Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Jorge da Costa
Citation names
- J. da Costa, Joana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E410-35CB-1E40
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8654-6287
Email addresses
- joanajorgecosta@gmail.com (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
-
- 915177863 (Personal)
Addresses
- Rua pedras de baixo 621, arada, 3885-124, Ovar, Ovar, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-costa-lifesciences/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
|
2019/10/01 - 2024/04/22
Concluded
|
Immunology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universität Bern, Switzerland
Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Switzerland "Unveiling IL-1ß Significance: Biosensor Development, Disease Insights, and Giant Cell Arteritis Implications
" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
5/6 |
|
2012/09/01 - 2016/07/18
Concluded
|
Bioengenharia e Nanossistemas (Mestrado)
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
"Micronization of Astaxanthin by supercritical antisolvent technology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
15 |
|
2006/09/01 - 2011/10/21
Concluded
|
Bioengenharia (Licenciatura)
Major in Engenharia Biomedica
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"D-Ribose potassium effect on mammary cells irradiated with X-ray" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
|
13 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/11/20 - 2019/08/30 | Researcher (Research) | Instituto Politécnico do Porto BioMark Sensor Research, Portugal |
| Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/07/01 - 2018/11/16 | Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) | Fresenius Kabi Pharma Portugal Lda Unidade de Produção, Portugal |
| 2016/05/01 - 2017/06/30 | Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) | Laboratórios Basi - Indústria Farmacêutica SA, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016/06/01 - 2020/09/01 | FoodNanoSense: Bio-sensing research on food astringency and bitterness of natural phenolics
Master Student Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto BioMark Sensor Research, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/01/09 - 2024/04/22 | IL-1b studies and biosensing applications
PhD Student Fellow
|
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung |
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/04/01 - 2021/09/30 | A scalable and highly immunogenic virus-like particle-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
10.1111/all.15080
PhD Student Fellow
|
Inselspital Universitätsspital Bern Universitätsklinik für Rheumatologie Immunologie und Allergologie |
Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
|
Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2021/08/19 | Analysis of IL-1ß in anti-IL-1R treated patients with electrochemical biosensors | SSAI
(Zurich, Switzerland)
|
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2023/08/24 - 2023/08/25 | Poster presentation 'Development of a Bio-layer interferometry quantification methodology for IL-1b at physiological concentrations'
Congress
|
SSAI Annual Congress 2023
Universität Bern, Switzerland
|
| 2022/09/08 - 2022/09/11 | Poster presentation - 'Plastic antibodies for virus detection'.
Conference
|
SSAI/ICHS Joint Meeting 2022
Universität Basel, Switzerland
|
| 2022/01/27 - 2022/01/27 | Poster presentation 'Quantification of IL-1ß with electrochemical biosensors by Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS),
using screen printed electrodes'
Symposium
|
GCB SYMPOSIUM 2022
Universität Bern, Switzerland
|
| 2021 - 2021 | Poster presentation on 'Preliminary studies on Analysis of IL-1ß in anti-IL-1ß treated patients
with electrochemical biosensors'
Conference
|
Day of Biomedical Research
Universität Bern, Switzerland
|
| 2019/07/17 - 2019/07/19 | RICI8- 8th Iberian meeting on colloids and interfaces
Conference
|
RICI8
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
|
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | Prized publication from Politecnico do Porto publication in the highest 10% rated journals 2023
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
|
| 2021 | Best clinical poster- Oral presentation at SSAI 2021, Zurich , Switzerland
Fondation Acteria, Switzerland
|
