Personal identification

Full name

Vítor José Inácio Martins

Citation names

• Martins, Vítor J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

7819-D44E-A1F8

ORCID iD

0000-0002-4887-4167

Researcher Id

ACG-1922-2022

Scopus Author Id

57970213400

Email addresses

• vitorjmartins@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

• Departamento de Química da Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

	Degree	Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025/10/01 Ongoing	Química (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/09/19 - 2018/12/06 Concluded	Química (Mestrado) Major in Química Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Desenvolvimento de Novos Potenciais Inibidores de Glicosiltransferases como uma Estratégia Terapêutica Promissora para o Cancro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2013/09/16 - 2016/07/13 Concluded	Química (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Síntese de Potenciais Compostos Miméticos de Açúcares de Nucleósido Difosfato" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30	Brewer’s Spent Yeast Glucan Structural Diversity - The Role on Receptor Recognition 2021.08389.BD 10.54499/2021.08389.BD Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/02/01 - 2021/07/31	Yeast4FoodMed - Valuation of brewers spent yeast polysaccharides for food and biomedical applications PTDC/BAA-AGR/30936/2017 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030936 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal	Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Química e Bioquímica UID/Multi/00612/2019 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Publications

Conference poster	Martins, Vítor J.; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Probing Carbohydrate-Lipid Interactions for the Establishment of Glucan-Receptor Relationships with Dectin-1". Paper presented in XXII National Congress of Biochemistry, 2024. Martins, Vítor J.; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. Corresponding author: Martins, Vítor J.. "Preliminary Study of Carbohydrate-Lipid Interactions and Feasibility of Gramicidin A as a Mimic Protein for the Development of a Membrane Mimetic System Containing Dectin-1". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023, 2023. Martins, Vítor J.; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. Corresponding author: Martins, Vítor J.. "Development of a Liposome-based Cell Membrane Mimetic System for the Characterization of Glucan-Receptor Interaction Studies". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2023. Martins, Vítor J.; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Brewer's Spent Yeast (BSY) Glucan Structural Diversity and Receptor Recognition - Feasibility of Gramicidin A Proteoliposomes as a Proof-of-Concept Membrane Mimetic System". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2023, 2023. Martins, Vítor J.; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Enzymatic Deconstruction of Brewer's Spent Yeast Cell Wall Glucans and Their Structural Characterization". Paper presented in 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group, 2023. Sofia F. Reis; Fernandes, Pedro A. R.; Martins, Vítor J.; Sara Gonçalves; Gonçalves, Idalina; Luis Ferreira; Vítor M. Gaspar; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Yeast polysaccharides as food ingredients for clean label dressings and sauces". Paper presented in XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos: Bio-sustentabilidade e Bio-segurança alimentar, Inovação e qualidade alimentar, 2022. Sara Gonçalves; Fernandes, Pedro A. R.; Sofia F. Reis; Martins, Vítor J.; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Brewer’s spent yeast as an emulsifier for vegan and clean label sauces". Paper presented in XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos: Bio-sustentabilidade e Bio-segurança alimentar, Inovação e qualidade alimentar, 2022. Martins, Vítor J.; Reis, Sofia F.; Ferreira, Sónia; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. Corresponding author: Martins, Vítor J.. "Brewer's Spent Yeast Cell Wall Glucans: Insights Into Their Structural Features". Paper presented in XXX International Carbohydrate Symposium, 2022. Martins, Vítor J.; Bastos, Rita; Reis, Sofia F.; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Advances on the Structural Analysis of Cell Wall Glucans from Brewer's Spent Yeast". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Polysaccharides and Glycoscience (ICPG), 2021. Bastos, Rita; Martins, Vítor J.; Sérgio Viduêdo; Reis, Sofia F.; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mano, Joao F.; Silva, Lisete M.; Coimbra, Manuel A.. "Yeast4FoodMed- Valuation of brewer's spent yeast polysaccharides for food and biomedical applications". Paper presented in Dare2Change-Innovation Driven Agrifood Business, 2021. Martins, Vítor J.; Reis, Sofia F.; Bastos, Rita; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Insights into the Glucan Structures on Spent Saccharomyces pastorianus Yeast Cell Wall". Paper presented in 4th International EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting, 2021. Reis, Sofia F.; Martins, Vítor J.; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "Tailoring mannoproteins and glucans from brewer's spent yeast microcapsules by the extraction process". Paper presented in 6th EPNOE International Polysaccharide Conference, 2019. Martins, Vítor J.; Bastos, Rita; Reis, Sofia F.; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Coelho, Elisabete. "A Simplified Extraction Process of Polysaccharides from Brewer's Spent Yeast". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group - GLUPOR 13, 2019. Martins, Vítor J.; Videira, Paula Alexandra Quintela; Xavier, Nuno M.. "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel (Triazolyl)methyl Amide-linked Pseudodisaccharide Nucleosides as Potential Glycosyltransferase Inhibitors". Paper presented in 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium - ICS 2018, 2018. Martins, Vítor J.; Xavier, Nuno M.. "Synthesis of (Triazolyl)methyl Amide-linked Pseudodisaccharide Nucleosides as Potential Inhibitors of Glycosyltransferases". Paper presented in 6th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting - 6th PYCheM, 2018. Martins, Vítor J.; Xavier, Nuno M.. "Synthesis of (Triazolyl)methyl Amide-linked Pseudodisaccharide Nucleosides as Potential Glycosyltransferase Inhibitors". Paper presented in Glupor 12 – 12º Reunião do Grupo de Glúcidos, 2017. Martins, Vítor; Xavier, Nuno M.. "Synthesis of (Triazolyl)methyl Amide-linked Disaccharide Nucleosides as Potential Inhibitors of Glycosyltransferases". Paper presented in XXV ENSPQ - XXV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2017.
Journal article	Sofia F. Reis; Fernandes, Pedro A. R.; Martins, Vítor J.; Sara Gonçalves; Luís P. Ferreira; Vítor M. Gaspar; Diogo Figueira; et al. Corresponding author: Coelho, Elisabete. "Brewer's Spent Yeast Cell Wall Polysaccharides as Vegan and Clean Label Additives for Mayonnaise Formulation". Molecules 28 8 (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28083540. Open access • Published • 10.3390/molecules28083540 Sofia F. Reis; Susana Messias; Bastos, Rita; Martins, Vítor J.; Correia, Viviana G.; Benedita A. Pinheiro; Silva, Lisete M.; et al. Corresponding author: Coelho, Elisabete. "Structural differences on cell wall polysaccharides of brewer's spent Saccharomyces and microarray binding profiles with immune receptors". Carbohydrate Polymers 301 (2023): 120325-120325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120325. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120325 Reis, Sofia F.; Martins, Vítor J.; Bastos, Rita; Lima, Tânia; Correia, Viviana G.; Pinheiro, Benedita A.; Silva, Lisete M.; et al. Corresponding author: Reis, Sofia F.. "Feasibility of Brewer's Spent Yeast Microcapsules as Targeted Oral Carriers". Foods 12 2 (2023): 246. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12020246. Open access • Published • 10.3390/foods12020246
Thesis / Dissertation	Martins, Vítor J.. "Desenvolvimento de Novos Potenciais Inibidores de Glicosiltransferases como uma Estratégia Terapêutica Promissora para o Cancro". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2018.

Award

2021	Best Poster Presentation - 17th International Conference on Polysaccharides and Glycoscience (ICPG) Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze Ústav sacharidu a cereálií, Czech Republic Ceská spolecnost chemická, Czech Republic
2017	Prémio Fundação Jacqueline Dias de Sousa (2015/2016) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017	Diploma de Mérito Académico Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015	Diploma de Mérito Académico Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal