Ana Camila Gomes Marques (8D13-68B6-6951)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Camila Gomes Marques

Ana Camila Marques is attending the Doctoral Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Technology Specialty) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto (FFUP, Portugal), under the supervision of Prof. Maria Helena Amaral (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, MEDTECH) and co-supervision of Prof. Paulo Costa (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, MEDTECH) and Prof. Sérgia Velho (i3S, IPATIMUP). Currently, her research interests include pharmaceutical technology, nanotechnology, targeted therapies, functionalization of nanoparticles, and stimuli-responsive hydrogels. She has already published 12 articles in international and peer-reviewed journals and two book chapters and was awarded a PhD research scholarship (2020.06766.BD).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Camila Gomes Marques
Gender: Female

Citation names

AC, Marques
Marques, AC
Marques, Ana Camila

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8D13-68B6-6951
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1247-6738
AuthenticusID: R-00K-6KZ
Google Scholar ID: P4xoiJEAAAAJ
Researcher Id: AAD-4637-2020
Scopus Author Id: 57193904590

Email addresses

amarques@ff.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira nº. 228, 4050-313, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

www.linkedin.com/in/anacamilamarques (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology

Languages

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

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/09 - 2025 Ongoing	PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Pharmaceutical Technology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/12 - 2023/01 Concluded	Flow Cytometry: From Basic Knowledge to Practical Applications (Continuing Training Unit - 3 ECTS) (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/07 Concluded	Cell Culture Training Course (Continuing Training Unit - 2,5 ECTS) (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022/02 Concluded	Science Communication - Life and Health Sciences (Continuing Training Course - 6 ECTS) (Outros) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2021/06/28 - 2021/07/01 Concluded	EUGLOH Summer School on Large-Scale Facilities for Global Health: Opportunities, Project Writing and Career Orientation (2 ECTS) (Outros) European Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH), Portugal
2012/09 - 2017/10 Concluded	MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/09/01 - 2023/07/31	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01 - 2019/08	Community Pharmacist	Farmácia Lusa, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/07/01 - Current	Thermoresponsive hydrogels containing antibody-functionalized nanoparticles for intratumoral and targeted delivery of docetaxel in HER2-positive gastric and esophageal cancers 2020.06766.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter

Ana Camila Marques; Paulo Cardoso da Costa; Sérgia Velho; Maria Helena Amaral. "Trastuzumab for Active Targeting in Cancer Therapy". 2024.
10.1007/978-3-030-80962-1_396-1
Ana Camila Marques; Paulo Cardoso da Costa; Sérgia Velho; Maria Helena Amaral. "Antibody-Functionalized Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy". 2023.
10.1007/978-3-030-80962-1_297-1

Journal article

Ana Camila Marques; Paulo C. Costa; Sérgia Velho; Maria Helena Amaral. "Rheological and Injectability Evaluation of Sterilized Poloxamer-407-Based Hydrogels Containing Docetaxel-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles". Gels (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels10050307.
10.3390/gels10050307
Marques, Ana Camila; Paulo Costa; Sérgia Velho; Maria Helena Amaral. "Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Tumor-Targeted Antibody-Functionalized Nanoparticles". Life (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040489.
10.3390/life14040489
Rafaela Malta; Ana Camila Marques; Paulo Cardoso da Costa; Maria Helena Amaral. "Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for Protein Delivery". Gels (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9100802.
10.3390/gels9100802
Ana Camila Marques; Paulo Cardoso Costa; Sérgia Velho; Maria Helena Amaral. "Injectable Poloxamer Hydrogels for Local Cancer Therapy". Gels (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9070593.
10.3390/gels9070593
Ieva Dapkevicius; Vânia Romualdo; Ana Camila Marques; Carla M. Lopes; Maria Helena Amaral. "Acne Vulgaris Topical Therapies: Application of Probiotics as a New Prevention Strategy". Cosmetics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics10030077.
10.3390/cosmetics10030077
Inês Ferreira; Ana Camila Marques; Paulo Cardoso Costa; Maria Helena Amaral. "Effects of Steam Sterilization on the Properties of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer-Based Hydrogels". Gels (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9050385.
10.3390/gels9050385
Ana Camila Marques; Paulo C. Costa; Sérgia Velho; Maria Helena Amaral. "Lipid Nanoparticles Functionalized with Antibodies for Anticancer Drug Therapy". Pharmaceutics (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15010216.
10.3390/pharmaceutics15010216
Mónica Araújo; Ana Camila Marques; José Manuel Sousa Lobo; Maria Helena Amaral. "Semisolid formulations based on solid-in-oil-in-water systems containing proteins". Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-97902022e191093.
10.1590/s2175-97902022e191093
Marques, Ana C.; Costa, Paulo J.; Velho, Sérgia; Amaral, Maria H.. "Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for intratumoral drug delivery". Drug Discovery Today (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2021.04.012.
10.1016/j.drudis.2021.04.012
Gomes, Cátia; Silva, Ana Catarina; Marques, Ana Camila; Sousa Lobo, José; Amaral, Maria Helena. "Biotechnology Applied to Cosmetics and Aesthetic Medicines". Cosmetics 7 2 (2020): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics7020033.
10.3390/cosmetics7020033
Marques, A.C.; Costa, P.J.; Velho, S.; Amaral, M.H.. "Functionalizing nanoparticles with cancer-targeting antibodies: A comparison of strategies". Journal of Controlled Release 320 (2020): 180-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.01.035.
10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.01.035
Marques, Ana Camila; Rocha, Ana Isabel; Leal, Paula; Estanqueiro, Marilene; Lobo, José Manuel Sousa. "Development and characterization of mucoadhesive buccal gels containing lipid nanoparticles of ibuprofen". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 533 2 (2017): 455-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.04.025.
10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.04.025

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022	Thermoresponsive hydrogels containing antibody-coated nanoparticles for intratumoral and targeted delivery of docetaxel to gastric and esophageal cancers	Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022	Functionalizing nanoparticles with cancer-targeting antibodies	6º Encontro de Biotecnologia Microbiana e Farmacêutica Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia (Porto, Portugal)
2018	Evaluation of mucoadhesiveness of semisolid gels for buccal administration of lipid nanoparticles	III Encontro de Biotecnologia Medicinal/ I Iberian Congress on Medicinal Biotechnology Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2017	Mucoadhesive gels containing lipid nanoparticles of ibuprofen: a new strategy for sustained buccal drug release	IJUP (Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto) 2017 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Development and characterization of mucoadhesive buccal gels containing lipid nanoparticles of ibuprofen	11th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology (CESPT) Univerzitet u Beogradu Farmaceutski fakultet (Belgrado, Serbia)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2024/02	Caracterização de um hidrogel injetável baseado em polímeros termossensíveis para aplicações biomédicas (UC Projeto I - 6 ECTS) Co-supervisor	Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (MICF) (Other) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02	Estudo da influência da esterilização nas características de hidrogeles baseados em polímeros sensíveis a estímulos externos (UC Projeto I - 6 ECTS) Supervisor	Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (MICF) (Other) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/03/26 - 2025/03/27	Poster communication: Nanostructured lipid carriers for optimized docetaxel delivery Other	12th Galenus Workshop: Bioengineering the future of drug delivery Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2025/02/07 - 2025/02/07	Poster communication: In-situ forming injectable hydrogels containing lipid nanoparticles for local delivery of docetaxel Meeting	InnovDelivery'25 - II Lusophone Meeting on Innovative Delivery Systems Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2024/09/06	Poster communication: Viscoelastic properties and injectability of poloxamer-407-gelled lipid nanoparticle dispersions containing docetaxel Conference	22nd International Sol-Gel Conference (SolGel 2024 International Conference) Premc, Germany
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05	Poster communication: Nanotecnologia Aplicada ao Tratamento dos Cancros Gástrico e Esofágico: Estudos de Pré-formulação de Vetores Lipídicos Nanoestruturados Contendo Docetaxel Meeting	Encontro Ciência 2024 - Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal Ciência Viva, Portugal
2024/05/08 - 2024/05/10	Poster communication: Characterization of an injectable hydrogel based on thermosensitive polymers for biomedical applications Meeting	17th Youth Research Meeting of the University of Porto (IJUP’24) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/02/14 - 2024/02/16	Poster communication: In vitro study of docetaxel release from poloxamer-407-gelled lipid nanoparticle dispersions Conference	XVth Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery – New Horizons in Drug Delivery Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/11/10 - 2023/11/11	Poster communication: Efeito da esterilização pelo calor húmido sob pressão nas propriedades de hidrogeles baseados em polímeros sensíveis a estímulos Congress	XVIII Congresso Científico AEFFUP AEFFUP - Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2023/10/26 - 2023/10/28	Poster communication: Optimization and Validation of an HPLC Method for Quantification of Docetaxel Encapsulated in Lipid Nanoparticles Congress	X Ibero-American Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/10/26 - 2023/10/28	Poster communication: Desenvolvimento e Caracterização de Comprimidos Matriciais de Dupla Camada Contendo um AINE Congress	X Ibero-American Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09/22 - 2023/09/22	E-poster communication: Aplicação do desenho experimental Box-Behnken ao desenvolvimento e otimização de nanopartículas lipídicas contendo docetaxel Meeting	5º ENJIO - Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Oncologia Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Centro de Investigação, Portugal
2023/05/10 - 2023/05/12	Poster communication: Effects of steam sterilization on the properties of stimuli-responsive polymer-based hydrogels Meeting	16th Youth Research Meeting of the University of Porto (IJUP’23) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/10/21 - 2021/10/22	Poster communication: Smart polymer-based hydrogels: a new approach for ocular drug delivery Symposium	ChemBioGels 2021 Online Symposium Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/05/17 - 2019/05/17	Poster communication: Development and characterization of solid-in-oil-in-water systems containing proteins Meeting	4th Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/02/08 - 2017/02/10	Poster communication: Effect of mucoadhesive polymer on rheological properties of buccal hydrogels containing ibuprofen: comparisation between Carbopol® 980 and Polycarbophil Meeting	IJUP (Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto) 2017 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/02/08 - 2017/02/10	Poster communication: Phytochemical characterization and evaluation of the bioactivity of the mushroom "Suillus bovinus" (L.) Roussel Meeting	IJUP (Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto) 2017 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/09/22 - 2016/09/24	Poster communication: Development and technological characterization of creams containing lipid micro- and nanoparticles Symposium	11th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology (CESPT) Univerzitet u Beogradu Farmaceutski fakultet, Serbia
2016/03/21 - 2016/03/21	Poster communication: Development and characterization of semisolid formulations based on lipid nanoparticles and nanoemulsions Meeting	I iBEM - International Biomedical Engineering Meeting Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2016/02/17 - 2016/02/19	Poster communication: Development and characterization of Lubritab® matrix tablets for sustained release of thiamine hydrochloride Meeting	IJUP (Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto) 2016 Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022/02/17 - 2022/02/17	Participation in panel (Arguer) - Avaliação da consistência de formulações semissólidas cutâneas: Pastas e cremes (UC Projeto I)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2023	Best Teacher Award 2022/2023 (MICF, 3rd year) AEFFUP - Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018	Best Work at the "III Encontro de Biotecnologia Medicinal/ I Iberian Congress on Medicinal Biotechnology" Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal