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Joana Costa completed the European PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Nutrition and Food Science Specialty at Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto in 2013/12/09, the Master degree in Quality Control - Water and Food Speciality at Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto in 2009/04/19 and the graduation in Biochemistry at Faculdade de Ciências Universidade do Porto in 2004/02/10. Currently, she is a Assistant Researcher at REQUIMTE-LAQV/FFUP with main research activities related to Food Allergy, namely developing DNA- and protein-based methods for the detection of allergenic ingredients in complex foods and studying the structural properties of food allergens. Besides her focus on FOOD ALLERGY, she also performs research in food authentication, identification of plant/animal species, plant food supplements, and herbal medicinal plant authentication, and GMO detection/quantification by DNA-based techniques. She has 91 articles in peer-review international journals, all of them of high impact factor (H-index of 30, 2180 citations), 8 papers in national journals, and 7 articles in proceeding conferences. She has published 9 book chapters and 1 edited book, she is a reviewer in more than 30 peer-review international journals (most of them of Q1 of FOOD SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY and ALLERGY), she has more than 75 oral (19 as invited speaker)/93 poster communications in inter-/national scientific meetings and she participated in the organising and/or scientific committees of 11 inter-/national scientific events (conferences, seminars). She is also part of the Editorial Board of Allergies (MDPI) and Reviewer Editor in Frontiers in Nutrition and Frontiers in Plant Science. She has received 11 awards and/or honors and in her professional activities, she interacted with 170 collaborator(s) coauthorship of scientific papers. She was nominated as Management Committee (MC) member of COST Action CA18227 (The core outcomes measures of food allergy), with tasks of MANAGEMENT (core management group) and COORDINATION (ITC CG (inclusiveness target countries conference grants) coordinator. She was also nominated as MC substitute in 2 other COST actions FA1402 (Improving Allergy Risk Assessment Strategy for New Food Proteins)(2014-2018) and CA18127 (International Nucleome Consortium) ongoing. She has also participated as a researcher member in several inter-/national projects (n=29) and she is the Co-PI of AlleRiskAssess (PTDC/BAA-AGR/31720/2017). JC is also member of INFOGEST WG3-C (Intestinal barrier models to study allergenic sensitization and inflammation). JC co-/supervised 2 Post-Doc researchers (ongoing), 3 PhD (1 concluded + 2 ongoing), 8 MSc (concluded) and 8 undergraduate (5 concluded + 3 ongoing) students and colaborates as lecturer at FFUP in 2 disciplines of Master Integrated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (since 2021). Recently, JC also gained an Assistant Researcher position in the CEEC 4th ed (Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus) (2020) with project ALLERGENSHAPING ((https://doi.org/10.54499/2021.03583.CEECIND/CP1662/CT0012).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Sofia Barros da Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Joana
  • Costa, Joana SB
  • Costa, J

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AA18-1D1F-56F9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8229-2902
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HG7zz3wAAAAJ&hl=en&citsig=AMD79oq7zjRNqDM0Y68Zz8ovhvXbv8NRAw
Researcher Id
K-1255-2013
Scopus Author Id
35582349000

Email addresses

  • joanabcosta@gmail.com (Professional)
  • jbcosta@ff.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 220428500 Ext.: 8842 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto. Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, 4050-313, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/12/09
Concluded
 Pharmaceutical Sciences - Nutrition and Food Science Specialty (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Development and application of molecular-based methods for the detection of tree nut allergens: the cases of almond, hazelnut and walnut" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction
2009/04/19
Concluded
 Quality Control - Scientific Area in Food and Water (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Óleo de sementes de soja geneticamente modificada: Caracterização química e detecção de ADN ao longo da produção" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2004/02/10
Concluded
 Bioquímica - Ramo de Bioquímica Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Facilitação da captação de 45Ca operada por receptores nicotínicos em sinaptossomas de cérebro de rato" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 12 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/06/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/04/17 - 2023/05/06 Visiting Researcher (Research) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Belgium
2019/03/01 - 2022/05/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/01/23 - 2017/03/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany
2014/11/11 - 2014/12/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brazil
2014/02/04 - 2014/04/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) CONICET CENPAT, Argentina
2010 - 2013 Researcher (Research) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2012/05/01 - 2012/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Department für Agrarbiotechnologie, Austria
2007/07/01 - 2009/12/03 Researcher (Research) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2005/06/03 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
2002/09/02 - 2003/10/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09 - Current Lecturer (University Teacher) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2008/04/01 - 2008/07/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/07/01 - 2019/02/28 Post-Doc researcher (SFRH/BPD/102404/2014) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/06/01 Post-Doc researcher (under Project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000011) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2014/08/31 PhD Researcher (Grant from project EXPL/DTP-SAP/1438/2013) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2013/12/09 PhD student (Grant SFRH/BD/64523/2009) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2007/07/04 - 2013/12/09 REQUIMTE member REQUIMTE, Portugal
2008/06/16 - 2008/12/31 Laboratory Assistant (Pharmacology) Bial, Portugal
2005/06/07 - 2006/05/31 Laboratory technician (speciality Pharmacology) Bial, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/07 - 2019/02/28 Structural features and immunoreactivity of plant food allergens: impact of technological food processing and in vitro
SFRH/BPD/102404/2014
Post-doc Fellow
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014 - 2015 4saferPFS - Safety of Plant Food Supplements: searching for adulterant pharmaceutical drugs and plants
EXPL/DTP-SAP/1438/2013
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/12/09 Development and application of molecular-based methods for the detection of tree nut allergens: the cases of almond, hazelnut and walnut
FCT/SFRH/BD/64523/2009
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/06/01 - 2028/05/31 ALLERGENSHAPING - Physicochemical properties related to ALLERGENicity SHAPING. Comparative study of allergens/non-allergens as affected by food processing and gastrointestinal digestion.
2021.03583.CEECIND/CP1662/CT0012
10.54499/2021.03583.CEECIND/CP1662/CT0012
Principal investigator
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde - Tecnologias e Processos Limpos
LA/P/0008/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0008/2020
Researcher
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Unidade de Investigação Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 POROT - Novel methods and approaches for detecting the illegal addition of Pharmaceutical drugs and bOtanIcal adulteRatiOn in planT food supplements
PTDC/SAU-PUB/3803/2021
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01 - 2024/12 HYPOALLERGEN - Improving strategies to unveil, predict and modulate/mitigate the allergenicity foods towards the development of new HYPOALLERGENic formulations
PTDC/BAA-AGR/4005/2021
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Explore the impact of DIETary-eXPOSOME on chronic inflammation assessed through in vitro assays and mathematical modelling
PTDC/SAU-NUT/6061/2020
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/11/05 - 2023/11/04 COST Action CA18227 - The Core Outcome Measures for Food Allergy (MC member and ITC CG Coordinator)
CA18227
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2021/07/01 - 2023/06/30 Healthy&ValorFOOD - Towards healthy and valorized foods, assuring their safety, authenticity and sustainability
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000052
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 FEDER
Ongoing
2019/05/16 - 2023/05/15 COST action CA18127 - International Nucleome Consortium (MC substitute)
CA18127
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2019 - 2023 Cost Action CA18111 - Genome editing in plants - a technology with transformative potential (PlantEd) (WG member)
CA18111
Researcher
COST ACTION CA18111/COST ASSOCIATION, Belgium
 COST ACTION CA18111/COST ASSOCIATION
Concluded
2020/01 - 2022/12 An integrated approach to the challenge of sustainable food systems: adaptive and mitigatory strategies to address climate change and malnutrition (SYSTEMIC)
696300
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 European Union H2020 Research and Innovation Programme
Ongoing
2019/03/01 - 2022/05/31 Assessing structural properties and immunoreactivity of plant food allergens: impact of technological food processing and in vitro digestibility
DL 57/2016/CP1346/CT0038
10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1346/CT0038
Principal investigator
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31 AlleRiskAssess - Towards allergen risk assessment of foods: structural and immunogenic changes induced by novel processing technologies and alternative protein sources
PTDC/BAA-AGR/31720/2017
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/06/01 - 2021/05/31 BeeHappy - Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Health in the Azores: comparing ePidemiological Patterns in a unique natural laboratorY (member)
PTDC/CVT-CVT/29871/2017
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/28 - 2020/04/20 RIA FNR-11-2020 - PROSPEPT - Prospecting bioactive peptides from innovative terrestrial animal resources towards a new food concept for older persons
Not funded
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
 European Commission
Cancelled
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry - Clean Technologies and Processes
UID/QUI/50006/2019
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2019/06/29 FOODnanoHEALTH - Qualidade e segurança alimentar - uma abordagem (nano) tecnológica
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000011
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 COST action FA1402 - Improving Allergy Risk Assessment Strategy for new food proteins (ImpARAS) (MC substitute)
FA1402
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Concluded
2017 - 2018 Development of new diagnostic tools to assess argan oil authenticity
FCT/6460/6/6/2017/S
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2018 HazelOmics: an integrated approach to assess the genetic variability of hazelnut allergens
Projetos REQUIMTE 2017
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto
Concluded
2016 - 2018 European project FOODINTEGRITY-FP7-KBBE-2013 - Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain (member)
613688
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2015 - 2016 Tracing GMO in honey "Rastreio de organismos geneticamente modificados em mel"
FCT/10971/22/6/2015/S
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/10/01 - 2015/09/30 GMOsensor - Monitoring Genetically Modified Organisms in Food and Feed by Innovative Biosensor Approaches integrated in an International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (FP7) PEOPLE-2013-IRSES (Marie Curie actions)
612545
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 6 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/EQB/LA0006/2011
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2012 Improvement of molecular biology methods for authenticity assessment and detection of allergens in foods
FCT/2489/3/6/2011/S
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2012 DNA barcodes for Hypericum species identification in herbal teas
290
Researcher
Universidade do Porto

Banco Santander Totta
Concluded
2011 - 2012 Application of real-time PCR to detect hazelnut as a potential hidden allergen in chocolates
176
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto

Banco Santander Totta
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020 - Current INFOGEST WG3 subgroup C: Intestinal barrier models to study allergenic sensitization/inflammation, following Cost action FA1005 (INFOGEST)
Previous COST action FA1005
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Mafra, Isabel; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. 5th MoniQA International Conference Book of Abstracts. Porto, Portugal: MoniQA Association. 2015.
    Published • Editor
Book chapter
  1. Costa, J; Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Costa, J. "1D-, 2D-Gel Electrophoresis, Immunoblotting, and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for the Study of Food Allergens". In Methods in Molecular Biology, edited by Cabanillas, B, 123-142. Springer US, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-3453-0_8
  2. Costa, J; Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel. "Quantitative Real-Time PCR for the Detection of Allergenic Species in Foods". In Methods in Molecular Biology, edited by Domingues, L., 85-103. Springer US, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-3358-8_8
  3. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Soybean allergens.". In Phytochemicals in Soybeans Bioactivity and Health Benefits, edited by Yang Li; Baokun Qi, 185-215. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003030294
  4. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Cow's milk allergens". In Handbook of Dairy Foods Analysis 2nd ed, edited by Fidel Toldrá; Leo M.L. Nollet. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press, 2021.
    Published • 10.1201/9780429342967
  5. Grazina, Liliana; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S; Mafra, Isabel. "High resolution melting analysis as a tool for plant species authentication". In Crop Breeding Methods and Protocols, 55-73. New York, United States: Humana Press, 2021.
    Published
  6. Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Peanut Allergy: Clinical Relevance and Allergen Characterisation". In Food Allergy, edited by Anas M. Abdel Rahman, 35-57. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press, 2017.
    Published • 10.1201/9781315151786-3
  7. Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Villa, Caterina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Advances in Food Allergen Analysis". In Food Safety: Innovative Analytical Tools for Safety Assessment, edited by UG Spizzirri; G Cirillo, 305-360. Beverly: Scrivener Publishing LLC, 2016.
    Published • 10.1002/9781119160588.ch9
  8. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, J; Plácido, Alexandra; Villa, Caterina; Grazina, Liliana; Meira, Liliana; Oliveira, Maria Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Genetically Modified Organism Analysis as Affected by DNA Degradation". In Genetically Modified Organisms in Food, 111-118. United States: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-802259-7.00011-7
  9. Plácido, Alexandra; Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, Maria Beatriz P.P.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Mafra, Isabel. "Novel Strategies for Genetically Modified Organism Detection". In Genetically Modified Organisms in Food, edited by Watson, Roland Ross; Preedy, Victor R., 119-131. United States: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2016.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-802259-7.00012-9
Conference abstract
  1. Mendes, Daniela; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Grazina, Liliana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Multicopy versus unicopy genes as potential molecular markers for the detection of sesame as an allergenic food". Paper presented in 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2020), Porto, 2020.
    Published • 10.1109/vetecf.2004.1400481
  2. Villa, Caterina; Moura, Mónica; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Effect of thermal processing and food matrix in the immunoreactivity of soybean and lupine proteins.". Paper presented in 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2020), Porto, 2020.
