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Alexandre Barros. Concluiu o Doutoramento em Tissue engineering and Regenerative Medicine em 2017/05/30 pela Universidade do Minho. Fez Mestrado em Properties and Technology of Polymers em 2012/11/19 pela Universidade do Minho, Licenciatura em Biotecnologia em 2010/05/05 pelo Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo. Alexandre Barros tem Licence em Business Entrepreneurship em 2015/12 pelo Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management e Licence em Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) and Tissue Engineering, Tissue Engineering Web-course em 2010/06/30 pela Universidade Luterana do Brasil. É Investigador Auxiliar Convidado (carreira) na Universidade do Minho. Publicou 50 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 4 capítulos de livros. Possui 10 patentes registadas. Organizou 4 eventos. Participou em 15 eventos. Orientou 2 teses de doutoramento e coorientou 1. Recebeu 20 prémios e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Investigador responsável em 3 projetos.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alexandre Barros

Citation names

  • Barros, Alexandre

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5A1E-F822-074B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9546-5673

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 964955537 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Travessa da Alameda 143 1ESQ, 4805-156, Guimaraes, Braga, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/05/01 - 2017/05/30
Concluded
 Tissue engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
 Very Good
2015/12 - 2015/12
Concluded
 Business Entrepreneurship (Licence)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, United States
2010/09/01 - 2012/11/19
Concluded
 Properties and Technology of Polymers (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
 17/20
2010/06/01 - 2010/06/30
Concluded
 Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) and Tissue Engineering, Tissue Engineering Web-course (Licence)
Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brazil
2006/09/01 - 2010/05/05
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
 15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/04/01 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2018/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2015/08/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of California Berkeley Department of Bioengineering, United States
2013/09/01 - 2013/09/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Thermal Separation Processes Research Group, Germany
2010/07/01 - 2012/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2009/02/01 - 2010/01/30 Researcher (Research) Thermal Separation Processes Research Group, Germany

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/05 - 2018/02/19 STSM - Peptide based coating applied to natural-origin based ureteral stents Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2014/05/01 - 2015/12/31 Exchange of knowledge in the area of Aerogels for biomedical applications Thermal Separation Processes Research Group, Germany
2008/01/01 - 2010/06/30 Logistics manager Thermal Separation Processes Research Group, Germany
2008/09/01 - 2009/02/01 Co-founder and Business Development Manager Biotec-zone, Portugal
2007/09/03 - 2008/09/30 Trainee – Erasmus Program Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - Current CA18224 - green chemical engineering network towards upscaling sustainable processes
CA18224
Other
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - Current CA16217 - European network of multidisciplinary research to improve the urinary stents
CA16217
Other
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Cancelled
2019/05/01 - 2022/04/30 HydrUSensor.: Sensing and communication systems integrated in ureteral catheters
PT2020 - NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-045183
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2019/02/11 - 2021/02/10 Internationalization of a biomedical research unit for the production of medical devices
PT2020 - NORTE-02-0752-FEDER-043305
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2020/02/29 Ureteral stents as chemotherapy delivery systems for urological tumors
FCT - MIT-EXPL/BIO/0041/2017
Principal investigator
Cancelled
2013 - 2016 TD1305 - Improved Protection of Medical Devices Against Infection (IPROMEDAI)
TD1305
Other
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Marinaro, Federica; Silva, Joana M.; Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Mancha, E.; Casado, J.G.; Reis, Rui L.; Margallo, F.M. Sánchez. "A MULTILAYERED COATING METHOD FOR THE APPLICATION OF STEM CELL THERAPY ON POLYPROPYLENE SURGICAL MESHES". Paper presented in 25th Congress of the Spanish Society for Surgical Research,, Barcelona, 2020.
    Published
  2. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Ribeiro, Ana Jacinta; Autorino, Riccardo; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Lima, Estêvão. "Homogeneous biodegradable ureteral stent: In vivo evaluation in a porcine model". Paper presented in European Urology Supplements, 2018.
  3. Barros, Alexandre; Browne, Shane; Oliveira, Carlos; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.; Healy, Kevin E.; Lima, Estêvão. "Upper urinary tract urothelial tumours targeted with biodegradable drug-eluting stents". Paper presented in 5th Meeting of the EAU Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT), Athens, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/S1569-9056(16)15141-3
  4. Barros, Alexandre; Browne, Shane; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Healy, Kevin E.; Lima, Estêvão; et al. "Biodegradable drug-eluting stents: Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract". Paper presented in European Urology Supplements, San Diego, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/S1569-9056(16)60940-5
Conference paper
  1. Barros, Alexandre; da Rocha Cardoso, Ana Patrícia; Rodrigues, Ana Cristina; dos Santos Marinho da Silva, Carla Joana; Zille, Andrea. "Optimizing enzymatic dyeing of wool and leather". Paper presented in ICNF 2019 - 4th International Conference on Natural Fibers, Porto, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/s42452-019-1241-6
  2. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Ribeiro, Ana Jacinta; Autorino, Riccardo; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Lima, Estêvão. "In vivo evaluation in a porcine model of double crosslinked gelatin alginate-based biodegradable ureteral stent". Paper presented in 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Athens, 2017.
    Published
  3. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Ribeiro, Ana Jacinta; Autorino, Riccardo; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Lima, Estêvão; et al. "In vivo assessment of a biodegradable ureteral stent based on natural origin polymers". Paper presented in American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2017, Boston, 2017.
    Published
  4. Barros, Alexandre; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Lima, Estêvão. "HydrUStent - a novel biodegradable ureteral stent.". Paper presented in Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting 2017, Mineápolis, 2017.
  5. Barros, Alexandre; Browne, Shane; Oliveira, Carlos; Lima, Estêvão; Healy, Kevin E.; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Anti-cancer drug-eluting biodegradable stent - Aerogel approach toward the preparation of new therapies for urothelial cancer". Paper presented in 3rd International Seminar on Aerogels, Sophia Antipolis, 2016.
    Published
  6. Barros, Alexandre. "HydrUStent – Biodegradable ureteral stent". Paper presented in TERMIS-EU 2016, 2016.
  7. Barros, Alexandre; Browne, Shane; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Healy, Kevin E.; Lima, Estêvão. "Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract with drug-eluting stents impregnated by supercritical fluids". Paper presented in World Biomaterials Congress 2016, Montreal, 2016.
    10.3389/conf.fbioe.2016.01.02657
  8. Barros, Alexandre; Browne, Shane; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L. (6F11-C02E-8B6C); Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Healy, Kevin E.; Lima, Estêvão. "Anti-cancer Drugs Impregnated by CO2 Supercritical Fluid Technology in Biodegradable Ureteral Stents". Paper presented in 15th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Essen, 2016.
    Published
  9. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Biodegradable ureteral stents: influence of critical point carbon dioxide drying for success in surgical procedure". Paper presented in ISSF15- 11th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Seoul, 2015.
    Published
  10. Barros, Alexandre. "Biomaterials in Urology". Paper presented in APU15 – National Congresso f Urology, Braga, 2015.
  11. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Ketoprofen-eluting biodegradable ureteral stent by carbon dioxide impregnation". Paper presented in 11th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids – World Congress, Seoul, 2015.
    Published
  12. Barros, Alexandre; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Oliveira, Carlos; Pires, Ricardo; Lima, Estêvão; Reis, Rui L.; Correia-Pinto, Jorge; Mano, João F.. "Bioresorbable urological stent systems based on natural polymers: update". Paper presented in 5th Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, 2015.
    Published
  13. Silva, João; Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Collagen/gelatin extraction from marine sponges - a green technology approach". Paper presented in TERM STEM 2014, Porto, 2014.
    Published
  14. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine derived from marine sponges". Paper presented in TERMIS-EU 2014, Genova, 2014.
    10.1002/term.1822
  15. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Optimization of a new technology for extraction based on water pressurized with carbon dioxide". Paper presented in 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, 2014.
    Published
  16. Barros, Alexandre; Arosos, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Green solvents extraction of sponge-origin collagen/gelatin for biomedical applications". Paper presented in Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Denver, 2014.
    Published
  17. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Optimization of the Net Present Value of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery". Paper presented in 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, 2014.
    10.4043/21985-ms
  18. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "The enchantment of natural architectures as bio-inspiration for the development of 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering: studies on marine sponges". Paper presented in Termis- EU 2013, Istanbul, 2013.
  19. Barros, Alexandre; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Mano, João F.; Reis, Rui L.. "Patient Compliant Biodegradable Urinary Stents". Paper presented in Termis-EU Meeting, Istanbul, 2013.
    Published
  20. Barros, Alexandre; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Mano, João F.; Reis, Rui L.. "Aerogel hollow tubes from natural-origin polysaccharides as tailor-made urinary stents". Paper presented in Seminar on AEROGELS - Properties-Manufacture-Applications, Nancy, 2012.
    Published
  21. Barros, Alexandre; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Mano, João F.; Reis, Rui L.. "Tailor-made biodegradable urological stents". Paper presented in IMED conference, Lisboa, 2012.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Pacheco, Margarida (131D-75DD-387A); Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Joana M. (5919-006C-53B8); Lima, Estêvão; Reis, Rui L. (6F11-C02E-8B6C). "URETERAL STENTING USING BIODEGRADABLE METALS". Paper presented in TERM-STEM 2019, 2019.
  2. Domingues, Beatriz; Aroso, Ivo M.; Lima, Estêvão; Barros, Alexandre; Reis, Rui L.. "Improvement of indwelling urinary catheters performance combining a dynamic model and smart biomaterials". Paper presented in Second Achilles Conference and Term Stem 2019, 2019.
  3. Pacheco, Margarida; Barros, Alexandre; Silva, Joana M. (5919-006C-53B8); Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Eduardo; Lima, Estêvão; Reis, Rui L.. "Curcumin impregnation by supercritical fluid technology in silicon based ureteral stents". Paper presented in FoReCaST 2nd Workshop, 2019.
  4. Barros, Alexandre; Browne, Shane; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Lima, Estêvão; Healy, Kevin E.. "Anti-cancer drug eluting stents prepared by supercritical fluid technology targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract". Paper presented in IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids - ProSCiba 2016, 2016.
  5. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Drug-eluting Bioresorbable Ureteral Stent by CO2 Impregnation". Paper presented in 4th TERMIS World Congress, 2015.
    10.1089/ten.tea.2015.5000
  6. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Drug-eluting degradable ureteral stents by supercritical fluid impregnation". Paper presented in TermStem 2015, 2015.
  7. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Bioresorbable ureteral stent translation for in vivo model". Paper presented in Society for Biomaterials – Annual Meeting & Exposition, 2015.
  8. Quraishi, Sakeena; Martins, Marta; Barros, Alexandre; Gurikov, Pavel; Subrahmanyam, Raman; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Hybrid alginate-based porous materials for tissue engineering applications". Paper presented in 6th International FEZA Conference, 2014.
  9. Silva, Tiago; Barros, Alexandre; Marques, Ana L. P.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Diogo, Gabriela S.; Moreira-Silva, Joana; Reys, Lara L.; Silva, Simone S.; Reis, Rui L.. "The Oceans as a Source and as an Inspiration for Biomaterials Development: Some key examples". Paper presented in 26th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, 2014.
  10. Barros, Alexandre; Quraishi, Sakeena; Martins, Marta; Raman, Subrahmanyam; Gurikov, Pavel; Smirnova, Irina; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Development of alginate-based hydrogels/cryogels by gelation under pressure". Paper presented in TERMIS-EU 2014, 2014.
    10.1002/term.1932
  11. Barros, Alexandre; Quraishi, Sakeena; Martins, Marta; Raman, Subrahmanyam; Gurikov, Pavel; Smirnova, Irina; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.; S. P., Raman. "Hybrid porous cryogels processed using pressurized CO2 and freeze drying for life science applications". Paper presented in 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, 2014.
  12. Silva, João C.; Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Marine sponges – an alternative vollagen/gelatin source for biomedical applications". Paper presented in 4th Meeting ICVS/3B's, 2014.
  13. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Marine-based bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering". Paper presented in Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, 2014.
  14. Barros, Alexandre; Cardoso, AP; Cristina, AC; silva, CJS. "Studying the enzymatic dyeing of textile substrates by a factorial design". Paper presented in Microbiotec 11, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Kardelen Ecevit; Alexandre A. Barros; Joana M. Silva; Rui L. Reis. "Preventing Microbial Infections with Natural Phenolic Compounds". Future Pharmacology (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/futurepharmacol2040030.
    10.3390/futurepharmacol2040030
  2. Kardelen Ecevit; Silva, Eduardo; L.C.Rodrigues; Aroso, Ivo M; Barros, Alexandre; Joana M. Silva; Reis, Rui L.. "Surface Functionalization of Ureteral Stents-Based Polyurethane: Engineering Antibacterial Coatings". Materials (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/5/1676.
    10.3390/ma15051676
  3. Barros, Alexandre. "Potential strategies to prevent encrustations on urinary stents and catheters – thinking outside the box: A European Network of Multidisciplinary Research to Improve Urinary Stents (ENIUS) Initiative". Expert Review of Medical Devices (2021): DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2021.1939010.
  4. Oliveira, Carlos; Barros, Alexandre; Reis, Rui L. (6F11-C02E-8B6C); Jorge Correia-Pinto; Lima, Estêvão. "New endoscopic procedure for bladder wall closure: results from the porcine model". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54304-w.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-54304-w
  5. Ramstedt, Madeleine; Ribeiro, Isabel A. C.; Bujdakova, Helena; Mergulhão, Filipe J. M.; Jordao, Luisa; Thomsen, Peter; Alm, Martin; et al. "Evaluating Efficacy of Antimicrobial and Antifouling Materials for Urinary Tract Medical Devices: Challenges and Recommendations". Macromolecular Bioscience 19 5 (2019): e1800384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201800384.
    Published • 10.1002/mabi.201800384
  6. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Ribeiro, Ana J.; Autorino, Riccardo; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Lima, Estêvão. "In vivo assessment of a novel biodegradable ureteral stent". World Journal of Urology 36 2 (2017): 277-283. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29128964.
    Published • 10.1007/s00345-017-2124-3
  7. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Reis, Rui L.; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "In Vitro and Ex Vivo Permeability Studies of Paclitaxel and Doxorubicin From Drug-Eluting Biodegradable Ureteral Stents". Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 106 6 (2017): 1466-1474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2017.02.023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.xphs.2017.02.023
  8. Barros, Alexandre; Silva, Joana M.; Craveiro, Rita; Paiva, Alexandre; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Green solvents for enhanced impregnation processes in biomedicine". Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 5 (2017): 82-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.03.014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.03.014
  9. Barros, Alexandre; Oliveira, Carlos; Lima, Estêvão; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Gelatin-based biodegradable ureteral stents with enhanced mechanical properties". Applied Materials Today 5 (2016): 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.apmt.2016.07.006.
    10.1016/j.apmt.2016.07.006
  10. Barros, Alexandre; Quraishi, Sakeena; Martins, Marta; Gurikov, Pavel; Subrahmanyam, Raman; Smirnova, Irina; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Hybrid Alginate-Based Cryogels for Life Science Applications". Chemie Ingenieur Technik 88 11 (2016): 1770-1778. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cite.201600096/abstract.
    Published • 10.1002/cite.201600096
  11. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "In vitro bioactivity studies of ceramic structures isolated from marine sponges". Biomedical Materials 11 4 (2016): http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-6041/11/4/045004/meta;jsessionid=CB9B36AA8E86783180C59800E8CFF64F.c3.iopscience.cld.iop.org.
    Published • 10.1088/1748-6041/11/4/045004
  12. Silva, João C.; Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Fassini, Dario; Silva, Tiago H.; Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.. "Extraction of Collagen/Gelatin from the Marine Demosponge Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847) Using Water Acidified with Carbon Dioxide – Process Optimization". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55 25 (2016): 6922-6930. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00523.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00523
  13. Martins, Marta; Barros, Alexandre; Quraishi, Sakeena; Gurikov, Pavel; Raman, S.P.; Smirnova, Irina; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Preparation of macroporous alginate-based aerogels for biomedical applications". The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 106 (2015): 152-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2015.05.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.05.010
  14. Quraishi, Sakeena; Martins, Marta; Barros, Alexandre; Gurikov, Pavel; Raman, S.P.; Smirnova, Irina; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Novel non-cytotoxic alginate–lignin hybrid aerogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering". The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 105 (2015): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2014.12.026.
    Published • 10.1016/j.supflu.2014.12.026
  15. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Water and Carbon Dioxide: Green Solvents for the Extraction of Collagen/Gelatin from Marine Sponges". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 3 2 (2014): 254-260. https://doi.org/10.1021/sc500621z.
    Published • 10.1021/sc500621z
  16. Barros, Alexandre; Aroso, Ivo M.; Silva, Tiago H.; Mano, João F.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Reis, Rui L.. "Surface Modification of Silica-Based Marine Sponge Bioceramics Induce Hydroxyapatite Formation". Crystal Growth & Design 14 9 (2014): 4545-4552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg500654u.
    Published • 10.1021/cg500654u
  17. Barros, Alexandre; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Sampaio-Marques, Belém; Ludovico, Paula; Lima, Estêvão; Mano, João F.; Reis, Rui L.. "Bioresorbable ureteral stents from natural origin polymers". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 103 3 (2014): 608-617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.33237.
    Published • 10.1002/jbm.b.33237
  18. Barros, Alexandre; Alves, Anabela; Nunes, Cláudia; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Reis, Rui L.. "Carboxymethylation of ulvan and chitosan and their use as polymeric components of bone cements". Acta Biomaterialia 9 11 (2013): 9086-9097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2013.06.036.
    Published • 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.06.036
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Barros, Alexandre. "Aluminium-free and polyshaccharide-based glass ionomer bone cements Exploring supercritical fluid technology for the development of controlled drug delivery systems". Master, Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, 2012.
  2. Barros, Alexandre; dos Santos Marinho da Silva, Carla Joana; Da Rocha Cardoso, Ana Patricia; Machado, Maria Jose; Do Carmo Crispim Ribeiro, Luis Filipe; Tarrio Agreiro Bezerra, Rodrigo Jose; Monteiro Rodrigues, Antonio Jose; da Rocha Cardoso, Ana Patrícia. "Method for coloring materials with natural colorants". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 2010.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Antunes Barros Alexandre António; Pires Sepúlveda Catarina; Sousa Gonçalves Liliana Patrícia; Carvalheira Neves Sara; Gonçalves Dos Reis Rui Luís; Macedo Santos André Manuel; Torres Cardoso Daniela; Torres Cardoso André. 2022. "MEDICAL DEVICE FOR COLLECTION AND RELEASE OF BODILY WASTE FROM A SUBJECT, USES AND METHOD THEREOF".
  2. Antunes Barros Alexandre António; Pires Sepúlveda Catarina; Rodrigues De Lima Estevão Augusto; Bragança Pedro; Gonçalves Dos Reis Rui Luís; Carvalheira Neves Sara; Da Cunha Fernandes Helena Filipa; et al. 2021. "IMPLANTABLE BILIARY OR PANCREATIC STENT AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF".
  3. Antunes Barros Alexandre António; Pires Sepúlveda Catarina; Rodrigues De Lima Estevão Augusto; Bragança Pedro; Gonçalves Dos Reis Rui Luís; Carvalheira Neves Sara; Da Cunha Fernandes Helena Filipa; et al. 2021. "IMPLANTABLE URETERAL STENT AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF".
  4. Gonçalves Dos Reis Rui Luis; Cruz Duarte Ana Rita; Antunes Barros Alexandre António; Rodrigues De Lima Estêvão Augusto; Ribeiro Oliveira Carlos André; Nunes Correia Pinto Jorge Manuel. 2021. "Ureteral stent, methods and uses thereof". United States.
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  6. Barros, Alexandre; Goncalves Dos Reis Rui Luis; Cruz Duarte Ana Rita; Antunes Barros Alexandre Antonio; Rodrigues De Lima Estevao Augusto; Ribeiro Oliveira Carlos Andre; Nunes Correia Pinto Jorge Manuel; et al. 2018. "An Ureteral Stent, Methods And Uses Thereof". United States.
  7. Reis, Rui L.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Mano, João F.; Da Silva, Tiago J.; Aroso, Ivo M.; Barros, Alexandre; Silva, João C.; Silva, Tiago; Fernandes Da Silva João Carlos. 2017. "Method To Obtain Collagen/gelatin From Marine Sponges".

Other

Other output
  1. Clinical Trial - StentGenomic. Identification and evaluation of the microbial population colonizing ureteral catheters Hospital de Braga, EPE, 89 Patients, Urology Department, September 2019 – September 2020;. 2019. Barros, Alexandre.
  2. Ureteral Stents Technology: Biodegradable and Drug-Eluting Perspective. 2017. A.A. Barros; C. Oliveira; E. Lima; A.R.C. Duarte; K. Healy; R.L. Reis. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fb978-0-12-803581-8.10189-4.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.10189-4
  3. Bioactive Composites Reinforced with Inorganic Glasses and Glass–Ceramics for Tissue Engineering Applications. Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 2014. Alexandre A. Barros; Álvaro J. Leite; Ricardo A. Pires; João F. Mano; Rui L. Reis; Barros, Alexandre; Leite, Álvaro J.; et al. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-53980-0_10.
    10.1007/978-3-642-53980-0_10
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/08 Insights on the degradation profile of magnesium alloys in a simulated urinary tract environment 13th Symposium on Biodegradable Metals
Biomat (Alicante, Spain)
2020/03/07 Bestowing eluting properties into urinary devices MC Meeting
ENIUS (Belgrade, Serbia)
2019/10/18 Developing the Next Generation of Medical Devices 12º SPCMIN Congress
SPCMIN (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/09 Method of post-manufacture impregnation to create a drug-eluting stent Lublin ENIUS Training School
ENIUS (Lublin, Poland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Improvement of indwelling urethral catheters using dynamic models and smart biomaterials
Supervisor of Domingues, Beatriz
Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells (TERM&SC) (PhD)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2018 - Current Biodegradable metals for ureteral stent applications
Co-supervisor of Pacheco, Margarida
 Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells (TERM&SC) (PhD)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2017 - Current New endoscopic procedure for bladder wall closure
Supervisor of Carlos André Ribeiro Oliveira (MD)
 Medicina (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/11/09 - 2019/11/09 2nd Portuguese Symposium on Research and Innovations in Urology (2019/11/09 - 2019/11/09)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2018 - 2018 1st Portuguese Symposium on Research and Innovations in Urology (2018 - 2018)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
2013 - 2013 II Biotech meeting, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (2013)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
2011 - 2011 Biotech meeting, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (2011 - 2011)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/11/06 - 2019/11/08 Termstem 2019
Conference
 Termstem 2019
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/11/04 - 2019/11/05 Second Achilles Conference 2019
Conference
 Second Achilles Conference 2019
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/07/11 - 2019/07/12 Forecast 2nd workshop 2019
Conference
 Forecast 2nd workshop 2019
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/11 Achilles First Worskhop - Molecular andBiological Mechanisms of TendonHomeostasis and Repair
Conference
 First Achilles Conference 2019
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/10/23 - 2018/10/24 Gene2skin Final Conference
Conference
 Gene2skin Final Conference
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/06/06 - 2018/06/08 Gene2Skin Summer school
Conference
 Gene2Skin Summer school
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2018/06/03 - 2018/06/03 Chem2nature Summer School
Conference
 Chem2nature Summer School
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/11/15 - 2017/11/17 Forecast 1st Workshop- "the tumormicroenvironment"
Conference
 Forecast 1st Workshop- "the tumormicroenvironment"
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2017/11/13 - 2017/11/15 Gene2skin winter school
Conference
 Gene2skin winter school
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2017/06/05 - 2017/06/09 Chem2nature Second School
Conference
 Chem2nature Second School
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2016/10/27 - 2016/10/28 Term Stem 2016
Conference
 Term Stem 2016
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2016/10/24 - 2016/10/26 Gene2skin conference
Conference
 Gene2skin conference
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2015/07/09 - 2015/07/09 First aid in Research Laboratories
Workshop
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2013/10/10 - 2013/10/12 Term Stem 2013
Conference
 Term Stem 2013
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2012/06/08 - 2012/06/08 ICVS/3B'S Annual Meeting
Conference
 ICVS/3B'S Annual Meeting
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/06/17 Evaluación experimental de un innovador diseño de catéter ureteral biodegradable, recubierto y antirreflujo
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Julia Estibaliz de la Cruz Conty (PhD)
Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - Current European Association of Urology (Member ID: EAU-69974)
2016 - Current American Urological Association (AUA ID: 00876147)
2013 - Current Tissue Engineering International & Medicine Regenerative society
Distinctions

Award

2021 Urology Research Grant Jaba Recordati 2021 (APU) - Genomic evaluation of the microbial population colonizing ureteral catheters
2019 EIT Health – Innostars Award (35 K€)
2018 Best Presentation Award – ESUT Modena 2018
2018 MIT – Partnership Project (90k)
2018 Urology Research Grant (APU) (4K €)
2017 Winner of EIT Health YesDelft with HydrUStent (30k€)
2016 Best Presentation Award – American Urology Association Congress 2016, San Diego
2016 People's Choice Award at TERMIS-EU 2016 Business Plan Competition
2016 Honourable mention, Bluepharma innovation award 2016
2016 Best Presentation Award – ESUT Athens 2016
2016 Winner of Road 2 Web Summit with HydrUStent Start UP
2015 Luso-American Foundation's Grant for Internships in the University of California, Berkeley, 2015/CON5/CAN8
Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
2015 Urology Research Grant Jaba Recordati 2015 (APU) (8K€).
2015 NOVO BANCO INOVATION (Innovation Award) (50K€)
2015 The Venture Forum @Boston MIT
2014 FCT doctoral grant SFRH/BD/97203/2013.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 ICVS/3B’s – Associate Laboratory Research Grants (10K€)
2012 Finalist Innovate competition - Astrazeneca Foundation
2009 Best Student Award – Biotech Student
2008 Erasmus Grant to Italy

Other distinction

2014 Finalist at Building Global Innovate competition MIT