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João Carvalho has a graduation in Biomedical Sciences (2016) and a master’s degree in clinical Biochemistry (2018) by the University of Aveiro (UA, Portugal). He is currently a PhD Student at BioPol4Fun group (CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materiais). He is the author of 13 scientific publications, 1 book chapter and multiple communications in international conferences like the EPNOE International Polysaccharide Conference. His research interests include the innovative use of biotechnology, biomaterials, and biopolymers for biomedical and drug-delivery applications. In his free time João is also a musician (lyrically-trained singer) and litterature enthusiast.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pedro Fernandes Carvalho

Citation names

  • Carvalho, João
  • João P. F. Carvalho

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C31A-CA5D-29C0
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3166-450X

Email addresses

  • joaop.carvalho@outlook.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/01 - 2025
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2016/09/09 - 2018/12/20
Concluded
 Mestrado em Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Major in Bioquímica Clínica
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Multi-layered nanosystems for the controlled release of anticancer drugs" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2013/09/26 - 2016/06/21
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Major in Menor em Biomedicina Farmacêutica
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Development of nanostructured microcarrier-based bioinks from protein nanofibrils for improved 3D-bioprinting
2020.09018.BD
10.54499/2020.09018.BD
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2019/12/02 - 2021/12/31 AgroForWealth: Biorrefinação de subprodutos agrícolas e florestais: uma estratégia de valorização de recursos para o bem-estar social e a sustentabilidade
AGROFORWEALTH CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000001
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Carvalho, João P.F.; Freire, Carmen S.R.; Vilela, Carla. "Active Packaging". In Sustainable Food Processing and Engineering Challenges, edited by Charis M. Galanakis, 315-341. Elsevier, 2021.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-822714-5.00009-7
Conference poster
  1. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Jorge L. Luís; Author=(Oliveira H OR Oliveira Helena) AND Address=(Aveiro); Jose Martinho Marques de Oliveira; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Conductive composite hydrogel-based bioinks for the 3D bioprinting of cardiac tissue platforms". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO 2024, 2024.
  2. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Jorge L. Luís; Author=(Oliveira H OR Oliveira Helena) AND Address=(Aveiro); Jose Martinho Marques de Oliveira; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Electrically conductive polysaccharide-based hydrogel bioinks for the 3D bioprinting of cardiac tissue platforms". Paper presented in 6th EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting, 2024.
  3. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Filipe S. Matos; Jorge L. Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "3D bioprinting of living structures using curcumin loaded alginate-based hydrogel bioinks for wound healing applications". Paper presented in VII iBiMED Symposium, 2024.
  4. João P. F. Carvalho; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Maria C. Teixeira; Jorge L. Luís; Helena Oliveira; Jose Martinho Marques de Oliveira; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Exploiting cellulose-based bioinks for the 3D bioprinting of living tissue analogs". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO 2023, 2023.
  5. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Filipe S. Matos; Jorge L. Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "Development of alginate-based bioinks with curcumin loaded cellulose particles for 3D-bioprinting of drug-releasing living structures". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2023.
  6. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Filipe S. Matos; Jorge L. Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "3D bioprinting of skin cells with alginate hydrogel based composite bioinks for drug delivery applications". Paper presented in SupraLife First School Functional Supramolecular Polymeric Biomaterials, 2023.
  7. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Filipe S. Matos; Jorge L. Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "Novel alginate hydrogel-based inks with curcumin loaded-cellulose acetate particles for the 3D printing of drug releasing systems". Paper presented in EPNOE Workshop Rome – Polysaccharides in drug delivery – on the road to innovation!, 2022.
  8. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Filipe S. Matos; Jorge L. Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "Alginate hydrogel-based bioinks enhanced with cellulose acetate carriers for the 3D bioprinting of drug-releasing structures". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO 2022, 2022.
  9. João P. F. Carvalho; Nuno H.C.S. Silva; Mota, Joana P.; Almeida, Tânia Santos de; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carla Vilela; Rosado, Catarina; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Storage Stability and Cutaneous Compatibility of Bacterial Nanocellulose-based Systems for Topical Drug-Delivery". Paper presented in 5th International EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting 2022, 2022.
  10. João P. F. Carvalho; Ana C. Q. Silva; Verónica Bastos; Helena Oliveira; Ricardo J. B. Pinto; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "New adhesive patches based on bacterial cellulose, hyaluronic acid and diclofenac for the treatment of aphthous stomatitis". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2020, 2020.
  11. João P. F. Carvalho; Tiago Carvalho; Nuno H. C. S. Silva; Ricardo J. B. Pinto; Helena Oliveira; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Layered nanosystems based on polysaccharides and protein nanofibers for the controlled release of curcumin as anticancer biomolecule". Paper presented in 6th EPNOE International Polysaccharide Conference, 2019.
Journal article
  1. João P. F. Carvalho; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Maria C. Teixeira; Jorge Luís; Author=(Oliveira H OR Oliveira Helena) AND Address=(Aveiro); Jose Martinho Marques de Oliveira; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carla Vilela; Carmen Sofia Rocha Freire. "All-Cellulose Hydrogel-Based Bioinks for the Versatile 3D Bioprinting of Different Cell Lines". Biomacromolecules (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01546.
    10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01546
  2. Lameirinhas, N.S.; Carvalho, J.P.F.; Teixeira, M.C.; Luís, J.L.; Esmail, A.; Pinto, R.J.B.; Oliveira, H.; et al. "Nanocomposite hydrogel-based bioinks composed of a fucose-rich polysaccharide and nanocellulose fibers for 3D-bioprinting applications". Bioprinting 45 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85214100612&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bprint.2024.e00382
  3. Brugnoli, M.; Carvalho, J.P.F.; Arena, M.P.; Oliveira, H.; Vilela, C.; Freire, C.S.R.; Gullo, M.. "Co-cultivation of Komagataeibacter sp. and Lacticaseibacillus sp. strains to produce bacterial nanocellulose-hyaluronic acid nanocomposite membranes for skin wound healing applications". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 299 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85215600443&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.140208
  4. Teixeira, M.C.; Lameirinhas, N.S.; Carvalho, J.P.F.; Luís, J.; Oliveira, H.; Oliveira, J.M.; Silvestre, A.J.D.; Vilela, C.; Freire, C.S.R.. "Biobased hydrogel bioinks of pectin, nanocellulose and lysozyme nanofibrils for the bioprinting of A375 melanoma cell-laden 3D in vitro platforms". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 282 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85208193665&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.136958
  5. João P. F. Carvalho; Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Filipe S. Matos; Jorge L. Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "Hydrogel Bioinks of Alginate and Curcumin-Loaded Cellulose Ester-Based Particles for the Biofabrication of Drug-Releasing Living Tissue Analogs". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c07077.
    10.1021/acsami.3c07077
  6. Nicole S. Lameirinhas; Maria C. Teixeira; João P.F. Carvalho; Bruno F.A. Valente; Ricardo J.B. Pinto; Helena Oliveira; Jorge L. Luís; et al. "Nanofibrillated cellulose/gellan gum hydrogel-based bioinks for 3D bioprinting of skin cells". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 229 (2023): 849-860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.227.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.227
  7. Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; João P. F. Carvalho; Bruno F. A. Valente; Jorge Luís; Liliana Pires; Helena Oliveira; et al. "Alginate-Lysozyme Nanofibers Hydrogels with Improved Rheological Behavior, Printability and Biological Properties for 3D Bioprinting Applications". Nanomaterials (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12132190.
    10.3390/nano12132190
  8. Maria C. Teixeira; Nicole S. Lameirinhas; João P. F. Carvalho; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "A Guide to Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogel Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting Applications". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126564.
    10.3390/ijms23126564
  9. João P. F. Carvalho; Ana C. Q. Silva; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carmen S. R. Freire; Carla Vilela. "Spherical Cellulose Micro and Nanoparticles: A Review of Recent Developments and Applications". Nanomaterials 11 10 (2021): 2744-2744. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102744.
    10.3390/nano11102744
  10. Daniela F. S. Fonseca; João P. F. Carvalho; Verónica Bastos; Helena Oliveira; Catarina Moreirinha; Adelaide Almeida; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire. "Antibacterial Multi-Layered Nanocellulose-Based Patches Loaded with Dexpanthenol for Wound Healing Applications". Nanomaterials 10 12 (2020): 2469-2469. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122469.
    10.3390/nano10122469
  11. Gomes, Carolina; Ferreira, Diana; Carvalho, João P. F.; Barreto, Carlos A. V.; Fernandes, Joana; Gouveia, Marisol; Ribeiro, Fernando; Duque, Ana S.; Vieira, Sandra I.. "Current genetic engineering strategies for the production of antihypertensive ACEI peptides". Biotechnology and Bioengineering 117 8 (2020): 2610-2628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.27373.
    10.1002/bit.27373
  12. Carvalho, João P. F.; Silva, Ana C. Q.; Bastos, Verónica; Oliveira, Helena; Pinto, Ricardo J. B.; Silvestre, Armando J. D.; Vilela, Carla; Freire, Carmen S. R.. "Nanocellulose-Based Patches Loaded with Hyaluronic Acid and Diclofenac towards Aphthous Stomatitis Treatment". Nanomaterials 10 4 (2020): 628. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano10040628.
    10.3390/nano10040628
  13. Silva, Nuno H. C. S.; Mota, Joana P.; Almeida, Tânia Santos de; Carvalho, João P. F.; Silvestre, Armando J. D.; Vilela, Carla; Rosado, Catarina; Freire, Carmen S. R.. "Topical Drug Delivery Systems Based on Bacterial Nanocellulose: Accelerated Stability Testing". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 4 (2020): 1262. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041262.
    10.3390/ijms21041262

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Carmen S. R. Freire; Carla Vilela; Armando J. D. Silvestre; João P. F. Carvalho; Jose Martinho Marques de Oliveira. 2025. "COMPOSITION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING COMPRISING A COMPOSITE HYDROGEL, PROCESS FOR OBTAINING SAID COMPOSITION, AND PROCESS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF AN OBJECT USING SAID COMPOSITION". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/04 Electrically conductive polysaccharide-based hydrogel bioinks for the 3D bioprinting of cardiac tissue platforms 6th EPNOE Junior Scientist Meeting
BOKU University (Viena, Austria)
2024/07 Nanocomposite biopolymeric hydrogel bioinks for advanced 3D bioprinting Research Summit 2024
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/05/08 Workshop: Novos materiais biopoliméricos para uma sociedade mais sustentável Fórum de Engenharia Química e Biológica
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/09/18 Development of all-cellulose bioinks for the 3D bioprinting of tissue constructs EPNOE International Conference
Graz University of Technology (Graz, Austria)
2023/07/12 Innovative nanocomposite hydrogel-based bioinks for 3D bioprinting Research Summit 2023
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/13 Improving alginate hydrogel-based bioinks for 3D-bioprinting applications Research Summit 2022
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/09/02 EPNOE Webinar- Theme topic: Biomedical Applications - Polysaccharide based bioinks for 3D-bioprinting applications EPNOE Webinars
European Polysaccharide Network of Excelence (EPNOE)
2021/07/07 Development of nanostructured microcarrier-based bioinks from protein nanofibrils for improved 3D-bioprinting Research Summit 2021
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/02/03 Bacterial nanocellulose based patches loaded with hyaluronic acid and diclofenac for the treatment of oral aphthous ulcers 4th EPNOE Junior Scientists Meeting
EPNOE - European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (Leuven, Belgium)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/05/25 - Current AIM Further 2022 - A meeting comprising lectures, workshops and networking organized by CAD for CICECO PhD Students (2022/05/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/10/21 - 2019/10/25 6th EPNOE International Polysaccharide Conference - This congress is an initiative of EPNOE, the Cellulose and Renewable Division of the American Chemistry Society (ACS), and the Cellulose Society of Japan (CSJ) and was hosted in Aveiro, Portugal for the first time. The ambition of the EPNOE International Polysaccharides Conferences is to bring together researchers from academia and industry working or interested in polysaccharides related R&D topics, to disseminate results and to promote a networking platform for close interactions. (2019/10/21 - 2019/10/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/04/30 - Current XPerimenta 2024 - Neste evento, foram apresentados ao público (especialmente a alunos do ensino secundário), os diversos departamentos e unidades da Universidade de Aveiro - neste caso, a apresentação dos projetos, equipamentos e atuais linhas de investigação do grupo BioPol4Fun (CICECO - Universidade de Aveiro).
Other
 XPerimenta 2024
Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal
2021/03/17 - 2021/03/17 In the last years, both computer simulation and animal models have been crucial to the several fields of clinical research. This Workshop provided a venue to discuss the importance and applicability of in silico studies and animal models in the investigation and comprehension of the mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis, as well as in the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
Seminar
 From in silico to animals models for the study of human diseases
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/20 "THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND CICECO: what have we learned from the pandemic?", reflects the changes we were and will be forced to face on our ways of doing science, on what science we should be doing, on applying for funding and priority R&D lines, and on what we need to do to improve our publishing and communication skills.
Meeting
 THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND CICECO - Jornadas CICECO 2020
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018/11/20 - 2018/11/20 Palestras sobre sinalização celular, com especial enfoque na importância das mesmas nas mais diversas áreas da biomedicina e no seu contributo para algumas patologias.
Other
 Signaling Afternoon
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2017/03/27 - 2017/03/28 Neste evento, foram apresentados ao público (especialmente a alunos do ensino secundário), os diversos departamentos e unidades da Universidade de Aveiro - neste caso, a apresentação dos projetos, equipamentos e atuais linhas de investigação do grupo BioPol4Fun (CICECO - Universidade de Aveiro).
Exhibition
 UA Open Campus
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/10/14 O Angelini University Award é uma iniciativa promovida pela Angelini Farmacêutica para jovens universitários a frequentar o ensino superior em Portugal. O objetivo do concurso é fomentar projetos multidisciplinares e com aplicabilidade prática que permitam gerar a inovação e promover o empreendedorismo jovem.
Call
 Angelini University Awards 2016
Morada Angelini Farmacêutica Lda, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2016/08/15 Programa apoiado pela Câmara Municipal de Felgueiras para estimular ações de voluntariado desenvolvidas por estudantes do ensino superior do Concelho de Felgueiras, apoiando as Associações do Concelho nas suas atividades.
Other
 Programa Municipal de Voluntariado Jovem 2016
Câmara Municipal de Felgueiras, Portugal
2016/03/09 - 2016/03/12 Em 2010, os estudantes de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade de Aveiro foram pioneiros desta iniciativa e, desde então, estas têm sido organizadas, alternadamente, pela Universidade de Aveiro, pela Universidade da Beira Interior e pela Universidade do Algarve. As jornadas constituem um projeto que avançou com o intuito de debater a investigação biomédica em Portugal e os temas que suscitam discussão na comunidade científica, e de lançar novos desafios à ciência e novas oportunidades para os investigadores no geral.
Meeting
 VII Jornadas Nacionais de Ciências Biomédicas
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2016/03/01 Palestras com o intuito de fomentar o espírito Empreendedor nos alunos do Departamento de Química e da Universidade de Aveiro, organizado pelo Núcleo de Estudantes de Química - AAUAv.
Seminar
 Ser ou não ser Empreendedor?
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current Associação Cultural e Recreativa Berço das Artes Presidente da Direção
2016 - 2018 Associação Cultural e Recreativa Berço das Artes Vogal da Direção

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/09 - 2022/11 Membro da Comissão de Alunos de Doutoramento do CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 Best Oral Presentation (Public Vote) - 4th EPNOE Junior Scientists Meeting