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Irina Pereira obtained the B.Sc. (2015) in Pathologic, Cytologic and Thanatologic Anatomy (Biomedical Laboratory Sciences) from the School of Allied Health Sciences of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESS-IPP) and the Ms.C. (2018) in Technologic, Comparative and Molecular Genetics from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD). Currently, Irina Pereira is a Ph.D. fellow at Portuguese National Science Foundation - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). She is affiliated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra (FFUC), the Laboratory of Applied Chemistry from the Department of Chemical Sciences of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (FFUP), and the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry, Network of Chemistry and Technology (LAQV/REQUIMTE) (https://laqv.requimte.pt/people/1623-irina_pereira). Irina Pereira has produced 23 publications, including 18 articles published in specialized and indexed scientific journals and 5 book chapters. She has presented 14 communications at national and international scientific events. Irina Pereira has contributed to the organization of 2 scientific events. She has performed 1 peer review activity for an international journal. She participated as a voluntary researcher in 1 project and she is currently working on her Ph.D. project. She advised and helped 1 B.Sc. student and 1 M.Sc. student. Her research focuses on the areas of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Pharmaceutical Technology and Nanotechnology. In their professional activities, she has interacted with 83 collaborators. She also has a Specialization Course in Regulatory Affairs and Technical Direction from Invictus Sciences and several Knowledge Transfer and Intellectual Property Courses from the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Irina Patrícia Brito Pereira

Citation names

  • I. Pereira
  • Pereira I.
  • Irina Pereira
  • Pereira, Irina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9E1C-D863-7EB6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9879-5213
Google Scholar ID
eUyu5CUAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
U-5619-2017
Scopus Author Id
57203219990

