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Miguel Feijão Galrinho. Finished his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Aviero in 2020. The third-year project "Formulação de micropartículas por atomização de galactomananas - encapsulamento de proteínas com aplicação alimentar/farmacêutica" was elaborated under the supervision of Dr. Cláudia Passos and Dr. Guido Lopes. He carried on with the studies at the university with a Master's in Biochemistry, specializing in Biomolecular Methods (2022). The Master's was completed with the thesis "Formulation of galactomannan microparticles as insulin carriers" under supervision of Dr. Manuel António Coimbra and Dr. Cláudia Passos. During the two years he participated in different events such as the "ENEBIOQ" and the "Biochemistry Day" with the production of a winning poster. Currently is enrolled in the Biochemistry Doctoral Program, and took part in three research grants under the projects COBY4HEALTH, i9rCB and the current grant COASTAL. During the PhD he has already participated in congresses such as GLUPOR, EPNOE junior, Ciência 2023 and Research Summit with six posters presented and six oral presentations, four of them as speaker. Currently he is a co-author in the article entitled "Polysaccharide-based carriers for pulmonary insulin delivery: the potential of coffee as an unconventional source" published in the Pharmaceutics journal. At the moment he is working in a biochemistry and food chemistry research group at the University of Aveiro under the associative laboratories LAQV and CESAM for the development of polysaccharide-based biosensors.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Feijão Galrinho
Date of birth
1999/07/03
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Galrinho, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9015-3A76-DA38
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1897-9216

Email addresses

  • miguel.fgalrinho@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

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

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022 - 2026
Ongoing
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/02 - 2022/07/18
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Major in Métodos Biomoleculares
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
 17
2017/09/01 - 2020/07/01
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 14
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/12/01 - 2024/04/30 COASTAL - MiCrofluidic sensOrs for rApid toxin detection in SusTainable AquacuLture
PT-INNOVATION-0078
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/02 i9rCB - Processo contínuo inovador de produção de Negro de Fumo Recuperado Reforçante para uma economia circular
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070066
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Concluded
2022/10/19 - 2023/01/19 COBY4HEALTH - Can coffee by-products decrease the risk of metabolic syndrome? A comprehensive approach to reduce waste and valorize health benefits
PTDC/SAU-NUT/2165/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Galrinho, Miguel; Carlos M. Silva; Borges, Olga; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Passos, Claudia P.. Corresponding author: Galrinho, Miguel. "Galactomannan-based carriers and their potential as vaccine adjuvants". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, 2023.
  2. Galrinho, Miguel; Passos, Claudia P.; Rita Carneiro Alves; Costa, Anabela; M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira; Ferreira, Sónia S.; Coimbra, Manuel A.. "Coffee pulp produced in Azores - a source of bioactive compounds (co-author with honorable mention)". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2023.
  3. Galrinho, Miguel; Passos, Claudia P.; Rita C. Alves; Costa, Anabela; M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira; Ferreira, Sónia S.; Coimbra, Manuel A.. "Carbohydrate characterization of coffee pulp produced in Azores". Paper presented in 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group - GLUPOR 14, 2023.
  4. Galrinho, Miguel; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Passos, Claudia P.. "Study of the insulin release profile from locust bean gum microparticles". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia, 2022.
  5. Galrinho, Miguel; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Passos, Claudia P.. "Locust Bean Gum as a Carrier for Pulmonary Delivery of Insulin". Paper presented in XIII Biochemistry day, 2022.
  6. Ferro, Eva; Bárbara Henriques; Duarte Almeida; Galrinho, Miguel; Lopes, Olga. "Study of the molecular changes induced by the western diet in wistar mice (Winner of the 1st place in the Master's category)". Paper presented in XII Biochemistry day, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Galrinho, Miguel; Silva, Lisete; Lopes, Guido R.; Bernardo A. C. Ferreira; Valente, Sara A.; Isabel Ferreira; Pinheiro, Benedita; et al. Corresponding author: Passos, Claudia P.. "The study of galactomannans with different molecular weights and their ability to form microparticles suitable for pulmonary delivery". Carbohydrate Polymers (2024):
    Under revision
  2. Valente, Sara A.; Lopes, Guido R.; Ferreira, Isabel; Galrinho, Miguel; Almeida, Margarida; Ferreira, Paula; Cruz, Maria T.; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Passos, Cláudia P.. "Polysaccharide-Based Carriers for Pulmonary Insulin Delivery: The Potential of Coffee as an Unconventional Source". Pharmaceutics 15 4 (2023): 1213. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/15/4/1213.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/pharmaceutics15041213
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Formulation of galactomannan microparticles as insulin carriers". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/35099.
  2. "Formulação de micropartículas por atomização de galactomananas - encapsulamento de proteínas com aplicação alimentar/farmacêutica". Degree, Universidade de Aveiro, 2020.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/03 Natural polysaccharides as promising candidates for vaccine adjuvants (Pitch) XV Biochemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2023/07/13 Galactomannan-based carriers as promising vaccine adjuvants for pulmonary delivery Research Summit 2023
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/09/09 Locust bean gum, a polysaccharide source for pulmonary delivery of insulin 5th International EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting 2022
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2022/06/26 Galactomannan microparticles as vehicles for pulmonary insulin delivery (Co-author) Athens conference on Advances in chemistry 2022
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
2022/06/20 Locust bean gum, a polysaccharide source for pulmonary delivery of insulin Webinar: Development of tools to support the pulmonary route as a non invasive alternative for drug delivery
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/10/11 Galactomannan-based microparticles design for pulmonary delivery using insulin as model (Co-author) 7th International Polysaccharide Conference
(Nantes, France)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/12/06 - 2022/12/08 STAFF member at the "12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia " in Aveiro. Responsible for organizing guests resgistrations, put up posters as well for the transportation of equipment and materials necessary for the event. (2022/12/06 - 2022/12/08)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/24 - 2023/10/24 Symposium aimed to foster collaboration and exchange of knowledge among researchers in the field of Food Chemistry, providing an excellent platform for sharing research findings, gaining valuable insights from fellow scholars, and networking with experts in the field.
Symposium
 Symposium of Food Chemistry
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/18 Symposium with initiative of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group and the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), aiming at bringing together scientists from different areas working on carbohydrate-related research.
Congress
 14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group – GLUPOR 14
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/12/06 - 2022/12/08 National congress focused on the topic of chromatography, intending to bring together the Portuguese chromatography community, including experts from academia, companies, and a wide set of people from public and private institutions.
Congress
 12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/09/08 - 2022/09/09 EPNOE junior is a biannually organized conference designed for young researchers to meet and build their personal network in the polysaccharide field, while also presenting their recent work and brainstorming the direction and future of polysaccharides research.
Congress
 5th International EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/20 Webinar has featured specialist researchers who shared their knowledge on advanced tools to study the structure-function relationship of biomolecules, focused on microparticles preparation for an efficient delivery of insulin via pulmonary route.
Seminar
 Webinar: Development of tools to support the pulmonary route as a non-invasive alternative for drug delivery
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/04 The Biochemistry Day is an annual event that takes place at the University of Aveiro. The day is dedicated to the topic of biochemistry with a variety of sessions organized by researchers and students. The event also holds a variety of contests such as pitches and posters.
Meeting
 XIII Biochemistry day
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/04/07 - 2021/04/07 The Biochemistry Day is an annual event that takes place at the University of Aveiro. The day is dedicated to the topic of biochemistry with a variety of sessions organized by researchers and students. The event also holds a variety of contests such as pitches and posters.
Meeting
 XII Biochemistry day
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Winning poster of the the Master's category (XII Biochemistry Day)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal