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!
We’re thrilled to welcome three new members to our lab as part of the INSPIRE project! Madalena Figueiredo is an undergraduate Biochemistry student at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA-FCT), currently completing her academic training. With previous internship experience, she now joins our Lab for the INSPIRE project. Her main goal is to apply …
Welcome to the Team! ✨ We’re excited to announce two new members joining our lab: Carolina Pestana is an undergraduate student in Cellular and Molecular Biology at NOVA-FCT. By joining our Lab, her main objective is to gain more practical experience in the real world of scientific research and to better understand the realities of …
Introducing INSPIRE: Innovative Detection Tools for Monitoring Skeletal Diseases and Cancer across Species Did you know that by 2050, from the 9.7B world’s population, 2.1B will be people aged 60 years, outnumbering 5-year-olds? This brings important challenges for society, economy and specially for healthcare systems, concerns UN and European Union. Ageing impacts health and increase …
On January 20-21, the PROSPLING project team gathered for its annual General Assembly at Fundación Medina, in Granada, Spain. It was a valuable opportunity to review progress, share ideas, and align on future goals. A huge thank you to all our partners for the teamwork and commitment, and to Fundación Medina for the excellent coordination and …
On January 20, Inês Padrão successfully defended her PhD thesis, “The cephalopod skin as a source of proteins: lessons from adaptation and ecophysiology”, under the supervision of Prof. Ana Cecília Roque and Prof. Pedro Costa. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! ✨ Excited to see what’s coming next for Inês! 🚀
From our Lab to you: We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2026! 🎅🏼🎄🥂 We are really grateful for all the projects and people we had the opportunity to collaborate with since 2006. We are looking forward for next year!
Welcome, Maria! Maria Rolão Pinho completed her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico. Following her degree, she worked as a junior researcher, where her work centered on the development of microfluidic on-chip diagnostic assay and point of care devices for detection and quantification of cancer biomarkers in human serum. Maria …
We’re excited to share Cátia Soares’ latest review article, “Dynamic self-assembly of reflectins and their contribution to cephalopods coloration”, now published in Biophysics Reviews. This review outlines the mechanisms of reflectin self-assembly using both full-length proteins and engineered fragments, and highlight emerging opportunities for engineering novel dynamic biomimetic materials. 📄 Check out the full article: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0294035
We’re excited to share Margarida Dias’ latest article, “Discovery and optimization of a synthetic small protein domain targeting antibodies,” now published in Frontiers. 🔬 This work explores innovative ways to design small, stable protein ligands that can specifically recognize antibodies, an important challenge in modern biotechnology. Using a custom WW-domain phage display library, the team …
