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Mariana Raquel Antunes Colaço completed in 2016 the Bachelor Degree in Biochemistry (University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology), and the Master Degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in 2018 with a dissertation entitled "Development of nanosized glucan particles with immunostimulatory function as a delivery system for curcumin" (University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy). Since the completion of her MsD (2018), Mariana Colaço has published 3 articles as first author and 5 articles as co-author. She participated as a Master Student Fellow in 2 projects: an international PROSAFE project (GoNanoBioMat), focused on addressing the issues of lack of regulations regarding the application of nanobiomaterials in pharmaceutical products and a project for the development of a therapeutic vaccine against chronic hepatitis B using glucan based adjuvant nanocarriers. Currently, she is a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Technology) in Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Coimbra) working on the project: "Designing cationic polymer-DNA complexes for nasal immunization against SARS-CoV-2". In her professional activities, she interacted with 15 collaborators/ co-authorship of scientific papers. Her main research interests are in the field of nanotechnology and immunology. Detailed technical expertise includes: production of polymeric nanoparticles, nanoparticles loading with model proteins or DNA plasmids, size and zeta potential measurements using Zeta Sizer Nano (Malvern Instruments, Ldt) or Delsa¿Nano C particle analyzer (Beckman Coulter), SEM, TEM, purification and quantification of natural polymers (chitosan and glucan), protein content determination, cell line culture (e.g. RAW 264.7, HepG2 and A549) and primary cell culture (e.g. human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, mice spleen cells, generation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells), cell viability assays (MTT, trypan blue and resazurin), cell stimulation studies, cell uptake studies (confocal microscopy and flow cytometry), cell transfection with DNA plasmids, immunotoxicity studies (ROS generation, NO generation, cytokine production), hemocompatibility studies (hemolysis, platelet aggregation and coagulation time assays), ELISA assays, mice manipulation, euthanasia and post mortem tissue dissection, drug administration, blood collection and mucosal fluids collection. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific and technological output are: Polymeric; nanoparticles; curcumin; glucan; particle adjuvants; hemocompatibility; immunotoxicity; anti-inflammatory; therapeutic; safe-by-design; in vitro; immune response.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mariana Raquel Antunes Colaço

Citation names

  • Colaço, Mariana
  • Colaço, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7B12-FA29-40B1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5147-7226

Email addresses

  • mariana.colaco@cnc.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Farmácia, Polo III das Ciencias da Saude, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • 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
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Toxicology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/06/10
Concluded
 Safety Training Course (Outros)
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
2024/05/16
Concluded
 Research Integrity, Second Edition (Epigeum Online Course System) (Outros)
Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
 99/100
2019/10 - 2024
Ongoing
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/03/07 - 2023/03/08
Concluded
 Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting - From Basic Concepts to Artificial Intelligence applied to Data Analysis (Outros)
CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/11/09 - 2020/11/20
Concluded
 IV Modular Training in Laboratory Animal Science Function A + Special Skills (Curso médio)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Portugal
2020/11/05 - 2020/11/06
Concluded
 Training Course on Systems Biology of Vaccinology (Outros)
Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
2020/02/17 - 2020/02/21
Concluded
 Connecting Researchers with the Society - PDBEB Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 17/20
2020/01/06 - 2020/01/17
Concluded
 Biostatistics Course (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 17/20
2019/11/25 - 2019/11/29
Concluded
 Curso de Regulação Celular e Sinalização (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 19/20
2017/08 - 2018/07
Concluded
 Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English - Council of Europe Level C1 (Outros)
Cambridge School Coimbra, Portugal
 C1
2018
Concluded
 Biotecnologia Farmacêutica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Development of Nanosized Glucan Particles with Immunostimulatory Function as a Delivery System for Curcumin" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17.55
