Alumni
Post Doc Researchers
- Efthymia Ramou, PhD
- Ana Sofia Pina, PhD – currently Head of Bioinspired Peptide Systems Lab at ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal
- Inês Moreira, PhD – currently Senior Researcher at Fibrenamics, Guimarães, Portugal
- Cheila Almeida, PhD
- Maria João Frias, PhD
- Ricardo Branco, PhD
- Abid Hussain, PhD – currently Program Manager at Mologic, Cambridge – UK
PhD. Students
- Iana Lychko – PhD Program in Biotechnology, NOVA FCT (Portugal)
- Thesis Title: “Optimizing the production and processing of reflectin proteins and derived materials”
- Gonçalo Teixeira – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal)
- Thesis Title: “Olfaction inspired sensing using tailor-made proteins”
- Rita Oliveira – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal)
- Thesis Title: “Enchancing VOC selectivity by designing novel gas sensitive soft materials”
- Manuel Matos – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal). Currently Field Application Specialist at ThermoFisher Scientific
- Thesis Title: “Artificial scaffolds for affinity-triggered bioseparations”
- Ana Carolina Pádua – PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences, ITQB-NOVA (Portugal). Currently at CERN, Switzerland
- Thesis Title: “Design and assembly of an opto-electronic device for artificial olfaction”
- Raquel dos Santos – PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences, ITQB-NOVA (Portugal). Currently at IBET, Portugal
- Thesis Title: “Developing non-chromatographic strategies for biopharmaceuticals purification”
- Claudia Fernandes – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal). Currently at Isogenica, Cambridge, UK
- Thesis Title: “Exploring affinity for the development of novel biomaterials”.
- Henrique Carvalho – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal, currently at Institut für Technische Biochemie, Sttutgart, DE
- Thesis Title: “Computational design and experimental characterization of metallopeptides as proteases for bioengineering applications”.
- Carina Esteves- PhD Program in Bioengineering Systems, NOVA FCT (Portugal)
- Thesis Title: “Designed multifunctional ionogels for gas sensing”
- Ana Margarida Dias – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at our lab)
- Thesis Title: “Exploring New Protein-based Scaffolds for Bioengineering Applications”.
- Vijaykumar Dhadge – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently establishing his own business in India)
- Thesis Title: “Magnetic Purification Of Antibodies”.
- Susana Palma – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at our lab)
- Thesis Title: “Engineered MRI Nanoprobes Based on Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”.
- Telma Barroso – PhD in Sustainable Chemistry, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently at GEO Soil Stabilization, Portugal)
- Thesis Title: “Development of Porous Structures for the Affinity Purification of Antibodies”.
- Íris Luz Batalha – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at University of Cambridge)
- Thesis Title: “Engineered Structures for the Profiling and Enrichement of the Phosphoproteome”.
- Ana Sofia Pina – PhD in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently PI at IBet)
- Thesis Title: “Novel Affinity Pairs “Tag-Receptor” for the Purification of Fusion Proteins”.
MSc. Students
- Catarina Faustino – Master of Science in Molecular genetics and biomedicine at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Marine bioprospecting for drug discovery: Exploring novel toxin-derived bioactives from venomous annelids”
- Ana Madalena Garcia – Master of Science in Molecular genetics and biomedicine at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “A Bioelectronic Nose for The Non-Invasive Diagnostic Of Urinary”
- Susana Fernandes – Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “NON-INVASIVE UROLOGIC TUMOURS MONITORING: DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR URINE GAS AND LIQUID ANALYSIS”
- Inês Gonçalves – Master of Science Biomedical Engineering at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Data mining and machine learning to develop a non-invasive differential sensing method for medical diagnostics”
- Vânia Rocha
- Short Internship: “Production of Cell-free extracts for heterologous protein expression”
- Inês Cebola – Master of Science in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Optimising an Electronic Nose for Microbial Detection”
- José Dinis – Master of Science in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Sustainable Fibers for Bioseparation: Innovation, Market Transfer, and a Collaborative Model”
- Rita Alves – MSc. Student Biomedical Engineering at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Time series analysis and machine learning algorithms for a e-nose sensor”.
- Joana Calvário – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Odorant Binding Proteins for artificial olfaction and fast diagnostic”.
- Arianna Nurrito – MSc. Student in Biotechnology
- Thesis Title: “Marine protein engineering for the production of novel biomaterials”.
- Cátia Lopes Soares – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
- Thesis Title: “Production and Characterization of stimuli-responsive marine proteins”
- Beatriz Santos – MSc. Student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Optimization of Sensing Materials for Gas Detection”.
- Fernando Nunes – MSc. Student in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Molecular properties of VOC sensing materials”.
- Inês Padrão – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Multicomponent Chemically and Physically Cross-linked Hydrogels”.
- Beatriz Mariz – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Artificial Fluorescent Phosphatase Enzyme”.
- Fábio Leite – Master in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Engineering molecular recognition and catalysis – examples of designed peptides and stimuli responsive materials”.
- Iana Lychko – Master in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Design and production of peptide-based scaffolds for bioengineering applications”.
- Sara Carvalho – Master in Biochemistry at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Nature Based Peptide and Protein Scaffolds as Enzyme Mimetics”.
- Cláudia Alves – Master in Biomedical Engineering at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Signal processing and automatic classification tools in the development of a new optp-electronic”.
- Henrique Costa – Master in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering at FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Sensing humidity with multicomponent hybrid gel films and characterization of an optimized gas delivery system”.
- Gonçalo Abrantes e Figueiró – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Hybrid magnetic systems for the purification of biopharmaceuticals”.
- Gonçalo Duarte Gomes Teixeira – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Chemical and biological synthesis of an engineered affinity protein”.
- Marta Sofia Banza Gonçalves – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Extraction of plant biopolymers and their use in gas sensitive hybrid materials”.
- Ana Traguedo – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Theoretical and experimental approaches towards the non-invasive and selective detection of microbial pathogens”.
- Filipa Trovão – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Synthetic affinity ligands for human antibodies and its different approaches”
- Carina Figueiredo – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “Development of biological and synthetic affinity ligands for human serum albumin”.
- Luís Silva – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
- Thesis Title: “A minimal version of a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase”.
- Aline Canani Viecinsky – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL (currently at Santamate Comérico e Indústria SA, Brasil).
- Thesis Title: “Development of Biological and Synthetic Affinity Ligands for Human Serum Albumin”.
- Bianca Leopoldo Gonçalves – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Nova School of Business and Economics)
- Thesis Title: “Porous Structures for the Purification of Biopharmaceuticals”. Project in colaboration with Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
- Margarida Sousa – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Omnidea, Lda)
- Thesis Title: “Smart Macroporous Structures for the Purification of Viral Particles”. Project in colaboration with Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
- Ana Semeano – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently PhD Student at IQ-USP, São Paulo, Brasil)
- Thesis Title: Novel Gas Sensors and Electronic Noses for Optical, Electrical and Hybrid Sensing: Development, Properties and Applications. Project in Colaboration with Professor Jonas Gruber (IQ-USP).
- Cláudia Fernandes – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently MIT-Portugal PhD Student in Bioengineering at our lab)
- Thesis Title: “Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Versatile Solid-Support for Fusion Protein Purification and Antimicrobial Assays”.
- Sara Santana – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Molecular Partners AG, Zurich, Switzerland)
- Thesis title: “Magnetic nanoparticles for Biocatalysis and Bioseparation”.
- Ana Raquel Marques – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at SOVENA)
- Thesis title: “Development of a piezoelectric biosensor based on PVDF films”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Pedro Vidinha (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL), Professor Carlos Dias and Professor Paulo Inácio (CENIMAT, FCT-UNL).
- Ana Machado – Master in Biological Engineering, IST-UTL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program)
- Thesis title: “Iron oxide nanoparticles – cytotoxicity in Caco2 Cells”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Dora Pereira from the MRC Human Nutrition Research (Cambridge, U.K.).
- Tiago Reis – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program)
- Thesis title: “Magnetic nanoparticles for selective adsorption of organic compounds”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Pedro Simões and Dr. Pedro Vidinha (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
- Ana Espinosa – Master in Chemical Engineering, ERASMUS student from the University of Almeria, Spain (currently at University of Almeria, Spain)
- Thesis title: “Modified gum Arabic as a coating agent for iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles”.
- Ana Margarida Dias – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program in Bioengineering in our group)
- Thesis title: “Development of an affinity pair tag-receptor for recombinant protein expression and purification”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Ana Coroadinha (ITQB/IBET).
- Ana Isabel Cunha – Master in Pharmaceutical Engineering, IST-UTL
- Thesis title: “Development of a strategy for the affinity purification of lectin Concavalin Brasiliensis with magnetic nanoparticles”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Raquel Aires-Barros (IST-UTL).
- Íris Cristina da Luz Batalha – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
- Thesis title: “Gum Arabic coated Magnetic Adsorbents for Bioseparations”.
- Ana Cardoso – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Banco Best)
- Thesis title: “In vitro studies of Gum Arabic-coated Magnetic Nanoparticles with Mammalian Cell Cultures”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Ana Bicho (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
- Vera Bentinho – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently Chemical Engineering at Vale Mining Company, Mozambique)
- Thesis title: “Nanopartículas Magnéticas em processos de bioseparação por afinidade”.
- Inês Peça – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently teacher at “Colégio Moderno”, Lisboa)
- Thesis title: “Desenvolvimento de Nanopartículas de PLGA-co-PEG para libertação de Docetaxel em células/tecidos alvo”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Margarida Cardoso and Dr. Ana Bicho (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
- Ana Sofia Pina – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Biotechnology PhD Program; PhD student in our group)
- Thesis title: “Synthesis and Screening of rationally designed combinatorial libraries for proteomics applications”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Chris Lowe (University of Cambridge, UK).
- Telma Godinho Barroso – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at Sustainable Chemistry PhD Program; PhD student in our group)
- Thesis title: “Preparation of Affinity Membranes using Alternative Solvents”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
BSc. Students
- Pedro Teixeira
- Project title: “Bacteria discrimination using an electronic nose”
- Ana Santos
- Project title: “Computational Biomarker Selection for Bladder Cancer Detection Systems”
- Rita Ramos
- Project title: “Produção e purificação de um ligando de afinidade descoberto através de bibliotecas de combinação in vitro”
- Iana Lychko
- Project title: “Novel Strategies for Antibody Purification Through Crystallization”
- Ana Patrícia Traguedo
- Project title: “Magnetic Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine: synthesis and in vitro cell assays”
- Sara Aguiar
- Project title: “Production and Purification of therapeutic recombinant fusion proteins”
- Mª Rosário Nazaré (currently at Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal)
- Project title: “Síntese e avaliação da citotoxicidade de nanopartículas magnéticas de óxido de ferro para aplicações biomédicas”
Research Assistants
- João Carmo
- Project title: ” SMASUS – Smart and Sustainable Packaging project”
- Guilherme Rebordão
- Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
- Gonçalo Santos
- Project title: “Development of a new opto-electronic nose”
- Claúdia Alves
- Project title: “Signal processing and automatic classification tools in the development of a new opto-electronic nose”
- Gaetano Maugeri
- PhD Student, Project title “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
- Sara Carvalho – Currently PhD student at Imperial College London, UK
- Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
- Fábio Leite – Currently researcher at ynvisible, Portugal
- Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
- Ana Raquel Porteira
- Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
- José Almeida
- Project title: “Stimuli-Responsive Materials”
- Ana Carina Fernandes
- Project title: “Development of Multimodal Imaging Probes for Intravascular Molecular Imaging of Inflammation (PTDC/QEQ-MED/2656/2012)”
Visiting Scientists
- Anna Giulia (Bachelor student at the School of Medical Sciences at USP, Brazil)
- Luca Țîru ( Bachelor student at the Faculty of Medical Engineering of POLITEHNICA University in Bucharest, Romania)
- Amelie Lindner (Master student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Bayreuth)
- Gabriela Nabeiro (Currently in BSc in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF at USP, Brazil)
- Sabrina Acioli (Currently in BSc in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF at USP, Brazil)
- Prof. Cícero Cena, PhD (Associated Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil)
- Prof. Wilton Cardoso, PhD (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Brazil)
- Eduardo Simões (Currently in BSc in Chemistry at USP, Brazil)
- Larissa Martins (Currently in BSc in Chemistry at USP, Brazil)
- David Jorge (Currently in Electrical Engineering at FCT-UNL)
- Laura Sato (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- João Filho (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Manuel Matos (Currently at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
- Cássia Oliveira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Joana Pinto (Currently at Universidade da Beira Interior)
- Joana Valente (Currently at Universidade da Beira Interior)
- Thabata Vinha (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Cássia Oliveira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Paula Akioka (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- José Balbuena (Currently at Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
- Raisa Barreira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Marina Uema (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Ana Lázaro Herrasti (Currently at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
- Stella Ottengy (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Letícia Yamamoto (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
- Ravi P. Parmar (Currently at University Colege of London, UK)
- Bruno Ferragut (currently at USP, São Paulo, Brasil)
- Bruno Costa (currently at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
- Fabio Mattioli (currently at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy)
- Bárbara Medrado (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
- Livia Lima (currently Business Development Strategist at Google, Brasil)
- Amanda Martinez (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
- Luciana Caraça (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
- Matheus Aoki (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
- Renata Daólio (currently Trainee at Oxiteno BR, Brasil)
- Renata Lippi (currently Industrial Trainee at CSIRO, Australia)