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Inês Cruz obtained her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2021, from the University of Minho. During this time, she was part of the Biomedical Engineering student association, where she acquired some soft skills such as teamwork, time management, organization, social communication and creativity. She started her MSc in Biomedical Engineering in 2021, in the field of Biomaterials, Rehabilitation and Biomechanics, and recently defended her master's thesis developed at i3S- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde. During this time, she had the opportunity to present her work at an international conference, ESVB'2023 and at IJUP'2023 in Porto. She is passionate about everything that involves science and innovation, particularly in the area of health.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
INÊS ISABEL OLIVEIRA DA CRUZ

Citation names

  • Inês Cruz

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B519-B0FC-C4B3
ORCID iD
0009-0001-1350-3809

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 910727423 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/02/01 - 2029/02/01
Ongoing
 Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotechnology
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/12/07
Concluded
 Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Biomaterias, Reabilitação e Biomecância
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Development of an antimicrobial coating to prevent vascular graft infections" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/03/12
Concluded
 Biomedical Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/01 - 2025/01/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/05/01 - 2025/01/31 ILSurvive - Integração do pré-tratamento de fluidos humanos e deteção de biomarcadores tumorais utilizando sistemas aquosos bifásicos formados por líquidos iónicos em dispositivos microfluídicos.
PTDC/EMD-TLM/3253/2020
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Inês Cruz; Maria S. M. Mendes; Francisca A. e Silva; Neves, Márcia C.; Mara G. Freire. "Pretreatment of human fluids using alternative adsorbents for diagnostic purposes". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO 2024, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Inês Cruz; Stefano Di Bella; Mario D’Oria; Cristina Lagatolla; M. Cristina L. Martins; Cláudia Monteiro. "Vascular Graft Impregnation with a Fosfomycin/Oritavancin Combination to Prevent Early Infection". Pharmaceutics (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16111348.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics16111348
  2. Nuno Vale; Raquel Ramos; Inês Cruz; Mariana Pereira. "Application of Peptide-Conjugated Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Cancer Therapy: A Review". Organics (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/org5040022.
    10.3390/org5040022
  3. Nuno Vale; Eduarda Ribeiro; Inês Cruz; Valentina Stulberg; Beate Koksch; Bárbara Costa. "New Perspective for Using Antimicrobial and Cell-Penetrating Peptides to Increase Efficacy of Antineoplastic 5-FU in Cancer Cells". Journal of Functional Biomaterials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb14120565.
    10.3390/jfb14120565
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/11 “Evaluation of the effect of Fosfomycin incorporated grafts in the prevention of vascular grafts infections”. IJUP- Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/04/20 "Evaluation of the effect of Fosfomycin incorporated grafts to prevent vascular grafts infections". ESVB- European Symposium on Vascular Biomaterials
(Strasbourg, France)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/07/07 - Current Jury in the presentation of the “Prova de Aptidão Profissional”: “Caracterizar a importância da Alimentação e Disfagia”, Colégio de Gaia
Distinctions

Award

2022 Winner of the comunicate science award with the topic "Infections associated with biofilms". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEQmsaEff3M).