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I graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSc) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal in 2017. As an MSc student, I had the opportunity of working with plant extracts and to characterize their antifungal applications when encapsulated by silver nanoparticles. Also, as an ERASMUS student at the Aalto University, in collaboration with the University of Helsinki, I studied the anticancer potential of lignin nanoparticles under the supervision of Prof. Hélder Santos and Prof. Mauri Kostiainen. Continuously searching for new opportunities to develop myself as a multidisciplinary healthcare professional, I worked as a trainee at the INFARMED, I.P., in the Medicines Evaluation Department/Post-Marketing Authorization Unit, as well as I also have worked as community pharmacist for 1 year. Currently, I am a PhD student with a FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) Mixed Fellowship, working at the University of Helsinki and at iMed.ULisboa, under the supervision of Prof. Helena Florindo, in co-supervision with Prof. Hélder Santos. My Ph.D. concerns the development of selenium nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cláudio Ferro

Citation names

  • Ferro, Cláudio

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B31D-B80C-46CE

Email addresses

  • claudio.ferro@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 966770313 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Vale Formoso de Cima nº140 3ºDt, 1950-273, Lisboa, Marvila, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02/03 - 2024/02/03
Ongoing
Doutoramento em Farmácia, Especialidade de Tecnologia Farmacêutica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Viral Envelopes Coating HPMA-Selenium Nanoparticles for Cancer Targeting Therapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09 - 2017/12/07
Concluded
Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Master
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Lignin Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014/09/01 - 2017/08/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/01/02 - 2019/12/31 Pharmacist Farmácia Lúcia Soares, Portugal
Farmácia Lúcia Soares, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2018/09/21 Trainee - INFARMED I.P: Medicines Evaluation Department/Post-Marketing Authorization Unit Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP, Portugal
Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2017/10/30 Intern in Hospital Pharmacy - Hospital de St. André Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Hospital de St. André, Leiria, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2017/08/31 Intern in Community Pharmacy- Farmácia de Marvila Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Farmácia de Marvila, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2017/04/28 ERASMUS Trainee - Research in Nanotechnology Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Helsingin yliopisto Farmasian tiedekunta, Finland
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2016/10/01 - 2017/02/01 Member of the Students´ Commission: Deontology and Pharmaceutical Legislation Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (AEFFUL), Portugal
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (AEFFUL), Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2016/08/01 IPSF Student Exchange Program - Research in Nanotechnology International Pharmaceutical Students Federation, Indonesia
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
2015/08/01 - 2015/09/01 Intern - Pharmaceutical Marketing Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia (APEF), Portugal
Float Health, Portugal
2014/07/01 - 2014/07/15 Intern - Community Pharmacy Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (AEFFUL), Portugal
Farmácia de Marvila, Portugal
2012/07/24 - 2012/07/27 Volunteer Trainee - Pavilhão do Conhecimento Ciência Viva, Portugal
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2012/07/02 - 2012/07/13 Research Intern - "Bioenergia I: O papel dos microorganismos no ãmbito das Biorrefinarias" Ciência Viva, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2011/07/02 - 2011/07/15 Research Intern - "NrTPs como ferramenta de transfeção. Transporte de DNA para dentro de células mediado por NrTPs" Ciência Viva, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
2010/07/12 - 2010/07/23 Research Intern - "Bioenergia VI - Lixo ou Lucro? Recuperação de produtos de valor acrescentado a partir de resíduos de eucalipto e oliveira" Ciência Viva, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/02/03 - 2024/01/31 Viral Envelopes Coating HPMA-Selenium Nanoparticles for Cancer Targeting Therapy
SFRH/BD/144851/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Ferro, Cláudio; Florindo, Helena F.; Santos, Hélder A.. "Selenium Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: From Development and Characterization to Therapeutics". Advanced Healthcare Materials 10 16 (2021): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adhm.202100598.
    10.1002/adhm.202100598
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Preclinical anti-tumor immune-mediated effect of selenium nanoparticles against Breast Cancer XV Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery
imed, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/11/22 Anticancer and immunological properties of selenium nanoparticles in 3D Breast Cancer Spheroids NanoBio&Med2023
PHANTOMS FOUNDATION, ICN2, The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (nanoMED Spain) (Barcelona, Spain)
2022/11/23 Anticancer properties of selenium nanoparticles encapsulated by oncolytic virus capsids NanoBio&Med2022
PHANTOMS FOUNDATION, ICN2, The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (nanoMED Spain) (Barcelona, Spain)
2021/07/28 Synthesis and characterization of selenium nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Controlled Release Society (CRS)
2017/11/12 Antimicrobial activity of Zanthoxylum leprieurii, Z. zanthoxyloides and Hymenocardia acida extracts. II Congresso Científico Anual UBIPharma – Pharma Goes Digital.
Faculdade de Farmácia (Covilhã, Portugal)
2016/04/15 Antifungal activity of Sanguisorba hybrida extracts and evaluation of efficiency when encapsulated into silver nanoparticles III Simpósio Nacional de Nanociência e Nanotecnologia Biomédica, Nano2016.
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lisbon, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2010 Concurso Literário na Modalidade de Poesia - Nemesianas 2010