PhD holders
Frederico Castelo Ferreira, Innovative Materials and Processes
Keywords: @SCERG:
Scaffold design, Bioreactor design, Economic analysis, Membranes,
Electromagnetic cell stimuli. @iBB: Sustainability, Bioprinting,
Cellular Agriculture, Stem Cells, Biomaterials
Carlos A. V. Rodrigues, Stem Cell Bioprocessing
Keywords: @SCERG: Human Pluripotent
Stem Cells, Bioreactors, Cardiac Differentiation, Stem Cell
Bioengineering, Biomaterials. @iBB: Stem Cells, Bioreactors,
Bioprocess Engineering, Cellular Agriculture, Cultivated Seafood
João Carlos Silva, Biomimetic bioactive scaffolds for functional osteochondral
regeneration
Keywords: @SCERG: Biomimetic and Bioactive
Scaffolds, Electrospinning, Osteochondral tissue engineering,
Bioreactor prototyping, MSC, Extracellular matrix. @iBB: Tissue
Engineering, Biomaterials, Stem Cells, Osteochondral Regeneration,
Bioreactors
Paola Sanjuan Alberte, Bioelectronics and Bioprinting
Keywords: @SCERG: ……. @iBB:
Tissue engineering, bioelectronics, additive manufacturing,
biomaterials, nanotechnology
Diogo do Espírito Santo Nogueira, Engineering characterization of bioreactors for human Pluripotent
Stem Cell expansion and cardiac differentiation
Keywords:
@SCERG: Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Bioreactor Engineering and
Characterization, Cardiac Differentiation. @iBB: ….
PhD students
Abdul Mateen, Recreating human gut microbiota in intestinal mucus
models to study infection dynamics
Supervisors: Daniela Pacheco
(Bac3Gel), Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST)
Afonso Gusmão, Exploring new frontiers in 3D(cryo)bioprinting: Designing and
prototyping a novel system combining AI and computer vision for
real-time control of high-quality bioprinted and cryopreserved
tissues
Supervisors: Marco Leite (IDMEC/IST), Frederico
Ferreira (iBB/IST), Arlindo Figueiredo e Silva (Singapore University
of Technology and Design)
Ana Agostinho, Novel Cardiac Tissue Engineering (CTE) Approaches:
exploring the anti-inflammatory benefits of natural acorn phenolic
compounds in electrically stimulated bioprinted constructs
Supervisors:
Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST), Jorge Morgado (IT/IST);
Co-supervisors: Raphael Canadas (LandraTech), Paola Sanjuán-Alberte
(iBB/IST)
Carlos Moreira, When future is past: an ethnographic inquiry into
digital models of human skeletal remains
Supervisors: Francisca
Alves Cardoso (CRIA. Nova-FCSH), Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST)
Catarina Jones, Engineering Quantum-Converting Nanoantennae for
targeted bioelectronic medicine
Supervisors: Paola Alberte
(iBB/IST), Teresa Esteves (iBB/IST); Co-supervisor: Frederico
Ferreira (iBB/IST)
Diana Marques, Whole-cut cell-based fish fillet production by cellular
agriculture strategies
Supervisors: Frederico Ferreira
(iBB/IST), Paola Alberte (iBB/IST-ID), Luisa Torri (Università degli
Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche)
Diogo Dias, Novel Electrically Responsive Molecularly Imprinted
Polymers for Targeted Controlled Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy
Supervisors: Teresa Esteves (iBB/IST), Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST);
Co-supervisor: Carlos Afonso (iMed/FFUL)
Duarte Almeida, 3D bioprinting of a vascularized, innervated and
functional skin tissue
Supervisors: Frederico Ferreira
(iBB/IST), Paola Alberte (iBB/IST); Co-supervisor: Pankaj Karande
(CBIS/RPI)
Filipe Miguel, Multifunctional injectable electroconductive
hydrogels featuring controllable dual drug release to foster
articular cartilage regeneration and suppress inflammation
Supervisors:
Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST), João Carlos Silva (iBB/IST);
Co-supervisor: Jorge Morgado (IT/IST)
Frederico Barbosa, Multi-layered Biodegradable and Piezoelectric Osteochondral
Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: An In Vitro Platform for Modelling
Osteoarthritis
Supervisor: Frederico Ferreira (IBB-IST) and
João Silva (iBB/IST); Co-supervisor: Deepak Vashishth (CBIS, RPI)
Gonçalo Fernando, Innovation systems in Cellular Agriculture: The
Role of Open Access Research in Accelerating Emerging Industries
Supervisors:
Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST), Dwayne Homes (New Harvest)
Kaue Morcelles, Novel monitoring methods for cell viability upon
cryopreservation
Supervisor: Miguel Rodrigues, (CQE/IST,
Smartfreez); Co-Supervisors: Frederico Ferreira (IBB-IST), Pedro
Bertemes Filho (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina)
Kristin Schüler, Advancing cartilage tissue engineering: Innovations in
hierarchical cell-laden scaffolds and bioreactor systems
Supervisors:
Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST), Paola Alberte (iBB/IST-ID), João Silva
(iBB/IST)
Laura Alves, Development of novel marine cell lines and animal
origin-free bioprocesses for cultured seafood manufacturing
strategies
Supervisors: Carlos Rodrigues, (iBB-IST), Duarte
Mendonça (CBA/UA); Industrial Contact Point: Vítor Verdelho Vieira
(Cell4food); Academic contact point: Frederico Ferreira (iBB/IST)
Laura Sordini, A new generation of 4D bioprinted electrically conductive
hydrogels wireless activatable for induced pluripotent stem cell
neural differentiation
Supervisors: Frederico Ferreira
(IBB-IST), Jorge Morgado (IT-IST)
Leonor Resina, New electro-responsive materials platforms for cancer treatment:
Smart self-growing nanoparticles and transdermal devices
Supervisors:
Frederico Ferreira (iBB-IST); Co-supervisors: Carlos Alemán
(Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña), Teresa Esteves (iBB-IST)
Mafalda Maria Miguéis Bragança, miRNA Engineering of Neural-derived
Exossomes as a Promising Therapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer’s
Disease
Supervisors: Dora Brites (iMED-FFUL), João Silva
(iBB/IST), Monica Garcia-Alloza (University of Cádiz, Spain)
Mafalda Silva Santos, Bioinspired hierarchical scaffolds for
periodontal tissue engineering: employing cell-derived ECM and
biophysical stimuli towards personalized medicine models and
therapies for periodontitis
Supervisors: João Silva (iBB/IST),
Cláudia Lobato da Silva (iBB/IST)
Nuno Luis, Meniscus repair and regeneration
Supervisor: Jorge
Mineiro (FMUL); Co-supervisor: Frederico Ferreira (IBB-IST)
Pedro Marcelino, Gradient conductive scaffolds combined with
multi-stimuli bioreactor devices for osteochondral tissue
engineering: an in silico and in vitro approach
Supervisors:
Paula Faria (IPLeiria), João Silva (iBB/IST), Co-supervisor:
Frederico Ferreira (IBB-IST)
Rafaela Neves, Design and modelling of cryopreservation systems with
application in cellular therapies
Supervisors: Miguel Rodrigues
(SmartFreez/CQE-IST), Frederico Ferreira (iBB-IST), Co-supervisor:
Vitor Geraldes (CeFEMA/IST)
Sofia Agostinho, ORING.AGE – Stem Cell Omics and GPCR Analysis for Neurological
Longevity
Supervisors: Carlos Rodrigues (iBB/IST), Ana Fred
(IT/IST)
William Salvador, An Integrated Process for the Production of Extracellular
Vesicles from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Stirred-Tank
Bioreactors
Supervisors: Carlos Rodrigues (iBB/IST), Klaus
Graumann (Phoenestra GmbH); Co-supervisor: Joaquim Cabral (IT/IST)
Invited Research Members
Ana Carina Baeta Manjua, Novel Cell-based Strategies for Development of Vascular Tissue:
Exploring Magnetic Field Stimulation and Fluidic Dynamics
Keywords:
Microfluidic platforms, Magnetic responsive scaffolds,
Vascularization
Pedro Miguel Gonçalves Diniz, Achilles tendon ruptures: novel insights in risk factors and
treatment options
Keywords: Orthopedics, Achilles tendon,
Finite element analysis
Marta Monteiro Silva Carvalho, Decellularized extracellular matrix as a biomaterial strategy for
periodontal tissue regeneration
Keywords: Biomimetic Scaffolds,
Alveolar bone, Periodontal ligament, Dental and mesenchymal stem
cells, Extracellular matrix
Fábio Filipe Ferreira Garrudo, Novel electrospun scaffolds for neural stem cell differentiation
under electrical stimulation
Keywords: Electroconductive
scaffold, Neural stem cell differentiation, Electric stimulation