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Maria Monteiro completed her Bachelor Degree in Biotechnology in 2018/07 and the Master degree in Biotechnology in 2020/10 both at University of Aveiro, Department of Chemistry. She attends the PhD in Medical Biotechnology at the University of Aveiro since 2020/11. She has published 9 articles in specialized scientific journals. She owns 2 book chapter. She participated in 8 events. She has received 2 awards. She works in the field(s) of Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Medical Biotechnology, Medical and Health Sciences, and biomaterials. In its Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Hydrogels; In vitro tumor models; Pancreatic cancer; prostate cancer; Bioprinting; Co-culture Models; Drug-secreting; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Monteiro

Citation names

  • Monteiro, Maria V.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4412-B723-23C3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4963-6267

Email addresses

  • m.monteiro@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11 - 2024/11
Ongoing
 Medical Biotechnology (Doutoramento)
Aveiro University, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/12/01
Concluded
 Visiting researcher (Outros)
Major in 3D Cryobioprinting
Harvard Medical School, United States

Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
2018 - 2020/10
Concluded
 Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Major in Biotecnologia Molecular
Aveiro University, Portugal
"Development of Biomimetic Pancreatic Cancer 3D in vitro Models for Preclinical Drug Screening " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/08 - 2019/09
Concluded
 Volunteering PANGEIA Project (Outros)
Aveiro University, Portugal
2018/07
Concluded
 Maria Monteiro (Licenciatura)
Aveiro University, Portugal
"Development of bioprinted 3D microtumours as models for evaluation of new therapies " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2018 - 2018
Concluded
 Public Speaking Course (Outros)
Speak and Lead, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/11/01 - 2024/11/01 Researcher (Research) FCT; Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Chapter 25. Decellularized Matrix Hydrogels for In Vitro Disease Modeling". 626-659. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021.
    10.1039/9781839161124-00626
  2. Monteiro, Maria V.; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mano, João F.. "Bioinspired biomaterials to develop cell-rich spherical microtissues for 3D in vitro tumor modeling". In Biomaterials for 3D Tumor Modeling, 43-65. Elsevier, 2020.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-818128-7.00002-2
Conference paper
  1. Monteiro, Maria V.; Marta Rocha; Gaspar, Vitor M; Mano, João F.. "Establishment of Programmable Living Units for Emulating Pancreatic Tumor-Stroma Interplay". Paper presented in 32nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Bordeaux, 2022.
    Published
  2. "Stratified 3D Microtumors as Organotypic Testing Platforms for Screening Pancreatic Cancer Therapies". Paper presented in European Society for Biomaterials, 2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202001207
Conference poster
  1. Matos, Bárbara; Monteiro, Maria V.; Bernardino, Raquel L.; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Gaspar, Vitor; Mano, Joao F.; et al. "Modulação de complexos da proteína fosfatase 1 usando péptidos para tratamento do cancro da próstata". Paper presented in 5º ENJIO - 5º Encontro nacional de jovens investigadores em oncologia, 2023.
  2. Matos, Bárbara; Monteiro, Maria V.; Bernardino, Raquel L.; Alves, Marco; Oliveira, Pedro; Gaspar, Vitor; Mano, Joao F.; et al. "CAVPENET-induced modulation of PP1 activity suppresses the growth of 2D and 3D prostate cancer cultures by inducing metabolic reprogramming". Paper presented in Signal regulation by protein phosphatases: Mechanisms and pathways, 2023.
  3. Edgar-Vilar, Hugo; J. Almeida-Pinto; Monteiro, Maria V.; Luís P. Ferreira; Vítor M. Gaspar; João F. Mano. Corresponding author: Vítor M. Gaspar. "Production of Interconnected Microporous Methacrylated Gelatin Hydrogels by Aqueous Two-phase Enabled Emulsion Templating". Paper presented in 1st Iberian Symposium on Functional Organic Polymers, 2023.
  4. Edgar-Vilar, Hugo; Almeida-Pinto, José; Monteiro, Maria V.; Ferreira, Luís P.; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mano, Joao F.. Corresponding author: Edgar-Vilar, Hugo. "Production of Interconnected Microporous Gelatin Hydrogels by Aqueous Two-phase Enabled Emulsion Templating". Paper presented in Supralife First School, 2023.
  5. Monteiro, Maria; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Ferreira, Luís P.; Mano, João M.. "Bioengineered Osteosarcoma 3D in vitro tumor models in ECM-mimetic Hydrogels". Paper presented in World Congress of Biomaterials, 2020.
  6. Monteiro, Maria; Gapar, Vítor M.; Ferreira, Luís P.; Mano, João F.. "Engineering Pseudo-3D and 3D Osteosarcoma In vitro Disease Models in ECM-mimicking Microenvironments". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO, 2019.
  7. Monteiro, Maria; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mano, João F.. "Bioengineered In vitro 3D Hydrogel-based Cancer Models using Chemically Modified Biopolymers". Paper presented in CHEMPOR, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Maria V. Monteiro; Margarida Henriques-Pereira; Bruno M. Neves; Iola D. Duarte; Vítor M. Gaspar; João F. Mano. "Photo-Compartmentalized Decellularized Matrix-Hyaluronan Hybrid Units for Pancreatic Tumor-Stroma Modeling". Advanced Functional Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202305473.
    10.1002/adfm.202305473
  2. Maria Monteiro; Luís P. Ferreira; Marta Rocha; Vítor M. Gaspar; João F. Mano. "Advances in bioengineering pancreatic tumor-stroma physiomimetic Biomodels". Biomaterials 287 (2022): 121653-121653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121653.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121653
  3. Maria V. Monteiro; Marta Rocha; Vítor M. Gaspar; João F. Mano. "Programmable Living Units for Emulating Pancreatic Tumor-Stroma Interplay". Advanced Healthcare Materials (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202102574.
    10.1002/adhm.202102574
  4. Maria Monteiro; Beatriz S. Moura; Maria V. Monteiro; Luís P. Ferreira; Pedro Lavrador; Gaspar VM; João F. Mano. "Advancing Tissue Decellularized Hydrogels for Engineering Human Organoids". Advanced Functional Materials 32 29 (2022): 2202825-2202825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202202825.
    10.1002/adfm.202202825
  5. Monteiro, Maria V.; Zhang, Yu Shrike; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mano, João F.. "3D-bioprinted cancer-on-a-chip: level-up organotypic in vitro models". Trends in Biotechnology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.08.007.
    10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.08.007
  6. Ferreira, Luís P.; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Monteiro, Maria V.; Freitas, Bruno; Silva, Nuno J.O.; Mano, João F.. "Screening of dual chemo-photothermal cellular nanotherapies in organotypic breast cancer 3D spheroids". Journal of Controlled Release 331 (2021): 85-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.12.054.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.12.054
  7. Monteiro, Maria V.; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mendes, Luís; Duarte, Iola F.; Mano, João F.. "Stratified 3D Microtumors as Organotypic Testing Platforms for Screening Pancreatic Cancer Therapies". Small Methods (2021): 2001207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202001207.
    Published • 10.1002/smtd.202001207
  8. Tavares, Márcia T; Gaspar, Vítor M; Monteiro, Maria V; Farinha, José Paulo S; Baleizao, Carlos; Mano, João. "GelMA/bioactive silica nanocomposite bioinks for stem cell osteogenic differentiation". Biofabrication (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/abdc86.
    Published • 10.1088/1758-5090/abdc86
  9. Monteiro, Maria M; Gaspar, Vitor M; Ferreira, Luís P; Mano, Joao. "Hydrogel 3D In vitro Tumor Models for Screening Cell Aggregation Mediated Drug Response". Biomaterials Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9bm02075f.
    Published • 10.1039/c9bm02075f
  10. Antunes, Jéssica; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Ferreira, Luís; Monteiro, Maria; Henrique, Rui; Jerónimo, Carmen; Mano, João F.. "In-air production of 3D co-culture tumor spheroid hydrogels for expedited drug screening". Acta Biomaterialia 94 (2019): 392-409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.06.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.06.012

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "ARTIFICIAL TUMOR TISSUE, METHODS, COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF".
    Protected
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09 Establishment of Programmable Living Units for Emulating Pancreatic Tumor-Stroma Interplay 32nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB)
(Bordeaux, France)
2021/09 Stratified 3D Microtumors as Organotypic Testing Platforms for Screening Pancreatic Cancer Therapies 31st Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials
European Society for Biomaterials (Portugal)
2019 Engineering 3D Osteosarcoma In vitro Disease Models in Different ECM-mimicking Microenvironments Tissue Engineering Therapies: From Concept to Clinical Translation & Commercialisation
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) (Rhodes, Greece)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/10/12 - 2023/10/12 The "Jornadas CICECO" is an event that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration between CICECO researchers
Aveiro University, Portugal
2019/10 - 2019/10 The main objective of the Techdays event is to disseminate Technology at the service of the economic development and well-being of the populations, with the exhibition of various technological innovations and R&D projects developed in Portugal, namely research projects at the University of Aveiro.
Exhibition
 Techdays 2019
Aveiro University, Portugal
2019/06/11 - 2019/06/12 The "Jornadas CICECO" is an event that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration between CICECO researchers
Other
 Jornadas CICECO 2019
Aveiro University, Portugal
2019/04/06 - 2019/04/07 Symposium on Bioengineering is an event that aims to share the most recent and innovative projects in the fields of biology and biomedicine, with the participation of several renowned national and international speakers. Communication and knowledge sharing between students, academia, industry and start-ups in the areas of Biological/Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biotechnology is the main objective.
Symposium
 IX Symposium on Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 The Nacional Jorneys of Biomedical Sciences is a scientific and social event that allows the acquisition and sharing of knowledge in the area of health sciences, assuming itself as a challenging event for the exchange of ideas. Lectures and scientific poster contest are the main forms of science communication at this event. Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Aveiro University, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Workshop of Application of bioinformatics tools to proteomics is an event dedicated to the use of bioinformatics tools using as a starting point the structural and biological characteristics of proteins of interest.
Workshop
 Application of bioinformatics tools to proteomics
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Espectrometria de Massa, Portugal
2018/06/15 - 2018/06/16 The first meeting of the Portuguese Biofabrication Association aimed to create a forum where all individuals interested in Biofabrication, namely researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, from the academic, industrial and medical sectors, shared experiences and ideas through the dissemination of latest research carried out in Portugal and abroad in the field of Biofabrication.
Meeting
 1st Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Biofabrication
The Portuguese Association for Biofabrication (APB) , Portugal
2018 - 2018 The "Jornadas CICECO" is an event that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration between CICECO researchers Jornadas CICECO 2018
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/03/03 - 2017/03/05 The 3rd National Meeting of Biotechnology Students (ENEBT) is a scientific and social event that allows the acquisition and sharing of knowledge between students of Biotechnology and related areas, assuming itself as a challenging platform for the exchange of ideas. Lectures, workshops and scientific poster contest are the main ways of communicating science at this event.
Meeting
 Maria Monteiro
Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Associação Académica da Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best business idea in the 9th edition of the Entrepreneurship Laboratory
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 Best Poster
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal