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Romana Santos (46y) is Assistant Professor at the Science Faculty of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), Principal Investigator at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Center, and Innovation Manager at TWIN2PIPSA Horizon EU Twinning Project. Has +20y of experience in marine bioadhesion with a focus in developing nature-inspired biocompatible wet adhesives for biomedical and biotechnological applications. Graduated in Marine Biology at Lisbon University in 2000 and completed the PhD in Biological Sciences in 2005 at Mons University (Belgium). Performed her Master and PhD thesis at the Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biomimetism of Mons University (Belgium). Was awarded an Erasmus grant for the Master and a FCT grant for the PhD. In 2006 pursued a Pos-doc at the Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry at ITQB – Nova University. In 2009, was appointed Auxiliary Researcher (FCT Ciência 2008 - Starting Grant) at the Biomedical and Oral Sciences Research Unit, School of Dentistry, University of Lisbon (Portugal). In 2017, was appointed Principal Investigator (FCT IF 2015 Development Grant) at MARE, Science Faculty, University of Lisbon. Lectures since 2009, having taught 11 Curricular Units of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles. Leads the Bioadhesion and Biomimicry Research Group (http://bioadhesion.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt) and was Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee of 2 COST Actions; and member of 2 international and 3 national scientific societies. Published 33 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 5 book chapters and edited of 1 book. In 2018 received the Adhesion Innovation Award. Has a H-Index of 21 (SCOPUS) and +926 citations in 583 documents. Coordinated 6 R&D Projects (2 national and 4 international), participated as a team member in 9 R&D Projects (8 national and 1 international), with an accumulated budget of +12M€, of which €879,804.12 earned as PI. Supervised 1 Post-Doctorate and 1 PhD in Biochemistry. Is currently supervising 2 PhD in Biology – Specialization in Biotechnology and Specialization in Evolutionary Biology and 1 Master in Marine Ecology. Was the supervisor of 7 Master degrees and 8 undergraduate projects at FCUL. Participated in COHITEC 2013 program for technology transfer and commercialization by COTEC. Co-inventor of an international patent (WO2016198950A3). Founding partner of the company Biomimetx S.A., a spin-off of FCUL which raised +3.5M€, being awarded with two prizes and the European Commission Seal of Excellence.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Romana Lopes Almeida dos Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Romana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BD12-1D9C-3627
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7720-6806

Email addresses

  • rlasantos@fc.ul.pt (Professional)
  • romana.santos@campus.ul.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 21 750 000 Ext.: 22578 (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE-Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2005
Concluded
 Biological Sciences (Doutoramento)
Université de Mons, Belgium
"Biomechanical and morphological study of adhesion in sea urchins" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2003
Concluded
 Advanced Studies in Biological Sciences (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Major in Biological Sciences
Université de Mons, Belgium
 18
2000
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais Variante Recursos Marinhos (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Comparative immunohistochemical study of the adhesives involved in tube foot adhesion in echinoderms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/08/14 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/01/01 - 2020/08/13 IF2015 FCT Investigator Development Grant Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/12/31 Post-doc researcher Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/06/30 Invited Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2009/07/01 - 2014/06/30 Ciência 2008 FCT Investigator Starting grant Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2009/06/30 Post-doc researcher Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2001/09/01 - 2005/11/15 PhD student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2001/01/01 - 2001/07/31 Researcher in the SIAM Project Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 HYBRIDOMICS: Can hybridization fuel adaptation and species response to environmental change? Genomics and proteomics of endemic Iberian freshwater fish
PTDC/BIA-EVL/4345/2021
10.54499/PTDC/BIA-EVL/4345/2021
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Infraestruturas em Investigação Aquática
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2021/12/31 New sea urchin-inspired adhesives for biomedical applications: a biomimetic approach towards the development of new wet-effective, reversible, biocompatible, and ecological adhesives
IF/00006/2015
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/11 - 2020/10 European Network of Bioadhesion Expertise: Fundamental Knowledge to Inspire Advanced Bonding Technologies
COST Action CA15216
Principal investigator
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Química e Bioquímica
UID/Multi/00612/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Projeto estratégico do MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2013
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Projeto estratégico do Centro de Química e Bioquímica
UID/Multi/00612/2013
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014/07 - 2015/12 Ecofouless: Antifouling compounds for the biofouling control in aquaculture
OF/6923/2014/DPA/DRAPALG
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2012/01 - 2015/06 FROMBLUETOGLUE: Expression and purification of sea urchin adhesive proteins – screening for new bioadhesives
PTDC/MAR/117360/2010
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/02 - 2015/01 Old tools for New solutions: Bio-Inspired Antimicrobial Peptides for Bacterial infections Control
133334
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/05 - 2014/06 Biological adhesives: from biology to biomimetics
TD0906
Principal investigator
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
2013 - 2014 New adhesives for old problems
PrimeXS0000131
Principal investigator
7th EU Framework Programme of Research
2010/01 - 2013/08 Molecular characterization of organ regeneration in starfish – a proteomic approach toward the discovery of new regeneration factors
PTDC/MAR/104058/2008
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01 - 2012/12 Projeto estratégico do UICOB - Unidade de Investigação em Ciências Orais e Biomédicas
Pest-OE/SAU/UI4062/2011
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01 - 2012/12 Strategic Project UICOB - Oral and Biomedical Sciences Research Unit
PEst-OE/SAU/UI4062/2011
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/01 - 2010/12 BIOSEAGLUE - Characterization of sea urchin temporary adhesives by mass-spectrometry-based proteomics
PPCDT/DG/MAR/82012/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2001/01 - 2001/07 SIAM - Climate Change in Portugal. Scenarios, Impacts and Adaptation Measures
NA
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other

Designation Funders
2020/12 - Current Molecular plasticity under climate change: Integrating transcriptomics and quantitative proteomics to better understand the response of two Iberian freshwater fish to heat and pH stress
EPIC-XS 0000238
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Euratom
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2010/05 - 2014/06 COST Action TD0906: Biological adhesives: from biology to biomimetics
TD0906
Principal investigator
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Santos, Romana; Flammang, Patrick. Corresponding author: Flammang, Patrick. "The Temporary Adhesion of Echinoderm Tube Feet.". In Frontiers in Invertebrate Physiology A Collection of Reviews. Apple Academic Press, 2024.
    Published
  2. Jérôme Delroisse; Victor Kang; Anaïd Gouveneaux; Romana Santos; Patrick Flammang. "Convergent Evolution of Attachment Mechanisms in Aquatic Animals". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-11441-0_16
  3. Santos, Romana. "Adhesive secretions in echinoderms: A review.". 2016.
  4. Renata Soares; Elizabete Pires; Romana Santos; Ricardo Gomes; Kamila Koci; Catarina Franco; Ana Varela Coelho. "Tandem Mass Spectrometry of peptides". In Tandem Mass Spectrometry – Applications e Principles, edited by Jeevan K. Prasain, 35-56. In Tech, 2012.
    Published • 10.5772/30938
  5. Santos, Romana. "Echinoderm tube foot surface and its role in temporary underwater adhesion". In Tandem Mass Spectrometry – Applications e Principles. 2009.
    10.1007/978-1-4020-6695-5_2
  6. Santos, Romana. "Echinoderm adhesive secretions: From experimental characterization to biotechnological applications". 2005.
    10.1007/3-540-27683-1_9
  7. Santos, Romana. "Fisheries". 2002.
Conference abstract
  1. Santos, Romana. "First proteomic characterization of sea urchin tube feet and its adhesive secretion". 2010.
    10.17875/gup2010-241
  2. Santos, Romana. "Using proteomics to find new bioadhesives". 2010.
  3. Santos, Romana. "Biomechanical study of adhesion in sea urchins (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and its relationship with species distribution in the wave-swept environment". 2004.
Conference paper
  1. Santos, Romana. "Sea-urchin inspired wet bioadhesives - a multidisciplinary quest towards biomimicry". 2013.
  2. Santos, Romana. "Echinoderms don’t suck: evidence against the involvement of suction in tube foot attachment". 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Santos, Mariana; Ventura, Inês; Cláudio M. Gomes; Santos, Romana; Henriques, Bárbara. "Developing Synthetic Adhesive Proteins Inspired by Sea Urchin Nectin Structural Domains". Paper presented in 3rd Chem & Biochem Students Meeting, 2023.
  2. Ventura, I.; Flammang, Patrick; Santos, Romana. "Sea urchin adhesion: one sugar to rule them all". Paper presented in 3rd Biochem&Chem Students Meeting, 2023.
  3. Moreno, João M; Grossman, Jonas; Kunz, Laura; Sousa, Vitor; Santos, Romana. "Proteome and phosphoproteome reveal differences in phenotypic plasticity in fish under different scenarios of climate change". Paper presented in Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2023 Meeting, 2023.
  4. Ventura, Inês; Santos, Mariana; Cláudio M. Gomes; Henriques, Bárbara; Santos, Romana. "A Sticky Research - Sea Urchin Bioinspired Adhesive Proteins". Paper presented in SynBioBeta 2023, 2023.
  5. Ventura, Inês; Santos, Mariana R; Cláudio M. Gomes; Henriques, Bárbara; Santos, Romana. "A Sticky Research - Bioinspired adhesive proteins from marine organisms". Paper presented in TWIN2PIPSA - Twinning for Excellence in Biophysics of Protein Interactions and Self-Assembly Kick-Off Meeting, 2023.
  6. Ventura, I.; Vitoria Harman; Robert J. Beynon; Santos, Romana. Corresponding author: Santos, Romana. "Characterization of glycoproteins involved in sea urchins adhesion". Paper presented in 2nd Biochem&Chem Students Meeting, 2022.
  7. Moreno, João M; Santos, Romana; Sousa, Vitor. "Uncovering the molecular basis of adaptation in species distributed along a climatic gradient: linking genomes and proteins to environment". Paper presented in EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Multiomics to Mechanisms - Challenges in Data Integration, 2021.
  8. Inês V. Ventura; Victoria Harman; Robert J. Beynon; Santos, Romana. "Characterization of glycoproteins involved in sea urchin adhesion". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2020.
  9. André Ventura; Bárbara J. Henriques; Cláudio M. Gomes; Santos, Romana. "Identification of amyloid traits in tube feet and adhesive footprints of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2020.
  10. Lisa Gaspar; Ricardo José; Ricardo Luis; Patrício Ramalhosa; João Monteiro; Natacha Nogueira; João Canning-Clode; Santos, Romana. "Interspecific analysis of the adhesive composition in four sea urchin species from Madeira Island". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2020.
  11. Santos, Romana. "A sticky research". Paper presented in Dia da Investigação em Ciências, 2019.
  12. Santos, Romana; Ana S Viana. "Characterization of the temporary adhesive of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus by Atomic Force Microscopy". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2018.
  13. Santos, Romana. "COST Actions CA15216 - European Network of Bioadhesion Expertise: Fundamental Knowledge to Inspire Advanced Bonding Technologies and TD0906 - Biological adhesives: from biology to biomimetics.". Paper presented in COST Event - Inspiring researchers, strengthening Europe - Portugal in the spotlight, 2017.
  14. Santos, Romana. "A unique hydraulic mechano-sensory adhesive organ.". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2012.
  15. Santos, Romana; Prof Patrick Flammang. "Is the adhesive material secreted by sea urchin tube feet species-specific?". Paper presented in 2nd Workshop of COST TD0906 - Biological Adhesives: from biology to biomimetics, 2011.
  16. Santos, Romana; Manuela Lopes; Marise Almeida; Luís Pires Lopes. "Can mussel adhesive proteins be used as dental adhesives?". Paper presented in 2nd Workshop of COST TD0906 - Biological Adhesives: from biology to biomimetics, 2011.
  17. Santos, Romana; Ângela Barreto; Catarina Franco. "Using Proteomics to find new bioadhesives.". Paper presented in 4th EUPA Meeting / 6th ProCura Meeting, 2010.
  18. Catarina Franco; Santos, Romana; Ana Varela Coelho. "Sea star coelomic fluid proteome characterization part II: Coelomocytes, the super-cells of echinoderms.". Paper presented in 4th EUPA Meeting/6th ProCura Meeting, 2010.
  19. Catarina Franco; Santos, Romana; Ana Varela Coelho. "Sea star coelomic fluid proteome characterization part I: Cell free coelomic fluid proteome, the sea stars cell/tissue talk show.". Paper presented in 4th EUPA Metting/6th ProCura Meeting, 2010.
  20. Catarina Franco; Renata Soares; Santos, Romana; Ana Varela Coelho. "Phosphoproteome of the radial nerve cord of the sea star Marthasterias glacialis - Preliminary results.". Paper presented in 4th EUPA Meeting/6th ProCura Meeting, 2010.
  21. Santos, Romana; Gonçalo da Costa; Catarina Franco; Patrícia Gomes Alves; Prof Patrick Flammang; Ana Varela Coelho. "First Insights into the biochemistry of tube foot adhesive from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)". Paper presented in 1st International Congress on Analytical Proteomics & 5th Congress of the Portuguese Proteomics Network, 2009.
  22. Catarina Franco; Santos, Romana; Ana Varela Coelho. "Advances in neuropeptidomics of the starfish Marthasterias glacialis.". Paper presented in 1st International Congress on Analytical Proteomics & 5th Congress of ProCura, 2009.
  23. Catarina Franco; Santos, Romana; Ana Varela Coelho. "Starfish Marthasterias glacialis radial nerve cord proteome.". Paper presented in 3rd EUPA meeting, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Inês Ventura; Victoria Harman; Robert J. Beynon; Romana Santos. "Glycoproteins Involved in Sea Urchin Temporary Adhesion". Marine Drugs (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/md21030145.
    10.3390/md21030145
  2. "Interspecific Analysis of Sea Urchin Adhesive Composition Emphasizes Variability of Glycans Conjugated With Putative Adhesive Proteins". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.737886.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.737886
  3. Davey, Peter A.; Power, Anne Marie; Santos, Romana; Bertemes, Philip; Ladurner, Peter; Palmowski, Pawel; Clarke, Jessica; et al. "Omics-based molecular analyses of adhesion by aquatic invertebrates". Biological Reviews (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12691.
    10.1111/brv.12691
  4. Mariana Simão; Mariana Moço; Luís Marques; Romana Santos. "Characterization of the glycans involved in sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus reversible adhesion". Marine Biology 167 9 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03707-9.
    10.1007/s00227-020-03707-9
  5. Robert Pjeta; Herbert Lindner; Leopold Kremser; Willi Salvenmoser; Daniel Sobral; Peter Ladurner; Romana Santos. "Integrative Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of the Tube Foot and Adhesive Secretions of the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21030946.
    10.3390/ijms21030946
  6. Ana S Viana; Romana Santos. "Nanoscale characterization of the temporary adhesive of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus". Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (2018): https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.212.
    10.3762/bjnano.9.212
  7. Nicolas Lebesgue; Gonçalo da Costa; Raquel Mesquita Ribeiro; Gabriel G. Martins; Valeria Matranga; Arjen Scholten; Carlos Cordeiro; Albert J.R. Heck; Santos, Romana. "Deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying sea urchin reversible adhesion: A quantitative proteomics approach". Journal of Proteomics 138:61-71 (2016):
    10.1016/j.jprot.2016.02.026
  8. Duarte Toubarro; Analuce Gouveia; Raquel Mesquita Ribeiro; Nélson Simões; Gonçalo da Costa; Carlos Cordeiro; Santos, Romana. "Cloning, characterization and expression levels of the Nectin gene from the tube feet of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus.". Marine Biotechnology 18(3):372–383 (2016):
    10.1007/s10126-016-9698-4
  9. Nicolas Lebesgue; Gonçalo da Costa; Raquel Mesquita Ribeiro; Cristina Ribeiro-Silva; Gabriel G. Martins; Valeria Matranga; Arjen Scholten; et al. "Proteomic dataset of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus adhesive organs and secreted adhesive.". Data in Brief 7: 1497–1505 (2016):
    10.1016/j.dib.2016.04.002
  10. Santos, Romana. "Biological adhesives: from biology to biomimetics". (2015): http://rsfs.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royfocus/5/1/20140086.full.pdf.
    10.1098/rsfs.2014.0086
  11. Hennebert, Elise; Maldonado, Barbara; Ladurner, Peter; Flammang, Patrick; Santos, Romana. "Experimental strategies for the identification and characterization of adhesive proteins in animals: a review". Interface Focus 5 1 (2015): 20140064. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2014.0064.
    Published • 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0064
  12. Santos, Romana. "Proteolytic events are relevant cellular responses during nervous system regeneration of the starfish Marthasterias glacialis". Journal of Proteomics (2014): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874391913006477.
    10.1016/j.jprot.2013.12.012
  13. Santos, Romana. "Mapping sea urchins tube feet proteome – a unique hydraulic mechano-sensory adhesive organ". Journal of Proteomics (2013): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187439191200783X.
    10.1016/j.jprot.2012.12.004
  14. Franco, Catarina; Soares, Renata; Pires, Elisabete; Koci, Kamila; Almeida, André M.; Santos, Romana; Coelho, Ana Varela. "Understanding regeneration through proteomics". PROTEOMICS 13 3-4 (2013): 686-709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201200397.
    10.1002/pmic.201200397
  15. Ribeiro, A. R.; Barbaglio, A.; Oliveira, M. J.; Santos, R.; Coelho, A. V.; Ribeiro, C. C.; Wilkie, I. C.; Carnevali, M. D. C.; Barbosa, M. A.. "Correlations Between the Biochemistry and Mechanical States of a Sea-Urchin Ligament: A Mutable Collagenous Structure". Biointerphases 7 1-4 (2012): 15-15.
    10.1007/s13758-012-0038-6
  16. Almeida, A. M.; Parreira, J. R.; Santos, R.; Duque, A. S.; Francisco, R.; Tome, D. F.; Ricardo, C. P.; Coelho, A. V.; Fevereiro, P.. "A proteomics study of the induction of somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula using 2DE and MALDI-TOF/TOF". Physiologia Plantarum 146 2 (2012): 236-249.
    10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01633.x
  17. Franco, Catarina F.; Soares, Renata; Pires, Elisabete; Santos, Romana; Coelho, Ana V.. "Radial nerve cord protein phosphorylation dynamics during starfish arm tip wound healing events". Electrophoresis 33 24 (2012): 3764-3778.
    10.1002/elps.201200274
  18. Santos, Romana; Flammang, Patrick. "Is the adhesive material secreted by sea urchin tube feet species-specific?". Journal of Morphology 273 1 (2011): 40-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.11004.
    10.1002/jmor.11004
  19. Franco, Catarina F.; Santos, Romana; Coelho, Ana V.. "Proteome characterization of sea star coelomocytes - The innate immune effector cells of echinoderms". PROTEOMICS 11 17 (2011): 3587-3592. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201000745.
    10.1002/pmic.201000745
  20. Santos, Romana. "Exploring the proteome of an echinoderm nervous system: 2-DE of the sea star radial nerve cord and the synaptosomal membranes subproteome". Proteomics (2011): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmic.201000541/abstract.
    10.1002/pmic.201000541
  21. Lamy, E.; da Costa, G.; Santos, R.; Silva, F. C. E.; Potes, J.; Pereira, A.; Coelho, A. V.; Baptista, E. S.. "Effect of condensed tannin ingestion in sheep and goat parotid saliva proteome". Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 95 3 (2011): 304-312.
    10.1111/j.1439-0396.2010.01055.x
  22. Toubarro, D.; Lucena-Robles, M.; Nascimento, G.; Santos, R.; Montiel, R.; Verissimo, P.; Pires, E.; et al. "Serine Protease-mediated Host Invasion by the Parasitic Nematode Steinernema carpocapsae". Journal of Biological Chemistry 285 40 (2010): 30666-30675.
    10.1074/jbc.M110.129346
  23. Santos, R.; da Costa, G.; Franco, C.; Gomes-Alves, P.; Flammang, P.; Coelho, A. V.. "First Insights into the Biochemistry of Tube Foot Adhesive from the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoidea, Echinodermata)". Marine Biotechnology 11 6 (2009): 686-698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-009-9182-5.
    10.1007/s10126-009-9182-5
  24. Lamy, E.; da Costa, G.; Santos, R.; Silva, F. C. E.; Potes, J.; Pereira, A.; Coelho, A. V.; Baptista, E. S.. "Sheep and goat saliva proteome analysis: A useful tool for ingestive behavior research?". Physiology & Behavior 98 4 (2009): 393-401.
    10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.07.002
  25. Santos, Romana. "Estimation of the attachment strength of the shingle sea urchin, Colobocentrotus atratus, and comparison with three sympatric echinoids". Marine Biology,154: 37-49 (2008): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-007-0895-6.
    10.1007/s00227-007-0895-6
  26. Santos, Romana. "Intra- and interspecific variation of the attachment strength in sea urchins". Marine Ecology Progress Series,332:129-142 (2007): http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v332/p129-142/.
    10.3354/meps332129
  27. Santos, Romana. "Morphology and tenacity of tube foot disc of three common European sea urchin species: a comparative study". Biofouling, 22(3):187-200 (2006): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08927010600743449.
    10.1080/08927010600743449
  28. Santos, Romana. "Adhesion of echinoderm tube feet to rough surfaces". (2005): http://jeb.biologists.org/content/208/13/2555.long.
    10.1242/jeb.01683
  29. Santos, Romana. "The tube feet of sea urchins and sea stars enclose functionally different mutable collagenous tissues". (2005): http://jeb.biologists.org/content/208/12/2277.long.
    10.1242/jeb.01641
  30. Santos, Romana. "Morphometry and mechanical design of tube foot stem in sea urchins: A comparative study". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 315: 211-223 (2005): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002209810400557X.
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Preface / Postscript
  1. Santos, Romana. "Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives - Challenges and Opportunities". Preface to Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives - Challenges and Opportunities. 2013.
    Published
Report
  1. Rodrigues, Filipa. 2012. Desenvolvimento de bioadesivos dentários com base em proteínas de mexilhão. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/7843.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Santos, Romana. 2016. "Antifouling Composition and Process for Production Thereof". United States.
  2. Santos, Romana. 2016. "Composition anti salissure et procédé de production associé". Canada.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/03 A bioadesão em organismos aquáticos: diversidade, função convergência. JIB IX - Jornadas de Investigação em Biologia
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019 Inovação inspirada nos ouriços do mar: da bioadesão ao biomimetismo. VII Jornadas de Investigação em Biologia
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019 Progress towards a new biomimetic adhesive inspired by sea urchins. TERMIS EU 2019
TERMIS (Rhodes, Greece)
2018 European Network of Bioadhesion Expertise (COST Action CA15216) 12th European Adhesion Conference and 4th Luzo-Brasilian Conference on Adhesion and Adhesives
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 Sea urchin reversible adhesives: a multidisciplinary journey towards biomimicry 3rd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives
(Haifa, Israel)
2017 Biomimetic adhesive proteins inspired on sea urchin adhesives Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting
(Gotenburgo, Sweden)
2017 Biotecnologia Marinha: Soluções inspiradas na natureza para uma sociedade mais sustentável Seminário do Mar da Sociedade Portuguesa de Geografia
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017 From the sea urchin's feet to the surgeon's hands: new bio-inspired adhesives for biomedical applications 3rd Annual Conference of redeMAR UL Ocean and Future(s)
2017 Biotecnologia Marinha: novos adesivos inspirados em ouriços-do-mar para aplicações biomédicas 3ª Conferência Professores do Mar, A escola na sociedade azul
Ciência Viva (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016 Expression of recombinant sea urchin-inspired adhesive proteins: discovery, production and applications International Meeting of Marine Research
(Peniche, Portugal)
2016 Identificação, caracterização e produção de proteínas marinhas com aplicações biotecnológicas Encontros no Aquário Vasco da Gama
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016 Economia do mar: Mitos e realidades Dia do MARE em Ciências
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016 Blue Biotech: New sea urchin-inspired biomimetic adhesives for biomedical applications Palestras Quintas do MARE
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2014 Cloning, expression and purification of nectin, a sea urchin adhesive protein 2nd Internation Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives
(Istambul, Turkey)
2014 Nature-inspired innovation II AEICBAS Biomedical Congress
(Porto, Portugal)
2013 Learning a lesson from Nature for designing adhesives for improved interfaces with biomaterials 4th International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials
(Roma, Italy)
2012 A multidisciplinary analysis of sea-urchin temporary adhesion: morphology, biomechanics and proteomics 14th International Echinoderm Conference
(Bruxelas, Belgium)
2012 Novos adesivos biomiméticos inspirados em ouriços-do-mar II Jornadas de Ciência e Tecnologias Aquáticas
(Porto, Portugal)
2011 Utilização da proteómica para descobrir novos bioadesivos com potencial aplicação na medicina dentária Exposição temporária “Aquário Vasco da Gama - Apoiar a investigação para divulgar a ciência
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2011 Using proteomics to find new marine-inspired bioadhesives CIIMAR-IPATIMUP Proteomics Course
(Porto, Portugal)
2010 Learning from nature - new bioadhesives inspired on sea urchins Workshop Networking Sciences
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2010 Current knowledge on sea urchin temporary adhesion 1st workshop of COST TD0906 - Biological Adhesives: from biology to biomimetics
(Viena, Austria)
2010 First proteomic characterization of sea urchin tube feet and its adhesive secretion 7th European Conference on Echinoderms: Echinoderm Research 2010
(Gotingen, Germany)
2010 Biotecnologia Azul: Novos adesivos inspirados em ouriços do mar Ciência na UL: Ciclo de Palestras Ciência em Português
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2009 The misteries and aplications of sea urchin’s temporary adhesives International Meeting on Marine Resources
(Peniche, Portugal)
2008 Caracterização de proteínas de equinodermes com potenciais aplicações biotecnológicas. III Congresso da Ordem dos Biológos
(Portugal)
2007 Caracterization of sea urchin´s temporary adhesion by mass spectrometry 4th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Proteomics Network (ProCura)and 1st Meeting of the Portuguese Mass Spectrometry Network
(Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2007 Caracterização dos adesivos temporários de ouriços do mar - potenciais aplicações biotecnológicas Um mar de Oportunidades
(Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2006 Sea urchin temporary adhesives - Potencial biotecnological aplications XIIIth Iberian seminary of marine chemistry
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2005 Adhesion of echinoderm tube feet to rough surfaces Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting
(Barcelona, Spain)
2003 Biomechanical study of adhesion in sea urchins (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and its relationship with species distribution in the wave-swept environment 11th International Echinoderm Conference
(Munique, Germany)
2003 Evidence for a mutable collagenous tissue in the podia from the sea star Marthasterias glacialis and from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus 11th International Echinoderm Conference
(Munique, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/12/01 - Current Sea urchin functional adhesive amyloids: ‘omics’, validation and applications
Supervisor
 Biotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09/06 - Current Morphological, biochemical, ecological and taxonomic analysis of the reversible adhesion of sea urchins in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
Supervisor
 Marine Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Amyloids in Nature: structural analysis of a sea urchin inspired adhesive protein
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/02 - Current Uncovering the molecular basis of adaptation in species distributed along a climatic gradient: linking genomes and proteins to environment.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/02 Characterization of the glycoproteins involved in the sea urchin adhesion.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Investigação Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/01 Analysis of the interspecific variation in the composition of the adhesive of sea urchins
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09 - 2020/02 Production of recombinant sea-urchin inspired adhesive proteins and analysis of its adhesive properties to different substrates
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/10 Characterisation of the carbohydrate fraction of the adhesive secreted by the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus
Supervisor of Mariana Simão
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/01 - 2014/12 Characterization of protein post-translational modification dynamics during sea star arm regeneration events
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/09 Cloning, expression and purification of a sea urchin adhesive protein towards the development of a new biomedical adhesive
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/09 - 2012/06 Development of dental bioadhesives based on mussel-adhesive; proteins
Supervisor
 Medicina Dentária (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2007/04 - 2011/03 Proteomics based approach to understand tissue regeneration - sea star as a model organism
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2009/11 - 2010/12 BIOSEAGLUE- Characterization of sea urchins temporary adhesives by mass-spectrometry based proteomics
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2003/10 - 2004/09 Evaluation of the contribution of suction in tube feet adhesion in sea stars and sea urchins
Co-supervisor
Université de Mons, Belgium

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/02/18 - 2020/02/19 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (2020/02/18 - 2020/02/19)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/10/15 - 2019/10/15 Integrative “omics” applied to Bioadhesion (2019/10/15 - 2019/10/15)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/11 - 2018/11 3rd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (2018/11/21 - 2018/11/22)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
2014/05/06 - 2014/05/09 2nd International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (2014/05/06 - 2014/05/09)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Marmara Üniversitesi, Turkey
2012/05/09 - 2012/05/11 1st International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives (2012/05/09 - 2012/05/11)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/12/11 Sea cucumbers as a source of proteins with biomimetic interest: Adhesive and connective tissue-stiffening proteins from Holothuria forskali.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marie Bonneel (PhD)
Université de Mons, Belgium
2020/02/22 Characterization of glycoproteins involved in sea urchin adhesion
Supervisor
 Inês Vieira Peres Ventura (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020/02 Production of recombinant sea-urchin inspired adhesive proteins and analysis of its adhesive properties to different substrates
Supervisor
 Joana Domingues Leal Batista (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/01 Análise da variação interespecífica da composição do adesivo dos ouriços do mar.
Supervisor
 Lisa Marina Rodrigues Gaspar (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/10 Characterisation of the carbohydrate fraction of the adhesive secreted by the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus
Supervisor
 Mariana Dias Simão (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 Heterologous expression of three uncharacterised barnacle cyprid proteins using a bacterial system specialised for disulfide bond formation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 David Webb (Master)
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
2019 A Slimy Situation: Uncovering the Composition and Mechanism of the Slime Secretion from Two Species of Bobtail Squid, Sepioloidea lineolata and Sepiadarium austrinum (Sepiadariidae: Cephalopoda), Using Integrated ‘Omics and Microscopy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nikeisha Jean Caruana (PhD)
La Trobe University School of Life Sciences, Australia
2019 Echinoderm Biodiversity and Biogeography in Oceanic Islands: the Azores as a case study.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Patrícia Gomes Antunes Madeira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/12/12 Étude du phénomène d'adhésion chez la larve d'huître creuse Crassostrea gigas au stade pédivéligère.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Valentin Foulon (PhD)
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
2018/12 An evolutionary perspective on the circadian system in western Iberian Squalius freshwater species
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Moreno (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/06 Résistance à l'hydrodynamisme chez l'oursin Paracentrotus lividus dans l'océan actuel et futur: Une approche biomécanique et comportementale.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mishal Cohen-Rengifo (PhD)
Université de Mons, Belgium
2017/03 Temporary adhesion and regeneration in the marine flatworm Macrostomum lignano.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Birgit Lengeren (PhD)
Universität Innsbruck, Austria
2015/11 Defense mechanisms in sea cucumbers: Morphology, biochemistry and mechanics of Cuvierian tubules in two species from the genus Holothuria.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mélanie Demeuldre (PhD)
Université de Mons, Belgium
2015 Cloning, Expression and Purification of a Sea Urchin adhesive protein towards the development of a new biomedical adhesive.
Supervisor
 Ana Catarina Alcarva Pontes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 New insights into mutable collagenous tissues: an inspiring model for tissue regeneration.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Lopes Ribeiro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011 Proteomics based approach to understand tissue regeneration: Starfish as a model organism.
Supervisor
 Catarina Ferraz Franco (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010 Proteómica da paramiloidose
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Catarina Leite Guerreiro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 Efeitos da Glicação sobre o Glioxalase II.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Samuel Gilberto (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current PeerJ O'Reilly and SAGE
2021 - 2021 Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Portfolio
2021 - 2021 BMC Genomics ( 1471-2164) BioMed Central
2021 - 2021 Coatings (2079-6412) MDPI
2020 - 2020 Journal of Proteomics (1874-3919) Elsevier
2020 - 2020 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1469-7769) Cambridge University Press
2019 - 2019 Applied Sciences (2076-3417) MDPI
2019 - 2019 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (1471-2970) The Royal Society
2018 - 2018 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (2190-4286) Beilstein-Institut
2018 - 2018 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (0022-0981) Elsevier
2018 - 2018 The Journal of Adhesion (1545-5823) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2018 - 2018 Journal of Experimental Biology (1477-9145) The Company of Biologists
2018 - 2018 Journal of Proteome Research (1535-3907) American Chemical Society
2008 - 2018 Marine Biotechnology (1436-2236) Springer-Verlag
2007 - 2018 Journal of The Royal Society Interface (1742-5662) The Royal Society
2017 - 2017 Journal of Marine Biology & Oceanography (2324-8661) OMICS Publishing Group
2017 - 2017 Journal of Morphology (1097-4687) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2014 - 2017 Interface Focus (2042-8901) The Royal Society
2016 - 2016 Marine Biology (1432-1793) Springer-Verlag
2014 - 2016 Zoology (0944-2006) Elsevier
2006 - 2016 Biofouling (1029-2454) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2015 - 2015 Insect Molecular Biology (1365-2583) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2013 - 2013 Aquaculture (0044-8486) Elsevier
2013 - 2013 Frontiers in Zoology (1742-9994) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2013 - 2013 Nature Communications (2041-1723) Springer Nature
2011 - 2011 Arthropode-plant interactions (1872-8855) Springer
2011 - 2011 Biological Bulletin (1939-8697) The University of Chicago Press
2009 - 2010 Aquaculture Research (1365-2109) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2009 - 2009 Journal of Biomedical Materials Research (1097-4636) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2008 - 2008 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1096-4959) Elsevier
2007 - 2007 Bulletin of Marine Science (0007-4977)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current The European Society of Marine Biotechnology Membro
2017 - Current Society of Experimental Biology Membro
2014 - Current Ordem dos Biólogos Membro efetivo
2013 - Current Associação Nacional de Investigadores em Ciência e a Tecnologia Membro efetivo

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2012 - 2012 14th International Echinoderm Conference Bélgica
2011 - 2011 7th European Echinoderm Conference Alemanha

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09 - Current Animal Physiology Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Reproduction Biology Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/02 - Current Animal Biology II Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Marine Biology Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/01 Animal behavior Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/09 - 2014/07 Molecular and Cellular Biology Medicina Dentária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2009/09 - 2014/07 Development Biology Medicina Dentária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/11 - 2018/11 90 segundos de Ciência Pés de ouriço-do-mar guardam segredo para o desenvolvimento de adesivos biocompatíveis
2018/04 - 2018/04 Biosfera
2017/06 - 2017/06 Planeta Mar Bioadesivos marinhos
2016/12 - 2016/12 Dias do Futuro Os Bioadesivos e a Exposição Clima 360º

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - 2022 Journal of Marine Sciences and Engineering (2077-1312) MDPI AG
Distinctions

Award

2018 Adhesion Innovation Award - 3rd Joint Prize
Association of the European Adhesive and Sealant Industry, Belgium
2007 Best poster award at the Advanced Summer Course in Cell-Material Interactions, Porto, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2005 Best oral presentation at the Annual Main Meeting Society for Experimental Biology, Barcelona, Spain
Society for Experimental Biology, United Kingdom