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Sara Freitas-Ribeiro concluded her master’s in Bioengineering awarded by the School of Engineering of the University of Minho in 2017. During this period, she developed her master’s dissertation on the hypothermic preservation of cell sheets, in the 3B’s Research Group (3B’s), University of Minho, under the supervision of Prof. Rui L. Reis and Dr. Mariana Henriques. Her findings from this research were published in an original research paper. Since 2017, Sara has been conducting her Ph.D. in 3B’s, under the supervision of Dr. Rogério P. Pirraco and Prof. Rui L. Reis Supported by a Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) Ph.D. grant within the Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells doctoral program she has been exploring the impact of preservation strategies on tissue engineering constructs. During this period, she has also been involved in the ERC CAPBED project. As a result, until this date, her track record includes, 9 peer-reviewed original papers (4 as first author), 1 review paper. Additionally, she has presented her research as the first author at 3 international conferences and has contributed numerous poster presentations. Sara has also been actively involved in the organization of 3 conferences within the Gene2Skin project. Furthermore, she has contributed to the scientific community by serving as a scientific referee for 3 scientific journals. Her dedication to advancing knowledge in the field of bioengineering and tissue engineering is evident through her extensive research contributions and scholarly activities.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Cristina Freitas Ribeiro

Citation names

  • Feitas-Ribeiro, Sara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B619-ED40-50CB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3103-6703
Scopus Author Id
57211324357

Email addresses

  • sara.ribeiro@i3bs.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • AvePark - Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 4455-435, São Claudio de Barco, Guimarães, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09 - 2024/09/25
Concluded
Engenharia de Tecidos, Medicina Regenerativa e Células Estaminais (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"The Impact of Preservation Strategies on Tissue Engineering Constructs: Streamlining Future Clinical Application" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2017/03
Concluded
Bioengenharia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Testing of commercially available compounds for the optimal hypothermic storage of cell sheets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2011/10 - 2014/07
Concluded
Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Culture techniques and cell characterization for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
13
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Helena Moreira; Lucília P. da Silva; Jennifer Noro; Belém Sampaio-Marques; Paula Ludovico; Mariana Jarnalo; et al. "Prevascularized spongy-like hydrogels maintain their angiogenic potential after prolonged hypothermic storage". Bioactive Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.02.035.
    10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.02.035
  2. Francisca Frias; Beatriz Matos; Mariana Jarnalo; Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Rui L. Reis; R.P. Pirraco; Ricardo Horta. "Stromal Vascular Fraction Obtained From Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: Ex-Obese and Older Population as Main Clinical Targets". Journal of Surgical Research 283 (2023): 632-639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.11.012.
    10.1016/j.jss.2022.11.012
  3. Helena R. Moreira; Daniel B. Rodrigues; Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Lucília P. da Silva; Alain da S. Morais; Mariana Jarnalo; Ricardo Horta; et al. "Spongy-like hydrogels prevascularization with the adipose tissue vascular fraction delays cutaneous wound healing by sustaining inflammatory cell influx". Materials Today Bio 17 (2022): 100496-100496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100496.
    10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100496
  4. Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Rui L Reis; Rogério P Pirraco. "Long-term and short-term preservation strategies for TERM products: state of the art and emerging trends". PNAS Nexus (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac212.
    10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac212
  5. Helena R. Moreira; Daniel B. Rodrigues; Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Lucília P. da Silva; Alain da S. Morais; Mariana Jarnalo; Ricardo Horta; et al. "Integrin-specific hydrogels for growth factor-free vasculogenesis". npj Regenerative Medicine 7 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41536-022-00253-4.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41536-022-00253-4
  6. Sara Ribeiro; Gabriela S. Diogo; Catarina Oliveira; Albino Martins; Silva, Tiago H.; Mariana Jarnalo; Ricardo Horta; Rui L. Reis; R.P. Pirraco. "Growth Factor-Free Vascularization of Marine-Origin Collagen Sponges using Cryopreserved Stromal Vascular Fractions from Human Adipose Tissue". Marine Drugs (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/20/10/623.
    10.3390/md20100623
  7. Diogo, G.S.; Marques, C.F.; Freitas-Ribeiro, S.; Sotelo, C.G.; Pérez-Martin, R.I.; Pirraco, R.P.; Reis, R.L.; Silva, T.H.. "Mineralized collagen as a bioactive ink to support encapsulation of human adipose stem cells: A step towards the future of bone regeneration". Materials Science and Engineering C (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121580543&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.msec.2021.112600
  8. Diogo, G.S.; Carneiro, F.; Freitas-Ribeiro, S.; Sotelo, C.G.; Pérez-Martín, R.I.; Pirraco, R.P.; Reis, R.L.; Silva, T.H.. "Prionace glauca skin collagen bioengineered constructs as a promising approach to trigger cartilage regeneration". Materials Science and Engineering C 120 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095804916&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.msec.2020.111587
  9. Sara Freitas-Ribeiro; Andreia Filipa Carvalho; Marina Costa; Mariana Teixeira Cerqueira; Alexandra Pinto Marques; Rui Luís Reis; Rogério Pedro Pirraco. "Strategies for the hypothermic preservation of cell sheets of human adipose stem cells". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222597.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0222597
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/06/29 Cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the growth factor-free vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges TERMIS-EU 2022
(Kraków, Poland)
2022/05/24 Cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges Workshop MicSeaOnMed
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2016/11/26 Hypothermic preservation of Cell Sheets of Human Adipose Stem Cells IFACTS
(San Diego, Califórnia , United States)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/04 Vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges through cryopreserved adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction
Conference
HEALTH-UNORTE Conference
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/29 Cryopreserved human adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction for the growth factor-free vascularization of blue shark collagen sponges
Conference
Forecast final Conference
2019/11/14 - 2019/11/16 The impact of hypothermic and cryogenic preservation on the ECM of cell sheets
Conference
Advanced cell therapies and tissue engineering
2019/11/04 - 2019/11/08 Novel methods for ECM preservation
Conference
Second Achilles Conference on Tendon biophysical environment,
2019/09/05 - 2019/09/07 The effect of low temperature preservation on the ECM of cell sheets
Conference
1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine,
2019/07/03 - 2019/07/08 The effect of hypothermic and cryogenic temperatures on the extracellular matrix of cell sheets.
Conference
First Achilles Conference on Molecular and biological mechanisms of tendon homeostasis and repair,
2018/10/14 - 2018/10/18 Screening of new compounds for enhancing hASC cell sheets resilience to hypothermic and hypoxic insult.
Conference
Gene2Skin Final conference on Cutting-edge basic and translational research in skin-related diseases and disorders,
2018/09/20 - 2018/09/24 New compounds for improving Hasc cell sheets resilience to hypothermic and hypoxic insult
Conference
TERMIS-WC 2018
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/12 Improving Hasc Cell Sheets Resilience To Hypothermic And Hypoxic Insult Using New Compounds
Conference
Gene2Skin Summer School
2017/11/12 - 2017/11/16 Hypothermic Storage Of Confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells
Conference
Gene2Skin Winter School
2017/06/17 - 2017/06/22 Hypothermic preservation of confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells,
Conference
TERMIS-EU 2017
2017/06/05 - 2017/06/08 Hypothermic Storage of Confluent Human Adipose Stem Cells,
Conference
Chem2Nature Second School