Andreia Da Costa Tuna (7D19-F0B2-F0E6)

Curriculum Vitae

Andreia Da Costa Tuna

Andreia Da Costa Tuna. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Química Medicinal em 2022 pelo(a) Universidade de Coimbra na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Graduado em Grao en Química em 2020 pelo(a) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Campus Vida na Faculdade de Química. Publicou 3 artigos em revistas especializadas. Organizou 1 evento(s). Participou em 6 evento(s). Coorientou 1 dissertação(ões) de mestrado. Coorientou 1 trabalho(s) de conclusão de curso de licenciatura/bacharelato. Recebeu 1 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 2 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Exatas com ênfase em Química. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Síntese; Fotoquímica; Porfirinas; Glicose; Antirretrovirais; Corantes alimenticios; Proteínas; HIV; Fluorescencia; Absorção; Dicroísmo Circular; Molecular Docking; Fluorescência resolvida no tempo; Catálise; Nanopartículas metálicas; Resonância plasmónica superficial; Organometais; Films; Polímeros; Óxidos metálicos.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Andreia Da Costa Tuna

Citation names

Costa-Tuna, Andreia
Andreia Costa-Tuna

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7D19-F0B2-F0E6
Google Scholar ID: Andreia Costa-Tuna

Telephones

Mobile phone

912026850 (Professional)

Addresses

Rua Cabral Antunes, Nº16, 3ºI, 3030-390, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/10/18 - 2023/04/05 Concluded	Curso de Formação - Metodologias de Investigação em Ciências da Vida, da Natureza e da Engenharia (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Metodologia da Investigação Científica Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10/16 - 2022/09/15 Concluded	Mestrado em Química Medicinal (Mestrado) Major in Fotoquímica Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal "INTERACTION BETWEEN ALBUMINS AND CLINICALLY APPROVED HIV-TRANSCRIPTASE REVERSE INHIBITORS " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2016/09/16 - 2020/07/28 Concluded	Grao en Química (Graduado) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Universidade de Santiago de Compostela - Campus Vida, Spain	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/12/05 - 2025/11/30	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/08/18 - 2024/08/18	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022/10/17 - 2023/06/17	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/07/24	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Departamento de Química Orgánica, Spain
	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Departamento de Química Orgánica, Spain

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/08/21 - 2024/08/21	GreenAuto: Green innovation for the Automotive Industry 7255 Research Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/10/17 - 2023/06/17	SOUNDFUSION CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER 181252 Research Fellow	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024/12/05 - 2025/09/30	GreenAuto: Green innovation for the Automotive Industry 7255 Researcher	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Journal article

Andreia Costa-Tuna; Otávio A. Chaves; Zaida L. Almeida; Rita S. Cunha; João Pina; Carlos Serpa. "Profiling the Interaction between Human Serum Albumin and Clinically Relevant HIV Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors". Viruses (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/v16040491.
10.3390/v16040491
Andreia Costa-Tuna; CHAVES, OTÁVIO A.; Rui J.S. Loureiro; Sara Pinto; Prof. Dr. Carlos Serpa Soares. "Interaction between a water-soluble anionic porphyrin and human serum albumin unexpectedly stimulates the aggregation of the photosensitizer at the surface of the albumin". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 255 (2023):
Published
Otávio A. Chaves; Rui J. S. Loureiro; Andreia Costa-Tuna; Zaida L. Almeida; João Pina; Rui M. M. Brito; Carlos Serpa. "Interaction of Two Commercial Azobenzene Food Dyes, Amaranth and New Coccine, with Human Serum Albumin: Biophysical Characterization". ACS Food Science & Technology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.3c00125.
10.1021/acsfoodscitech.3c00125

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/10/18	Oral presentation "INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN AND AN ANIONIC-FLUORINATED PORPHYRIN"	Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists Royal Spanish Chemical Society

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/01/05 - 2024/07/26	Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis Properties of Metal Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions Co-supervisor	Licenciatura en Quimica (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/06/08 - 2024/06/12	International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena (2024/06/08 - 2024/06/12) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/07/17 - 2025/07/20	Poster presentation "SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED IN BIO-SILICA" Congress	4th edition of NanoSeries
2024/09/10 - 2024/09/13	Poster presentation "THE NATURE OF CHARGE ON PORPHYRIN STRUCTURE UNEXPECTEDLY STIMULATES THE AGGREGATION OF THE PHOTOSENSITIZER AT THE SURFACE OF THE HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN" Congress	VIII Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/09/10 - 2024/09/13	Poster presentation "PHOTODEGRADATION OF FOOD DYES USING BIO-SILICA SUPPORTED SILVER NANOPARTICLES" Congress	VIII Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/06/17 - 2024/06/19	Poster presentation "DECARBOXYLATION OF IBUPROFEN USING DISTINCT GOLD NANOPARTICLE SHAPES" Congress	3rd Edition NanoSeries Conference on Global Nanotechnology Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2024/06/17 - 2024/06/19	Poster presentation "PHOTODEGRADATION OF FOOD DYES USING SILVER NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED IN BIO-SILICA" Congress	3rd Edition NanoSeries Conference on Global Nanotechnology Associação do Insituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02	Poster presentation "INTERACTION BETWEEN ANIONIC PORPHYRIN AND HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN DOES NOT INHIBIT THE PHOTOSENSITIZER AGGREGATION" Congress	Biophysiscs festival Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03	Poster presentation "INTERACTION BETWEEN ALBUMINS AND HIV TRANSCRIPTASE REVERSE INHIBITORS" Congress	BIOPHYSICS Festival 2022 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03	Poster presentation "BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN AND TWO COMMERCIAL AZO FOOD DYES" Congress	BYOPHYSICS Festival 2022 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10/18 - 2021/10/21	Poster presentation "INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN AND AN ANIONIC-FLUORINATED PORPHYRIN" Congress	Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

Distinctions

Award

2025	BEST POSTER AWARD
2023	(Front Cover) Capa na ACS Food Science & Technology - Volume 3, Issue 5, May 2023, doi: 10.1021/acsfoodscitech.3c00125, American Chemical Society