39th WEBINAR

21-10-2021 | 12:00

Longe da Vista, Longe do Coração

(Far from the eyes, far from the heart)

Olga C. Nunes

Senior Researcher at LEPABE/ENV

Olga C. Nunes holds a PhD in Biochemistry/Microbiology from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra. She is Associate Professor at FEUP and Senior Researcher at LEPABE, working in the Environmental Sciences and Technologies Research Group. Her major research topics include: (i) bioremediation; (ii) microbial ecology and biodiversity; (iii) bacterial taxonomy; and (iv) control of microbial development.

Talk summary

This webinar aims at introducing Microbiology to those that never had the opportunity to study this scientific area. What are microorganisms, where they live, how they reproduce and evolve, what they do, are they all harmful, how can we control them, or how can we do benefit from their characteristics are some of the topics discussed in this webinar.

Webinar Platform: Zoom

38th WEBINAR

07-10-2021 | 12:00

Cluster Analysis as a Procedure for Categorizing Crude Oils

André Mendes Sancho

PhD student at LEPABE/PSE

André Mendes Sancho received his Msc in Chemical Engineering from University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior Técnico. He is PhD student  in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering. His main research topics include: (i) cluster analysis of crude oils (ii) development of performance indicators for cluster analysis (iii) application of classification models for categorizing novel crude oils.

Talk summary

With the margins for refining getting slimer and the legislation stricter, there is growing interest in using novel and cheaper crude oils. However, blending certain crude oils together can cause operational issues during the refining processes. It is therefore important to be able to identify the behavior and categorize existing and novel crude oils based on their main properties and/or  1H NMR spectra.

Webinar Platform: Zoom

37th WEBINAR

23-09-2021 | 12:00

Engineered nanoparticles for targeted brain delivery

Maria João Ramalho

Junior Researcher at LEPABE/SA

Maria João Ramalho holds a PhD in Biological and Chemical Engineering from the University of Porto. Currently, she is a Junior Researcher at LEPABE working in the Research Group of Supramolecular Assemblies. Her research interests focus on (i) nanomaterials for diagnosis and therapeutics applications, (ii) nanoparticles to target the blood-brain barrier, and (iii) biomimetics membrane models for drug-membrane interaction studies.

Talk summary

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) represents a major challenge for the delivery of drugs to the brain. Despite several drugs exhibiting a potential therapeutic effect for neurological diseases, this barrier is an additional obstacle to therapeutic success. These limitations motivate a search for efficient drug delivery strategies. Tailored nanoparticles able to cross the BBB by receptor-mediated transport have emerged as promising solution. This talk will focus on the new advances made by the research team led by Prof. Maria do Carmo Pereira on developing novel nanosystems to carry different therapeutic compounds into the brain.

Webinar Platform: Zoom