Laura Alves

Laura Sofia Alves

PhD Student

iBB Group: scerg

laura.alves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Expertise: Stem cell culture, differentiation, and characterization; Cellular Agriculture; Fish Cell Culture

Short Bio:

Laura Alves is a young Biological Engineer interested in stem cell culture and characterization with applications in regenerative medicine and cellular agriculture. Laura attained a master’s degree in Biological Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, Portugal) in 2021, working with Periodontal Ligament-derived stem cells. During her PhD research, Laura has taken an interest in cellular agriculture and its potential to contribute to food security and environment-friendly food systems. Currently, her work focuses on developing research in isolation of cells from various Atlantic fish species for applications in cultivated seafood products.

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Research Focus:

Cultivation of fish cells, Cellular Agriculture.

DentalBioMatrix: Development of Bioengeneering Strategies for Periodontal Tissue Regeneration (PTDC/BTM-MAT/3538/2020)
Algae2Fish: Seabass whole-cut cultured fish fillet production (BL122/2022), https://algae2fish.wixsite.com/algae2fish?lang=pt

Alves, L., Machado, V., Botelho, J., Mendes, J. J., Cabral, J. M. S., da Silva, C. L., & Carvalho, M. S. (2023). Enhanced Proliferative and Osteogenic Potential of Periodontal Ligament Stromal Cells. Biomedicines, 11(5), 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11051352

Carvalho, M. S., Alves, L., Bogalho, I., Cabral, J. M. S., da Silva, C. L., (2021). Impact of Donor Age on the Osteogenic Supportive Capacity of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.747521

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