Email addresses

  • irina.pereira@ff.uc.pt (Professional)
  • ipereira@ff.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde - Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, 3000-548 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
  • Laboratório de Química Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09/01 - 2023
Ongoing
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Doutoramento)
Major in Tecnologia Farmacêutica
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/11 - 2018/04
Concluded
 Medicamentos e Produtos de Saúde à base de Plantas (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/09 - 2018/01/30
Concluded
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
"Evaluation of the nanoencapsulation effects on the anti-proliferative activity of monoterpenes using human skin cell models" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/10/08
Concluded
 Anatomia Patológica, Citológica e Tanatológica (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/01 - Current Ph.D. Fellow (Individual Ph.D. Scholarship) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
(...)
2023/05 - 2023/06 Knowledge Transfer Manager Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Voluntary Researcher Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
(...)
2015/07/27 - 2015/08/06 Extracurricular Internship Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Joana A. D. Sequeira; Irina Pereira; António J. Ribeiro; Francisco J. B. Veiga; Ana Cláudia Santos; Sequeira, J.A.D.; Pereira, I.; et al. "Surface functionalization of PLGA nanoparticles for drug delivery". In Handbook of Functionalized Nanomaterials for Industrial Applications, 185-203. Elsevier, 2020.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-816787-8.00008-9
  2. Irina Pereira; Sara Antunes; Ana C. Santos; Francisco J. Veiga; Amélia M. Silva; Prapaporn Boonme; Eliana B. Souto. "Microemulsions: principles, scope, methods, and applications in transdermal drug delivery". In Nanotechnology and nanomaterial applications in food, health, and biomedical sciences. CRC Press, 2019.
    Published • 10.1201/9780429425660-2
  3. Santos, A.C.; Pereira, I.; Ferreira, C.; Veiga, F.; Fakhrullin, R.; Ana Cláudia Santos; Irina Pereira; et al. "Layer-by-layer assembly for nanoarchitectonics". 89-121. Elsevier, 2019.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-813341-5.00005-x
  4. Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Francisco J. B. Veiga; Ana Cláudia Santos; Izabela Nowak; Amélia M. Silva; Eliana B. Souto. "Monoterpenes based pharmaceuticals: a review of applications in human health and drug delivery systems". In Plant- and marine-based phytochemicals for human health - attributes, potential, and use, edited by Goyal, Megh R.; Chauhan, Durgesh N., 85-130. United States: Apple Academic Press Inc., 2018.
    Published
  5. Zielinska, A.; Pereira, I.; Antunes, S.; Veiga, F.J.; Santos, A.C.; Nowak, I.; Silva, A.M.; et al. "Mesoporous silica nanoparticles as drug delivery systems against melanoma". In Design of nanostructures for theranostics applications, 437-466. Elsevier, 2018.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-813669-0.00010-5
Conference poster
  1. Irina Pereira; Cláudia Nunes; Mahdi Saleh; Francisco Veiga; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos; Yuri Lvov; Salette Reis. "Shortening of natural-occurring halloysite clay nanotubes for plant-extracted polyphenols delivery". Paper presented in ACS Spring 2021, 2021.
  2. Irina Pereira; Cláudia Nunes; Salette Reis; Ana Cláudia Santos; Yuri Lvov; Francisco J. B. Veiga. "Halloysite clay nanotubes as a vehicle for combined melanoma photodynamic and gene therapies". Paper presented in 6th Nano Today Conference, 2019.
  3. Ana Cláudia Santos; Irina Pereira; Francisco J. B. Veiga; Abhishek Panchal; Yuri Lvov. "Halloysite clay nanotubes: thriving bio-interface strategy for topical drug delivery and hair treatment". Paper presented in 6th Nano Today Conference, 2019.
  4. Laura Ferreira; Irina Pereira; Catarina Cardoso; Ana Cláudia Santos. "Re-emergence of cyclodextrins for increased drug solubility and stability – 2-hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin and sulfobutylether-ß-cyclodextrin". Paper presented in 6th Nano Today Conference, 2019.
  5. Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Ana Cláudia Santos; Izabela Nowak; Amélia M. Silva; Eliana B. Souto; Francisco J. B. Veiga. "Optimization of linalool-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) by experimental factorial design". Paper presented in XII Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery (SPLC-CRS), 2018.
  6. Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Nuno R. Ferreira; Francisco J. B. Veiga; Amélia M. Silva; Ana Cláudia Santos; Izabela Nowak; Eliana B. Souto. "Accelerated stability evaluation of linalool-solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) using a centrifugal sedimentation method (LUMiSizer®)". Paper presented in Controlled Release Society Conference, 2017.
  7. Aleksandra Zielinska; Irina Pereira; Ana Cláudia Santos; María Luisa García; Izabela Nowak; Eliana B. Souto. "The economic impact of cellular pharmacokinetics in retinal pigment epithelium". Paper presented in 14th International Commodity Science Conference (IComSC), 2017.
  8. Aleksandra Zielinska; Irina Pereira; Francisco Veiga; Amélia Silva; Ana Cláudia Santos; Izabela Nowak; Eliana Souto. "Development and optimization of a-pinene-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) using experimental factorial design". 2017.
  9. Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Francisco J. B. Veiga; Amélia M. Silva; Ana Cláudia Santos; Izabela Nowak; Eliana B. Souto. "Encapsulation of linalool in solid lipid nanoparticles". Paper presented in 6th European Young Engineers Conference, 2017.
  10. Aleksandra Zielinska; Irina Pereira; Agnieszka Feliczak-Guzik; Francisco J. B. Veiga; Amélia M. Silva; Ana Cláudia Santos; Izabela Nowak; Eliana B. Souto. "D-limonene-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) as innovative delivery system for pharmacy and cosmetic industries". Paper presented in 6th European Young Engineers Conference, 2017.
  11. Raquel Sousa; Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Prapaporn Boonme; V. Vieira; Joana F. Fangueiro; Ana Cláudia Santos; Eliana B. Souto. "Nimesulide-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN): pre-formulation studies based on Hansen solubility parameters (HSP)". Paper presented in Conference on Research and Education on Challenges for Contemporary Biology, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Environmental Protection, 2017.
  12. Aleksandra Zielinska; Irina Pereira; Ana Cláudia Santos; Amélia M. Silva; Izabela Nowak; Eliana B. Souto. "Ranibizumab - efficient remedy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration". Paper presented in 6th Berliner Chemie Symposium (BCS), 2017.
  13. Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Ana Cláudia Santos; Elena Sánchez-López; Amélia M. Silva; María Luisa García; Izabela Nowak; Eliana B. Souto. "Natural alkaloids: classical dopaminergic agonists formulated in new drug delivery systems". Paper presented in 6th Berliner Chemie Symposium (BCS), 2017.
  14. Irina Pereira; Amaro Frutuoso; Lígia Lourenço; Fernanda Seixas; Maria de Lurdes Pinto; Maria dos Anjos Pires. "Detection of amyloid substance in canids: immunohistochemical approach". Paper presented in Seminário Casos e Acasos em Patologia, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Irina Pereira; Carina Monteiro; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Diana Peixoto; Cláudia Nunes; Salette Reis; Francisco Veiga; Michael R. Hamblin; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos. "Nanodelivery systems for cutaneous melanoma treatment". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 184 (2023): 214-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2023.02.002.
    10.1016/j.ejpb.2023.02.002
  2. Diana Peixoto; Irina Pereira; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Francisco Veiga; Michael R. Hamblin; Yuri Lvov; Mingxian Liu; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos. "Emerging role of nanoclays in cancer research, diagnosis, and therapy". Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213956.
    10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213956
  3. Irina Pereira; Mahdi Saleh; Cláudia Nunes; Salette Reis; Francisco Veiga; Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos. "Preclinical developments of natural-occurring halloysite clay nanotubes in cancer therapeutics". Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 291 (2021): 102406-102406. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cis.2021.102406.
    10.1016/j.cis.2021.102406
  4. Mariana Caldas; Ana Cláudia Santos; Rita Rebelo; Irina Pereira; Francisco Veiga; Rui L. Reis; Vitor M. Correlo. "Electro-responsive controlled drug delivery from melanin nanoparticles". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 588 (2020): 119773-119773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119773.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119773
  5. Ana Cláudia Santos; Diana Costa; Laura Ferreira; Catarina Guerra; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Irina Pereira; Diana Peixoto; Nuno R. Ferreira; Francisco Veiga. "Cyclodextrin-based delivery systems for in vivo-tested anticancer therapies". Drug Delivery and Translational Research (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13346-020-00778-5.
    10.1007/s13346-020-00778-5
  6. Ana Cláudia Santos; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Catarina Guerra; Diana Costa; Diana Peixoto; Irina Pereira; Inês Pita; António J. Ribeiro; Francisco Veiga. "Topical minoxidil-loaded nanotechnology strategies for alopecia". Cosmetics 7 2 (2020): 21-21. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fcosmetics7020021.
    10.3390/cosmetics7020021
  7. Ana Cláudia Santos; Dora Rodrigues; Joana A.D. Sequeira; Irina Pereira; Ana Simões; Diana Costa; Diana Peixoto; Gustavo Costa; Francisco Veiga. "Nanotechnological breakthroughs in the development of topical phytocompounds-based formulations". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 572 (2019): 118787-118787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118787.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118787
  8. Ana Cláudia Santos; Irina Pereira; Salette Reis; Francisco Veiga; Mahdi Saleh; Yuri Lvov. "Biomedical potential of clay nanotube formulations and their toxicity assessment". Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2019): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425247.2019.1665020.
    10.1080/17425247.2019.1665020
  9. Ana Cláudia Santos; Irina Pereira; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Laura Ferreira; Mariana Caldas; Mariana Magalhães; Ana Figueiras; António J. Ribeiro; Francisco Veiga. "Nanocarriers for resveratrol delivery: Impact on stability and solubility concerns". Trends in Food Science & Technology 91 (2019): 483-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2019.07.048.
    10.1016/j.tifs.2019.07.048
  10. Ana Cláudia Santos; Irina Pereira; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Laura Ferreira; Mariana Caldas; Mar Collado-González; Mariana Magalhães; et al. "Nanotechnology-based formulations for resveratrol delivery: Effects on resveratrol in vivo bioavailability and bioactivity". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 180 (2019): 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.04.030.
    10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.04.030
  11. Ana Cláudia Santos; Abhishek Panchal; Naureen Rahman; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Irina Pereira; Francisco Veiga; Yuri Lvov. "Evolution of hair treatment and care: prospects of nanotube-based formulations". Nanomaterials 9 6 (2019): 903-903. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fnano9060903.
    10.3390/nano9060903
  12. Ana Cláudia Santos; Francisca Morais; Ana Simões; Irina Pereira; Joana A. D. Sequeira; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Francisco Veiga; António Ribeiro. "Nanotechnology for the development of new cosmetic formulations". Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 16 4 (2019): 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425247.2019.1585426.
    10.1080/17425247.2019.1585426
  13. Ana Cláudia Santos; Irina Pereira; Mariana Magalhães; Miguel Pereira-Silva; Mariana Caldas; Laura Ferreira; Ana Figueiras; António J. Ribeiro; Francisco Veiga. "Targeting cancer via resveratrol-loaded nanoparticles administration: focusing on in vivo evidence". The AAPS Journal 21 4 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1208%2Fs12248-019-0325-y.
    10.1208/s12248-019-0325-y
  14. Ana Cláudia Santos; Joana A.D. Sequeira; Irina Pereira; Célia Cabral; Mar Collado Gonzallez; C. Fontes-Ribeiro; António J. Ribeiro; Yuri M. Lvov; Francisco J. Veiga. "Sonication-assisted Layer-by-Layer self-assembly nanoparticles for resveratrol delivery". Materials Science and Engineering: C 105 (2019): 110022-110022. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.msec.2019.110022.
    10.1016/j.msec.2019.110022
  15. Ana Cláudia Santos; Francisco J. Veiga; Joana A. D. Sequeira; Ana Fortuna; Amílcar Falcão; Irina Pereira; Pravin Pattekari; Carlos Fontes-Ribeiro; Antonio Jose Ribeiro. "First-time orally administered resveratrol-loaded Layer-by-Layer nanoparticles to rats - a pharmacokinetics study". The Analyst (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc8an01998c.
    10.1039/c8an01998c
  16. Irina Pereira; Patrícia Severino; Ana C. Santos; Amélia M. Silva; Eliana B. Souto. "Linalool bioactive properties and potential applicability in drug delivery systems". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 171 (2018): 566-578. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.colsurfb.2018.08.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.08.001
  17. Irina Pereira; Aleksandra Zielinska; Nuno R. Ferreira; Amélia M. Silva; Eliana B. Souto. "Optimization of linalool-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles using experimental factorial design and long-term stability studies with a new centrifugal sedimentation method". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 549 1-2 (2018): 261-270. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijpharm.2018.07.068.
    10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.07.068
  18. Carmelita Sousa; Irina Pereira; Ana Cláudia Santos; Amélia M. Silva; Andelka B. Kovacevic; Eliana B. Souto. "Targeting dendritic cells for the treatment of autoimmune disorders.". Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28697439.
    10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.06.050
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira, Irina Patrícia Brito. "Evaluation of the nanoencapsulation effects on the anti-proliferative activity of monoterpenes using human skin cell models". Master, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10348/8391.
Distinctions

Award

2018 Individual Ph.D. Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal