Awards
VII National Meeting of Biochemical Students
“Innovation Prize” awarded to Fábio Daniel Anastácio Gonçalves for the presentation “Persister Cells: from (chronic) infections... to the promising fatty acids!” (Supervisor: C.C.C.R. de Carvalho), VII National Meeting of Biochemical Students, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal, 11-14 April 2014.
COTEC Portugal award
COTEC Portugal awarded The University of Lisboa (ULisboa) with a honorable mention at the competition “Casos Exemplares de Cooperação Universidade-Empresa” for the cooperation established between Instituto Superior Técnico (IST-ULisboa), Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química (CEBQ) and Atral-Cipan S.A. This cooperation led by Prof. José Cardoso Menezes between IST and Faculdade de Farmácia involves several RD&T structural projects and around 60 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students.
João Porto Scholarship of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
The team “Salgueiro, A.M., Fiarresga, A., da Silva, C.L., Madeira, C., Cabral, J.M.S.” was award with the "João Porto" Scholarship of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (PSC - 2013) for the project "Stem Cell Engineering in Allogeneic Cell-Based Therapies for Myocardial Regeneration".
Best Oral Presentation Award
Nuno P Mira, Martin Münsterkötter, Filipa Dias-Valada, Júlia Santos, Margarida Palma, Filipa Roque, Joana Guerreiro, Fernando Rodrigues, Maria J Sousa, Cecília Leão, Ulrich Guldener and Isabel Sá-Correia, “Genome sequence and annotation of the highly acetic acid-tolerant Zygosaccharomyces bailii derived interspecies hybrid strain ISA1307, MicroBiotec 13, Aveiro, 6-8 December, 2013
Best Poster Award
Javad Hatami's abstract entitled "A two-phase protocol for the expansion and megakaryocytic differentiation of umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells" was chosen as best abstract (prize: 200 Euro) presented at the "8th International Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapies", May 2013, Faro, Portugal
Weber, J.L, Carmelo, J.G., Bear, M., Hervy M., Diogo, M.M., da Silva, C.L., Cabral, J.M.S., “Evaluation of microcarrier-based suspension cultures for human mesenchymal stem cells”, Bioprocess International Conference & Exposition, Boston, USA, September 16 (2013)
Sandra Gosta Santos : Best Poster Award, granted by the European Cystic Fibrosis Society at the 36th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, 2013.
UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award
Raquel Aires Barros was distinguished with the UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award 2012 in the Biological Engineering, Biochemical and Biotechnology areas.
Miguel C Teixeira received an Honorable Mention within the scope of the UTL/Santander scientific awards 2012, in the area of Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, as a recognition of the impact of his scientific work during the past five years.
Malcolm Lilly Award
Hélder Barbosa was distinguished with the Malcolm Lilly Award fo best oral communication, at European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES 2012), Istanbul, Turkey, 2012.
Young Scientist Award
Nídia D. Lourenço, Young Scientist Award (1st Place), "Real Time Monitoring of a Sequencing Batch Reactor with In-situ NIR Spectroscopy", The Sixth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Houston, USA, June 25-29, 2012
Young Researcher Award Isabel Spencer-Martins 2012
Sandra C dos Santos received the Young Researcher Award Isabel Spencer-Martins2012, granted by the Portuguese Society for Microbiology, as a recognition of the merit and impact of her CV
Best Poster Award
Vicente J, Menezes JC, Gaspar F (2012). The role of mechanistic modelling of particle size on the development of pharmaceutical spray drying processes under Quality by Design. 9th Central Eur. Symp. Pharm. Technol. – CESPT2012, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Sept. 20-22.
UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award
Pedro Fernandes was distinguished with the UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award, in the area of Biological Engineering.
Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho was distinguished with an Honorable Mention by UTL/Santander Totta, in the area of Biological Engineering.
Miguel C Teixeira received an Honorable Mention by UTL/Santander scientific awards 2011, in the area of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, as a recognition of the impact of his scientific work during the past five years.
UTL/Deloitte Young Researchers Award
Nuno M.T. Lourenço has been distinguished with the Young Researchers UTL/Deloitte Award in the scientific areas of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Filipa Ferreira has been distinguished with the Young Researchers UTL/Deloitte Award in the scientific areas of Biological Engineering and Biotechnology.
Nuno P Mira received an Honorable Mention in the area of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, as a recognition of the impact of their scientific work during the past three years.
Sílvia Sousa received an Honorable Mention in the area of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, as a recognition of the impact of their scientific work during the past three years.
Roche Young Investigator Award
Luis Borlido was distinguished with the Roche Younger Investigator Award 2011 for best oral communication, at the Affinity 2011, the 19th biennial meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition, Tavira, Portugal.
João Trabuco was distinguished with the Roche Younger Investigator Award 2011 for best oral communication, at the Affinity 2011, the 19th biennial meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition, Tavira, Portugal.
Oral Presentation Award
I. Filipa Ferreira was distinguished with the Best Oral Presentation Award for the presentation: I.Filipa Ferreira, Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho, Daniel I.C. Wang, M. Raquel Aires-Barros, Crude oil microbial desulfurization: a viable green technology for sulfur elimination in refineries. ChemPor2011, Lisbon, 5-7 September 2011.
Poster Presentation Award
Marina Monteiro was distinguished with the Best Poster Presentation Prize in Bioprocess Engineering for the presentation: Monteiro, M.E., Raiado-Pereira, L., Mateus, M., Prazeres, D.M.F., “Design of a liposome-based chromatographic membrane and its use for final plasmid DNA purification from Escherichia coli lysate contaminants”, 4th Joint National Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology | Microbiotec11, Braga, Portugal, December 2011
Mata, A. M. T., Lourenço, N.D., Pinheiro, H. M., "Does Activated Sludge Starvation Enhance Dye Bioconversion in the Presence of Inhibitory Compounds?", 8th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6-10, 2011.
Tiago Dias was distinguished with the Best Poster Presentation Prize in Cell and Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials for the presentation: Barbosa, H.S.C., Fernandes, T.G., Dias, T.P., Diogo, M.M., Cabral, J.M.S., “A factorial design approach for modeling mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal at different O2 levels”, 4th Joint National Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology | Microbiotec11, Braga, Portugal, December 2011
Week's Best Articles: Cystic Fibrosis (May 2011)
The article " Coutinho, C.P., de Carvalho, C.C.C.R., Madeira, A., Pinto-de-Oliveira, A., Sá-Correia, I., Burkholderia cenocepacia phenotypic clonal variation during three and a half years of residence in the lungs of a cystic fibrosis patient. Infection and Immunity , in press" was the third most read in the field of cystic fibrosis this week.
UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award
Duarte Miguel Prazeres was distinguished with the UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award, in the Biological Engineering area, 2010.
Maria Raquel Aires-Barros was distinguished with an Honourable Mention by UTL/Santander Totta, in the Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology area, 2010.
Gabriel Monteiro was distinguished with an Honourable Mention by UTL/Santander Totta, in the Biotechnology area, 2010.
UTL/Deloitte Young Researcher Award
Paula Rosa received the UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2010 award in the scientific area of Biological Engineering and Biotechnology, sponsored by the Technical University of Lisbon and Deloitte
Isabel Filipa Ferrreira was distinguished with a Ho-nourable Mention in the UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2010 award in the scientific area of Biological Engineering and Biotechnology
Marco Marques was distinguished with a Honourable Mention in the UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2010 award in the scientific area of Biological Engineering and Biotechnology
Silvia Barbosa was distinguished with a Honourable Mention in the UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2010 award in the scientific area of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Biodiversity Fund
C.C.C.R. de Carvalho is responsible for the IST team in the project entitled “Investigação, Conservação e Divulgação da Biodiversidade dos Charcos Temporários (CHARCOScomBIO)”, which won the Fundo Biodiversidade 09 (Biodiversity Fund 09) awarded by Fundação EDP, 2010.
MIT-Portugal Venture Competition
L.P. Fonseca was given the Honourable Mention for the “Aromase” project on the ISCTE-IUL, MIT-Portugal Venture Competition, October, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010
Top-Cited Article Award
A.C.A. Roque, C.S.O. Silva and M.A. Taipa were distinguished by Elsevier with a top-cited article award (2007-2009) for their publication “Affinity-based methodologies and ligands for antibody purification: Advances and perspectives”, J. Chromatogr. A, 1160, 44-55 (2007)
P.A.J. Rosa, A.M. Azevedo and M.R. Aires-Barros were distinguished by Elsevier with a top-cited article award (2007-2009) for their publication “Application of central composite design to the optimisation of aqueous two-phase extraction of human antibodies”, J. Chromatogr. A, 1141, 50-60, (2007)
P.H. Oliveira, F. Lemos, G.A. Monteiro and D.M.F. Prazeres were distinguished by Elsevier with a top-cited article award (2008-2010) for their publication “Recombination frequency in plasmid DNA containing direct repeats-predictive correlation with repeat and intervening sequence length”, Plasmid, 60, 159-165, (2008)
UTL/Deloitte Young Researcher Award
Cláudia Lobato da Silva received the UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2009 award in the scientific domains of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology sponsored by the Technical University of Lisbon and Deloitte (23rd June 2009).
Paula Rosa was distinguished with a Honourable Mentions in UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2009 award in the scientific domains of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology sponsored by the Technical University of Lisbon and Deloitte (23rd June 2009).
Filipa Ferreira was distinguished with a Honourable Mentions in UTL/Deloitte Jovens Investigadores 2009 award in the scientific domains of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology sponsored by the Technical University of Lisbon and Deloitte (23rd June 2009).
Alfagene Young Researcher in Microbiology Award
Miguel C Teixeira received from the Portuguese Society for Microbiology the Alfagene Young Researcher in Microbiology Award
UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award
Miguel Prazeres was distinguished with a Honourable Mention in the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) scientific award competition in the Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology area, for the recognition of his scientific work and career, sponsored by Santander Totta bank (16th November 2009).
Isabel Sá-Correiareceived the UTL/Santander Totta scientific awards 2009in the scientific area of Biochemistry, as a recognition of the impact of her scientific work during the past five years.
Best Poster Award
Nuno Lourenço was named for best poster presented by a Young Researcher, at the 9th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformation (Biotrans 2009) held in Bern, Switzerland (9th July 2009).
Roche Younger Investigator Award
Cláudia Silva was distinguished with a Honourable Mention of the Roche Younger Investigator Award 2009 at the Affinity 2009, the 18th biennial meeting of the International Society for Molecular Recognition, in Reykjavik, Iceland (16th July 2009).
World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions "Summer Davos"
Cláudia Lobato da Silva was nominated as an outstanding young scientist by the InterAcademy Panel/World Economic Forum to participate in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions "Summer Davos" (10-12th September 2009).
Cluster Prize
Nuno Bernardes was award with the Cluster Prize, IST, 2009, for Master Thesis performed within the Cluster Association of Universities
UTL/Santander Totta Scientific Award
Joaquim M. Sampaio Cabral won the scientific award from the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) in Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotecnology area. This award is the recognition of the scientific work and career and is sponsored by Santander Totta bank. The award ceremony took place on the 4th December 2008 at IST.
Isabel Sá-Correia received an Honorable Mention in the scientific area of Biochemistry, within the scope of the UTL/Santander Totta scientific awards 2009, as a recognition of the impact of her scientific work during the previous five years.
UTL/Deloite Young Researcher Award
Carla CCR de Carvalho received the UTL/Deloite scientific award 2008 in the scientific area of Biotechnology, as recognition of the impact of her scientific career
Miguel C Teixeira received the UTL/Deloite scientific award 2008 in the scientific area of Biochemistry, as recognition of the impact of his scientific carrer
Cláudia A. M. Lobato da Silva received Honourable Mention in “Prémio Jovens Investigadores UTL/Deloitte” in the scientific area of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2008
M. Margarida Diogo received Honourable Mention in “Prémio Jovens Investigadores UTL/Deloitte” in the scientific area of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2008
Malcolm Lilly Award
Tiago G. Fernandes was awarded with the 2008 Malcolm Lilly award on the occasion of the 7th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES-7, September 7-10, 2008), in Faro, Portugal, for the contribution “Exploring stem cell fate using three-dimensional cellular microarrays”, supervised by J.M.S. Cabral (IBB-IST) and J.S. Dordick (Renssealaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA).
Best Oral Presentation
Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho, The importance of the bacterial membrane to biofilm formation, IWA Biofilm Technologies Conference, Singapore, 2008.
Martins, V.C., Cardoso, F.A., Loureiro, J., Germano, J., Cardoso, S., Ferreira, R., Fonseca, L.P., Sousa, L., Piedade, M.S., Freitas, P.P., “Integrated spintronic platforms for biomolecular detection, separation and counting”, Joint European Magnetic Symposia - JEMS08, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
Best Poster Awards
C.C.C.R. de Carvalho, P.S. Ramos-Silva, S.S. Alves, M.M.R. da Fonseca, Simultaneous degradation of linear and aromatic hydrocarbons by Rhodococcus erythropolis cells, ESBES 7 - 7th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science, Faro, Portugal, 2008
Ferreira, I.F., Azevedo, A.M., Rosa, P.A.J, Aires-Barros, M.R., “Optimisation of temperature induced aqueous-two phase extraction of human antibodies”, 28th International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides - ISPPP2008, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2008
Ferreira, I.F., Rosa, P.A.J., Azevedo, A.M., Aires-Barros, M.R., “Optimisation of temperature induced aqueous-two phase extraction of human antibodies”, 12th International Symposium on Preparative and Industrial Chromatography and Allied Techniques - SPICA 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, 2008
Raiado-Pereira, L., Santos, J.A.L., Prazeres, D.M.F., Mateus, M., “Prospective hydrophobic interaction and pseudo-affinity membranes for chromatographic purification of plasmid DNA”, 7th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science - ESBES 7, Faro, Portugal, 2008
FLAD Educational Innovation Awards
Cláudia Lobato da Silva (Professor at IST) was distinguished with the First Annual FLAD Educational Innovation Award, 2008. This award from the Luso-American Foundation based in Lisbon recognizes the extraordinary efforts of Portuguese faculty members in the MIT-Portugal Program to create educational programs at the highest standards of excellence.
Idea to Product Competition
Nuno Lourenço won the 2nd Place on 6th Annual Idea to Product Competition -Cockrell School of Engineering Int'l Challenge with the project “Ion Jelly®- Thin-Film Batteries”, held at University of Texas, Austin, 2008
BES Innovation Award
Nuno Lourenço was distinguished with the BES Innovation award, area of Energy, with the Project “Ion Jelly®- Development of Thin-Film Flexible Batteries”, 2008