Diogo Alexandre Gomes dos Santos (7212-2CE2-CDA4)

Curriculum Vitae

Diogo Santos

Diogo Alexandre Gomes dos Santos completed his Master's degree in Biological Engineering (18 out of 20) in 2022 at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and his Bachelor's degree in Biological Engineering (16 out of 20) in 2020 at IST, having obtained academic merit in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years. He defended his master's thesis, entitled "Addressing relevant aspects for the successful exploration of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii as a cell factory: focus on acetate esters' production and ethanol tolerance" in December 2022 (final grade: 19 out of 20). He is/was a research assistant at the Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) at IST within the scope of the SMARTWINE 2.0 and TRAMONTE projects, where he is/was working on the study of non-conventional yeasts for the production of fermented beverages with added value. From September 2023 to January 2024 he was an invited assistant in the Bioengineering Department at IST, teaching laboratory classes in the "Microbiology" and "Introduction to Biological Sciences" curricular units. He is co-author of a paper in an international journal with peer-review and presented three posters in national congresses.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Diogo Alexandre Gomes dos Santos

Citation names

Santos, Diogo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7212-2CE2-CDA4

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/10/06 - 2022/12/02 Concluded	Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Addressing relevant aspects for the successful exploration of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii as a cell factory: focus on acetate esters' production and ethanol tolerance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2017/09/18 - 2020/07/24 Concluded	Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Biológica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/15 - Current	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal (...)
2023/02/15 - 2023/09/15	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal (...)

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/09/04 - 2024/01/05	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/02/15 - Current	SMARTWINE 2.0 2022.06777.PTDC Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/02/15 - 2023/09/15	TRAMONTE: Valorização dos recursos biológicos do interior Norte: a Tramazeira como case-study PD21-00013 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal	Obra Social La Caixa Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/02/15 - Current	TRAMONTE: Valorização dos recursos biológicos do interior Norte: a Tramazeira como case-study PD21-00013 Team Member Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal	Obra Social La Caixa Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

Seixas, Isabel; Santos, Diogo; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Mendes-Ferreira, Ana. "Exploring Hanseniaspora guilliermondii as a cell factory: insights into acetate ester production and ethanol tolerance mechanisms". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
Valério, Joana; Santos, Diogo; Pinheiro, Maria Joana; Vergara, Gabriela; Seixas, Natália; Mil-Homens, Dalila; Fialho, Arsénio; et al. "Is there a role for Tramazeira tree in offering alternatives for the treatment of infections caused by Candida species?". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.

Journal article

Seixas, Isabel; Santos, Diogo; Vasconcelos, Isabel; Mira, Nuno Pereira; Mendes-Ferreira, Ana. "Insights into the transcriptional regulation of poorly characterized alcohol acetyltransferase-encoding genes (HgAATs) shed light into the production of acetate esters in the wine yeast Hanseniaspora guilliermondii". FEMS Yeast Research 23 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/foad021.
Open access • Published • 10.1093/femsyr/foad021

Activities

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/09	Participation in the Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, being the presenting author of two scientific posters. Congress	Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023
2022/09/23 - 2022/09/23	2nd Annual Workshop of the iBB - Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, involving the participation of 150 researchers and students, with invited speakers, selected oral presentations by young researchers, and keynote lecturers from senior members and founders of Biological Sciences and Biophysics. Workshop	2nd iBB Workshop Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2022	Mérito Académico - Ano letivo 2020/2021 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021	Mérito Académico - Ano letivo 2019/2020 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal