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Maria Inês Costa de Sousa completed her BSc in Biomedical Sciences in 2018. After finishing her BSc, Maria has worked as a Laboratory Technician at Morinha Lab - Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Genética Molecular. Maria did her MSc in Biotechnology at Universidade de Aveiro and for her master's disseration Maria worked at the Single Molecule Microbiology Lab, at ITQB. Maria was a Research Trainee in Universidade de Aveiro CICECO and now a PhD Student. Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Industrial Biotechnology and has knowledge in Biological Sciences with emphasis on Molecular Biology and Microbiology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Inês Costa de Sousa
Date of birth
1997/05/15
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Sousa, Maria I.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CB1A-2C81-A5B4

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2021
Concluded
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Major in Biotecnologia Molecular
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Improved Techniques for Single-Molecule mRNA Detection and Tracking in Living Escherichia coli Cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
2015 - 2018
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 16/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/05 - 2023/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/08 - Current PhD Student Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Laboratory Technician Morinha Lab- Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Genética Molecular, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current mVACCIL- Improving the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines applying ionic liquids and integrated production-clarification processes
EXPL/BII-BTI/0731/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Improving the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines with an integrated production-clarification process". Paper presented in mRNA Health Conference, 2024.
  2. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Improving the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines with an integrated production-clarification process". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2024, 2024.
  3. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Improving the manufacturing of mRNA nanomedicines using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids". Paper presented in 6th EBTM, 2024.
  4. Filipa Domingues. "EXPLORING THE USE OF METHYLCELLULOSE-BASED AQUEOUS BIPHASIC SYSTEMS FOR DOUBLE-STRANDED REMOVAL IN MRNA IN VITRO PRODUCTION PROCESSES". Paper presented in 6th EBTM, 2024.
  5. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Improving the manufacturing of mRNA nanomedicines using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids". Paper presented in MicroBiotec, 2023.
  6. Luís C. V. Silva. "The use of thermoreversible ionic liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems as an integrated production-clarification platform in mRNA vaccines manufacturing". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023, 2023.
  7. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Manufacturing of mRNA nanomedicines using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids". Paper presented in 5th EBTM, 2022.
  8. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Development of integrated strategies for the manufacturing of mRNA resorting to aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022, 2022.
  9. Sousa, Maria Inês. "Integrated manufacturing of mRNA nanomedicines using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids". Paper presented in BPP 2022, 2022.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07 Using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids to improve the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines Research Summit 2024
Universidade de Aveiro
2024/05 Improving the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids VI IBIMED Symposium
(Portugal)
2023/07 Using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems and ionic liquids to improve the manufacturing of mRNA nanomedicines Research Summit 2023
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2021 Live-cell imaging, localization and tracking of single mRNA molecules in E. coli cells Single-molecule bacteriology online symposium
Biochemical society
2021 Live-cell imaging, localization and tracking of single mRNA molecules in E. coli cells SPAOM2021
REMOA and PPBI

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Picth presentation
Workshop
 Scale-up Build Your Own Future
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Flash Presentation
Biochemical Society, United Kingdom
2018 Best picth presentation
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Other distinction

2018 Merit distinction
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal