Biomolecular Engineering Lab

Gonçalo Teixeira´s team and Manuel´s team secured the first and second positions, respectively! at PepperSchool 2018 held in Carry-le-Rouet, Marseille.

Prof. Cecília Roque was awarded with a Starting Grant from the ERC to fund the project ” SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection“. The research team will develop bioinspired nose sensors as a fast and needle-free method of microbial detection. See below the ERC Press Release and what the MEDIA are saying abaout this award.  …

European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant awarded to Cecília Roque Read More »

Travel grant to Susana Palma for the attendance of the 10th International Conference on Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, held in Dresden (Germany), from 10th to 14th of June, 2014.

Travel award to Ana Margarida Dias for the attendance of ESF-EMBO Symposium – “Molecular Perspectives on Protein-Protein Interactions” held in Pultusk (Poland) from the 25th to the 30th of May, 2013.

1. Travel award to Susana Palma for the attendance of the 9th International Conference on Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, held in Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA) from the 22nd to the 26th of May, 2012. 2. Travel award to Íris Batalha for the attendance of the HUPO 11th Annual World Congress, held in Boston, Massachusetts, between the 9th and …

TRAVEL AWARDS 2012 Read More »

“First Honorable Mention”, sponsored by Hovione, to Ana Cecília Roque, Ana Sofia Pina, Íris Batalha and Susana Palma.

“Young Investigator Award”, sponsored by Hoffman-La Roche, Pharmaceuticals Division (at Affinity 2011, the 19th biennal meeting of the Society for Molecular Recognition, Tavira, Portugal).

Award “Programa Gulbenkian de Estímulo à Investigação” in the area of “New Materials in Chemistry”, conferred by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, to the project entitled “Selective Immunoaffinity Devices: A New Alternative to Blood Treatment”.

Best poster presentation at ISPP 2010 Meeting, sponsored by DECHEMA (Bologna, 2010)

Best poster presentation at ESBES 2010 Meeting, sponsored by Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals (Bologna 2010).