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João Pitrez completed his Bachelor's degree in Bioengineering in 2022/02 at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (ISEC), and he is now finishing the last year of the Master's degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering at ISEC since 2021/10, with a first-year average grade of 15 out of 20. During the last year of the Master's degree, J. Pitrez was invited to teach laboratory classes of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to 1st year students of the Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering. During his Bachelor's degree, J. Pitrez participated in the Erasmus+ program for 1 semester at the Lodz University of Technology, Poland, where he attended the Biotechnology course. After that semester, he then took part in the Erasmus+/ICM program and did his curricular internship at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. The topic of his project was "Extraction of Bioactive Compounds of Plant Origin", more precisely, extraction of phenolic compounds from cork by-products, where during the project he performed several techniques such as Soxhlet extraction, for the extraction of the phenolic compounds, or HPLC for the analysis of such compounds. During his degree, J. Pitrez had several courses ranging from general engineering courses, like Thermodynamics, Physics, and Fluid Mechanics (finished with 15 out of 20), to specific biology and chemistry courses, like Cellular Biology (15 out of 20), and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (13 out of 20). He also had mixed courses that incorporate engineering with chemistry and biology, such as Applications of Biological Technics (14 out of 20), where the different properties and effects of multiple bioreactors were tested with different cell cultures, Bioprocesses Engineering (16 out of 20), and one of the most important courses for the project he is working on, Biomaterials (19 out of 20). The majority of these courses were accompanied by a strong laboratory component. Currently, J. Pitrez is doing his Master's thesis with the topic of "Targeted senolytic delivery system to treat liver cirrhosis", a project in the interface of biomaterials engineering and biology. During his project, he already synthesized nanoparticles to load senolytic drugs to target senescent cells. For the synthesis of the nanoformulations and the physico-chemical characterization he has used techniques such as NMR spectroscopy (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance), DLS (Dynamic Light Scattering), and Zeta potential analysis. Moreover, J. Pitrez has already experience with cell culture, mainly endothelial cells.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pedro Oliveira Santos Pitrez

Citation names

  • Pitrez, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8D1D-F951-9EC5

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 934010208 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Ponte de Parada 525 Hab:20, 4425-176, Maia, Porto, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10/21 - 2024/01/24
Concluded
Engenharia Química e Biológica (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
"Targeted Senolytic Delivery Sistem to Treat Liver Cirrhosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2017/09/12 - 2022/02/18
Concluded
Bioengenharia (Licenciatura)
Major in Engenharia Biológica
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
"Extraction of Bioactive Compounds of Plant Origin" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10/12 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2024/01/24 Targeted senolytic system to treat liver cirrhosis
2022.02783.PTDC
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Pitrez, João; Marques, Andreia; Tomé, Inês; Rosa, Susana; Francisco, Vitor; Ferreira, Lino. "Senescence in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells: implications for age-related liver changes". Paper presented in 3rd RESETageing Conference, 2023.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/06 Engineering nanoparticles for an efficient delivery of senolytics to the aged liver 33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB)
ESB (Davos, Switzerland)
2023/06/29 Senotherapeutic nanoparticles to target senescent cells in the liver German Association for Aging Research (DGfA) Anual Meeting
DGfA (Jena, Germany)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/31 - 2023/05/31 Round table - The relevance of curricular internship
Round table
Jornadas do Departamento de Engenharia Química e Biológica
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/18 - 2024/01/26 Assistant invitee to teach theoretical and laboratory classes of Microscopy and Cell Biology to Chemical and Biological Analysis superior technical course. Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2024/01/26 Assistant invitee to teach theoretical and laboratory classes of Fundamentals of Microscopy and Cell Biology to Biomedical Instrumentation superior technical course. Instrumentação Biomédica (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03/06 - 2023/07/31 Assistant invitee to teach laboratory classes of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to Biomedical Engineering bachelor students. Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/03 - 2021/07 Bachelor's degree curricular internship under the program Erasmus+/ICM in Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. The topic of the project was "Extraction of Bioactive Compounds of Plant Origin", more precisely, extraction of phenolic compounds from cork by-products, where during the project several techniques were performed, such as Soxhlet extraction, for the extraction of the phenolic compounds, or HPLC for the analysis of such compounds. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
2020/10 - 2021/02 Erasmus+ program for 1 semester in Lodz University of Technology, Poland. Biotechnology course Politechnika Lódzka, Poland