20 years of Science and Innovation
Work by LEPABE team was distinguished with CNOIV 2020
Posted on January 21st, 2020
The article “Towards sustainable wine: Comparison of two Portuguese wines” was distinguished with the prize CNOIV 2020 in the category of Economy and Law, instituted by the National Commission of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (CNOIV), operating at the Institute of Vine and Wine, I.P.
This paper, published in 2018 by the Journal of Cleaner Production resulted from the work developed by a team from LEPABE, led by Prof. Nídia Caetano, in collaboration with Sogrape Vinhos company. In this paper a comparative sustainability assessment of two Portuguese wines is performed. The evaluation follows a life cycle perspective and is based on seven sustainability indicators, selected taking into account the main issues pertinent to the wine industry.
Access to the distinguished paper here.
Micromachines special issue on “Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Applications”
Posted on January 7th, 2021
Dr. Laura Cerqueira, researcher from LEPABE, is one of the guest editors of the Special Issue “Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Applications”, to be published in the journal Micromachines. This Special Issue focuses on the development of novel designs for miniaturization, microfluidic devices and biosensors. The submission deadline is May 31st, 2021.
More information on this special issue can be found here.
LEPABE whishes you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a better 2021!
Posted on December 22nd, 2020
PhD Thesis by Emanuel Costa on bioenergy production
December 22nd, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Emanuel Costa for his PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Evaluation of alternative feedstocks for bioenergy production in Portugal: non-edible oilseed crops, by-products and wastes” supervised by Prof. Joana M. Dias, defended on December 22nd 2020 FEUP.
PhD Thesis by Joana Ferreira on protein crystallization
December 18th, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Joana Ferreira for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Droplet-based microreactor for protein crystallization” supervised by Prof. Fernando Rocha and co-supervised by Dr. Filipa Castro, defended on December 18th 2020 FEUP.
Crystals special issue on “Advanced Hybrid and Composite Crystals for Solar Fuels”
Posted on December 11th, 2020
Prof. Adélio Mendes, senior researcher from LEPABE, is one of the guest editors of the Special Issue “Advanced Hybrid and Composite Crystals for Solar Fuels”, to be published in the journal Crystals. This Special Issue focuses on new hybrid/composite crystalline materials to improve the performance of solar fuel technologies toward industrialization. The submission deadline is May 15th, 2021.
More information on this special issue can be found here.
Energies special issue on “Microalgae Cultures: Environmental Tool and Bioenergy Source”
Posted on December 16th, 2020
Dr. José Carlos Pires and Dr. Ana Luísa Gonçalves, researchers from LEPABE, are guest editors of the Special Issue “Microalgae Cultures: Environmental Tool and Bioenergy Source”, to be published in the journal Energies. This Special Issue will present the recent research activities concerning the environmental applications of microalgae and their potential for biofuels production and the main challenges for their large-scale application. The submission deadline is February 28th, 2021.
More information on this special issue can be found here.
LEPABE member is a Highly Cited Researcher 2020
Posted on November 26th, 2020
Prof. Manuel Simões, senior researcher of LEPABE was distinguished as Highly Cited Researcher 2020 by Clarivate - Web of Science.
This is a recognition of the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1 % by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.
Prof. Manuel Simões is one of the 10 Portuguese scientists distinguished this year that work primarily in Portugal, and the only one from University of Porto.
Congratulations!
Know more about this recognition here.
Dialogs between Engineering and Music
December 2nd, 2020
LEPABE is one of the research units that supports the 2nd edition of the Researchers’ Concert. With the theme: “Diálogos entre Engenharia e Música”, this concert will take place on December 2nd, 2020, and will be live streamed from the Auditório do Conservatório de Música do Porto. It will be performed by the orchestra of the Academia and City Opera (OAC).
The OAC orchestra will be directed by conductor José Ferreira Lobo, and will have Sérgio Cunha (guitar and narrative) as solo artist. The program includes the works “Guitar Quintet in D Major, Fandango” by L. Bocherinni, “Goyescas (Intermezzo)” by E. Granados and “The Witch Love (O Amor Bruxo)” by M. de Falla.
Watch this concert here (starts at 21h00).
EU-Horizon 2020 website highlights 112CO2 project
Posted on November 20th, 2020
The 112CO2 - Low temperature catalytic methane decomposition for COx-free hydrogen production project, led by Prof. Adélio Mendes, senior member at LEPABE was highlighted by the EU-Horizon 2020 website.
The 112CO2 project is the beginning of a new scientific and technological adventure towards the full and fast energy decarbonisation at competitive prices and beyond, providing an effective pathway for the CO2 removal from the atmosphere. Financially supported by the FET Proactive programme, with a total funding of 3,5 millions €, this project is led by LEPABE/FEUP and involves the participation of 7 more institutions and companies.
Read the full article here.
PhD Thesis by Patrícia Alves on Escherichia coli biofilms
November 23rd, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Patrícia Alves for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Evaluation of Escherichia coli biofilms in controlled hydrodynamic conditions using flow cells” supervised by Prof. Filipe Mergulhão, defended on November 23rd 2020 at FEUP.
LEPABE members participated in nanoGe Fall Meeting 2020
Posted on November 9th, 2020
LEPABE Senior member Prof. Adélio Mendes was invited speaker at nanoGe Fall Meeting 2020 (Online conference), that took place in October 20-23rd, 2020, with the presentation entitled "Electrochemical fuels: a promising energy vector?"
Telmo Lopes, a PhD student of LEPABE, was awarded Best Poster Presentation, sponsored by ACS Photonics, with the poster “Facing the engineering challenges of upscaling: The SolarFlow25 cell”, that reports recent simulations and advances on the upscaling prospects of a 25 cm2 solar flow redox battery (SRFC).
Congratulations!
Crystals special issue on “Bulk Protein Crystallization”
Posted on November 12th, 2020
Dr. Filipa Castro, researcher from the Supramolecular Assemblies group of LEPABE, is one of the guest editors of the Special Issue “Bulk Protein Crystallization”, to be published in the journal Crystals. This Special Issue focuses on protein crystallization strategies, to boost its implementation in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry. The submission deadline is May 21st, 2021.
More information on this special issue can be found here.
Habilitation title was granted to Prof. Manuel Simões
Posted on November 3rd, 2020
LEPABE senior member Prof. Manuel Simões had his public defense for the attribution of the habilitation title, with the topic of “Disinfection of industrial surfaces: the relevance of biofilms”, on October 29-30th, 2020, at FEUP.
The habilitation title was approved unanimously by the members of the jury.
Congratulations!
Monique Branco distinguished with "Prémio Científico Mário Quartin Graça 2020"
Posted on November 5th, 2020
Monique Branco doctoral thesis was distinguished with the Mário Quartin Graça Scientific Award 2020 in the technology and natural sciences category. Instituted by Casa da América Latina and Banco Santander, this prize intended to distinguish doctoral theses carried out by Portuguese or Latin American researchers at universities in Portugal or Latin America.
Monique Branco did part of her PhD work at LEPABE, in the context of a collaboration between FEUP and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Congratulations!
Know more about this prize here.
Polymers special issue on “State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Portugal”
Posted on November 1st, 2020
Prof. Fernão Magalhães, senior researcher at LEPABE, is one of the guest editors of the Special Issue "State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Portugal", to be published in the journal Polymers. This Special Issue intends to present a collection of original research and review articles that provide an overview of current work on Polymer Science in Portugal. The submission deadline is August 31st, 2021.
More information on this special issue can be found here.
PhD Thesis by Joana Malheiro on new biocide formulations
October 22rd, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Joana Malheiro for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Development of Biocide Formulations Based on Phytochemical Products for Surface Disinfection” supervised by Prof. Manuel Simões, defended on October 23rd 2020 FEUP.
#Summer@LEPABE – Final presentations
Posted on October 23rd, 2020
#Summer@LEPABE is an unique opportunity for students and aspiring researchers to get in touch with R&D developed at LEPABE. This summer school, supported by FCT’s “Escolas de Verão” program, started on July 29th and is now close to the end.
During the next days, students will have the opportunity to present the work developed during the last 3 months. They were integrated in our research teams and had hands-on experience on ongoing scientific and technological projects at LEPABE.
Find more information about the projects here.
PhD Thesis by Nuno Moreira on wastewater treatments
October 22nd, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Nuno Moreira for his PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Advanced wastewater treatment: organic micropollutants, human pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes” co-supervised by Prof. Olga Nunes, defended on October 22nd 2020 FEUP.
Pharmaceutics special issue on “Solid Lipid Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Neurological Diseases”
Posted on October 20th, 2020
Prof. Maria do Carmo Pereira and Dr. Joana Loureiro, researchers from the Supramolecular Assemblies group of LEPABE, are Guest Editors of the special issue on “Solid Lipid Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Neurological Diseases” to be published on the scientific journal Pharmaceutics.
The dead line for manuscript submissions is March 10th, 2021.
More information can be found here.
Work by LEPABE team is highlighted as back cover paper
Posted on October 16th, 2020
The article "Controlled protein crystal nucleation in microreactors: the effect of the droplet volume versus high supersaturation ratios" is the back cover image in the issue 28 of CrystEngComm (vol. 22), a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
This paper resulted from the work developed by Dr. Filipa Castro and Prof. Fernando Rocha, from the Supramolecular Assemblies group of LEPABE. In this paper the control of enhanced protein nucleation in microdroplets under high supersaturation ratios is discussed, where lysozyme is used as a model protein.
Access to the back cover paper here.
Senior LEPABE member pursues the habilitation title
Posted on October 8th, 2020
LEPABE member Prof. Manuel Simões will have his public defense for the attribution of the habilitation title next 29-30th October.
All researchers are invited to attend the event, particularly the Oral Lesson:
30th Oct - Disinfection of industrial surfaces: the relevance of biofilms.
More information here.
LEPABE was granted 16 Ph.D scholarships in FCT 2020 call
Posted on October 14th, 2020
LEPABE congratulates the 16 project researchers that were granted individual scholarships to obtain the Ph.D degree in the national FCT call (2020):
- Ana Azevedo
- Ana Cristina Afonso
- Ana Filipa Esteves
- Ana Filipa Freitas
- Ana Rosa Silva
- Ana Teresa Viana
- Emanuel Sampaio
- Filipe Almeida
Congratulations!
- Filipe Rocha
- Gabriel Silva
- Henrique Sousa
- Joana Martins
- Liliana Soares
- Luís Alves
- Mariana Cruz
- Meghna Dabur
PhD Thesis by Seyedali Emami on perovskite solar cells
October 6th, 2020
LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Seyedali Emami for his PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Advanced hermetic encapsulation of perovskite solar cells” supervised by Prof. Adélio Mendes, defended on October 6th 2020 FEUP.
Sustainability special issue on “Advances in Air Quality Monitoring Towards Reducing Air Pollution and Health Impacts”
Posted on October 2nd, 2020
LEPABE researchers Fernando Martins, Sofia Sousa and Pedro Branco are Guest Editors of the special issue on “Advances in Air Quality Monitoring Towards Reducing Air Pollution and Health Impacts” to be published on the scientific journal Sustainability. The dead line for manuscript submissions is November 30th, 2021.
More information on this special issue can be found here.
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