Adriana Pereira Januário (241B-FEA3-3BED)

Curriculum Vitae

Adriana Pereira Januário

Adriana Pereira Januário is a PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences (specialisation in Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, in collaboration with MARE, Polytechnic of Leiria. Her research focuses on marine biotechnology, particularly on the valorisation of seaweed extracts for biomedical, cosmetic, and skincare applications. She works on sustainable extraction, bioactive compound profiling, and exploring their mechanisms of action. She has participated in several R&D projects, including ALGAValue, VALORMAR, AMALIA, and COSMOS, and collaborated in the COVID-19 diagnostic centre at the Polytechnic of Leiria. Adriana has co-supervised undergraduate research, presented at national and international conferences, and published in peer-reviewed journals. Her technical expertise includes cell culture, microbiology, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory assays, and green extraction methods.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Adriana Pereira Januário

Citation names

Januário, A.
Januário, A. P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 241B-FEA3-3BED
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3228-922X

Email addresses

adriana.p.januario@ipleiria.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Edifício CETEMARES. Avenida do Porto de Pesca., 2520-630, Peniche, Leiria, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/user/8834 (Professional)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adriana_Januario2 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/01/01 - 2025/01/01 Ongoing	PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade de Fitoquímica e Farmacognosia Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2023/11/30 - 2023/11/30 Concluded	Unlocking the Transcriptome: A Journey into RNA sequencing (Outros) Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/04/05 - 2022/04/20 Concluded	Estatística e Análise de Dados com R (Outros) Gades Training Lda, Portugal
2020/06/16 Concluded	Blue Biotechnology Advanced Tools (Outros) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/06/19 - 2018/07/26 Concluded	Advanced course in "Statistical Analysis of Methods and Concepts" (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2018/06/29 Concluded	Professional Training Course in Biosafety (Outros) Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Concluded	Marine Resources Biotechnology (Mestrado) Major in Biotecnologia Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal ""Detection and Enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in coastal waters (Peniche, Portugal)"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2016/06/28 - 2016/07/12 Concluded	Higiene e Segurança Alimentar e Sistema HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) (Outros) CENFIM - Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria Metalúrgica e Metalomecânica - Núcleo Torres Vedras, Portugal
2016/05/30 - 2016/06/03 Concluded	Advanced Course on Biomarkers (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Concluded	Marine Biology and Biotechnology (Licenciatura) Major in Biotecnologia Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal	15

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/11/01 - 2021/12/31	Technician at Covid-19 Diagnostic Centre	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

2020/01/15 - 2021/10/30	Bolseiro de Investigação - Projeto "AlgaValue - Valorização dos subprodutos do processo biotecnológico de produção de esqualeno e DHA pela microalga Aurantiochytrium sp (copromoção n.º 17680)"	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2019/11/30	Bolseiro de Investigação - Projeto "VALORMAR – Valorização integral dos recursos marinhos: potencial, inovação tecnológica e novas aplicações (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024517)"	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2018/05/02 - 2018/10/31	Bolseiro de Investigação - Projeto "AMALIA - Algae-to-MArket Lab Ideas - adding value to marine invasive seaweeds of the iberian northwest (easme/emff/2016/1.2.1.4/03/si2.750419)"	Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01/15 - 2021/10/31	AlgaValue - Valorização dos subprodutos do processo biotecnológico de produção de esqualeno e DHA pela microalga Aurantiochytrium sp (copromoção n.º 17680) copromoção n.º 17680 Research Fellow

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019 - Current	MARINE INVADERS – The impact and mechanisms of success of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on coastal environments (POCI01-0145-FEDER-031144) POCI01-0145-FEDER-031144 Other Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2022/08/03	COSMOS: Adding value to the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata through biotechnology MAR2020-P04M03-1445P Research Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/11/01 - 2019/11/30	VALORMAR – Valorização integral dos recursos marinhos: potencial, inovação tecnológica e novas aplicações POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024517 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/05/02 - 2018/10/31	AMALIA - Algae-to-MArket Lab Ideas - adding value to marine invasive seaweeds of the iberian northwest easme/emff/2016/1.2.1.4/03/si2.750419 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - Current	Biotechnological valorization of Azorean macroalgae with commercial interest M3.1.a/F/024/2018 Other	Concluded
2019 - Current	MACAU - Diversidade macroalgal da reserva natural das berlengas e costa adjacente, do conhecimento à utilização (MAR-04.03.01-FEAMP-0128) MAR-04.03.01-FEAMP-0128 Other Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Ministério do Mar Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Dias, Pedro D. M.; Félix, Rafael; Novais, Sara; Januário, Adriana; Lemos, Marco F. L.; Félix, Carina. "From marine invader to shrimp aquaculture life saver: Asparagopsis armata extract against Vibrio parahaemolyticus". Paper presented in 24th International Seaweed Symposium, 2023. Félix, Rafael; Dias, Pedro D. M.; Félix, Carina; Januário, Adriana; Valentão, Patrícia; Lemos, Marco F. L.. "Asparagopsis armata: an invasive seaweed with a chemical arsenal useful in a plethora of industries". Paper presented in 24th International Seaweed Symposium, 2023. Januário, AP. "Grateloupia turuturu extracts as an alternative resource in the treatment of acne vulgaris". Paper presented in BIOPROSP_21. The 10th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology, 2021. Félix, Rafael; Ferreira, Carolina; Januário, Adriana; Dias, Juliana; Alves, Nuno; Lemos, Marco. "Obtaining phlorotannin-enriched extracts from Undaria pinnatifida using green, low cost extraction and fractionation technologies". Paper presented in Bioprosp 19 - 9th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology, 2019. Alves, Joana; Guedes, M; Januário, Adriana; Batista, Teresa; Afonso, Clélia. "Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of the intestinal microbiota of Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)". Paper presented in IMMR'18 \| International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, 2018.
Journal article	Carolina A. M. Ferreira; Adriana P. Januário; Rafael Félix; Nuno Alves; Marco F. L. Lemos; Juliana R. Dias. "Multifunctional Gelatin/Chitosan Electrospun Wound Dressing Dopped with Undaria pinnatifida Phlorotannin-Enriched Extract for Skin Regeneration". Pharmaceutics (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13122152. 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122152 Reboleira, João; Félix, Rafael; Vicente, Tânia F. L.; Januário, Adriana P.; Félix, Carina; de Melo, Marcelo M. R.; Silva, Carlos M.; et al. "Uncovering the Bioactivity of Aurantiochytrium sp.: a Comparison of Extraction Methodologies". Marine Biotechnology 24 1 (2021): 40-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-021-10085-w. Published • 10.1007/s10126-021-10085-w Adriana P. Januário; Rafael Félix; Carina Félix; João Reboleira; Patrícia Valentão; Marco F. L. Lemos. "Red Seaweed-Derived Compounds as a Potential New Approach for Acne Vulgaris Care". Pharmaceutics (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13111930. 10.3390/pharmaceutics13111930 Carolina A. M. Ferreira; Félix, Rafael; Carina Félix; Adriana P. Januário; Nuno Alves; Sara C Novais; JR Dias; Lemos M.F.L.. "A Biorefinery Approach to the Biomass of the Seaweed Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey Suringar, 1873): Obtaining Phlorotannins-Enriched Extracts for Wound Healing". Biomolecules (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/11/3/461. 10.3390/biom11030461 Januário, AP. "Cosmeceutical Potential of Grateloupia turuturu: Using Low-Cost Extraction Methodologies to Obtain Added-Value Extracts". Applied Sciences (MDPI) 11 (4) 1650 (2021): 1-16. Published Carina Félix; Félix, Rafael; Ana M. Carmona; Adriana P. Januário; Pedro D.M. Dias; Tânia F. L. Vicente; Joana Silva; et al. "Cosmeceutical Potential of Grateloupia turuturu: Using Low-Cost Extraction Methodologies to Obtain Added-Value Extracts". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1650. 10.3390/app11041650 Januário, AP. "Tailoring shrimp aquafeed to tackle Early Mortality Syndrome by inclusion of industry-friendly seaweed extracts". Aquaculture (2020): Under revision Félix, R.; Félix, C.; Januário, A.P.; Carmona, A.M.; Baptista, T.; Gonçalves, R.A.; Sendão, J.; Novais, S.C.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Tailoring shrimp aquafeed to tackle Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease by inclusion of industry-friendly seaweed extracts". Aquaculture 529 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85087525827&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735661 Januário, Adriana P.; Afonso, Clélia N.; Mendes, Susana; Rodrigues, Maria J.. "Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Marine Coastal Waters: Is there a Relationship?". Pathogens 9 1 (2019): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010013. Open access • Published • 10.3390/pathogens9010013
Thesis / Dissertation	Januário, Adriana. "Detection and Enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Coastal Waters (Peniche, Portugal)". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, 2018.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/02/26	Microbiology meets Blue Biotechnology: an essential tool for innovative applications	XIV Dia de Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Portugal)
2019/02/25	Algae-to-Market Lab Ideas: A Blue Lab for fast bioproduct development from invasive seaweeds	Bioprosp 19 - 9th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology (Tromso, Norway)
2018/07/06	Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Peniche coastal waters	IMMR'18 \| International Meeting on Marine Research Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/04 - 2019/07	Atividade Antibacteriana de Extratos de Grateloupia turuturu em Bactérias Envolvidas no Acne Co-supervisor	Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/09/23 - 2021/09/24	Blue Think Conference - Share Science, Spread Knowledge Conference	Blue Think Conference - Share Science, Spread Knowledge Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2016/09 - 2017/02	Laboratórios de Biotecnologia - Módulo Microbiologia	Biotecnologia dos Recursos Marinhos (Mestrado)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal