Sofia de Oliveira Dias Duarte

PhD Student


Research Activities

My main research interests are in the Genetics, Molecular Biology and Microbiology fields, and also in Synthetic Biology applied to biopharmaceutical/probiotics production by lactic acid bacteria.

 

Selected Publications

 

• Duarte, S., Rodrigues, L. and Monteiro, G. A. “Heterologous production of curcumin by probiotic lactic acid bacteria towards gastrointestinal cancer therapy” (poster award), E3 Forum- Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship Conference, held on 26th June 2013 at Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva, Lisbon, Portugal.

 

• Magalhães, S., Duarte, S., Monteiro, G. A.,Prieto, M. and Fernandes, Fábio. “Plasmid DNA delivery followed through Förster Resonance Energy Transfer”, 9th European Biophysics Congress EBSA held on 13-17 July Lisbon 2013, Portugal.

 

• Duarte, S.O.D., Paulo, J., Machado, D., Rocha, I., Mergulhão, F.J.M., Rodrigues, L.R. and Monteiro, G.A. “A synthetic biology approach to engineer "therapeutic" bacteria”, MicroBiotec held on 6th-8th December 2013, Aveiro, Portugal.

 

• Magalhães, S., Duarte, S., Monteiro, G. A., Prieto, M. and Fernandes, F. “Trafficking Studies of plasmid DNA through Förster Resonance Energy Transfer”, MicroBiotec held on 6th-8th December 2013, Aveiro, Portugal.

 

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