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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
VÂNIA DE OLIVEIRA PINHEIRO

Citation names

  • PINHEIRO, VÂNIA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B41B-264C-C81D

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2002 - 2007/12/15
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Tecnologia química e alimentar
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11/21 - 2023/10/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/10/15 - 2022/04/15 Researcher (Research) Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10/02 - Current PhD Student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2016/01/11 Responsável de departamento Bioinvitro - Biotecnologia, Lda., Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/11/21 - Current BVrecurrence (Unveiling the transcriptome of BV multi-species biofilms during antimicrobials challenge to better understand recurrence)
EXPL/SAU-INF/1000/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2022/04/15 CVR.TechRe4C- Reinforcing CVR in Ecotoxicity, Sustainability and 4.0 Industry Technologies
NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000056
Principal investigator
Concluded
2020/04/15 - 2021/04/14 U2SCoffee - Cápsulas de cafeína
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033351
Researcher
2018/10/15 - 2020/04/14 EGR - EcoGreenRoof: desenvolvimento de eco-materiais para coberturas verdes
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033728
Research Fellow
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. PINHEIRO, VÂNIA. "Application of industrial wastes in substrates for ecological green roofs". Paper presented in WASTES 2019, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Nuno Cerca; Darla M Goeres; Borges, Anabela. "Development of a reproducible in vitro chronic wound model associated with bacterial biofilm". Paper presented in V Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium, 2024.
  2. Sousa, Lúcia G. V.; PINHEIRO, VÂNIA; Cerca, N.. "RNA-sequencing analysis reveals key changes in G. vaginalis transcriptome after antimicrobial challenge in polymicrobial biofilms". Paper presented in Microbiotec23 - Congress of microbiology and biotechnology, 2023.
  3. PINHEIRO, VÂNIA. "EcoGreenRoof - EGR: eco-materials development for green roofs". Paper presented in WASTES 2019, 2019.
Magazine article
  1. PINHEIRO, VÂNIA. "Cogumelos silvestres e a micorrização dos ecossistemas", Revista Agrotec, 2013
Newspaper article
  1. Sousa, Lúcia G. V.; Angela França; Christina A. Muzny; Nuno Cerca. Corresponding author: Nuno Cerca. "Adaptation of key bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria to a medium simulating genital tract secretions: a transcriptomic analysis", Frontiers in genetics, 2025
    10.3389/fgene.2025.1552307
  2. PINHEIRO, VÂNIA. "Turning Waste Cooking Oils into Biofuels—Valorization Technologies: A Review", Energies, 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15010116.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/08 Utilizing Transcriptomics to Map Functionality in a Multispecies Chronic Wound Model 1st UPorto Research Summer School in Microbial Communities
FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2020/12/22 Inovação no setor agroalimentar: Caso de estudo - Projeto U2SCOFFEE Projeto "Portugal sou eu" - Inovar no setor agroalimentar
2020/11/29 U2SCOFFEE, Caffeine capsules Sustainability bootcamp
2019/09/06 Application of industrial wastes in substrates for ecological green roofs WASTES
2014/03/23 Produção de cogumelos

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2013/09/15 - 2014/12/15 Produção de Morchella esculenta e de Macrolepiota procera e estudo de novos substratos para a produção de cogumelos saprófitas
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/12/06 Propagação in vitro dos porta-enxertos de amendoeira (GF677), pistaceira (UCB-1) e de aveleira (Dundee)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Juliana Galvão (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/12/06 Micropropagação in vitro de porta-enxertos de frutos-secos: amendoeira, pistaceira e nogueira
(Thesis) Arguer
 Luciana Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/12/04 Conservação de recursos genéticos: optimização de protocolos para a manutenção in vitro de Malus domestica L. e Pyrus communis L.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Daniela Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/07/29 - 2024/08/09 Visiting internship at Glasgow Caledonian University from. During this time, I worked with Dr. Allkja to learn and understand complex biofilm wound models. I also presented my PhD outline to the infection research group. Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom