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Bruno Veigas completed is PhD at New University of Lisbon in 2016, resulting in the development of an electrochemical based real-time gene expression method for cancer diagnostics as well as nanotechnology-based infectious disease detection technologies. Post-PhD, he worked for 1 year and 6 months full time developing the Inno-Indigo-RA Detect European Project between the Nanomedicine@FCT (Portugal) and the Nanobiophotonics group (Leibniz Institute of photonic Technology Institute - Germany). After this period, he was awarded a Post-Doc grant by the Portuguese National Foundation for Science and Technology. He is currently employed as a Senior researcher at AlmaScience in full- time basis. Within these positions he explored new areas providing an invaluable experience in new fields of research allowing to pursue new technology concepts and architectures. During his research career, published a total of 24 peer-reviewed journal articles, including in prestigious and high impact scientific journals in the field such as Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Lab-on-Chip, and the Journal of Nanobiotechnology. Notably, the innovative aspects and industry relevance is demonstrated by the creation and development of technologies in close collaboration with industry partners and their implementation, as well as by the creation of intellectual property and integration into the product pipeline of a spinoff company. He also have a strong experience in inter-disciplinary research collaboration. Previous collaboration enabled the development of transparent/flexible electronic sensors, together with the development of traditional and digital microfluidic devices and their application for DNA detection. Recently, he developed biosensing schemes based on nano-optical principles, with a special emphasis on multiplexed, on-site-enabled technologies for early detection of autoimmune diseases. Bruno Miguel Ribeiro Veigas. Concluiu o Doutoramento em Biotecnologia em 2016 pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Mestrado em Mestrado em Biotecnologia em 2009 pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Licenciatura em Quimica Aplicada em 2007 pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. É Senior Researcher no AlmaScience. Publicou 24 artigos em revistas especializadas. Orientou 1 dissertação de mestrado. Atua nas áreas de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde com ênfase em Biotecnologia Médica, com ênfase em Nanotecnologia, Diagnóstico e Terapias de Base Genética. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Digital microfluidics; Nucleic acid amplification; Point-of-care diagnostics; Analytical Chemistry; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Biochemistry; Instrumentation; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Transimpedance amplifier; analog-front-end circuit; LAMP; pH; Nanotecnologies; Field-effect sensors; Tantalum pentoxide; Disposable; Low temperature; Gene expression; CMISFET; TFT; ISFET; EIS; SiNW; DNA; qRT-PCR; label free; laber-free detection DNA hybridization.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno Miguel Ribeiro Veigas

Citation names

  • Veigas, Bruno

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6F14-DF0B-DAAF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9265-4591

Email addresses

  • bruno.veigas@almascience.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Gene-based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Interventions

