News

HOT article!

April 19, 2021

We are very delighted that our article "Magnetic Particles used in a New Approach for Designed Protein Crystallization" was added to CrystEngComm HOT articles! A ‘HOT’ article contains research, which has been highlighted by reviewers as being interesting and significant research for the crystal engineering community. This work was done in collaboration with Xtal-FCT-NOVA.

47th German Liquid Crystal Conference

April 8, 2021

Between 17th-19th of March Emi Ramou took part in the 47th German Liquid Crystal Conference with a short talk and a poster presentation entitled "Using Cyanobiphenyl-based Liquid Crystal Droplets to Detect Volatile Gases". This work is included in the #SCENT_project and funded by the European Research Council. 

Welcome to the group, Arianna!

April 5, 2021

Welcome to the group, Arianna! Arianna is an Erasmus student from the Unimore - Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy. She has a Bachelor degree in Biotechnology and is currently finishing her Master's in Industrial Biotechnology. Arianna will be working in the #PURE_project, in "Marine protein engineering for the production of novel biomaterials". Good luck!

Awards from Pepperschool

April 1, 2021

On the 2nd edition of PEPPERSchool, our PhD students Inês Padrão and Carlos Costa won the Young Researcher contest! Iana Lychko, Henrique Costa and also Inês Padrão won PhD grants for attendance, financed by GFPP (Groupe Français des Peptides et des Protéines) and IM2B (Institute of Microbiology, Bioenergies and Biotechnology) from Aix-Marseille University. Congratulations!

Welcome, Rita and Carlos

March 11, 2021

Already in 2021, we had the pleasure to welcome Rita Alves and Carlos Costa as new members of the group! Rita is a Master student in Biomedical Engineering at Nova School of Science and Technology / FCT NOVA and will be working in the #SCENT_project, and Carlos a PhD Student in Biotechnology that joined the #PURE_project. Good luck to both!

New paper accepted

March 9, 2021

New paper accepted in Separation and Purification Technology Journal. This work consists in "A purification platform for antibodies and derived fragments using a de novo designed affinity adsorbent", developed within Manuel Matos PhD. Congratulations to the authors! Free access during 50 days in: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ce3z4wbrT3v0x

BIOSTEC 2021: Best Paper Award

February 24, 2021

On the 11th of February, Prof Cecília Roque participated in the virtual edition of BIOSTEC 2021, the 14th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices where she presented our work about "Fish Gelatin-based Films for Gas Sensing " and that was distinguished with the Best Paper Award.
Congratulation to the authors for the excellent work!

Jornadas Intercalares de Mestrados

February 15, 2021

Last week, Cátia Soares and Joana Calvário, master students in Biotechnology, presented what they developed so far in their thesis work, at "Jornadas Intercalares de Mestrados" from FCT NOVA. Congratulations for both presentations!

New publication on use of magnetic particles for protein crystalization

February 4, 2021

We are glad to share our recent paper that describes how magnetic particles can be used as controlled and tailor-made inducers for protein crystallization. Get to know this incredible work developed by R. dos Santos during her PhD studies  https://rsc.li/3rliGLz

New paper about the design of artificial enzymes

January 25, 2021
Our new paper is out! Check this review about the strategies to design the artificial enzymes from Beatriz P. Mariz, Sara Carvalho, Íris L. Batalha and Ana S.

Interview Antena 2 Ciência: PURE project

January 20, 2021

Last week, #PURE_project was the subject of Prof. Cecília Roque interview to Antena 2 Ciência. Get to know more about it:
(in PT)https://www.rtp.pt/play/p783/e516700/antena2-ciencia

PEPPERschool 2nd edition (virtual)

January 15, 2021
We are glad to announce that the 2nd edition of the #PEPPERschool will be virtual! #PEPPERschool is an international thematic school in peptide and protein engineering that we are organizing together with colleagues from Aix-Marseille Université.
Check the program and get to know our fantastic speakers:https://bit.ly/3sqHenT

New paper about Poly(Ethylene Glycol)‐Based Hydrogels

January 11, 2021

Already a great start to 2021 - our new paper is out!
"Versatile and Tunable Poly(Ethylene Glycol)‐Based Hydrogels Crosslinked through the Ugi Reaction" shows the application of the four-component Ugi reaction as a powerful tool to quickly generate crosslinked gels with precise control in chemical composition. Get to know it: https://bit.ly/3bj2kye

New publication on cork-based sensors on the news

December 18, 2020

Our new paper is on the portuguese news - Go check it on Expresso website

New review article on affinity-triggered hydrogels

December 2, 2020

Our latest review is published in Biomaterials journal!