Catarina Alexandra Oliveira Domingos (F01C-7E9C-5FE2)

Curriculum Vitae

Catarina Alexandra Oliveira Domingos

My name is Catarina Domingos, I am a young Biological and Chemical Engineer fascinated by the world that surround me and by science, more specifically, Protein Engineering. I completed my bachelor's degree (2014-2017, 15/20) in Biotechnology and my master's degree (2017-2019, 17/20) in Biological and Chemical Engineering. Both degrees were obtained at Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal - Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro. In 2017, the last year of my BSc degree I was selected for a 5-month internship at HIKMA Pharmaceutical, S.A. (Sintra, Portugal) where I made part of the Chemical Quality Control team, with a final grade of 17/20. In 2019, the last year of my MSc degree, I was awarded a 5-month ERASMUS fellowship to develop my master thesis at BIOCEV - Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic). Dr. Gustavo Fuertes Vives hosted me in his team "Dynamics of Biological Processes". From this internship, I developed my master thesis entitled "Photobiology of light-sensitive transcription factors" and a poster that was presented at the Biophysical Society Meeting (2021) and published at Biophysical Journal (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.964). In 2021, Professor Cecilia Roque gave me the opportunity to work in her team, as an active member of the international team of the PURE project - Precisely Patterned Nanofibers for High Performance Bioseparations (Project number: 899732; H2020 funded). My involvement in the PURE project lead to be the co-author of an oral presentation in the 2022- Bioprocessing Summit Europe conference in Spain. In 2022, I started my PhD in Biotechnology at School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Catarina Alexandra Oliveira Domingos

Citation names

Oliveira, Catarina A.
Catarina A.O. Domingos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F01C-7E9C-5FE2
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3800-2303

Email addresses

c.domingos@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia , 2829-516, Almada, Monte da Caparica, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catarina-domingos-303691133/ (Social media)
https://biomolecular-engineering-lab.pt (Professional)
https://pure-fetopen.eu/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies

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
2022/12/01 - 2026 Ongoing	Biotecnologia (Doutoramento) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Concluded	Biological and Chemical Engineering (Mestrado) Major in Biotechnological Processes Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Portugal "Photobiology of lightsensitive transcription factors (19/20; Erasmus: BIOCEV - Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University, Czech Republic)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2014/10 - 2017/11 Concluded	Biotechnology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Portugal "Interneship in Hikma Farmacêutica, S.A. - 17/20" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/06/01 - 2022/11/30	Research Assistant (Research)	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/08	Research Trainee (Research)	BIOCEV - Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University, Czech Republic
	BIOCEV - Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University, Czech Republic
2017/04 - 2017/08	Research Trainee (Research)	Hikma Farmacêutica, S.A., Portugal
	Hikma Farmacêutica, S.A., Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/10/16 - 2024/11/15	Visiting PhD Student	Universität Bayreuth, Germany
	Universität Bayreuth, Germany

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/12/01 - Current	Production and Characterization of Protein-based Materials 2022.11589.BD PhD Student Fellow REQUIMTE, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2022/11/30	PURE - Precisely Patterned Nanofibers for High Performance Bioseparations Grant agreement: 899732 Research Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Future and Emerging Technologies Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/12/01 - Current	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDB/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/12/01 - Current	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDP/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDP/04378/2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/12/01 - Current	Institute for Health and Bioeconomy LA/P/0140/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020 PhD Student Fellow Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2022/11/30	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDB/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020 Research Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/06/01 - 2022/11/30	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDP/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDP/04378/2020 Research Fellow Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/06/01 - 2022/11/30	Institute for Health and Bioeconomy LA/P/0140/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020 Research Fellow Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Catarina A.O. Domingos; Henrique Miguel Aljustrel Costa; Mafalda Leitão; Cristiana Torres; Ana Margarida Dias; Ana Cecila Afonso Roque. Corresponding author: Catarina A.O. Domingos. "Expression and Purification of a novel suckerin for bio-based materials". Paper presented in PepperSchool, Caparica, Portugal, 2024. Carolina Mota Natal; Catarina A.O. Domingos; Henrique Miguel Aljustrel Costa; Ana Margarida Dias; Eduardo Almeida; André Nascimento; Cristina Peixoto; Ferreira, Luisa; Ana Cecília Afonso Roque. Corresponding author: Carolina Mota Natal. "Synthesis, characterization, and immobilization of a Petasis-Ugi affinity ligand in a chromatographic solid support". Paper presented in PepperSchool, 2024. Carolina Mota Natal; Catarina A.O. Domingos; Henrique Costa; Ana MGC Dias; Eduardo Almeida; André Nascimento; Maria Cristina Peixoto Matos; Ana Cecília A. Roque. "Synthesis, characterization, and immobilization of a Petasis-Ugi affinity ligand in a chromatographic solid support (Flash Presentation, Honourable Mention Best Poster Award)". Paper presented in PepperSchool2024 - Peptide and protein engineering from concepts to biotechnological applications, 2024. Carolina Mota Natal; Catarina A.O. Domingos; Henrique Miguel Aljustrel Costa; Ana Margarida Dias; Eduardo Almeida; André Nascimento; Cristina Peixoto; Luísa Ferreira; Ana Cecília Afonso Roque. Corresponding author: Carolina Mota Natal. "Synthesis, characterization, and immobilization of a Petasis-Ugi affinity ligand in a chromatographic solid support". Paper presented in Biopartitioning and Purification Conference - BPP 2024, 2024. Catarina A.O. Domingos; Henrique Miguel Aljustrel Costa; Mafalda Leitão; Cristiana Torres; Ana Margarida Dias; Ana Cecília Afonso Roque. "Expression and Purification of a novel suckerin for bio-based materials". Paper presented in Biopartitioning and Purification Conference - BPP 2024, 2024. Oliveira, Catarina A.; Carolina Mota Natal; Henrique Miguel Aljustrel da Costa; Ana Margarida Gonçalves Dias; Ana Cecília Afonso Roque. "Synthesis and characterization of Petasis-Ugi Ligand for antibody purification". Paper presented in MicroBiotec2023, 2023. Chaudhari, Aditya S.; Oliveira, Catarina A.; Liu, Yingliang; Andrikopoulos, Prokopis C.; Andersson, Inger; Schneider, Bohdan; Fuertes, Gustavo. "Site-Specific Photoinduced Dynamics of the LOV Protein EL222 Monitored by Multiple Genetically Encoded Infrared Probes - (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.964 - Biophysical Journal Volume 120, Issue 3, Supplement 1, 12 February 2021, Page 124a)". Paper presented in Biophysical Society Meeting, 2021.
Journal article	Iana Lychko; Inês Padrão; Afonso Vicente Eva; Catarina Alexandra Oliveira Domingos; Henrique Miguel Aljustrel da Costa; Ana Margarida Gonçalves Carvalho Dias; Ana Cecília Afonso Roque. "Cephalopod proteins for bioinspired and sustainable biomaterials design". Materials Today Bio (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101644. 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101644 Chaudhari, Aditya S.; Chatterjee, Aditi; Oliveira, Catarina A.; Andrikopoulos, Prokopis C.; Liu, Yingliang; Andersson, Inger; Schneider, Bohdan; Lórenz-Fonfría, Víctor A.; Fuertes, Gustavo. "Genetically encoded non-canonical amino acids reveal asynchronous dark reversion of chromophore, backbone, and side-chains in EL222". Protein Science 32 4 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pro.4590. Published • 10.1002/pro.4590
Thesis / Dissertation	"Photobiology of lightsensitive transcription factors". Master, BIOCEV - Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University, Czech Republic, 2019.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/10/07	Synthesis, characterization, and immobilization of a Petasis-Ugi affinity ligand in a chromatographic solid support	PepperSchool, Caparica, Portugal (Portugal)
2024/10/01	Expression and Purification of a novel suckerin for bio-based materials	PepperSchool, Caparica, Portugal (Portugal)
2024/03/19	Design and Discovery of Affinity and Mixed-mode adsorbents	Bioprocessing Summit Europe (Barcelona, Spain)
2023/06/05	Synthesis and characterization of an antibody-affinity ligand based on a Petasis-Ugi scaffold	Affinity 2023 - 25th meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition Affinity 2023 (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11/14	Design and Discovery of Affinity and Mixed-mode adsorbents	PEGS Europe 2022 - 14th Annual Protein and Antibody Engineering Summit (Barcelona, Spain)
2022/11/02	Cell-based vs Cell-free production and purification of marine-based structural proteins	6th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe European Federation of Biotechnology (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2022/03/22	The Versatility of Designed Affinity Ligands in Downstream Processing	Bioprocessing Summit Europe Cambridge Healthtech Institute (Barcelona, Spain)
2022/03/02	The Versatility of Designed Affinity Ligands in Downstream Processing	Bioprocessing Summit Europe (Barcelona, Spain)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/13	Visit to Bayreuth University within the scope of PURE Project (Chair: Professor Thomas Scheibel) Workshop	Universität Bayreuth Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth, Germany

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia (SPBT)
2022 - Current	International Society for Molecular Recognition (ISMR)
2022 - Current	European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)

Distinctions

Award

2019	Erasmus mobility Scholarship - 5 months ( Program Erasmus+ ; Project number:2018-046899)