Welcome Likhita! Likhita Kusampudi holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Bharath University, India. She is currently completing her master’s in molecular biotechnology from Hochschule Anhalt, Germany. She worked with polymers for bone glue development as her master’s thesis at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Galway, Ireland, as an Erasmus student. …
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 …
Welcome Susana! ✨ Susana Serrano holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Algarve and an MSc in Microbiology from the University of Aveiro and is currently concluding her PhD in Veterinary Sciences (Food Safety and Technology) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon. Her multidisciplinary research started with zebrafish models of …
EXPO FCT 2026 just concluded this past week! On April 15th, we had the pleasure of participating in EXPO FCT 2026 and sharing our research projects with high school students from all backgrounds. Through interactive games like “Proteins around the World” (PROSPLIGN, UNMASK Projects), “Sustainable Purification of Biological Medications” (PURE Project) and “From Gelatin to …
Our researcher Afonso Eva just started his PhD in Biotechnology! Afonso holds a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a master’s degree in Biotechnology from NOVA School of Science and Technology. From the PROTEIOS project, he now starts a new chapter. His PhD thesis will be …
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 …
Our researcher João Saavedra just started his PhD in Biotechnology! João holds a bachelor and master’s degree in Biological Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico. From the PROSPLIGN project he now starts a new chapter. His PhD thesis will be about “Versatile engineered protein agents for target enrichment and detection”. We wish you all the luck!
Welcome, Edanur! Edanur Tekin holds a BSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from the Faculty of Science at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (ZBEU). During her undergraduate studies, she completed an internship at TÜBİTAK, focusing on the treatment of depression and Alzheimer’s disease using animal models. …
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!
