Curriculum Vitae
Bruna Filipa Vieira Costa
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Bruna Filipa Vieira Costa
Citation names
- Costa, Bruna
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 6015-8432-CE0E
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2409-5847
Email addresses
- bfcosta@fe.up.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n , 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruna-costa-3a6823a4 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2019/11/01 - 2024/05/02
Concluded
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Engenharia Biomédica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Bioengineered Strategies to Prevent Orthopedic Implant Infections using Antimicrobial Peptides" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved (maximum classification) |
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2023/02 - 2023/04
Concluded
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Formação pedagógica inicial de formadores (CCP) (Blended- Learning Version) (Outros)
Escola de Negócios e Administração, Portugal
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Approved (maximum classification) |
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2019 - 2020
Concluded
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Competências Transversais: Liderança e Gestão de Equipas (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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18/20 |
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2019 - 2020
Concluded
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Competências transversais para a engenharia: formação pedagógica (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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17/20 |
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2019 - 2020
Concluded
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Publicação e Escrita Científica (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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19/20 |
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2018
Concluded
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Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Development of an anti-adhesive coating using an extracellular polymer from a marine cyanobacterium" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
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2016
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Comparison between two salts as viable substitutes to an organic additive for Daphnia magna cultures" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15/20 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/02/26 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | ||
| 2019/11/01 - 2023/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/10/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/09 - 2024/07/31 | Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012/01/01 - 2018/11/01 | Guided tours monitor | Zoo Santo Inácio, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2024/02/26 - Current | Projeto Estratégico do LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UIDB/00511/2020
Research Fellow
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| 2019/11/01 - 2023/10/31 | Antimicrobial and resorbable gel as a versatile implant coating to prevent infections in orthopaedic implants
SFRH/BD/147027/2019
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/10/31 | AntiBioCoat
CI18-00060
Research Fellow
Instituto de Inovação e Investigação em Saúde, Portugal
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la Caixa Bank Foundation
Ongoing
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences
UID/BIM/04293/2019
LA/P/0070/2020
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 | Regulação genética do biofilme no tratamento de feridas crónicas infetadas
2022.04739.PTDC
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2023/11/27 | The Dhvar5-Nanogels Performance in Combating Orthopedic Device-Related Infections. | XVIII Iberian Peptide Meeting.
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/11/16 | Orthopedic Device-Related Infections using Dhvar5-Chitosan Nanogels. | i3S 10th Annual Meeting
(Portugal)
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| 2023/09/27 | Antimicrobial nanogels to prevent Orthopedic Device-Related Infections. | 31st Annual Meeting of the European Orthopaedic Research Society.
(Portugal)
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| 2023/09/03 | Dhvar5-Chitosan Nanogels Winning the Fight against Orthopedic Device-Related Infections. | FEMS EUROMAT 2023
Hybrid event (Germany)
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| 2023/04/25 | Dhvar5 Chitosan Nanogels Generated by Microfluidic Fighting Orthopedic Device Related Infections. | NanoSpain Conference 2023
(Spain)
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| 2023/04 | Bioengineering Approaches to Fight Biomaterials Related Infections: translational potential and challenges | 8 ª Jornadas de Bioengenharia, UTAD, University of Minho
University of Minho (Portugal)
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| 2022/12/10 | Microfluidic Fabrication of Dhvar5 Chitosan Nanogels: A Way to Fight Orthopedic Device Related Infections. | “Hot Topics In Microbiology - International Conference for Young Scientists”.
(Slovakia)
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| 2022/12/07 | Microfluidic Fabrication of Dhvar5 Chitosan Nanogels: A Way to Fight Orthopedic Device Related Infections. | “Hot Topics In Microbiology - International Conference for Young Scientists”
(Bratislava, Slovakia)
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| 2022/11/25 | Fighting Orthopedic Device Related Infections with Microfluidic Generated AMP Chitosan Nanogels. | XLIV Congreso de la SIBB Sociedad Ibérica de Biomecánica y Biomateriales.
(Cáceres, Spain)
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| 2022/11/25 | Fighting Orthopedic Device Related Infections with Microfluidic Generated AMP Chitosan Nanogels. | XLIV Congreso de la SIBB Sociedad Ibérica de Biomecánica y Biomateriales.
(Spain)
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| 2020/10/01 | Cyanobacterial Polymer-Based Coating as Strategy to Avoid Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. | 3rd PhDay – Back to the Future
Instituto Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/11/18 | A new strategy to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections using a natural polymer based-coating. | Workshop in Emergent technologies to deliver anti-bacterials in biofilms.
(Ghent, Belgium)
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| 2019/11/11 | A new strategy to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections using a natural polymer-based coating. | 2nd Portuguese Symposium on Research and Innovations in Urology
Porto Business School (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/11 | A new strategy to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections using a natural polymer. | 3º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia das Plantas
Faculty of Sciencies, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/10/03 | Innovative application of a marine bacterial extracellular polymer: the development of an anti-adhesive coating for infection prevention. | iMed Conference® 10.0- Lisbon 2018
Nova Medical School (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2018/05/18 | Development of an infection prevention coating based on a bacterial extracellular polymer. | III Encontro de Biotecnologia Medicinal da Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto (ESS)
Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto (ESS) (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/01/08 | Development of an anti-adhesive coating based on a bacterial extracellular polymer. | Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP)
(Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/01 - 2023/06/01 | Técnicas de modificação de biomateriais e avaliação de atividade microbiana: Desenvolvimento de revestimentos antimicrobianos
usando o peptido MSI-78
Supervisor
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2023/02 - 2023/06 | Utilização de um polímero extracelular de cianobactérias (Cyanoflan) em aplicações de higiene oral: desenvolvimento de um
revestimento anti adesivo contra bactérias patogénicas orais
Supervisor
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Bioengenharia
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2023/02 - 2023/06 | Utilização de um polímero extracelular de cianobactérias (Cyanoflan) em aplicações de higiene oral: estudos antibacterianos
Co-supervisor
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Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/09 - Current | Practical course on microbial biofilms focused on the theme of antimicrobial tolerance. | |
| 2023/05 - Current | Laboratory Animal Science Course (FELASA A, B, D)
This course covers Functions A, B, and D of the European Directive 2010/63 for the animal species mouse, rat, zebrafish, and
fish, and is the only FELASA accredited course in Portugal (since 2008). The training combines theory (lectures, seminars,
online lectures) with practical sessions and group assignments. The focus is on how to design, plan and carry out experiments
to minimize animal harm.
Workshop
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Laboratory Animal Science Course (FELASA A, B, D)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2022/01 - Current | This interactive and interdisciplinary workshop is designed to provide the participants an up-to-date understanding of science in society and develop the necessary skills for participating actively as academics in the contemporary discussion. The workshop has a strong hands-on component in which participants work together in interdisciplinary groups around case studies, developed as science communication activities. | Triggers and Trends in Communicating Science for Society
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2021/12/01 - Current | Participant in the Course - Business Concepts for Life Scientists, online course from iBiology
Workshop
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Business Concepts for Life Scientists |
| 2020/10 - Current | Member of the steering group and volunteer at i3s Green Lab Initiative
Other
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i3s GreenLab Initiative
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2020/10 - Current | Webinars with Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn, Digging Deeper into the Science of Learning and Lessons from the Trenches
of Online Teaching in a Pandemic Era, online event from EUGLOH.
Workshop
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Learning How to Learn, Digging Deeper into the Science of Learning and Lessons from the Trenches of Online Teaching in a Pandemic Era |
| 2020/07 - Current | The course provides an introduction to project management and equips participants with basic skills in managing research projects:
- From research question to project description;
- Scheduling: milestones, tasks, and charts;
- Time management: managing yourself and the work;
- Team management: the right person for the right job.
- Risks: identification and management;
- Financial issues
- Project communication, dissemination, and exploitation
Workshop
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Research Project Management Course
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2023/02/07 - 2023/02/09 | Three-day bootcamp to provide health innovators with valuable tools to boost their technologies on the path to market. Receive
specialized support for structuring and development of a business case and an investors pitch presentation
Workshop
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RESOLVE-Health 2.0 2nd Start-up Retreat |
| 2022/02/08 - 2022/03/24 | DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property course provides an in-depth overview of the fundamentals of IP law and is considered
as indispensable to pursue more advanced courses of study on specific areas of IP law.
Workshop
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DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property
WIPO- World Intelectual Property Organization, Switzerland
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| 2022/02/04 - 2022/02/25 | Participation in Era uma vez o osso, included in projetct Porto de Crianças from Câmara Municipal do Porto.
This project is directed for 1st cicle students and aims to promote the enrichment of the educational oferts. Through to different
visits to schools, kids are incentivised to apply the knowledge learned in classroom and perform experiments in collaboration
with investigators of INEB/I3S.
Workshop
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Era uma vez...o osso
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2021/12 - 2021/12 | Thematic Meetings from IAPMEI (Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation, IP): Competencies to establish and lead a new business:
Leadership and team management
Workshop
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Competencies to establish and lead a new business: Leadership and team management”
Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP, Portugal
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| 2021/09/05 - 2021/09/09 | Volunteer at ESB21- 31st conference of the European Society for biomaterials/43th annual congress of the Iberian of biomechanics
and biomaterials (SIBB)
Congress
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ESB21- 31st conference of the European society for biomaterials/43th annual congress of the Iberian of biomechanics and biomaterials (SIBB) |
| 2021/09 - 2021/09 | Volunteer of the workshop about catheter-related infections and natural polymers used to fight them.
Exhibition
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Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2020/10 - 2021/07 | Participant in training course in Research and Ethics/Integrity
This course provides knowledge and skills of research ethics/integrity. It promotes the discussion of case studies within
a reflective approach, bearing in mind that this is a field of knowledge with a strong impact on the work environment and
effective teamwork.
Workshop
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Training course in Research and Ethics/Integrity
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2020/09 - 2021/06 | Program for exchanging letters between scientists and children, using the Portuguese language in this correspondence.
Workshop
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Cartas com Ciência |
| 2020/10/22 - 2020/10/22 | BiotechHealth Doctoral Program Annual Symposium
Symposium
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VII BiotechHealth Annual Symposium - From bench to bedside: Found in translation |
| 2020/04/04 - 2020/04/05 | Symbio Wired is an event organized by the Nucleus of Bioengineering Students of the University of Porto (NEB-FEUP / ICBAS)
where are presented the three subdivisions of Bioengineering - Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biotechnology and Biological
Engineering by different speakers (students and national/ international experts in the area).
Symposium
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Symbio Wired
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
| 2020/01/14 - 2020/02/04 | This project is directed for 1st cicle students and aims to promote the enrichment of the educational oferts. Through to different
visits to schools, kids are incentivised to apply the knowledge learned in classroom and perform experiments in collaboration
with investigators of INEB/I3S.
Workshop
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“Era uma vez… o osso”
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2019/09 - 2020/02 | This training in particular aims to promote transversal skills in the research area. The aim is that participants can publish
articles more successfully, through more systematic writing and the most appropriate choice of the journal in terms of content
and impact on the scientific community. In addition to writing and choosing the magazine, this training unit also aims to
train participants to be competent in the peer-review process, including reviewing and correcting articles.
Other
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Training unit in Publishing and Scientific Writting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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| 2019/10 - 2019/10 | "3º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas" aims at continuous growth in the area of plant biology and
associated biotechnological applications. It is organized by master students and allows students to present their work and
have feedback from other people, companies, and professors.
Meeting
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3º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas |
| 2019/07/04 - 2019/07/04 | The event promotes the demonstration of research and innovation produced in Portugal in a disruptive environment with the
presence of companies, Interface Centers (CIT), Startups, Competitiveness Clusters and Collaborative Laboratories (CoLabs).
Meeting
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TECH@PORTUGAL
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
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| 2019/03 - 2019/03 | This project is directed for 1st cicle students and aims to promote the enrichment of the educational oferts. Through to different
visits to schools, kids are incentivised to apply the knowledge learned in classroom and perform experiments in collaboration
with investigators of INEB/I3S.
Workshop
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“Era uma vez… o osso”
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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| 2018/10 - 2018/10 | The main purpose of MyBlueCity is to raise awareness about the importance of the blue economy. It is an immersive thematic
expo, where industry will present their most innovative products and services through demos (a demo differs from a commercial
presentation as it is explaining the entire value chain of the product and the different stages from conception to production).
Call
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Participation in MyBlueCity demos (Cosmetics, Health and Wellness) at Biomarine Business Convention 2018 |
| 2018/10 - 2018/10 | "2º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas" aims at continuous growth in the area of plant biology and
associated biotechnological applications. It is organized by master students and allows students to present their work and
have feedback from other people, companies, and professors.
Meeting
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2º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas |
| 2018/02 - 2018/07 | The HiTech program is about translating cutting-edge technologies and scientific discoveries into high-growth business opportunities.
The program enables students a close look into the process of how to decode technologies into a set of unique capabilities
that can be linked to a product concept that fulfills an unmet (or ill met) market need.
Other
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HITech Program
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
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| 2018/06 - 2018/06 | This seminar gives fundamental bases to processing and analyzes data from Spectroscopy of X-Ray Photoelectrons.
Seminar
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Processing and Data Analysis of Spectroscopy of X-Ray Photoelectrons
Universidade do Porto Centro de Materiais, Portugal
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| 2018/05 - 2018/05 | ClimateLaunchpad is the world's largest green business ideas competition. Its mission is to unlock the world's cleantech potential
that addresses climate change. The competition creates a stage for those ideas.
Call
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ClimateLaunchpad 2018, a Climate-KIC Programme from the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) |
| 2017/11 - 2018/03 | The School of Startups is a business ideas acceleration program, designed to prepare entrepreneurs to the challenges of creating
and developing new technologies that can have high potential in the market.
Other
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Startups School
UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal
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| 2017/09 - 2017/09 | " 1º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas" aims at continuous growth in the area of plant biology and
associated biotechnological applications. It is organized by master students and allows students to present their work and
have feedback from other people, companies, and professors.
Conference
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1º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2024/07/10 | Development of new Biomaterials for the promotion of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Duarte Domingues Cruz (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/04 - Current | Os Biomateriais e as suas aplicações na saúde. Os péptidos antimicrobianos como alternativa aos antibióticos no combate das infeções bacterianas. | Ciencia et al., Embaixadora i3s (Ensino secundário) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
| 2023/02 - Current | Workshop Business Concepts for Biotechnology Students. | Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos | |
| 2022/11 - Current | Avaliação da formação de biofilmes em diferentes meios de crescimento e por diferentes bactérias | Practical class in the scope of Microbiology Discipline (Ensino secundário) | |
| 2022/02 - Current | Determinação Concentração Mínima Inibitória e Mínima Bactericida | Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos (Ensino secundário) | |
| 2022/01 - Current | Invited Class Anti-Adhesive and Antibacterial Surfaces, Practical examples from BioEngineered Surfaces Group | Molecular BioInterfaces Discipline (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
| 2022/01 - Current | Os Biomateriais e as suas aplicações na saúde. Os péptidos antimicrobianos como alternativa aos antibióticos no combate das infeções bacterianas. | Practical class in the scope of Applied Biotechnology Discipline (Ensino secundário) | |
| 2024/02 - 2024/07 | Biomateriais e Biocompatibilidade | Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
| 2023/09 - 2024/02 | Laboratórios de Biotecnologia I | Biotecnologia Medicinal (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/01 - 2025/07/01 | Potential of Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes against Water-Colonizing Bacteria | Rogério Ferreira |
| 2024/01/10 - 2024/06/30 | Exploring the potential of carbon nanotubes for urinary tract applications | Catarina Correia Fernandes |
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | Student Travel Award - Stevens Conference on Bacteria-Material Interactions
Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
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| 2023 | Innovation fellowship - 400€ - SeaOralCare project |
| 2023 | Innovation voucher for regulatory affairs service -SeaOralCare project |
Other distinction
| 2018 | Born From Knowledge - BfK AWARDS |
| 2018 | 3rd Place in National Final of ClimateLaunchpad 2018, a Climate-KIC Programme from EIT. Portuguese representation at Global Final |
| 2018 | Honourable Mention awarded by the Splash! by Mermaid jury, the first contest of ideas and startups related to the Economy of the Sea, organized by Mermaid Investments |
| 2018 | Innovate Oral Award at iMed conference® 10.0 Lisbon 2018
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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