2016
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Síntese e caracterização de nanopartículas de quitosano – sulfato de alumínio com o propósito de atuar como sistema de entrega de antigénios" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/20 - 2020/11/19 Researcher (Research) Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia (CIBB), Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/12/06 - 2019/06/30 Researcher (Research) CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/12/06 Research Trainee (Research) CNC.IBILI, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2016/08/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
2015/07/08 - 2015/07/17 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/12/01 - Current PhD Student working on the project: "Designing cationic polymer-DNA complexes for nasal immunization against SARS-CoV-2" Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024/05/31 - 2024/07/31 Researcher - Visiting PhD student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/11/20 - 2021 Hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine: Production of glucan-based nanoparticles towards selective delivery hepatitis B antigens to immune cells to induce antiviral activity
PTDC/MEC-GAS/30331/2017
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/04/01 - 2019/06/30 Polymeric NanoBioMaterials for drug delivery: developing and implementation of safe-by-design concept enabling safe healthcare solutions
ProSafe/0001/2016
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/12/01 - 2022/12/01 Vacina Intranasal genética contra o COVID: estudos de imunização em murganhos
13824
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Gilead Sciences Lda
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Colaço, Mariana; Panão Costa, João; Borges, Olga. "Glucan Particles: Choosing the Appropriate Size to Use as a Vaccine Adjuvant". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 269-280. Springer US, 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-1892-9_13
Conference poster
  1. Melo, Alexandra; Colaço, M.; Costa, João Panão; Borges, Olga. "The Immunomodulatory Effect of the Roots of Withania Somnifera Encapsulated Into ß - Glucan Particles". Paper presented in Pharma PhD Day Personalized Pharmaceuticals: a new concept on disease management, 2024.
  2. Panão Costa, João; Colaço, Mariana; Félix, Paulo; Melo, Alexandra; Lebre, Filipa; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Alfaro-Moreno, Ernesto; Moreira, João Nuno; Borges, Olga. "ß-glucan polymeric microparticles: innovating cancer immunotherapy through targeted antigen delivery". Paper presented in 6th ASPIC International Congress, 2024.
  3. Melo, Alexandra; Colaço, Mariana; Costa, João Panão; Borges, Olga. "The Immunomodulatory Effect of the Roots of Withania Somnifera encapsulated into ß-Glucan Particles". Paper presented in X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2023.
  4. Félix, Paulo; Costa, João Panão; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "The immunomodulatory potential of a dual TLR agonist strategy as an oral vaccine adjuvant for SARS-CoV-2". Paper presented in iMED Conference 15.0, 2023.
  5. Félix, Paulo; Panão Costa, João; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "Toll-like Receptor Ligands as Oral Vaccine Adjuvants: Immunomodulatory Effects against SARS-CoV-2". Paper presented in X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2023.
  6. Félix, Paulo; Costa, João Panão; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "The immunomodulatory potential of a dual TLR agonist strategy as a vaccine adjuvant". Paper presented in 4th SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting - Delivering Science Bridging Opportunities, 2023.
  7. Colaço, Mariana; Costa, João Panão; Jesus, Sandra; Borges, Olga. "The contamination of nanoparticles with endotoxins does not always influence immunotoxicity studies: chitosan as a case study". Paper presented in 4th SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting - Delivering Science Bridging Opportunities, 2023.
  8. Colaço, Mariana; Roquito, Tiago; Panão Costa, João; Jesus, Sandra; Borges, Olga. "The influence of curcumin-encapsulated glucan nanoparticles on oxidative stress in liver cells". Paper presented in XIV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Tenerife, January 26-28th, 2022.
  9. Panão Costa, João; Colaço, Mariana; Jesus, Sandra; Borges, Olga. "Immunotoxicological properties of yeast-derived glucan particles". Paper presented in XIV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Tenerife, January 26-28th, 2022.
  10. Jesus, Sandra; Duarte, Henrique; Panão Costa, João; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "Inulin-PCL nanoparticles as an adjuvant delivery system for highly purified recombinant antigens". Paper presented in XIV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Tenerife, January 26-28th, 2022.
  11. Jesus, Sandra; Colaço, Mariana; Panão Costa, João; Borges, Olga. "Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) vaccine: Shedding light on the immunotoxicity of chitosan as a nano-delivery system". Paper presented in CIBB meeting 2019, 2019.
  12. Araújo, Raquel; Colaço, Mariana; Costa, João Panão; Bernardi, Natalia; Jesus, Sandra; Borges, Olga. "Nanocapsules containing sucupira oil: cytotoxicity and hemolysis evaluation". Paper presented in 22nd International Symposium on Microencapsulation, 2019.
    10.19146/pibic-2015-37834
  13. Jesus, Sandra; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Duarte, Alana; Soares, Edna; Colaço, Mariana; Panão Costa, João; Schmutz, Mélanie; et al. "Safe-by-design of chitosan nanoparticles: the role of immunotoxicological properties". Paper presented in SPI XLV Annual Meeting, 2019.
  14. Colaço, Mariana; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Jesus, Sandra; Borges, Olga. "Nanosized Glucan Particles as a Delivery System for Curcumin: the effect of size on immunotoxicity". Paper presented in 2nd SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting, 2019.
  15. Duarte, Alana; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Jesus, Sandra; Colaço, Mariana; Costa, João Panão; Soares, Edna; Borges, Olga. "Assessment of immunotoxicological features of chitosan nanoparticles". Paper presented in 2nd SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting, 2019.
  16. Colaço, Mariana; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Borges, Olga. "Immunotoxicity of Glucan nanoparticles: the size matters". Paper presented in SLAP 2018 (XVI Latin-American Polymers symposium) XIV Iberoamerican polymer congress, 2018.
  17. Colaço, Mariana; Jesus, Sandra; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Soares, Edna; Duarte, Alana; Borges, Olga. "Nanosized glucan particles as a delivery system for curcumin". Paper presented in XII Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, 2018.
  18. Colaço, Mariana; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Duarte, Alana; Jesus, Sandra; Soares, Edna; Borges, Olga. "Glucan nanoparticle immunotoxicity: size matters". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia XLIV Annual Meeting, 2018.
  19. Duarte, Alana; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Jesus, Sandra; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "Chitosan nanoparticles as drug delivery systems: focus on immunotoxicological features". Paper presented in XII Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, 2018.
  20. Duarte, Alana; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Jesus, Sandra; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "Evaluation of chitosan nanoparticles immunotoxicity". Paper presented in Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia XLIV Annual Meeting, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Colaço, M.; Roquito, Tiago; Costa, João Panão; Borges, Olga. "Curcumin-encapsulated glucan nanoparticles as an oxidative stress modulator against human hepatic cancer cells". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114326.
    10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114326
  2. Colaço, M.; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Pereira de Almeida, Luís; Borges, Olga. "Mannose and Lactobionic Acid in Nasal Vaccination: Enhancing Antigen Delivery via C-Type Lectin Receptors". Pharmaceutics (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16101308.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics16101308
  3. Jesus, Sandra; Panão Costa, João; Colaço, Mariana; Lebre, Filipa; Mateus, Daniela; Sebastião, Ana Isabel; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Alfaro-Moreno, Ernesto; Borges, Olga. "Exploring the immunomodulatory properties of glucan particles in human primary cells". International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123996.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123996
  4. Costa, João Panão; Jesus, Sandra; Colaço, M.; Duarte, Alana; Soares, Edna; Borges, Olga. "Endotoxin contamination of nanoparticle formulations: A concern in vaccine adjuvant mechanistic studies". Vaccine 41 23 (2023): 3481-3485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.063.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.04.063
  5. Colaço, M.; Roquito, Tiago; Costa, João Panão; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Borges, Olga. "The Effect of Curcumin-Loaded Glucan Nanoparticles on Immune Cells: Size as a Critical Quality Attribute". Pharmaceutics 15 2 (2023): 623. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15020623.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/pharmaceutics15020623
  6. Jesus, Sandra; Bernardi, Natalia; da Silva, Jessica; Colaço, Mariana; Panão Costa, João; Fonte, Pedro; Borges, Olga. "Unravelling the Immunotoxicity of Polycaprolactone Nanoparticles—Effects of Polymer Molecular Weight, Hydrolysis, and Blends". Chemical Research in Toxicology 33 11 (2020): 2819-2833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00208.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00208
  7. Colaço, Mariana; Duarte, Alana; Zuzarte, Mónica; Costa, Benilde F.O.; Borges, Olga. "Airborne environmental fine particles induce intense inflammatory response regardless of the absence of heavy metal elements". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 195 (2020): 110500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110500.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110500
  8. Colaço, Mariana; Marques, Ana P.; Jesus, Sandra; Duarte, Alana; Borges, Olga. "Safe-by-Design of Glucan Nanoparticles: Size Matters When Assessing the Immunotoxicity". Chemical Research in Toxicology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00467.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00467
  9. Jesus, Sandra; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Duarte, Alana; Soares, Edna; Costa, João Panão; Colaço, Mariana; Schmutz, Mélanie; et al. "Chitosan Nanoparticles: Shedding Light on Immunotoxicity and Hemocompatibility". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8 100 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00100.
    Published • 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00100
  10. Silva, Jessica; Jesus, Sandra; Benardi, Natália; Colaço, Mariana; Borges, Olga. "Poly(D,L-Lactic Acid) Nanoparticle Size Reduction Increases its Immunotoxicity". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2019): https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00137.
    Open access • Published
  11. Lebre, F.; Bento, D.; Ribeiro, J.; Colaço, M.; Borchard, G.; de Lima, M.C. Pedroso; Borges, O.. "Association of chitosan and aluminium as a new adjuvant strategy for improved vaccination". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 527 1-2 (2017): 103-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.05.028.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.05.028
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Colaço, Mariana Raquel Antunes. "Development of nanosized glucan particles with immunostimulatory function as a delivery syistem for curcumin". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/84534.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/22 Innovative Intranasal SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: Exploiting TLR Agonist with Carbohydrate- Functionalized Chitosan Nanoparticles Pharma PhD Day Personalized Pharmaceuticals: a new concept on disease management
Faculty of Farmacy, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/07/12 Innovative Intranasal SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: Exploiting TLR Agonist with Carbohydrate-Functionalized Chitosan Nanoparticles CRS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition
Controlled Release Society 2024 Annual Meeting (Bologna, Italy)
2024/02/14 Hepatic-Targeted Dual Oral Vaccine Formulation for Chronic Hepatitis B: Amplifying Immune Efficacy with Glucan Particles XV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Lisbon, 2024
Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter Controlled Release Society (Portugal)
2024/02/14 Intranasal DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 XV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Lisbon, 2024
Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter Controlled Release Society (Portugal)
2023/10/26 Toll-like Receptor Ligands as Oral Vaccine Adjuvants: Immunomodulatory Effects against SARS-CoV-2 X Congresso Iberoamericano de Ciências Farmacêuticas
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/09/18 Immunomodulatory properties of glucan-based nanoparticles: the size matters Conference on Tools and Tests for Safer-by-Design Nanomaterials
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Braga, Portugal)
2023/02/06 ß-glucan and TLR 7/8 agonist combination as a new adjuvant against chronic hepatitis B 4th SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting - Delivering Science Bridging Opportunities
Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter Controlled Release Society (Porto, Portugal)
2022/09/09 Polysaccharide-based nanocarriers as vaccine adjuvants – chitosan and glucan contribution for improved hepatitis B vaccine efficacy 5th International EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/02/10 The Influence of Curcumin-encapsulated Glucan Nanoparticles on Hepatic Cells and Immune Cells: Oxidative Stress and Immunomodulatory Properties SPF Meeting 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
2022/02/10 Immunotoxicological properties of yeast-derived glucan particles SPF Meeting 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Porto, Portugal)
2021/07/27 The immunostimulatory ability of glucan particles on human DCs: a promising plataform for the design of a chronic hepatitis b vaccine Controlled Release Society Virtual Annual Meeting
2019/02/07 Curcumin-loaded Glucan Nanoparticles: Immunotoxicity Profile SPF Meeting 2019
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/02/07 Imunotoxicological evaluation of chitosan nanoparticles SPF Meeting 2019
(Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2023/10/01 The immunomodulatory effect of the roots of Withania Somnifera encapsulated into ß-glucan particles
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/10/01 The impact of Curcumin-encapsulated Glucan Nanoparticles on hepatic cells and immune cells: oxidative stress and immunomodulatory properties
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/07/08 - 2024/07/12 Participation at CRS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition
Conference
 CRS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition
Controlled Release Society, United States
2024/02/14 - 2024/02/16 Participation at XV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Lisbon, 2024
Conference
 XV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery
Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (SPLC-CRS), Spain
2023/02/06 - 2023/02/07 Participation at 4th SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting- Delivering Science Bridging Opportunities on February 6-7, 2023.
Conference
 4th SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting- Delivering Science Bridging Opportunities
Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (SPLC-CRS), Spain
2022/02/09 - 2022/02/11 Participation at 52ª Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, 40ª Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e 21ª Reunião de Toxicologia.
Conference
 SPF Meeting 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, Portugal
2022/01/26 - 2022/01/28 Participation at XIV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery on January 26-28th, 2022.
Conference
 XIV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery on January 26-28th, 2022
Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (SPLC-CRS), Spain
2019/09/26 - 2019/09/26 Participation at "Gestão de Resíduos Hospitalares Perigosos – Triagem e Acondicionamento" seminar, organised by Ambiwaste/Ambipombal.
Seminar
 Gestão de Resíduos Hospitalares Perigosos – Triagem e Acondicionamento
CNC.IBILI, Portugal
2019/02/27 - 2019/02/27 Workshop "Análise de partículas do nanómetro ao milímetro"
Workshop
 Análise de partículas do nanómetro ao milímetro
2019/02/06 - 2019/02/08 Participation at XLIX Reunião Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, XXXVII Reunião Farmacologia Clínica, XVIII Reunião Toxicologia Meeting
Meeting
 SPF Meeting, 2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/01/23 Participation at 2nd SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting
Meeting
 2nd SPLC-CRS Young Scientists Meeting
2018/01 - 2018/01 Participation at XII Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery
Conference
 XII Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/03/01 - Current Controlled Release Society (CRS)
2021/01/01 - Current Spanish Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (SPLC-CRS)
2019/11/10 - 2020/12/08 Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório (SPCAL)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/05/13 - Current Lecture on Deciphering Immune Responses: PBMCs and Monocyte Manipulation Animal Cell Culture Techniques Course (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/04/08 - Current Lecture on Intranasal Immunization: Harnessing Nanoparticles for SARS-CoV-2 DNA Vaccine Efficacy Advanced Course Nanoparticles and Immune System (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
2024/04/15 - 2024/04/19 Practical Session on Spleen Cell Isolation and Cultivation: Conducted isolation and cultivation of spleen cells from mice, assessed cell viability and proliferation, and measured cytokine production using ELISA Advanced Course Nanoparticles and Immune System (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Award Innovation Pharma PhD Day
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2024 EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant 10936
European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany
2020 FCT individual PhD studentship (2020.10043.BD)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 TRANSVAC2 Training School Studentship
TRANSVAC: European Vaccine Initiative, Germany

Title

2021 Accreditation as Investigator for scientific experimentation involving animals (FELASA category B, certified by DGAV, Portugal)
Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal