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Edgar J. Castanheira is a PhD student in COMPASS - CICECO in the University of Aveiro. I have a Bachelor's in Applied Chemistry and a Master's in Bioorganic Chemistry (FCT-UNL). In my Master thesis (IST-UL), my research was focused on synthesis of smart glyco polymers and mesoporous silica nanoparticles to obtain smart hybrid glyconanoparticles for therapy and diagnose. Currently, my work is based on the chemical modification and conjugation of natural-origin polymers with bioactive molecules in order to develop hydrogels for tissue engineering. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: organic chemistry; silica nanoparticles; polymer science; biomedical applications; marine biotechnology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Edgar Castanheira

Citation names

  • Castanheira, Edgar J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C31F-CF1D-1312
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8144-648X

Email addresses

  • eaj.castanheira@gmail.com (Professional)
  • e.castanheira@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/11/01 - 2024/06/30
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Nanociências e Nanotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2016/09/19 - 2018/11/20
Concluded
 Química Bioorgânica (Mestrado)
Major in Química Orgânica para aplicações biomedicas
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa , Portugal
"Smart Mesoporous Silica Glyconanoparticles for Theranostics " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18/20
2013/09/09 - 2016/06/20
Concluded
 Química Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Major in Applied Chemistry - General Profile
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologida da Universiadade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
"Síntese de Novos flavílios para células solares DSSC (Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/01 - 2019/10/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018/12/10 - 2019/01/31 Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2018/06/30 Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/02/01 - Current COP2P – Efficient methodologies for the conjugation of natural polysaccharides with peptides to obtain multifunctional membranes for periodontal regeneration
PTDC/QUI-QOR/30771/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2018/06/30 Metal-Organic Frameworks as light harvesting nanomaterials
PTDC/CTM-NAN/6249/2014
Research Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. João M. M. Rodrigues; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Costa, D.C.S.; Rocha, D. H. A.; Joao F. Mano; Joao Borges. Corresponding author: Joao F. Mano. "Extending the Functionality of Marine-origin Polysaccharides Through Chemical Modification for Biomedical Applications". In Soft Matter for Biomedical Applications. 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. João Rocha Maia; Miguel Bilo; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Ana Sofia Silva; Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita; Mano, Joao F.. "Advancing nanocomposite phase interaction to 3D-print natural-derived low-viscous biomaterials". Paper presented in Supralife Second School, 2024.
  2. Vera Sousa; Adérito J. R. Amaral; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Marques, Igor; João M. M. Rodrigues; Félix, Vítor; João Borges; Mano, Joao F.. "G-quadruplex based supramolecular hydrogels as versatile perfusable platforms for bioapplications". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023, 2023.
  3. João Rocha Maia; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita; Mano, Joao F.. "Bioengineered nanocomposite inks: Yielding 3D printable inks from low-viscosity natural biomaterials". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO ´23, 2023.
  4. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Luís P. G. Monteiro; João Rocha Maia; Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita; Wittig, Nina K.; Rodrigues, João M. M.; Birkedal, Henrik; Mano, Joao F.. "Micro-CT analysis of 3D printed cryogel nanocomposites for bone regeneration". Paper presented in DanScatt Annual Meeting, 2023.
  5. João Rocha Maia; Miguel Bilo; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita; Mano, Joao F.. "From low-viscosity materials to nanocomposite inks: a universal strategy for 3D printing applications". Paper presented in Termis, 2023.
  6. João Rocha Maia; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita; Mano, Joao F.. "Engineering Nanocomposite Inks Via Interface Interaction". Paper presented in Supralife First School, 2023.
  7. Maia, João; Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Mano, Joao F.. "Tuneable and light-responsive nanocomposite for bone regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO, 2022.
  8. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Luís P. G. Monteiro; João M. M. Rodrigues; Tiago R. Correia; Vítor M. Gaspar; João F. Mano. "Injectable gelatin cryogels for tissue engineering". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022 - Hand in hand with society, 2022.
  9. Luís P. G. Monteiro; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Tiago R. Correia; João M. M. Rodrigues; Mano, Joao F.. Corresponding author: Luís P. G. Monteiro. "Tunable hybrid 3D printing cryogels - a personalized vehicle towards bone regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023, 2022.
  10. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Tiago R. Correia; Rodrigues, J. M. M.; Mano, Joao F.. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, J. M. M.. "3D Printed cryogels (sponges) for bone regeneration". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2021, 2021.
  11. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Tiago R. Correia; João M. M. Rodrigues; Mano, Joao F.. Corresponding author: Castanheira, Edgar J.. "Biodegradable laminarin microgels as a delivery system". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2020, 2020.
  12. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Dr. Carina Crucho; Prof. Dr. Carlos Baleizão ; Prof. Dr. José Paulo S. Farinha. "Glyconanoparticles for Liver Cancer Targeting". Paper presented in 6th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Tiago R. Correia; Luís P. G. Monteiro; Gaspar, Vítor M.; Mano, Joao F.; João M. M. Rodrigues. Corresponding author: João M. M. Rodrigues. "In-bath 3D Printing Anisotropic Shape-memory Cryogels Functionalized with Bone Bioactive Nanoparticles". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 15 (2024): 18386-18399. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18290.
    Open access • Published
  2. Amaral, Katia R.; Silva, A. Sofia; Santos, Lúcia F.; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Mendes, Maria C.; Costa, Dora C.S.; Rodrigues, João M. M.; Marto, Joana; Mano, João F.. "Biomimetic Adhesive Micropatterned Hydrogel Patches for Drug Release". Advanced Healthcare Materials 12 28 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202301513.
    10.1002/adhm.202301513
  3. Sousa, Vera; Amaral, Adérito J. R.; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Marques, Igor; Rodrigues, João M. M.; Félix, Vítor; Borges, João; Mano, João F.. "Self-Supporting Hyaluronic Acid-Functionalized G-Quadruplex-Based Perfusable Multicomponent Hydrogels Embedded in Photo-Cross-Linkable Matrices for Bioapplications". Biomacromolecules 24 7 (2023): 3380-3396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00433.
    10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00433
  4. Castanheira, Edgar J.; João R. Maia ; João M. M. Rodrigues; Rita Sobreiro-Almeida; João F. Mano. Corresponding author: João F. Mano. "Engineering natural based nanocomposite inks via interface interaction for extrusion 3D printing". Methods 212 (2023): 39-57.
    Accepted
  5. José L. M. Gonçalves; Edgar J. Castanheira; Sérgio P. C. Alves; Carlos Baleizão; José Paulo Farinha. "Grafting with RAFT—gRAFT Strategies to Prepare Hybrid Nanocarriers with Core-shell Architecture". Polymers (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12102175.
    10.3390/polym12102175
  6. Castanheira, Edgar J.; Correia, Tiago R.; Rodrigues, João M. M.; Mano, João F.. "Novel biodegradable laminarin microparticles for biomedical applications". Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20200034.
    Published • 10.1246/bcsj.20200034
Newsletter article
  1. Castanheira, Edgar ; Carneiro, Bruno. "Oseltamivir, da ideia ao Tamiflu", Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química , 2017, https://www.spq.pt/magazines/BSPQuimica/681.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Castanheira, Edgar J.. "Smart Mesoporous Silica Glyconanoparticles for Theranostic". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2018. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/56364.
  2. Castanheira, Edgar J.. "Synthesis of new flavylium dyes for dye sensitized solar cells". Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2016.

Other

Other output
  1. Replication Data for: Self-supporting hyaluronic acid-functionalised G-quadruplex based perfusable multicomponent hydrogels embedded in photocrosslinkable matrices for bioapplications. Replication Data for: Self-supporting hyaluronic acid-functionalised G-quadruplex based perfusable multicomponent hydrogels embedded in photocrosslinkable matrices for bioapplications. 2023. Vera Sousa; Adérito J. R. Amaral; Castanheira, Edgar J.; Marques, Igor; João M. M. Rodrigues; Félix, Vítor; João Borges; Mano, Joao F.. https://dunas.ua.pt/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.48527/BNBQJY.
    10.48527/BNBQJY
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/07/13 3D printed and injectable laminarin nanocomposite cryogels Research Summit
(Portugal)
2022/06/21 3D printed methacrylated gelatin cryogels for tissue engineering First Symposium for YouNg Chemists: Innovation and Sustainability (SYNC2022)
Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, Italy)
2021/11/15 Biodegradable laminarin microgels for biomolecules release 6th word congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
(Netherlands)
2020/12/11 Novel laminarin-based microcarriers for drug delivery applications 11th World Biomaterials Congress 2020
2018/10/25 Solution NMR for Silica Nanoparticles Surface Coverage Quantification Modern Methods of Structure Elucidation
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/07/14 Smart Hybrid Glyconanocarriers for Theranostics on 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/02/01 Smart Mesoporous Silica Glyconanoparticles for Theranostics 7th edition of the "Jornadas Intercalares dos Mestrados do DQ e DCV"
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Monte da Caparica, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2015/10/12 - 2016/02/04 17th Technological conference at FCT-UNL entitled “Química aos Montes” - A conference where chemists pitched about their academic path and current work. (2016/02/04)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/10/12 - 2022/10/12 Poster presentation
Conference
 Jornadas CICECO 2022 - Hand in hand with society
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/07 Poster presentation at Jornadas CICECO 2021 - ADVANCING SCIENCE SHAPING SOCIETY
Conference
 Jornadas CICECO 21 - ADVANCING SCIENCE SHAPING SOCIETY
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2020/10/19 - 2020/10/20 Poster presentation at Jornadas CICECO 2020 - THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND CICECO Jornadas CICECO 2020 - THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND CICECO
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/10/21 - 2019/10/25 Demonstration sessions on chemical strategies for polymer modification and characterisation. Preparation of hydrogels for tissue engineering and drug delivery.
Workshop
 3rd Training School on Bioinspired Adhesive Hydrogels and Polymers
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/12 Techdays' representative of the COMPASS research group - CICECO - University of Aveiro exhibitor
Exhibition
 Techdays Aveiro
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018/10/21 - 2018/10/25 Attended to the annual national training site on modern spectroscopic analytical techniques (NMR, ESI-MS, X-ray diffraction and EPR). Modern Methods of Structure Elucidation
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/06/26 - 2018/06/28 Technical workshop in advanced characterization of polymers (Thermal Analysis; Rheology; Electron and Optical Microscopy).
Workshop
 Polímeros 2018
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal

Pólo de Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/12 - 2024/01 Materials today bio Elsevier
Distinctions

Award

2019 FCT PhD Studentship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal