One of our recent works describing "Synergy between silk fibroin and ionic liquids for active gas-sensing materials" is now available! This work was developed under the scope of the #SCENT_project, financed by the European Research Council, and it explored the possibilities of fibroin in soft and flexible electronics.

In the beginning of this month, we had the pleasure to visit CENTI for a meeting under the scope of the #SMASUS_project. The group was represented by Prof. Cecília Roque, Margarida Dias and Carolina Natal. We would like to thank Filipa Gomes and Andreia Monteiro for having us.

The last weeks were very productive in poster presentations! Cátia Soares and Inês Cebola participated in the virtual edition of the EFB Spring Congress. Both presented the poster regarding the work they are developing under the scope of the #Sea2See_project and #SCENT_project respectively.

Last week, Dr. Margarida Dias took part in Pint of Science with the talk "Protein Engineering: building materials with nature LEGOs", in the session "Building with Science: from nano to macroscale". Thank you for attending! We hope you enjoyed the talk and the discussion! #sea2see_project

In this year's edition of the #expofct at FCT-NOVA, we explained our projects. Students were able to see the work of the e-nose device from the #SCENT_project and its application for disease detection from the #AccuseD_project. And learning more about the importance of the efficient bioseparation of biopharmaceutical drugs, which is the aim of the #PURE_project. Moreover, we showed the versatility of proteins' application in sensing and production of the smart bio-based materials, which is the main objective of the #Sea2See_project.