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João Moreira is a PhD student at the Centre of Biological Engineering of University of Minho (CEB-UMinho) since February 2020, a member of the doctoral program in chemical and biological engineering (UMinho)and of the PhD in applied and environmental microbiology (DP_AEM). João Moreira’s research topic is focused on expanding the product scope of the biological conversion of gas streams. He is also conducting his research for a research project (INNOVsyn – Innovative strategies for syngas fermentation). João Moreira graduated in Biochemistry in 2015 (Faculty of Sciences, UPorto), and completed his master’s studies in Biotechnology in 2017 (School of Engineering, UMinho). During his master’s thesis exchange program at the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University (The Netherlands), João started to work with acetogenic bacteria and fermentation of gas streams.¿From 2017 to 2019 João Moreira worked for the biotech company Global Bioenergies, conducting synthetic biology research on the development of new technologies to generate new bio commodities from renewable resources using biological catalysts. Before starting his phD João integrated the research project INNOVsyn as a fellowship member. João Moreira has authored a total of 3 papers in international journals with peer review.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Paulo Carvalho Moreira

Citation names

  • Moreira, João P. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8111-37F4-7EEA
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3776-703X

Email addresses

  • joao.moreira@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02/01 - 2024/02/01
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Acetogenic Bacteria - Expanding the product scope of gas fermentation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/09/15 - 2017/12/07
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
"Microbial production of propionate from carbon monoxide/syngas and glycerol" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2012/09/15 - 2015/06/24
Concluded
 Biochesmitry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Frações de cianobactérias, compostos sintéticos e compostos derivados de plantas afetam a proliferação e atividade metabólica de pré-adipócitos 3T3-L1" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - 2020/01/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017/10/02 - 2019/04/01 Research Assistant (Research) Global Bioenergies, France

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/01 - Current PhD Student Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/03/31 Master Student Wageningen University and Research Research Institutes, Netherlands
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/02/01 - Current INNOVsyn - Innovative strategies for syngas fermentation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031377
PhD Student Fellow
2019/04/02 - 2020/01/31 INNOVsyn - Innovative strategies for syngas fermentation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031377
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Moreira, João P. C.; Diender, Martijn; Arantes, Ana L.; Boeren, Sjef; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Alves, Joana I.; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Propionate Production from Carbon Monoxide by Synthetic Cocultures of Acetobacterium wieringae and Propionigenic Bacteria". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87 14 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.02839-20.
    Published • 10.1128/aem.02839-20
  2. Arantes, Ana L.; Moreira, João P. C.; Diender, Martijn; Parshina, Sofiya N.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Alves, Joana I.; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Enrichment of Anaerobic Syngas-Converting Communities and Isolation of a Novel Carboxydotrophic Acetobacterium wieringae Strain JM". Frontiers in Microbiology 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00058.
    Open access • 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00058
  3. Urbatzka, Ralph; Freitas, Sara; Palmeira, Andreia; Almeida, Tiago; Moreira, João; Azevedo, Carlos; Afonso, Carlos; et al. "Lipid reducing activity and toxicity profiles of a library of polyphenol derivatives". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 151 (2018): 272-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.036.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.036
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/05/31 Oral presentation: “Converting gas to chemicals – using synthetic co-cultures of bacteria to produce propionate from carbon monoxide” - Online 31/05/2021 VII International Conference IMFAHE - “A Global Virtual Network of European Talent to promote excellence, innovation and internationalization of Higher Education”
IMFAHE

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/11/23 - 2021/11/26 Poster presentation - "Development of an electrotransformation protocol for the novel acetogen Acetobacterium wieringae strain JM"
Congress
 MICROBIOTEC'21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 Poster presentation of "Production of propionate from carbon monoxide by a synthetic co-culture"
Congress
 Microbiotec'19 Congress
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Portuguese Microbiology Society (SPM), Portugal

Portuguese Biotechnology Society (SPBT), Portugal
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 Poster presentation of "Acetobacterium sp. strain JM, a biotechnological platform organism for syngas conversion"
Congress
 Microbiotec'19 Congress
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Portuguese Microbiology Society (SPM), Portugal

Portuguese Biotechnology Society (SPBT), Portugal
2015 - 2015 Poster presentation of "Plant-derived and synthetic compounds affect the proliferation and metabolic activity of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes"
Congress
 IJUP’15 – 8th Young Researchers Meeting of University of Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/06/30 - 2021/07/09 S2M2 2021 - Summer school in metabolic modeling 2021 Metabolic modeling (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal