Carlos Filipe Santos Costa (AA1C-3694-B94A)

Curriculum Vitae

Carlos Filipe Santos Costa

Carlos Costa completed the Bachelor in Cell and Molecular Biology (2017/01/02; classification 13/20) and Master in Biochemistry (2019/11/13; classification 17/20) by the School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal). During his Master Thesis, he combined Bionanotechnology and Applied Bioinformatics to study the interaction between blood proteins and gold nanoparticles (2019/11/13; classification 18/20). Carlos delivered an oral presentation in 1 international congress. He participated as a Research Trainee in 1 project and co-supervised a BSc internship of a Biochemistry student. He organized 5 events and participated in 2 other science dissemination and communication events. Carlos is a young researcher fascinated about developing new tools to improve health and well-being.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Carlos Filipe Santos Costa

Citation names

Costa, Carlos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AA1C-3694-B94A
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3571-472X

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies
Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
German	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/02/09 - 2025 Ongoing	Programa Doutoral em Biotecnologia (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Affinity reagents towards SARS-CoV-2" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09 - 2019/11 Concluded	Bioquímica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Interaction between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins to define disease states (Classification of 18/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17/20
2013/09 - 2017/01 Concluded	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	13/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/03 - Current	Research Trainee (Research)	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/11	Research Trainee (Research)	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/02/01 - 2025/01/31	SpikeLig: Affinity ligands towards the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein 2023.10436.CPCA.A1 PhD Student Fellow Fundacao de Computacao Cientifica Nacional, Portugal	Rede Nacional de Computação Avançada Ongoing
2020/10/28 - 2024/09	PURE - Precisely Patterned Nanofibers for High Performance Bioseparations 899732 PhD Student Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal Universität Bayreuth Lehrstuhl für Funktionsmaterialien, Germany Universität für Bodenkultur Department für Biotechnologie, Austria	European Union Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Costa, Carlos; Cadete, João; Peixoto de Almeida, Miguel; Pereira, Eulália; Krippahl, Ludwig; Franco, Ricardo. "Interaction between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins". Paper presented in Fourth International Congress of CiiEM: Health, Well-Being and Ageing in the 21st Century, Almada, 2021. Published • 10.1080/07853890.2021.1896884
Conference poster	Costa, Carlos; Moura Barbosa, Arménio J.; Ana Margarida Dias; Roque, Ana. Corresponding author: Roque, Ana. "Affinity reagents towards the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein". Paper presented in BPP2022, 2022. Costa, Carlos; Moura Barbosa, Arménio J.; Ana Margarida Dias; Roque, Ana. Corresponding author: Roque, Ana. "Structural analysis of protein and peptide ligands of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein". Paper presented in Affinity 2021, 2022.
Journal article	Costa, Carlos; Moura Barbosa, Arménio J.; Ana Margarida Dias; Roque, ACA. Corresponding author: Roque, ACA. "Native, engineered and de novo designed ligands targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein". Biotechnology Advances 59 (2022): 107986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107986. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107986
Thesis / Dissertation	Costa, Carlos. "Interaction between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins to define disease states". Master, REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, 2019.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/06/06	Affinity reagents towards the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	Affinity 2023 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/06/05	Interaction between gold nanoparticles and blood proteins to define disease states	4º Congresso Internacional do CiiEM - Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz CiiEM - Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (Almada, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/01/09 - 2019/06/19	Interação entre Proteínas do Sangue e Nanopartículas de Ouro para Definir Estados de Doença Co-supervisor of João Ricardo Gonçalves Cadete	Bioquímica (undergraduate internship) (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/03/15 - 2019/03/16	XXVII Tágides - Festival Internacional de Tunas Universitárias (2019/03/15 - 2019/03/16) Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03/16 - 2018/03/17	XXVI Tágides - Festival Internacional de Tunas Universitárias (2018/03/16 - 2018/03/17) Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/03/16 - 2017/03/18	XXV Tágides - Festival Internacional de Tunas Universitárias (2017/03/16 - 2017/03/18) Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/03/11 - 2016/03/12	XXIV Tágides - Festival Internacional de Tunas Universitárias (2016/03/11 - 2016/03/12) Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/03/13 - 2015/03/14	XXIII Tágides - Festival Internacional de Tunas Universitárias (2015/03/13 - 2015/03/14) Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/06/05 - 2023/06/07	Affinity 2023 - The 25th meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition Conference	Affinity 2023
2022/09/25 - 2022/09/28	BPP2022 - Biopartitioning & Purification Conference Conference	BPP2022 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/06/22 - 2021/06/24	Affinity 2021 - The 24th meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition Conference	Affinity 2021
2021/03/15 - 2021/03/18	PEPPERSchool 2nd Edition Conference	PEPPERSchool 2nd Edition
2019/04/23 - 2019/04/24	Scientific outreach activity (as demonstrator) Workshop	ExpoFCT 2019 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/02/14 - 2019/02/15	Oral presentation of Master's Thesis Meeting	Jornadas Intercalares das Dissertações Anuais dos Mestrados do DQ e do DCV 2019 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/04/22 - Current	European Federation of Biotechnology
2020/04/22 - Current	International Society for Molecular Recognition
2014/06/02 - Current	anTUNiA - Tuna de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Associate member since 2014; Member of the General Assembly in 2018-19