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Ana Rita Carapito has a graduation in Biochemistry and a master’s degree in Biotechnology (University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal). Rita is currently a PhD student in Biochemistry with an FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) doctoral fellowship. Her research work activity is mainly in CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre (Covilhã - Portugal) in collaboration with CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal) and Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy). Throughout her academic journey, she was a member of the doctoral students committee of CICS-UBI, where she had the opportunity to be in the organizing committee of “IV International Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges from Research to Clinics”. Rita has deepened her research experience by developing several laboratory skills by working in a multidisciplinary team, and also in her visiting period in Politecnico di Milano during her PhD. At the moment, Rita is focusing on the development of an integrative process for the biomanufacturing of the biopharmaceutical pre-miRNA-29b, in both upstream and downstream processes.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Mugeiro Carapito
Date of birth
1996/05/08
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Carapito, R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8E11-013D-1419
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1869-105X

Email addresses

  • rita.carapito@ubi.pt (Professional)
  • rita.carapito@fcsaude.ubi.pt (Professional)
  • ritacarapito@gmail.com (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/04/01 - 2025/04/01
Ongoing
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/09/11 - 2019/12/04
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Ionic Liquids for the Purification and Stabilization of Nucleic Acids" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2014/09/15 - 2017/07/14
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - 2024/01 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/06 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/08 - 2021/02 Técnico Analista Químico Laboratórios Basi - Indústria Farmacêutica SA, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04 - 2025/04 Bolseira de Doutoramento Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/03/01 - 2025/02/28 Innovative continuous mode purification of pre-miR-29b biopharmaceuticals from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum extract
10.54499/2020.07980.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Carapito, R.; Valente, Joana F. A.; Queiroz, João A.; Sousa, Fani. "Arginine-Affinity Chromatography for Nucleic Acid (DNA and RNA) Isolation". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 135-144. Springer US, 2022.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-2176-9_10
Conference poster
  1. Bento. J.; Carapito, R.; Sousa. F.. "Recombinant pre-miRNA-29b: Extracellular production in Rhodovulum sulfidophilum and purification". 2024.
  2. Carapito, R.; Almeida, P.; Pereira, M. M.; Freire, M. G.; Sousa, F.. "Computer-aided Design of Affinity Ligands for RNA purification using Molecular Docking.". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2023, 2023.
  3. Riscado, M.; Carapito, R.; Sousa, F.. "RNA recovery and concentration from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum extracellular medium.". 2023.
  4. Carapito, R.; Bernardo, S. C.,; Sousa, F.. "Affinity ligands for RNA purification.". Paper presented in Biopartitioning & Purification Conference 2022, 2022.
  5. Carapito, R.; Bernardo, S. B.; Neves, M. C.; Freire, M. G.; Sousa, F.. "RNA purification using novel imidazolium-based chromatographic support". Paper presented in XVI Annual CICS-UBI Symposium 2021, 2021.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Baptista, Bruno; Carapito, R.; Laroui, Nabila; Chantal, PICHON; Sousa, Fani. "MRNA Therapies". In Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia - MDPI, 2021. https://encyclopedia.pub/18933.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Riscado, Micaela; Carapito, R.; Maia, Cláudio J.; Pichon, Chantal; Freire, Mara G.; Sponchioni, Mattia; Sousa, Fani. "A new approach for extracellular RNA recovery from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum". Analytical Biochemistry 696 (2025): 115681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2024.115681.
    10.1016/j.ab.2024.115681
  2. Carapito, Rita; Bernardo, Sandra C.; Pereira, Matheus M.; Neves, Márcia C.; Freire, Mara G.; Sousa, Fani. "Multimodal ionic liquid-based chromatographic supports for an effective RNA purification". Separation and Purification Technology 315 (2023): 123676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123676.
    Published • 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123676
  3. Bernardo, Sandra C.; Carapito, Rita; Neves, Márcia C.; Freire, Mara G.; Sousa, Fani. "Supported Ionic Liquids Used as Chromatographic Matrices in Bioseparation - An Overview". Molecules 27 5 (2022): 1618. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051618.
    Published • 10.3390/molecules27051618
  4. Baptista, Bruno; Carapito, Rita; Laroui, Nabila; Pichon, Chantal; Sousa, Fani. "mRNA, a Revolution in Biomedicine". Pharmaceutics 13 12 (2021): 2090. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13122090.
    Published • 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122090
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07 Molecular docking as screening method of affinity ligands for pre-miRNA-29b purification. XVIII Anual CICS-UBI Symposium 2023
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2023/06 Molecular docking of customized oligonucleotides as affinity ligands for pre-miRNA-29b purification. Affinity 2023
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/02 Ionic Liquid-based chromatographic support for RNA purification: A single step process. III International Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Trends in Aging and Cancer 2023
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2022/09 RNA purification using novel imidazolium-based chromatographic support. Biopartitioning & Purification Conference 2022
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/06 Ionic liquid-based chromatographic supports for RNA purification. PATh/IL2BioPro/mVACCIL Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/05 Purification of RNAs using novel Ionic-Liquid-based chromatographic supports
Virtual
2019/07 Ionic Liquids-Based Supports For The Purification Of RNA XIV Annual CICS-UBI Symposium
CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (Covilhã, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/11 Recombinant pre-miRNA-29b: Extracellular production and purification
Co-supervisor of José Bento
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/02/13 - 2023/02/15 IV International Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Challenges from Research to Clinics (2023/02/13 - 2023/02/15)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/09/01 - 2023/08/01 Molecular docking tools for the screening of affinity ligands for pre-miRNA-29b purification Paulo Almeida
2021/09/01 - 2022/11/01 Purification of pre-miRNA-29 with ionic liquids-based supports Sérgio Nunes
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Oral Presentation
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021 Best Poster Communication
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2019 Best Short Communication
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal