Joana Bastos (Portuguese F), BSc, is a Higher Technician at the 3B’s Research Group, part of the I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics of the University of Minho in Portugal. She holds a BSc degree (2004) in Public Administration and a BSc degree (2008) in Economics both from UMinho. She also holds a Post-Graduate Course in Tax Law (2006) from IPCA. Since 2009, her work has been focusing the development in different areas, as management of technical, administrative and financial processes in the area of research and innovation, administrative management of missions, secretariat to support of the Scientific Council and also the teaching component of I3Bs.