New article: High-Yield Production and Cost-Effective Purification of an Alkali-Resistant Hexameric Protein A Variant for Antibody Affinity Chromatography

News

We’re excited to share Carolina Natal’s latest article, “High-Yield Production and Cost-Effective Purification of an Alkali-Resistant Hexameric Protein A Variant for Antibody Affinity Chromatography”, now published in Biotechnology Journal. We present a scalable method for producing the antibody-binding ligand Z6AlkC, a six-repeat, alkali-resistant Protein A–derived Z domain with a terminal cysteine. The ligand was produced …

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New article: One-pot synthesis of a small synthetic ligand for antibody purification

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We’re excited to share Carolina Natal’s latest article, “One-pot synthesis of a small ligand for antibody purification”, now published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The authors report a rapid, one‐pot liquid‐phase chemical synthesis of a synthetic affinity ligand (B1A12A2) displaying affinity for antibody molecules, namely human IgG from plasma and IgY from crude samples, achieving antibody …

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New Member: Likhita

News

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. …

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BRIDGE 2nd PhD Day

Dissemination, News

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 …

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BioProcess International

Dissemination, News

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 …

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New Member: Susana

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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 …

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EXPO FCT 2026

News, Outreach

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 …

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New PhD Student: Afonso

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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 …

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