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Biological Engineer from IST (Portugal), graduated in 2014. From 2015 to 2017, junior researcher at the Animal Cell Technology at iBET / ITQB-NOVA (Portugal), being involved in the upstream processing of a universal Influenza vaccine candidate. PhD degree within the MIT Portugal - Bioengineering Systems doctoral program in 2022, working at iBET / ITQB-NOVA. Author of 15 scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and 1 book chapter, supervised 6 MSc and 3 PhD students, made 9 oral communications and >10 poster communications. Current research focuses on the development of novel bioprocess intensification approachesfor the improved production of biologics (vaccine candidates, gene therapy vectors, therapeutic products).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Jorge Carvalho Correia

Citation names

  • Correia, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F519-1D14-0942
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9434-7974

Email addresses

  • rccorreia@ibet.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 214469424 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET); Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Av. República, Qta. do Marquês, 2780-157, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/01/01 - 2022/04/27
Concluded
 Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Vacinas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Approved unanimously
2012/09/01 - 2014/11/23
Concluded
 Master Degree in Integrated Masters in Biological Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"The Influence of Physical and Chemical Treatments on Cell Survival and Acquisition of Pluripotency" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2009/09/01 - 2012/08/31
Concluded
 Bachelor Degree within the Biological Engineering Integrated Masters (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/05/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/11/02 - Current Investigator, iNOVA4Health - Advancing Precision Medicine Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2023/02/28 Bioprocess Engineer, Turnstone Biologics Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2022/04/27 PhD student, MIT Portugal - Bioengineering Systems Program Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2017/12/31 Junior Research Fellow Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2014/07/31 Master Student Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/01/01 - 2022/04/27 Bioprocess engineering of an "universal" influenza VLP-based vaccine
SFRH/BD/134107/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/01/01 - 2019/10/31 iNOVA4Health - Programme in Translational Medicine (iBET, CEDOC/FCM, IPOLFG and ITQB)
UID/Multi/04462/2019
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Integrating Continuous Production and Purification for Leveraging Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses (rAAV) Manufacturing
2023.15456.PEX
10.54499/2023.15456.PEX
Principal investigator
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Towards the clinical development of the new asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate PfRipr5
PfRipr5-PD
Post-doc
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
Ongoing
2024/05/01 - 2025/04/30 Continuous multi-stage bioreactor production and purification of recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses
P777
Principal investigator
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/09/30 ADDovenom: Novel Snakebite Therapy Platform of Unparalleled Efficacy, Safety and Affordability
899670
10.3030/899670
Post-doc
European Commission
Ongoing
2017/05/01 - 2023/04/30 TRANSVAC2 - European Vaccine Research and Development Infrastructure
730964
10.3030/730964
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31 STACCATO - European Industrial Doctorate for enhancing upstream biopharmaceutical manufacturing process development through single cell analysis
813453
10.3030/813453
Researcher
European Commission
Concluded
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 MuVHA - Multivalent inactivated vaccine against heartwater in Africa
ANR-18-LEAP-0005
Researcher
Agence nationale de la recherche
2018/04 - 2021/03 Further development of a new asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate
T2018-151
Researcher
Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
Concluded
2015/03/01 - 2017/12/31 EDUFLUVAC
602640
Researcher
European Comission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Correia, Ricardo; Fernandes, Bárbara; M. Alves, Paula; Roldão, António. "Adaptive Laboratory Evolution to Improve Recombinant Protein Production Using Insect Cells". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 79-90. Springer US, 2024.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-3961-0_6
Conference poster
  1. Correia, Ricardo; Taja Zotler; Graça, Miguel; Fernandes, Bárbara; Gorben Pijlman; Roldao, Antonio. "Continuous Production of Influenza VLPs Using IC-BEVS: a Multi-Stage Bioreactor Approach". Paper presented in 28th ESACT Meeting 2024, 2024.
  2. Graça, Miguel; Nikolaus Virgolini; Correia, Ricardo; JM Escandell; Roldao, Antonio. Corresponding author: Roldao, Antonio. "An improved CRISPR-Cas9 protein-based method to engineer Sf9 insect cell genes". Paper presented in ESACT Meeting 2024, 2024.
  3. Graça, Miguel; Nikolaus Virgolini; Correia, Ricardo; JM Escandell; Roldao, Antonio. Corresponding author: Roldao, Antonio. "CRISPR-Cas9 protein-based format to target Sf-Dronc: delaying the onset of apoptosis in insect Sf9 cells". Paper presented in ECB2024, 2024.
  4. Correia, Ricardo; Francisco Ferraz; Taja Zotler; Graça, Miguel; Gorben Pijlman; Alves, Paula; Roldao, Antonio. "Multi-stage bioreactor process for continuous production of influenza VLPs using IC-BEVS". Paper presented in ESACT Frontiers Retreat 2023, 2023.
  5. Correia, Ricardo; Francisco Ferraz; Taja Zotler; Graça, Miguel; Gorben Pijlman; Alves, Paula; Roldao, Antonio. "Multi-stage bioreactor process for continuous production of influenza VLPs using IC-BEVS". Paper presented in 16th PEACe Conference 2023, 2023.
  6. Fernandes, Bárbara; Correia, Ricardo; Inês A Isidro; Alves, Paula; Roldao, Antonio. "Insect cell-based production processes intensified via high cell density perfusion and continuous culture". Paper presented in Cell Culture Engineering XVIII, 2023, 2023.
  7. Nikolaus Virgolini; Marco Silvano; Filipa Moura; Correia, Ricardo; Ryan Hagan; Alves, Paula; Colin Clarke; Inês A Isidro; Roldao, Antonio. "Leveraging single-cell and bulk transcriptomics towards improved insect cell factories for biopharmaceuticals production". Paper presented in Cell Culture Engineering XVIII, 2023, 2023.
  8. Correia, Ricardo; Fernandes, Bárbara; Carrondo, Manuel; Alves, Paula; Roldao, Antonio. "Process intensification combined with adaptive laboratory evolution enhance vlp-based vaccine candidates production in insect cells". Paper presented in Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing V, 2022, 2022.
  9. Correia, Ricardo; Eizo Takashima; Takafumi Tsuboi; Akihisa Fukushima; Sophie Houard; Roldao, Antonio. "Enhancing Production of the Malaria Asexual Blood-Stage Vaccine Candidate PfRipr5 in Insect Cells by Modulating Expression Vector and Culture Temperature". Paper presented in 27th ESACT Meeting, 2022, 2022.
  10. Fernandes, Bárbara; Correia, Ricardo; Paiva, Cláudia; Marco Silvano; Inês A Isidro; Roldao, Antonio. "Continuous high-cell-density insect cell cultures for Gag-HA VLP-based vaccine production". Paper presented in 27th ESACT Meeting, 2022, 2022.
  11. Marco Silvano; Correia, Ricardo; Nikolaus Virgolini; Colin Clarke; Inês A Isidro; Alves, Paula; Roldao, Antonio. "Gene expression profiling of high-producer VLPs insect cells via RNA-sequencing". Paper presented in 27th ESACT Meeting, 2022, 2022.
  12. Nikolaus Virgolini; Inês A Isidro; Roldao, Antonio; Ryan Hagan; Marco Silvano; Carrondo, Manuel; Colin Clarke. "Transcriptomic analysis of Sf9 insect cells during rAAV production". Paper presented in 27th ESACT Meeting, 2022, 2022.
  13. Correia, Ricardo; Eizo Takashima; Takafumi Tsuboi; Akihisa Fukushima; Sophie Houard; Carrondo, Manuel; Roldao, Antonio. "Enhancing Production of the Malaria Asexual Blood-Stage Vaccine Candidate PfRipr5 in Insect Cells by Modulating Expression Vector and Culture Temperature". Paper presented in Vaccine Technology VIII 2022, 2022.
  14. Correia, Ricardo; Fernandes, Bárbara; Alves, Paula; Carrondo, Manuel; Roldao, Antonio. "Improving Influenza HA-VLPs Production in Insect High Five Cells via Adaptive Laboratory Evolution". Paper presented in 11th ITQB NOVA PhD Students Meeting, 2021.
  15. Fernandes, Bárbara; Correia, Ricardo; João Vidigal; Manuel JT Carrondo; António Roldão. "Stable insect cell platforms for production of pseudotyped VLPs". Paper presented in 26th ESACT Meeting- Copenhagen, 2019.
  16. Correia, Ricardo; Fernandes, Bárbara; Carrondo, Manuel; Roldao, Antonio; Alves, Paula. "Adaptive Laboratory Evolution of Insect Cells for Improved Influenza HA VLPs Production". Paper presented in 26th ESACT Meeting 2019, 2019.
  17. Fernandes, Bárbara; João Vidigal; Correia, Ricardo; Cristina Peixoto; Carrondo, Manuel; Ana P Teixeira; Roldao, Antonio; Alves, Paula. "Bioprocess engineering of insect cells for accelerating vaccines development". Paper presented in Vaccine Technology VII, 2018.
  18. Fernandes, Bárbara; Correia, Ricardo; João Vidigal; Manuel JT Carrondo; António Roldão; Paula M Alves. "Bioprocess engineering of stable insect cells for enhanced production of Gag-VLPs". Paper presented in 18th European Congress on Biotechnology- Switzerland, 2018.
  19. Daniela Sequeira; Correia, Ricardo; Carrondo, Manuel; Roldao, Antonio; Ana P Teixeira; Alves, Paula. "A modular strategy for multi-HA influenza VLPs production: combining stable and baculovirus-mediated expresssion in insect cells". Paper presented in 25th ESACT Meeting 2017, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Abbo, Sandra R.; Yan, Kexin; Geertsema, Corinne; Hick, Tessy A. H.; Altenburg, Jort J.; Nowee, Gwen; van Toor, Chris; et al. "Virus-like particle vaccine with authentic quaternary epitopes protects against Zika virus-induced viremia and testicular damage". Journal of Virology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02322-24.
    10.1128/jvi.02322-24
  2. Ricardo Correia; Taja Zotler; Francisco Ferraz; Bárbara Fernandes; Miguel Graça; Gorben P. Pijlman; Paula M. Alves; António Roldão. "Continuous Production of Influenza VLPs Using IC-BEVS and Multi-Stage Bioreactors". Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28925.
    10.1002/bit.28925
  3. Petra Mooij; Daniella Mortier; Aafke Aartse; Alexandre B. Murad; Ricardo Correia; António Roldão; Paula M. Alves; et al. "Vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody responses to seasonal influenza virus H1N1 strains are not enhanced during subsequent pandemic H1N1 infection". Frontiers in Immunology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1256094.
    10.3389/fimmu.2023.1256094
  4. Escandell JM; Filipa Moura; Sofia B. Carvalho; R.J.S. Silva; Ricardo Correia; Antonio Roldão; Patrícia Gomes-Alves; Paula M. Alves. "Towards a scalable bioprocess for rAAV production using a HeLa stable cell line". Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.28394.
    10.1002/bit.28394
  5. Nikolaus Virgolini; Marco Silvano; Ryan Hagan; Ricardo Correia; Paula M. Alves; Colin Clarke; António Roldão; Inês A Isidro. "Impact of dual-baculovirus infection on the Sf9 insect cell transcriptome during rAAV production using single-cell RNA-seq". Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.28377.
    10.1002/bit.28377
  6. Marco Silvano; Nikolaus Virgolini; Ricardo Correia; Colin Clarke; Inês A. Isidro; Paula M. Alves; António Roldão. "Dissecting insect cell heterogeneity during influenza VLP production using single-cell transcriptomics". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1143255.
    10.3389/fbioe.2023.1143255
  7. Nikolaus Virgolini; Ryan Hagan; Ricardo Correia; Marco Silvano; Sofia Fernandes; Paula M. Alves; Colin Clarke; António Roldão; Inês A. Isidro. "Transcriptome analysis of Sf9 insect cells during production of recombinant Adeno-associated virus". Biotechnology Journal 18 2 (2023): 2200466-2200466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.202200466.
    10.1002/biot.202200466
  8. Alexandre B. Murad; Marcos Q. Sousa; Ricardo Correia; Inês A Isidro; Manuel J. T. Carrondo; Antonio Roldao. "Targeted Metabolic Analysis and MFA of Insect Cells Expressing Influenza HA-VLP". Processes 10 11 (2022): 2283-2283. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr10112283.
    10.3390/pr10112283
  9. Eizo Takashima; Hikaru Nagaoka; Ricardo Correia; Paula M. Alves; António Roldão; Dennis Christensen; Jeffrey A. Guderian; et al. "A novel asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate: PfRipr5 formulated with human-use adjuvants induces potent growth inhibitory antibodies". Frontiers in Immunology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1002430.
    10.3389/fimmu.2022.1002430
  10. Marco Silvano; Ricardo Correia; Nikolaus Virgolini; Colin Clarke; Alves PM; Inês A Isidro; Antonio Roldao. "Gene Expression Analysis of Adapted Insect Cells during Influenza VLP Production Using RNA-Sequencing". Viruses 14 10 (2022): 2238-2238. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14102238.
    10.3390/v14102238
  11. Ricardo Correia; Bárbara Fernandes; Rute Castro; Hikaru Nagaoka; Eizo Takashima; Takafumi Tsuboi; Akihisa Fukushima; et al. "Asexual Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Candidate PfRipr5: Enhanced Production in Insect Cells". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.908509.
    10.3389/fbioe.2022.908509
  12. Bárbara Fernandes; Ricardo Correia; Paula M. Alves; António Roldão. "Intensifying Continuous Production of Gag-HA VLPs at High Cell Density Using Stable Insect Cells Adapted to Low Culture Temperature". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.917746.
    10.3389/fbioe.2022.917746
  13. Bárbara Fernandes; Ricardo Correia; Marcos Sousa; Manuel J. T. Carrondo; Paula M. Alves; António Roldão. "Integrating high cell density cultures with adapted laboratory evolution for improved Gag-HA virus-like particles production in stable insect cell lines". Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27766.
    10.1002/bit.27766
  14. Correia, Ricardo; Meneses, Liane; Richheimer, Carolina; Alves, Paula M.; Carrondo, Manuel J.T.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Paiva, Alexandre; Roldão, António. "Improved storage of influenza HA-VLPs using a trehalose-glycerol natural deep eutectic solvent system". Vaccine 39 24 (2021): 3279-3286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.04.033.
    10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.04.033
  15. Correia, Ricardo. "Improving Influenza HA-Vlps Production in Insect High Five Cells via Adaptive Laboratory Evolution.". Vaccines (2020): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7711658.
    10.3390/vaccines8040589
  16. Fernandes, B.; Vidigal, J.; Correia, R.; Carrondo, M.J.T.; Alves, P.M.; Teixeira, A.P.; Roldão, A.. "Adaptive laboratory evolution of stable insect cell lines for improved HIV-Gag VLPs production". Journal of Biotechnology 307 (2020): 139-147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85075017642&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.10.004
  17. Sequeira, D.P.; Correia, R.; Carrondo, M.J.T.; Roldão, A.; Teixeira, A.P.; Alves, P.M.. "Combining stable insect cell lines with baculovirus-mediated expression for multi-HA influenza VLP production". Vaccine 36 22 (2018): 3112-3123. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014803559&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.02.043
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/03/28 Continuous multi-stage bioreactor production and purification of recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses iBETXplore Day 2025
iBET (Oeiras, Portugal)
2025/03/20 An improved CRISPR-Cas9 protein-based method for knocking out insect Sf9 cell genes Bioprocessing Summit Europe 2025
(Barcelona, Spain)
2024/06/26 Continuous Production of Influenza VLPs Using IC-BEVS: a Multi-Stage Bioreactor Approach (poster flash talk) 28th ESACT Meeting 2024
ESACT (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2024/05/20 Continuous production of influenza VLPs as vaccine candidates: a multi-stage bioreactor approach Vaccine Technology IX
ECI (Los Cacos, Mexico)
2024/03/21 Continuous production of influenza VLPs as vaccine candidates: a multi-stage bioreactor approach Bioprocessing Summit Europe
(Barcelona, Spain)
2024/03/15 Continuous multi-stage bioreactor production and purification of recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses iBETXplore Day 2024
iBET (Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/09/15 Combining Evolutionary Engineering with Process Intensification for Improved Influenza Ha-Vlps Production in Stable Insect Cells Vaccine Technology Summit
(Londres, United Kingdom)
2021/11 Integrating Process Intensification with Adaptive Laboratory Evolution to Enhance Vaccine Production in Insect Cells. AdBIOPRO Workshop
(Stockholm, Sweden)
2021/03 Advances in bioprocessing and analytics to accelerate influenza VLP-based vaccine development ISBioTech 10th Spring Meeting REDUX
(Virtual, United States)
2021/02 Enhanced production of biologics using insect cells and atypical culture conditions 11th ITQB NOVA PhD Students Meeting
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2018/10 Bioprocess engineering of insect cells for enhanced production of VLPs for vaccine development World Vaccine Congress
(Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/15 - Current Process optimisation of functionalised Adenovirus-like particle (ADDomer) to use as a snakebite therapy
Co-supervisor
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/03/01 - Current Continuous Integrated Production of Adenovirus-Like Particles (ADDomer)
Co-supervisor of Birhanu Hurisa
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2023/03/01 - Current Continuous multi-stage bioreactor production and purification of recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses
Supervisor of Lisa Giacomini
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
2025/02/17 - 2025/12/31 Integrating Continuous and Purification for Leveraging Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses (rAAV) Manufacturing
Co-supervisor
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/05/14 A baculovirus expression system free of contaminating baculovirus particles (BACFREE)
Co-supervisor
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2023/04/18 Single-cell RNA sequencing for deciphering key biological mechanisms of insect cells during influenza HA-VLPs production
Co-supervisor
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2022/08/01 - 2022/12/31 Continuous production of influenza virus-like particles using the insect cell-baculovirus expression vector system
Co-supervisor of Taja Zotler
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2022/01/31 - 2022/07/31 Bioprocess intensification for production of cell-based vaccines
Co-supervisor
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/11/30 Bioprocess intensification for production of cell-based vaccines
Co-supervisor of Francisco Ferraz
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2018/11/30 Water-free liquid systems for enhancing stability of next generation Influenza vaccines
Co-supervisor of Carolina Richheimer
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/06/26 - 2022/06/29 27th ESACT Meeting, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal (2022/06/26 - 2022/06/29)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2010/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Bioengineering Week (2010/01/01 - 2012/12/31) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/15 - 2023/10/19 Metabolic and Bioprocess Modelling for Animal Cells Course, 1st Edition (European Society of Animal Cell Technology), Llafranc, Girona, Spain
2023/09/05 - 2023/09/05 Grant writing course (Margot Pilon), Oeiras, Portugal
2023/04/12 - 2023/04/14 Professional development workshop - Leadership and Management Skills Course (hfp Consulting), Sintra, Portugal
2019/11/01 - 2019/11/01 Design of Experiments Workshop (Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics), Lisbon, Portugal
2016/09/20 - 2016/09/24 Cell Culture-Based Viral Vaccines Course, 1st Edition (European Society of Animal Cell Technology), Llafranc, Girona, Spain
2016/06/20 - 2016/06/24 EDUFLUVAC Workshop - Experimental animal models for preclinical evaluation of universal influenza vaccines (EDUFLUVAC Consortium), Biomedical Primate Research Center, Rijswijk, Netherlands

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016/01/01 - Current European Society for Animal Cell Technology
2010/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Núcleo de Engenharia Biológica do Instituto Superior Técnico Member of the Financial Department
Distinctions

Award

2024 Project grant, iBETXplore
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
2024 Project grant, Call for Exploratory Projects in All Scientific Domains
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 Poster Prize at the 28th ESACT Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2017 Poster Prize at the 25th ESACT Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland
2017 PhD grant, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 Best student of the year (Senior School)