    Published
  3. Grazina, Liliana; Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Authentication of Ginkgo biloba herbal products using a species specific ITS1 marker". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA2019), Prague, 2019.
    Published
  4. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Lupine allergens in food products: effect of processing and food matrix on their detection and immunoreactivity". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA2019), Prague, 2019.
    Published
  5. Costa, Joana. "DNA versus proteins: Current perspectives on food allergen detection methods". Paper presented in 2nd Food Chemistry Conference: Shaping the Future of Food Quality, Safety, Nutrition and Health, Seville, 2019.
    Published
  6. Pereira, Ricardo; Costa, Joana; Rodrigues, Rui; Villa, Caterina; Teixeira, José; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Vicente, António A.. "Assessment of electrical effects of ohmic heating on structural and immunoreactivity properties of bovine betalactoglobulin". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Delivery of Functionality in Complex Food Systems, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  7. Costa, Joana. "Influence of physicochemical parameters on the allergenicity of protein families". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference Food Allergy Forum, Amsterdam, 2019.
    Published
  8. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "The feasibility of real-time PCR as a tool for seafood allergen detection and quantification". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference Food Allergy Forum, Amsterdam, 2019.
    Published
  9. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Milk allergen detection in food products by DNA-based methods: exploiting mitochondrial and nuclear gene markers from cow". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference Food Allergy Forum, Amsterdam, 2019.
    Published
  10. Moura, Mónica; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Profile of soybean allergenic proteins as affected by thermal processing and food matrix". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  11. Silva, Daniela; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Wheat as a potential allergenic food". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  12. Moura, Mónica; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Evaluation of thermal processing and Food matrix on the soybean allergenic proteins.". Paper presented in XXIV Encontro Luso Galego, Porto, 2018.
    Published
  13. Raja, F.Z.; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Charrouf, Zubida; Grazina, Liliana; Villa, Caterina; Kartah, B.E.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Development of new molecular tools to assess argan oil authenticity: detection of olive oil as a potential adulterant". Paper presented in 1er Congres International de Biotechnologie Verte, Taroudant, 2018.
    Published
  14. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Mitochondrial gene screening to identify cow’s DNA markers for meat authentication and milk allergen detection". Paper presented in 5th FoodIntegrity Conference, Parma, 2018.
    Published
  15. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Milk proteins in food products as affected by thermal processing assessed by immunochemical and DNA-based methods.". Paper presented in 4th ImpARAS conference, Portici, 2018.
    Published
  16. Klueber, Julia; Codreanu-Morel, Françoise; Randow, Stefanie; Costa, Joana; Graf, Thorsten; Scheuermann, Tanja; Ollert, Markus; et al. "Functional potency testing of allergenic and non-allergenic tropomyosins using RBL cell mediator release as a potential tool in food allergen risk assessment.". Paper presented in 4th ImpARAS conference, Portici, 2018.
    Published
  17. Klueber, Julia; Codreanu-Morel, Françoise; Holzhauser, Thomas; Randow, Stefanie; Costa, Joana; Graf, Thorsten; Scheuermann, Tanja; et al. "Homologous tropomyosins from vertebrate and invertebrate: Purification and allergenicity assessment". Paper presented in EAACI Congress 2018, Munich, 2018.
    Published
  18. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Gondar, Cristina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Lupine allergens in food products: a new real-time PCR approach for its detection and quantification.". Paper presented in 3rd International ImpARAS Conference, Helsingør, 2017.
    Published
  19. Piras, Cristian; Soggiu, A.; Takács, K.; Nagy, A.; Gelencsér, Éva; Holzhauser, Thomas; Costa, Joana; et al. "Immunoproteomics characterization of allergenic and non-allergenic tropomyosin orthologs.". Paper presented in 3rd International ImpARAS Conference, Helsingør, 2017.
    Published
  20. Costa, Joana; Randow, Stefanie; Povalova, Anna; Schwaben, L.; Reuter, A.; Graf, Thorsten; Kuehn, Annette; Holzhauser, Thomas. "Generation and characterization of a recombinant nonallergenic chicken tropomyosin as a potential molecular reference for allergenicity assessment studies". Paper presented in 3rd International ImpARAS Conference, Helsingør, 2017.
    Published
  21. Soares, Sónia; Grazina, Liliana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Costa, Joana; Pinto, M. Alice; Duc, Hanh Pham; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Amaral, Joana S.. "Development of molecular markers for honey entomological origin authentication". Paper presented in EuroFoodChem XIX Conference, Budapest, 2017.
    Published
  22. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "COIBAR-HRM as a novel approach for the discrimination of hake species". Paper presented in 4th FoodIntegrity Annual Conference, Parma, 2017.
    Published
  23. Silva, Isa; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "In silico and experimental analysis of allergen encoding genes as potential DNA markers for pistachio identification in foods". Paper presented in 10th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2017), Porto, 2017.
    Published
  24. Costa, Joana; Ansari, Parisa; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Baumgartner, Sabine. "Assessing hazelnut allergens in model chocolates by sandwich ELISA as affected by matrix.". Paper presented in 2nd International ImpARAS Conference, Warsaw, 2016.
    Published
  25. Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Grazina, Liliana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Effect of processing and protein material on the performance of a normalised real-time PCR approach to quantify soybean as a potential hidden allergen in foods,". Paper presented in 2nd International ImpARAS Conference, Warsaw, 2016.
    Published
  26. Grazina, Liliana; Plácido, Alexandra; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Ramos, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Tracing genetically modified soybean with the event GTS40-3-2 in commercialised foods". Paper presented in XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Porto, 2016.
  27. Martín-Fernández, Begoña; Costa, Joana; López-Ruiz, Beatriz; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Gluten analysis by real-time PCR systems as influenced by matrix effects". Paper presented in XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Porto, 2016.
    Published
  28. Sousa, Inês; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Development of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the specific detection of Citrus aurantium in plant food supplements". Paper presented in 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2016), Porto, 2016.
    Published
  29. Silva, Catarina; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Clustering of shrimp and prawn species by DNA barcoding and HRM analysis". Paper presented in 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2016), Porto, 2016.
    Published
  30. Mendes, Cíntia; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Exploiting allergen encoding genes (Ana o 1, Ana o 2 and Ana o 3) as potential DNA markers for cashew detection". Paper presented in 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2016), Porto, 2016.
    Published
  31. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Tracing nut allergens using the novel single-tube nested real-time PCR approach as affected by thermal processing". Paper presented in 1st International ImpARAS Conference, Warsaw, 2015.
    Published
  32. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Quantification of safflower adulteration in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) based on a real-time PCR approach targeting ITS1 locus". Paper presented in COST Action FA1101 “SAFFRONOMICS” Final Conference in conjunction with the “International day on saffron research and Innovation”, Almagro, 2015.
    Published
  33. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Clustering of cod-like fish species by DNA barcoding and HRM analysis". Paper presented in 5th MoniQA International Conference, Porto, 2015.
    Published
  34. Costa, Joana; Ansari, Parisa; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Baumgartner, Sabine. "High-throughput methodologies (LC-MS/MS, ELISA and real-time PCR) to assess hazelnut allergens in chocolates". Paper presented in 5th MoniQA International Conference, Porto, 2015.
    Published
  35. Gondar, Cristina; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Development of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the specific detection of Lupinus spp. in processed foods". Paper presented in 8th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2015), Porto, 2015.
    Published
  36. Grazina, Liliana; Plácido, Alexandra; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Ramos, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Real-time PCR detection and quantification of genetically modified soybean with the event GTS40-3-2 in food". Paper presented in 8th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2015), Porto, 2015.
    Published
  37. Batista, Andreia; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Amaral, Joana S.; Ramos, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Cynara scolymus clustering in plant food supplements by high resolution melting analysis". Paper presented in 8th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2015), Porto, 2015.
    Published
  38. Coelho, Andreia; Costa, Joana; Marani, Mariela M.; Silva, V.C.; Ramos-Jesus, Joilson; Ramos, Ricardo M.; Lima, Francisco C.A.; et al. "Theoretical prediction of Cry1ab16 peptides as molecular markers for the detection of genetically modified maize using biosensors". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, Parnaíba, 2014.
    Published
  39. Costa, Joana; Marani, Mariela M.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Camperi, Sílvia A.; Leite, José Roberto de Souza Almeida. "Extensive in silico evaluation of cp4-epsps peptides as potential biomarkers of transgenic soybean". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, Parnaíba, 2014.
    Published
  40. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "DNA barcoding as a new tool for plant food authentication: the case of saffron (Crocus sativus L.)". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, Parnaíba, 2014.
    Published
  41. Meira, Liliana; Carneiro, Sara; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Development and application of species-specific PCR assays to detect and quantify horsemeat adulteration in foods". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, Parnaíba, 2014.
    Published
  42. Plácido, Alexandra; Grazina, Liliana; Manzanares-Palenzuela, Carmen Lorena; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Screening transgenic soybean in foodstuffs by the detection of the 35S promoter". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, Parnaíba, 2014.
    Published
  43. Grazina, Liliana; Plácido, Alexandra; Manzanares-Palenzuela, Carmen Lorena; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). ". Detection and quantification of Roundup Ready soybean in food by conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, Parnaíba, 2014.
    Published
  44. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Exploiting DNA barcoding with high resolution melting analysis for saffron (Crocus sativus L.) authentication". Paper presented in Food and Agriculture COST action FA1101 ‘Saffronomics’ 2014 annual conference, Wageningen, 2014.
    Published
  45. Costa, Joana; Pinheiro, Liliane; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Effect of baking process on the detection of walnut allergens in cakes by DNA-based approaches". Paper presented in 8th International Conference on Culinary Arts and Sciences, Porto, 2013.
    Published
  46. Pinheiro, Liliane; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Detection of walnut allergens in raw and baked products by molecular based approaches". Paper presented in 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2013), Porto, 2013.
    Published
  47. Dias, A.S.; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Development of a highly sensitive real-time PCR system for the quantification of soybean as a potential allergenic ingredient". Paper presented in 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2013), 2013.
    Published
  48. Santos, Cristina G.; Melo, Vitor S.; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Species identification and authentication of hare (Lepus) meat by the use of the mitochondrial cytb gene". Paper presented in 5th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2012), Porto, 2012.
    Published
  49. Melo, Vitor S.; Santos, Cristina G.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Real-time PCR technique to detect hazelnut in chocolate as a potential hidden allergen". Paper presented in 5th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2012), Porto, 2012.
    Published
  50. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Transgenes monitoring in an industrial soybean oil processing by conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction". Paper presented in 9º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Angra do Heroísmo, 2009.
    Published
  51. Costa, Joana; Lobo, Maria Graça; Correia-de-Sá, Paulo. "Neuronal excitability due to high concentrations of nifedipine may be operated by Ca2+ penetration through activated TTX-sensitive Na+ channels". Paper presented in Sinapse, 2005.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Soares, Sónia; Grazina, Liliana; Mafra, I.; Costa, J; Pinto, M. Alice; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Amaral, J.S.; Mafra, Isabel. "Towards honey authentication: assessing European honey entomological origin by a molecular identification approach". Paper presented in 4th FoodIntegrity Annual Conference, 10-11 May 2017, Parma, 2017.
    Published
  2. Grazina, Liliana; Costa, J; Amaral, J.S.; Garino, Cristiano; Arlorio, Marco; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Exploiting polymorphisms in the Waxy and Alk genes of Italian rice varieties to identify DNA markers for Carnaroli authentication". Paper presented in 4th FoodIntegrity Annual Conference, 10-11 May 2017, Parma, 2017.
  3. Soares, Sónia; Costa, J; Amaral, J.S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "DNA mini-barcodes coupled to high resolution melting (hrm) analysis for the botanical authentication of rosemary honey". Paper presented in FoodIntegrity 2016 - Assuring the integrity of the food chain: fighting food fraud, Prague, 2016.
    Published
  4. Batista, Andreia; Costa, J; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Amaral, J.S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "High resolution melting analysis as a new tool to authenticate plant food supplements: the case of artichoke (Cynara Scolymus)". Paper presented in FoodIntegrity 2016 - Assuring the integrity of the food chain: fighting food fraud, Prague, 2016.
    Published
  5. Sousa, Inês; Costa, J; Amaral, J.S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "In silico and experimental analysis of DNA markers for Citrus aurantium identification in herbal medicines". Paper presented in XXII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química, 2016.
  6. Soares, Sónia; Costa, J; Amaral, J.S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.. "Identificação da origem botânica do mel por DNA barcoding". Paper presented in SPASS 2015, Lisboa, 2015.
  7. Amaral, J.S.; Costa, J; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Batista, Andreia; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Detection of botanical adulterations in plant food supplements by molecular biology techniques". Paper presented in EuroFoodChem XVIII, Madrid, 2015.
    Published
  8. Amaral, J.S.; Costa, J; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Exploiting DNA markers for the authentication of Hypericum food supplements". Paper presented in Food Integrity 2015 - Assuring the integrity of the food chain, Bilbao, 2015.
    Published
  9. Soares, S.; Costa, J; Amaral, J.S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "DNA barcoding for the botanical species differentiation in honey". 2015.
  10. Costa, J; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Amaral, J.S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Assessing the effect of pharmaceutical excipients on the DNA extraction from plant food supplements". 2014.
    Published
  11. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "DNA barcoding coupled to high resolution melting analysis for saffron (Crocus sativus L.) authentication". Paper presented in 12º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Lisboa, 2014.
    Published
  12. Mafra, Isabel; Amaral, J.S.; Costa, Joana (AA18-1D1F-56F9); Soares, Sónia; Oliveira, M.B.P.P.. "Applicability of DNA-based methods for food authentication". Paper presented in 1th FoodIntegrity Annual Conference, York, 2014.
    Published
  13. Manzanares-Palenzuela, Carmen Lorena; Barroso, M. Fátima; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Costa, Joana; de-los-Santos-Álvarez, Noemí; Lobo-Castañón, M. Jesus; López-Ruiz, Beatriz; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina. "Electrochemical magnetoassay for the detection of genetically engineered soybean.". Paper presented in 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Porto, 2014.
    Published
  14. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "A novel high sensitive approach based on single-tube nested real-time PCR to detect hazelnut allergens". Paper presented in 11º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Bragança, 2012.
    Published
  15. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Evaluation of DNA extraction methods to detect almond allergens in chocolates.". Paper presented in 11º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Bragança, 2012.
    Published
  16. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Applicability of single-tube nested real-time PCR as a new technique to detect almond at trace amounts.". Paper presented in 11º Encontro Química dos Alimentos, Bragança, 2012.
    Published
  17. Campos, Bruna; Costa, Joana; Nunes, Maria Eugénia; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "DNA barcoding coupled to high resolution melting analysis for Hypericum species identification in herbal teas.". Paper presented in 11º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, , Portugal., Bragança, 2012.
    Published
  18. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Transgenes monitoring in an industrial soybean oil processing by conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction". Paper presented in 9º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos. Universidade dos Açores, 2009.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Carla S. Silva Teixeira; Rita Biltes; Caterina Villa; Sérgio F. Sousa; Costa, Joana; Ferreira, Isabel M.P.L.V.O.; Isabel Mafra. Corresponding author: Carla S. Silva Teixeira. "In silico digestion as a valuable approach to prospect bioactive peptides from edible insect.". Paper presented in 8th International Conference on Food Digestion (ICFD2024), 2024.
  2. Carla S. Silva Teixeira; Caterina Villa; Sergio F. Sousa; Costa, Joana; Isabel M. P. L. V. O. Ferreira; Isabel Mafra. Corresponding author: Carla S. Silva Teixeira. "Acheta domesticus as a source of bioactive peptides with anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetic, anti-pulmonary and cardiac fibrosis properties: an in silico approach". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2023.
  3. Lopes, Ana R.; Moura, M; Grazina, Liliana; Costa, J; Joana S. Amaral; Pinto, M. Alice; Mafra, Isabel. "Incense honey (Pittosporum undulatum) in the Azores: Botanical authentication by using real-time PCR approach". Paper presented in EURBEE 2022: 9th European Conference of Apidology. 20-22 Setembro, Belgrado, Sérvia., 2022.
  4. Grazina, Liliana; Joana Andrêa Soares Amaral; Costa, J; Isabel Mafra. "High-resolution melting analysis as a powerful tool to authenticate Korean ginsengcontaining foods". Paper presented in XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos - Estratégias para a Excelência, Autenticidade, Segurança e Sustentabilidade Alimentar, 2021.
  5. Grazina, Liliana; Costa, J; Joana Andrêa Soares Amaral; Garino, Cristiano; Arlorio, Marco; Isabel Mafra. "HRM analysis targeting nucleotide polymorphisms in the Waxy gene to authenticate Carnaroli rice, a premium risotto variety". Paper presented in XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos - Estratégias para a Excelência, Autenticidade, Segurança e Sustentabilidade Alimentar, 2021.
  6. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Lupine allergens in food products: effect of processing and food matrix on their detection and immunoreactivity.". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA2019), 2019.
  7. Grazina, Liliana; Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Authentication of Ginkgo biloba herbal products using a species specific ITS1 marker.". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA2019), 2019.
  8. Costa, Renata; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Pereira, Carlos M.; Silva, António F.. "Electrochemical sensing based on molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) for monitoring hazelnut Cor a 14 allergen". Paper presented in 25th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 2019.
  9. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Milk allergen detection in food products by DNA-based methods: exploiting mitochondrial and nuclear gene markers from cow". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference Food Allergy Forum, 2019.
  10. Silva, Daniela; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Wheat as a potential allergenic food". Paper presented in 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 2019.
  11. Raja, F.Z.; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Charrouf, Zubida; Grazina, Liliana; Villa, Caterina; Kartah, B.E.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Development of new molecular tools to assess argan oil authenticity: detection of olive oil as a potential adulterant". Paper presented in 1er Congres International de Biotechnologie Verte, 2018.
  12. Moura, Mónica; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Evaluation of thermal processing and Food matrix on the soybean allergenic proteins.". Paper presented in XXIV Encontro Luso Galego, 2018.
  13. Grazina, Liliana; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Garino, Cristiano; Arlorio, Marco; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C); et al. "Applicability of HRM analysis for carnaroli rice authentication based on polymorphisms of the waxy gene". Paper presented in 5th FoodIntegrity Conference, 2018.
  14. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel (FD16-E7F4-C85C). "Mitochondrial gene screening to identify cow’s DNA markers for meat authentication and milk allergen detection". Paper presented in 5th FoodIntegrity Conference, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Villa, C.; Costa, J; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Villa, C.. "First nanoplate digital PCR method to trace allergenic foods: Improved sensitivity for the detection of sesame". Food Chemistry 444 (2024): 138650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138650.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138650
  2. Demidova, Anastasia; Drewitz, Karl Philipp; Kimkool, Parisut; Banjanin, Nikolina; Barzylovich, Vladyslava; Botjes, Erna; Capper, India; et al. "Core Outcome Set for IgE-mediated food allergy clinical trials and observational studies of interventions: International Delphi consensus study ‘COMFA’". Allergy 79 4 (2024): 977-989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.16023.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/all.16023
  3. Valdelvira, Rafael; Costa, J; Crespo, Jesus F.; Cabanillas, Beatriz. "Major peanut allergens are quickly released from peanuts when seeds are hydrated under specific conditions". Food Chemistry 437 (2024): 137901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137901.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137901
  4. Dias, Catarina; Costa, J; Mafra, Isabel; Fernandes, Daniela; Brandão, Ana T.S.C.; Silva, A. Fernando; Pereira, Carlos M.; Costa, Renata. "Electrochemical immunosensor for point-of-care detection of soybean Gly m TI allergen in foods". Talanta 268 (2024): 125284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125284.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125284
  5. Carla S. S. Teixeira; Rita Biltes; Caterina Villa; Sérgio F. Sousa; Costa, J; Isabel M. P. L. V. O. Ferreira; Isabel Mafra. "Exploiting Locusta migratoria as a source of bioactive peptides with anti-fibrosis properties using an in silico approach". Food & Function 15 (2024): 493-502. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3FO04246D.
    Published • 10.1039/D3FO04246D
  6. Teixeira, Carla S.S.; Villa, Caterina; Sousa, Sérgio F.; Costa, J; Ferreira, Isabel M.P.L.V.O.; Mafra, Isabel. "An in silico approach to unveil peptides from Acheta domesticus with potential bioactivity against hypertension, diabetes, cardiac and pulmonary fibrosis". Food Research International 169 (2023): 112847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112847.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112847
  7. Lopes, Ana R.; B.M.V. Moura, Mónica; Grazina, Liliana; Costa, J; Amaral, Joana S.; Alice Pinto, M.; Mafra, Isabel. "Authentication of incense (Pittosporum undulatum Vent.) honey from the Azores (Mel dos Açores) by a novel real-time PCR approach". Food Chemistry 411 (2023): 135492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135492.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135492
  8. Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Villa, Caterina; Costa, J; Ferreira, Isabel M. P. L. V. O.; Mafra, Isabel. "Edible Insects as a Novel Source of Bioactive Peptides: A Systematic Review". Foods 12 10 (2023): 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12102026.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/foods12102026
  9. Patrícia S. Moreira; Costa, Joana; Villa, C.; Mafra, I.; Brandão, Ana T. S. C.; Dias, Catarina; A. Fernando Silva; Carlos M. Pereira; Costa, Renata. Corresponding author: Costa, Renata. "Plasmonic genosensor for detecting hazelnut Cor a 14-encoding gene for food allergen monitoring". Analytica Chimica Acta 1259 (2023): 341168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2023.341168.
    Open access • Published
  10. Villa, Caterina; Costa, J; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Costa, J. "Detection and quantification of white and black sesame as potential allergenic ingredients in processed foods: A comparative gene marker study". Food Control 145 (2023): 109449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109449.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109449
  11. Villa, Caterina; Moura, Mónica B. M. V.; Teixeira, Carla S. S.; Costa, J; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Costa, J. "Monitoring Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) as a Potential Novel Allergenic Food: Effect of Food Processing and Matrix". Nutrients 15 3 (2023): 482. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15030482.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu15030482
  12. Costa, J; Silva, Isa; Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Costa, J. "A novel single-tube nested real-time PCR method to quantify pistachio nut as an allergenic food: Influence of food matrix". Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 115 (2023): 105042. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.105042.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.105042
  13. Dijk, Wieneke; Villa, Caterina; Benedé, Sara; Vassilopoulou, Emilia; Mafra, Isabel; Garrido-Arandia, María; Martínez Blanco, Mónica; et al. "Critical features of an in vitro intestinal absorption model to study the first key aspects underlying food allergen sensitization". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 22 2 (2022): 971-1005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.13097.
    Published • 10.1111/1541-4337.13097
  14. Costa, J; Villa, Caterina; Grazina, Liliana; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Costa, J. "Single-tube nested real-time PCR versus normalised real-time PCR for the quantification of allergenic cashew nut in foods: Impact of thermal processing and matrix". Food Chemistry 397 (2022): 133778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133778.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133778
  15. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Sesame as a source of food allergens: clinical relevance, molecular characterization, cross-reactivity, stability toward processing and detection strategies". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2145263.
    Published • 10.1080/10408398.2022.2145263
  16. Amaral, Joana S.; Raja, Fatima Z.; Costa, J; Grazina, Liliana; Villa, Caterina; Charrouf, Zoubida; Mafra, Isabel. "Authentication of Argan (Argania spinosa L.) Oil Using Novel DNA-Based Approaches: Detection of Olive and Soybean Oils as Potential Adulterants". Foods 11 16 (2022): 2498. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11162498.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/foods11162498
  17. Benedé, Sara; Lozano-Ojalvo, Daniel; Cristobal, Susana; Costa, Joana; D'Auria, Enza; Cirkovic-Velickovic, Tanja; Garrido-Arandia, María ; et al. "New applications of advanced instrumental techniques for the characterization of food allergenic proteins". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 62 31 (2022): 8686-8702. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2021.1931806.
    Published • 10.1080/10408398.2021.1931806
  18. Villa, Caterina; Moura, Mónica B.M.V. ; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. Corresponding author: Costa, Joana. "ß-Lactoglobulin versus casein indirect ELISA for the detection of cow's milk allergens in raw and processed model meat products". Food Control 135 (2022): 108818-108818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108818.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108818
  19. Grazin, Liliana; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Garino, Cristiano; Arlorio, Marco; Mafra, Isabel. "Authentication of carnaroli rice by HRM analysis targeting nucleotide polymorphisms in the Alk and Waxy genes". Food Control 135 (2022): 108829-108829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108829.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.108829
  20. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Rosaceae food allergy: a review". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2022): 1-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2045897.
    10.1080/10408398.2022.2045897
  21. Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Verhoeckx, Kitty; Cirkovic-Velickovic, Tanja; Schrama, Denise; Roncada, Paola; Rodrigues, Pedro M; et al. "Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Animal Allergens?". Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology 62 (2022): 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12016-020-08826-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s12016-020-08826-1
  22. Costa, Joana; Bavaro, Simona Lucia; Benedé, Sara; Diaz-Perales, Araceli; Bueno-Diaz, Cristina; Gelencsér, Éva; Klueber, Julia; et al. "Are Physicochemical Properties Shaping the Allergenic Potency of Plant Allergens?". Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology 62 (2022): 37-63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12016-020-08810-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s12016-020-08810-9
  23. Costa, Renata; Costa, Joana; Moreira, Patrícia; Brandão, Ana T.S.C. ; Mafra, Isabel; Silva, A. Fernando; Pereira, Carlos M.. "Molecularly imprinted polymer as a synthetic antibody for the biorecognition of hazelnut Cor a 14-allergen". Analytica Chimica Acta 1195 (2022): 339310-339310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2021.339310.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339310
  24. Grazina, Liliana; Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Towards authentication of Korean ginseng-containing foods: Differentiation of five Panax species by a novel diagnostic tool". LWT 151 (2021): 112211-112211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112211.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112211
  25. Costa, Renata; Costa, Joana; Sagastizábal, Inês; Brandão, Ana T.S.C.; Moreira, Patrícia; Mafra, Isabel; Silva, A. Fernando; Pereira, Carlos M.. "Electrochemical and optical biosensing platforms for the immunorecognition of hazelnut Cor a 14 allergen". Food Chemistry 361 (2021): 130122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130122.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130122
  26. Pereira, Ricardo N.; Rodrigues, Rui M.; Machado, Luís; Ferreira, Sara; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Barreiros, Mariana P. ; et al. "Influence of ohmic heating on the structural and immunoreactive properties of soybean proteins". LWT 148 (2021): 111710-111710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111710.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111710
  27. Grazina, Liliana; Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Tracing Styphnolobium japonicum (syn: Sophora japonica) as a potential adulterant of ginkgo-containing foods by real-time PCR". Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 100 (2021): 103891-103891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103891.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103891
  28. Villa, Caterina; Bavaro, Simona L; De Angelis, Elisabetta; Pilolli, Rosa; Costa, Joana; Barni, Simona; Novembre, Elio; Mafra, Isabel; Monaci, Linda. "Milk Ingredients in Meat Products: Can Autoclaving and In Vitro Gastroduodenal Digestion Mitigate Their IgE-Binding Capacity?". Nutrients 13 3 (2021): 931. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030931.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu13030931
  29. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Lupine allergens: Clinical relevance, molecular characterization, cross-reactivity, and detection strategies". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 19 (2020): 3886-3915. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12646.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/1541-4337.12646
  30. Schoos, Ann-Marie Malby; Bullens, Dominique; Chawes, Bo Lund; Costa, Joana; De Vlieger, Liselot; DunnGalvin, Audrey; Epstein, Michelle M.; et al. "Immunological Outcomes of Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy in Food Allergy". Frontiers in Immunology 11 (2020): 2736. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.568598.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fimmu.2020.568598
  31. Holzhauser, Thomas; Johnson, Philip; Hindley, James P.; O'Connor, Gavin; Chan, Chun-Han; Costa, Joana; Fæste, Christiane K.; et al. "Are current analytical methods suitable to verify VITAL® 2.0/3.0 allergen reference doses for EU allergens in foods?". Food and Chemical Toxicology 145 (2020): 111709-111709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2020.111709.
    10.1016/j.fct.2020.111709
  32. Grazina, Liliana; Amaral, Joana S; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Authentication of Ginkgo biloba Herbal Products by a Novel Quantitative Real-Time PCR Approach". Foods 9 9 (2020): 1233-1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9091233.
    10.3390/foods9091233
  33. Ahmed, Ishfaq; Lin, Hong; Xu, Lili; Li, Shuang; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Chen, Guanzhi; Gao, Xiang; Li, Zhenxing. "Immunomodulatory Effect of Laccase/Caffeic Acid and Transglutaminase in Alleviating Shrimp Tropomyosin (Met e 1) Allergenicity". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 68 (2020): 7765-7778. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02366.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02366
  34. Ribeiro, Miguel; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Cabo, Sandra; Silva, Ana Paula; Gonçalves, Berta; Hillion, Mélanie; Hébraud, Michel; Igrejas, Gilberto. "Natural Variation of Hazelnut Allergenicity: Is There Any Potential for Selecting Hypoallergenic Varieties?". Nutrients 12 7 (2020): 2100-2100. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12072100.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu12072100
  35. Brara, Zahia; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Grazina, Liliana; Bitam, Arezki; Mafra, Isabel. "Surveying genetically modified maize in foods marketed in Algeria". Food Control 109 (2020): 106928-106928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106928.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106928
  36. Pereira, Ricardo N.; Costa, Joana; Rodrigues, Rui M.; Villa, Caterina; Machado, Luís; Mafra, Isabel; Vicente, António. "Effects of ohmic heating on the immunoreactivity of ß-lactoglobulin - a relationship towards structural aspects". Food & Function 11 5 (2020): 4002-4013. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9FO02834J.
    Published • 10.1039/c9fo02834j
  37. Villa, Caterina; Moura, Mónica B. M. V.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Immunoreactivity of Lupine and Soybean Allergens in Foods as Affected by Thermal Processing". Foods 9 3 (2020): 254-254. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9030254.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/foods9030254
  38. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Cow's milk allergens: Screening gene markers for the detection of milk ingredients in complex meat products". Food Control 108 (2020): 106823-106823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106823.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106823
  39. Klueber, Julia; Costa, Joana; Randow, Stefanie; Codreanu-Morel, Françoise; Verhoeckx, Kitty; Bindslev-Jensen, Carsten; Ollert, Markus; et al. "Homologous tropomyosins from vertebrate and invertebrate: Recombinant calibrator proteins in functional biological assays for tropomyosin allergenicity assessment of novel animal foods". Clinical & Experimental Allergy 50 1 (2020): 105-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cea.13503.
    Published • 10.1111/cea.13503
  40. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel. "Detection and Quantification of Milk Ingredients as Hidden Allergens in Meat Products by a Novel Specific Real-Time PCR Method". Biomolecules 9 (2019): 804. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9120804.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biom9120804
  41. Mendes, Cíntia; Costa, Joana; Vicente, António A.; Oliveira, Maria Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Cashew Nut Allergy: Clinical Relevance and Allergen Characterisation". Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology 57 (2019): 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12016-016-8580-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s12016-016-8580-5
  42. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Abstracts PDS - Mitochondrial vs allergen-encoding genes for milk detection in processed foods PD0554". Allergy 74 106 (2019): 303-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.13959.
    Published • 10.1111/all.13959
  43. Costa, Joana; Silva, Isa; Vicente, António A.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Pistachio nut allergy: An updated overview". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 59 4 (2019): 546-562. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2017.1379947.
    Published • 10.1080/10408398.2017.1379947
  44. Soares, Sonia; Grazina, Liliana; Mafra, Isabel; Costa, Joana; Alice Pinto, M.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.; Amaral, Joana S.. "Towards honey authentication: Differentiation of Apis mellifera subspecies in European honeys based on mitochondrial DNA markers". Food Chemistry 283 (2019): 294-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.12.119.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.12.119
  45. Khan, Mati Ullah; Ahmed, Ishfaq; Lin, Hong; Li, Zhenxing; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Chen, Yan; Wu, Yong-Ning. "Potential efficacy of processing technologies for mitigating crustacean allergenicity". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 59 17 (2019): 2807-2830. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1471658.
    Published • 10.1080/10408398.2018.1471658
  46. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Gondar, Cristina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Effect of food matrix and thermal processing on the performance of a normalised quantitative real-time PCR approach for lupine (Lupinus albus) detection as a potential allergenic food". Food Chemistry 262 (2018): 251-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.04.079.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.04.079
  47. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "A new real-time PCR quantitative approach for the detection of shrimp crustaceans as potential allergens". Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 72 (2018): 7-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2018.05.012.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jfca.2018.05.012
  48. Klueber, Julia; Codreanu-Morel, Françoise; Holzhauser, Thomas; Randow, Stefanie; Costa, Joana; Graf, Thorsten; Scheuermann, Tanja; et al. "Homologous tropomyosins from shrimp and chicken: purification and allergenicity assessment". Clinical and Translational Allergy 8 S1 (2018): P11-P11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13601-018-0193-z.
    Published
  49. Soares, Sónia; Grazina, Liliana; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Botanical authentication of lavender (Lavandula spp.) honey by a novel DNA-barcoding approach coupled to high resolution melting analysis". Food Control 86 (2018): 367-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.11.046.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.11.046
  50. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Exploiting 16S rRNA gene for the detection and quantification of fish as a potential allergenic food: A comparison of two real-time PCR approaches". Food Chemistry 245 (2018): 1034-1041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.068.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.068
  51. Silva, Isa; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Development of DNA-based methods for the identification of pistachio nut in foods". Annals of Medicine 50 (2018): S114-S114. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2018.1427445.
    Published
  52. Fernandes, Telmo J. R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.; Mafra, Isabel. "A novel quantitative approach for fish detection based on the use of mitochondrial gene markers". Annals of Medicine 50 Suppl 1 (2018): S113-S113. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2018.1427445.
    Published
  53. Soares, Sonia; Grazina, Liliana; Mafra, Isabel; Costa, Joana; Alice Pinto, M.; Duc, Hanh Pham; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.; Amaral, Joana S.. "Novel diagnostic tools for Asian (Apis cerana) and European (Apis mellifera) honey authentication". Food Research International 105 (2018): 686-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.11.081.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.11.081
  54. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Bovine Milk Allergens: A Comprehensive Review". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 17 (2018): 137-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12318.
    Published • 10.1111/1541-4337.12318
  55. Fernandes, Telmo J. R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.; Mafra, Isabel. "COI barcode-HRM as a novel approach for the discrimination of hake species". Fisheries Research 197 (2018): 50-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.09.014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fishres.2017.09.014
  56. Klueber, Julia; Codreanu-Morel, Françoise; Holzhauser, Thomas; Randow, Stefanie; Costa, Joana; Graf, Thorsten; Scheuermann, Tanja; et al. "Homologous tropomyosins from vertebrate and invertebrate: Purification and allergenicity assessment". Allergy 73 S105 (2018): 97-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.13535.
    Published
  57. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Silva, Catarina R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "High resolution melting analysis of a COI mini-barcode as a new approach for Penaeidae shrimp species discrimination". Food Control 82 (2017): 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.06.016.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.06.016
  58. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "DNA barcoding coupled to HRM analysis as a new and simple tool for the authentication of Gadidae fish species". Food Chemistry 230 (2017): 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.015.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.015
  59. Costa, Joana; Marani, Mariela M.; Grazina, Liliana; Villa, Caterina; Meira, Liliana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Leite, José Roberto de Souza Almeida; Mafra, Isabel. "Peptide selection and antibody generation for the prospective immunorecognition of Cry1Ab16 protein of transgenic maize". Food Chemistry 231 (2017): 340-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.154.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.154
  60. Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Grazina, Liliana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Matrix-normalised real-time PCR approach to quantify soybean as a potential food allergen as affected by thermal processing". Food Chemistry 221 (2017): 1843-1850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.10.091.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.10.091
  61. Grazina, Liliana; Plácido, Alexandra; Costa, Joana; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Tracing two Roundup Ready™ soybean lines (GTS 40-3-2 and MON89788) in foods commercialised in Portugal". Food Control 73 (2017): 1053-1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.10.020.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.10.020
  62. Lima, David Fernandes; de Lima, Luiza Ianny; Rocha, Jefferson Almeida; de Andrade, Ivanilza Moreira; Grazina, Liliana; Villa, Caterina; Meira, L.; et al. "Seasonal change in main alkaloids of jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf ex Wardleworth), an economically important species from the Brazilian flora". Plos One 12 2 (2017): e0170281. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170281.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0170281
  63. Meira, Liliana; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Ramos, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "EvaGreen real-time PCR to determine horse meat adulteration in processed foods". LWT - Food Science and Technology 75 (2017): 408-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2016.08.061.
    Published • 10.1016/j.lwt.2016.08.061
  64. Fernandes, T. J. R.; Costa, Joana; Carrapatoso, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Advances on the molecular characterization, clinical relevance, and detection methods of Gadiform parvalbumin allergens". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 57 15 (2017): 3281-3296. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2015.1113157.
    Published • 10.1080/10408398.2015.1113157
  65. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Novel quantitative real-time PCR approach to determine safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) adulteration in saffron (Crocus sativus)". Food Chemistry 229 (2017): 680-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.02.136.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.02.136
  66. Martín-Fernández, Begoña; Costa, Joana; de-los-Santos-Álvarez, Noemí; López-Ruiz, Beatriz; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "High resolution melting analysis as a new approach to discriminate gluten-containing cereals". Food Chemistry 211 (2016): 383-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.067.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.067
  67. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Carrapatoso, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Hazelnut allergens: Molecular characterization, detection, and clinical relevance". Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 56 15 (2016): 2579-2605. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2013.826173.
    Published • 10.1080/10408398.2013.826173
  68. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Meira, Liliana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Exploiting DNA mini-barcodes as molecular markers to authenticate saffron (Crocus sativus L.)". Food Control 65 (2016): 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.01.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.01.008
  69. Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Alergénios dos frutos de casca rija". Riscos e Alimentos 11 (2016): 10-16. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/111250/2/258663.pdf.
    Published
  70. Martín-Fernández, Begoña; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; López-Ruiz, Beatriz; Mafra, Isabel. "Combined effects of matrix and gene marker on the real-time PCR detection of wheat". International Journal of Food Science and Technology 51 7 (2016): 1680-1688. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.13141.
    Published • 10.1111/ijfs.13141
  71. Costa, Joana; Campos, Bruna; Amaral, Joana S.; Nunes, M. Eugénia; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "HRM analysis targeting ITS1 and matK loci as potential DNA mini-barcodes for the authentication of Hypericum perforatum and Hypericum androsaemum in herbal infusions". Food Control 61 (2016): 105-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.09.035.
    10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.09.035
  72. Villa, Caterina; Costa, Joana; Meira, Liliana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "DNA mini-barcodes for saffron identification.". iBOL Barcode Bulletin 7 1 (2016): 16-17. http://biodiversitygenomics.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/iBOL-Barcode-Bulletin-Mar-2016-Reduced.pdf.
    Published
  73. Manzanares-Palenzuela, Carmen Lorena; Mafra, Isabel; Costa, Joana; Barroso, M. Fátima; de-los-Santos-Álvarez, Noemí; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Lobo-Castañón, M. Jesus; López-Ruiz, Beatriz. "Electrochemical magnetoassay coupled to PCR as a quantitative approach to detect the soybean transgenic event GTS40-3-2 in foods". Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical 222 (2016): 1050-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.09.013.
    10.1016/j.snb.2015.09.013
  74. Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Batista, Andreia; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "DNA extraction from plant food supplements: Influence of different pharmaceutical excipients". Molecular and Cellular Probes 29 6 (2015): 473-478. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.mcp.2015.06.002.
    Published • 10.1016/j.mcp.2015.06.002
  75. Costa, Joana; Melo, Vitor S.; Santos, Cristina G.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Tracing tree nut allergens in chocolate: A comparison of DNA extraction protocols". Food Chemistry 187 (2015): 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.04.073.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.04.073
  76. Martín-Fernández, Begoña; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; López-Ruiz, Beatriz; Mafra, Isabel. "Screening new gene markers for gluten detection in foods". Food Control 56 (2015): 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.02.047.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.02.047
  77. Amaral, Joana S.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Autenticação de produtos cárneos com a designação Halal: Deteção e quantificação de derivados de suíno (Sus scrofa)". Riscos e Alimentos 9 (2015): 11-13. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/111256/2/258648.pdf.
    Published
  78. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "An overview on fish and shellfish allergens and current methods of detection". Food and Agricultural Immunology 26 6 (2015): 848-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540105.2015.1039497.
    Published • 10.1080/09540105.2015.1039497
  79. Costa, Joana; Ansari, Parisa; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Baumgartner, Sabine. "Development of a sandwich ELISA-type system for the detection and quantification of hazelnut in model chocolates". Food Chemistry 173 (2015): 257-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.10.024.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.10.024
  80. Brežná, Barbara; Šmíd, Jiri; Costa, Joana; Radvanszky, Jan; Mafra, Isabel; Kuchta, Tomás. "In silico and experimental evaluation of DNA-based detection methods for the ability to discriminate almond from other Prunus spp.". Molecular and Cellular Probes 29 2 (2015): 99-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcp.2014.11.006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.mcp.2014.11.006
  81. Marani, Mariela M.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Camperi, Silvia A.; Leite, José Roberto de Souza Almeida. "In silico peptide prediction for antibody generation to recognize 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) in genetically modified organisms.". Biopolymers 104 2 (2015): 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.22609.
    10.1002/bip.22609
  82. Amaral, Joana S.; Santos, Cristina G.; Melo, Vitor S.; Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Identification of duck, partridge, pheasant, quail, chicken and turkey meats by species-specific PCR assays to assess the authenticity of traditional game meat Alheira sausages". Food Control 47 (2015): 190-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.009
  83. Meira, Liliana; Mafra, Isabel; Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Ramos, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Novas metodologias para a identificação de adulterações de produtos cárneos com carne de cavalo". Riscos e Alimentos 9 (2015): 4-7. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/111256/2/258648.pdf.
    Published
  84. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Marcadores de ADN para a autenticação de azeites.". Riscos e Alimentos 7 (2014): 18-22. https://www.asae.gov.pt/espaco-publico/publicacoes/riscos-e-alimentos/edicoes-anteriores.aspx.
    Published
  85. Costa, Joana; Ansari, Parisa; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.; Baumgartner, Sabine. "Assessing hazelnut allergens by protein- and DNA-based approaches: LC-MS/MS, ELISA and real-time PCR". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 406 11 (2014): 2581-2590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-014-7679-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s00216-014-7679-x
  86. Costa, Joana; Carrapatoso, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Walnut allergens: Molecular characterization, detection and clinical relevance". Clinical and Experimental Allergy 44 3 (2014): 319-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12267.
    Published • 10.1111/cea.12267
  87. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Effect of thermal processing on the performance of the novel single-tube nested real-time PCR for the detection of walnut allergens in sponge cakes". Food Research International 54 2 (2013): 1722-1729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2013.09.047.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.09.047
  88. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Development of a novel system based on single-tube nested real-time PCR system for the quantification of hazelnut in complex foods". Clinical and Translational Allergy 3 Suppl 3 (2013): P144-P144. https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-7022-3-S3-P144.
    Published • 10.1186/2045-7022-3-S3-P144
  89. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Applicability of a real-time PCR system to verify labelling compliance of nut allergens in chocolates.". Clinical and Translational Allergy 3 Suppl 3 (2013): P129-P129. https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-7022-3-S3-P129.
    Published • 10.1186/2045-7022-3-S3-P129
  90. Costa, Joana; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.; Mafra, Isabel. "Novel approach based on single-tube nested real-time PCR to detect almond allergens in foods". Food Research International 51 1 (2013): 228-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2012.12.006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodres.2012.12.006
  91. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "High resolution melting analysis as a new approach to detect almond DNA encoding for Pru du 5 allergen in foods". Food Chemistry 133 3 (2012): 1062-1069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.01.077.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.01.077
  92. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Kuchta, Tomás; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Single-Tube Nested Real-Time PCR as a New Highly Sensitive Approach to Trace Hazelnut". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 60 33 (2012): 8103-8110. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf302898z.
    10.1021/jf302898z
  93. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Advances in vegetable oil authentication by DNA-based markers". Trends in Food Science and Technology 26 1 (2012): 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2012.01.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.tifs.2012.01.009
  94. Fernandes, Telmo J.R.; Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Alergénios em produtos da pesca e derivados.". Riscos e Alimentos 4 (2012): 27-29. https://www.asae.gov.pt/espaco-publico/publicacoes/riscos-e-alimentos/edicoes-anteriores.aspx.
    Published • 10.5212/publ.biologicas.v.13i1/2.0003
  95. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Carrapatoso, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Almond Allergens: Molecular Characterization, Detection, and Clinical Relevance". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 60 6 (2012): 1337-1349. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf2044923.
    10.1021/jf2044923
  96. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Alergénios alimentares: O que são, o que provocam e como detetá-los?". Química - Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química 127 (2012): 33-38. https://doi.org/10.52590/M3.P658.A30001806.
    Published
  97. Costa, Joana; Amaral, Joana S.; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P. P.. "Refining of Roundup Ready (RR) soya bean oil: Effect on the fatty acid, phytosterol and tocopherol profiles". European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 113 4 (2011): 528-535. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201000385.
    Published • 10.1002/ejlt.201000385
  98. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Detection of genetically modified soybean DNA in refined vegetable oils". European Food Research and Technology 230 6 (2010): 915-923. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-010-1238-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s00217-010-1238-2
  99. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Amaral, Joana S.; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Monitoring genetically modified soybean along the industrial soybean oil extraction and refining processes by polymerase chain reaction techniques". Food Research International 43 1 (2010): 301-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2009.10.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.10.003
  100. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.. "Monitoring transgenic soybean oil - Applicability to commercial food oils.". (2010): 102-103.
    Published
  101. Almeida, Luis; Ferreira, Joaquim; Nunes, Teresa; Machado, Rita; Torrão, Leonel; Costa, Joana; Soares, Eva; et al. "Effect of nebicapone (BIA 3-202) on the pharmacokinetics of levodopa and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity in patients with Parkinson’s disease.". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 63 6 (2007): 784-785. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02928.x.
    Published
  102. Torrão, Leonel; Costa, Joana; Nunes, Teresa; Machado, Rita; Soares, Eva; Maia, Joana; Falcão, Amilcar; et al. "Effect of nebicapone (BIA 3-202) 100 mg and 200mg administered at 4h intervals on the erythrocyte soluble catechol-O-methytransferase (S-COMT) activity in healthy subjects". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 63 3 (2007): 783-784. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02928.x.
    Published
  103. Costa, Joana; Lobo, Maria Graça; Correia-de-Sá, Paulo. "Paradoxical nifedipine facilitation of 45Ca uptake into rat hippocampal synaptosomes". European Journal of Pharmacology 544 1-3 (2006): 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.040.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.040
  104. Costa, Joana; Lobo, Maria Graça; Correia-de-Sá, Paulo. "Paradoxical nifedipine facilitation of 45Ca uptake into rat hippocampal synaptosomes is operated by Na+ loading though TTX-sensitive channels". Journal of Neurochemistry 94 S2 (2005): 112-112. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1474-1644.2005.03323.x.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Villa, Caterina; Mafra, Isabel; Costa, Joana. "Food Allergy: Mechanisms, Allergen Characterization and Management". Foods (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/special_issues/A268PXRWAS.
    Coeditor
  2. Costa, Joana; Mafra, Isabel; Monaci, Linda. "Advances on Allergens Identification and Characterization". Biomolecules 9-10 6 papers (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomolecules/special_issues/allergens_identification_characterization.
    Published • Coeditor
Magazine article
  1. Carla S. Silva Teixeira; Caterina Villa; Costa, Joana; Isabel M. P. L. V. O. Ferreira; Isabel Mafra. "Os insetos como fonte sustentável de proteína para consumo humano", TecnoAlimentar, 2023
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/03 Insect proteins as crustacean cross-reactive allergens, COMFA final meeting, 4-5 March 2024, Cologne, Germany COMFA final meeting
COST ACTION (Cologne, Germany)
2023/05/12 STSM outcome presentation - Evaluation of protein allergenicity from the extracts of shellfish samples by cell models (PBMC, BAT), COMFA Consensus Meeting, 12 May 2023, London, UK (https://comfa.eu/comfa-consensus-meeting/). COMFA Consensus Meeting
Medical School Building, Imperial College London (London, United Kingdom)
2023/04/28 Ongoing research on the effect of food processing and matrix on protein allergenicity, Meeting of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, 28 April 2023, Leuven, Belgium. Meeting of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group
Faculty of Medicine - KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
2023/03/24 Novel PCR-Based Approaches for the Detection of Allergenic Sesame in Foods, 23-25 March 2023, abstract book pp 56-57 (https://www.thescientistt.com/cms/pdfs/GSFST2023_abstract_book.pdf) 2nd Global Summit on Food Science and Technology (GSFST2023)
(Rome, Italy)
2023/03/24 A novel Real-Time PCR Method to Detect Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Flour as a Potential Allergenic Food, 23-25 March 2023, abstract book pp 58-59 (https://www.thescientistt.com/cms/pdfs/GSFST2023_abstract_book.pdf) 2nd Global Summit on Food Science and Technology (GSFST2023)
(Rome, Italy)
2023/01/23 Allergenicity as affected by food processing and matrix - ongoing research, in the "Immunological outcomes in food allergy" WG meeting (COMFA, COST action CA18227), 23 January 2023, Vienna Austria WG meeting (COMFA, COST action CA18227)
Vienna Medical School (Vienna, Austria)
2022/05/22 Strategies to detect and modulate protein allergenicity in foods, Seminário AlleRiskAssess: towards allergen risk assessment of foods, 24 May 2022, Porto, Portugal. Seminário AlleRiskAssess: towards allergen risk assessment of foods
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Farmácia (Porto, Portugal)
2022/05/04 Electrochemical immunosensor for the quantification of soybean trypsin inhibitor allergen (Gly m TI) in food matrices, 4-6 May 2022, book of abstracts pp. 19496. (https://www.up.pt/ijup/wp-content/uploads/sites/892/2022/05/Livro_de_Resumos_versao_final-1.pdf) IJUP 2022
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/05/04 Immunochemical characterization and gastrointestinal digestion of gammaconglutin, a major lupine allergen, 4-6 May 2022, book of abstracts pp. 19611. (https://www.up.pt/ijup/wp-content/uploads/sites/892/2022/05/Livro_de_Resumos_versao_final-1.pdf) IJUP 2022
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/03/26 Avaliação da origem botânica do mel dos Açores no âmbito do projeto BeeHappy: análise molecular vs. análise polínica, 26-27 Março 2022. Forum de Apicultura
Governo do Açores (Açores, Portugal)
2022/03/17 Protein allergenicity as affected by food processing and matrix, Global Summit on Food Science and Technology (GSFST2022), 17 March 2022, Dubai (online event) Global Summit on Food Science and Technology (GSFST2022)
2022/03/17 Challenges in detecting allergenic foods by DNA-based methods, Global Summit on Food Science and Technology (GSFST2022), 17 Março 2022, Dubai (online event). Global Summit on Food Science and Technology (GSFST2022)
2021/09/24 Report from ITC Conference Manager (COST Action CA18227) CS COUSIN and COMFA Joint Meeting
COMFA and CS-COUSIN (United Kingdom)
2021/09/07 Impact of thermal processing and food matrix on the immunoreactivity of soybean and lupine allergens XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
Universidade da Madeira and Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Madeira, Portugal)
2021/09/07 Immunogenic changes of milk protein concentrates as affected by autoclaving and in vitro gastroduodenal digestion XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
Universidade da Madeira and Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Madeira, Portugal)
2021/09/07 Authentication of incense honey from Azores (Mel dos Açores) by a novel real-time PCR approach XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
Universidade da Madeira and Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Madeira, Portugal)
2021/06/29 Food allergens: where do we stand? EUGLOH Summer School Nutrition and Food Sciences: The role of the academy to promote Health
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/06/16 Impact of physicochemical properties on protein allergenicity: plant versus animal allergens (Protein stability) GMO Workshop on allergenicity assessment
European Food Safety Authority - EFSA (Parma, Italy)
2021/05/21 How physicochemical properties modulate protein allergenicity? SAFE & HEALTHY NUTRITION - insights into sports and ageing
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/05 Detection of yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) flour as a potential allergenic food ingredient 14th IJUP
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/05 Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) genosensor for detecting hazelnut Cor a 14 allergen encoding gene 14th IJUP
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02/14 Multicopy versus unicopy genes as potential molecular markers for the detection of sesame as an allergenic food. 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2020), 12-14 February 2020
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02/14 Effect of thermal processing and food matrix in the immunoreactivity of soybean and lupine proteins. 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2020), 12-14 February 2020
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/09/18 DNA versus proteins: Current perspectives on food allergen detection methods. 2nd Food Chemistry Conference: Shaping the Future of Food Quality, Safety, Nutrition and Health, 16-19 September 2019
Elsevier (Seville, Spain)
2019/07/08 Assessment of electrical effects of ohmic heating on structural and immunoreactivity properties of bovine betalactoglobulin. 8th International Symposium on “Delivery of Functionality in Complex Food Systems”
Universidade do Minho (Porto, Portugal)
2019/04/02 Influence of physicochemical parameters on the allergenicity of protein families. 2nd International Conference Food Allergy Forum, 1-3 April 2019
TNO Food Allergy and Immune Health Modeling team (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2019/04/02 The feasibility of real-time PCR as a tool for seafood allergen detection and quantification. 2nd International Conference Food Allergy Forum, 1-3 April 2019
TNO Food Allergy and Immune Health Modelling team (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2019/02 Profile of soybean allergenic proteins as affected by thermal processing and food matrix. 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 13-15 February 2019,
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/11/30 Detection of soybean oil as a potential adulterant of argan oil based on a novel DNA approach 3rd International Conference on Food Science and Technology, 29 November – 1 December 2018
Szent István University Faculty of Food Science (Budapest, Hungary)
2018/11/10 Allergenic foods: improving risk assessment strategies. 1th SIN Congress, Supplements, Functional Ingredients and Nutraceuticals, 10-11 November 2018
Feira Internacional de Saúde, Suplementos Alimentares, Ingredientes Funcionais e Nutracêuticos (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/02 Influence of physicochemical parameters on the allergenicity of protein families. 7th Imparas WG Meeting, 2-3 October 2018
IMPARAS, Cost Action FA1402 (Nantes, France)
2018/10 Detection of soybean oil as a potential adulterant of argan oil based on a novel DNA approach. 3rd International Conference on Food Science and Technology, 29 November – 1 December 2018,
(Budapest, Hungary)
2018/06/20 Milk proteins in food products as affected by thermal processing assessed by immunochemical and DNA-based methods. 4th ImpARAS conference, 19-21 June 2018,
IMPARAS, COST Action FA1402 (Portici, Italy)
2018/06/20 Functional potency testing of allergenic and non-allergenic tropomyosins using RBL cell mediator release as a potential tool in food allergen risk assessment. 4th ImpARAS conference, 19-21 June 2018
IMPARAS, Cost Action FA1402 (Portici, Italy)
2018/05/29 Homologous tropomyosins from vertebrate and invertebrate: Purification and allergenicity assessment. EAACI Congress 2018, 26-30 May 2018
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Allergy (Munich, Germany)
2018/03/22 Presentation WG1 past, current and future findings and ideas. Update on the status of the review paper about the physicochemical parameters on allergens by families. 6th IMPARAS WG Meeting, 22-23 March 2018
IMPARAS, Cost Action FA1402 (Milan, Italy)
2017/10/11 Lupine allergens in food products: a new real-time PCR approach for its detection and quantification. 3rd International ImpARAS Conference, 10-12 October 2017
IMPARAS, COST action FA1402 (Helsingør, Denmark)
2017/10/11 Immunoproteomics characterization of allergenic and non-allergenic tropomyosin orthologs. 3rd International ImpARAS Conference, 10-12 October 2017
IMPARAS, COST action FA1402 (Helsingør, Denmark)
2017/10/10 Generation and characterization of a recombinant nonallergenic chicken tropomyosin as a potential molecular reference for allergenicity assessment studies. 3rd International ImpARAS Conference, 10-12 October 2017
IMPARAS, Cost Action FA1402 (Helsingør, Denmark)
2017/10/05 Development of molecular markers for honey entomological origin authentication. EuroFoodChem XIX Conference, 4-6 October 2017
Division of Food Chemistry of EuCheMS (Budapest, Hungary)
2017/06/07 Generation and characterization of a recombinant non-allergenic chicken tropomyosin as a potential molecular reference for allergenicity. assessment studies. 5th ImpARAS Working Group Meeting, 7-8 June 2017
IMPARAS, COST action FA1402 (Porto, Portugal)
2017/05/10 COIBAR-HRM as a novel approach for the discrimination of hake species. 4th FoodIntegrity Annual Conference, 10-11 May 2017
Universitá di Parma, Barilla and Siteia Parma (Parma, Italy)
2017/02/10 In silico and experimental analysis of allergen encoding genes as potential DNA markers for pistachio identification in foods. 10th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2017), 8-10 February 2017
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/09/21 Assessing hazelnut allergens in model chocolates by sandwich ELISA as affected by matrix. 2nd International ImpARAS Conference, 20-22 September 2016
IMPARAS, COST action FA1402 (Warsaw, Poland)
2016/09/21 Effect of processing and protein material on the performance of a normalised real-time PCR approach to quantify soybean as a potential hidden allergen in foods, 2nd International ImpARAS Conference, 20-22 September 2016
IMPARAS, COST action FA1402 (Warsaw, Poland)
2016/09/15 Tracing genetically modified soybean with the event GTS40-3-2 in commercialised foods. XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 14-16 September 2016
REQUIMTE-LAQV, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/09/15 Gluten analysis by real-time PCR systems as influenced by matrix effects. XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 14-16 September 2016
REQUIMTE/LAQV, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/02/19 Development of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the specific detection of Citrus aurantium in plant food supplements. 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2016), 17-19 February 2016
Universaidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/02/19 Clustering of shrimp and prawn species by DNA barcoding and HRM analysis. 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2016), 17-19 February 2016
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2016/02/19 Exploiting allergen encoding genes (Ana o 1, Ana o 2 and Ana o 3) as potential DNA markers for cashew detection. 9th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2016), 17-19 February 2016
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/11/22 Tracing nut allergens using the novel single-tube nested real-time PCR approach as affected by thermal processing. 1st International ImpARAS Conference, 22-24 November 2015
IMPARAS, COST action FA1402 (Belgrade, Serbia)
2015/09/17 Quantification of safflower adulteration in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) based on a real-time PCR approach targeting ITS1 locus. COST Action FA1101 “SAFFRONOMICS” Final Conference in conjunction with the “International day on saffron research and Innovation”, 16-19 September 2015,
COST action FA1101 (Almagro, Spain)
2015/09/17 Clustering of cod-like fish species by DNA barcoding and HRM analysis. 5th MoniQA International Conference, 16-19 September 2015
ICETA and MoniQa Association (Porto, Portugal)
2015/09/17 High-throughput methodologies (LC-MS/MS, ELISA and real-time PCR) to assess hazelnut allergens in chocolates. 5th MoniQA International Conference, 16-19 September 2015
ICETA and MoniQA Association (Porto, Portugal)
2015/05/18 Marcadores moleculares na identificação de plantas em suplementos alimentares. Fascínio das Plantas no âmbito do Fascination Plant Day, 18 May 2015
Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/05/15 Development of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the specific detection of Lupinus spp. in processed foods. 8th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2015), 13-15 May 2015
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/05/15 Real-time PCR detection and quantification of genetically modified soybean with the event GTS40-3-2 in food. 8th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2015), 13-15 May 2015
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2015/05/15 Cynara scolymus clustering in plant food supplements by high resolution melting analysis. 8th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2015), 13-15 May 2015
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2014/12/06 Theoretical prediction of Cry1ab16 peptides as molecular markers for the detection of genetically modified maize using biosensors. 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, 5-7 December 2014
GMOsensor and Universidade Federal do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/12/06 Extensive in silico evaluation of cp4-epsps peptides as potential biomarkers of transgenic soybean. 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, 5-7 December 2014
GMOsensor and Universidade Federal do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/12/06 DNA barcoding as a new tool for plant food authentication: the case of saffron (Crocus sativus L.). 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, 5-7 December 2014
GMOsensor and Universidade Federal do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/12/06 Development and application of species-specific PCR assays to detect and quantify horsemeat adulteration in foods. 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, 5-7 December 2014
GMOsensor and Universidade Federal do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/12/06 Screening transgenic soybean in foodstuffs by the detection of the 35S promoter. 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, 5-7 December 2014
GMOsensor and Universidade Federal do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/12/06 Detection and quantification of Roundup Ready soybean in food by conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction. 2nd International Workshop GMOsensor Biosensors and Biotechnology, 5-7 December 2014
GMOsensor and Universidade do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/12/05 Molecular Biology Applications Biomarkers. Minicourse within GMOsensor project, 5 December 2014
Universidade Federal do Piauí (Parnaíba, Brazil)
2014/11 Exploiting DNA barcoding with high resolution melting analysis for saffron (Crocus sativus L.) authentication. Food and Agriculture COST action FA1101 ‘Saffronomics’ 2014 annual conference
(Wageningen, Netherlands)
2014/02/13 Exploiting DNA markers for saffron (Crocus sativus L.) authentication. 7th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 12-14 February 2014
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2013/06/20 Effect of baking process on the detection of walnut allergens in cakes by DNA-based approaches. 8th International Conference on Culinary Arts and Sciences, 19-21 June 2013
Association of Portuguese Nutritionists (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02/15 Detection of walnut allergens in raw and baked products by molecular based approaches. 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2013), 13-15 February 2013
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02/15 Development of a highly sensitive real-time PCR system for the quantification of soybean as a potential allergenic ingredient. 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2013), 13-15 February 2013
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02 Novel approaches based on single-tube nested real-time PCR technology for the detection of nut allergens in processed foods. 4th MoniQA International Conference, 26 February - 1 March 2013
MoniQA Association (Budapest, Hungary)
2012/09/18 A novel high sensitive approach based on single-tube nested real-time PCR to detect hazelnut allergens. 11º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 16-19 September 2012
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB) (Bragança, Portugal)
2012/02/23 Species identification and authentication of hare (Lepus) meat by the use of the mitochondrial cytb gene. 5th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP 2012), 22-24 February 2012
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2012/02/23 Real-time PCR technique to detect hazelnut in chocolate as a potential hidden allergen. 5th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP2012), 22-24 February 2012
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2011/06/04 Análise por “High Resolution Melting” como uma nova abordagem para a detecção de alergénios da amêndoa. XXII Encontro Nacional SPQ, 3-6 June 2011
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Braga, Portugal)
2009/04/30 Transgenes monitoring in an industrial soybean oil processing by conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction. 9º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 28 April - 2 May 2009
Universidade dos Açores (Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal)
2005/12/06 Nicotinic and glutamate receptors operate 45Ca uptake into rat hippocampal synaptosomes through (L-type) voltage-sensitive channels independently of Na+ conductance via TTX-sensitive channels. XXXVI Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia e XXIII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica, 5-7 December 2005
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2003/12/05 Nifedipine facilitates 45Ca uptake induced by veratridine through a mechanism independent on voltage-sensitive calcium channels (VCSS) in rat hippocampal synaptosomes. XXXIV Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia e XXII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica, 4-6 December 2003
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2002/12/06 Role of depolarisation on nicotinic-induced 45Ca uptake by rat brain synaptosomes. XXXIII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia e XXI Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica, 5-7 December 2002
Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/11 - Current MSc fellow under the scope of project HYPOALLERGEN – Improving strategies to unveil, predict and modulate/mitigate the allergenicity foods towards the development of new hypoallergenic formulations (PTDC/BAA-AGR/4005/2021) (Edital REQUIMTE 2023-59).
Co-supervisor of Bruno Filipe Carriço de Sá
2023/11 - Current MSc fellow under the scope of project POIROT - Novel methods and approaches for detecting the illegal addition of pharmaceutical drugs and bOtanIcal adulteRatiOn in planT food supplements (PTDC/SAU-PUB/3803/2021) (Edital REQUIMTE 2023-50).
Co-supervisor
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2023/09 - Current PhD supervision - Sensor4AllergyDiagnosis - Point of care (POC) biosensors for food allergy diagnosis
Supervisor of Catarina Ramos Dias
 Química (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Project seminar - Deteção e Quantificação de Alergénios do Ovo por Métodos de Análise de Proteínas e de DNA
Supervisor of Tatiana de Jesus Melo
Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Project seminar - Avaliação de Modelos Celulares In Vitro para o Transporte e Absorção de Alergénios Alimentares.
Supervisor of Cíntia Freitas Oliveira
Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Project seminar - Aplicação de tratamentos químicos/enzimáticos na alteração da alergenicidade e na digestibilidade de sementes de sésamo
Co-supervisor of Ana Carolina Silva Alves
Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023 - Current Project seminar “Avaliação de modelos celulares in vitro para o transporte e absorção de alergénios alimentares”
Supervisor of Cíntia Freitas Oliveira
Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/11/01 - Current MSc fellow under the scope of project POIROT - Novel methods and approaches for detecting the illegal addition of Pharmaceutical drugs and bOtanIcal adulteRatiOn in planT food supplements (PTDC/SAU-PUB/3803/2021) (Edital REQUIMTE 2022-47)
Co-supervisor of Rita Biltes
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2022/07/07 - Current Post-Doc researcher under the scope of project Healthy&ValorFOOD - Towards healthy and valorized foods, assuring their safety, authenticity and sustainability (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000052) (Edital REQUIMTE 2022-29).
Co-supervisor of Carla Silvia Silva Teixeira
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/10/04 IgE-binding capacity of crustacean allergens as affected by food processing and in vitro digestion - MSc degree in Quality Control
Supervisor of Bruno Filipe Carriço de Sá
 Controlo de Qualidade (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/07/10 - 2023/07/23 Short-Term Scientific Mission with theme "Characterizing extracts of various egg matrices: quantification, separation and immunoreactivity determination of egg allergens." - WG2 Patient-oriented outcomes (COST Action CA18227 - COMFA).
Supervisor
COST Action CA18227/COST Association, Belgium
2022/07/01 - 2023/06/30 Post-Doc researcher under the scope of project Healthy&ValorFOOD - Towards healthy and valorized foods, assuring their safety, authenticity and sustainability (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000052) (Edital REQUIMTE 2022-23).
Co-supervisor of Vikendra Dabash
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2023/05/20 - 2023/05/28 Short-Term Scientific Mission with theme "Immunoreactivity of soybean proteins as affected by different matrices and food processing techniques" - WG2 Patient-oriented outcomes (COST Action CA18227 - COMFA).
Supervisor of Nikolina Banjanin
COST Action CA18227/COST Association, Belgium
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/15 Short-Term Scientific Mission with theme "Food allergy risk assessment for insect proteins " - WG2 Patient-oriented outcomes (COST Action CA18227 - COMFA).
Supervisor of Yunus Emre Soysal
COST Action CA18227/COST Association, Belgium
2021/09 - 2022/11/21 Development of an electrochemical immunosensor for the identification of soybean trypsin inhibitor (Gly m TI allergen) in foods.
Co-supervisor of Catarina Ramos Dias
 Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/07/09 Immunochemical characterisation and evaluation of the gastro-intestinal digestion on the immunoreactivity of lupine gamma-conglutin.
Co-supervisor of Mariana Gonçalves Rebelo
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/11/22 Development and validation of genosensor for the detection of hazelnut as an allergenic food (Desenvolvimento e validação de um genossensor para a deteção de alergénios de avelã)
Co-supervisor of Patrícia Raquel da Silva Moreira
 Métodos Avançados e Acreditação em Análise Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/11/03 Edible insects as new sources of food allergens: detection and allergenic potential of Tenebrio molitor mealworms (Insetos comestíveis como novas fontes de alergénios alimentares: deteção e potencial alergénico de larvas de Tenebrio molitor)
Co-supervisor of Mónica Barroca Monteiro Valverde de Moura
 Tecnologia e Ciência Alimentar (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/10/20 Detection of sesame as a food allergen by DNA-based methods
Co-supervisor of Michela Salvagno (Erasmus program)
 Farmacia e Farmacia Industriale (Master)
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Italy
2020/07/01 - 2021/08/31 MSc fellow under the scope of AlleRiskAssess - Strategies to evaluate the risk of food allergenicity, structural and immunogenic changes induced by novel food processing technologies. “Estratégias de avaliação do risco de alergenicidade de alimentos: alterações estruturais e imunogénicas induzidas por novas tecnologias de processamento e fontes de proteínas alternativas (PTDC/BAA-AGR/31720/2017) (Edital REQUIMTE 2020-17).
Co-supervisor of Caterina Machado Villa
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2020/11/01 - 2021/07/21 Application of immunochemical and DNA-based methods to assess the effect of food processing and gastrointestinal digestion of molluscs (Aplicação de métodos imunoquímicos e de deteção de DNA para avaliar o efeito de processamento alimentar e da digestão oral-gastrointestinal nos moluscos)
Supervisor of Bruno Filipe Carriço de Sá
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/11/24 Evaluation of molecular markers for the application of real-time PCR to quantify sesame as an allergenic food (Avaliação de marcadores moleculares para aplicação de PCR em tempo real na quantificação de sésamo como alimento alergénico)
Supervisor of Daniela da Silva Mendes
Controlo de Qualidade (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/04/01 - 2020/10/13 Food allergens: detection and immunogenic properties as affected by processing and in vitro digestibility
Co-supervisor of Caterina Machado Villa
 Química Sustentável (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2020/07/29 Sesame as a food allergen: detection by DNA-based methods
Co-supervisor of Telmo Gabriel Barros Nunes
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2020/07/13 Wheat as an allergenic food: protein profile and allergenicity
Supervisor of Sílvia Andreia Oliveira de Almeida
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10 - 2020/05/26 Allergenic foods: the case of wheat
Supervisor of Daniela Filipa Martins da Silva
Controlo de Qualidade (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/07 Evaluation of the thermal processing and matrix effect on soybean immunoreactivity: development of analytical methods for its detection
Supervisor of Mónica Barroca Monteiro Valverde de Moura
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/10/15 - 2017/07/25 Development of DNA-based methods for the detection and quantification of pistachio (Pistacia vera) in foods. (Desenvolvimento de métodos de biologia molecular para a deteção e quantificação de pistácio (Pistacia vera) em alimentos)
Supervisor of Isa Mara Teixeira Silva
Controlo de Qualidade (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/10 - 2016/07/29 Molecular biology methods for the detection of cashew nut allergens (Anarcardium occidentable): evaluation of matrix and processing effects (Métodos de biologia molecular para a deteção de alergénios do caju (Anarcardium occidentable): avaliação do efeito da matriz e do processamento)
Supervisor of Cíntia Raquel da Fonte Mendes
 Controlo de Qualidade (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/04/09 - 2024/04/11 Organisation of International 8th International Conference on FOOD DIGESTION, 9-11 April 2024, Porto, Portugal. (https://www.icfd2024.com/) (2024/04/09 - 2024/04/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2023/09/20 Organisation of International 4th PlantEd Conference, 18-20 October 2023, Porto, Portugal. (https://plantgenomeediting.eu/4th-and-final-planted-conference/) (2023/09/18 - 2023/09/20)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 COST ACTION CA18111/COST ASSOCIATION, Belgium

REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/01/23 - 2023/01/24 Organising Committee of the "Immunological outcomes in food allergy" WG meeting (COMFA, COST action CA18227), Vienna, Austria (https://comfa.eu/comfa-anual-meeting/local-organisers/). (2023/01/23 - 2023/01/24)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 COST Action CA18227/COST Association, Belgium
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/12 Organising Committee of the COMFA Annual Meeting (COMFA, COST action CA18227), 10-12 October, Porto, Portugal (https://comfa.eu/comfa-anual-meeting/local-organisers/). (2022/10/10 - 2022/10/12)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
 COST Action CA18227/COST Association, Belgium
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/10 School for parents of allergic children (In Portuguese) within the scope of COMFA Annual Meeting 2022 (https://sigarra.up.pt/ffup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=37577), Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto, Portugal (2h). (2022/10/10 - 2022/10/12)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 COST Action CA18227/COST Association, Belgium
2017/06/07 - 2017/06/08 5th Working Group Meeting (ImpARAS, COST action FA1402), Porto, Portugal. (http://imparas.eu/events/5th-working-group-meeting/) (2017/06/07 - 2017/06/08)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2016/09/14 - 2016/09/16 Congress XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos - Disponibilidade, valorização e inovação: uma abordagem multidimensional dos alimentos, Porto, Portugal. (http://13eqa.eventos.chemistry.pt/) (2016/09/14 - 2016/09/16)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2015/09/16 - 2015/09/18 5th MoniQA International Conference "Food and Health - Risks and Benefits" on "Innovative Technologies for Food Quality and Safety Management (MoniQA Association/REQUIMTE-ICETA), Porto, Portugal. (https://porto2015.moniqa.org/home). (2015/09/16 - 2015/09/18)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2015/05/18 - 2015/05/18 Workshop “O fascínio das plantas” organised according to European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) guidelines in the framework of the Fascination of Plants Day 2015, Porto, Portugal. (2015/05/18 - 2015/05/18)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/12/09 - 2013/12/09 Seminar “Tracking allergens in food”, Porto, Portugal. (2013/12/09 - 2013/12/09)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2012/10/31 - 2012/10/31 Workshop “Vinho - Autenticidade e Qualidade” promoted by INFOVINHOS (Rede Temática de Informação e Divulgação para o sector Vitivinícola), 31 October 2012, Porto, Portugal. (2012/10/31 - 2012/10/31)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2012/05/30 - 2012/05/30 Workshop “Vinho - Qualidade e Implicações na Saúde” promoted by INFOVINHOS (Rede Temática de Informação e Divulgação para o sector Vitivinícola), Porto, Portugal. (2012/05/30 - 2012/05/30)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/02 - 2023/11/04 Collaborator in divulgation/educational activity of 3rd Porto One Health Day - One Health, Complex ICBAS/FFUP 2-4 November 2023, Porto, Portugal. This activity is open to the entire community, with special target on children and adolescents. In One Health Day, different Institutions (including academic and non-academic) present and explain to their areas of action/activities. (https://onehealth.icbas.up.pt/en/expo-one-health/)
Exhibition
 3rd Porto One Health Day - One Health
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/04/12 - 2018/04/15 Collaborator in divulgation/educational activity of MOSTRA UP 2018, Complex ICBAS/FFUP 12-15 April 2018, Porto, Portugal. This activity is open to the entire community, with special target on children and adolescents. In MOSTRA UP, different Faculties from the University of Porto, as well as different schools from Polytechnic Institute of Porto present and explain to the youngers all courses available at their facilities. Additionally, the UP Research Centres promotes activities (in loco experiments) to explain the main topics of their own research
Exhibition
 MOSTRA UP 2018
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/04/20 - 2017/04/23 Collaborator in divulgation/educational activity of 15ª MOSTRA da Universidade do Porto, Pavilhão Rosa Mota 20-23 April 2017, Porto, Portugal. This activity is open to the entire community, with special target on children and adolescents. In MOSTRA UP, different Faculties from the University of Porto, as well as different schools from Polytechnic Institute of Porto present and explain to the youngers all courses available at their facilities. Additionally, the UP Research Centres promotes activities (in loco experiments) to explain the main topics o
Exhibition
 15ª MOSTRA da Universidade do Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2010/08/30 - 2010/09/04 Collaborator in the educational activity of “How to detect genetically modified organisms in foods?” – inserted in Programme ECVS (6th Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde) promoted by Universidade Júnior, 30 August - 4 septemer 2010, Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto, Portugal. The programme allows adolescents to experience working at a laboratory, developing a small project and presenting it to other colleagues.
Other
 Programme ECVS (6th Escola de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2010/07/19 - 2010/07/23 Collaborator in the educational activity of “Genetically modified organisms: can we identify them?” (Alimentos Geneticamente Modificados: conseguimos identificá-los?) – inserted in Programme Universidade Junior, 19-23 July 2010, Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto, Portugal. The programme allows adolescents to know and see some of the works that are being developed in different Faculties and to experience the environment of University.
Other
 Programme Universidade Junior
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/16 Tolerance induction in the young child with hen's egg allergy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liselot De Vlieger (PhD)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Groep Biomedische Wetenschappen, Belgium
2023/10/04 IgE-binding capacity of crustacean allergens as affected by food processing and in vitro digestion
Supervisor
 Bruno Filipe Carriço de Sá (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/12/16 Novel therapeutic approaches to rehabilitate adenosinergic system deficits in order to boost BDNF signaling in Rett individuals A quantitative nucleoside analysis problem, in the scope of MSc degree in Biochemistry (16/12/2022).
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Luísa Lopes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/11/21 Development of an electrochemical immunosensor for the identification of soybean trypsin inhibitor (Gly m TI allergen) in foods. (21/11/2022)
Supervisor
 Catarina Ramos Dias (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09/10 Interação de micotoxinas durante a digestão de alimentos ao longo do trato gastrointestinal: uso de um novo modelo de digestão in vitro.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Daniel Teixeira Gonçalves (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/11/24 Evaluation of molecular markers for the application of real-time PCR to quantify sesame as an allergenic food (Avaliação de marcadores moleculares para aplicação de PCR em tempo real na quantificação de sésamo como alimento alergénico)
Supervisor
 Daniela da Silva Mendes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/07/13 Wheat as an allergenic food: protein profile and allergenicity
Supervisor
 Sílvia Almeida (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/05/26 Allergenic foods: the case of wheat
Supervisor
 Daniela Silva (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/06/20 Evaluation of the thermal processing and matrix effect on soybean immunoreactivity: developement of analytical methods for its detection.
Supervisor
 Mónica Barroca Monteiro Valverde de Moura (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/11/06 Avaliação da produtividade e qualidade da Faveta-de-Beja (V. narbonensis L.) como fonte alternativa de proteína
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marta Alexandra Maia Amorim (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09/13 Botanical origin authentication of plant food supplements by DNA-based approaches.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liliana Gonçalves Grazina (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/10/13 Species authentication in dairy products.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Andrade Pires (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/07/25 Desenvolvimento de métodos de biologia molecular para a deteção e quantificação de pistácio (Pistacia vera) em alimentos
Supervisor
 Isa Mara Teixeira da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/05 Molecular characterization, clinical relevance and methods for the detection of pistachio (Pistacia vera) in foods
Supervisor
 Isa Mara Teixeira da Silva (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/07/29 Métodos de biologia molecular para a deteção de alergénios do caju (Anarcardium occidentable): avaliação do efeito da matriz e do processamento
Supervisor
 Cíntia Raquel da Fonte Mendes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/07/29 Desenvolvimento de metodologias de biologia molecular para a deteção de Ephedra sinica e Citrus aurantium em infusões e suplementos alimentares à base de plantas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Martins Pinto de Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/06/09 Metodologias de biologia molecular para autenticação de plantas medicinais e sua aplicação no controlo de qualidade de suplementos alimentares à base de plantas.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Martins Pinto de Sousa (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/06 Marcadores moleculares na identificação de espécies de crustáceos.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Ribeiro da Silva (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/06 Cashew allergy: clinical relevance and allergen characterisation.
Supervisor
 Cíntia Raquel da Fonte Mendes (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/06 O tremoço (Lupinus spp.) como fontes de proteínas e potenciais alergénios em alimentos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cristina Gondar (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015 Deteção e quantificação de soja geneticamente modificada em alimentos por técnicas baseadas na reação em cadeia da polimerase
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liliana Gonçalves Grazina (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/07/16 Desenvolvimento de metodologias de biologia molecular para a deteção de carne de cavalo (Equus caballus) em produtos cárneos.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liliana de Castro Meira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/07/14 Deteção de adulterações com carne de cavalo por técnicas de biologia molecular.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara de Meireles Carneiro (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/05 Avaliação da autenticidade de plantas aromáticas e especiarias por técnicas de biologia molecular.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Caterina Machado Villa (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/07/19 Deteção de alergénios alimentares por métodos moleculares: o caso da noz.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Liliane Maria Teixeira Pinheiro (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current EAACI - European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Member
2011 - Current SPAIC - Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica Corresponding member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/11/23 - Current INFOGEST WG3 subgroup C: Intestinal barrier models to study allergenic sensitization/inflammation, following Cost action FA1005 (INFOGEST)
Member
 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, France
2019/11/05 - 2023/11/04 Portuguese MC member of COST Action CA18227 - The Core Outcome Measures for Food Allergy. https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18227/#tabs|Name:management-committee
Member
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2019/11/05 - 2023/11/04 Inclusiveness Target Countries Conference Grant (ITC CG) Coordinator of COST Action CA18227 - The Core Outcome Measures for Food Allergy. https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18227/#tabs|Name:management-committee
Coordinator
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2019/04 - 2023/10 Cost Action CA18111 - Genome editing in plants - a technology with transformative potential (PlantEd) (WG1 and WG2 member)
Member
2019/05/16 - 2023/05/12 Portuguese MC substitute from Portugal of COST Action CA18127 - International Nucleome Consortium. https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18127/#tabs|Name:management-committee
Member
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Portuguese MC substitute of FA COST Action “Improving Allergy Risk Assessment Strategy for new food proteins (ImpARAS)”, COST FA1402. (http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/FA1402?management), (http://imparas.eu/management/).
Member
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/01 - 2024/04 8th International Conference on FOOD DIGESTION REQUIMTE-LAQV/FFUP
2019/09/16 - 2019/09/19 2nd Food Chemistry Conference: Shaping the Future of Food Quality, Safety, Nutrition and Health Elsevier

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - Current Expert member of Protein Allergens, Toxins, and Bioinformatics (PATB) Committee, whose scope is related to advancing the scientific understanding of the relevant parameters defining allergenic proteins and protein toxins, and encouraging the development of reliable and accurate methodologies for characterizing the allergenic potential of novel proteins in order to leverage the potential of bioinformatics approaches in accomplishing these efforts. Health and Environmental Sciences Institute, United States
2017/02 - Current Expert group member of ILSI Europe within Food Allergy Task Force under the objective of determining a better assessment and management of food allergen risks to protect people with food allergies. Expert member of Review of Suitability of Analytical Methods for Measuring VITAL® Reference Doses for EU Allergens in Foodstuffs. http://ilsi.eu/task-forces/food-safety/food-allergy/. International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation, United States

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Human Nutrition I (Alimentação Humana I) - support to the discipline as Lecturer Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07 Human Nutrition II (Alimentação Humana II) - support to the discipline as Lecturer Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07 Human Nutrition I (Alimentação Humana I) - support to the discipline as Lecturer Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/07 Human Nutrition I (Alimentação Humana I) - support to the discipline as Lecturer Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/07 Human Nutrition II (Alimentação Humana II) - support to the discipline as Lecturer Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/05/17 - 2018/05/17 Invited lecturer in Human Nutrition II (3rd curricular year) MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1h) Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/11 - 2017/11 Invited lecturer for Authentication of foods (1st curricular year) MSc in Food Safety (3h). Segurança Alimentar (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (6h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/05 - 2017/05 Invited lecturer in Human Nutrition II (3rd curricular year) MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1h). Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/06 Invited lecturer in Human Nutrition II (3rd curricular year) MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1h). Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2015/11 - 2015/11 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (6h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2014/12/05 - 2014/12/05 Mini-course - Molecular Biology Applications Biomarkers (3h) (Outros) Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brazil
2014/10 - 2014/10 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (6h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2013/12 - 2013/12 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (6h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2012/11 - 2012/11 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (9h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2011/11 - 2011/11 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (9h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2010/11 - 2010/11 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (6h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2010/01 - 2010/01 Invited lecturer (laboratory practice) in Authenticity, Normalisation and Certification of Product Quality (1st curricular year) MSc in Quality Control (6h). Controlo de Qualidade (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2008/04 - 2008/07 Lecturer of practical and theoretical lectures of Biochemistry (50h). (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/03 - Current Evaluator of International projects - National Science Center, Poland, Funding scheme: OPUS-24, Panel: ST5 (Materials).
Evaluator
 Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2019/10 - 2023/04/18 PhD advisory committee (PAC team) as part of doctoral school. The activity involves mentoring and advising a PhD student during the 4 years of graduation, by participating in meetings and in the discussion of laboratory results. PhD student is performing her work in fish allergy, which demanded the expertise of national and international experts in the area of food allergies.
Specialist
 Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01 - Current Cells (2073-4409) MDPI
2021/12 - Current Journal of Asthma and Allergy (1178-6965) Dovepress
2021/11 - Current Process Biochemistry (1359-5113) Elsevier
2021/09 - Current Membranes (2077-0375) MDPI
2021/05 - Current Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology (1559-0267) Springer
2020/10 - Current Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies (1466-8564) Elsevier
2020/06 - Current Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (1541-4337) IFT
2020/03/28 - Current Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (0738-8551) Taylor and Francis Group
2020/01 - Current Allergies (2000-XXXX) MDPI
2020/01 - Current Allergy (1398-9995) Wiley
2020/01 - Current Foods (2304-8158) MDPI AG
2019/12 - Current International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601) MDPI AG
2019/09 - Current Biomolecules (2218-273X) MDPI AG
2019/09 - Current Medicina (1010-660X) MDPI
2019/07 - Current Food Reviews International (1525-6103) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2018/09 - Current Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (1549-7852) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2018/01 - Current Food Research International (0963-9969) Elsevier
2017/07 - Current Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (1097-0010) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017/06 - Current Clinical & Experimental Allergy (1365-2222) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017/05 - Current Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (1618-2650) Springer-Verlag
2017/05 - Current Journal of Food Science (1750-3841) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016/07 - Current Food Chemistry (0308-8146) Elsevier
2016/01 - Current Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences (2083-6007) Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2015/10 - Current Food Analytical Methods (1936-976X) Springer-Verlag
2014/10 - Current Food Control (0956-7135) Elsevier
2013/06 - Current Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (1520-5118) American Chemical Society

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/05 - 2018/07 Development of DNA markers for the identification of potential adulterants of argan oil. Fatima Zahra Raja
2017/11 - 2018/05 Survey of Algerian food products for different genetically modified maize events by DNA-based methods. Zahia Brara
2015/10 - 2016/06 Development of DNA-based methods for crustacean species differentiation in foods. Catarina Ribeiro da Silva
2014/10 - 2015/06 Development of molecular biology methods for the «detection of lupine (Lupinus spp.) as allergenic ingredient in foods. Cristina Gondar
2013/10 - 2014/06 Development of molecular markers to authenticate saffron (Crocus sativus L.). Caterina Machado Villa
2012/10 - 2013/06 Detection of allergenic foods by DNA-based methods: the case of walnut. Liliane Maria Teixeira Pinheiro
2011/10 - 2012/06 Development of molecular biology methods to evaluate the authenticity of medicinal plants (Hypericum androsamum and Hypericum perfuratum). Bruna Rodrigues Campos
2011/10 - 2012/06 Development of molecular biology methods for the detection and quantification of soybean in meat products. Tiago Manuel da Silva Coelho Gonçalves
2010/10 - 2011/06 Detection of allergenic foods by DNA-based methods: the case of almond. Cristiana Carvalho
Distinctions

Award

2018 IMPARAS COST member most signed up for
COST Action FA1402 - IMPARAS, Italy
2017 Young Researcher Award - "COIBar-HRM as a novel approach for the discrimination of hake species"
FoodIntegrity, Italy
2017 3rd Prize Flash Presentation - Lupine allergens in food products: a new real-time PCR approach to its detection and quantification
COST Action FA1402 - IMPARAS, Denmark
2015 Best Abstract Award - Exploiting bioinformatics tools to assess CP4-EPSPS peptides as potential biomarkers of genetically modified soybeans
MoniQa Association, Austria
2015 Highest Impact Award - Evaluating the performance of a novel single-tube nested real-time PCR on the detection of walnut allergens in cakes as affected by thermal processing
MoniQa Association, Austria
2015 Best Poster Award - DNA barcoding acoplado à analise por HRM para a discriminação de espécies de bacalhau
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2014 Post-Doc SFRH/BPD/102404/2014
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 2º Award in the FOOD I&DT 2013 with project "AlergenControl - Novas abordagens para o controlo de alergénios alimentares"
Rede Inovar, Portugal
2013 Travel Grant FAAM2013
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2009 PhD Grant (SFRH/BD/64523/2009)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2013 Nomination for Nutrition Awards 2013 with project - AllergenSafeFood "Desenvolvimento de novas ferramentas para a avaliação da segurança de alimentos contendo potenciais alergénios" in the category of Research and Development.