01 - Current Member of the IUPAC Task Group on Carbohydrate Nomenclature.
Member
 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, United States

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02 - Current Laboratories of Synthesis and Structural Analysis Química (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02 - Current Química Orgânica II (Organic Chemistry II - theoretical and laboratory courses) Química (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Química Medicinal de Nucleósidos e Nucleótidos (Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleosides and Nucleotides) Química (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/09 - 2018/12 Química Medicinal de Nucleósidos e Nucleótidos (Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleosides and Nucleotides) Química (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/02 - 2018/07 Química Orgânica I (Organic Chemistry I - theoretical-practical courses) Química (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2011/05/03 Interview discussing the importance of Chemistry in everyday live, on the occasion of the International Year of Chemistry, published in the article “Um dia na vida de um químico” (A day in the life of a chemist). Público

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current RSC Chemical Biology The Royal Society of Chemistry
2021/10 - Current Journal of Medicinal Chemistry American Chemical Society
2021/10 - Current Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids Taylor & Francis
2020/12 - Current Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2020/07 - Current Plants (2223-7747) MDPI AG
2020/05 - Current Biomolecules (2218-273X) MDPI AG
2020/04 - Current Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (0968-0896) Elsevier
2020/01 - Current Organic Letters (1523-7052) American Chemical Society
2020/01 - Current Chemistry & Biodiversity (1612-1880) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2019/10 - Current Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry (1475-6374) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2019/09 - Current Frontiers in Chemistry (2296-2646) Frontiers Media SA
2019/06 - Current Bioorganic Chemistry (1090-2120) Elsevier
2019/05 - Current Antibiotics (2079-6382) MDPI AG
2018/09 - Current Carbohydrate Research (0008-6215) Elsevier
2018/07 - Current Pharmaceuticals (1424-8247) MDPI AG
2017/12 - Current The Journal of Organic Chemistry (1520-6904) American Chemical Society
2016/09 - Current Arabian Journal of Chemistry (1878-5352) Elsevier
2016/08 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2015/03 - Current Pure and Applied Chemistry (1365-3075) Walter de Gruyter GmbH
2014/08 - Current Molecules (1420-3049) MDPI AG
2017/02 - 2018 Current Organic Synthesis (1570-1794) Bentham Science
2017/07 - 2017/08 Bioconjugate Chemistry (1520-4812) American Chemical Society
2017/07 - 2017/08 Journal of Functional Foods (1756-4646) Elsevier
2017/06 - 2017/07 ChemistrySelect (2365-6549) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017/04 - 2017/05 Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (1389-5575) Bentham Science
2016/07 - 2016/07 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (0001-3765) SciELO
2014/06 - 2016/04 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (0223-5234) Elsevier
2014/06 - 2014/07 Energy & Fuels (1520-5029) American Chemical Society
2014/03 - 2014/04 Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry (2028-3997) Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry
Distinctions

Award

2018 Recipient of the J. Pereira da Cruz Innovation Award, delivered at the 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium
2015 Selected by the Portuguese Chemical Society as the Portuguese Representative at the Young Investigators Workshop (YIW 2015) of the EuCheMS Organic Division
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2011 Young Investigator Award in Glycosciences
Alberta Glycomics Centre, Canada
2011 Recipient of a WCC IUPAC 2011 Young Chemists Award, 43rd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress
2010 Prix Scientifique du Groupe Lyonnais des Glyco-Sciences 2010
2009 Young Researcher Award, delivered at the "Carbohydrate as Organic Raw Materials V" meeting

Title

2023 Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry, Section Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2022 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Drugs and Drug Candidates
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2022 Editor of the Topical Collection of Drug and Drug Candidates "Carbohydrate-Containing Molecules: A Platform of Opportunities for Drug Discovery"
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2021 Guest Editor for the journal Antibiotics, Special Issue "Carbohydrate-Based Strategies in Antimicrobial Research"
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2021 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Pharmaceuticals
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2020 Guest Editor for the journal Pharmaceuticals, Special Issue "Glycomimetics and Glycoconjugates in Drug Discovery"
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2019 Guest Associate Editor for the journal Frontiers in Chemistry.
Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2019 Topic Editor for the journal Antibiotics.
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2019 Topic Editor for the journal Frontiers in Chemistry, Research Topic "Carbohydrate-Based Molecules in Medicinal Chemistry"
Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2018 Guest Editor for the journal Pharmaceuticals, Special Issue "Carbohydrates 2018".
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland

Other distinction

2012 Poster Award at the 6th Spanish-Portuguese-Japanese Symposium
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2009 Poster Award at the 8th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group