Biomolecular Engineering Lab

Open position - Research fellow #SMASUS_project

May 26, 2021

We have an open position for a Research Fellowship for a prospective PhD student under the project SMASUS.

Application period: 4-18 June

http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=135131

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/642702

Welcome to the group, Diana and David!

April 30, 2021

We have the pleasure to welcome Diana Laje and David Reis as new members of the group! They are undergraduate students in Biochemistry from FCT NOVA and will be doing their Bachelor's Projects, supervised by Ana Pina and co-supervised by Arménio Barbosa. Diana will work with "Artificial fluorescent enzyme - PM-GFP" and David will focus on "Development of collagen-inspired biomaterials". Good luck to both!

Open position - Research fellow #PURE_project

April 21, 2021

We are hiring!

We have a call open for a Research Fellowship under the project PURE until 3rd May 21.

For more information:

http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=134167

https://pure-fetopen.eu/job-offers/

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!

Arianna Nurrito

MSc Student

About me

My goal is to gain more independence in every aspect of working in a lab: to learn new techniques but also how to plan and organize the work. Regarding hobbies, I’m a dancer and I love nature.

Current Position

MSc. Student in Biotechnology.

MSc thesis: "Marine protein engineering for the production of novel biomaterials"

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!

Matos, MJB, Trovão F, Gonçalves J, Rothbauer U, Freire MG, Barbosa AMJB, Pina AS, Roque ACA. 2021. A purification platform for antibodies and derived fragments using a de novo designed affinity adsorbent. Separation and Purification Technology. 265

Santos, R, Romão MJ, Roque ACA, Carvalho AL. 2021. Magnetic particles used in a new approach for designed protein crystallization. CrystEngComm. 23(5):1083-1090.

Mariz, BP, Carvalho S, Batalha IL, Pina AS. 2021. Artificial enzymes bringing together computational design and directed evolution. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(9):1915-1925.

Padrão, I, Fernandes CSM, Esteves C, Fernandes T, Pina AS, Roque ACA. 2020. Versatile and Tunable Poly(Ethylene Glycol)‐Based Hydrogels Crosslinked through the Ugi Reaction. ChemPlusChem. 85(12):2737-2741.

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

Check the program and get to know our fantastic speakers:https://bit.ly/3sqHenT

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