Carla Carvalho

associate professor

G-8176-2012

Web of Science profile

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ccarvalho@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Expertise: BacteriologyBiocatalysis Bioprocess Engineering Lipidomics Marine Biotechnology

Short Bio:

Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho has a 5-year degree in Chemical Engineering, a Master in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal). After 2 post-doctoral grants, she received a FCT ‘Ciência2007’ contract, and a ‘FCT Investigator 2013’ contract as Principal Investigator at IST. She was hired as Assistant Professor in 2019 and has supervised several post-doc research fellows, PhD and MSc students. She co-authored more than 100 manuscripts and 14 book chapters, received several awards, and has been included in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists list” since 2017. She has been responsible for research teams in several European and national projects.

Research Focus:

Bacterial adaptive mechanisms; persister and viable but non-culturable cells; prevention and eradication of biofilms; marine biotechnology; cultivation of extremophiles; whole cells and enzyme biocatalysis; design of bioreactors and bioprocess engineering.

FuturEnzyme-Technologies of the Future for Low-Cost Enzymes for Environment-Friendly Products (H2020, Nr. 101000327)

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Yum Algae- Enzymes for improved sensory quality of microalgae ingredients in foods (EEA Grants; Blue Growth Programme; PT-INNOVATION-0075)
https://www.eeagrants.gov.pt/en/programmes/blue-growth/projects/projects/yum-algae/

INMARE- Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea (H2020, Nr. 634486)
http://inmare.bangor.ac.uk/

Clean Coin-Decreasing the colonisation of bacteria in metallic coins (INCM Innovation Prize 2016)

LipAdapt-The role of lipids in bacterial survival under stressful conditions (FCT, IF/01203/2013/CP1163/CT0002)

de Carvalho, C. C. C. R., & Caramujo, M. J. (2018). The Various Roles of Fatty Acids. Molecules, 23(10), 2583. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23102583

de Carvalho, C. C. C. R., Taglialegna, A., & Rosato, A. E. (2022). Impact of PrsA on membrane lipid composition during daptomycin-resistance-mediated β-lactam sensitization in clinical MRSA strains. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77(1), 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkab356 10.3390/molecules2310258310.1093/jac/dkab356

Pereira, R. F. S., Ferreira, M. J., Oliveira, M. C., Serra, M. C., & de Carvalho, C. C. C. R. (2023). Isolation and Characterization of a Serratia rubidaea from a Shallow Water Hydrothermal Vent. Marine Drugs, 21(12), 599. https://doi.org/10.3390/md21120599

Rodrigues, C. J. C., & de Carvalho, C. C. C. R. (2022a). Cultivating marine bacteria under laboratory conditions: Overcoming the “unculturable” dogma. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10:964589. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.964589 10.3390/molecules2310258310.3389/fbioe.2022.964589

Rodrigues, C. J. C., & de Carvalho, C. C. C. R. (2022b). Marine Bioprospecting, Biocatalysis and Process Development. Microorganisms, 10(10), 1965. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10101965

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