???global.info.a_carregar???
Isabel Belo é Professora Auxiliar no Departamento de Engenharia Biológica da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho e Investigadora Principal no Centro de Engenharia Biológica (CEB) da mesma Universidade. É líder do subgrupo "Desenvolvimento e otimização de bioprocessos" do grupo Biosystems e é Diretora do Laboratório Temático de Biossistemas e Bioprocessos do CEB. É atualmente diretora da Licenciatura em Engenharia Química e Biológica, diretora-adjunta do Departamento de Engenharia Biológica e foi Diretora do Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (2015-2020). Isabel Belo publicou 135 artigos em revistas científicas com revisão por pares e 7 capítulos de livros (Scopus h-index 38), é co-autora de 2 patentes e apresentou cerca de 45 comunicações orais, incluindo sessões plenárias e keynotes. Participou na organização e comissões científicas de conferências internacionais. Isabel Belo orientou 15 teses de doutoramento concluídas e orienta 4 em curso. Orientou mais de 50 dissertações de mestrado. Participa e/ou participou como Investigador Principal em 12 projetos e como membro de equipa em 25 projetos. Isabel Belo lidera uma equipa que desenvolve investigação em Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Tecnologia de Fermentações, com o objetivo principal de desenvolver e otimizar aplicações biotecnológicas de microrganismos (particularmente leveduras e fungos filamentosos), para a produção de compostos de interesse industrial a partir de matérias-primas de baixo custo e renováveis. A investigação recente tem-se centrado na dinamização da economia circular e contribuição para a sustentabilidade de processos de base biotecnológica com impacto em diversos setores, como agroalimentar, bioenergias, e as indúsrias química e têxtil.
Read full resume ↓
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Isabel Maria Pires Belo

Citation names

  • Belo, Isabel
  • Belo, I

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
401C-0F5B-6910
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6747-8389
Scopus Author Id
6603451342

Telephones

Telephone
  • 253604413 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2000/05/17
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Study of pressure effect on microorganisms physiology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovação por Unanimidade
1994
Concluded
 Provas de Aptidão Pedagógica e Capacidade Científica (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
1988
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1988/09/01 - 1990/07/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2000/05/17 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
1994/01/01 - 2000/05/17 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
1990 - 1994 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/04/01 - 2028/03/31 FruTotal- Preparados de Maçã de Alcobaça IGP e Pêra Rocha do Oeste DOP enriquecidos com proteína e fibra obtidas a partir da biomassa de fruta rejeitada
refª 18346
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2023/03/12 - 2026/03/11 MB4Aqua- Macroalgae biorefinery: a novel approach to produce sustainable feedstuffs and functional additives towards low carbon footprint aquafeeds
2022.06587.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Unveiling the potential of yeast biomass as a bio-based binder for acoustic panels
LABBELS_IMF.2025B
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Universidade do Minho Labbels
2022/10/01 - 2025/12/31 Blue Bioeconomy Hub Platform
PRR/BioEconomiaAzul/WP3/CEB
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0029/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/07/01 - 2025/12/30 Be@T - Biotechnological processes for obtaining materials/ingredients with potential value in the textile and clothing industry
BE@T
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/01/01 - 2025/05/31 Preparation of traditional sweets from Galicia and Northern Portugal enriched with insect protein (PRODOCE)
Prodoce
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Establishing sustainable lactone bioproduction from a systems metabolic engineered industrial cell factory: Ashbya gossypii
PTDC/BII-BTI/1858/2021
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/26 - 2022/07/25 Desenvolvimento de inovadoras fontes de proteína e de ómega-3 para alimentação de peixe, valorizando subprodutos locais
PTDC/BAA-AGR/30377/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2022 BetterFat4Meat- Development of structured fat for use in meat products by replacement of animal fat
BetterFat4Meat - 39718
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 SPO3 - Development of inovative sustainable protein and omega-3 rich feedstuffs for aquafeeds
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030377
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/15 - 2021/07/14 INNOVsyn- Innovative strategies for syngas fermentation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031377
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/15 - 2021/07/14 Novas estratégias operacionais para fermentação de gás de síntese
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31377/2017
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorisation: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery
SAICTPAC/0040/2015
SAICTPAC/0040/2015
SAICTPAC/0040/2015 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Waste4Lip- Lipid Production by Yarrowia lipolytica growing on waste/wastewater streams
TUBITAK/0009/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31 BBRI- Biomass and Bioenergy Research Infrastructure
PINFRA/22059/2016
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2007/11/01 - 2010/10/31 Biotechnological Valorization of Olive Mill WasteWaters
PTDC/AMB/69379/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/10/28 - 2023/10/28 Move2LowC - Bio-Based Fuels
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046117
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Water and nutrients management based on BIOrefinery and circular ECOnomy towards a sustainable agri-food system of the NORTE of Portugal
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000070
Researcher
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2018/10/16 - 2020/09/30 VALORMAR- Full valorization of marine resources: potential, technological innovation and new applications
24517
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2020/06/30 BioTecNorte-Underpinning Biotechnology to foster the north of Portugal bioeconomy
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31 MultiBiorefinery- Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorisation: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery
SAICTPAC/0040/2015 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403)
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2018/12/31 FCT/NKFIH- Characterization and exploitation of Yarrowia strains as potential producers of natural compounds on low-cost substrates
FCT/NKFIH portugal- Hungary
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2013 - 2018 iWATERMAP-Water Technology Innovation Roadmaps.
PGI05062
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2017/12/31 RENNES- Waste recovery: production of enzymes for use in the elimination of hydrophobic VOCs
Portugal-France
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2015/09/30 SYNGAS- Syngas bio-upgrading to fuels and chemicals
PTDC/AAG-TEC/4276/2012
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/07/01 - 2015/07/31 MYCOTOXINS- New bio-strategies for the detoxification of mycotoxins using lactic acid bacteria
PTDC/AGR-TEC/3900/2012
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2015/06/30 BIOCLEAN- Development of products containing microbial surfactants for surface cleaning and disinfection in the food industry
30215
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2014/04 - 2015/06 VALORINTEGRADOR- Integrated valorization of sub-products from agro-food industry for animal and human feed.
SSS
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2011 - 2014 Noveltec- Desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias de suporte à criação de produtos inovadores.
ADi-
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2009/06/01 - 2011/12/31 REAL- Agro-Food innovation and technological development network for the North of Portugal/Galicia
0149_REAL_1_P
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2009 - 2011 ALGANOL- Production of biofuels from micro-algae with a high content of starch and lipids using flue gas CO2 as a carbon source.
ADi
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Oxygen transfer in biphasic-media: impact and optimisation of processes involving yeasts.
E-101/08
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2007 - 2008 High-value compounds production by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.
F-41/06, 82007-2008
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2006 - 2006 Recuperacíon de antioxidantes a partir de efluentes de alcoholera de uva.
VINALOX
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2004 - 2006 New materials based on natural resources from euro-region: aplications in motor industry.
NATURPLAS - Interreg III A
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
1993/01/01 - 1994/12/31 AltasPressoes- Efeito de Altas Pressões sobre o Comportamento Fisiológico e a Produtividade de Estirpes de Interesse Industrial
STRDA/C/BIO/379/92
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Braga, A.; Belo, I.. CHAPTER 7: Biocatalysis in Micellar Systems. 2016.
    10.1039/9781782624080-00178
Book chapter
  1. Braga, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Microbial Production of Lactones (Peach and Fruity Flavors)". In Microbial Production of Food Bioactive Compounds, 1-26. Springer International Publishing, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-81403-8_55-1
  2. Leite, Paulina; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Improvement of antioxidant compounds extraction by SSF from agro-food wastes.". 187-192. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
  3. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Waste cooking oils: Low-cost substrate for co-production of lipase and microbial lipids.". 99-104. London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2018.
  4. Braga, Adelaide; Belo, Isabel. "Biocatalysis in micellar systems.". In White Biotechnology for Sustainable Chemistry, 178-196. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
  5. Leite, Paulina; Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Sonication of olive pomace to improve xylanases production by SSF". In WASTES 2015 – Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 127-132. CRC Press, 2015.
    10.1201/b18853-23
  6. Coelho, M.A.Z.; Amaral, P.F.F.; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica: an industrial workhorse.". In Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, 930-940. Badajoz: Formatex, 2010.
  7. Teixeira, José A.; Vicente, António A.; Belo, Isabel. "Transferência de Massa.". In Reactores Biológicos - Fundamentos e Aplicações, 103-124. Lisboa, Portugal: Lidel, 2007.
Conference abstract
  1. Dias, Bruna; Araújo, Liliana P.; Joana Araujo; José M. Salgado; Armando Venâncio; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Bioprocessamento de produtos derivados de insetos pela levedura Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in Microbiologia 2024 - Congresso internacional de microbiologia em língua Portuguesa, 2024.
    Published
  2. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Assimilation of hexadecane by Yarrowia lipolytica for co production of microbial lipids and enzymes". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB EFB 2023) Virtual Conference, 2023.
    Published
  3. Pereira, Ana S.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "High quality biodiesel production from Yarrowia lipolytica NCYC 2904 bio oil". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB EFB 2023) Virtual Conference, 2023.
    Published
  4. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Bioprocessing of sugarcane molasses into gluconic acid by Aureobasidium pullulans : effect of oxygen transfer rate in stirred and airlift bioreactors". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB EFB 2023) Virtual Conference, 2023.
  5. Dias, Bruna; Fernandes, Helena; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica from glucose and compounds found in lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB EFB 2023) Virtual Conference, 2023.
  6. Pereira, Ana Sofia; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Yarrowia lipolytica is a promising oleaginous yeast for bio oils production from volatile fatty acids". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress, Prague, 2022.
    Published
  7. Vieira, Lúcia; Filipe, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. Corresponding author: Vieira, Lúcia. "Bio-enrichment of plant feedstuffs by Aspergillus spp. under solid-state fermentation for application to aquafeeds". Paper presented in 6th AquaImprove, 2022.
    Published
  8. Vieira, Lúcia; Filipe, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. Corresponding author: Vieira, Lúcia. "Nutritional evaluation of diets including a solid-state fermented plant-feedstuff mixture with Aspergillus niger for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
    Published
  9. Vieira, Lúcia; Filipe, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. Corresponding author: Vieira, Lúcia. "Nutritional value of fermented plant-feedstuff mixture with Aspergillus niger for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in 15th IJUP, 2022.
    Published
  10. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger from sugarcane molasses and grape must: effect of increased air pressure and operation mode". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress, Prague, 2022.
    Published
  11. Gonçalves, Margarida; Filipe, Diogo; Fernandes, Helena; Castro, Carolina; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Salgado, José; Belo, Isabel; Aires, Tiago; Peres, Helena. "Stability of bioactive extract produced by solid-state fermentation of winery and olive-mill wastes added to aquafeed diet under different storage conditions.". Paper presented in Aquaimprove Workshop- 5th edition- Porto Portugal, Porto, 2020.
  12. Filipe, Diogo; Dias, Mário; Salgado, José; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, Helena. "Solid-state fermentation of distiller¿s dried grains (DDGS) With solubles to produce enhanced vegetable protein: Application in European sea bass diets". Paper presented in 5th Aquaimprove Workshop, Porto, 2020.
    Published
  13. Silva, João Fêlix; Serra, Cláudia R.; Santos, Rafaela; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Fernandes, Helena; Filipe, Diogo; Belo, Isabel; et al. "Assessing the antimicrobial potential of agro-industrial by-products' extracts produced through solid state fermentation in marine fish.". Paper presented in 13TH MEETING OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS OF UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, Porto, 2020.
  14. Silva, J.F.; Santos, R.A.; Fernandes, Helena; Filipe, D.; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel; Castro, C.; Peres, H.. "Assessing antimicrobial potential of agroindustrial byproducts' extracts produced through solid state fermentation in marine fish.". Paper presented in IJUP 2020 - 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Porto, 2020.
  15. Filipe, D.; Salgado, José Manuel; Fernandes, Helena; Castro, C.; Belo, Isabel; Aires, T.; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Moyano, F.J.; Peres, H.. "Novel fish feed supplements: giving value to agroindustrial wastes.". Paper presented in IJUP 2020 - 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Porto, 2020.
  16. Fernandes, S.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Effect of increased air pressure in gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger.". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019, Coimbra, 2019.
  17. Filipe, Diogo; Salgado, José; Fernandes, Helena; Castro, Carolina; Belo, Isabel; Aires, Tiago; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Moyano, F.J.; Peres, Helena. "Optimization of Solid-state fermentation of winery and olive mill wastes to produce valuable fish feed additives". Paper presented in Aquaimprove Workshop- 4th edition- Porto Portugal, Porto, 2019.
  18. Diogo, F.; Peres, Helena; Casto, C.; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel. "Solid-state fermentation of winery and olive mill wastes for lignocellulolytic enzymes and antioxidant compounds production.". 2019.
    Accepted
  19. Fernandes, Helena; Salgado, José Manuel; Peres, H.; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel. "Extraction of antioxidant compounds from enzymatic hydrolysis of brewer's spent grain after solid-state fermentation.". 2019.
  20. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel; Martins Botelho Nunes, Patrícia; Fonseca Amaral, Priscilla Filomena; ROCHA LEÃO, MARIA HELENA; S. Brígida, Ana Iraidy; Fickers, Patrick. "Dissolved oxygen effect on microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica from volatile fatty acids.". 2019.
    10.17648/sinaferm-2015-33603
  21. Lopes, Marlene; Ramôa, Renata; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Selection of yeast species for hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds degradation.". Paper presented in ECCE12 - 12th European Congress of Chemical Engineering & ECAB5 - 5th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology [A Renaissance in Chemical Engineering]., Florence, 2019.
  22. Szandra, N. E.; Budja, Erika; Sipiczki, Gizella; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene; Braga, Adelaide; Ferreira, Patrícia; Nguyen, Quang D.. "Enhancement of lipase production by Yarrowia divulgata.". Paper presented in XX EuroFoodChem Congress, Porto, 2019.
  23. Braga, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica as a microbial host for flavors and fragrances production". Paper presented in BIOTEC 2019 - Congreso Nacional de Biotecnología 2019, Vigo, 2019.
    Published
  24. Szandra, N. E.; Budja, Erika; Sipiczki, Gizella; Farkas, Csilla; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene; Braga, Adelaide; et al. "Optimization of lipase production by Yarrowia divulgata.". Paper presented in FOODCONF 2018 - Third International Conference on Food Science and Technology, Budapeste, 2018.
  25. Belo, Isabel. "An adsorptive approach to enhance the 2-phenylethanol (2-PE) production from L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) biotransformation.". Paper presented in FOODCONF 2018 - Third International Conference on Food Science and Technology, Budapeste, 2018.
  26. Belo, Isabel. "Application of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for food additives production.". Paper presented in FOODCONF 2018 - Third International Conference on Food Science and Technology, Budapeste, 2018.
  27. Ferreira, Patrícia; Ribeiro, Margarida; Machado, Ana Rita; Nagy, E.; Nguyen, D. Q.; Belo, Isabel. "Production of erythritol by Yarrowia species from crude glycerol.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2018 - 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Aveiro, 2018.
  28. Lopes, Marlene; Ramôa, Renata; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Simultaneous degradation of hydrocarbons and production of valuable compounds by Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2018 - 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Aveiro, 2018.
  29. Braga, Adelaide; Oliveira, Alice; Freitas, Bruna; Szandra, Nagy Edina; Nguyen, Quang D.; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica as a potential producer of 2-phenylethanol from L-phenylalanine biotransformation.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2018 - 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Aveiro, 2018.
  30. Guerreiro, Carlos; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Braga, Adelaide; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Optimization of gamma-decalactone production by co-cultures of yarrowia lipolytica mutant strains.". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, Porto, 2017.
  31. Alves, Joana Isabel Ferreira; Lopes, Marlene; Pereira, Ana Luísa; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, Diana Zita Machado; Alves, M. Madalena. "Pressurized syngas bioconversion: physiological and microbial characterization.". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, Porto, 2017.
  32. Braga, Adelaide; Lopes, Marlene; Ferreira, Patrícia; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Bioprocesses development based on low-cost feedstocks by fermentation technology for added-value compounds production.". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
  33. Salgado, José Manuel; Oliveira, Felisbela; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel. "Bioprocessing of olive mill and winery wastes by solid-state fermentation for simultaneously enzymes production and to increase their nutritional value.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
  34. Alves, Joana I.; Arantes, Ana Luísa; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, Diana Z.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Perspectives on syngas fermentation.". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
  35. Lopes, Marlene; Braga, Adelaide; Ferreira, Patrícia; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Guerreiro, Carlos; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce valuable compounds.". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
  36. Ferreira, Patrícia; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Belo, Isabel. "Use of different bioreactor types for citric acid production by Yarrowia lipolytica.". 2017.
  37. Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Belo, Isabel. "Lipofactory: Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce microbial oils from hydrophobic substrates.". 2017.
  38. Guerreiro, Carlos; Pereira, Ana Sofia; Braga, Adelaide; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Use of mixed-cultures of Yarrowia lipolytica mutant strains for gamma-decalactone production from castor oil.". 2017.
  39. Leite, Paulina; Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, Luís; Domínguez, J.M.; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel. "Use of olive pomace treated by ultrasounds as substrate for cellulases and xylanases production.". Paper presented in BIOIBEROAMÉRICA 2016, Salamanca, 2016.
  40. Salgado, José Manuel; Sousa, Daniel F.; Dias, Mário; Venâncio, Armando; Perés, Helena; Belo, Isabel. "Improvement of nutritional value of Portuguese agro-industrial wastes by SSF.". Paper presented in BIOIBEROAMÉRICA 2016, Salamanca, 2016.
  41. Oliveira, Felisbela; Sousa, C.E.; Ribeiro, B.D.; Peclat, V.R.O.L.; Coelho, M.A.Z.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus using oil cakes and its application in esterification reactions.". Paper presented in WasteEng 2016 - 6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation., Albi, 2016.
  42. Ferreira, Patrícia; Mota, Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Citric acid production by Y . lipolytica W29 from crude glycerol: strain improvement by mutagenesis.". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
  43. Lopes, Marlene; Alves, Joana M.; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Biotechnological valorization of waste cooking oils: lipase and microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
  44. Lopes, Marlene; Gomes, Andreia S.; Belo, Isabel. "Lard as a suitable and cheap substrate for microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
  45. Amaral, A.L.; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Braga, A.; Belo, Isabel; Ferreira, Eugénio C.. "Evaluation of dimorphic Yarrowia lipolytica strains growth in different culture media by quantitative image analysis.". Paper presented in MCM2015 - Multinational Conference on Microscopy, Eger, 2015.
  46. Salgado, Jose Manuel; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, Isabel. "Use of vinasses to improve bioremediation of olive mill wastewater by fungi". Paper presented in Winery 2013 - 6th IWA International Specialized Conference "Viticulture and Winery wastes: Environmental Impact and Management", Narbonne, 2013.
  47. Belo, Isabel. "Olive mill wastewaters: a resource for biotechnological production of value-added products". Paper presented in IAMAW 1st International Workshop Valorization of Mediterranean Biowastes and Effluents, Santarém, 2012.
    Published
  48. Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene; Mota, Manuel. "Application of hyperbaric bioreactors for bioprocess development". Paper presented in 3rd Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Lisbon, 2012.
  49. Abrunhosa, Luís; Dantas,Danielle; Gonçalves, C.M.; Oliveira, Felisbela; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel. "Evaluation of filamentous fungi for the treatment of olive mill waste-waters". Paper presented in 2nd Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Braga, 2010.
    Published
  50. Albuquerque, W. W. C.; Lopes, Marlene; Motta, M.A.; Belo, Isabel. "Effects of static magnetic field in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultures under aerobic and anaerobic conditions". Paper presented in BioMicroWorld 2009 - 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Applied Research in Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology), Lisbon, 2009.
  51. Belo, Isabel; Gomes, Nelma; Gonçalves, C.M.; Lopes, Marlene; Teixeira, José A.; Mota, Manuel. "Development of bioprocesses involving non-conventional yeasts". Paper presented in 1st Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Faro, 2009.
  52. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Lopes, Marlene; Aguedo, Mário; Belo, Isabel; Aguedo, Mario. "Olive mill wastewater valorization : use by non-conventional yeasts". Paper presented in WasteEng08 : proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering for Waste Valorisation, Patras, 2008.
    Published
  53. Águedo, M.; Gomes, Nelma; Waché, Y.; Teixeira, José A.; Belo, Isabel. "Oxygen influence on the ß-oxidative metabolism of methyl ricinoleate for lactones production by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in 2nd Mercosur Congress on Chemical Engineering – ENPROMER and 4th Mercosur Congress on Process Systems Engineering, 2005.
    Published
  54. Belo, Isabel; Mota, Manuel. "Hyperbaric bioreactors: tools for mass transfer and cell physiology studies". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Biotecnología, Oviedo, 2004.
  55. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Campelo, A.F.; Mota, Manuel. "Efeito da pressão de ar, oxigénio e CO2 na capacidade fermentativa da levedura de panificação". Paper presented in BIOTEC' 2003, Lisbon, 2003.
    Published
  56. Belo, Isabel; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Pinheiro, Rita; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Coelho, M.A.Z.; Mota, Manuel. "Comparison of yeast response to increased pressure at aerobic and anaerobic conditions". Paper presented in ECB11 - 11th European Congress on Biotechnology, Basel, 2003.
    Published
  57. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Mota, Manuel. "Effects of hyperbaric air on the Saccharomyces cerevisae morphology and viability". Paper presented in ECB10 - 10th European Congress on Biotechnology: Biotechnological Challenges in the New Millenium, Madrid, 2001.
  58. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Mota, Manuel. "Fed-batch cultivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a hyperbaric bioreactor". Paper presented in ESBES 3 - 3rd European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science, Copenhagen, 2000.
  59. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Mota, Manuel. "Comportamento fisiológico da S. cerevisiae em cultura semi-contínua e em condições hiperbáricas". Paper presented in Micro'99 - Congresso Nacional de Microbiologia, 1999.
  60. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Mota, Manuel. "Response of the thermophile Thermus sp. RQ-1 to increased air pressure". Paper presented in XI Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica, Tomar, 1998.
    Published
  61. Belo, Isabel; Mota, Manuel. "Effect of Kla on the production of cyt b5". Paper presented in BIOTEC'92 - 1st Iberian Congress on Biotechnology (VI Congresso Nacional de Biotecnologia e I Congresso Hispano-Luso de Biotecnologia), Santiago de Compostela, 1992.
Conference paper
  1. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of olive tree prunings for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in 5-CIAB Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries, Jaén, 2024.
    Published
  2. Miranda, S.M.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Batch cultures of Y. lipolytica CBS 2075 on hydrocarbons medium under different conditions of oxygenation". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2023 - 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Bragança, 2023.
    Published
  3. Dias, Bruna; Fernandes, Helena; Marques, Susana; GIRIO, FRANCISCO MANUEL; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Belo, Isabel. "Microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica W29 from eucalyptus bark hydrolysate". Paper presented in CHEMPOR-2023 - 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, 2023.
    Published
  4. Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita. "Micro4Food: Production of edible microbial protein by Yarrowia lipolytica from fruit peels". 2023.
  5. Ferreira, Marta Alexandra Lages; Baptista, Ana; Peres, H.; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José. "Sequential solid-state fermentation and enzymatic hydrolysis of green seaweed to extract antioxidant compounds". Paper presented in Ibero-Americano Congress of Biotechnology, 2022.
  6. Sousa, N.; Fernandes, Helena Assunção Lopes Magalhães; Medeiros, C.; Diogo, F.; Fontinha, F.; Oliva-Teles, A.; Belo, Isabel; et al. "Impact of dietary inclusion of wine and olive oil waste extracts on physiological and health status of seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". 2021.
  7. Fernandes, Helena; Martins, Nicole; Salgado, José Manuel Seara; Couto, Ana; Belo, Isabel; Marques, A.; Gonçalves, A.; et al. "Effect of biological and physical pre-treatments of Ulva rigida in the quality of on-growing European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in European Aquaculture 2019, Berlim, 2019.
    Published
  8. Sousa, Daniel; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel; Cambra-Lopez, M.; Dias, A.C.P.. "Production of bioactive compounds by solid-state fermentation of oilseed cakes.". Paper presented in Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III, Lisboa, 2019.
  9. Alves, JI; Lopes, M; Arantes, Ana; Belo, I; Sousa, DZ. "Anaerobic granular sludge as a microbial platform for the conversion of gaseous substrates at moderate pressures". Paper presented in AD 16th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Delft, 2019.
  10. Pereira, Ana Sofia; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Bioconversion of volatile fatty acids into microbial lipids by Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in 4-CIAB - Proceedings of the 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries, Jaén, 2018.
  11. Fernandes, Helena; Martins, Nicole; Peres, Helena; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel. "Solid-state fermentation of Ulva Rigida for production of cellulases, xylanases and ß-glucosidase.". Paper presented in 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries, Jaén, 2018.
  12. Leite, Paulina; Silva, Cátia; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel. "Simultaneous production of ß-glucidase and extraction of antioxidant compounds by solid-state fermentation of winery and olive mill wastes.". Paper presented in 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries, Jaén, 2018.
  13. Salgado, José Manuel; Sousa, Daniel F.; Belo, Isabel. "Increase of protein content and production of lignocellulolytic enzymes by simultaneous solid-state fermentations of brewery, olive mill and winery wastes.". Paper presented in WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities – Book of Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, Porto, 2017.
  14. Leite, P.; Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, I.. "Sonication of olive pomace to improve xylanases production by SSF". 2015.
  15. Oliveira, F.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, I.; Pérez-Rodríguez, N.; Domínguez, J.M.. "Scale-up of aspergillus ibericus lipase production by solid-state fermentation". 2015.
  16. Oliveira, F.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, I.; Pérez-Rodríguez, N.; Domínguez, J.M.; Oliveira, Felisbela; et al. "Aspergillus ibericus lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace". 2015.
  17. Lopes, Marlene; Alves, J. I.; Pereira, A.; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, D. Z.; Alves, M. M.. "Hydrogenotrophic activity under increased H2/CO2 pressure: effect on methane production and microbial community". 2015.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.06.170
  18. Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, L.; Domínguez, J.M.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Cellulase and xylanase production by A. uvarum in solid-state fementation using a packed-bed bioreactor.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2014 - 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Porto, 2014.
  19. Gonçalves, A.; Braga, A.; Ferreira, P.; Belo, Isabel. "Immobilization of whole cells of Yarrowia lipolytica for citric acid production.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2014 - 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Porto, 2014.
  20. Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, L.; Domínguez, J.M.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Optimization of initial moisture and temperature in solid-state fermentation to produce cellulases by Aspergillus uvarum on olive mill and winery wastes.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2014 - 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Porto, 2014.
  21. Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, Isabel. "Optimization of initial moisture and temperature in solid-state fermentation to produce cellulases by Aspergillus". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2014 - 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference., Porto, 2014.
  22. Lopes, Marisa da Conceição Gomes; Gonçalves, Carlos; Raju, A. Rama; Gonçalves, M. Sameiro T.; Coutinho, Paulo J. G.; Henriques, Mariana; Belo, Isabel. "Antifungal photodynamic efficacy of Benzo[a]phenoxazinium Chlorides against Candida albicans biofilms". 2013.
  23. Oliveira, F.; Moreira, C.; Salgado, Jose Manuel; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Valorisation of olive pomace by solid-state fermentation with Aspergillus species for lipase production". Paper presented in WASTES 2013 Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, braga, 2013.
  24. Salgado, Jose Manuel; Moreira, C.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Evaluation of substrate composition for lignocellulolytic enzymes production by solid state fermentation of wastes from olive oil and wine industries". Paper presented in 1st Iberoamerican congress on biorefineries, Los Cabos, 2012.
  25. Gonçalves, C.; Alves, M. A.; Belo, Isabel. "Perspective for OMW valorization through integration of lipase production fermentation and anaerobic digestion.". Paper presented in Third International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste, Venice, 2010.
  26. Gonçalves, C.; Alves, M.; Belo, Isabel. "Integrated process for the production of lipase and methane from olive mill wastewaters.". Paper presented in 12th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, Guadalajara, 2010.
  27. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Alves, M. M.; Belo, Isabel. "A perspective for OMW valorization through integration of lipase production fermentation and anaerobic digestion". 2010.
  28. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Oliveira, Felisbela Maria Araújo; Abrunhosa, Luís; Venâncio, Armando; Alves, M. M.; Belo, Isabel. "Olive mill wastewaters treatment by enzymes producing microorganisms". 2010.
  29. Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, Isabel. "Oxygen effect in gamma-decalactone production through biotransformation of ricinoleic acid.". Paper presented in WCCE8 - 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal, 2009.
  30. Gómez-Díaz, D.; Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, Isabel. "Gas-liquid interfacial area in oxygen absorption into oil-in-water emulsions.". Paper presented in WCCE8 - 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Montreal, 2009.
  31. Pereira, João Paulo Campos; Lopes, Marlene; Gonçalves, M. Sameiro T.; Coutinho, Paulo J. G.; Belo, Isabel. "Application of benzo[a]phenoxazinium chlorides in candida albicans inactivation by photodynamic therapy". 2009.
  32. Gonçalves, C.; Ferreira, J.P.; Lopes, M.; Falcão, S.; Peres, A.M.; Cardoso, S.M.; Belo, Isabel. "Characterization of phenolic compounds of OMW: toxicity and degradability by yeasts.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2008 - 10th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Braga, 2008.
  33. Gomes, N.; Gonçalves, C.; Lopes, M.; Águedo, M.; Teixeira, J.A.; Mota, M.; Belo, Isabel. "Development of bioprocesses based in biphasic media involving the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2008 - 10th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Braga, 2008.
  34. Lopes, M.; Gomes, N.; Mota, M.; Belo, Isabel. "Hyperbaric bioreactors use with Yarrowia lipolytica cultures: cellular adaptation to hyperbaric conditions.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2008 - 10th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference., Braga, 2008.
  35. Gonçalves, C.; Ferreira, J. P.; Lopes, M.; Falcão, S.; Peres, A. M.; Cardoso, S. M.; Belo, I.; et al. "Characterization of phenolic compounds of OMW: toxicity and degrability by yeasts". Paper presented in Chempor 2008, 2008.
    Published
  36. Araújo, C.; Águedo, M.; Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, Isabel. "Valorization of olive mill wastewater by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2005 - 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Coimbra, 2005.
  37. Ribeiro, H.; Mota, M.; Belo, Isabel. "Effect of moderated pressure on the activity and termostability of three microbial enzymes: catalase, ß-galactosidase and alcohol dehydrogenase.". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2005 - 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Coimbra, 2005.
  38. Águedo, M.; Gomes, N.; Yves, W.; Teixeira, J.; Belo, Isabel. "Oxygen influence on the ¿-oxidative metabolism of methyl ricinoleate for lactones production by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.". Paper presented in 2nd Mercosur Congress on Chemical Engineering – ENPROMER and 4th Mercosur Congress on Process Systems Engineering, Rio De Janeiro, 2005.
  39. Coutinho, J.A.P.; Coelho, M.A.Z.; Ferreira, E.C.; Belo, Isabel. "Determination and modeling of yeast viability under stress conditions.". Paper presented in ESCAPE-14: European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Lisboa, 2004.
  40. Coelho, Maria Alice Z.; Amaral, A. Luís; Belo, Isabel; Mota, Manuel; Coutinho, João A. P.; Ferreira, Eugénio C.. "Use of image analysis technique for the identification and pursuit of ethanol processes". 2004.
  41. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Mota, M.. "Yeast response to hyperbaric stress". 2004.
  42. Pinheiro, Rita; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Air pressure: an important parameter to fed-batch operation with high-density cultures of Candida utilis". 2004.
  43. Pinheiro, Rita; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Growth and beta-galactosidase activity in cultures of Kluyveromyces marxianus under increased air pressure". 2003.
  44. Pinheiro, Rita; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Resposta da Kluyveromyces marxianus ao stress oxidativocausado pela pressão, paraquato e peróxido de hidrogénio". 2001.
  45. Pinheiro, Rita; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Improvement of cell mass productivity of Kluyveromyces marxianus by the use of a pressurized bioreactor". 2000.
  46. Pinheiro, R.; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Air pressure effects on growth behaviour of two different Kluyveromyces strains.". Paper presented in EC Framework IV Symposium: "Yeast as a cell factory”, Vlaardingen, 1998.
  47. Mota, M.; Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita. "Study of oxygen effects on Thermus sp. RQ-1". 1998.
  48. Pinheiro, Rita; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Air pressure effect on growth behaviour of two different Kluyveromyces strains". 1998.
  49. Pinheiro, Rita; Belo, Isabel; Mota, M.. "Effects of air pressure on batch cultures of Kluyveromyces marxianus with different lactose concentrations". 1998.
  50. Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Mota, Manuel. "Pressurized bioreactors: fundamentals and applications". Paper presented in BIOTEC '96 - Comunicaciones del III Congreso Ibérico de Biotecnología, Valladolid, 1996.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Lignocellulosic biomass as a low-cost and renewable substrate for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in 5th Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium, 2024.
  2. Silva, Bruna F.; Túlio Abi Habib; 5E1B-84B1-CD7D; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Belo, Isabel. "Sustainable Enzyme Production by Aspergillus niger in Solid-State Fermentation of Brewer’s Spent Grain". Paper presented in V Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium, 2024.
  3. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Olive tree prunings as feedstock for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in LABBELS meeting 2024, 2024.
  4. Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene; Rosa María Rodríguez-Jasso; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Belo, Isabel. "Microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica strains from lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates". Paper presented in UMinho Research & Innovation Open Days, 2024.
  5. Ferreira, Marta; Salgado, José Manuel; Peres, Helena; Belo, Isabel. "Valorization of red, green and brown seaweeds through solid-state fermentation to improve its nutritional value". Paper presented in UMinho Research and Innovation Open Days, 2024.
  6. Vilela, Helena; Araújo, Liliana; Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, Rita; Lopes, Marlene. "Fruit peels as solid state fermentation substrates for the sustainable production of microbial protein". Paper presented in Microbiotec¿23 Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2023.
  7. Ferreira, Marta; Ramos-Oliveira Catarina; Magalhães, Rui; Ozorio, Rodrigo; Salgado, José Manuel; Peres, Helena; Belo, Isabel. "Application of fermented Gelidium corneum by-product with sunflower cake in diets for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2023.
  8. Ferreira, Marta; Salgado, José Manuel; Peres, Helena; Belo, Isabel. "Chemical composition and solid-state fermentation of red, green and brown seaweeds to improve its nutritional value". Paper presented in 6th AquaImprove - Aquaculture Research Workshop, 2022.
  9. Amaral, Diogo; Filipe, Diogo; Vieira, Lúcia; Magalhães, Rui; Belo, Isabel; Ozorio, Rodrigo; Peres, Helena. "Effect of solid-state fermented plant-based ingredients in diet digestibility and digestive enzymes activity in european seabass Dicentrarchus labrax juveniles". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  10. Vieira, Lúcia; Filipe, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Fontinha, Filipa; Martins, Nicole; Serra, Cláudia; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Solid-state fermented plant-feedstuff mixture with Aspergillus niger for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles effects on oxidative stress, immune system, and gut microbiota". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  11. Vieira, Lúcia; Filipe, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, Helena. Corresponding author: Vieira, Lúcia. "Solid-State fermented plant-based diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): complementing trial interpretation with a nutrient-based model". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  12. Fernandes, Helena; Castro, Carolina; Filipe, Diogo; Ferreira, Patrícia; Moyano, Francisco; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Solid-state fermented brewer¿s spent grain extract improves the oxidative status of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in XX International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 2022.
  13. Costa, Ana Rita; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Solid state fermentation of oil cakes with Yarrowia lipolytica for lipase production". Paper presented in 3º Bio Iberoamerica, 2022.
  14. Lopes, Marlene; Fernandes,Sílvia; Belo, Isabel. "Oxygenation strategies to improve gluconic acid production by Aureobasidium pullulans". Paper presented in EFB2021 - European Federation of Biotechnology 2021, 2021.
  15. Costa, Ana Rita; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José. "Valorization of by-products from vegetable oils production: enzyme production by Yarrowia lipolytica through solid state fermentation". Paper presented in II Chemical & Biological Engineering Symposium, 2021.
  16. Moutinho, Sara; Castro, Carolina; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Effects of fishmeal replacement with defatted black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) pre-pupae larvae meal on growth performance and digestive enzymes activity of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles.". Paper presented in Aquaimprove Workshop- 5th edition- Porto Portugal, 2020.
  17. Filipe, Diogo; Dias, Mário; Moura, Leonor; Fernandes, Helena; Salgado, José; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Growth performance of European seabass fed diets with distiller's dried grains with solubles after solid-state fermentation". Paper presented in 5th Aquaimprove Workshop, 2020.
  18. Filipe, Diogo; Salgado, José Manuel; Fernandes, Helena; Castro, Carolina; Belo, Isabel; Aires, T.; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Moyano, Francisco; Peres, H.. "Production of enzymatic extracts for aquafeeds by solid-state fermentation with aspergillus ibericus of winery and olive mill wastes". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2019, 2019.
  19. Fernandes, Helena; Moyano, Francisco; Fernandes, Nelson; Salgado, José Manuel; Aires, Tiago; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, Helena. "IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN EXOGENOUS CARBOHYDRASES PRODUCED BY SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION OF BREWERS¿ SPENT GRAIN AND DIGESTIVE ENZYMES". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2019, 2019.
  20. Fernandes, Helena; Moyano, F.H.; Fernandes, Nelson; Salgado, José M.; Aires, Tiago; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, Helena; Castro, Carolina. "In vitro evaluation of the interaction between exogenous carbohydrases produced by solid-state fermentation of brewers´spent grain and digestive enzymes". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 19- EAS19-Berlim, Germany, 2019.
  21. Ferreira, Marta; Fernandes, Helena; Peres, Helena; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel. "Effect of solid-state fermentation on polyunsaturated fatty acid production by Mortierella alpine". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress 2019, 2019.
  22. Ferreira, Marta; Fernandes, Helena; Peres, Helena; Olive-Teles Aires; Belo, Isabel; José Manuel Salgado Seara. "Effect of solid-state fermentation on polyunsaturated fatty acid production by Mortierella alpina". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress 2019, 2019.
  23. Fernandes, Helena; Pires, Nicole; Salgado, José Manuel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Effect of inclusion of untreated and pre-treated Ulva rigida in diets for on-growing European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax.". Paper presented in Triennial Aquaculture 2019, 2019.
  24. Sousa, Daniel; Salgado, José Manuel; Dias, Alberto; Belo, I. "Extraction of bioactive compounds from vegetable oils pomaces". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress, 2019.
  25. Sousa, Daniel; Salgado, José Manuel; Peres, Helena; Belo, Isabel. "Solid state fermentation of Brewers Spent Grains with Aspergillus sp for upgrading nutritional value". Paper presented in Encomtro Investigação jovem, 2016.
  26. Dias, M; Sousa, Daniel; Salgado, José Manuel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, I; Peres, Helena. "Apparent digestibility and digestive enzymes activities of dried distillers grains with solubles (ddgs) solid after solid state fermentation by Aspergillus ibericus in EUROPEAN SEABASS (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2016, 2016.
  27. Lopes, Marlene; Alves, Joana M.; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Biotechnological valorization of waste cooking oils: lipase and microbial lipids by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in MICRO-BIOTEC 15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015.
  28. Oliveira, Felisbela Maria Araújo; Abrunhosa, Luís; Dantas, Danielle; Gonçalves, Cristiana; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel. "Lipase production from olive mill wastewaters by Aspergillus ibericus". 2011.
  29. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Pereira, Carina; Belo, Isabel. "Comparison of batch and fed-batch lipase production from olive mill wastewater by Yarrowia lipolytica and Candida cilindracea". 2010.
  30. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Pereira, Carina; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Application of non-conventional yeasts for olive mill wastewaters valorization". Paper presented in 27 INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED SYMPOSIUM ON YEASTS (ISSY), 2009.
  31. Pereira, Carina; Gonçalves, Cristiana; Belo, Isabel; Pereira, C.; Gonçalves, C.; Belo, I.. "Olive mill wastewater: a suitable medium for lipase production by yeasts". Paper presented in MicroBiotec09, 2009.
  32. Gomes, Nelma; Gonçalves, Cristiana; Lopes, Marlene; Teixeira, J. A.; Mota, M.; Belo, Isabel; Gonçalves, C.; Teixeira, José A.. "Biotechnological applications of Yarrowia lipolytica : optimization of aroma and lipase production". Paper presented in 27th International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts ¿ Yeasts for health and biotechnologies, 2009.
  33. Vicente, A. A.; Reis, N.; Nobre, Clarisse; Aguedo, Mário; Belo, Isabel; Teixeira, J. A.. "Application of a novel oscillatory flow screening micro-reactor to a biotransformation in a two-phase medium". Paper presented in Biochemical Engineering - Frontiers and Advances in Biotechnology, Biological and Biomolecular Engineering, 2005.
Journal article
  1. Filipe, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Fernandes, Helena; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, H.. "Growth, oxidative stress, and intermediary metabolism of European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles fed diets including solid-state fermented distiller's dried grains with solubles.". Animal Feed Science and Technology (2025): 116337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2025.116337.
    10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2025.116337
  2. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. Corresponding author: Lopes, Marlene. "Unraveling the Potential of Yarrowia lipolytica to Utilize Waste Motor Oil as a Carbon Source". Journal of Fungi 10 11 (2024): 777. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10110777.
    Published • 10.3390/jof10110777
  3. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. Corresponding author: Lopes, Marlene. "Yarrowia lipolytica growth, lipids, and protease production in medium with higher alkanes and alkenes". World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 40 10 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-024-04123-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s11274-024-04123-7
  4. Ferreira, Marta; Ramos-Oliveira, Catarina; Magalhães, Rui; Martins, Nicole; Ozório, Rodrigo O.A.; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, H.. "Fermented agar by-product and sunflower cake mixture as feedstuff for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Animal Feed Science and Technology 315 (2024): 116048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2024.116048.
    10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2024.116048
  5. Ferreira, Marta; Salgado, José Manuel; Peres, H.; Belo, Isabel. "Valorization of Gelidium corneum by-product through solid-state fermentation". Food and Bioproducts Processing (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2024.05.014.
    10.1016/j.fbp.2024.05.014
  6. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Enhancement of lipids and protease production by Yarrowia lipolytica in batch cultures with hydrocarbons pulses". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2024):
    Submitted
  7. Miranda, Sílvia M.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Exploring the use of hexadecane by Yarrowia lipolytica: Effect of dissolved oxygen and medium supplementation". Journal of Biotechnology 380 (2024): 29-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.12.006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.12.006
  8. Guimarães, A.; Mota, A.C.; Pereira, A.S.; Machado D.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Rice husk, brewer¿s spent grain, and vine shoot trimmings as raw materials for sustainable enzyme production". Materials (2024):
    Submitted
  9. Dias, Bruna; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment on olive tree prunings biomass for fermentable sugars production". Bioresource Technology (2024):
    Submitted
  10. Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Soybean molasses as a new substrate for gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger". Bioresource Technology (2024):
    Submitted
  11. Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene; Fernandes, Helena; Marques, Susana; GIRIO, FRANCISCO MANUEL; Belo, Isabel. "Biomass and microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica W29 from eucalyptus bark hydrolysate". Renewable Energy (2024):
    Submitted
  12. Estevao-Rodrigues, Tassia; Fernandes, Helena; Moutinho, Sara; Filipe, Diogo; Fontinha, Filipa; Magalha, Rui; Couto, Ana; et al. "Effect of solid-state fermentation of Brewer' s spent grain on digestibility and digestive function of european seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles". Animal Feed Science and Technology (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/69018191/.
    Published • 10.1016/J.ANIFEEDSCI.2024.116018
  13. Araújo, Liliana P.; Vilela, Helena; Solinho, Joana; Pinheiro, Rita Isabel Couto; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Enrichment of Fruit Peels’ Nutritional Value by Solid-State Fermentation with Aspergillus ibericus and Rhizopus oryzae". Molecules 29 15 (2024): 3563. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29153563.
    Published
  14. Sílvia Fernandes; Bruna Dias; Daniela A. Gonçalves; Clarisse Nobre; Isabel Belo; Marlene Lopes. "Co-production of Gluconic Acid and Fructo-oligosaccharides by Aureobasidium pullulans from Sugarcane Molasses: Effect of Oxygen Transfer Rate in Stirred Tank and Airlift Bioreactors". Food and Bioprocess Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-023-03201-2.
    10.1007/s11947-023-03201-2
  15. Sílvia Fernandes; Bruna Dias; Isabel Belo; Marlene Lopes. "Enhancement of gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger from by-products as glucose source using pressurized air conditions". Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.7428.
    10.1002/jctb.7428
  16. Vieira, Lúcia; Filipe, Diogo; Amaral, Diogo; Magalhães, Rui; Martins, Nicole; Ferreira, Marta; Ozorio, Rodrigo; et al. Corresponding author: Vieira, Lúcia. "Solid-State Fermentation as Green Technology to Improve the Use of Plant Feedstuffs as Ingredients in Diets for European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Juveniles". Animals 13 17 (2023): 2692. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13172692.
    Published • 10.3390/ani13172692
  17. Braga, Adelaide; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Cordeiro, Ana; Belo, Isabel; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Amaral, A. Luís. "Monitoring biotechnological processes through quantitative image analysis: Application to 2-phenylethanol production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Process Biochemistry 129 (2023): 221-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2023.03.019.
    10.1016/j.procbio.2023.03.019
  18. Dias, Bruna; Fernandes, Helena; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica produces lipid-rich biomass in medium mimicking lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 107 12 (2023): 3925-3937.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-023-12565-6
  19. Filipe, Diogo; Dias, Mário; Magalhães, Rui; Fernandes, Helena; Salgado, José; Belo, Isabel; Oliva-Teles, Aires; et al. "Solid-State Fermentation of Distiller¿s Dried Grains with Solubles Improves Digestibility for European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Juveniles". Fishes 8 2 (2023): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fishes8020090.
    10.3390/fishes8020090
  20. Filipe, Diogo; Gonçalves, Margarida; Fernandes, Helena; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, H.; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel; et al. "Shelf-Life Performance of Fish Feed Supplemented with Bioactive Extracts from Fermented Olive Mill and Winery By-Products". Foods 12 2 (2023): 305. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12020305.
    10.3390/foods12020305
  21. Pereira, Ana S.; Lopes, Marlene; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M. Madalena; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Lopes, Marlene. "Integrated bioprocess of microbial lipids production in Yarrowia lipolytica using food-waste derived volatile fatty acids". Renewable Energy 202 (2023): 1470-1478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.12.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.renene.2022.12.012
  22. Sousa, Daniel; Simões, Luara Aparecida; Oliveira, Rui Pedro Soares de; Salgado, José Manuel Seara; Cambra-López, Maria; Belo, Isabel; Dias, Alberto Carlos Pires. "Evaluation of biotechnological processing through solid-state fermentation of oilseed cakes on extracts bioactive potential". (2023): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/86682.
    10.1007/s10529-023-03417-4
  23. Sousa, D. F.; Salgado, José Manuel; Cambra-López, Maria; Dias, Alberto; Belo, Isabel. "Bioprocessing of oilseed cakes by fungi consortia: Impact of enzymes produced on antioxidants release". (2023): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/82287.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.01.008
  24. Amaral, Diogo; Filipe, Diogo Moreira; Cavalheri, Thais Franco; Vieira, Lúcia; Magalhães, Rui Pedro; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena; Ozório, Rodrigo O. de A.. "Solid-state fermentation of plant feedstuff mixture affected the physiological responses of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) reared at different temperatures and subjected to salinity oscillation". (2023): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/82410.
    Published • 10.3390/ani13030393
  25. Pereira, Ana S.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. Corresponding author: Lopes, Marlene. "From crude glycerol and volatile fatty acids to biodiesel and other bioproducts using Yarrowia lipolytica NCYC 2904 as a cell factory". Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7 18 (2023): 4687-4696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3se00682d.
    10.1039/d3se00682d
  26. Filipe, Diogo; Vieira, Lúcia; Ferreira, Marta Alexandra Lages; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Salgado, José; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Enrichment of a plant feedstuff mixture's nutritional value through solid-state fermentation". (2023): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/86542.
    10.3390/ani13182883
  27. Ferreira, Patrícia; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Use of Pressurized and Airlift Bioreactors for Citric Acid Production by Yarrowia lipolytica from Crude Glycerol". Fermentation 8 12 (2022): 700. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8120700.
    Published • 10.3390/fermentation8120700
  28. Costa, Ana Rita; Salgado, José Manuel; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Valorization of by-products from vegetable oil industries: Enzymes production by Yarrowia lipolytica through solid state fermentation". Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1006467.
    Published • 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1006467
  29. Daniel Sousa; José Manuel Salgado; Maria Cambra-López; Alberto Dias; Isabel Belo. "Biotechnological valorization of oilseed cakes: Substrate optimization by simplex centroid mixture design and scale-up to tray bioreactor". Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2428.
    10.1002/bbb.2428
  30. Pereira, A. S.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Enhancing Microbial Lipids Synthesis for Biodiesel Production by Y. lipolytica W29 from Volatile Fatty Acids: Two-Stage Batch Strategies". Applied Sciences 12 17 (2022): 8614. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12178614.
    Published • 10.3390/app12178614
  31. H. Fernandes; C. Castro; D. Filipe; P. Ferreira; J. M. Salgado; F. Moyano; A. Oliva-Teles; et al. "Application of Fermented Brewer’s Spent Grain Extract in Plant-Based Diets Improves Pre- and Post-mortem Oxidative Status of European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Aquaculture Nutrition (2022): https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2629052.
    10.1155/2022/2629052
  32. Fernandes, Helena; Castro, Carolina; Salgado, José Manuel; Filipe, Diogo; Moyano, Francisco; Ferreira, Patrícia; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Application of fermented brewer's spent grain extract in plant-based diets for European seabass juveniles". Aquaculture 552 (2022): 738013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738013.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738013
  33. Pereira, A. S.; Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Bio-oil production for biodiesel industry by Yarrowia lipolytica from volatile fatty acids in two-stage batch culture". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 106 8 (2022): 2869-2881. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-11900-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-022-11900-7
  34. Quintelas, C.; Braga, A.; Cordeiro, A.; Ferreira, E.C.; Belo, I.; Páscoa, R.N.M.J.. "FT-NIR spectroscopy analysis for monitoring the microbial production of 2-phenylethanol using crude glycerol as carbon source". LWT 155 (2022): 112951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112951.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112951
  35. Fernandes, Helena; Salgado, José Manuel; Ferreira, Marta; Vršanská, Martina; Fernandes, Nélson; Castro, Carolina; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Peres, Helena; Belo, Isabel. "Valorization of brewer's spent grain using biological treatments and its application in feeds for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2022):
    Accepted
  36. Belo, I. "Potential of Red, Green and Brown Seaweeds as Substrates for Solid State Fermentation to Increase Their Nutritional Value and to Produce Enzymes". Foods 11 23 (2022): 3864-3872.
    Open access • Published
  37. Fernandes, Helena; Martins, Nicole; Vieira, Lúcia; Salgado, José Manuel Seara; Castro, Carolina; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Peres, Helena. "Pre-treatment of Ulva rigida improves its nutritional value for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles". (2022): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/79590.
    10.1016/j.algal.2022.102803
  38. Fernandes, Helena; Moyano, Francisco; Castro, Carolina; Salgado, José; Martínez, Francisca; Aznar, María; Fernandes, Nelson; et al. "Solid-state fermented brewer's spent grain enzymatic extract increases in vitro and in vivo feed digestibility in European seabass". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02393-x.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-02393-x
  39. Fernandes, Sílvia; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Highly aerated cultures boost gluconic acid production by the yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans". Biochemical Engineering Journal 175 (2021): 108133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2021.108133.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bej.2021.108133
  40. Leite, Paulina; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel. "Co-management of agro-industrial wastes by solid-state fermentation for the production of bioactive compounds". Industrial Crops and Products 172 (2021): 113990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113990.
    Published • 10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113990
  41. Adelaide Braga; Bruna Freitas; Ana Cordeiro; Isabel Belo. "Valorization of crude glycerol as carbon source for the bioconversion of L-phenylamine to 2-phenylethanol by Yarrowia species". Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.6849.
    10.1002/jctb.6849
  42. Daniel Sousa; José M Salgado; Maria Cambra-López; Alberto CP Dias; Isabel Belo. "Degradation of lignocellulosic matrix of oilseed cakes by solid-state fermentation: fungi screening for enzymes production and antioxidants release". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.11490.
    10.1002/jsfa.11490
  43. Ferreira-Santos, Pedro; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel; Spigno, Giorgia; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Sequential multi-stage extraction of biocompounds from Spirulina platensis: Combined effect of ohmic heating and enzymatic treatment". Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 71 (2021): 102707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102707.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102707
  44. Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Costa, Ana R.; Pereira, Ana S.; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica as a biorefinery platform for effluents and solid wastes valorization ¿ challenges and opportunities". Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (2021): 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.1931016.
    10.1080/07388551.2021.1931016
  45. Leite, Paulina; Sousa, Daniel; Fernandes, Helena; Ferreira, Marta; Costa, Ana Rita; Filipe, Diogo; Gonçalves, Margarida; et al. "Recent advances in production of lignocellulolytic enzymes by solid-state fermentation of agro-industrial wastes". Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 27 (2021): 100407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100407.
    10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100407
  46. Pereira, Ana S.; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Factors affecting microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica strains from volatile fatty acids: effect of co-substrates, operation mode and oxygen". Journal of Biotechnology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.02.014.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.02.014
  47. Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene; Ramôa, Renata; Pereira, Ana S.; Belo, Isabel. "Candida tropicalis as a Promising Oleaginous Yeast for Olive Mill Wastewater Bioconversion". Energies 14 3 (2021): 640. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14030640.
    Published • 10.3390/en14030640
  48. Marta Ferreira; Helena Fernandes; Helena Peres; Aires Oliva-Teles; Isabel Belo; José Manuel Salgado. "Polyunsaturated fatty acids production by solid-state fermentation on polyurethane foam by Mortierella alpina". Biotechnology Progress (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3113.
    10.1002/btpr.3113
  49. Ferreira, Marta; Fernandes, Helena; Peres, Helena; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel. "Bio-enrichment of oilseed cakes by Mortierella alpina under solid-state fermentation". LWT 134 (2020): 109981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109981.
    10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109981
  50. Diogo Filipe; Helena Fernandes; Carolina Castro; Helena Peres; Aires Oliva-Teles; Belo, Isabel; José M. Salgado. "Improved lignocellulolytic enzyme production and antioxidant extraction using solid-state fermentation of olive pomace mixed with winery waste". Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2073.
    10.1002/bbb.2073
  51. Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Microbial valorization of waste cooking oils for valuable compounds production – a review". Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (2019): 1-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2019.1704602.
    10.1080/10643389.2019.1704602
  52. Leite, Paulina; Silva, Cátia; Salgado, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Simultaneous production of lignocellulolytic enzymes and extraction of antioxidant compounds by solid-state fermentation of agro-industrial wastes". Industrial Crops and Products 137 (2019): 315-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.04.044.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.04.044
  53. Helena Fernandes; José Manuel Salgado; Nicole Martins; Helena Peres; Aires Oliva-Teles; Belo, Isabel. "Sequential bioprocessing of Ulva rigida to produce lignocellulolytic enzymes and to improve its nutritional value as aquaculture feed". Bioresource Technology 281 (2019): 277-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.068.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.068
  54. Quintelas, Cristina; Braga, Adelaide; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Amaral, Antonio L.; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Belo, Isabel. "NIR spectroscopy applied to the determination of 2-phenylethanol and l -phenylalanine concentrations in culture medium of Yarrowia lipolytica". Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5827.
    10.1002/jctb.5827
  55. Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Alves, Joana M.; Pereira, Ana S.; Belo, Isabel. "Waste Cooking Oils as Feedstock for Lipase and Lipid-Rich Biomass Production". European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 121 1 (2018): 1800188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201800188.
    Open access • 10.1002/ejlt.201800188
  56. Salgado, José Manuel; Sousa, Daniel F.; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel. "Mediterranean agro-industrial wastes as valuable substrates for lignocellulolytic enzymes and protein production by solid-state fermentation". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9063.
    10.1002/jsfa.9063
  57. Braga, Adelaide; Guerreiro, Carlos; Belo, Isabel. "Generation of Flavors and Fragrances Through Biotransformation and De Novo Synthesis". Food and Bioprocess Technology 11 12 (2018): 2217-2228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11947-018-2180-8.
    10.1007/s11947-018-2180-8
  58. Felisbela Oliveira; Salgado, José Manuel; Noelia Pérez-Rodríguez; José Manuel Domínguez; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel. "Lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace in tray-type and pressurized bioreactors". Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5492.
    10.1002/jctb.5492
  59. Lopes, M.; Gomes, A.S.; Silva, C.M.; Belo, Isabel. "Microbial lipids and added value metabolites production by Yarrowia lipolytica from pork lard". Journal of Biotechnology 265 (2018): 76-85. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85034820909&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.11.007
  60. Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Pereira, Ana S.; Belo, Isabel. "Lipofactory: Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce valuable compounds". Journal of Biotechnology 256 (2017): S19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.06.614.
    Published
  61. Oliveira, F.; Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Pérez-Rodríguez, N.; Domínguez, J.M.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, I.. "Optimization of lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace: from flask to laboratory-scale packed-bed bioreactor". Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 40 7 (2017): 1123-1132. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019066226&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00449-017-1774-2
  62. Oliveira, F.; Souza, C.E.; Peclat, V.R.O.L.; Ribeiro, B.D.; Salgado, J.M.; Coelho, M.A.Z.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, Isabel. "Optimization of lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus from oil cakes and its application in esterification reactions". Food and Bioproducts Processing 102 (2017): 268-277. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010440535&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fbp.2017.01.007
  63. Braga, Adelaide; Belo, Isabel. "Biotechnological production of gamma-decalactone, a peach like aroma, by Yarrowia lipolytica". World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 32 10 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-016-2116-2.
    10.1007/s11274-016-2116-2
  64. Lopes, V. R. O.; Farias, M. A.; Belo, Isabel; Coelho, M. A. Z.. "NITROGEN SOURCES ON TPOMW VALORIZATION THROUGH SOLID STATE FERMENTATION PERFORMED BY Yarrowia lipolytica". Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering 33 2 (2016): 261-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-6632.20160332s20150146.
    10.1590/0104-6632.20160332s20150146
  65. Belo, Isabel. "Quantitative image analysis as a tool for Yarrowia lipolytica dimorphic growth evaluation in different culture media". Journal of Biotechnology (2016):
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.10.023
  66. Ferreira, P.; Lopes, M.; Mota, M.; Belo, I.. "Oxygen transfer rate and pH as major operating parameters of citric acid production from glycerol by Yarrowia lipolytica W29 and CBS 2073". Chemical Papers 70 7 (2016): 869-876. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010425189&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/chempap-2016-0024
  67. Leite, P.; Salgado, J.M.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, I.. "Ultrasounds pretreatment of olive pomace to improve xylanase and cellulase production by solid-state fermentation". Bioresource Technology 214 (2016): 737-746. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969221102&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2016.05.028
  68. Oliveira, F.; Moreira, C.; Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Belo, I.. "Olive pomace valorization by Aspergillus species: lipase production using solid-state fermentation". Journal of the science of food and agriculture 96 10 (2016): 3583-3589. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84973667678&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jsfa.7544
  69. Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, I.. "Combined bioremediation and enzyme production by Aspergillus sp. in olive mill and winery wastewaters". International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 110 (2016): 16-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959440240&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.12.011
  70. Ferreira, P.; Lopes, M.; Mota, M.; Belo, Isabel. "Oxygen mass transfer impact on citric acid production by Yarrowia lipolytica from crude glycerol". Biochemical Engineering Journal 110 (2016): 35-42. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958241690&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bej.2016.02.001
  71. Braga, A.; Belo, I.. "Production of gamma-decalactone by Yarrowia lipolytica: Insights into experimental conditions and operating mode optimization". Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 90 3 (2015): 559-565. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922948663&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jctb.4349
  72. Braga, A.; Crutz-Le Coq, A.M.; Dulermo, R.; Nicaud, J.M.; Belo, I.. "Effect of POX genotype and Lip2p overexpression on lactone production and reconsumption by Yarrowia lipolytica using castor oil as substrate". Process Biochemistry 50 9 (2015): 1357-1362. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937515702&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.procbio.2015.05.019
  73. Braga, A.; Mesquita, D.P.; Amaral, A.L.; Ferreira, E.C.; Belo, I.. "Aroma production by Yarrowia lipolytica in airlift and stirred tank bioreactors: Differences in yeast metabolism and morphology". Biochemical Engineering Journal 93 (2015): 55-62. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908047008&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bej.2014.09.006
  74. Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, I.. "Enhancing the Bioconversion of Winery and Olive Mill Waste Mixtures into Lignocellulolytic Enzymes and Animal Feed by Aspergillus uvarum Using a Packed-Bed Bioreactor". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63 42 (2015): 9306-9314. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945907016&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.jafc.5b02131
  75. Belo, Isabel; Braga, Adelaide; Mesquita, Daniela; Amaral, Luis; Ferreira, Eugenio. "Comparison of aroma production from castor oil by Yarrowia lipolytica in airlift and STR bioreactors". Journal of Biotechnology 208 (2015): S14-S14. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000359087000030&KeyUID=WOS:000359087000030.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.06.030
  76. Marisa Lopes; Carlos Tiago Alves; B. Rama Raju; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves; Paulo J.G. Coutinho; Mariana Henriques; Isabel Belo. "Application of benzo[a]phenoxazinium chlorides in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy of Candida albicans biofilms". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 141 (2014): 93-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.09.006.
    10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.09.006
  77. Pinheiro, R.; Lopes, M.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Candida utilis metabolism and morphology under increased air pressure up to 12 bar". Process Biochemistry 49 3 (2014): 374-379. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84900648687&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.procbio.2013.11.014
  78. Lopes, M.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Over-pressurized bioreactors: Application to microbial cell cultures". Biotechnology Progress 30 4 (2014): 767-775. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904620322&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/btpr.1917
  79. Lopes, M.; Oliveira, C.; Domingues, L.; Mota, M.; Belo, I.. "Enhanced heterologous protein production in Pichia pastoris under increased air pressure". Biotechnology Progress 30 5 (2014): 1040-1047. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84914105339&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/btpr.1964
  80. Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, I.. "Integrated use of residues from olive mill and winery for lipase production by solid state fermentation with Aspergillus sp.". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 172 4 (2014): 1832-1845. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896317499&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12010-013-0613-4
  81. Salgado, J.M.; Abrunhosa, L.; Venâncio, A.; Domínguez, J.M.; Belo, I.. "Screening of winery and olive mill wastes for lignocellulolytic enzyme production from Aspergillus species by solid-state fermentation". Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 4 3 (2014): 201-209. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978026217&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13399-013-0100-8
  82. Escamilla-García, E.; O'Riordan, S.; Gomes, N.; Aguedo, M.; Belo, Isabel; Teixeira, José A.; Belin, J.-M.; Waché, Y.. "An air-lift biofilm reactor for the production of gamma-decalactones by Yarrowia lipolytica". Process Biochemistry 49 9 (2014): 1377-1382. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906785480&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.procbio.2014.05.011
  83. Pérez-Rodríguez, N.; Oliveira, F.; Pérez-Bibbins, B.; Belo, I.; Torrado Agrasar, A.; Domínguez, J.M.. "Optimization of xylanase production by filamentous fungi in solid-state fermentation and scale-up to horizontal tube bioreactor". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 173 3 (2014): 803-825. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902553984&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12010-014-0895-1
  84. Lopes, M.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Batch and fed-batch growth of Pichia pastoris under increased air pressure". Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 36 9 (2013): 1267-1275. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884590012&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00449-012-0871-5
  85. Lopes, M.; Mota, M.; Belo, I.. "Oxygen mass transfer rate in a pressurized lab-scale stirred bioreactor". Chemical Engineering and Technology 36 10 (2013): 1779-1784. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884711255&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ceat.201300082
  86. Gomes, N.; Braga, Adelaide; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, Isabel. "Impact of lipase-mediated hydrolysis of castor oil on gamma-decalactone production by Yarrowia lipolytica". JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 90 8 (2013): 1131-1137. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881221486&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11746-013-2231-2
  87. Lopes, Marlene; Mota, Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Comparison of Yarrowia lipolytica and Pichia pastoris Cellular Response to Different Agents of Oxidative Stress". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 170 2 (2013): 448-458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0205-3.
    10.1007/s12010-008-8359-0
  88. Braga, A.; Belo, I.. "Immobilization of Yarrowia lipolytica for Aroma Production from Castor Oil". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2013): 1-10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873725455&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12010-013-0131-4
  89. Abrunhosa, Luís; Oliveira, Felisbela; Dantas, Danielle; Gonçalves, Cristiana; Belo, Isabel. "Lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus using olive mill wastewater". Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 36 3 (2013): 285-291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00449-012-0783-4.
    10.1007/s00449-012-0783-4
  90. Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Fed-batch versus batch cultures of Yarrowia lipolytica for gamma-decalactone production from methyl ricinoleate". Biotechnology Letters 34 4 (2012): 649-654. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858005802&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10529-011-0824-0
  91. Braga, Adelaide; Gomes, Nelma; Belo, Isabel. "Lipase Induction in Yarrowia lipolytica for Castor Oil Hydrolysis and Its Effect on gamma-Decalactone Production". Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 89 6 (2012): 1041-1047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11746-011-1987-5.
    10.1007/s11746-011-1987-5
  92. Gonçalves, C.; Oliveira, F.; Pereira, C.; Belo, I.. "Fed-batch fermentation of olive mill wastewaters for lipase production". Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 87 8 (2012): 1215-1218. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864014286&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jctb.3738
  93. Gomes, N.; Waché, Y.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Oil-in-water emulsions characterization by laser granulometry and impact on gamma-decalactone production in Yarrowia lipolytica". Biotechnology Letters 33 8 (2011): 1601-1606. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960163585&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10529-011-0593-9
  94. Belo, Isabel; García-Abuín, A.; Gómez-Díaz, D.; Navaza, J.M.José M.; Vidal-Tato, I.I. "Effect of tween 80 on bubble size and mass transfer in a bubble contactor". Chemical Engineering and Technology 34 11 (2011): 1790-1796. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054995374&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ceat.201100140
  95. Romero-Guido, C.; Belo, I.; Ta, T.M.N.; Cao-Hoang, L.; Alchihab, M.; Gomes, N.; Thonart, P.; et al. "Biochemistry of lactone formation in yeast and fungi and its utilisation for the production of flavour and fragrance compounds". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 89 3 (2011): 535-547. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79251594547&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00253-010-2945-0
  96. Gomes, N.; Gonalves, C.; García-Román, M.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Optimization of a colorimetric assay for yeast lipase activity in complex systems". Analytical Methods 3 4 (2011): 1008-1013. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959751827&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c0ay00680g
  97. Gomes, Nelma; Teixeira, José A.; Belo, Isabel. "Empirical modelling as an experimental approach to optimize lactone production". Catalysis Science & Technology 1 1 (2011): 86-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0cy00017e.
    10.1039/c0cy00017e
  98. Lopes, Marlene; Mota, Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Enhanced Pichia pastoris biomass under increased air pressure: batch and fed-batch strategies". Current Opinion in Biotechnology 22 (2011): S60-S60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2011.05.167.
    10.1016/j.copbio.2011.05.167
  99. Gomes, Nelma; Teixeira, José A.; Belo, Isabel. "The use of methyl ricinoleate in lactone production by Yarrowia lipolytica : Aspects of bioprocess operation that influence the overall performance". Biocatalysis and Biotransformation 28 4 (2010): 227-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10242422.2010.493208.
    10.3109/10242422.2010.493208
  100. Gonalves, C.; Rodriguez-Jasso, R.M.; Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Adaptation of dinitrosalicylic acid method to microtiter plates". Analytical Methods 2 12 (2010): 2046-2048. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650324157&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c0ay00525h
  101. Gonçalves, C.; Pereira, C.; Alves, M.; Belo, I.. "Olive mill wastewater as a renewable resource". Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 9 3 (2010): 319-325. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77953869020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  102. Gómez-Díaz, D.; Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Gas-liquid interfacial area in the oxygen absorption to oil-in-water emulsions in an airlift reactor". Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 88 4 (2010): 561-564. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954735330&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cjce.20307
  103. Gómez-Díaz, D.; Gomes, N.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Oxygen mass transfer to emulsions in a bubble column contactor". Chemical Engineering Journal 152 2-3 (2009): 354-360. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67649605036&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cej.2009.04.059
  104. García, E.E.; Aguedo, M.; Gomes, N.; Choquet, A.; Belo, I.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belin, J.-M.; Waché, Y.. "Production of 3-hydroxy-gamma-decalactone, the precursor of two decenolides with flavouring properties, by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica". Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 57 1-4 (2009): 22-26. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68649089328&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.molcatb.2008.06.010
  105. Lopes, M.; Araújo, C.; Aguedo, M.; Gomes, N.; Gonçalves, C.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "The use of olive mill wastewater by wild type Yarrowia lipolytica strains: Medium supplementation and surfactant presence effect". Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 84 4 (2009): 533-537. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67449139099&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jctb.2075
  106. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Lopes, Marlene; Ferreira, João P.; Belo, Isabel. "Biological treatment of olive mill wastewater by non-conventional yeasts". Bioresource Technology 100 15 (2009): 3759-3763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.004.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.004
  107. Gonçalves, Cristiana; Lopes, Marlene; Aguedo, Mário; Belo, Isabel. "Olive mill wastewater valorisation by the use of non-conventional yeasts.". 100 (2009): 3759-3763.
    Open access
  108. Lopes, Marlene; Gomes, Nelma; Mota, Manuel; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica Growth Under Increased Air Pressure: Influence on Enzyme Production". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 159 1 (2008): 46-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-008-8359-0.
    10.1007/s12010-008-8359-0
  109. Lopes, M.; Gomes, N.; Gonçalves, C.; Coelho, M.A.Z.; Mota, M.; Belo, I.. "Yarrowia lipolytica lipase production enhanced by increased air pressure". Letters in Applied Microbiology 46 2 (2008): 255-260. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38349154899&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02299.x
  110. Gomes, N.; Aguedo, M.; Teixeira, J.; Belo, I.. "Oxygen mass transfer in a biphasic medium: Influence on the biotransformation of methyl ricinoleate into gamma-decalactone by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica". Biochemical Engineering Journal 35 3 (2007): 380-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249731420&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bej.2007.02.002
  111. Coelho, M.A.Z.; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Ferreira, E.C.; Mota, M.; Belo, I.. "Analysis of the effects of hyperbaric gases on S. cerevisiae cell cycle through a morphological approach". Process Biochemistry 42 10 (2007): 1378-1383. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548584876&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.procbio.2007.07.003
  112. Gomes, Nelma; Aguedo, Mario; Teixeira, José; Belo, Isabel. "Use of castor oil for aroma production by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica: Optimization of operating conditions". Journal of Biotechnology 131 2 (2007): S169-S169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.07.899.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.07.916
  113. Aguedo, M.; Gomes, N.; Garcia, E.E.; Waché, Y.; Mota, M.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belo, I.. "Decalactone production by Yarrowia lipolytica under increased O2 transfer rates". Biotechnology Letters 27 20 (2005): 1617-1621. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27144496024&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10529-005-2517-z
  114. Belo, I.; Pinheiro, R.; Mota, M.. "Morphological and physiological changes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by oxidative stress from hyperbaric air.". Journal of biotechnology 115 4 (2005): 397-404. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-18444419161&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2004.09.010
  115. Coutinho, João AP; Belo, Isabel; Ferreira, Eugénio C; Coelho, M Alice Z. "Assessment of yeast viability under hyperbaric conditions through a modeling approach". Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 80 8 (2005): 872-877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jctb.1248.
    10.1002/jctb.1248
  116. Coelho, M.A.Z.; Belo, Isabel; Pinheiro, R.; Amaral, A.L.; Mota, M.; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Ferreira, E.C.. "Effect of hyperbaric stress on yeast morphology: Study by automated image analysis". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 66 3 (2004): 318-324. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-11244304468&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00253-004-1648-9
  117. Campelo, A.F.; Belo, Isabel. "Fermentative capacity of baker's yeast exposed to hyperbaric stress". Biotechnology Letters 26 15 (2004): 1237-1240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-16644362863&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/B:BILE.0000036604.20963.da
  118. Aguedo, Mario; Ly, Mai Huong; Belo, Isabel; Teixeira, José A.; Belin, Jean-Marc; Waché, Yves. "The Use of Enzymes and Microorganisms for the Production of Aroma Compounds from Lipids.". Food Technology and Biotechnology 42 4 (2004): 327-336.
  119. Aguedo, M.; Ly, M.H.; Belo, I.; Teixeira, J.A.; Belin, J.-M.; Waché, Y.. "The use of enzymes and microorganisms for the production of aroma compounds from lipids". Food Technology and Biotechnology 42 4 (2004): 327-336. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-11044235373&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  120. Belo, I.; Pinheiro, R.; Mota, M.. "Fed-batch cultivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a hyperbaric bioreactor". Biotechnology Progress 19 2 (2003): 665-671. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037360437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/bp0257067
  121. Pinheiro, R.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Growth and ß-galactosidase activity in cultures of Kluyveromyces marxianus under increased air pressure". Letters in Applied Microbiology 37 6 (2003): 438-442. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0347517758&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01429.x
  122. Pinheiro, R.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Oxidative stress response of Kluyveromyces marxianus to hydrogen peroxide, paraquat and pressure". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 58 6 (2002): 842-847. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036251663&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00253-001-0927-y
  123. Pinheiro, R.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Air pressure effects on biomass yield of two different Kluyveromyces strains". Enzyme and Microbial Technology 26 9-10 (2000): 756-762. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034212494&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0141-0229(00)00168-X
  124. Belo, I.; Pinheiro, R.; Mota, M.. "Response of the thermophile Thermus sp. RQ-1 to hyperbaric air in batch and fed-batch cultivation". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 53 5 (2000): 517-524. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034041911&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  125. Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Batch and fed-batch cultures of E. coli TB1 at different oxygen transfer rates: Effect of stirring and oxygen partial pressures on cell growth and cytochrome b5 production". Bioprocess Engineering 18 6 (1998): 451-455. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031837704&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s004490050470
  126. Pinheiro, R.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.. "Physiological behaviour of Saccharomyces cerevisiae under increased air and oxygen pressures". Biotechnology Letters 19 7 (1997): 703-708. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030860883&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1018311503800
  127. Santos, J.A.L.; Belo, I.; Mota, M.; Cabral, J.M.S.. "Freeze/thawing and sonication of Escherichia coli TB1 cells for cytochrome b5 recovery". Bioseparation 6 2 (1996): 81-89. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030128904&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  128. Belo, I.; Santos, J.A.L.; Cabral, J.M.S.; Mota, M.. "Optimization study of Escherichia coli TB1 cell disruption for cytochrome b5 recovery in a small-scale bead mill". Biotechnology Progress 12 2 (1996): 201-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030088489&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Journal issue
  1. Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Microbial Lipids: Novel Advances and Applications". Applied Sciences (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/microbial_lipids_advances_applications.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Belo, Isabel. "Study of the effect of pressure on the physiological behavior of microorganisms.". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2000.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Belo, Isabel; Fernandes, Sílvia; Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene. 2023. "METHOD OF PRODUCING GLUCONIC ACID, OXALIC ACID AND FRUCTOSE SYRUP FROM SOYBEAN MOLASSES, PT nº Nº118833". Portugal.
    Pending
  2. Peres, Helena; Belo, Isabel; Salgado, José Manuel Seara; Castro, Carolina; Teles, Aires Oliva; Fernandes, Helena; Moyano, Francisco J.. 2022. "Enzyme-rich extract and use thereof in pre-treatment of plant feedstuff-based diets, Patente Europeia N.º: 4070666".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/25 Bioprocessamento de produtos derivados de insetos pela levedura Yarrowia lipolytica Microbiologia 2024 - Congresso Internacional de Microbiologia em Língua Portuguesa
(Online, Portugal)
2024/10/02 Solid-state fermentation by Yarrowia lipolytica improves the nutritional value of fruit peels. 5th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries
(Jaén, Spain)
2024/10/02 Hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of olive tree prunings for lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica. 5th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries
(Jáen, Spain)
2021/02/12 UCOs fermentation to obtain value-added products 1st international seminar on Used cooking oils valorization
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)
2019/12/26 Use of solid-state fermentation technology for development of novel ingredients and obtention of functional extracts for aquafeeds. Neptune seminar, CIIMAR
(Portugal)
2019/09/05 Production of bioactive compounds by solid-state fermentation of oilseed cakes. 5th International Conference Wastes 2019
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/09/05 Improvement of antioxidant compounds extraction by SSF from agro-food wastes. 5th International Conference Wastes 2019
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/06/10 Yarrowia lipolytica as a microbial host for flavors and fragrances production BIOTEC 2019 - Congreso Nacional de Biotecnología 2019
(Vigo, Spain)
2019/04/13 Extraction of antioxidant compounds from enzymatic hydrolysis of brewer spent grain after solid-state fermentation. European Biotechnology Congress
(Valencia, Spain)
2019/04/12 Dissolved oxygen effect on microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica from volatile fatty acids. European Biotechnology Congress
(Valencia, Spain)
2019/04/11 Solid-state fermentation of winery and olive mill wastes mixtures for lignocellulolytic enzymes and antioxidant compounds production to apply as fish feed additive. European Biotechnology Congress
(Valencia, Spain)
2018/11/30 Application of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for food additives production. FOODCONF 2018 - Third International Conference on Food Science and Technology
(Budapeste, Hungary)
2018/11/30 An adsorptive approach to enhance the 2-phenylethanol (2-PE) production from L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) biotransformation. FOODCONF 2018 - Third International Conference on Food Science and Technology
(Budapeste, Hungary)
2018/10/25 Bioconversion of volatile fatty acids into microbial lipids by Yarrowia lipolytica. 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries
(Jaén, Spain)
2018/10/24 Solid-state fermentation of Ulva rigida for production of cellulases, xylanases and ß-glucosidase. 4-CIAB - Proceedings of the 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries
(Jaén, Spain)
2018/10/03 Yarrowia lipolytica as a potential producer of 2-phenylethanol from L-phenylalanine biotransformation. CHEMPOR 2018 - 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/10/03 Production of erythritol by Yarrowia species from crude glycerol. CHEMPOR 2018 - 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/09/25 Waste cooking oils: Low-cost substrate for co-production of lipase and microbial lipids. WASTES 2017 – 4th Edition of the International Conference and Exhibition: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities.
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/07/06 Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce valuable compounds. CEB Scientific Annual Meeting,
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/07/06 Bioprocess development based on low-cost feedstocks by fermentation technology for added-value compounds production. CEB Scientific Annual Meeting
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/05/26 Lipofactory: Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce microbial oils from hydrophobic substrates. European Biotechnology Congress
(Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2017/05/25 Use of different bioreactor types for citric acid production by Yarrowia lipolytica. European Biotechnology Congress
(Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2017/05/25 Use of mixed-cultures of Yarrowia lipolytica mutant strains for gamma-decalactone production from castor oil. European Biotechnology Congress
(Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2016/05/24 Lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus using oil cakes and its application in esterification reactions. WasteEng 2016 - 6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation
(Albi, France)
2015/09/15 Scale-up of Aspergillus ibericus lipase production by solid-state fermentation. 3rd edition of the International Conferences on Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities
Taylor & Francis Group (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2015/09/15 Aspergillus ibericus lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace. rd edition of the International Conferences on Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities
(Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2015/08/23 Evaluation of dimorphic Yarrowia lipolytica strains growth in different culture media by quantitative image analysis. MCM2015 - Multinational Conference on Microscopy
(Eger, Hungary)
2015/05/07 Comparison of aroma production from castor oil by Yarrowia lipolytica in airlift and STR bioreactors. European Biotechnology Congress
(Bucharest, Romania)
2013 Valorisation of olive pomace by solid-state fermentation with Aspergillus species for lipase production. WASTES 2013 - 2nd Edition of the International Conference and Exhibition: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities.
(Braga, Portugal)
2012/10/25 Evaluation of substrate composition for lignocellulolytic enzymes production by solid state fermentation of wastes from olive oil and wine industries. . 1-CIAB - Primer Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Biorrefinerías
(Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico)
2012/03/16 Application of hyperbaric bioreactors for bioprocess development. 3rd Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2011/09/05 Lipase production from olive mill wastewaters by Aspergillus ibericus. CHEMPOR 2011 - 11th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/11/09 A perspective for OMW valorization through integration of lipase production fermentation and anaerobic digestion. 3rd International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste
(Venice, Italy)
2010/10/23 Yarrowia lipolytica: an industrial workhorse. 2nd Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
(Braga, Portugal)
2010 Olive mill wastewaters treatment by enzymes producing microorganisms. IX Brasilian Seminary on enzimatic technology,
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2009/08/24 Oxygen effect in gama-decalactone production through biotransformation of ricinoleic acid. WCCE-8
(Montréal, Canada)
2008/06/03 Olive mill wastewater valorization: use by non-conventional yeasts. WasteEng08 - 2nd International Conference on Engineering for Waste Valorisation
(Patras, Greece)
2004/07/19 Hyperbaric Bioreactors: Tools for Mass Transfer and Cell Physiology Studies. Congresso Nacional de Biotecnología
University of Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain)
2004 Yeast response to hyperbaric stress. 11th In ternational Congress on Yeast (ICY 2004)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2002 Effects of Pressure on yeast metabolism Meeting of the European Brewery Convention
(Braga, Portugal)
1999/12/01 Comportamento fisiológico da S. cerevisiae em cultura semi-contínua e em condições hiperbáricas. Micro'99 - Congresso Nacional de Microbiologia
(Luso, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Production of bio-oils from lignocellulosic biomass by oleaginous yeasts resistant to inhibitory compounds
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021 - Current Enriching macroalgae as a strategy to produce neutral-carbon feed ingredients for aquafeeds
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - Current Screening of extracellular hydrolytic activity enzymes of some local fungal strains grown on olive residues.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 Biotechnology approach for upgrading fruits and vegetables surplus and by-products into new plant-based food products
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2025/01/01 - 2029/12/31 Marine by-products fermentation by Yarrowia spp. for obtaining added-value products
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2025/02/04 Hydrocarbons polluted streams bioconversion to added-value compounds using yeasts.
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020 - 2024 Novel biorefinery of seaweeds using sequential bioprocessing to obtain value-added products to apply in aquaculture.
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017 - 2024 Search new alternatives for portuguese agro-industrial wastes by semi-solid and solid-state fermentation to obtain antioxidant compounds.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Bioprocessing by solid-state fermentation of underexplored agro-Industrial by-products for their valorisation
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2023 Exploring Yarrowia species as cellular platforms for developing circular economy in agro-food industries of vegetable oils production
Supervisor
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018 - 2023 Yarrowia lipolytica as a biorefinery platform based on low-cost feedstocks
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018 - 2023 Agro-industrial wastes up-grading by solid-state fermentaion: Application to animal feed and as bioactive compounds source.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2017 - 2023 Strategies of improving gluconic acid production using pressurized bioreactors.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Biotechnological approaches to boost the application of insect meal as a source of feed protein
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Solid state fermentation to add value to vegetable oil cakes
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Development of sustainable protein and omega-3 rich feedstuffs for aquafeeds
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/02 - 2021/02 Production of the sweetner erythritol by Yarrowia strains from crude glycerol.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02 - 2021/02 Strategies to increase 2-Phenylethanol production from L-phenylalanine biotransformation using Yarrowia lipolytica as platform.
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/02 Valorization of macroalgae by solid-state fermentation.
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/02 Valorization of industrial effluents by yeasts.
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2019/12 Controlo de qualidade de processo de uma indústria de desmancha.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2019/12 Flavors and Fragrances production using Yarrowia lipolytic as a platform.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/06 - 2019 2-phenylethanol (2-PE) production process using Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017/01 - 2019 Phenotypic characterization of Yarrowia lipolytica mutants.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018 - 2018/12 Production of the flavor 2-phenylethanol by Yarrowia lipolytica.
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2018/12 Erythritol production by Yarrowia lipolytica.
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2018/12 Production of polyunsaturated fatty acids and lipids for biodiesel production by solid-state fermentation.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2018/12 Degradation/bioconversion of phenolic compounds by yeasts.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Biotechnological approach for industrial wastes valorization applying the biorefinery concept: processes development in novel bioreactors type
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016 - 2017/10 Biotechnological approach for waste cooking oils valorization based on yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2017/10 Optimization of the composting process of municipal organic waste.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2017/10 Validation of thermal processes adopted by CSM Bakery Solutions.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Enzymes production from olive mill wastes: Development of the processes at bioreactor level.
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016 - 2016/10 Revisão da norma NP EN ISO 9001:2015 - Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade numa indústria de processamento de carne.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2016/10 Análise de risco de vulnerabilidades de matérias-primas à fraude alimentar de acordo com o BRC issue 7.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/10 Bioprocessing of main agro-industrial wastes of Portugal to improve their nutritional value by solid-state fermentation.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/10 Degradation of alkanes by Yarrowia lipolytica.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/10 Optimization of gamma-decalactone production by genetically modified strains in airlift bioreactors.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/10 Potential of solid state fermentation of Brewers Spent Grains in diets for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax): effect on growth, digestibility and digestive function.
Supervisor
 Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/01 - 2016 Bioresources from wineries and olive oil industries for the biotechnological production of value-added products by solid state fermentation
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2015 - 2015/10 Verificação e Validação do Procedimento da Unidade Alimentar CSM Iberia S.A.; Implementação da ferramenta 5S.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015/10 Olive pomace pretreatments to enhance its valorization by solid-state fermentation.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015/04 Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy to the control of fungal infections.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015/03 Yarrowia lipolytica mutagenesis to improve citric acid and lípase production.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Biotechnological approaches for the application of crude glycerol from the biodiesel production: optimization of citric acid production by Yarrowia lipolytica.
Supervisor
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2013 - 2014/12 Study of thermo-stability of ultra- frozen products and its impact in the primary viability.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2014/12 Yarrowia lipolytica whole cells immobilization: impact on the production of aroma and organic acids.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2014/12 Optimization of the biomass production of a lactic bacteria.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Aroma production by yeasts from castor oil: productivity improvement strategies.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2012 - 2013/12 Optimization of glucose oxidase production by Aspergillus niger.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2013/10 Optimization of Candida albicans biofilms inactivation by benzophenoxazine compounds for photodynamic therapy.
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Biotransformation of ricinoleic acid into gamma-decalactone by Yarrowia lipolytica: Bioprocess optimization.
Supervisor
2011 - 2013 Monitoring cellular monitoring in solid-state fermentation by digital image analysis techniques.
Supervisor
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Escola de Química, Brazil
2009 - 2013 Non-conventional yeast cultures under hyperbaric conditions: characterization of the physiological response to stress.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2011 - 2012/12 Study of the Staphylococcus epidermidis susceptibility to hyperbaric treatment.
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2012/10 Valorization of olive pomaces by fungi solid-state fermentation.
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Mass Transfer in biphasic media: modelling and impact in bioprocess involving the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.
Supervisor
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2006 - 2011 Biotechnological Transformation and recovery of OMW.
Supervisor
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2009 - 2010/10 Recovery and treatment of olive mill wastes by fungi fermentation.
Supervisor
 Gestão Ambiental (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2010/10 Valorização do glicerol bruto resultante da produção de biodiesel por fermentação com Yarrowia lipolytica: produção de ácido cítrico.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Purification and characterization of lipases produced from olive mill wastewaters.
Supervisor
2008 - 2009/10 Biotransformation of castor oil into aroma by Yarrowia lipolytica.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2009/09 Application of novel benzophnoaxizines type antifungicides on the infections control: evaluation of the potential use as fotosensitizers
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007 - 2008/10 Characterization and degradation of phenolic compounds from olive mill wastewaters.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007 - 2008/09 Photodymanic therapy: application to antimicrobial control.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2006 - 2007/09/03 Photodymanic therapy: application to cancer and antimicrobial control
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Characterization of the effects of magnetic stimulation under hyperbaric fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Supervisor
2006 - 2007 Mass transfer in oil-in-water emulsions
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2006 - 2007 Lipase production by the Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica: optimization of media composition and aeration
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia - Engenharia de Bioprocessos (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2003 - 2006 Development of process for the aroma production by biotransformation.
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Study of the effect of pressure on yeast physiology.
Supervisor
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Effect of oxygen on the biotransformation of lipids into aroma by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia - Engenharia de Bioprocessos (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2002 - 2003 Moderated pressure effect on the activity of microbial enzymes.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Poli(glicerol sebacato) (PGS): Uma base para novos materiais
(Thesis) Arguer
 Bruno Miguel Marques Godinho (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 Valorization of extremophilic microalgae isolated from lichens: development of cultivation and extraction strategies for high performance production of bioactive compounds.
Thesis Member
 Luís Carlos Sá Loureiro (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023 Microalgae production strategies to increase carotenoid and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition for food and feed.
Thesis Member
 José Filipe Gonçalves Maciel (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 Strategies for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.
Thesis Member
 Elisa Zanuso Jiménez (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/01/06 Gamma irradiation in mycotoxins.
Thesis Member
 Thalita Cabral Calado (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/11/22 Producción de biomasa probiótica y nisina por Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis CECT 539.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mónica Costas Malvido (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2018/06/27 Fruit-like and rose-like aroma production via Solid-State Fermentation of sugarcane bagasse: process optimization and production strategies.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Oscar Mauricio Martínez Avila (PhD)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2017/11/27 Tratamiento biológico de compuestos fenílicos.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alicia Pérez Paz (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2016/02/19 Development of bioprocesses for the conversion of oil processing wastes into surface active agents.
Thesis Member
 Ignacio Moya Ramírez (PhD)
Universidad de Granada, Spain
2015/12/11 Laccase-based technologies to remove organic pollutants from soils and wastewaters.
Thesis Member
 Adriana Arca Ramos (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2015/07/27 Caracterização das propriedades físico-químicas, microbiológicas e sensoriais de sobremesas prontas a consumir, ao longo do tempo de armazenamento.
Thesis Member
 Diana Brito de Barros (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2015/04/02 Elimination des Composés Organiques Volatils hydrophobes par couplage de l’absorption dans un solvant organique biodégradable.
Thesis Member
 Imane Bechora (PhD)
Universite Bretagne Loire, France
2015/03/05 Desenvolvimento de um mix para pão sem glúten: efeito do amido de arroz nativo e modificado nas propriedades reológicas e de textura.
Thesis Member
 Núria Leandra do Nascimento Reis (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2013/12/18 Produção de bioetanol a partir de um subproduto da indústria papeleira
Thesis Member
 Susana Raquel de Sousa Pereira (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/12/09 Caracterización físico química de sistemas orgânico-acuoso y acuoso-acuoso.
Thesis Member
 Ana Maria Gayol Gonález (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2012/12/05 Estudo das propriedades do pão sem glúten: efeito da adição de diferentes farinhas e hidrocoloides.
Thesis Member
 Paula Cristina da Silva Freitas (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2012/12/05 Efeito do processo de conservação de pão sem glúten nas suas propriedades de textura, físico-químicas e microbiológicas.
Thesis Member
 Alexandra Silva (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2012/03/23 Carbon dioxide capture by means of cyclic organic nitrogen compounds.
Thesis Member
 Alicia García Abuín (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2011/05/06 Valorização de subprodutos da azeitona: desenvolvimento de pasta de azeitona.
Thesis Member
 Sandra Maria Carvalho Pacheco Lima (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2011/05/06 Desenvolvimento de uma Massa para Rissóis sem Glúten.
Thesis Member
 Ana Luísa Leitão (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2010/09/22 Revalorizacion de resíduos vitivinícolas contaminantes mediante la produccion de aditivo alimentarios naturales.
Thesis Member
 José Manuel Salgado Seara (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2010/01/14 Higiene e Segurança Alimentar em lagares.
Thesis Member
 Ana Mafalda Barbosa Pinheiro Torres (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2008/07/25 Bioprocessamento de pentoses do licor de cozimento ao sulfito ácido.
Thesis Member
 Ana Sofia Nunes Pontes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008/07/25 Produção de bioetanol a partir de licor de cozimento ao sulfito ácido.
Thesis Member
 Mariana Fernandes Correia (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008/01/25 Aspects de la dégradation de substances hydrophobes em composés d’arômes para la levure Yarrowia lipolytica.
Thesis Member
 Erandi Escamilla-Garcia (PhD)
Université de Bourgogne, France

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2015 - 2019 Program Director, PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Director
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2015 Program Director, Master Program in Bioengineering
Director
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/01 - 2011/12 4th Joint National Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology- MicroBiotec’11
Member
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2010/01 - 2010/07 10th Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering Congress GLS10
Member
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2008/01 - 2008/09 10th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference- CHEMPOR 2008
Member
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019/02/11 - 2019/04/09 EuroBiotech 2019 Valência, Espanha
2018/09/01 - 2018/10/20 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries Jaén, Espanha
Distinctions

Award

2025 Best Poster of DARE2CHANGE congress
2024 Prémio de Mérito Científico
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023 Diploma de Mérito Cientifico
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 Diploma de Mérito Cientifico
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 Best Poster for the session "Integration of life Sciences and Engineering".