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André Carvalho has a Masters degree in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minho-School of Sciences and a Degree in Chemistry from the same institution in the Chemistry Centre. He works in the areas of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Chemistry, namely organic chemistry. Current research interests focus on the area of peptides, supramolecular hydrogels, controlled drug release, contrast agents and medical imaging.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Filipe Gonçalves de Carvalho
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • André Carvalho
  • Carvalho, A.
  • André F. Carvalho

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C311-0853-796E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4816-6371

Email addresses

  • id9569@alunos.uminho.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10 - 2024/10
Ongoing
Programa Doutoral em Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Química Orgânica e Biológica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/01/29
Concluded
Química Medicinal (Mestrado)
Major in Química Orgânica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Preparation and characterisation of magnetic dehydropeptide-based hydrogels" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2016/07/26
Concluded
Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Metal ion complexes with pyridine-bis-oxazole" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10/01 - 2024/01/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
Brandeis University, United States
2020/01/01 - 2020/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
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Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/10 - Current PhD Student Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/10 - Current Innovative peptide-based self-assembled theranostic hydrogel platform for combined MRI imaging and magnetic hyperthermia-activated cancer thermo-chemotherapy
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2020/03/31 “BaiTS - Biodegradable dendrimers for Targeted neuroprotective therapies in Stroke
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 New imaging biomarkers in the assessment of chronic total coronary occlusion (Novos biomarcadores de imagem na avaliação das oclusões coronárias crónicas totais)
BioImage2CTO - 39698
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. André Carvalho; Paula M. T. Ferreira; José A. Martins. "New 2,6-Bis(5-phenyloxazolyl)pyridine Ligands for Luminescent LnIII Complexes". Paper presented in 26th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2022.
    10.3390/ecsoc-26-13714
Conference poster
  1. Carolina Amorim; André Carvalho; Jervis, Peter J.; José A. Martins; Paula M.T. Ferreira. Corresponding author: Carolina Amorim. "Self-assembly of bolaamphiphiles based on dehydropeptides". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Galego Portugués de Química, 2022.
  2. André Carvalho; Manuel Bañobre-López ; José A. Martins; Paula M.T. Ferreira. "Hydrogels featuring magnetic properties based on self-assembled dehydropeptides". Paper presented in ChemBioGels 2021 - Advances in hydrogels for biomedical applications, 2021.
  3. André Carvalho; Paula M. T. Ferreira; José Alberto Martins. "Preparation and characterisation of magnetic dehydropeptide-based hydrogels". Paper presented in IV Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of University of Minho, 2019.
  4. André Carvalho; Maria Fernanda Proença. "Synthesis of Nitrogenated Macrocycles". Paper presented in Universidade do Minho, 2017.
Journal article
  1. André F. Carvalho; Teresa Pereira; Carlos Oliveira; Pedro Figueiredo; Alexandra Carvalho; David M. Pereira; Loic Hilliou; et al. "Tripeptides Featuring Dehydrophenylalanine and Homophenylalanine: Homo- Versus Hetero-Chirality and Sequence Effects on Self-Assembly and Gelation". Gels (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels11030164.
    10.3390/gels11030164
  2. Carlos B. P. Oliveira; André Carvalho; Renato B. Pereira; David M. Pereira; Loic Hilliou; Peter J. Jervis; José A. Martins; Paula M. T. Ferreira. "New Supramolecular Hydrogels Based on Diastereomeric Dehydrotripeptide Mixtures for Potential Drug Delivery Applications". Gels (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels10100629.
    10.3390/gels10100629
  3. Valéria Gomes; Sérgio R. S. Veloso; André Carvalho; loic hilliou; Paulo J. G. Coutinho; Cacilda Moura; José A. Martins; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira; Paula M. T. Ferreira. "Multifunctional magneto-plasmonic lipogel based on peptide hydrogel for application in combined cancer therapy". Journal of Peptide Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psc.3650.
    10.1002/psc.3650
  4. Helena Vilaça; André Carvalho; Tarsila Castro; Elisabete M. S. Castanheira; Loic Hilliou; Ian Hamley; Manuel Melle-Franco; Paula M. T. Ferreira; José A. Martins. "Unveiling the Role of Capping Groups in Naphthalene N-Capped Dehydrodipeptide Hydrogels". Gels (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9060464.
    10.3390/gels9060464
  5. Moreira, Rute; Jervis, Peter J.; Carvalho, André; Ferreira, Paula M. T.; Martins, José A.; Valentão, Patrícia; Andrade, Paula B.; Pereira, David M.. "Biological Evaluation of Naproxen–Dehydrodipeptide Conjugates with Self-Hydrogelation Capacity as Dual LOX/COX Inhibitors". Pharmaceutics 12 2 (2020): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12020122.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020122
  6. Carvalho, André; Gallo, Juan; Pereira, David; Valentão, Patrícia; Andrade, Paula; Hilliou, Loic; Ferreira, Paula; Bañobre-López, Manuel; Martins, José. "Magnetic Dehydrodipeptide-Based Self-Assembled Hydrogels for Theragnostic Applications". Nanomaterials 9 4 (2019): 541. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano9040541.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nano9040541
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. André Carvalho. "Preparation and characterisation of magnetic dehydropeptide-based hydrogels". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2018.
  2. André Carvalho. "Metal ion complexes with pyridine-bis-oxazole". Degree, Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022 Dehydropeptide-Based Self-Assembled Hydrogels: soft nanostructured materials for the development of theranostic platforms XXVI Encontro Galego Portugués de Química
Facultad de Química | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2017/05/26 Metal ion complexes with pyridine-bis-oxazole 3rd Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of University of Minho
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2022/08/28 - 2022/09/01 The 8th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress is being built under the unifying theme of Chemistry the Central Science, focusing on the central role of chemistry at the interfaces with biology, material and environmental sciences, both for the progress of humankind and for the solution of fundamental problems of modern societies. (2022/08/28 - 2022/09/01)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroquímica, Portugal

EuChemS, Belgium
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/22 ChemBioGels2021 Provided a forum for discussion and dissemination of the scientific area of Supramolecular Materials and their applications. Online platform for the presentation and discussion of emerging topics in Supramolecular Materials with biomedical applications such as controlled drug delivery, cell culture media and tissue engineering, functional textiles and theranostic agents. (2021/10/21 - 2021/10/22)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
University of Minho - Peptide Soft Materials Research Group, Portugal
2017/05/26 - 2017/05/26 3rd Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Minho (2017/05/26 - 2017/05/26)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/11/15 - 2022/11/30 Electronic conferences on synthetic organic chemistry (ECSOC) are a series of conferences maintained through the internet since 1997, an original initiative by MDPI, and later consolidated with the contribution of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Nowadays it constitutes the first and oldest electronic conference in the world. It maintains its character of free participation, with contributions considered as preliminary reports on edge achievements, and registration as a distinctive standard of the world wide web open access characte
Conference
26th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
MDPI AG, Switzerland

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2022/11/16 - 2022/11/18 The Congress promoted scientific and technological exchange between researchers from universities and industry in different fields of chemistry and chemical engineering.
Congress
XXVI Encontro Galego Portugués de Química
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Colegio Oficial de Químicos da Galicia, Spain
2022/08/28 - 2022/09 The 8 EuCheMS Chemistry Congress is being built under the unifying theme of Chemistry the Central Science, focusing on the central role of chemistry at the interfaces with biology, material and environmental sciences, both for the progress of humankind and for the solution of fundamental problems of modern societies.
Congress
8 EuCheMS Chemistry Congress
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroquímica, Portugal

EuChemS, Belgium
2022/04/08 - 2022/04/10 At this meeting, all chemistry students at national level can attend lectures by national and international speakers, as well as participate in workshops.
Meeting
VIII ENEQUI
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/22 ChemBioGels2021 Provided a forum for discussion and dissemination of the scientific area of Supramolecular Materials and their applications. Online platform for the presentation and discussion of emerging topics in Supramolecular Materials with biomedical applications such as controlled drug delivery, cell culture media and tissue engineering, functional textiles and theranostic agents.
Symposium
ChemBioGels 2021 - Advances in hydrogels for biomedical applications
University of Minho - Peptide Soft Materials Research Group, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 The EuroNanoForum 2021 gathered a total of 3640 participants from over 140 countries, providing thousands of opportunities for networking and collaboration through almost 200 scientific posters, 17 exhibitors, five satellite events, and several hours of sessions about topics that the European Nanotechnology community is now even more empowered to intervene upon.
Conference
EuroNanoForum 2021
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2020/12/21 - 2020/12/21 The 1st Online Conference on Advanced Materials will bring together scientists from different areas of Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Biology to present the state-of-the-art of their research and discuss the latest trends in the field, including both experimental and theoretical aspects.
Conference
Advanced Materials
Scion Conferences, Portugal
2020/11/18 - 2020/11/21 This webinar is intended for users who want to apply their knowledge about the Mendeley bibliographic reference manager, acquired through training or independently.
Seminar
Mendeley: Gestor de referências bibliográficas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/09/25 - 2020/09/25 This conference aims to get together national and international researchers in basic and clinical oncology to present the most promising results that might have a clinical impact in the oncology field. Different thematics of tumor complexity (genetics, biomarkers, tumor microenvironment, tumor metabolism, and new potential therapeutic targets) will be addressed, as well as the application of knowledge to improve the diagnosis or treatments of cancer patients.
Conference
Cancer biology : from basic to translational research
Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal
2019/05/24 - 2019/05/24 This symposium will bring together researchers from academia and industry to present some of the hot topics in the field of Medicinal Chemistry. This one day symposium includes plenary sessions, invited and selected oral presentations and poster sessions and is aimed at researchers, students and all professional practitioners with interest in this area.
Symposium
4th Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
2019/03/22 - 2019/03/25 At this meeting, all chemistry students at national level can attend lectures by national and international speakers, as well as participate in workshops.
Meeting
VII ENEQUI - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/05/26 - 2017/05/26 The Symposium will bring together researchers of recognized merit, from industry and academia, to present and discuss topics of great relevance and current interest in the field of Medicinal Chemistry. The program comprises two plenary lessons, two invited oral communications and five oral communications selected from the submitted papers. At the end of the Symposium there will be a round table composed of representatives from Industry and Academia under the theme “The Medicinal Chemist: present and future perspectives."
Symposium
3rd Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Minho
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 The event has the main purpose of the oral presentation of contents of enormous scientific value on the theme of the event, “Chemistry: bringing the future closer!”. As well as the dissemination of information regarding the Portuguese business market in the area of ¿¿Chemistry, in a space of learning and fraternization among Chemistry Students from all over the country. With this theme, it is intended that speakers of recognized national and international merit can address the areas of research with the greatest impact.
Meeting
V ENEQUI - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/06/17 - 2016/06/17 The IV ETCAQ event aims to follow the constant development in the field of Analytical Chemistry, aiming to unite universities, companies and society in the dissemination of techniques of analysis and characterization.
Meeting
IV Encontro em Técnicas de Caracterização e Análise Química
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/05/08 - 2015/05/08 This symposium will bring together researchers from academia and industry to present some of the hot topics in the field of Medicinal Chemistry.
Symposium
2nd Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Minho
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
2015/03/27 - 2015/03/29 The III ENEQUI has the theme “Illuminate your Knowledge” and will have the presence of Portuguese and foreign speakers and guests from different areas related to Chemistry, Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, etc., in order to inform and discuss issues of collective interest. The event will consist of plenary sessions and lectures by renowned Professors, researchers and students, workshops and cultural and leisure activities.
Meeting
III Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Chemical analysis of cosmetics samples found in Egyptians tombs and the reconstitution of ancient recipes as reported by Greco-Roman authors have shown that two non-natural lead chlorides (laurionite Pb(OH)Cl and phosgenite Pb(2)Cl(2)CO(3)) were purposely synthesized and were used as fine powders in makeup and eye lotions. A lecture by Christian Amatore (École Normale Supérieure. Département de Chimie, France)
Other
Finding Out Egyptian Gods’ Secret Using Micro-Analytical Chemistry: Biomedical Properties of Egyptian Black Makeup Revealed by Microamperometry at Single Cells
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2019/12 - Current Reaserchers “go back to school” - Under this new initiative, a group of young researchers from the University of Minho School of Sciences will be available to “go back to school” and inspire the next generation of scientists. Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/02/01 - 2023/06/30 Supramolecular hydrogels composed of deshydropeptides as model systems for photothermal drug delivery Francisco Ribeiro
2022/10 - 2023/01 Synthesis and Characterisation of Peptide-Chelator Conjugates Sara Silva
2021/02 - 2021/07 Development of new hydrogels as drug delivery platforms Bruna Leite
2020 - 2020 Amphiphilic dehydropeptides: synthesis and self-assembly studies Inês Cerqueira
2020 - 2020 Drug Delivery Studies David Teixeira
2018/11/01 - 2019/01/31 Synthesis of pyridine-conjugated dehydropeptides António Mango Batista
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/01 Preparation, characterization and self-assembly studies of a Gd3 + complex Luísa Machado
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/01 Hydrogels obtained from dehydropeptides Carolina Amorim
2018/02/01 - 2018/06/01 The basis of peptide synthesis Marta Gomes; Sara Mendonça
2017/02/01 - 2017/06/30 Synthesis of dehydropeptides for hydrogels Rita Nanim