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016
Concluded
 phD in Biotechnology (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotechnology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Development of field effect sensors for gene expression analysis: Application to cancer diagnosis  " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade
2009
Concluded
 MSC in Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Major in Biotechnology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
"Au-Nanossondas Aplicação na detecção de Mycobacterium tuberculosis e Plasmodium berghei " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2007
Concluded
 Applied Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04 - Current Senior Researcher AlmaScience, Portugal
2016 - 2020/03 Pos-Doc Research Grant (Research Grant Funded by FCT/MCES, SFRH / BPD / 124311 / 2016) ) - Pursuing research for one platform-multiple biomarker detection of cancer biomarkers. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/10 Pos-Doc Research Grant (Research Grant Funded by INNO INDIGO ERA-Net Project - Pursuing research for one platform-multiple biomarker detection of Rheumatoid Arthritis. REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/09 Researcher (Research Grant Funded by FCT/MCES) - Pursiuing the developemnt of paper based devices for biodetection. Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal
2010 - 2012 Researcher (Research Grant Funded by FCT/MCES) - Pursuing research in Nanodiagnostics: gold-nanoprobes for molecular recognition - application to DNA adducts detection; pathogen detection; gene expres Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, DCV, FCT-UNL, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Researcher (Research Grant Funded by FCT/MCES) - Pursuing research in nanotechnology: gold nanoparticles for detection of SNPs associated with antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Pur Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, DCV, FCT-UNL, Portugal
2006/09 - 2007/09 Lab Technician (Internship ) Pursuing research in nanotechnology: gold nanoparticles for the labelling of DNA probes towards the specific identification of nucleic acids Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/02/01 - 2024/01/31 SeaSenseX - Next-generation microsensors for marine mutagens and carcinogens
MACAU/0002/2019
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book review
  1. Coelho, Beatriz; Veigas, Bruno; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Águas, Hugo; Igreja, Rui; Baptista, Pedro V.; et al. "Digital microfluidics for nucleic acid amplification". http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021393536&partnerID=8YFLogxK.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/s17071495
  2. Veigas, Bruno; Baptista, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro Viana; Fortunato, Elvira; DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais; CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N); DCV - Departamento de Ciências da Vida; UCIBIO - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit. "Field Effect Sensors for Nucleic Acid Detection". https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/5/10380.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/s150510380
Journal article
  1. Beatriz Oliveira; Bruno Veigas; Alexandra R. Fernandes; Hugo Águas; Rodrigo Martins; Elvira Fortunato; Pedro Viana Baptista. "Fast Prototyping Microfluidics: Integrating Droplet Digital Lamp for Absolute Quantification of Cancer Biomarkers". Sensors 20 6 (2020): 1624-1624. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20061624.
    10.3390/s20061624
  2. Veigas, Bruno. "Antibody modified gold nanoparticles for fast colorimetric screening of rheumatoid arthritis.". The Analyst (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/c9an00319c.
    10.1039/c9an00319c
  3. Oliveira H; Roma-Rodrigues C; Santos A; Veigas B; Brás N; Faria A; Calhau C; et al. "GLUT1 and GLUT3 involvement in anthocyanin gastric transport- Nanobased targeted approach.". Scientific reports (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30692585.
    10.1038/s41598-018-37283-2
  4. Carlos FF; Veigas B; Matias AS; Doria G; Flores O; Baptista PV. "Allele specific LAMP- gold nanoparticle for characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms.". Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29124021.
    10.1016/j.btre.2017.10.003
  5. Coelho BJ; Veigas B; Águas H; Fortunato E; Martins R; Baptista PV; Igreja R. "A Digital Microfluidics Platform for Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Detection.". Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29144379.
    10.3390/s17112616
  6. Coelho B; Veigas B; Fortunato E; Martins R; Águas H; Igreja R; Baptista PV. "Digital Microfluidics for Nucleic Acid Amplification.". Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28672827.
    10.3390/s17071495
  7. Veigas B; Pinto J; Vinhas R; Calmeiro T; Martins R; Fortunato E; Baptista PV. "Quantitative real-time monitoring of RCA amplification of cancer biomarkers mediated by a flexible ion sensitive platform.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28142124.
    10.1016/j.bios.2017.01.052
  8. Bruno Veigas; Carla Portugal; Rita Valério; Elvira Fortunato; João G. Crespo; Pedro V. Baptista. "Scalable approach for the production of functional DNA based gold nanoprobes". Journal of Membrane Science 492 (2015): 528-535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.042.
    10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.042
  9. Bernacka-Wojcik I; Águas H; Carlos FF; Lopes P; Wojcik PJ; Costa MN; Veigas B; et al. "Single nucleotide polymorphism detection using gold nanoprobes and bio-microfluidic platform with embedded microlenses.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25765286.
    10.1002/bit.25542
  10. Veigas B; Fortunato E; Baptista PV. "Mobile based gold nanoprobe TB diagnostics for point-of-need.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25626530.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-2172-0_3
  11. Veigas B; Fortunato E; Baptista PV. "Field effect sensors for nucleic Acid detection: recent advances and future perspectives.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25946631.
    10.3390/s150510380
  12. Veigas B; Pedrosa P; Carlos FF; Mancio-Silva L; Grosso AR; Fortunato E; Mota MM; Baptista PV. "One nanoprobe, two pathogens: gold nanoprobes multiplexing for point-of-care.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26250828.
    10.1186/s12951-015-0109-1
  13. Pedrosa P; Veigas B; Machado D; Couto I; Viveiros M; Baptista PV. "Gold nanoprobes for multi loci assessment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24461544.
    10.1016/j.tube.2013.12.009
  14. Costa MN; Veigas B; Jacob JM; Santos DS; Gomes J; Baptista PV; Martins R; Inácio J; Fortunato E. "A low cost, safe, disposable, rapid and self-sustainable paper-based platform for diagnostic testing: lab-on-paper.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24521980.
    10.1088/0957-4484/25/9/094006
  15. Veigas B; Branquinho R; Pinto JV; Wojcik PJ; Martins R; Fortunato E; Baptista PV. "Ion sensing (EIS) real-time quantitative monitorization of isothermal DNA amplification.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24021655.
    10.1016/j.bios.2013.08.029
  16. Veigas B; Fernandes AR; Baptista PV. "AuNPs for identification of molecular signatures of resistance.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25221547.
    10.3389/fmicb.2014.00455
  17. Bernacka-Wojcik I; Lopes P; Catarina Vaz A; Veigas B; Jerzy Wojcik P; Simões P; Barata D; et al. "Bio-microfluidic platform for gold nanoprobe based DNA detection--application to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23660340.
    10.1016/j.bios.2013.03.079
  18. Veigas B; Pedrosa P; Couto I; Viveiros M; Baptista PV. "Isothermal DNA amplification coupled to Au-nanoprobes for detection of mutations associated to Rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24274610.
    10.1186/1477-3155-11-38
  19. Veigas B; Jacob JM; Costa MN; Santos DS; Viveiros M; Inácio J; Martins R; et al. "Gold on paper-paper platform for Au-nanoprobe TB detection.". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23000923.
    10.1039/c2lc40739f
  20. Doria G; Conde J; Veigas B; Giestas L; Almeida C; Assunção M; Rosa J; Baptista PV. "Noble metal nanoparticles for biosensing applications.". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22438731.
    10.3390/s120201657
  21. Machado D; Couto I; Perdigão J; Rodrigues L; Portugal I; Baptista P; Veigas B; Amaral L; Viveiros M. "Contribution of efflux to the emergence of isoniazid and multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22493700.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0034538
  22. Branquinho R; Veigas B; Pinto JV; Martins R; Fortunato E; Baptista PV. "Real-time monitoring of PCR amplification of proto-oncogene c-MYC using a Ta2O5 electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor sensor.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21802276.
    10.1016/j.bios.2011.06.039
  23. Silva LB; Veigas B; Doria G; Costa P; Inácio J; Martins R; Fortunato E; Baptista PV. "Portable optoelectronic biosensing platform for identification of mycobacteria from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20875731.
    10.1016/j.bios.2010.08.078
  24. Veigas B; Machado D; Perdigão J; Portugal I; Couto I; Viveiros M; Baptista PV. "Au-nanoprobes for detection of SNPs associated with antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.". (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20844324.
    10.1088/0957-4484/21/41/415101
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sá, André Gomes de. "Development of a controller for gene-expression analysis using field-effect devices". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/90040.
  2. Veigas, Bruno Miguel Ribeiro. "Development of field effect sensors for gene expression analysis: Application to cancer diagnosis". PhD, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19083.
  3. Veigas, Bruno Miguel Ribeiro. "Au-nanossondas aplicação na detecção de Mycobacterium tuberculosis e plasmodium berghei". Master, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5926.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Bruno Veigas. 2024. "CELLULOSE-BASED MICROBIOLOGICAL CULTURE DEVICE".
  2. Bruno Veigas. 2024. "CONTAINER ENCLOSURE COMPRISING A HEAT TRANSFER ENCLOSURE".
  3. Bruno Veigas. 2024. "CELLULOSE BASED DEVICE FOR MICROORGANISM DETECTION, METHODS AND USES THEREOF".

Other

Other output
  1. Gold Nanoparticles for DNA/RNA-Based Diagnostics. 2016. Ricardo Franco; Pedro Pedrosa; Fábio Ferreira Carlos; Bruno Veigas; Pedro V. Baptista. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15338-4_31.
    10.1007/978-3-319-15338-4_31
  2. Nanodiagnostics for Tuberculosis. 2012. Bruno Veigas; Gonalo Doria; Pedro V.. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/30463.
    10.5772/30463
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017 B. J. Coelho, B Veigas, H Águas, E Fortunato, R Martins, PV Baptista, R Igreja. Digital Microfluidics Devices for Nucleic Acid Amplification: Redifining the Paradigm of Molecular Diagnostics; In MATERIAIS 2017: VIII International Symposium on Materials May 2017, Aveiro, Portugal VIII International Symposium on Materials
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015 R. Martins, L. Pereira, A. Vicente, P. Barquinha, H. Águas, D. Gaspar, B. Veigas, MN Mafalda, T. Mateus, A. Araújo, Elvira Fortunato. Paper electronics, the breakthrough of the future; Scientific Conference, Doctoral Schools of “Dunarea de Jos” 2015 June 2015, Galati, Romania Doctoral Schools of “Dunarea de Jos” 2015
Doctoral Schools of “Dunarea de Jos” 2015
2014 I. Bernacka-Wojcik, H. Aguas, P. Lopes, B. Veigas, P.J. Wojcik, P. Simões, R. Igreja, E. Fortunato, P.V. Baptista, R. Martins. Bio-Microfluidic platform for gold nanoprobe based DNA detection with embedded microlenses for improved performance; Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2014 May 2014, Melbourne, Australia Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2014
Biosensors and Bioelectronics Journal (Melbourne, Australia)
2013 Pedrosa P, Veigas B, Machado D, Perdigão J, Portugal I, Couto I, Viveiros M, Baptista PV. Detecção de MDRTB por gold-nanoprobes – Uma nova abordagem tecnológica desenvolvida em Portugal; Workshop Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. April 2013, IHMT, Lisbon - Portugal Workshop Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011 Branquinho R, Veigas B, Pinto JV, Martins R, Baptista PV, and Fortunato E; 2011. Sputtered Ta2O5 Field Effect Based Biosensors; EMRS 2011 Fall Meeting, 19-23 September, 2011, Warsaw, Poland. EMRS 2011 Fall Meeting
EMRS (Warsaw, Poland)
2011 Viveiros, Miguel; Veigas, Bruno; Machado, Diana; Perdigão, João; Portugal, Isabel; Couto, Isabel; Viveiros, Miguel; Baptista, Pedro; 2011. Direct detection of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: from line to nano-probe assays; World TB Day, 2011 Mar., Antwerp, Belgium. World TB day
(Antwerp, Belgium)
2011 Veigas, Bruno; Baptista, Pedro; Gold nanoparticles for low cost tuberculosis diagnostics; Millennium Development Goals Conference, March 2011, Caparica - Portugal Millennium Development Goals Conference
FCT-UNL (Caparica, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Development of a controller for gene-expression analysis using field-effect devices
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Micro e Nanotecnologias (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016 - 2018 Nano Biotecnologia Biotecnologia (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2015 - Current Biosensors and Bioelectronics (0956-5663) Elsevier
2015 - Current Analytica Chimica Acta (0003-2670) Elsevier
2015 - Current Lab on a Chip (1473-0189) The Royal Society of Chemistry
2014 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2014 - Current Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (1618-2650) Springer-Verlag
Distinctions

Award

2009 Best Poster presentation in Nanotechnology
Microbiotech Conference, Portugal