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Over the past years, I have had the opportunity to gain valuable experience through research positions at CBQF-ESB, LEPABE-FEUP, the Kaplan Lab and ICTP-CSIC (Portugal, Spain and USA). My work has primarily focused on natural-based materials, encompassing process optimization, particle production, and the development of hydrogels and scaffolds for tissue engineering, which includes bioinks and in vitro models. I'm also passionate about bridging the gap between academia and healthcare technology implementation, with a background in both Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare Economics and Management. I'm a highly motivated person eager to contribute to innovative biotechnology projects that drive progress in the field.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Anabela Alves Veiga

Citation names

  • Veiga, Anabela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CA13-4D1C-28A7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5677-9629

Addresses

  • R. Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, 4200-465, Porto, Porto , Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Composites
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023 - 2023
Concluded
 CITI Program course: Biomedical Research (Outros)
Tufts University, United States
2019/09/21 - 2021/06/30
Concluded
 Master in Health Services Management and Economics (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Management and Economics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021 - 2021
Concluded
 Biomaterials, from concept to clinic (5th edition) (Outros)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2020/02/29 - 2020/03/01
Concluded
 Project Management Training (Outros)
Major in 6th Edition of Project Management Training
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/02/12 - 2019/05/31
Concluded
 Transversal Skills for Engineering: "from Intellectual Property to Business Creation" (Outros)
Major in Entrepreneurship
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 19
2015 - 2018/02/26
Concluded
 Integrated Master in Bioengineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Biomedical Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Synthesis of hydroxyapatite and sericin nanocomposites" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2017/10/21 - 2017/11/25
Concluded
 Professional Training Course - Advanced Excel and Macros (Outros)
Major in Excel
Centro de Serviços e Apoio às Empresas, Portugal
2015/07/28
Concluded
 Bachelor's Degree in Bioengineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Bioengineering
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Sericin as a biomaterial for biomedical applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2012/03/01
Concluded
 English Course and Advanced English Certificate (Level C1) (Outros)
Major in English Course
Bristol School - Instituto de Língua Inglesa, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/17 - 2020/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2019/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2018/07/03 - 2019/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2017/07/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2016/07/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - Current PhD scholarship Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - 2019/12/31 UID/EQU/00511/2019
UID/EQU/00511/2019
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Concluded
2018/07/03 - 2019/09/30 LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION - NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Concluded
2017/05/01 - 2017/07/01 UID/EQU/00511/2013 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2015/01/03 UID/EQU/00511/2013 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Veiga, Anabela. "Silk sericin hydrogels as a promising sustainable platform for skin tissue engineering". Paper presented in 14th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers, 2023.
  2. Veiga, Anabela. "Modular oscillatory flow reactor as a new technology for the continuous production of customized Calcium Phosphates for tissue engineering". Paper presented in Bioceramics 32, 2022.
  3. Veiga, Anabela. "Fabrication of highly tuned Calcium phosphate/silk sericin composites: exploring new pathways on skin regeneration". Paper presented in 31st Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, 2021.
  4. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa ; Rocha, Fernando. "Synthesis of hydroxyapatite and sericin nanocomposites in a stirred tank batch reactor". Paper presented in 4th International meeting on Material/Bioproduct Interaction (MATBIM), 2017.
  5. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando. "Nanocomposites of hydroxyapatite and sericin". Paper presented in 9th Workshop on Biomedical Engineering (WBME), 2017.
Journal article
  1. Veiga, Anabela; Madureira, Sara; Costa, João B.; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando; Oliveira, Ana L.. "Tackling current production of HAp and HAp-driven biomaterials". Materials Advances 4 22 (2023): 5453-5478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00363a.
    10.1039/d3ma00363a
  2. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando; Bernardes, Beatriz; Duarte, Marta M.; Oliveira, Ana Leite. "Opening New Avenues for Bioceramics: Oscillatory Flow Reactors and Upcoming Technologies in Skin-Tissue Engineering". Solid State Phenomena 339 (2022): 79-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-1f087p.
    10.4028/p-1f087p
  3. Anabela Veiga; Rui Magalhães; Marta M. Duarte; JR Dias; Nuno Alves; A. R. Costa-Pinto; Filipa Castro; Fernando Rocha; Ana L. Oliveira. "Continuous Production of Highly Tuned Silk/Calcium-Based Composites: Exploring New Pathways for Skin Regeneration". Molecules (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/7/2249.
    10.3390/molecules27072249
  4. Veiga, Anabela; Ana Catarina Sousa; Belmira Neto. "End-of-life management strategies of pharmaceuticals in Portuguese households". Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy (2022): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0734242X221105416.
  5. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando; Oliveira, Ana L.. "An update on hydroxyapatite/collagen composites: What is there left to say about these bioinspired materials?". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 110 5 (2021): 1192-1205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.34976.
    10.1002/jbm.b.34976
  6. Veiga, Anabela. "Current Trends on Protein Driven Bioinks for 3D Printing". Pharmaceuticals 13 1444 (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/9/1444.
    Published
  7. Veiga, Anabela. "The Influence of BMI on Respiratory Muscle Pressures and Spirometric Parameters: A Portuguese Perspective". (2021): https://www.medicalandresearch.com/assets/articles/documents/DOCUMENT_20211130160030.pdf.
  8. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando; Oliveira, Ana. "Silk-based microcarriers: current developments and future perspectives". IET Nanobiotechnology 14 8 (2020): 645-653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-nbt.2020.0058.
    10.1049/iet-nbt.2020.0058
  9. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; L Oliveira, Ana; Rocha, Fernando. "High efficient strategy for the production of hydroxyapatite/silk sericin nanocomposites". Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 96 1 (2020): 241-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jctb.6532.
    10.1002/jctb.6532
  10. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando; Oliveira, Ana. "Protein-based Hydroxyapatite materials: Tuning composition towards biomedical applications". ACS Applied Bio Materials (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00140.
    10.1021/acsabm.0c00140
  11. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Reis, Cassilda Cunha; Sousa, Aureliana; Oliveira, Ana L.; Rocha, Fernando. "Hydroxyapatite/sericin composites: A simple synthesis route under near-physiological conditions of temperature and pH and preliminary study of the effect of sericin on the biomineralization process". Materials Science and Engineering: C 108 (2020): 110400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110400.
    Published • 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110400
  12. Veiga, Anabela; Ana Catarina Sousa; Ana C. Maurício; Maria A. Lopes; José D. Santos; Belmira Neto. "Assessment of the environmental impacts of medical devices: a review". Environment Development and Sustainability (2020): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-020-01086-1.
    Under revision
  13. Veiga, Anabela; Castro, Filipa; Rocha, Fernando; Oliveira, Ana L.. "Recent Advances in Silk Sericin/Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials". Frontiers in Materials 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00024.
    Published • 10.3389/fmats.2020.00024
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Veiga, Anabela. "Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite and Sericin nanocomposites". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2018.
  2. Veiga, Anabela. "The role of sericin in biomedical applications". Degree, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2015.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Veiga, Anabela; Ana Leite Oliveira. 2023. "Off-The-Shelf Silk Sericin; Methods And Uses Thereof, Patent nr 2023231000146 (07.06.23).".

Other

Other output
  1. Unravelling the Silkworm’s Secrets. 2023. Veiga, Anabela. https://www.timmorch.com/post/unravelling-the-silkworms-secrets.
  2. Unveiling the Exciting Potential of Natural Silk Proteins. 2022. Veiga, Anabela. https://www.seritech.co/unveiling-the-exciting-potential-of-natural-silk-proteins/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 3D BIOPRINTING: BRIDGING THEORY WITH REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE  XXII Jornadas de Engenharia Química
2023 Revolutionizing Silk Production: A Cutting-Edge, Eco-Friendly Approach to Sericin Synthesis and Sterilization 14th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers
2022 REINVENTING CALCIUM PHOSPHATES FOR SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING: CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING OF TAILORED PARTICLES Bioceramics 32
2022 New opportunities for Silk Sericin Gel Design and Sterilization AERoGELS COST Action Training School on 3D Printing of Gels and Aerogels
2020/03/02 "Silk-based microcarriers as an emerging technology in Biomedical Engineering" Annual Cycle of Seminars on Biomedical Engineering
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia - Universidade Católica do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/10/10 High efficient strategy for the production of hydroxyapatite / sericin nanocomposites Workshop for Young Researchers in Ceramics and Glasses for Medical Applications
Sociedad Española Cerámica Y Vidrio (Madrid, Spain)
2019/05/09 "Synthesis and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite-based nanocomposites" Annual Cycle of Seminars on Biomedical Engineering
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia - Universidade Católica do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2017/06/08 "Synthesis of hydroxyapatite and sericin nanocomposites" 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE)
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current 4th Forum: "Accelerating bio-transition, now!" https://www.porto.ucp.pt/fib (2022)
2021 - Current 3rd Forum: "Unveiling opportunities to address new challenges" https://www.porto.ucp.pt/fib2021 (2021) Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
2020/01/14 - 2020/10/16 "Think BIG in Biotechnology" (2020/10/16 - 2020/10/16)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/10/12 "1ºst Innovation Forum in Biomedical Engineering: Think BIG in Biomedical Engineering" (2019/10/12 - 2019/10/12)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/09/05 - 2021/09/09 ESB21 - The motto of our Conference is Futuring Biomaterials, as a challenge to our community to explore biomaterials in conjunction with advanced technologies, such as Nanotechnology, Biofabrication, Microfluidics and Bioimaging to develop the clinical combination products and functionalities of the future.
Conference
 31st Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB 2021)
2019/10/10 - 2019/10/11 Workshop for Young Researchers in Ceramics and Glasses for Medical Applications -> This workshop was organized to promote dialogue and the exchange of ideas, with the aim of building new collaboration networks in the field of ceramics and glasses with medical applications.
Workshop
 Workshop for Young Researchers in Ceramics and Glasses for Medical Applications
Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, Spain
2019/03/26 - 2019/03/28 The Reality of Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing - with guided tour to the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Merck Sharp & Dohme ltd (MSD)
Conference
 The Reality of Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
GEA Group, Germany

Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Germany

Sci-Tech Daresbury, United Kingdom
2019/03/01 - 2019/03/01 Academic formation in CIÊNCIAVITAE (platform developed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) that allows the online management of the Curriculum Vitae).
Seminar
 Academic formation in CIÊNCIAVITAE
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/04/26 - 2017/04/28 Material/Bioproduct Interaction - advances in science related to mass transfer processes and its implications on product performance, shelf-life and safety
Conference
 4th international meeting on Material/Bioproduct Interaction
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/17 First aid course
Other
 "Curso de Primeiros Socorros"
V.O.U Socorrer - Associação de Voluntariado Universitário, Portugal
2017/04/08 - 2017/04/08 Congress in Engineering 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/04/08 - 2017/04/08 Workshop on Biomedical Engineering - directed to telemedicine
Workshop
 Workshop on Biomedical Engineering
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/04/22 - 2016/04/23 Symposium on Bioengineering
Symposium
 7th Symposium on Bioengineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/03/04 - 2016/03/06 Biomedical Congress - with workshops in : Nanotechnology in health, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine and Robotics and medical devices
Congress
 IV AEICBAS Biomedical Congress
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2015/06/03 - 2015/06/03 University / Business in post-graduate training
Conference
 University / Business in post-graduate training
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2014/03/03 - 2014/03/04 Biotechnology Conference
Conference
 Biotechnology Conference
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - 2022 Coatings, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023 Fulbright experience
2022 Doutoranda recebe Bolsa Fulbright para investigar na área da regeneração de tecidos
2022 Conferência “Think Big in Biotecnology” desafia o Mundo à Bio-inovação

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023 - 2033 Production of Sterilized Silk Sericin Powder using Supercritical CO2 Technology Bruno Ferreira, João Botto, Mariana Lencastre
2021/02 - 2021/07 Síntese em contínuo de compósitos de fosfato de cálcio e sericina num reator modular em placa de fluxo oscilatório (RMPFO) João Bernardo Nunes Simão
2020/02/10 - 2020/07/31 Electrospinning as an enabling nanotechnology for skin tissue engineering : Bárbara Ribeiro; Bruna Nápoles; João Correia; Ricardo Cerqueira
Distinctions

Award

2023 Fulbright Grant
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2023 3 Boost Project: Off-the-shelf silk protein for biotech application
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal