Ongoing Supervisions
Alexandra Pereira Conde
PhD Student
Ana Rita Fadigas Filipe
PhD Student
Bárbara Maria Correia Vaz
PhD Student
Damoon Keshmirshekan
PhD Student
Inês Santos Oliveira
PhD Student
Joana Pinto Oliveira
PhD Student
Júlia Pissaia Matté
PhD StudentProjects
Multi-product biorefinery of seaweed using green solvents (SeaSolv)
Local CoordinatorOther International
An innovative and environmental-friendly technique using deep eutectic solvents (DESs) will be developed for a multiproduct biorefinery of seaweeds. The project will focus on the development and optimization of the process by knowing and controlling the interaction DES-seaweed and DES-product. Therefore, the combination of pre-treatments-extract...New system-driven bioremediation of polluted habitats and environment (NYMPHE)
PartnerEuropean Comission
Biological organisms, including the smallest, can play a big role in restoring polluted environments. They remove or neutralise an environmental pollutant from soil or water in a process called bioremediation. The EU-funded Nymphe project will take this process to a new level. Specifically, it will develop bioremediation/revitalisation strategie...Sustainable exploration and biodiscovery of novel products and processes from extreme aquatic microbiomes to expedite the circular bioeconomy (XTREAM)
Local CoordinatorEuropean Comission
Photolitography, which produces geometrical structures through light-induced polymerisation of monomers with high accuracy, precision and spatial resolution, was a key innovation enabler in the drive for high-performance miniature electronics, which had an unprecedented impact on every aspect of our modern life. Geometrically well-defined micros...Anticorpos de aves com elevada pureza e estabilidade como biofármacos alternativos no combate à resistência antimicrobiana (antYmicrob)
PartnerIndustry National
O projeto antYmicrob ambiciona aumentar e validar à escala pré-industrial um processo de purificação desenvolvido para anticorpos imunoglobulina Y, e validar o processo com ovos hiperimunes para bactéria Staphylococcus aureus resistente à meticilina (MRSA), assegurando a atividade, estabilidade e não toxicidade dos anticorpos obtidos por ensaios...Blue-biorefinery of macroalgae - improved aquaculture practices and green and innovative extraction methodologies for the production of high-value compounds (ALGREEN)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
There is an increasing trend for revisiting natural sources towards the discovery of bioactive components [1] within the blue-economy, circular economy andbiorefinery concepts. Marine organisms are seen as a promising, almost unlimited source of bioactive and quite exclusive compounds. Algae, and particularlymacroalgae or seaweeds (~10000 specie...CardioLeather Project: Smart Leather for Health, Wellbeing, and Safety Monitoring in Automotive Vehicles (CARDIOLEATHER)
PartnerIndustry National
O projeto CardioLeather visa o desenvolvimento de um couro-condutor integrado com dispositivos de aquisição de sinais fisiológicos, para serem aplicados em volantes e outras superficies do interior do veiculo, permitindo a monitorização não intrusiva da identidade e saúde do condutor e passageiros.Desenvolvimento de nanomateriais sustentáveis para a purificação de fármacos anti-leucémicos (NanoPurAsp)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Exploratory Research Project: Sónia Patricia Marques Ventura (IF/00402/2015)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
GENIALG - GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative macro-ALGal biorefinery (GENIALG )
PartnerEuropean Comission
The GENIALG project aims to boost the Blue Biotechnology Economy (BBE) by increasing the production and sustainable exploitation of two high-yielding species of the EU seaweed biomass: the brown alga Saccharina latissima and the green algae Ulva spp. GENIALG will demonstrate the economic feasibility and environmental sustainability of cultivatin...Linking in vitro to in vivo toxicity of pharmaceuticals: an integrative approach (VitroTox)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Since the early 90s, the continuous input of pharmaceuticals into the environment has brought environmental chemists and toxicologists to join forces in order to tackle obstacles and answer questions regarding the eventual risk posed by such compounds to human and environmental health. One of the main challenges in the area of analytical chemist...MultiBiorefinery - Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorization: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery (SAICTPAC/0040/2015)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Biorrefinaria; Subprodutos e resíduos; Novos processos de extração e conversão; BioprodutosOptimization and Scale-up of Novel Ionic-Liquid- based Purification Processes for Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein produced by Escherichia coli (FAPESP/19793/2014)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
biopharmaceuticals, fluorescent proteins, purification, aqueous biphasic systemsOtimização e aumento de escala do processo de extração líquido-líquido com líquidos iônicos (LIs) como ferramenta de separação sustentável do biofármaco antileucêmico L-Asparaginase (ASPase) (FAPESP 2014/16424-7)
Local CoordinatorOther International
Processo biotecnológico visando o desenvolvimento de novos colorantes naturais microbianos para aplicação industrial (FAPESP 2014/01580-3)
Local CoordinatorOther International
Separação de fármacos quirais por cromatografia de partição centrífuga usando sistemas aquosos bifásicos enantioseletivos. (ChiResus)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Towards the improvement of recombinant proteins bioprocessing using ionic liquids (IL2BioPro)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
ToxMix - Toxicity of mixtures of alternative solvents with industrial potential (PTDC/ATP-EAM/5331/2014)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ecotoxicity of mixtures ionic liquids Deep eutetic solvents effluentsUsing biorefinery to value cyanobacteria pigments (REFINECYANO)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
[ILTOX] Ecotoxicological evaluation and treatment of aqueous effluents contaminated with ionic liquids (PTDC/AAC-AMB/119172/2010)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ecotoxicity Ionic liquids Water treatment QSAR modelPublications
Efficient extraction and purification of mycosporines-like amino acids (MAAs) following a multiproduct biorefinery approach
Vaz, BMC; Leite, MSCTS; Contieri, LS; Mesquita, LMD; Conde, A; Oliveira, JP; Pinto, DCGA; Ventura, SPM
2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 363.
Unleashing the potential of castor oil as extraction solvent of carotenoids from tomatoes
Vaz, BMC; Contieri, LS; Sosa, FHB; Martins, M; Conde, A; Dias, ACRV; Rostagno, MA; Mesquita, LMD; Ventura, SPM
2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 358.
Extraction and separation of pigments from Saccharina latissima using eutectic solvents
Kholany, M; Reynaga-Navarro, W; Abranches, DO; Wijffels, R; Coutinho, JAP; Ventura, SPM; Kazbar, A
2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 357.
Ecotoxicity of binary mixtures of cholinium-based ionic liquids and salts to microalgae
Jesus, F; Pereira, JL; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP; Gonçalves, FJM; Gonçalves, AMM
2025, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 27, 35, 10664-10672.
Transparent nature-based luminescent solar concentrator with NIR emission and integrated thermal sensing
Correia, SFH; Falcao, BP; Figueiredo, G; Vaz, BMC; Contieri, LS; Mesquita, LMD; Almeida, J; Fradinho, JC; Pinto, DCGA; Fu, LS; André, PS; Ventura, SPM; Ferreira, RAS; Sencadas, V
2025, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 13, 16, 11886-11898.
Unlocking biochemical profile of Chaetoceros calcitrans, Cylindrotheca fusiformis, and Nannofrustulum shiloi (Bacillariophyta) for nutritional and added-value applications
Moreira, ASP; Rocha, HR; Aveiro, S; Ferreira, AS; Oliveira, K; Conde, A; Coelho, M; Rodrigues, AMC; Coelho, N; Pereira, H; Gomes, A; Pintado, M; Nunes, C; Coimbra, MA; Ventura, SPM; Domingues, R; Lopes, D
2025, ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS, 89.
Monitoring the presence of pigments in aqueous extracts using silica materials functionalized with ionic liquids
Kovaleski, G; Neves, MC; Ventura, SPM
2025, ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS, 89.
Benefits, challenges and future of incorporation of algae into dairy products such as cheese and yogurt
Kovaleski, G; Ventura, SPM
2025, JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS, 147.
Biphosphor Carbon Dots/Chlorophyll System Entirely Derived from Chlorella Microalgae for Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Santos, FM; Duarte, TAG; Correia, SFH; Pereira, RFP; Conde, A; Ribeiro, AR; Braga, SS; Ventura, SPM; Ferreira, RAS; Bermudez, VD; Nunes, SC
2025, ACS NANOSCIENCE AU, 5, 3, 137-152.
The Effect of High Temperatures on the Growth and Biochemical Composition of Cultivated Palmaria Palmata (Rhodophyta)
Semmouri, I; Vanhercke, S; Ferreira, AS; Knoop, J; De Clerck, O; Nunes, C; Coimbra, MA; Mesquita, LMD; Ventura, SPM; Janssen, CR; Asselman, J
2025, MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 27, 6.
Aquatic Toxicology of Ionic Liquids (ILs)
In Suojiang Zhang (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids
Francisca A. e Silva, João A. P. Coutinho, Sónia P. M. Ventura
2019, 1-18, Singapore, Springer.
ISBN:
978-981-10-6739-6
Optical Applications of Nanomaterials
In Bhat A., Khan I., Jawaid M., Suliman F., Al-Lawati H., Al-Kindy S. (Eds.), Nanomaterials for Healthcare, Energy and Environment
Bharmoria P., Ventura S.P.M.
2019, 1-29, Singapore, Springer.
ISBN:
978-981-13-9833-9
Extraction of value-added compounds from microalgae
In Cristina Gonzalez-Fernandez and Raúl Muñoz (Eds.), Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts
S.P.M Ventura, B.P. Nobre, F. Ertekin, M. Hayes, M. Garcia-Vaquero, F. Vieira, M. Koc, L. Gouveia, M.R. Aires-Barros, A.M.F. Palavra
2017, 461-483, Woodhead Publishing .
ISBN:
978-0-08-101023-5
Lipase Production and Purification from Fermentation Broth Using Ionic Liquids
In Xuebing Xu, Zheng Guo, Ling-Zhi Cheong (Eds.), Ionic Liquids in Lipid Processing and Analysis
Sónia P.M. Ventura, João A.P. Coutinho
2016, 59-97, Academic Press and AOCS Press .
ISBN:
978-1-63067-047-4
Toward the Recovery and Reuse of the ABS Phase-Forming Components
In Mara G. Freire (Eds.), Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems
Sónia P.M. Ventura, João A.P. Coutinho
2016, Springer.
ISBN:
978-3-662-52873-0