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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Margarida Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Ana Margarida

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B710-5CED-82BF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0131-3354
Education
Degree Classification
2021/03/15
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Molecular Biotechnology
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Insights into the Mechanism of Antimicrobial Activity and its Exploitation for Developing New Therapies Against Clinically Relevant Bacteria" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2009/12/04
Concluded
 Química (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
"Biophysical Characterization of the KtrAB complex" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2006/09/27
Concluded
 Química (Licenciatura)
Major in Investigação
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/12/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Amyris Inc, United States
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2021/07/16 - 2021/11/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2020/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2012/07/16 - 2013/08/31 Researcher (Research) Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2010/01/04 - 2012/02/29 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Química, Portugal
2007/01/08 - 2009/12/04 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2007/09/01 - 2008/08/31 Structural studies on novel therapeutic targets of human pathogens
PTDC/SAU-MII/70634/2006
Research Fellow
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pereira, Ana. "Elastins-Based Antimicrobial Particles for Delivery of Bioactive. 2118:29-43 Compounds". 2020.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-0319-2_3
Journal article
  1. Margarida Faustino; Joana Durão; Carla F. Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Joana Odila Pereira; Ana M. Pereira; Carlos Ferreira; Manuela E. Pintado; Ana P. Carvalho. "Comparative Analysis of Mannans Extraction Processes from Spent Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Foods (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11233753.
    10.3390/foods11233753
  2. Ana Margarida Pereira; CMH Ferreira; Carla F. Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Margarida Faustino; Ana M. Pereira; Joana Durão; et al. "A Step for the Valorization of Spent Yeast through Production of Iron–Peptide Complexes—A Process Optimization Study". Processes 10 8 (2022): 1464-1464. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr10081464.
    10.3390/pr10081464
  3. "Elastin-like Polypeptides in Development of Nanomaterials for Application in the Medical Field". Frontiers in Nanotechnology 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2022.874790.
    10.3389/fnano.2022.874790
  4. "Biocomposites of Silk-Elastin and Essential Oil from Mentha piperita Display Antibacterial Activity". ACS Omega 7 8 (2022): 6568-6578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05704.
    10.1021/acsomega.1c05704
  5. Ana Margarida Pereira; André da Costa; Simoni Campos Dias; Margarida Casal; Raul Machado. "Production and Purification of Two Bioactive Antimicrobial Peptides Using a Two-Step Approach Involving an Elastin-Like Fusion Tag". Pharmaceuticals 14 10 (2021): 956-956. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph14100956.
    10.3390/ph14100956
  6. Pereira, Ana. "Protein-Engineered Polymers Functionalized with Antimicrobial Peptides for the Development of Active Surfaces". Applied Sciences (2021):
    10.3390/app11125352
  7. Pereira, Ana. "Protein-Based Films Functionalized with a Truncated Antimicrobial Peptide Sequence Display Broad Antimicrobial Activity". ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7, 451-461 (2021):
    10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01262
  8. A. da Costa; A.M. Pereira; A.C. Gomes; J C Rodriguez-Cabello; M. Casal; R. Machado. "Production of bioactive hepcidin by recombinant DNA tagging with an elastin-like recombinamer". New Biotechnology 46 (2018): 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2018.07.001.
    10.1016/j.nbt.2018.07.001
  9. Pereira, Ana. "Silk-based biomaterials functionalized with fibronectin type II promotes cell adhesion". Acta Biomaterialia, 47, 50-59 (2017):
    10.1016/j.actbio.2016.10.002
  10. Pereira, Ana. "Single step fabrication of antimicrobial fibre mats from a bioengineered protein-based polymer". Biomedical Materials,12, 045011 (2017):
    10.1088/1748-605X/aa7104
  11. Pereira, Ana. "Exploring the Properties of Genetically Engineered Silk-Elastin-Like Protein Films". Macromolecular Bioscience, 15(12), 1698-1709 (2015):
    10.1002/mabi.201500132
  12. Ferreira, C.; Pereira, A.M.; Pereira, M.C.; Simões, M.; Melo, L.F.. "Biofilm control with new microparticles with immobilized biocide". Heat Transfer Engineering 34 8-9 (2013): 712-718. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875203314&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/01457632.2012.739040
  13. Pereira, Ana. "Action of kanamycin against single and dual Species biofilms of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus". Journal of Microbiology Research (2012): http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.microbiology.20120204.04.html.
    10.5923/j.microbiology.20120204.04
  14. Simões, L.C.; Lemos, M.; Pereira, A.M.; Abreu, A.C.; Saavedra, M.J.; Simões, M.. "Persister cells in a biofilm treated with a biocide". Biofouling 27 4 (2011): 403-411. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79956065651&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/08927014.2011.579599
  15. Ferreira, C.; Pereira, A.M.; Pereira, M.C.; Melo, L.F.; Simões, M.. "Physiological changes induced by the quaternary ammonium compound benzyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride on Pseudomonas fluorescens". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 66 5 (2011): 1036-1043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79954622205&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dkr028
  16. Simões, L.C.; Lemos, M.; Araújo, P.; Pereira, A.M.; Simões, M.. "The effects of glutaraldehyde on the control of single and dual biofilms of Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas fluorescens.". Biofouling 27 3 (2011): 337-346. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79956096175&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/08927014.2011.575935