Diana Marques

Diana M. C. Marques

PhD Student

iBB Group: scerg

diana.c.marques@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Expertise: 3D bioprinting, Electrospinning, Fish Cell Culture, Bioink Development, Cell Electrical Stimulation

Short Bio:

Diana Marques is an IST Bioengeneering PhD student who has a Master's degree in Biotechnology from IST and a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the NOVA School of Science and Technology. Her scientific interests are in sustainable food systems, specifically in the cellular agriculture field. Currently, in her PhD studies, Diana is focused on edible and plant-based materials for scaffolding fabrication, fish cell eletrical stimulation, bioreactors, and fish cell culture, namely, fish adipogenesis and myogenesis. In her master's thesis, Diana developed novel edible vegan bioinks for 3D bioprinting using algae-based materials. This work was published. After that, Diana developed her research in SCERG at iBB, working on the project Algae2Fish, funded by the US non-profit "The Good Food Institute" (GFI), to produce algae- and plant-based scaffolds to fabricate seabass fish fillets using 3D bioprinting and electrospinning techniques. Diana is also recently involved in the projects VitaminSea (funded by GFI) and CleanFish (funded by FCT). Diana is the co-founder and co-president of "The University of Lisbon Alt Protein Project," a GFI program that aims to promote education, awareness, and opportunities for students and researchers who work with alternative proteins. Diana is also the vice president of the fiscal council of the Portuguese Association for the Development of Cellular Agriculture.

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Research Focus:

Research on the cellular agriculture field, specifically, in cultivated fish production.

Algae2Fish: Enabling whole-cut culticated fish fillet production
VitaminSea: Enhancing Cost-Effective and Efficient Delivery in Fish Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Medium via Functional Bioactive Microcarriers

CleanFish: Unleashing the potential of cultivated fish products

Marques, Diana M. C., João C. Silva, Ana Paula Serro, Joaquim M. S. Cabral, Paola Sanjuan-Alberte, and Frederico C. Ferreira. (2022). 3D Bioprinting of Novel κ-Carrageenan Bioinks: An Algae-Derived Polysaccharide. Bioengineering 9, no. 3: 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9030109

Bomkamp, C., Musgrove, L., Marques, D.M.C. et al. (2023) Differentiation and Maturation of Muscle and Fat Cells in Cultivated Seafood: Lessons from Developmental Biology. Mar Biotechnol 25, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-022-10174-4

Feddern, V., de Oliveira, K. P. V., Gressler, V., Fogaca, F. H., de Faria Lopes, G. P., Rodrigues, C. A., … & Sanjuan-Alberte, P. (2024). Cultivated poultry and seafood: Opportunities and future challenges.

Gusmão A, Marques DMC, Torres-Garcia R, et al., (2023) Designing and prototyping a 3D printer for multi-extrusion of thermo- and photocurable hydrogels: Enabling affordable and wider access to bioprinting. engrxiv. https://doi.org/10.31224/2916

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