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Graduated in Biochemistry at University of Aveiro in 2016 with experience using high pressure technology for immobilization and incorporation of target photocatalytic molecules as potential wastewater treatment. In constant learning, the Master's Degree in Food Science and Technology at University of Porto (FCUP) and University of Minho (UM) finished in 2018 allowed a more in-depth knowledge of the various types of analysis, processing and technologies applied to the food industry. Since 2017, background in analytical chemistry applied to industrial food analysis, namely in the implementation and validation of a new method for the determination of fatty acids, internal quality control and monitoring of quantitative processes in the analysis of oils and fats by chromatographic methods. Currently Lab Assistant and Ph.D. student in Biotechnology in the framework of the Alchemy project, a joint venture between Amyris, Inc. and Catholic University of Portugal. The research aims to develop strategies based on lipidomic for the functional characterization of industrial fermentation pipelines to find valuable biomolecules.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francisca Teixeira

Citation names

  • Teixeira, Francisca

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4515-A082-E6D7
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5750-4638

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/02/02
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Química
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Lipidomic and Functional Characterization of Industrial Fermentation By-Products to Predict their Potential Application" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016 - 2018
Concluded
 Tecnologia e Ciência Alimentar (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/09 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017 - 2018 Food Analyst Merieux NutriSciences Corporation, United States
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lígia Pimentel; ERDEM ÇARSANBA; Francisca da Teixeira; Susana Vidigal; Pintado, M.; Carla Oliveira; Rodriguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Microbial production of terpenes". edited by Jafari, {Seid Mahdi, 1-38. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-81403-8_2-1
Conference abstract
  1. Francisca da Silva Teixeira; Lígia Leão Pimentel; Susana Maria Socorro de Matos Peixoto Vidigal; Ana Maria Silva Soares; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Luis Miguel Rodríguez Alcalá. "Predictive oxidative evaluation of lipid samples using differential scanning calorimetry". Paper presented in Microbiotec'21: Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Lisboa, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Lígia Leão Pimentel; Susana Maria Socorro de Matos Peixoto Vidigal; Francisca da Silva Teixeira; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Luis Miguel Rodríguez Alcalá. "Characterization of Patchouli and Vanillin Industrial Wastes as a Strategy for their Valorization". Paper presented in 18th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo, 2021.
  2. Francisca da Silva Teixeira; Lígia Leão Pimentel; Susana Maria Socorro de Matos Peixoto Vidigal; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Luis Miguel Rodríguez Alcalá. "Stability study of squalane and hemisqualane derived from synthetic biology". Paper presented in 18th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo, 2021.
  3. Francisca da Silva Teixeira; Susana Maria Socorro de Matos Peixoto Vidigal; Lígia Leão Pimentel; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Luis Miguel Rodríguez Alcalá. "Suitability for commercial utilization of carnauba and sugarcane waxes through determination of possible alterations during an accelerated stability test". Paper presented in 18th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo, 2021.
  4. Francisca da Teixeira; Lígia Pimentel; Susana Vidigal; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Pintado, M.; Rodriguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Stability study of squalane and hemisqualane derived from synthetic biology". 2021.
  5. Lígia Pimentel; Susana Vidigal; Francisca da Teixeira; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Pintado, M.; Rodriguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Characterization of Patchouli and Vanillin Industrial Wastes as a Strategy for their Valorization". 2021.
  6. Francisca da Teixeira; Lígia Pimentel; Susana Vidigal; Ana M. S. Soares; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Pintado, M.; Rodriguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Predictive oxidative evaluation of lipid samples using differential scanning calorimetry". 2021.
  7. Francisca da Teixeira; Susana Vidigal; Lígia Pimentel; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Pintado, M.; Rodriguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Suitability for commercial utilization of carnauba and sugarcane waxes through determination of possible alterations during an accelerated stability test". 2021.
Journal article
  1. Francisca da Silva Teixeira; Lígia Leão Pimentel; Susana Maria Socorro de Matos Peixoto Vidigal; João Pedro Azevedo Silva; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Luis Miguel Rodríguez Alcalá. "Differential lipid accumulation on HepG2 cells triggered by palmitic and linoleic fatty acids exposure". Molecules 28 5 (2023): 1-14. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40456.
    Published • 10.3390/molecules28052367
  2. Teixeira, F.S.; Costa, P.T.; Vidigal, S.S.; Pintado, M.; Pimentel, L.L.; Rodríguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Toward Sustainable Wax Extraction from the Saccharum officinarum L. Filter Cake Byproduct: Process Optimization, Physicochemical Characterization, and Antioxidant Performance". ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 11 36 (2023): 13415-13428. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85171735732&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c03279
  3. Teixeira, F.S.; Costa, P.T.; Soares, A.M.S.; Fontes, A.L.; Pintado, M.E.; Vidigal, S.S.M.P.; Pimentel, L.L.; Rodríguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Novel Lipids to Regulate Obesity and Brain Function: Comparing Available Evidence and Insights from QSAR In Silico Models". Foods 12 13 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85164658512&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/foods12132576
  4. Teixeira, F.S.; Pimentel, L.L.; Pintado, M.E.; Rodríguez-Alcalá, L.M.. "Impaired hepatic lipid metabolism and biomarkers in fatty liver disease". Biochimie 215 (2023): 69-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85173151051&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biochi.2023.09.020
  5. Francisca da Silva Teixeira; Lígia Leão Pimentel; Susana Maria Socorro de Matos Peixoto Vidigal; Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Luis Miguel Rodríguez Alcalá. "Suitability of solvent-assisted extraction for recovery of lipophilic phytochemicals in sugarcane straw and bagasse". Foods 11 17 (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/38704.
    Published • 10.3390/foods11172661
  6. Teixeira, Francisca S.; Vidigal, Susana S. M. P.; Pimentel, Lígia L.; Costa, Paula T.; Tavares-Valente, Diana; Azevedo-Silva, João; Pintado, Manuela E.; Fernandes, João C.; Rodríguez-Alcalá, Luís M.. "Phytosterols and Novel Triterpenes Recovered from Industrial Fermentation Coproducts Exert In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory Activity in Macrophages". Pharmaceuticals 14 6 (2021): 583. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14060583.
    10.3390/ph14060583
  7. Teixeira, Francisca S.; Vidigal, Susana S. M. P.; Pimentel, Lígia L.; Costa, Paula T.; Pintado, Manuela E.; Rodríguez-Alcalá, Luís M.. "Bioactive Sugarcane Lipids in a Circular Economy Context". Foods 10 5 (2021): 1125. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10051125.
    Published • 10.3390/foods10051125
Preprint
  1. Lígia L. Pimentel; Francisca S. Teixeira; Ana M. S. Soares; Paula T. Costa; Ana Luiza Fontes; Susana S. M. P. Vidigal; Manuela E. Pintado; Luis M. Rodríguez-Alcalá. "Exploring the Pharmacological Potential of Kaurenoic Acid Produced via Synthetic Biology". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.10.617616.
    10.1101/2024.10.10.617616

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Paula Cristina Teixeira da Costa; Francisca da Teixeira; Ana L. Fontes; Ana M. S. Soares; Pintado, M.; Lígia Pimentel; Rodriguez-Alcalá, L.M.. 2025. "Compositions and methods of isolating policosanol and sterols".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11/06 LIPIDOMIC STUDIES INVOLVING STEATOSIS INDUCTION USING PALMITIC AND LINOLEIC FATTY ACIDS ON HEPG2 CELLS 17th GERLI Lipidomics meeting entitled LIPIDS: FROM MEMBRANE DYNAMICS TO SIGNALING
GERLI (SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FRANCE, France)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/10/17 - 2021/10/20 Posters - EFL: - ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY EVALUATION OF FERMENTATION DISTILLATION RESIDUES; - CHARACTERIZATION OF PATCHOULI AND VANILLIN INDUSTRIAL WASTES AS A STRATEGY FOR THEIR VALORIZATION; - STABILITY STUDY OF SQUALANE AND HEMISQUALANE DERIVED FROM SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; - SUITABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL UTILIZATION OF CARNAUBA AND SUGARCANE WAXES THROUGH DETERMINATION OF POSSIBLE ALTERATIONS DURING AN ACCELERATED STABILITY TEST;
Congress
 18th Euro Fed Lipid Congress - Fats, Oils and Lipids: for a Healthy and Sustainable World