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I got my BSc (2011) and my MSc (2013) Degrees in Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences University of Porto (FCUP). From 2013 to 2016, I was a pre-doctoral research assistant in Paula Gomes Lab (http://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/pgomes/), where I was devoted to FCT-funded research projects that combined computational and experimental approaches towards the rescuing of classical antimalarial drugs (PTDC/QUI-QUI/116864/2010 and EXPL/QEQ-COM/0927/2013). In February 2017, I was awarded a PhD grant from the highly competitive Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics International Doctoral Programme and engaged in a doctoral project dedicated to developing new peptide/ionic liquid-based constructs to tackle complicated skin infections. During this period, I was also a team member in project ANTINFECT (PTDC/NAN-MAT/31781/2017), aimed at progressing antimicrobial peptide-grafted biomaterials for bioengineering approaches to tackle infected wounds. I obtained my Doctoral degree in late December 2021 after a short interruption due to maternity leave. To date, I have co-authored 20 papers, 10 of which as first author. I have also participated in international and national scientific conferences, presenting 13 posters and 12 oral communications including 1 webinar for Italian Peptide Society. I have participated in a supervisor team of 3 students with master’s and bachelor’s degrees and have mentored ungraduated students. Currently, I am a contracted post-doctoral researcher at LAQV- REQUIMTE with an awarded Junior Researcher Position by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, through the highly competitive Portuguese Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus program, in 2022, to explore the project “PEP-IL-SKIN: Peptide and Ionic Liquids for topical treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections”. Additionally, I am the Principal investigator of an exploratory project, "Ionic liquid-modified peptidomimetics as a key tool towards in situ forming hydrogels for the topical treatment of diabetic foot ulcers," which starts in 2025.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia Martins Gomes
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Gomes, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7F10-A5B9-B35C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5499-7112
Scopus Author Id
57265799100

Email addresses

  • agomes@fc.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/24
Concluded
 Advanced Training Course in Molecular Bioengineering: Supramolecular Peptide Hydrogels (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2021/12/20
Concluded
 Sustainable Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"PILING: Peptide based Ionic liquids towards healing of complicated skin infections" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Unanimously approved
2013
Concluded
 Chemistry (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Síntese e avaliação de análogos da Cloroquina e da quinacrina como novos protótipos antimaláricos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011
Concluded
 Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Major in organic chemistry
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Contribuição à síntese de derivados da 4-amino-7-cloroquinolinacomo potenciais fármacos antimaláricos: Otimização de metodologia sintética" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/05/09 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/02 - 2019 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/02 - 2022/11 PILING: Peptide-based Ionic liquids towards heaLING of complicated skin infections
PD/BD/135073/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01 - Current Ionic liquid-modified peptidomimetics as a key tool towards in situ forming hydrogels for the topical treatment of diabetic foot ulcers
2023.12331.PEX
Principal investigator
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/06 - Current KIWIBOL - Looking Beyond KIWIfruit ESCA Complex to Define a PeptaiBOL-based Strategy to Disease Control
PTDC/ASP-PLA/2440/2021
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/05/09 - 2029/05/08 PEP-IL-SKIN: Peptide and Ionic Liquids for topical treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections
2022.08044.CEECIND/CP1724/CT0004
10.54499/2022.08044.CEECIND/CP1724/CT0004
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/02 - 2023/05/08 AMAZING - AMAZonian snake toxins: creatING value from bioresources
CIRCNA/BRB/0281/2019
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2022/02 ANTINFECT - Bioengineered Advanced Therapies for Problematic Infected Wounds
PTDC/NAN-MAT/31781/2017
Researcher
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/06 - 2015/06 FISHING - Fishing falcipain hit inhibitors from Malaria Boxes: in silico target deconvolution model development and validation
EXPL/QEQ-COM/0927/2013
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/06 - 2014/06 HEDICIN - HEterocycle-DIpeptide-CINnamic acid conjugates as novel antimalarials
FCT: PTDC/QUI-QUI/116864/2010
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
 Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2023/12 NANOFOLD - Peptide foldamer-based nanostructures as potential carriers of antiparasitic drugs
2021.09514.CBM
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Gomes, Ana. Corresponding author: Gomes, Ana. "Peptide-based ionic liquids for non-healing wounds: in vivo data from a mouse model of diabetic ulcers". Paper presented in 37th European Peptide Symposium 14th International Peptide Symposium, 2024.
  2. Gomes, Ana. "Peptide conjugates for the topical treatment of infected wounds". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa da Química, 2023.
  3. Gomes, Ana. "Efeito de um conjugado péptido-liquido iónico inovador no tratamento da ferida diabética". Paper presented in 19 Congresso Português de Diabetes, 2023.
  4. Gomes, Ana. "Peptide-ionic liquid conjugates towards the treatment of skin infections". Paper presented in 5th Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology / 2nd Iberian Congress on Medicinal Biotechnology, 2022.
  5. "Peptide-based therapeutics towards the treatment of skin infections: collagen boosting effect, and antibacterial and antibiofilm activity". Paper presented in 7th International Iberian Biophysics Congress, online format, 2021.
  6. "Peptide chimeras with collagen-boosting effects, antibacterial and antibiofilm activity on Gram-negative bacteria". Paper presented in Microbiotec'19, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  7. "Dual-action peptides as potential novel topical agents for treatment of skin and soft tissue infections". Paper presented in III Encontro de Biotecnologia Medicinal, Escola Superior de Saúde, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal, 2018.
  8. "Dual-action peptide chimeras for topical treatment of skin and soft tissue infections". Paper presented in 16th Iberian Peptide Meeting (16EPI) / 4th Chemical Biology Group Meeting (4GEQB), Barcelona, Spain, 2018.
  9. "Ionic-liquid based agents as new antimalarial hits". Paper presented in II Encontro de Biotecnologi Medicinal, Escola Superior de Saúde , Politécnico do Porto, Portugal, 2017.
  10. "A sustainable approach to recycling classical antimalarials towards new antiproliferative drugs". Paper presented in XXIV International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC/ISMC 2016), Manchester, 2016.
  11. "Recycling classical antimalarials: a sustainable approach towards antiparasitic and antiprolife- rative drugs drugs". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, 2015.
  12. "Recycling classical antimalarials: Quinacrine and Acridine analogues with dual stage antimalarial activity and decreased toxicity". Paper presented in 16th Drug Design & Development Seminar (DDDS 2015), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany, 2015.
  13. "N-cinnamoylation of antimalarial classics: new quinacrine analogues with reduced toxicity and dual stage activity". Paper presented in 23rd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC ISMC 2014), Lisboa, Portugal, 2014.
  14. "In vitro efficiency of 9-(N-cinamoylbutyl)aminoacridines against blood and liver stage malaria parasites". Paper presented in 3ENQT - 3º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica, Aveiro, Portugal, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Borges, Thaís; Coelho, Pedro; Prudêncio, Cristina; Gomes, Ana; Gomes, Paula; Ferraz, Ricardo. "Bioactive Peptides from Milk Proteins with Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antihypertensive Activities". Foods 14 3 (2025): 535. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14030535.
    10.3390/foods14030535
  2. Gomes, Ana; Leal, Ermelindo C.; Da Silva, Jessica; Teixeira, Inês; Ferraz, Ricardo; Calheiros, Daniela; Gonçalves, Teresa; Carvalho, Eugénia; Gomes, Paula. "Enhancement of wound healing in diabetic mice by topical use of a peptide-ionic liquid conjugate". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology (2025): 106753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2025.106753.
    10.1016/j.biocel.2025.106753
  3. Costa, B.; Alves, P.M.; Fonseca, D.R.; Campos, F.; Monteiro, A.C.; Shahrour, H.; Gomes, A.; et al. "Dhvar5-chitosan nanogels and their potential to improve antibiotics activity". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 277 (2024): 134059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134059.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134059
  4. Fonseca, Diana R.; Alves, Pedro M.; Neto, Estrela; Custódio, Beatriz; Guimarães, Sofia; Moura, Duarte; Annis, Francesca; et al. "One-Pot Microfluidics to Engineer Chitosan Nanoparticles Conjugated with Antimicrobial Peptides Using “Photoclick” Chemistry: Validation Using the Gastric Bacterium Helicobacter pylori". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 12 (2024): 14533-14547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18772.
    10.1021/acsami.3c18772
  5. Alves, Pedro M.; Fonseca, Diana R.; Bidarra, Sílvia J.; Gomes, Ana; Gomes, Paula; Barrias, Cristina C.; Martins, M. Cristina L.. "Norbornene-chitosan nanoparticles with and without a conjugated VEGF-peptide analog to promote vascularization". Materials Today Chemistry 36 (2024): 101942. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.101942.
    10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.101942
  6. Almeida, José Rafael; Gomes, Ana; Mendes, Bruno; Aguiar, Luísa; Ferreira, Mariana; Brioschi, Mariana Borges Costa; Duarte, Denise; et al. "Unlocking the potential of snake venom-based molecules against the malaria, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis triad". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 242 (2023): 124745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124745.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124745
  7. Gomes, Ana; Bessa, Lucinda J.; Fernandes, Iva; Aguiar, Luísa; Ferraz, Ricardo; Monteiro, Cláudia; Martins, M. Cristina L.; et al. "Boosting Cosmeceutical Peptides: Coupling Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids to Pentapeptide-4 Originates New Leads with Antimicrobial and Collagenesis-Inducing Activities". Microbiology Spectrum 10 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02291-21.
    Open access • 10.1128/spectrum.02291-21
  8. Gomes, Ana; Bessa, Lucinda J.; Fernandes, Iva; Ferraz, Ricardo; Monteiro, Cláudia; L. Martins, M. Cristina; Mateus, Nuno; et al. "Disclosure of a Promising Lead to Tackle Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Actions of Peptide PP4-3.1". Pharmaceutics 13 11 (2021): 1962. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13111962.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics13111962
  9. Gomes, Ana; Aguiar, Luísa; Ferraz, Ricardo; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula. "The Emerging Role of Ionic Liquid-Based Approaches for Enhanced Skin Permeation of Bioactive Molecules: A Snapshot of the Past Couple of Years". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 21 (2021): 11991. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111991.
    10.3390/ijms222111991
  10. Albuquerque, Sérgio; Cianni, Lorenzo; Vita, Daniela; Duque, Carla; Gomes, Ana S. M.; Gomes, Paula; Laughton, Charles; et al. "Molecular design aided by random forests and synthesis of potent trypanocidal agents as cruzain inhibitors for Chagas disease treatment". Chemical Biology & Drug Design 96 3 (2020): 948-960. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cbdd.13663.
    10.1111/cbdd.13663
  11. Gomes, Ana; Bessa, Lucinda J.; Correia, Patrícia; Fernandes, Iva; Ferraz, Ricardo; Gameiro, Paula; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula. "“Clicking” an Ionic Liquid to a Potent Antimicrobial Peptide: On the Route towards Improved Stability". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 17 (2020): 6174. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21176174.
    10.3390/ijms21176174
  12. Gomes, Ana; Bessa, Lucinda J.; Fernandes, Iva; Ferraz, Ricardo; Mateus, Nuno; Gameiro, Paula; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula. "Turning a Collagenesis-Inducing Peptide Into a Potent Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Agent Against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01915.
    10.3389/fmicb.2019.01915
  13. Fonte, Mélanie; Fagundes, Natália; Gomes, Ana; Ferraz, Ricardo; Prudêncio, Cristina; Araújo, Maria João; Gomes, Paula; Teixeira, Cátia. "Development of a synthetic route towards N4,N9-disubstituted 4,9-diaminoacridines: On the way to multi-stage antimalarials". Tetrahedron Letters 60 17 (2019): 1166-1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.03.052.
    10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.03.052
  14. Gomes, Ana; Ferraz, Ricardo; Ficker, Lauren; Collins, Margaret S.; Prudêncio, Cristina; Cushion, Melanie T.; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula. "Chloroquine Analogues as Leads againstPneumocystisLung Pathogens". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 62 11 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.00983-18.
    10.1128/aac.00983-18
  15. Moles, Ernest; Galiano, Silvia; Gomes, Ana; Quiliano, Miguel; Teixeira, Cátia; Aldana, Ignacio; Gomes, Paula; Fernàndez-Busquets, Xavier. "ImmunoPEGliposomes for the targeted delivery of novel lipophilic drugs to red blood cells in a falciparum malaria murine model". Biomaterials 145 (2017): 178-191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.08.020.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.08.020
  16. Gomes, Ana; Teixeira, Cátia; Ferraz, Ricardo; Prudêncio, Cristina; Gomes, Paula. "Wound-Healing Peptides for Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Other Infected Skin Injuries". Molecules 22 10 (2017): 1743. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules22101743.
    10.3390/molecules22101743
  17. Ferraz, Ricardo; Pinheiro, Marina; Gomes, Ana; Teixeira, Cátia; Prudêncio, Cristina; Reis, Salette; Gomes, Paula. "Effects of novel triple-stage antimalarial ionic liquids on lipid membrane models". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 27 17 (2017): 4190-4193. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.07.006.
    10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.07.006
  18. Gomes, Ana; Fernandes, Iva; Teixeira, Cátia; Mateus, Nuno; Sottomayor, M. J.; Gomes, Paula. "A Quinacrine Analogue Selective Against Gastric Cancer Cells: Insight from Biochemical and Biophysical Studies". ChemMedChem 11 24 (2016): 2703-2712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201600477.
    10.1002/cmdc.201600477
  19. Ferraz, Ricardo; Noronha, Joana; Murtinheira, Fernanda; Nogueira, Fátima; Machado, Marta; Prudêncio, Miguel; Parapini, Silvia; et al. "Primaquine-based ionic liquids as a novel class of antimalarial hits". RSC Advances 6 61 (2016): 56134-56138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra10759a.
    10.1039/c6ra10759a
  20. Gomes, Ana; Machado, Marta; Lobo, Lis; Nogueira, Fátima; Prudêncio, Miguel; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula. "N-Cinnamoylation of Antimalarial Classics: Effects of Using Acyl Groups Other than Cinnamoyl toward Dual-Stage Antimalarials". ChemMedChem 10 8 (2015): 1344-1349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201500164.
    10.1002/cmdc.201500164
  21. Teixeira, Cátia; Vale, Nuno; Pérez, Bianca; Gomes, Ana; Gomes, José R. B.; Gomes, Paula. "“Recycling” Classical Drugs for Malaria". Chemical Reviews 114 22 (2014): 11164-11220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cr500123g.
    10.1021/cr500123g
  22. Gomes, Ana; Pérez, Bianca; Albuquerque, Inês; Machado, Marta; Prudêncio, Miguel; Nogueira, Fátima; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Paula. "N-Cinnamoylation of Antimalarial Classics: Quinacrine Analogues with Decreased Toxicity and Dual-Stage Activity". ChemMedChem 9 2 (2013): 305-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201300459.
    10.1002/cmdc.201300459
  23. Pérez, Bianca; Teixeira, Cátia; Gomes, Ana S.; Albuquerque, Inês S.; Gut, Jiri; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Prudêncio, Miguel; Gomes, Paula. "In vitro efficiency of 9-(N-cinnamoylbutyl)aminoacridines against blood- and liver-stage malaria parasites". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 23 3 (2013): 610-613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.032.
    10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.032
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "PILING: Peptide based Ionic liquids towards healing of complicated skin infections". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2021.
  2. "Síntese e avaliação de análogos da Cloroquin a e da quinacrina como novos protótipos antimaláricos". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2013.
  3. "Contribuição à síntese de derivados da 4-amino-7-cloroquinolinacomo potenciais fármacos antimaláricos: Otimização de metodologia sintética". Degree, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2011.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2023. "PEPTIDE-IONIC LIQUID CONJUGATE FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS - PCT/IB2023/056516".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/01/28 Peptides driving innovation in wound healing: our journey thus far LAQV-REQUIMTE WEBINAR : Molecular Synthesis group
(Portugal)
2024/11/14 In vivo activity of peptide-ionic liquid conjugates against diabetic wounds XXVIII ENCONTRO GALEGO-PORTUGUESE OF CHEMISTRY
(Vigo, Spain)
2024/08/02 Nós fazemos péptidos… o que podem os péptidos fazer por nós? LusoCiência Gouveia 2024
2024/05/17 Peptide-ionic liquid conjugate towards the development of a topical treatment for diabetic foot ulcers: in vivo proof-of-concept 6th Meeting on Medicinal Biotechnology
ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE SAÚDE - POLITÉCNICO DO PORTO (Porto , Portugal)
2024/05/02 Peptide-based conjugates towards the development of new topical treatments for diabetic foot ulcers 34th European Wound Management Association, EWMA 2024
(London, United Kingdom)
2024/01/16 Peptide conjugates towards the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers ItPS Seminars
Italian Peptide Society (Virtual event)
2023/11/28 Peptide-based therapeutics towards the topical treatment of infected Wounds XVIII Iberian Peptide Meeting
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2023/05/12 Peptide-based Constructs to tackle non-healing Wounds 3rd Young Investigator Workshop (invited)
European Chemical Society - Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences (Helsinki, Finland)
2023/05 An unprecedented approach based on peptide-ionic liquid conjugates towards the development of new topical treatments for infected wounds 33rd Conference of the European Wound Management Association, EWMA 2023
Italian Nursing Association for the Study of Skin Lesions and Italian Association for Skin Ulcers (Milan, Italy)
2022/11/16 Peptide/ionic liquid-based therapeutics for the topical treatment of skin infections XXVIth Galician-Portuguese International Conference on Chemistry
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2022/09/28 Peptide-ionic liquid conjugates towards the treatment of skin infections LAQV-REQUIMTE WEBINAR : Molecular Synthesis group
(Porto , Portugal)
2022/08/28 Peptide/ionic liquid conjugates to tackle complicated skin infections: antimicrobial, antibiofilm and collagen-boosting effects 36th European And 12th International Peptide Symposium
(Sitges, Spain)
2021/11 Peptide based ionic liquids towards healing of complicated skin infections Seminars within the Master in Biochemistry in Health
Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Portugal)
2021/11 Peptide based ionic liquids towards healing of complicated skin infections Synthesis of Bioproducts classes at Master's degree in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
2021/10/20 Peptide-based ionic liquids as an innovative approach to tackle skin and soft tissue infections: antibacterial, antibiofilm and collagenesis-boosting effects 58th Japanese Peptide Symposium
Virtual event (Japan)
2021/07/14 Dual-action chimeric peptides and their ionic liquid conjugates as a novel approach to tackle skin infections XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
virtual event (Braga, Portugal)
2021/06/18 Peptide-based therapeutics to tackle skin and soft-tissue infections: antimicrobial, antibiofilm and collagenesis-boosting activities 7th Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Young Researchers– Virtual event
2020/11 Chimeric peptides and derivatives with antibacterial, antibiofilm activity and collagen bosting effect for treatment of Skin infections Synthesis of Bioproducts classes at Master's degree in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
2020/02/05 Peptide chimeras for skin infection with collagen-boosting effect, antibacterial and antibiofilm activity 17th Iberian Peptide Meeting
(Madrid, Spain)
2019/10 Chimeric peptides Synthesis of Bioproducts classes at Master's degree in Applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
2016/02 Recycling Classical Antimalarials towards new antiparasitic and antiproliferative drugs
Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Advancing a cosmeceutical peptide-loaded hydrogel with potential treatment of acne vulgaris
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Aplicações em Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética (Master)
2024/02 - 2024/07 Exploring click chemistry as a tool for adding antimicrobial activity to a wound-healing peptide
Supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
2022/07 - 2023/11 Biophysical and biochemical profiling of new peptide-based constructs for wound healing Supervisors
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Síntese e modificação de péptidos com ação antimicrobiana e cicatrizante para formulação de um hidrogel de uso tópico
Co-supervisor
 Química (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016/02/10 - 2016/02/12 XV EPI - 15th Iberian Peptide Meeting (2016/02/10 - 2016/02/12)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/09/22 - 2017/09/25 Research Skills Development Course - RSD - 26th edition
Workshop
 Nova Doctoral School
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/09 SAILing around the most abundant chemical elements in Life: development of bioactive Surface-Active Ionic Liquids by combination of antimalarial drugs with natural lipids
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Teresa Teixeira da Silva (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/07/11 Modulação de Inflamação Crónica em Doenças Metabólicas por Compostos Bioativos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bruna Oliveira (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2023/11/17 In vitro evaluation of peptides with potential antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antihypertensive activities
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Thais Borges (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/11/15 Biophysical and biochemical profiling of new peptide-based constructs for wound healing
Supervisor
 Joana Maciel (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/07/13 Peptides derived from Shrimp hydrolysate as nutraceutical agents in pet food
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Leonor Vieira Sottomayor (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2022/07/20 Turning cosmetic peptides into potential dual-action collagenesis-inducing and antibacterial agents to tackle Skin infections
(Thesis) Main arguer
 André (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07/08 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/05 - Current Portuguese Society of Chemistry (SPQ) sócio efetivo
2022 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia (SPD)
2017 - Current European Peptide Society (EPS)

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2025/03/07 - Current 90 Segundos de Ciência Diversos investigadores da Universidade do Porto desenvolveram um hidrogel para tratar o pé diabético.

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/02 - 2024/06 Mentoring a student from "Cuso Técnico Superior Profissional Laboratórios De Química E Bioquímica - CTeSP" from Escola Superior De Saúde Politécnico Do Porto Ana Catarina Cardoso
2023/07/10 - 2023/07/14 Mentoring students from "Universiade Junior - Escola da Química e bioquímica" for their one-week project dedicated to the synthesis of a cosmeceutical peptide. Ana Reis and Catarina Viegas
2022/09 - 2023/04 Mentoring a student from Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos (Gaia, Portugal) for the final project dedicated to the synthesis of antihypertensive peptides. Matilde Silva
2013/02 - 2013/05 Mentoring the students in their final year research project (synthesis of cinnamic acid derivatives with antimalarial dual action ) to obtain B.S. in chemistry degree at the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Rafaela Silva, Cíntia Mendes and Susana Moreira

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2023/02 Selection Jury (vogal) for a Researcher position in the framework of project “KIWIBOL - Looking Beyond KIWIfruit ESCA Complex to Define a PeptaiBOL-based Strategy to Disease Control” (PTDC/ASP-PLA/2440/2021) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 BIP PROOF - Funding program by U.Porto Inovação at the University of Porto, that supports researchers of the UP by financing proof-of-concept activities, prototype development, and market validation.
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2023 Selected from Portuguese Society of Chemistry (SPQ) to attend the 3rd Young Investigator Workshop (YIW, Helsinki, Finland, 12-13 May 2023) organized by European Chemical Society - Division of Chemistry in Life Sciences.
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2023 2nd best oral communication at EPI 2023 (November 2023 - Sesimbra, Portugal)
European Peptide Society, United Kingdom
2020 Best oral comunication at EPI 2020 (February 2020 - Madrid) BCN Peptides
BCN Peptides, Spain
2017 Best Poster at II Meeting on Medicinal Biotechnology (May 2017)
2016 2nd Place in science photo challenge by Wiley-VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA, ChemistryViews
2015 Grant to attend the Frontiers on Medicinal Chemis- try Meeting & the 2nd EFMC Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium in Antwerp, Belgium ( September, 2015).
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Switzerland

Other distinction

2024 Young testimonial of the European Peptide Society at the 37th European Peptide Symposium 14th International Peptide Symposium
European Peptide Society, United Kingdom