From 28th June – 1st July, Susana Serrano attended the European Congress on Biotechnology in Antwerp, Belgium. The theme for this edition of the Congress was “Shaping tomorrow: Biotechnology for Health, Food, Energy, Environment”. Susana gave an oral presentation entitled “Prototyping Structural and Cys-rich proteins relevant for biomaterials and biomedical application using cell-free expression systems”. …
🧪 Congratulations BioDiffuse team (Inês Padrão, Afonso Eva, Cátia Soares, Ana Margarida Dias, Cecília Roque), finalist in this year’s Tecnimede Open Innovation Competition ✨ 💊 BioDiffuse designed a bio-based coating technology as an alternative to titanium dioxide (TiO₂) in pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. Its light-diffusing formulations improves opacity, durability, protection and reduces the need for …
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It’s a pleasure to announce that student Matilde Castro, from Escola Básica e Secundária Josefa de Óbidos, presented an experimental work developed within the scope of the INSPIRE project (2024.15575.PEX) at Mostra Nacional de Ciência 2026. Matilde won the third place prize – 750€ – with the Dot Blot project as a method of identification …
Aiming to strengthen the connection between doctoral students, BRIDGE- the group of PhD students from UCIBIO- organised the 2nd PhD Day UCIBIO, which took place on the 23rd and 24th April, at Academia de Instrução e Recreio Familiar Almadense, in Almada. This in-person event brought together PhD students from both units of UCIBIO (NOVA FCT …
From 27th-30st April, Professor Cecília Roque attended the BioProcess International Europe Conference in Vienna. During this 4-day event, speakers covered the most recent innovations across five areas of interest in bioprocessing, from cell line development, cell culture, upstream and downstream processing to automation manufacturing and data-driven operations, sharing how research and industry are responding to …
From 10th-12st March, Professor Cecília Roque attended the Bioprocessing Summit Europe in Barcelona. Cecília participated in the Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s 9th Annual “Advances in Recovery and Purification Part 1: Optimising Downstream Efficacy and Yield” conference stream, as chairperson of the session on “Downstream Processing of Complex Modalities”. During this 2-day event, speakers shared the most …
On February 11th, we had the pleasure of participating in the conference “Shaping the Future of Bio-inspired Photonics”, organized by COST Action PhoBioS. Carina Esteves and Susana Palma presented their research, and Carina received the Best Young Researcher Presentation Award. Congratulations to the organizers for a fantastic event!
From September 29th to October 3rd, we took part in the Supralife conference held in Aveiro.Cecília and Iana gave oral presentations on their research, while Cátia and Inês presented their work in the form of scientific posters. It was a great opportunity to share our results, engage in stimulating discussions, and connect with the scientific …
Last week, from 8–10 September, we had the pleasure of attending the European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) and the 8th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB). It was an inspiring few days of networking and learning about the latest advances in chemical engineering and applied biotechnology. We’re especially proud that Carolina, João and Catarina …
This week (2-4 june), Cecília and Carolina participated at Affinity2025, the ISMR meeting in NC State University (Raleigh, North Carolina). Carolina presented a poster and a talk titled “Streamlining the Production of Antibody-Affinity Ligands for Efficient Bioseparation”. It was a great opportunity to share insights, connect with brilliant researchers and friends, exchange ideas and to have fun! Hope to see all …
