Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rita Sobreiro-Almeida
Citation names
- Sobreiro-Almeida, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D616-5B20-9F47
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4433-8890
- Scopus Author Id
- 57197707743
Email addresses
- rita.almeid@ua.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago,, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
- Rua D. Sancho I, 63, 3800-144, Esgueira, Aveiro, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- www.linkedin.com/in/rita-sobreiro-almeida (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering - Medical Engineering
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Italian | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2016/09/01 - 2021/02/18
Concluded
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Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells (Doutoramento)
Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
"New Strategies envisioning functional recovery of the injured kidney" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2015
Concluded
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Biofísica e Bionanossistemas (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Mesenchymal stem cells culture on poly(vinylidene fluoride) piezoelectric microspheres" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
2013
Concluded
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Genética e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
"Preliminary study of ants’ microbiome" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/06/15 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal | ||
2023/07/15 - 2023/07/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universiteit Maastricht Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Netherlands |
2018/09/20 - 2019/07/03 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy |
2016/03/01 - 2016/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal |
2014/09/01 - 2015/07/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain |
2013/02/01 - 2013/07/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Biocant Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia, Portugal |
Biocant Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2016/09/01 - 2020/10/31 | PATH - FCT Doctoral Program on Advanced Therapies for Health
PD/00169/2013
PhD Student Fellow
Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/03/01 - 2016/08/31 | ElectroBio: electroactive materials for biomedical applications
004/TT/2016
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
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TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/04/01 - Current | HAPLO-iPS - Generation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Haplo-selected Cord Blood Samples
Member of Working Group
Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Spain
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2023/04/01 - 2029/03/31 | TISSUES2GO: A versatile tool to design tissue-specific inks for 3D bioprinting technology
2022.04605.CEECIND/CP1720/CT0021
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/07/15 - 2025/01/31 | Human Platelet Lysates-based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-tissue Repair
953169
Post-doc
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2021/10/16 - 2022/07/21 | CIRCUS-Directing Bone Dynamics Through The Synergistic Action Of Immune Cells With Bioengineered Cell Microfactories Containing
Patterned Microplatforms
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | ICVS/3Bs - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis
e Biomiméticos
UID/Multi/50026/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/11/28 | Protein-derived Jammed Microgels as Inks for Extrusion 3D printing of Bioactive Scaffolds | MRS Fall Meeting 2023
Materials Research Society (Boston, United States)
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2023/11/28 | Engineering inks for 3D printing of personalized implants using natural-based polymers | 3D Bioprinting Iberian Workshop
Instituto Pedro Nunes (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2023/09/30 | Gelatin-based G-quadruplex supramolecular structures as innovative and stable bioinks | SupraLife Scientific Retreat
SupraLife Horizon Europe (Douro Region, Portugal)
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2023/05/03 | Bioinspired scaffolds for the regeneration of the temporomandibular joint | BioMAT 2023 - 7th European Symposium on Biomaterials and Related Areas
French Association for the development of Biomaterials - BIOMAT (Bazas)
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2023/04/17 | How to use discarded materials to regenerate the human body? | HealthWeek
Secondary School Adolfo Portela (ESAP) (Águeda, Portugal)
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2023/03/28 | Enabling strategies for printing human photopolymerizable blood components with low viscosity and high fluidity | European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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2016/05 | Behaviour of hMSC cultured on piezoelectric quasi-3D substrates: growth and osteogenic differentiation | 10th World Biomaterials Congress
Society for Biomaterials (SFB) (Canada)
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2015/09 | Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells growth and osteogenic differentiation on poly(vinylidenefluoride) substrates. Effect of surface topography | 15th Euroconference on Clinical Cell Analysis
ESCCA - European society for clinical cell analysis (Italy)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/10/01 - Current | A new generation of soft shape-adaptive biodevices developed using hybrid biofabrication strategies
Co-supervisor
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Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/10/01 - Current | H2020 InterLynk (G.A. no.953169) - Human Platelet Lysate-based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-Tissue Repair (Research Scholarship)
Supervisor
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Bolsa de Investigação (Licenciado) (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/10 - Current | Bioengineering ready-to-use bioinks for tissue-specific applications
Co-supervisor
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Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/09/01 - 2023/12/21 | 3D-printable tunable nanocomposites for bioapplications: studying the effect of organic-inorganic interface interactions
Supervisor
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Biotecnologia Molecular e Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/09/01 - 2023/12/13 | Photoclickable inks - 3D printing intelligent gelling systems with biomedical applications
Co-supervisor
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Molecular Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/08/16 - 2023/12/12 | Protein-based composite biomaterial inks for 3D printing
Supervisor
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Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/11/01 - 2023/10/31 | H2020 InterLynk (G.A. no.953169) - Human Platelet Lysate-based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-Tissue Repair (Research Scholarship)
Supervisor
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Bolsa de Investigação (Licenciado) (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/03/19 - 2023/10/19 | H2020 InterLynk (G.A. no.953169) - Human Platelet Lysate-based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-Tissue Repair (Research Scholarship)
Supervisor
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Bolsa de Investigação (Mestre) (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/10/01 - 2022/12/15 | Melt electrowriting scaffolds for interfacial tissues regeneration
Co-supervisor
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Materiais e Dispositivos Biomédicos (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais e Cerâmica, Portugal
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2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 | Summer with Science (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology)
Supervisor
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Biotechnology (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09/07 - 2023/09/07 | "Emerging Biofabrication Strategies for Engineering Bioactive Tissue Constructs" - Symposium (2023/09/04 - 2023/09/08)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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33rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Switzerland |
2023/03/19 - 2023/03/24 | SupraLife First School (2023/03/19 - 2023/03/24)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/05/17 - 2022/05/17 | "Out of the box" research group activity (2022/05/17)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2013/02/20 - 2013/02/22 | V Conference of Genetics and Biotechnology (2013/02/20 - 2013/02/22)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
2012/11/14 - 2012/11/14 | I Seminars of Neurosciences (2012/11/14)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/11/28 - 2023/11/28 | Keynote Speaker @ 3D Bioprinting Iberian Workshop
Workshop
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3D Bioprinting Iberian Workshop
Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
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2023/10/24 - 2023/10/25 | Hands-on Workshop "Synthesis and advanced characterization of functional supramolecular polymers"
Workshop
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SupraLife Workshop
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
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2023/04/17 - 2023/04/17 | Dissemination of science to high school students
Other
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HealthWeek Activities
Escola Secundária de Adolfo Portela, Portugal
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2023/02/24 - 2023/02/24 | Introduction to CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials' research and laboratories
Meeting
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XVIII ENEEB (National meeting of Biomedical Engineering Students)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/01/20 | Development of a suspension bath for 3D bioprinting
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Marta Pinho Godinho (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2022/11/25 | Optimization of the process of synthesis and manufacture of platforms for 3D culture produced from proteins derived from the
amniotic membrane
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Miguel Vitorino Gonçalves Vigário (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2023/11/07 - Current | Biomaterials Advances (2772-9508) | Elsevier |
2023/02/01 - Current | Biomedical Materials (1748-605X) | IOP Publishing |
2022/10/03 - Current | Biofabrication (1758-5090) | IOP Publishing |
2021/07/25 - Current | Materials Today Bio (2590-0064) | Elsevier |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2023/01/01 - Current | Student and Young Investigator Section of the Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) | Member |
2017/09/01 - 2018/12/31 | PhDynamics - Dissemination of Science to overall public trough several public demonstrations | Member |
2014/09/01 - 2015/07/31 | ERASMUS+ | Member |
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/31 | ADNGB (Students' union of Genetics and Biotechnology) | External and Corporate Relations |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/09/01 - Current | Course Committee of the Doctoral Program TERM&SC
Member
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Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal |
2016/09/01 - Current | I3Bs Unit Council (Representative of 3rd cycle of students)
President / Vice-president
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Biomaterials Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2023/04/01 - Current | Ionic Liquids application in 3D Printing approaches envisioning healthcare | Cariny Maria Polesca de Freitas |
2022/03/01 - 2023/03/31 | Granular inks for 3D printing applications using highly bioactive and low-viscous materials | Lucas da Silva Ribeiro |
2022/10/01 - 2023/01/31 | Curricular unit "Biomimetic Advanced Biomaterials" | Group of students performing a small research project |
2020/09/01 - 2021/04/30 | The influence of the kidney-derived extracellular matrix on the differentiation of stem cells | Margarida Rodrigues |
2019/09/01 - 2021/04/30 | Development of advanced therapies for kidney diseases | Rita Quinteira |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/01/20 - Current | Monograph Examiner: "Single-cell strategies for biomedical applications" | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2022/12/20 - Current | Evaluation Committee of MSCA Doctoral Networks (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01); Theratools project | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Scientific expedition
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/07/15 - 2023/07/31 | Scientific mission in the scope of InterLynk H2020 EU project, with the aim of teaching and learning new biofabrication techniques, in order to advance with the consortium proposals. | Universiteit Maastricht Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Netherlands |
2018/09/01 - 2019/07/31 | PhD research period performed abroad with the aim of joining scientific knowledge on different areas of research | Università degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche 'Mario Serio', Italy |
2014/09/01 - 2015/07/31 | Master thesis research project performed under the scope of ERASMUS+ | Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | 3rd place podium presentation
Tissue Engineering and Regenerarive Medicine Society (TERMIS), United States
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2023 | Honorable mention from SPM on supervised master thesis
Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Portugal
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2022 | Honorable Mention to poster abstract
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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2010 | Best Students Award
Escola Secundária de Adolfo Portela, Portugal
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Other distinction
2024 | Travel Grant attributed for presenting research work at the 12th World Congress of Biomaterials, in South Korea
Korean Society for Biomaterials, South Korea
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2023 | Recipient of a Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEECIND) Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2023 | Education Grant from ON Foundation
Orthoregeneration Network, Switzerland
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2023 | Research Paper included in Highlights of 2023 of Journal of Physics: Materials
IOP Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
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2016 | Recipient of a PhD research grant from FCT
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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