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Rita Vedor completed her BSc degree in Microbiology in 2020 by Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (ESB) - Universidade Católica Portuguesa. In September 2020, she enrolled in the master's in science in Applied Microbiology, in which she developed her master thesis entitled 'Incorporation of Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis BB-12® and Akkermansia muciniphila in chocolates'. The work developed in the scope of the thesis allowed the participation in three conferences, both national and international, having contributed with two posters and two oral presentations. During her master's degree, in the academic year 2020-2021, she participated in the project ApS - Service Learning: Learning about the Sustainable Development Goals of the Portuguese Catholic University, which aimed at learning and further dissemination of the topic. From April 2022 until November 2023 she was a researcher fellow at Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Universidade Católica Portuguesa, being hired by PROBIOCARE - Next generation probiotics as live biotherapeutics for oro-gastrointestinal infections (EXPL/BIA-MIC/0258/2021). As a research fellow, she participated in outreach activities of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, including ESB Open Week and International Microorganism Day. For two years (2020-2022), she participated in the organization of 'Jornadas de Biotecnologia' of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, serving in the pedagogical department both as an integral member (2020-2021) and coordinator (2021-2022). Additionally, the research work developed during her academic career gave rise to two invitations (2017-2018 and 2022-2023) by the organization of 'Jornadas de Biotecnologia' to participate as a speaker. In 2020, she started her path in the ESB Students' Association, having been invited to join the team as Coordinator of the Logistics Department. Later, she became President of the Student Association, having participated in several academic activities related to the position. Nowdays, Rita is a doctoral student at the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, enrolled in the PhD programme in Biotechnology, with a specialisation in Food Science and Engineering. In 2023, she was awarded a PhD scholarship by the FCT (2023.00447.BD). During the first year of her PhD, Rita participated in two conferences (national and international) and presented two posters and an oral communication. Throughout her PhD, Rita has participated in several science communication activities, such as 'Noite Europeia dos Investigadores', 'Semana Aberta' and 'Dia do Microrganismo'. In 2024, Rita enrolled in the Postgraduate Course in Nutrition, Psychology and Health at the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (UCP). Furthermore, in 2023 she joined the volunteer program 'A'Corda', working as a volunteer with institutionalized children.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita da Costa Vedor

Citation names

  • Vedor, R.
  • Vedor, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3E11-B6A5-FB71
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3364-932X

Email addresses

  • s-rcvedor@ucp.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/01 - 2027/12
Ongoing
 PhD in Biotechnology (Doutoramento)
Major in Food Science and Engineering
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Gamma-aminobutyric acid enriched probiotic food carrier as a non-drug alternative to anxiety modulation in childhood and adolescence " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2024/10 - 2025/05
Ongoing
 Pós-Graduação em Nutrição, Psicologia e Saúde (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2020/09/07 - 2023/01/12
Concluded
 Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Incorporation of Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis BB-12® and Akkermansia muciniphila in chocolate matrices" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2017/09/07 - 2020/07/24
Concluded
 Microbiologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Microencapsulation of Akkermansia muciniphila by Emulsification/ Internal Gelation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/01 - Current PhD Fellowship (2023.00447.BD) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/04/07 - 2023/11/30 Research fellow - PROBIOCARE EXPL/BIA-MIC/0258/2021 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/07 - 2023/11/30 PROBIOCARE - Next generation probiotics as live biotherapeutics for oro-gastrointestinal infections
EXPL/BIA-MIC/0258/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Mariana Fonseca; Vedor, R.; Daniela Machado; Joana C. Barbosa; Ana Maria Gomes. "Development and characterization of a cheese spread incorporating the next generation probiotic akkermansia muciniphila". 2023.
  2. Daniela Machado; Mariana Fonseca; Rita da Costa Vedor; Joana Cristina Pacheco Barbosa; Ana Maria Pereira Gomes. "Achieving efficient viability of akkermansia muciniphila during aerobic storage and gastrointestinal passage through calcium-alginate encapsulation". Paper presented in 12TH PROBIOTICS, PREBIOTICS & NEW FOODS NUTRACEUTICALS, BOTANICALS & PHYTOCHEMICALS FOR NUTRITION & HUMAN, ANIMAL AND MICROBIOTA HEALTH, Rome, 2023.
    Published
  3. Machado, D.; Vedor, Rita; Barbosa, Joana C.; Gomes, Ana. "Propriedades de agregação e de biofilme de uma nova estirpe candidata a probiótico Faecalibacterium duncaniae DSM 17677". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Microbiologia em Língua Portugues, 2022.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Soares, Inês; Rita da Costa Vedor; Fonseca, Mariana; Pinto, Jorge; Machado, Daniela; Gomes, Ana Maria. "Avaliação do potencial prebiótico das “farinhas” de batata-doce e bagaço de pêra". 2024.
  2. Vedor, Rita; Machado, Daniela; Barbosa, Joana C.; Gomes, Ana Maria. "Chocolate funcional contendo o probiótico Bifidobacterium animalis subespécie lactis BB-12". 2022.
Conference poster
  1. Rita da Costa Vedor; Barbosa, Joana Cristina; Machado, Daniela; Andrade, José Carlos; Ana Maria Pereira Gomes. "In silico analysis of gad gene presence in classic and next-generation probiotics". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
  2. Fonseca, Mariana; Machado, Daniela; Rita da Costa Vedor; Andrade, José Carlos; Ana Maria Pereira Gomes; Barbosa, Joana Cristina. "Analyzing the potential of selected gut commensal strains to produce antimicrobial peptides: phenotypic and in silico approaches". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
  3. Rita da Costa Vedor; Barbosa, Joana Cristina; Machado, Daniela; Andrade, José Carlos; Ana Maria Pereira Gomes. "In silica analysis of gad gene presence in classic and next-generation probiotics". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
  4. Inês Soares; Rita da Costa Vedor; Muñoz-Bas, Clara; Pérez-Álvarez, José Ángel; Fernández-López, Juana ; Brandão, Teresa; Miller, Fátima A.; et al. "What is the most effective method for reducing the microbial load in date paste?". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
  5. Machado, Daniela; Rita da Costa Vedor; Barbosa, Joana Cristina; Mota de Carvalho, Nelson; Costa, Célia Maria; Madureira, Ana Raquel ; Ana Maria Pereira Gomes. "Modulatory effects in microbiota metabolic function triggered by calcium-alginate capsules containing Akkermansia muciniphila". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
  6. Vedor, Rita; Barbosa, Joana C.; Machado, Daniela; Mota de Carvalho, Nelson; Costa, Célia Maria; Madureira, Ana Raquel ; Gomes, Ana Maria. "Indirect Evidence of Microbial Modulation Induced by Encapsulated A. muciniphila". Paper presented in Analitica 2024, 2024.
  7. Muñoz-Bas, Clara; Vedor, Rita; Machado, Daniela; Barbosa, Joana C.; Fernández-López, Juana ; Pérez-Álvarez, José Ángel; Gomes, Ana Maria. "Reformulación de Galletas utilizando "Harina de Dátil" procedente de la valorización de coproductos del Palmeral Ilicitano". Paper presented in 4th Annual International Congress of Doctoral Students of the University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 2024.
  8. Fonseca, Mariana; Machado, Daniela; Vedor, R.; Barbosa, Joana C.; Andrade, José Carlos; Gomes, Ana. "Hydrophobicity and aggregation properties of gut commensals Faecalibacterium duncaniae DSM 17677 and Akkermansia muciniphila DSM 22959". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 - Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal, 2023.
  9. Vedor, R.; Machado, Daniela; Barbosa, Joana C.; Gomes, Ana. "Characterization of 70.5% cocoa content dark chocolate incorporated with Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis BB-12®". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 - Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal, 2023.
  10. Vedor, Rita. "Incorporation of Akkermansia muciniphila DSM 22959 in chocolate matrices". Paper presented in 5th ISEKI Food e-conference, 2022.
  11. Rita da Costa Vedor; Daniela Machado; Joana Cristina Pacheco Barbosa; Ana Maria Pereira Gomes; José Carlos Márcia Andrade. "Incorporation of the next generation probiotic Akkermansia muciniphila in a chocolate matrix". Paper presented in 5th ISEKI-Food E-conference, 2022.
  12. Vedor, Rita; Machado, Daniela; Barbosa, Joana; Gomes, Ana Maria; Andrade, José Carlos. "Incorporation of Akkermansia muciniphila in chocolate matrices". Paper presented in 5th ISEKI- Food e-Conference 2022, 2022.
  13. Machado, D.; Vedor, Rita; Barbosa, Joana C.; Gomes, Ana. "Potential of Akkermansia muciniphila DSM 22959 and Faecalibacterium duncaniae DSM 17677 as live biotherapeutics for intestinal infections". Paper presented in 1st International Congress on Food, Nutrition & Public Health: Towards a sustainable future, 2022.
  14. Vedor, Rita; Barbosa, Joana C.; Almeida, Diana; Gomes, Ana; Machado, D.. "Viability of bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12® in chocolate matrices with different cocoa content". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência '22, 2022.
  15. Almeida, Diana; Vedor, Rita; Barbosa, Joana C.; Machado, D.; Gomes, Ana. "Evaluation of microencapsulation impact on akkermansia muciniphila’ culturability during freeze-drying, storage under different temperatures and atmospheric conditions, and in vitro gastrointestinal passage". Paper presented in 3.º BioIberoAmerica 2022, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Muñoz-Bas, Clara; Vedor, R.; Machado, Daniela; Barbosa, Joana Cristina; Gomes, Ana Maria; Pérez-Alvarez, José Angel; Fernández-Lopez, Juana. "In vitro evaluation of biological properties of high-added value ingredients (date juice and date powder) obtained from date co-products". Applied Food Research 5 1 (2025): 100685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afres.2024.100685.
    Published • 10.1016/j.afres.2024.100685
  2. Viktorija Januskevice; Ana Maria Gomes; Sérgio Sousa; Joana C. Barbosa; Vedor, R.; Paulina Martusevice; Mindaugas Liaudanskas; et al. "Phytochemical and Functional Diversity of Enzyme-Assisted Extracts from Hippophae rhamnoides L., Aralia cordata Thunb., and Cannabis sativa L.". Antioxidants (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/13/8/950.
    10.3390/antiox13080950
  3. Mariana Fonseca; Rita Vedor; Joana C. Barbosa; Ana Maria Gomes; Daniela Machado. "Can a functional cheese spread incorporating Akkermansia muciniphila deliver beneficial physicochemical and biological properties while enhancing probiotic stability and viability during aerobic storage and in vitro digestion?". LWT 200 (2024): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/45081.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lwt.2024.116187
  4. Machado, Daniela; Fonseca, Mariana; Vedor, Rita; Sousa, Sérgio; Barbosa, Joana Cristina; Gomes, Ana Maria. "Akkermansia muciniphila Encapsulated in Calcium-Alginate Hydrogelated Matrix: Viability and Stability over Aerobic Storage and Simulated Gastrointestinal Conditions". Gels 9 11 (2023): 869. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/gels9110869.
    10.3390/gels9110869
  5. Vedor, R.; Machado, D.; Barbosa, Joana C.; Almeida, Diana; Gomes, Ana. Corresponding author: Machado, D.. "Incorporation of Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis BB-12® and Akkermansia muciniphila in chocolate matrices". LWT 187 (2023): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023643823009404?via%3Dihub.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lwt.2023.115361
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/03/29 Incorporation of Probiotics in Chocolate Matrices Jornadas de Biotecnologia
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Porto, Portugal)
2022/11/25 Incorporation of the next generation probiotic Akkermansia muciniphila in a chocolate matrix 5th ISEKI-Food E-conference
ISEKI - Food Association
2022/10/19 Chocolate funcional contendo o probiótico Bifidobacterium animalis subespécie lactis BB-12 Congresso Internacional de Microbiologia em Língua Portuguesa
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (Portugal)
2018/03/07 The impact of egg pasteurization on confectionary making Jornadas de Biotecnologia
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/07/01 - Current Organization of "International Microorganism Day" Science Fair, with responsibilities in the dynamization of outreaching activities for approximately 500 students from several Portuguese Elementary and High Schools, with the support of FEMS and SPM. (2022/09/23 - 2022/09/23) (2022/09/23 - 2023/09/23)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/04/20 - Current XXX Open Week of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia ( XXX Semana Aberta da Escola Superior de Biotecnologia) (2022/04 - 2022/04) (2022/04/20 - 2022/04/22)
Other (Other)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022/09 Organization of the the student and alumni organized event 'Jornadas de Biotecnologia 2022', with responsibilities in the Pedagogic Department. (2022/03/30 - 2022/03/31)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/10 Organization of the the student and alumni organized event 'Jornadas de Biotecnologia 2021'. (2021/03/24 - 2021/03/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Online Course: Writing in the Sciences
Other
Stanford University, United States
2021/05 - 2021/09 Participation in the BIO-BASED INNovation Student Challenge Europe at national level, in Portugal, having earned the second place with the projecto entitled 'Chocobiotic'
Congress
2020 - 2021 Projecto ApS - Aprendizagem-Serviço: Learning for the Sustainable Development Goals
Other
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/03/18 - Current A'CORDA Volunteer
2021/11/12 - 2022/10/29 Associação de Estudantes (Students' Association) da Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto (AEESBUCP) Vogal do Departamento Logístico
2021/10/29 - 2022/10/21 Associação de Estudantes (Students' Association) da Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto (AEESB-UCP) President

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/10/29 - 2022/10/22 Member of the Pedagogical Council of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The year 2021/2022. Representative student of the Students Council.
Member
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2019/11/27 - 2020/11/12 Member of the Pedagogical Council of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) in the year 2019/2020. Representative student of the Bachelor degree in Microbiology.
Member
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal