6th WEBINAR

16-07-2020 | 12:00

Chemometrics: From fundamentals

to practical applications

Ana Lacerda Leal

PhD Student at LEPABE/PSE

Ana Lacerda Leal holds a PhD in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering and has been a LEPABE member since 2015. Her main research topics include: (i) spectroscopic analysis of petroleum fractions; (ii) development and validation of chemometric methods.

Talk summary

A PhD held in industry gives the students the opportunity to understand the challenges and work on solutions for both academia and industry worlds. The main objective of the project was to find and implement solutions for a faster and cheaper quality control process in the laboratory of Matosinhos refinery. This can be attained by correlating the physical-chemical parameters with spectroscopy-based data. This project encompassed different stages, including (i) database creation (ii) development of a user platform with different chemometric techniques (ii) regression models’ calibration and validation (iv) implementation.

 Webinar Platform: Zoom

5th WEBINAR

02-07-2020 | 12:00

Oscillatory Flow Reactors/Crystallizers: From Lab to Market

António Ferreira

Assistant Researcher at LEPABE/SA

António Ferreira is graduated in Industrial Chemistry by the University of Beira Interior and holds a Ph.D in Chemical and Biological Engineering from FEUP. Since 2015, Ferreira is lecturer at FEUP and Research Fellow at LEPABE being responsible for several projects and protocols established with the industry and research groups in the areas of continuous crystallization and multiphase reactors. In 2019, Ferreira co-founded the company OFRTECH.

Talk summary

In this LEPABE Talks, the methodologies adopted to transfer the knowledge obtained at lab scale to the market will be presented. The focus will be on the oscillatory flow reactors/crystallizers (OFRs or OFCs) developed and optimized during the last 12 years at LEPABE - Supramolecular Assemblies Research Group. These devices have been used, with remarkable success, in several fields such as 1) continuous crystallization of APIs, proteins, antibodies, etc.; 2) ozonation water treatment; 3) liquid-liquid extraction; and 4) bioprocess intensification.

Webinar Platform: Zoom

4th WEBINAR

25-06-2020 | 12:00

NAM4Covid19 – What if you could know the test results

in less than 1 hour?

Ricardo Oliveira

PhD Student at LEPABE/BIO

Ricardo Bruno da Costa Oliveira, graduated in Biochemistry from FCUP/ICBAS in 2015 and obtained a Master’s in Biotechnology from the University of Minho in 2017. Innovative diagnostic methodologies applied in microbiology have always been his main scientific interest. Since 2018 he is a PhD student in Chemical and Biological Engineering at FEUP (LEPABE) in collaboration with INIAV, IP, dedicating himself to the selection of aptamers for detection of food toxins using nucleic acid mimics (NAMs).

Talk summary

NAM4Covid19 aims to develop a rapid and accurate point-of-care testing (POCT) method for SARS-CoV-2 detection.

NAM4Covid19 will allow a faster detection (<1 hour), when compared with the WHO recommended protocols (more than 6 hours). It will also avoid the need for specialized technicians and equipment (needs only a simple heat block). Hence, it will improve SNS' testing capacity to SARS-CoV-2 detection.

Webinar Platform: Zoom