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M. Isabel A. M. Vasconcelos graduated in Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal, in 1984, and got her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Biotechnology, option Microbiology, from the Institut National des Sciences Apliquées de Toulouse – France, in 1987 and 1991 respectively. She is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology - Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She was Dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2021 and was member of the Board since 1998. Currently she holds an appointment as Vice-Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa for Academic Affairs and Global Engagement. Her research interests include: microbial physiology (anaerobic bacteria physiology, yeasts physiology), namely focused on metabolic fluxes control, modification of fermentation patterns, synthesis of molecules with potential high value; development of biological processes for degradation of by-products or residues; synthesis of secondary metabolites by yeasts and bacteria. She coordinated and participated in several externally funded national and European research projects in the field of industrial biotechnology. She also supervised several externally funded research fellowships, including successfully concluded PhD theses and MSc theses. She published scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals (Science Citation Index), was invited to give several lectures and participated in numerous national and international scientific meetings.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Isabel Andrade Mendes de Vasconcelos

Citation names

  • Vasconcelos, Isabel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
851B-41B9-4746
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0565-3516

Email addresses

  • ivasconcelos@ucp.pt (Professional)
  • ivasconcelos@ucp.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 225580004 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola Superior de Biotecnologia. Rua de Diogo Botelho, 1327, 4169-005 , Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-3516 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
1991/05/17
Concluded
 Microbiology - option Biotechnology (Doutoramento)
INSA Toulouse, France
"Étude de la flexibilité métabolique de Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Très Honorable
1987
Concluded
 Microbiology - option Biotechnology (Mestrado)
INSA Toulouse, France
"Recherche de mutants hydrogenase moins de Clostridium acetobutylicum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 -
1984
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/26 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1991/08/01 - 2017/09/26 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1985/12/01 - 1991/07/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1984/10/01 - 1985/11/30 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10 - Current Vice-Rector Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/07/31 - 2021/01/18 Dean Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2011/11/01 - 2013/07/30 Associate Director Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2009/12/21 - 2011/10/31 Dean Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1998/01/01 - 2009/12/21 Associate Director Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1997/04/30 - 1998/01/01 Coordinator of a BSc Degree on Microbiology Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1996/07/01 - 1997/04/30 Coordinator of Post-Graduate Teaching Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1991/04/01 - 1994/10/31 Coordinator of a Post-Graduate Course Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2007/06 - 2010/10 BIOFLUOR - Biological production of commercially relevant fluorinated organic compounds
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 67306
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 SMARTWINE 2.0 - Tailoring 2-in-1 new Yeast starter cultures for production of distinct “greenly-preserved” wines
2022.06777.PTDC
10.54499/2022.06777.PTDC
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/05 - 2019/04 SMARTWINE - Smarter wine fermentations: integrating Omics-tools for development of novel mixed-starter cultures for tailor-made wine production
PTDC/AGR-TEC/3315/2014
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016 - 2019 Bio-n2-value: Biological tools for adding and defending value in key
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000030
 Norte 2020
2016 - 2019 MultiBiorefinery - Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorisation: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery
SAICTPAC/0040/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016 - 2018 SMARTAGRIFOR - Promoting Agri-food and Forestry Stakeholder Engagement for Knowledge Transfer and SMARTAgriFor partnerships
NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000023
 Norte 2020
2014 - 2015 RECAPACITA - Capacitation to promote regional competitiveness in the health-food axis
NORTE-07-0162-FEDER-000100
 ON2 Novonorte
2003 - 2006 BAGAÇO - Valorização de sub-produtos de adegas, resultantes do processo de vinificação
AGRO 757
 Ministério da Agricultura, do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas
2002 - 2004 Fitoremediação e Reactores de Biofilme para a Remoção de Poluentes de Águas contaminadas: um Estudo Comparativo
POCTI/CTA/39111/2001
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2000 - 2003 PROBIO - 1,3-propanediol – a versatile bulk chemical from renewable resources by novel biocatalysts and process strategies
QLK5-1999-01364
 European Commission
1997 - 2000 Desenvolvimento de sistemas biológicos para descontaminação de efluentes líquidos/águas subterrâneas
PRAXIS/3/3.1/CEG/2575/95
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1997 - 2000 Controlo Integrado da Produção de Vinho
PRAXIS/2/TPAR/2039/95
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1996 - 2000 BIODEPOL - Biodegradable polyesters from 1,3-propanediol and succinate produced by fermentation of regrowing resources
ERBFAIRCT961912
 European Commission
1996 - 1999 Isolamento e caracterização de leveduras: aplicação em enologia
PAMAF-IED 2025
 INIA - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Barbosa, Catarina; Ramalhosa, Elsa; Vasconcelos, Isabel; Reis, Marco; Mendes-Ferreira, Ana. "Machine Learning Techniques Disclose the Combined Effect of Fermentation Conditions on Yeast Mixed-Culture Dynamics and Wine Quality". Microorganisms 10 1 (2022): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010107.
    10.3390/microorganisms10010107
  2. Esteves; Barbosa; Vasconcelos; Tavares; Mendes-Faia; Mira; Mendes-Ferreira. "Characterizing the Potential of the Non-Conventional Yeast Saccharomycodes ludwigii UTAD17 in Winemaking". Microorganisms 7 11 (2019): 478. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7110478.
    Published • 10.3390/microorganisms7110478
  3. Moreira, Nathalie; Araújo, Ana Margarida; Rogerson, Frank; Vasconcelos, Isabel; Freitas, Victor De; Pinho, Paula Guedes de. "Development and optimization of a HS-SPME-GC-MS methodology to quantify volatile carbonyl compounds in Port wines". Food Chemistry 270 (2019): 518-526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.093.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.093
  4. Lage, P.; Barbosa, C.; Mateus, B.; Vasconcelos, I.; Mendes-Faia, A.; Mendes-Ferreira, A.. "H. guilliermondii impacts growth kinetics and metabolic activity of S. cerevisiae: The role of initial nitrogen concentration". International Journal of Food Microbiology 172 (2014): 62-69. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890811194&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.11.031
  5. Mendes, F.S.; González-Pajuelo, M.; Cordier, H.; François, J.M.; Vasconcelos, I.. "1,3-Propanediol production in a two-step process fermentation from renewable feedstock". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 92 3 (2011): 519-527. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82355169934&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00253-011-3369-1
  6. Moreira, N.; De Pinho, P.G.; Santos, C.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Relationship between nitrogen content in grapes and volatiles, namely heavy sulphur compounds, in wines". Food Chemistry 126 4 (2011): 1599-1607. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79551531348&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.12.030
  7. Moreira, N.; Pina, C.; Mendes, F.; Couto, J.A.; Hogg, T.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Volatile compounds contribution of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii and Hanseniaspora uvarum during red wine vinifications". Food Control 22 5 (2011): 662-667. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650273325&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.07.025
  8. Moreira, N.; Guedes de Pinho, P.; Santos, C.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Volatile sulphur compounds composition of monovarietal white wines". Food Chemistry 123 4 (2010): 1198-1203. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954954990&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.05.086
  9. Domínguez, K.B.H.; Tóth, I.V.; Souto, M.R.S.; Mendes, F.; García De María, C.; Vasconcelos, I.; Rangel, A.O.S.S.. "Sequential injection kinetic flow assay for monitoring glycerol in a sugar fermentation process by Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 160 6 (2010): 1664-1673. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949311143&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12010-009-8675-z
  10. Moreira, N.; Mendes, F.; Guedes de Pinho, P.; Hogg, T.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Heavy sulphur compounds, higher alcohols and esters production profile of Hanseniaspora uvarum and Hanseniaspora guilliermondii grown as pure and mixed cultures in grape must". International Journal of Food Microbiology 124 3 (2008): 231-238. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43649083724&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.03.025
  11. Cordier, H.; Mendes, F.; Vasconcelos, I.; François, J.M.. "A metabolic and genomic study of engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for high glycerol production". Metabolic Engineering 9 4 (2007): 364-378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547121198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ymben.2007.03.002
  12. Vasconcelos, Maria. "1,3-Propanediol production from renewable resources in a two-step process". (2007):
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.07.362
  13. Vasconcelos, I.. "Bioconversion of glycerol to 1;3-propanediol". Industrial Bioprocessing 28 2 (2006): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644904302&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  14. González-Pajuelo, M.; Meynial-Salles, I.; Mendes, F.; Soucaille, P.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Microbial conversion of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol: Physiological comparison of a natural producer, Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266, and an engineered strain, Clostridium acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5)". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 1 (2006): 96-101. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644858397&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/AEM.72.1.96-101.2006
  15. Moreira, N.; Mendes, F.; Hogg, T.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Alcohols, esters and heavy sulphur compounds production by pure and mixed cultures of apiculate wine yeasts". International Journal of Food Microbiology 103 3 (2005): 285-294. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23744479437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.12.029
  16. González-Pajuelo, M.; Meynial-Salles, I.; Mendes, F.; Andrade, J.C.; Vasconcelos, I.; Soucaille, P.. "Metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for the industrial production of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol". Metabolic Engineering 7 5-6 (2005): 329-336. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-29044445995&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ymben.2005.06.001
  17. González-Pajuelo, M.; Andrade, J.C.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Production of 1,3-Propanediol by Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266 in continuous cultures with high yield and productivity". Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 32 9 (2005): 391-396. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28344446614&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10295-005-0012-0
  18. Moreira, N.; Guedes De Pinho, P.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Method for analysis of heavy sulphur compounds using gas chromatography with flame photometric detection". Analytica Chimica Acta 513 1 (2004): 183-189. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2442551715&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aca.2003.12.041
  19. González-Pajuelo, M.; Andrade, J.C.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Production of 1,3-propanediol by Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266 using a synthetic medium and raw glycerol". Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 31 9 (2004): 442-446. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-10944221988&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10295-004-0168-z
  20. Andrade, J.C.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Continuous cultures of Clostridium acetobutylicum: Culture stability and low-grade glycerol utilisation". Biotechnology Letters 25 2 (2003): 121-125. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037275491&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1021911217270
  21. Moreira, N.; Mendes, F.; Pereira, O.; Guedes De Pinho, P.; Hogg, T.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Volatile sulphur compounds in wines related to yeast metabolism and nitrogen composition of grape musts". Analytica Chimica Acta 458 1 (2002): 157-167. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037193086&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0003-2670(01)01618-X
  22. Carvalho, M.F.; Vasconcelos, I.; Bull, A.T.; Castro, P.M.L.. "A GAC biofilm reactor for the continuous degradation of 4-chlorophenol: Treatment efficiency and microbial analysis". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 57 3 (2001): 419-426. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034788519&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s002530100794
  23. Ho, P.; Rogerson, F.S.S.; Watkins, S.J.; Silva, M.D.C.M.; Hogg, T.A.; Vasconcelos, I.. "Effect of skin contact and oxygenation of musts on the composition of white port wines". Sciences des Aliments 19 6 (1999): 687-699. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0039132835&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  24. Caldeira, M.; Heald, S.C.; Carvalho, M.F.; Vasconcelos, I.; Bull, A.T.; Castro, P.M.L.. "4-Chlorophenol degradation by a bacterial consortium: Development of a granular activated carbon biofilm reactor". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 52 5 (1999): 722-729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032726013&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s002530051584
  25. Moreira, P., Martins de Carvalho, J. L., Hogg, T., Vasconcelos, I.. "Medição da densidade na fermentação de vinhos através da dinâmica térmica do processo". Engenharia Industrial 2 (1996): 18-21.
    Published
  26. Girbal, L.; Vasconcelos, I.; Saint-Amans, S.; Soucaille, P.. "How neutral red modified carbon and electron flow in Clostridium acetobutylicum grown in chemostat culture at neutral pH". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 16 2-3 (1995): 151-162. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028907367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/0168-6445(94)00056-5
  27. Girbal, L.; Croux, C.; Vasconcelos, I.; Soucaille, P.. "Regulation of metabolic shifts in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 17 3 (1995): 287-297. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028791403&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/0168-6445(95)00017-7
  28. Girbal, L.; Vasconcelos, I.; Saint-Amans, S.; Soucaille, P.. "How neutral red modified carbon and electron flow in Clostridium acetobutylicum grown in chemostat culture at neutral pH". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 16 2-3 (1995): 151-162. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982571746&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1574-6976.1995.tb00163.x
  29. Girbal, L.; Croux, C.; Vasconcelos, I.; Soucaille, P.. "Regulation of metabolic shifts in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 17 3 (1995): 287-297. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982518908&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1574-6976.1995.tb00212.x
  30. Girbal, L.; Vasconcelos, I.; Soucaille, P.. "Transmembrane pH of Clostridium acetobutylicum is inverted (more acidic inside) when the in vivo activity of hydrogenase is decreased". Journal of Bacteriology 176 19 (1994): 6146-6147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028095470&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  31. Vasconcelos, I.; Girbal, L.; Soucaille, P.. "Regulation of carbon and electron flow in Clostridium acetobutylicum grown in chemostat culture at neutral pH on mixtures of glucose and glycerol". Journal of Bacteriology 176 5 (1994): 1443-1450. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028201690&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  32. Guedes de Carvalho, J.R.F.; Rocha, F.A.N.; Vasconcelos, M.I.; Silva, M.C.M.; Oliveira, F.A.R.. "Mass transfer during bubbling in single and multi-orifice absorbers". Chemical Engineering Science 41 8 (1986): 1987-1994. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0022593401&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Magazine article
  1. Ferreira, D., Moreira, N., Vasconcelos, I., Ricardo-da-Silva, J. M., Guedes de Pinho, P.. "Pesquisa de compostos voláteis de enxofre varietais em vinhos brancos elementares de castas Portuguesas", ENOVITIS, 2011

Other

Other output
  1. Bioconversion of Biogenic and Abiogenic Volatile Fatty Acids Into the Corresponding Alcohols by Clostridium Acetobutylicum. Recent Advances in Biotechnology. 1992. Vasconcelos, I.; Soucaille, P.; Goma, G.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2468-3_52.
    10.1007/978-94-011-2468-3_52
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2007 - 2012/02 Production of glycerol and 1,3-propanediol from renewable resources: study of news biocatalysts and process strategies
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2004 - 2009/11 Heavy Sulphur Compounds and Other Volatiles in Wine: Influence of Grape Must Composition and Contribution of Apiculate Yeasts
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2002 - 2006/04 Production of 1,3 propanediol by natural and genetically engineered strains of Clostridium.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
1997 - 2003/07 Use of glycerol as a substrate for anaerobic fermentations
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal