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I completed my bachelor in Biologia-Geologia in 2016 and the Master in Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas in 2019 by University of Minho. Currently, I’m attending the Biology Doctoral Program by Porto University in Sciences Faculty, since 2020. Published 2 articles in journals (International Journal of Nanomedicine and Science of Total Environment) as first author and 1 book section. Organized 1 congress event and participated in 2 conference events with oral presentations and other conferences with posters. I also received 1 award, in 2022, the IACOBUS Papers Award.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sofia Daniela Silva Machado

Citation names

  • Machado, Sofia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C015-B55D-7E50
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5170-0101

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02/01 - 2025/02/01
Ongoing
Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
2016/09 - 2019/12/19
Concluded
Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Green synthesis of bioactive nanoparticles in algae from North Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2013/09 - 2016/06
Concluded
Biologia-Geologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
13
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lúcio, Marlene; Fernandes, Eduarda; Gonçalves, Hugo; Machado, Sofia; C. Gomes, Andreia; Elisabete C.D. Real Oliveira, Maria. "Graphene-Based Nanosystems: Versatile Nanotools for Theranostics and Bioremediation". In Theranostics - An Old Concept in New Clothing [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021.
    10.5772/intechopen.96337
Journal article
  1. Machado, Sofia; Pereira, Ruth; Sousa, Rose Marie O.F.. "Nanobiopesticides: Are they the future of phytosanitary treatments in modern agriculture?". Science of The Total Environment 896 (2023): 166401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166401.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166401
  2. Machado, Sofia; Gonzalez-Ballesteros, Noelia; Goncalves, Anabela; Magalhães, Luana; Sárria Pereira de Passos, Marisa; Rodriguez-Argüelles, Maria Carmen; Castro Gomes, Andreia. "Toxicity in vitro and in Zebrafish Embryonic Development of Gold Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using Cystoseira Macroalgae Extracts". International Journal of Nanomedicine Volume 16 (2021): 5017-5036. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/ijn.s300674.
    Published • 10.2147/ijn.s300674
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/29 Environmental safety evaluation of chitosan nanoparticles loaded with essential oils as new biopesticides Workshop Growing Greener: Exploring Sustainable Agriculture Approaches
(Porto, Portugal)
2019/09 20th Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX) as first author of an oral presentation entitled "Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using brown algae Cystoseira baccata and Cystoseira tamariscifolia: Comparing toxicity and bioactivity" 20th Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX)
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/04/01 - 2024/07/05 Encontro Anual das Ciências do Solo 2024 (2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
2022/07/21 - 2022/07/22 Organizing Committe of Smart and Circular Agriculture towards Sustainability Congress, that aims to address topics related with technology, science and education triangle, by inviting all actors from the academy, industry and agriculture sector, to present their main achievements and points of view, contributing for fruitful discussions. (2022/07/21 - 2022/07/22)
Congress
Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/09 - Current Workshop "How to Write a Great Research Paper" in Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde (ICVS), Escola de Medicina
Workshop
How to Write a Great Research Paper
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/07 - Current Participation in the 8th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (RICI8) as second author of the posters "Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles led by algae Cystoseira tamariscifolia and evaluation of their biological activity" and "In vivo neurotoxicity validation of nanoparticles in Zebrafish"
Meeting
8th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (RICI8)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/06 - Current Workshop on Ageing: Models and Therapies
Workshop
Workshop on Ageing: Models and Therapies
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05 Poster presentation in Encontro Anual das Ciências do Solo 2024, entitled: "Comparative study of clay and chitosan nanobiopesticides incorporating Satureja montana essential oil ".
Conference
Encontro Anual das Ciências do Solo 2024
Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/03 Poster presentation in Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2024 Conference, entitled "Chitosan nanoparticles incorporating four different essential oils: assessment of their ecotoxicological profile"
Conference
Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2024
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/01/29 - 2024/02/02 The Plant Functional Biology course provided an updated overview of the strategies currently deployed towards phenotype-genotype associations in multiple aspects of Plant Science research (i.e. plant development, nutrition, environmental stress, pathogen infection, specialized metabolism).
Other
Advanced Course: PLANT FUNCTIONAL BIOLOGY - Models, crops and genomics strategies towards phenotype-genotype inference
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022/09/05 - 2022/09/09 Advanced course participation on Ecological Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products: Current status and future developments
Other
Ecological Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products: Current status and future developments
Department of Life Sciences of the University of Coimbra, Portugal
2022/07/10 - 2022/07/13 Participation in the 9th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (RICI9) as first author of the poster entitled "Encapsulation and characterization of essential oils into chitosan/tripolyphosphate nanoparticles and ecotoxicity evaluation"
Congress
9th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (RICI9)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/18 Poster presentation in Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2022 Conference, entitled "Micro/nanobiopesticide formulation of Satureja montana essential oil with montmorillonite (MMT): assessing its ecotoxicological impact"
Conference
Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2022
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 EuroNanoForum was an international conference full of new insights about what Europe needs to recover, thrive, and become more resilient, with the support of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials.
Conference
EuroNanoForum
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2021/01/09 - 2021/01/09 Scientific Writing Webinar "General Principles for Getting a Scientific Publication" from ReadyToPub Author Services Provider.
Workshop
Princípios Gerais para Obter uma Publicação Científica
ReadyToPub – Author Services Provider, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/07/15 - 2024/07/19 Introduction to R (Outros) Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 IACOBUS Papers Award
Galicia Norte de Portugal, Agrupamento Europeu de Cooperação Territorial (GNP, AECT), Portugal