Alexandra Brito (BF1E-19CF-5D21)

Curriculum Vitae

Alexandra Brito

Alexandra obtained her PhD on Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells, at University of Minho in 2020, supported by a Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) scholarship (2015-2019), and by the Portuguese Cancer League (2020). She has a background in Chemistry also from the UMINHO and during her bachelor studies, she was awarded a Research Integration grant by the FCT. In her graduation year, she visited the University of Pardubice (Czech Republic), sponsored by the Erasmus Program, where she did her bachelor thesis. Alexandra, also holds a Master degree in Medicinal Chemistry (School of Sciences) and Post-Graduation in Health Sciences (School of Medicine), from UMINHO. During this time, she maintained active as a researcher in FCT projects (PTDC/CTM-NAN/119184/2010 and PTDC/QEQ-MED/1671/2012). In 2013, she spent six months as a visiting researcher in the Leiden University Medical Center, sponsored by the Leonardo da Vinci program. In the scope of her PhD studies, she visited the Advanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York for one year, under the supervision of Dr Ulijn and the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, under the supervision of Dr Lewis, MD with financial support from Fundação Luso-Americana. During her PhD, Alexandra was also involved as a researcher in several research projects, namely FCT projects (Cardio-Heal, Cancer_Cage, OncoNeoTreat and Nature4Health) and H2020 funded projects (Twinning project ¿CHEM2NATURE¿ and ERA Chairs ¿FoReCaST¿), which in total involve 8 academic partners and represent about 6M Euros funded to the UMINHO. Currently, Alexandra is a Post-Doctoral researcher at 3B¿s Research Group (UMINHO). Her current research interests are the use of simple carbohydrate amphiphiles as molecular building blocks for assembly of biofunctional materials using different supramolecular approaches. Alexandra is a member of the European Society of Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, American Chemical Society, Portuguese Association in Cancer Research and I am member and ambassador of the European Association of Cancer Research. She is author and co-author of 8 full-length papers published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, 1 book chapter, 3 published conference abstract, 17 oral communications (two of which as an invited speaker) and 23 poster presentations. Besides her scientific activities, Alexandra also participated in different dissemination and outreach activities: poster judge at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (USA); member of conference organizing committees; participation in the annual presentation of UMINHO to students and general public; participation in the Science Through Our Lives (STOL) project, which organizes science communication events to general society; and creator and member of the soft skills program PhDynamics, formed by the PhD students at 3B's Research Group.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Alexandra Brito

Citation names

Brito, Alexandra
A Brito

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: BF1E-19CF-5D21
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5027-4080

Websites

https://3bs.uminho.pt/users/alexandrabrito (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pathology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Galician	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)
Italian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/09/28 Concluded	Engenharia de Tecidos, Medicina Regenerativa e Células Estaminais (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles for biomedical applications." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very good with unanimity
2014/09/01 - 2015/07/01 Concluded	Health of Sciences (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014/12 - 2014/12 Concluded	Laboratory Animal Science (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2012 Concluded	Medicinal Chemistry (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal "Síntese de N-óxidos de pirimidina com potencial actividade biológica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16/20
2010 Concluded	Chemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal Univerzita Pardubice, Czech Republic "Synthesis of derivates of (R)-1-(6-fluorobenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)ethanamine as potential antifungal active compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10/01 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/05/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

2018/04/01 - 2019/04/30	Visiting Researcher (Research)	CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, United States
	City College of New York, United States
2014/04/01 - 2014/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2013/09/01 - 2014/02/28	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

2013/02/01 - 2013/08/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Netherlands

2010/02/01 - 2010/07/01	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Univerzita Pardubice, Czech Republic

2008/11/01 - 2009/11/01	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31	GLYCONET: Depriving cancer glycolysis by aromatic N-glucosides that act as GLUT1 antagonists and substrates for biocatalytic self-assembly LPCC-NRN-2020 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2020/04/30	Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento FLAD VR/RV/LF-555/2018 Proj.3/2019 Research Fellow	Fundação Luso-Americana Concluded
2015/09/01 - 2019/08/31	Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles for biomedical applications PD/BD/113794/2015 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013 - 2013	Leornado da Vinci Program EAC/S07/2012 Research Fellow Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Netherlands	European Commission Concluded
2008/11/01 - 2009/11/01	Synthesis of compounds with potential antitubercular activity UMINHO/BII/058/2009 Scientific Initiation Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - Current	OncoNeoTreat: Inorganic-Templated and Polymeric Layer-by-Layer Microcapsules with Multimodal Drug Loading to Treat Breast Cancer PTDC/CTM-REF/0022/2020 Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	ICVS/3B¿s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos LA/P/0050/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0050/2020 UID/Multi/50026/2019 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/07/23 - 2022/06/30	Nature4Health PTDC/BII-BIO/31570/2017 Research Fellow Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30	CANCER_CAGE: Smart carbohydrate nanonets for selective anticancer therapies PTDC/NAN-MAT/28468/2017 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30	CardioHeal: Self-healing hydrogels with extracellular matrix analogues for cardiac tissue engineering PTDC/BTM-MAT/28327/2017 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2015 - 2020	FoReCaST: Forefront research in 3D disease cancer models as in vitro screening technologies H2020-668983 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
2016 - 2019	CHEM2NATURE: Enabling precision chemical methodologies applied to natural-based systems for the development of multifunctional biomedical devices H2020-TWINN-2015-692333 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31	CytoNanoHeal: Engineered nanotools for advanced cell therapies ENMed/0001/2015 Researcher Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2015/07/01	Modulation of induced pluripotent stem cells differentiation by carbon nanotube templates - StemCelCan info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/119184/PT Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/09/01 - 2014/04/01	Concise and highly stereoselective strategy in the synthesis of aza-sugars. Theoretical studies and biological evaluation of products. PTDC/QEQ-MED/1671/2012 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Diana Soares da Costa; Al. "Chapter 7 Supramolecular Assemblies of Glycopeptides as Mimics of the Extracellular Matrix". In Multifunctional Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications. 2022. Published Soares da Costa, Diana; Brito, Alexandra; Pashkuleva, Iva. Corresponding author: Pashkuleva, Iva. "Supramolecular assemblies of glycopeptides as mimics of the extracellular matrix". In Multifunctional hydrogels for biomedical applications, edited by Pires, Ricardo A; Reis, Rui L.; Pashkuleva, Iva, 149-179. Weinheim, Germany: WILEY-VCH GmbH, 2022. Published Brito, Alexandra; Reis, Rui L.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Pashkuleva, Iva. "Sweet building blocks for self-assembling biomaterials with molecular recognition". In Self-assembling Biomaterials, 79-94. Elsevier, 2018. 10.1016/b978-0-08-102015-9.00005-8
Conference abstract	Brito, Alexandra. "Inhibiting cancer metabolism with aromatic N-glucosides that act as GLUT1 antagonists and substrates for biocatalytic self-assembly". Paper presented in TERMIS-EU 2020 Chapter Meeting, 2020. Brito, Alexandra. "Co-assembly of peptide and carbohydrate amphiphiles to generate proteoglycan mimics". Paper presented in 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, Boston, 2018. Published Brito, Alexandra. "Short carbohydrate amphiphiles as smart therapeutics targeting cancer". Paper presented in 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, Boston, 2018.
Conference poster	Sousa, Rita O.; Carvalho, Ana C.; Santos-Rosales, V.; Brito, Alexandra; Marques, Alexandra; García-González, C. A.; Reis, R. L.; Silva, Tiago H.. "Recovery of Collagen and derivates from Codfish skin using CO2 acidified water.". Paper presented in HEALTH-UNORTE Final Conference, 2023. Ana Rita Garcia; Godinho-Pereira, Joana; Figueira, Inês; Botelho, Hugo; Malhó, Rui; Brito, Alexandra. "Detalhando as alterações fenotípicas e morfológicas subjacentes ao extravasamento das células de cancro da mama através da barreira hematoencefálica". Paper presented in 4º Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia, 2022. "Development of a blood brain barrier model using cell-sheet engineering". Paper presented in Third Achilles Workshop and Final Forecast Conference, 2021. "Extracellular matrix- derived hydrogels for Tissue Engineering". Paper presented in Third Achilles Workshop and Final Forecast Conference, 2021. Brito, Alexandra. "Control of supramolecular helicity by the energy input and the monomer stereochemistry". Paper presented in TERMIS-EU 2020 Chapter Meeting, 2020. Brito, Alexandra. "Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles for biomedical applications". Paper presented in Systems Chemistry Symposium 2020, 2020. Castro, Vania; Gao, Yuting; Brito, Alexandra; Soares da Costa, Diana; Chen, J.; Ulijn, R.V.; Reis, Rui L.; Pashkuleva, Iva; Pires, Ricardo A. "Different energy inputs promotes helicity change in the supramolecular arrangement of carbohydrates". Paper presented in 1st Discoveries Forum, 2019. Castro, Vânia I. B.; Yuting Gao; Brito, Alexandra; Soares da Costa, Diana; Jien Chen; Reis, Rui L.; Rein V. Ulijn; Pashkuleva, Iva; Pires, Ricardo. "Carbohydrate stereoisomers self-assemble into supramolecular fibers with different helicity". Paper presented in Glupor13, 2019. Castro, Vânia I. B.; Gao, Yuting; Brito, Alexandra; Soares da Costa, Diana; Chen, J.; Rein V. Ulijn; Reis, Rui L.; Pashkuleva, Iva; Pires, Ricardo A. "Out of equilibrium assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles as a modulator of supramolecular helicity and gelation". Paper presented in Forecast 2nd Workshop, 2019. Castro, Vânia I. B.; Gao, Y.; Brito, Alexandra; Soares da Costa, Diana; Chen, J.; Ulijn, Rein V.; Reis, Rui L.; Pashkuleva, Iva; Pires, Ricardo A.. "Out of equilibrium assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles as a modulator of the supramolecular helicity and gelation". Paper presented in FoReCast 2nd Workshop, 2019. Brito, Alexandra. "Cancer spheroids are disrupted via a metabolic inhibition and a biocatalytic self-assembly process". Paper presented in TERM STEM, 2019. Brito, Alexandra. "Out of equilibrium assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles as a modulator of the supramolecular helicity and gelation". Paper presented in FoReCast 2nd Workshop, 2019. Brito, Alexandra; Castro, Vânia I. B.; Gao, Y.; Chen, J.; Reis, Rui L.; Pashkuleva, Iva; Pires, Ricardo A. "Effect of stereochemistry on the assembly and properties of supramolecular structures made of short aromatic carbohydrate amphiphiles". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Final Conference, 2018. Gomes, Sandra F.; Brito, Alexandra; Caballero, David; Brancato, Virginia; Soares da Costa, Diana; Kundu, Subhas; Martins, Ana M.; Pashkuleva, Iva; Pires, Ricardo A. "Micropatterned supramolecular hydrogels promote cell alignment for myocardium regeneration". Paper presented in Chem2Nature, 2018. Brito, Alexandra; Gomes, Sandra F.; Caballero, David; Soares da Costa, Diana; Kundu, Subhas; Martins, Ana M.; Pashkuleva, Iva; Reis, Rui L.; Pires, Ricardo A. "Development of micropatterned supramolecular hydrogels for myocardium regeneration". Paper presented in Chem2Nature Final Conference, 2018. Brito, Alexandra. "Simple Carbohydrate Amphiphiles as Selective Therapeutics for Cancer". Paper presented in Chem2Nature_Final Conference, 2018. Brito, Alexandra. "Short Carbohydrate Amphiphiles as a metabolic target for cancer cells via glucose-deprivation mechanism". Paper presented in Chem2Nature, 2018. Brito, Alexandra. "Sugar coated supramolecular nanofibers as minimalistic proteoglycan mimics". Paper presented in Chem2Nature, 2017. Brito, Alexandra. "Smart Carbohydrate Nanonets: appealing at the sweet side of cancer". Paper presented in FoReCaST, 2017. Brito, Alexandra. "Biofunctional supramolecular hydrogels by co-assembly of simple carbohydrate and peptide amphiphiles". Paper presented in Annual TERMIS-EU, 2017. Brito, Alexandra. "Synthesis of biofunctional supramolecular hydrogels by co-assembly of simple carbohydrate and peptide amphiphiles". Paper presented in Chem2Nature First School Conference, 2016. Brito, Alexandra. "Supramolecular hydrogels with tuned mechanical properties for tissue engineering". Paper presented in TERM STEM, 2016. Brito, Alexandra. "Pyrido[2,3-b]indolizines: a one-pot synthesis in green media". Paper presented in 10º National Meeting on Organic Chemistry, 2013.
Journal article	Ana M. Martins ; Brito, Alexandra; Maria Grazia Barbato; Alessia Felici; Reis, Rui L.; Ricardo A. Pires; Pashkuleva, Iva; Paolo Decuzzi. "Efficacy of molecular and nano-therapies on brain tumor models in microfluidic devices". Biomaterials Advances 144 (2023): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772950822005040?via%3Dihub. Published • 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.213227 Alexandra Brito; Dhwanit Dave; Ayala Lampel; Vânia I. B. Castro; Daniela Kroiss; Rui L. Reis; Tell Tuttle; et al. "Expanding the Conformational Landscape of Minimalistic Tripeptides by Their O-Glycosylation". Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 47 (2021): 19703-19710. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c07592. Published • 10.1021/jacs.1c07592 Brito, Alexandra; Kassem, Salma; Reis, Rui L.; Ulijn, Rein V.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Pashkuleva, Iva. "Carbohydrate amphiphiles for supramolecular biomaterials: Design, self-assembly, and applications". Chem 7 11 (2021): 2943-2964. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2021.04.011. 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.04.011 Brito, Alexandra; Pereira, Patrícia M. R.; Reis, Rui L.; Ulijn, Rein V.; Lewis, Jason S.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Pashkuleva, Iva; et al. "Aromatic carbohydrate amphiphile disrupts cancer spheroids and prevents relapse". Nanoscale 12 37 (2020): 19088-19022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR05008C. Open access • Published • 10.1039/d0nr05008c Alexandra Brito; Patrícia M. R. Pereira; Diana Soares da Costa; Rui L. Reis; Rein V. Ulijn; Jason S. Lewis; Ricardo A. Pires; et al. "Inhibiting cancer metabolism by aromatic carbohydrate amphiphiles that act as antagonists of the glucose transporter GLUT1". Chemical Science 11 14 (2020): 3737-3744. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC00954G. 10.1039/D0SC00954G Brito, Alexandra; Abul-Haija, Yousef M.; da Costa, Diana Soares; Novoa-Carballal, Ramon; Reis, Rui L.; Ulijn, Rein V.; Pires, Ricardo A.; et al. "Minimalistic supramolecular proteoglycan mimics by co-assembly of aromatic peptide and carbohydrate amphiphiles". Chemical Science 10 8 (2019): 2385-2390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8sc04361b. 10.1039/c8sc04361b Marta Costa; Tatiana A. Dias; Alexandra Brito; Fernanda Proenca. "Biological Importance of Structurally Diversified Chromenes". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 47 48 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fchin.201648248. 10.1002/chin.201648248 Marta Costa; Jennifer Noro; Alexandra Brito; Fernanda Proenca. "ChemInform Abstract: Tandem Cyclization of a Bispyridinium Chloride: Facile Synthesis of Substituted Indolizines.". ChemInform 45 11 (2014): no-no. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fchin.201411180. 10.1002/chin.201411180 Boot, A.; Brito, A.; VAN Wezel, T.; Morreau, H.; Costa, M.; Proença, F.. "Anticancer activity of novel pyrido[2,3-b]indolizine derivatives: the relevance of phenolic substituents.". Anticancer research 34 4 (2014): 1673-1677. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902241819&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Costa, M.; Noro, J.; Brito, A.; Proença, F.. "Tandem cyclization of a bispyridinium chloride: Facile synthesis of substituted indolizines". Synlett 24 17 (2013): 2255-2258. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884682434&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1055/s-0033-1339759
Thesis / Dissertation	Brito, Alexandra. "Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles for biomedical applications". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2020. Brito, Alexandra. "Synthesis and reactivity of pirimidine N-oxides for the synthesis of novel molecules with potential biological activity". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2012. Brito, Alexandra. "Synthesis of derivatives of (R)-1-(6-Fluorobenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)ethanamine as potential antifungal active compounds". Degree, Univerzita Pardubice, 2010.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/10/25	Minimalistic O-glycotripeptides encode molecular aspects of glycoprotein aggregation	Third Achilles Workshop and Final Forecast Conference University of Minho (Portugal)
2021/10	O-Glycotripeptides as minimalistic molecular models of glycoproteins	Third Achilles Workshop and Final Forecast Conference
2021/06/14	Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles for biomedical applications	Ciência Falada ICVS, University of Minho (Portugal)
2021/06/14	Carbohydrate amphiphiles as selective inhibitors of cancer cell growth	Third FoReCaST Workshop University of Minho (Portugal)
2021/06	Carbohydrate amphiphiles as selective inhibitors of cancer cell growth	Third FoReCaST Workshop
2021/06	Supramolecular assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles for biomedical applications	ICVS Seminar Series
2020/09	Depriving cancer glycolysis by aromatic N-glucosides that act as GLUT1 antagonists and substrates for biocatalytic self-assembly	2nd National Meeting of Young Oncology Students
2020	Depriving cancer glycolysis by aromatic N-glucosides that act as GLUT1 antagonists and substrates for biocatalytic self-assembly	2nd National Meeting of Young Oncology Students Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (Portugal)
2019	Different energy inputs promotes helicity change in the supramolecular arrangement of carbohydrates	1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine 3Bs (Guimarães, Portugal)
2019	Carbohydrate stereoisomers self-assemble into supramolecular fibers with different helicity	Glupor 2019 Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (Portugal)
2019	Glucose amphiphiles as metabolic inhibitors in cancer	FoReCaST 3Bs (Portugal)
2019	Biocatlytic self-assembly of supramolecular gels is controlled by the choice of the amphiphile regioisomer	European Society of Biomaterials Biomaterials Society (Germany)
2019	Supramolecular hydrogels formed by a biocatalytic self-assembly are controlled by the choice of the amphiphile regio-isomer	1st Discoveries Forum of Regenerative Medicine 3Bs (Portugal)
2019	Carbohydrate analogue as a metabolic inhibitor for cancer cells	13th GLUPOR Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (Portugal)
2019	Different energy inputs promotes helicity change in the supramolecular arrangement of carbohydrates	1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine
2019	Supramolecular inhibition of Aß42 intermediates by GlcN analogues	13th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group – GLUPOR 13
2018	Co-assembly of peptide and carbohydrate amphiphiles to generate proteoglycan mimics	256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Nanoscience, nanotechnology and beyond ACS (United States)
2018	Short carbohydrate amphiphiles as smart therapeutics targetting cancer	256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Nanoscience, nanotechnology and beyond (United States)
2017	Supramolecular hydrogels based on the co-assembly of simple carbohydrates and peptide amphiphiles for biological applications	12ª Reunião do Grupo de Glúcidos Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (Portugal)
2017	Carbohydrate nanonets for cancer theranostics	CHEM2NATURE Second School 3Bs
