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New Paper

Excited to share fantastic news! We have a freshly published paper in Separation and Purification Technology. In this work, the authors explore “A scalable method to purify reflectins from inclusion bodies”. This work was developed under the scope of the #Sea2See_project and #Proteios_project. Congratulations to the authots. For more info: tinyurl.com/3w6chrrm

ExpoFCT 2023

On 19th April, we attended at EXPOFCT and we explained our research projects. Students could see the work of the e-nose device and its application for bladder cancer diagnostics in ENSURE project . We showed the versatility of proteins’ application in sensing and production of smart bio-based materials (PROTEIOS project). The importance of the efficient …

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SMASUS Project

The #SMASUS_project aims to create smarter and more sustainable packaging. In this project, we are collaborating with CeNTi and Neutroplast. 

New Paper

We have a freshly published paper in Sensors MDPI. In this work, the authors explore “Effect of Polymer Hydrophobicity in the Performance of Hybrid Gel Gas Sensors for E-Noses”. This work was developed under the scope of #SCENT_project and #ENSURE_project. Congratulations to the authors! For more info: check the QR Code or doi: 10.3390/s23073531  

Conference Poster: SupraLife First School

In this week, we attend at #SupraLife First School – Functional Supramolecular Polymeric Biomaterials and Carina Esteves shared her work about ionic liquids materials in a poster presentation. #Ensure_Project #SCENT_project

New PhD Student

Our researcher Cátia Soares just started her PhD in Biotechnology! She holds a Bachelor in Biochemistry and a Master in Biotechnology both from @fctnova . She believes that her research will contribute to implement protein-based materials as sustainable and functional bio-based materials. We wish you all the luck! #PROTEIOS_project

Advanced Computing Project Winner

Arménio Barbosa won an advanced computing project BioM2D (BioMaterials Molecular Dynamics) from RNCA, Fundação para Ciência e a Tecnologia, INCD (2022.15912.CPCA). The project will study the assembly and molecular interactions of biomaterials for biopharmaceutical purification, on the Portuguese HPC infrastructure. Congratulations!

Research Fund Grant Winner

Margarida Dias won a research fund grant (R22-1009764370) from Royal Society of Chemistry for “OPTIM – Aqueous spinning of peptide-rich optical fiber mats”. Congratulations!

Master Students at JIM 2023

Last week, our master students in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, Catarina Faustino and Madalena Garcia, presented  the thesis work developed so far  at JIM 2023: Jornadas Intercalares de Mestrados. Congratulations for both presentations!

New master student

Welcome to the group, Inês! Inês Gonçalves is a Master Student in Biomedical Engineering at NOVA School of Science and Technology. She will be working on her master thesis entitled “Non-invasive urologic tumors monitoring with a new olfaction-inspired differential sensing method” under the scope of the ENSURE project. ​