Pedro R Figueiredo
  PhD Student  
   
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  supervisor: Armando Jorge Domingues Silvestre  
  co-supervisor: Andreia Fernandes de Sousa  
  direct url: http://www.ciceco.ua.pt/PedroRFigueiredo  
   

Synthesis of Polycaprolatone by CalB

Education
Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, PhD
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
Ongoing
Thesis: Enzymatic synthesis of amphiphilic polymer-drug conjugates for cancer treatment, Carvalho A.T.P.; Silveste A.J.D.; Sousa A.F.
 
Medicinal Chemistry, MSc
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018 
Dissertation: Studies on the synthesis of adenine derivatives and analogues as anticancer drug candidates, Proença M.F. 
 
Chemistry, BSc
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015
Dissertation: Synthesis of anthraquinone derivatives (as electrochemical sensors), Proença M.F.; Araújo R.F.
Projects
Enzymatic synthesis of biodegradable amphiphilic polymer-drugs for cancer treatment
PhD Student Fellow, 2019-present, SFRH/BD/144303/2019
This PhD plan includes in silico systematic exploration of the polymer-drug conjugates that can be enzymatically obtained, assessment of drug release profiles and protein reengineering that will be later experimentally assayed, chemically characterized and tested in vitro.
 
Rational design of a thermostable esterase for the production of high-value bioplastics for biomedical applications
Research Fellow, 2018-2019, MIT-EXPL/ISF/0021/2017
This project is focused on the design of customized thermostable enzyme to produce high-value biopolymers for biomedical applications.
publications
From common plastics to sustainable alternatives: A mechanistic study of a green catalyst
Beatriz C. Almeida; Figueiredo, Pedro; Alexandra T. P. Carvalho
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Enzymatic transesterification of PCL-PEG co-polymers
Figueiredo, Pedro; Beatriz C. Almeida; Alexandra T. P. Carvalho
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Rational design of enzymatic production of high-value biodegradable polymers
Almeida, Beatriz C.; Pedro Figueiredo; Alexandra T. P. Carvalho
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Enzymatic synthesis of poly(e-caprolactone): a QM/MM MD study
Figueiredo, Pedro; Almeida, Beatriz C.; Carvalho, Alexandra T. P.
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Rational design of enzymatic production of high-value biodegradable polymers for biomedical applications
Alexandra T. P. Carvalho; Pedro R. Figueiredo; Almeida, Beatriz C.
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Synthesis of poly(e-caprolactone): a bio-based polymer for biomedical applications
Figueiredo, Pedro; Almeida, Beatriz C.; Carvalho, Alexandra T. P.
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Rational design of enzymatic production of high value biodegradable polymers for biomedical applications
Almeida, Beatriz C.; Figueiredo, Pedro; Alexandra T. P. Carvalho
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Catalytic cycle of CALB towards the synthesis of poly(e-caprolactone)
Figueiredo, Pedro; Carvalho, Alexandra
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Rational design of enzymes for biopolymer synthesis
Alexandra T. P. Carvalho; Pedro R. Figueiredo; Almeida, Beatriz C.
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Rational design of esterases for biopolymer synthesis
Pedro R. Figueiredo, Beatriz C. Almeida, Alexandra T. P. Carvalho
2019,
CICECO Authorship
Synthesis and characterization of new perylenediimides functionalized with dehydroamino acid
Figueiredo, Pedro; Proença, Maria Fernanda; Martins, José Alberto
2016,
CICECO Authorship
Síntese de perilenobisimidas modificadas com derivados de antraquinona e ferroceno (para posterior aplicação como sensores electroquímicos)
Figueiredo, Pedro; Proença, Maria Fernanda
2016,
CICECO Authorship

 
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