Sofia Gabriel Meirinho (F91D-11AC-C7BF)

Curriculum Vitae

Sofia Gabriel Meirinho

Sofia Meirinho received a degree in Biotechnology Engineering (2004 from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineiring (2016) from University of Minho. Since July 2019, she is a Junior Research at the University of Minho - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS). She works in the areas of Engineering and Technology, and Biomedical Sciences with emphasis on genetic sensors-based high-throughput screening platform for antimalarial development. Her research interests are mainly in biomedical applications; malaria diagnostic tools; antimalarial drugs; Biosensors; electrochemical biosensors; nanomaterials. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sofia Meirinho is a volunteer in the diagnostic service provided by University of Minho to the community. She has published 13 articles in journals, 10 conferences paper, and 1 book chapters. She was arguer of 1 MSc dissertations and co-supervisor of 4 MSc dissertations. In their professional activities interacted with 57 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Sofia Gabriel Meirinho

Citation names

Meirinho, S.G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F91D-11AC-C7BF
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4771-6132
Scopus Author Id: 36338117300

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2010/09/01 - 2016/01/26 Concluded	Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento) Major in Sem especialidade Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Development of a novel aptamer-based multi-sensor device for the detection of osteopontin " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
2007 - 2009/09/16 Concluded	Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal "Aplicação de um sistema de multi-sensores para a deteção de gliadinas: discriminação semi-quantitativa entre alimentos com glúten e sem glúten. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2002/09/01 - 2004/12/06 Concluded	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal "Os complexos das Histonas Acetiltransferases e Desacetilases durante a alteração morfológica de Candida albicans" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14
1999/09/01 - 2002/09/01 Concluded	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Bacharelato) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal "O uso do Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) no combate da P. oleae, uma praga da Oliveira. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/07/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/01 - 2019/03/31	Bolseira de Investigação do Projeto UnirCell (Ref. SAICTPAC/0032/2015, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016422).	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Química Vila Real, Portugal
2016/01/11 - 2017/12/31	Bolseira de Investigação do Projeto UID/EQU/50020/2013	Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2016/01/26	Bolseira de Doutoramento da FCT (Ref. SFRH/BD/65021/2009)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal (...)
2007/07/01 - 2008/06/30	Bolseira de Investigação Científica (Ref: PTDC/AGR-AAM/67628/2006)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

2006/09/01 - 2007/05/31	Técnica de Investigação Cientifica do Projeto COMBATINTA/SP2.P11/02	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

2005/02/01 - 2006/07/31	Bolseira de Investigação no Projeto COMBATINTA/SP2.P11/02	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016/01/11 - 2017/12/31	UID/EQU/50020/2013 Projeto UID/EQU/50020/2013 Researcher
2010/09/01 - 2014/08/31	Development of a novel aptamer-based multi-sensor device for the detection of osteopontin SFRH/BD/65021/2009 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/07/01 - Current	MalPharm - Plataforma de rastreio de alto rendimento para desenvolver antimálaricos PTDC/SAU-PAR/28066/2017 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2019/03/31	Sistema combinado de célula de combustível / electrolisador para fornecimento eficiente de energia renovável: dos materias ao dispositivo SAICTPAC/0032/2015 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2007/07/01 - 2008/06/30	Identificação, caracterização e papel de factores moleculares associados ao mecanismo de infecção de espécies de Fagaceae por Phytophthora cinnamomi PTDC/AGR-AAM/67628/2006 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2005/05/01 - 2007/05/31	Combate à doença da tinta do castanheiro e outras culturas regionais por métodos moleculares COMBATINTA/SP2.P11/02 Interreg IIIA (PC007) - 220201 Research Fellow	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Dias, L.G.; Meirinho, S.G.; Veloso, A.C.A.; Rodrigues, L.R.; Peres, A.M.. "Electronic tongues and aptasensors". In Bioinspired Materials for Medical Applications, 371-402. Elsevier, 2017. Published • 10.1016/b978-0-08-100741-9.00013-9
Conference paper	Ezzedine, Maha; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Dias, L.G.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Othmane, Ali; Peres, António M.. "Dual-aptasensor array: optimization of the aptamers immobilization". 2017. Meirinho, Sofia G.; Ezzedine, Maha; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Dias, L.G.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Othmane, Ali; Peres, António M.. "Optimization of the aptamers’ immobilization conditions for maximizing the response of a dualaptasensor for cancer biomarker detection". 2017. Meirinho, Sofia G.; Dias, Luís; Peres, António M.; Rodrigues, L. R.; Dias, L.G.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Dias, Luís G.; et al. "Development of an electrochemical aptasensor for protein detection". 2013. 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.671 Martins, Ivone; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Belo, Hélio; Vaz, Madalena; Martins, Fátima; Choupina, Altino. "Isolation and characterization of necrosis-inducing phytophthora protein 1 (npp1) gene from plants pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi". 2011. Carvalho, Marisa; Martins, Ivone; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Belo, Hélio; Choupina, Altino. "Characterization of transglutaminase elicitor precursor from plants pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi". 2010. Peres, António M.; Dias, L.G.; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Morais, Jorge Sá; Machado, A.A.S.C.; Peres, A. M.; et al. "Application of an electronic tongue to detect gliadins in gluten-free foods". 2010. Martins, Ivone; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Dias, Teresa; Jorge, Lurdes; Martins, Fátima; Choupina, Altino. "Cloning and expression analysis of glucanase genes from Phytophthora cinnamomi". 2010. Choupina, Altino; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Carvalho, Marisa; Jorge, Lurdes; Sousa, Maria João; Cravador, Alfredo. "Identification and characterization of molecular factors associated with the Phytophthora cinnamomi infection mechanisms". 2009. Morais, Jorge Sá; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Peres, António M.; Veloso, Ana C. A.; Dias, L. G.; Machado, A. A. S. C.. "Liquid chromatography assay for gliadins quantification: application to gluten-containing and gluten-free food products". 2009. Carvalho, Marisa; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Jorge, Lurdes; Dominguez, Ángel; Choupina, Altino. "Identification of a Phytophthora cinnamomi glucanase inhibitor protein: a molecular factor associated to infection mechanism.". 2008.
Conference poster	Meirinho, S.G.. "The effect of the electrolyte composition on the synthesis of electrogenerated hydrophilic carbon – A strategy for tailoring its electrocatalytic properties". Paper presented in Carbon2018, 2018.
Journal article	Meirinho, S.G.; Ferraria, A.M.; do Rego, A.M. Botelho; Fernandes, A.J.S.; Viana, A.S.; Fernandes, J.C.S.; Oliveira, M.C.. "Electrochemical properties of oxygen-enriched carbon-based nanomaterials". Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 873 (2020): 114420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114420. Published • 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114420 Braga, J.; Veloso, A.; Meirinho, S.G.; Oliveira, M.C.. "Fabrication of an electrochemical sensing platform based on hydrophilic carbon/gold nanoparticles composite". Materials Chemistry and Physics 252 (2020): 123154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123154. 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123154 Martins, Ivone M.; Meirinho, Sofia; Costa, Rodrigo; Cravador, Alfredo; Choupina, Altino. "Cloning, characterization, in vitro and in planta expression of a necrosis-inducing Phytophthora protein 1 gene npp1 from Phytophthora cinnamomi". Molecular Biology Reports 46 6 (2019): 6453-6462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-05091-0. Published • 10.1007/s11033-019-05091-0 Meirinho, S.G.; Ferraria, A.M.; Botelho do Rego, A.M.; Fernandes, A.J.S.; Viana, A.S.; Oliveira, M.C.. "Electrogenerated hydrophilic carbon nanomaterials with tailored electrocatalytic activity". Electrochimica Acta 302 (2019): 402-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.02.025. Published • 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.02.025 Meirinho, S G; Dias, L G; Peres, A M; Rodrigues, L R. "Electrochemical Aptasensor Array for Multiple Detection of Human Osteopontin". Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta 36 1 (2018): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4152/pea.201801001. Published • 10.4152/pea.201801001 Meirinho, Sofia G.; Dias, Luís G.; Peres, António M.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Electrochemical aptasensor for human osteopontin detection using a DNA aptamer selected by SELEX". Analytica Chimica Acta 987 (2017): 25-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2017.07.071. Published • 10.1016/j.aca.2017.07.071 Meirinho, Sofia G.; Dias, Luís G.; Peres, António M.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Voltammetric aptasensors for protein disease biomarkers detection: A review". Biotechnology Advances 34 5 (2016): 941-953. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.05.006. Published • 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.05.006 Meirinho, Sofia G.; Dias, Luís G.; Peres, António M.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Development of an electrochemical RNA-aptasensor to detect human osteopontin". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 71 (2015): 332-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2015.04.050. Published • 10.1016/j.bios.2015.04.050 Meirinho, Sofia G.; Dias, Luís G.; Peres, António M.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Development of an Electrochemical Aptasensor for the Detection of Human Osteopontin". Procedia Engineering 87 (2014): 316-319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.671. Published • 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.671 Peres, António M.; Dias, Luís G.; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Meirinho, Sofia G.; Morais, Jorge Sá; Machado, Adélio A.S.C.. "An electronic tongue for gliadins semi-quantitative detection in foodstuffs". Talanta 83 3 (2011): 857-864. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2010.10.032. 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.10.032 Carvalho, C. M.; Meirinho, S.; Estevinho, M. L. F.; Choupina, A.. "Especies de levaduras asociadas a la miel: métodos diversos de identificación.". Archivos de Zootecnia 59 225 (2010): 103-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.21071/az.v59i225.4896. Published • 10.21071/az.v59i225.4896 Meirinho, Sofia; Carvalho, Marisa; Dominguez, Ángel; Choupina, Altino. "Isolation and characterization by asymmetric PCR of the ENDO1 gene for glucan endo-1,3-ß-D-glucosidase in Phytophthora cinnamomi associated with the ink disease of Castanea sativa Mill". Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 53 3 (2010): 513-518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1516-89132010000300003. Published • 10.1590/s1516-89132010000300003 Meirinho, S.; Carvalho, M.; Dominguez, Á.; Choupina, A.. "Isolation and characterization by asymmetric PCR of the ENDO1 gene for glucan endo-1,3-ß-D-glucosidase in phytophthora cinnamomi associated with the ink disease of Castanea sativa Mill". Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 53 3 (2010): 513-518. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955525629&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1590/S1516-89132010000300003
Thesis / Dissertation	Meirinho, Sofia G.. "Development of a novel aptamer-based multi-sensor device for the detection of osteopontin". PhD, Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/40774. Meirinho, Sofia G.. "Aplicação de um sistema de multi-sensores para a detecção de gliadinas: discriminação semi-quantitativa entre alimentos com glúten e sem glúten". Master, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2537. Meirinho, S.G.. "The complexes of the histone acetyltransferases and deacetylases during the morphologic alteration of Candida albicans". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, 2004.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/01/18	Preparation and characterization of carbon nanomaterials for the oxygen reduction	I Progress Meeting of UniRCell, FEUP FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2018	Metal-free Nanomaterials for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction	XXIV Encontro Luso-Galego de Química (Porto, Portugal)
2013	Development of an Electrochemical RNA-Aptasensor to detect Human Osteopontin	World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index (Paris, France)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020	Preparação de nanocompósitos de ouro e carbono para desenvolvimento de sensores electroanalíticos Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Assessing the enhancement performance of a novel aptasensor for osteopontin detection Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Dual apatsensors array for osteopontin detection: optimization of aptamers immobilization conditions Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biotecnológica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2013 - 2013	Development of a voltammetric aptasensor for the detection of proteins with biomedical relevance Co-supervisor of Ana Margarida Arantes Pereira	Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/03 - Current	Volunteer work for the diagnostic of SARS-COV-2 at ICVS/University of Minho Other	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2017/11/17	Determinação de 2,4,6-tricloroanisol na água de cozedura da cortiça por voltametria (Thesis) Arguer	Mónica Alexandra Nogueira Salavessa (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal