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Inês de Oliveira Santos is a researcher with an academic background in Biomedical Engineering. She earned her Integrated Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, specializing in Clinical Engineering, from the University of Minho in Portugal. Her thesis focused on "The role of prophages in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm-related infections." Throughout her academic journey, Inês has actively participated in scientific events, including the Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, and other conferences such as Microbiotec'23 and Viruses of Microbes. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Minho, with a research project titled "Control of salmonellosis in the poultry industry, employing nanoencapsulated aptamers of nucleic acid mimics."
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês de Oliveira Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C016-2B2B-2588
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3525-2959

Email addresses

  • ines.santos@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/01 - 2028
Ongoing
Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Control of salmonellosis, in the poultry industry, employing nanoencapsulated aptamers of nucleic acid mimics." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09/20 - 2022/11/30
Concluded
Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Engenharia Clínica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"The role of prophages in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm-related infections" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/11/29 - 2023/11/29 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/01/01 - Current PhD Student Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/01/01 - Current PhD Student Als Life Sciences Portugal, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current Control of salmonellosis, in the poultry industry, employing nanoencapsulated aptamers of nucleic acid mimics.
2023.01319.BDANA
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/11/29 - 2023/11/29 Understanding antibiotic resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci: a transcriptomics approach
EXPL/BIA-MIC/0032/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Santos, Inês; França, Â. Corresponding author: França, Â. "Induced resistance to vancomycin impairs biofilm formation by S. epidermidis". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/07 - 2024/11/08 Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium (CBEDS) aims to promote the exchange of knowledge between students, teachers and researchers from the Chemical and Biological Engineering fields. (2024/11/07 - 2024/11/08)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/11/20 - 2024/11/20 Demonstration of scientific activities at “CEB em Exposição” held as part of the “Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia”.
Exhibition
Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Exhibition “Vírus que tratam doenças” at “Noite Europeia dos Investigadores”.
Exhibition
Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/09 Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023
Congress
Microbiotec'23
2022/07/18 - 2022/07/22 International conference intends to spotlight the most recent advances in ecology and evolution of microbial viruses, virus structures and function, virus-host interaction, agro-food, veterinary and environmental biotechnology applications and phage therapy.
Conference
Viruses of Microbes
2021/10/15 - 2021/10/17 "Biofilm transcriptomics: Quantifying gene expression from pathogenic bacterial biofilms": hands-on workshop to provide experimental training on gene expression quantification in bacteria, covering procedures such as RNA extraction, synthesis of complementary DNA and quantitative PCR.
Workshop
Biofilm transcriptomics: Quantifying gene expression from pathogenic bacterial biofilms
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal