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 …
🎙️ Listen to our latest interview! Our Principal Investigator, Cecília Roque, spoke with Antena 2 about the SUBTLE project, where our team is exploring the unique properties of a remarkable protein to create non-clonable authenticity tags, innovative tools designed to protect consumers from product counterfeiting. 🔗 Listen now here: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p783/e884385/antena2-ciencia
We are pleased to welcome Büşra Polat to our lab! Büşra is a Bachelor’s student in Biology at Eskişehir Technical University, with a strong background in bioinformatics, enzyme modeling, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations. She has gained practical laboratory experience as a research assistant, and her bachelor’s thesis focused on strategies to improve enzyme …
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 …
The Biomolecular Engineering Lab was present in one more edition of the European Researchers’ Night held at the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC) in Lisbon. This year, our interactive exhibit invited visitors to “fish” for proteins, quite literally. Participants used a fishing rod to simulate protein purification in a “pool,” letting …
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! Susana Palma & Cecília Roque have created sustainable, unclonable security tags to fight counterfeiting and protect consumers worldwide .• Made of 80% biodegradable materials• Unique optical “fingerprints” that cannot be replicated• Easy to verify with a smartphone or microscope “By combining gelatin with molecules that manipulate light, we created a …
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Welcome to the Team! We’re excited to announce three new members joining our lab family: João – Master’s student exploring molecular docking for his thesis, advancing our understanding of molecular interactions. Gabriel – Master’s student working on the design of chromogenic chimeric proteins to enable efficient dyeing of cotton fibers. Maria – Master’s student working …