2016	Supramolecular hydrogels with tuned mechanical properties for tissue engineering	TERM STEM 2016 3Bs (Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019	“UPA-Universidade Portas Abertas da Universidade do Minho”: annual presentation of UMINHO to students of all ages, teachers, parents and guardians and the general public, where different workshops and visits to the University's research laboratories take place and, in parallel, occurs an educational offer fair with cultural and sports presentations. (2019 - 2019) Exhibition	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2012	Member of the Organizing Committee of 3rd Medicinal Chemistry Journeys, held at School of Science of the University of Minho in May 2012 (2012) Meeting	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2009	Member of the Organizing Committee of the 8th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group, held at School of Science of the University of Minho in September of 2009 (2009) Meeting	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2009	Collaborator in the experimental activity Vamos Kimicar, held in the University of Minho (2009) Workshop (Other)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2009	Collaborator in Junior Olympics of Chemistry held in University of Minho in April of 2009 (2009 - 2009) Festival (Other)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2008	Collaborator in Junior Olympics of Chemistry held in University of Minho in April of 2008 (2008 - 2008) Festival (Other)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/09 - Current	EMBO Workshop: Design functional biomolecular assemblies: Beyond biology Workshop	EMBO
2021/09 - Current	ChemBioGels 2021 Symposium: Advances in hydrogels for biomedical applications Symposium	ChemBioGels
2021/09/28 - 2021/10/25	Workshop about the designing functional biomolecular assemblies	EMBO Workshop: Designing functional biomolecular assemblies: Beyond biology Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/22	Learn about the advances in hydrogels for biomedical applications Symposium	ChemBioGels Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
2019 - 2019	FoReCaST, 2nd Workshop Workshop	FoReCaST Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Chem2Nature, 1st Workshop Workshop	Chem2Nature
2017 - 2017	FoReCaST, 1st Workshop Workshop	FoReCaST Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Presenter in the PubhD Uminho, under the frame of Science Through Our Lives (STOL) project Other	Science Through Our Lives (STOL) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022 - Current	Member Associação Portuguesa de Investigação em Cancro (ASPIC)	Member
2019 - Current	European Association of Cancer Research	European Association of Cancer Research Ambassador, membership number: EACR26738
2018 - Current	American Chemical Society member	Member
2017 - Current	European Society of Biomaterials	membership ID: 5840d3ff-4aaa-4dd5-b365-acb900f8cf0a
2017 - Current	Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine member	Member

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/08/01 - 2021/09/08	ACS reviewer Lab		American Chemical Society, United States

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2020 - 2020	LIga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro -Norte Youtube Channel	Presentation of the sponsored project Glyconet

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021/09/01 - Current	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	Wiley

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2019/03 - 2019/03	Poster judge at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, held in Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA, in March 2019

Distinctions

Award

2021	Julia Polak European Doctorate Awards European Society for Biomaterials, Germany
2021	Best PhD Thesis of 2020 Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
2019	Best oral communication at FoReCaST conference, held in Porto, Portugal in July 2019.

Other distinction

2020	Portuguese Cancer League scholarship Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro Núcleo Regional do Norte, Portugal
2018	Scholarship by Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento FLAD for an internship in the USA Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2015	Ph.D. scholrship awarded by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia (PD/BD/113794/2015) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014	Scholarship BIC (Bolsa de Iniciação Científica) UMINHO/BII/058/2009 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013	Training scholarship in the frame of a Leonardo da Vinci program in the field of Molecular Biology, developed in Leiden University Medical Center Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, Belgium
2010	Training scholarship in the frame of ERASMUS program, developed in University of Pardubice, Czech Republic. Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, Belgium