Catarina de Almeida Custódio

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  • 29.3.38

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Projects

Innovative tools to treat and model complex cancer environments (TheraTools)

PartnerEuropean Comission
Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the TheraTools project will create a multidisciplinary research and training network to focus on the technological development of scientific tools to study malignant tumours localised beyond a biological barrier, as in the case of brain tumours. The TheraTools consortium will provi...

3D cells colonization in marine-derived hydrogels through controlled micro-channels patterning for bone repair (PROMENADE)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
magnetic; 3D cell colonization; hydrogel

Bioinspired tile-matching to create ultrastructured bone microtissues in a close-to-native fashion (TETRISSUE)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
The driving force behind TETRISSUE is inspired in the fundamentals of the native bone regenerative process and supported by a strong technological character to produce highly vascularized ultrastructured bone replacements. Its innovative character is mainly related with the integration of key elements working in tandem: (1) bioinstructi...

Cápsulas esféricas multicompartimentalizadas de alto rendimento para a transplantação de co-culturas multimodais de células estaminais derivadas do tecido adiposo e ilhotas pancreáticas. (TranSphera)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

CIRCUS - Directing Bone Dynamics Through The Synergistic Action Of Immune Cells With Bioengineered Cell Microfactories Containing Patterned Microplatforms (CIRCUS)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Dispositivos Supramoleculares Auto-Regulados baseados na Complementaridade dos Pares de Base do ADN: Uma Tecnologia Biomimética e com Reconheciemnto Molecular para Isolar Células Específicas para Aplicações Biomédicas (SUPRASORT)

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Hidrogéis de Lisados de Plaquetas para Regeneração do Miocárdio (BEAT)

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Metodologias eficientes para a conjugação de polissacarídeos naturais com péptidos para obtenção de membranas multifuncionais para regeneração periodontal. (COP2P)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Produção de Plataformas Microcapsulares 3D+ para Avaliação Laboratorial em Larga Escala de Novas Terapias Combinatórias para o Cancro do Pâncreas (PANGEIA)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publications

Biomaterials meet organ-on-chips - a perspective on tumor modeling

Monteiro, CF; Deus, IA; Custódio, CA; Mano, JF
2025, INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS, 70, 1, 31-68.
ISBN: 1743-2804

Human Chorionic Membrane-derived Tunable Hydrogels for Vascular Tissue Engineering Strategies

Martins, EAG; Deus, IA; Gomes, MC; Silva, AS; Mano, JF; Custódio, CA
2025, ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS, 14, 1.
ISBN: 2192-2659

Tumor-On-A-Chip Model Incorporating Human-Based Hydrogels for Easy Assessment of Metastatic Tumor Inter-Heterogeneity

Monteiro, CF; Deus, IA; Silva, IB; Duarte, IF; Custódio, CA; Mano, JF
2024, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 34, 30.
ISBN: 1616-3028

Photocrosslinkable microgels derived from human platelet lysates: injectable biomaterials for cardiac cell culture

Santos, SC; Custódio, CA; Mano, JF
2024, BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE, 12, 12, 3112-3123.
ISBN: 2047-4849

Human Platelet Lysate-Derived Nanofibrils as Building Blocks to Produce Free-Standing Membranes for Cell Self-Aggregation

Monteiro, C; Gomes, MC; Bharmoria, P; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP; Custódio, CA; Mano, JF
2024, ACS NANO, 18, 24, 15815-15830.
ISBN: 1936-086X

Modeling 3D Tumor Invasiveness to Modulate Macrophage Phenotype in a Human-Based Hydrogel Platform

Monteiro, CF; Almeida, CR; Custódio, CA; Mano, JF
2024, MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE, 24, 11.
ISBN: 1616-5195

Amniotic Membrane-Derived Multichannel Hydrogels for Neural Tissue Repair

Sousa, JPM; Deus, IA; Monteiro, CF; Custódio, CA; Gil, J; Papadimitriou, L; Ranella, A; Stratakis, E; Mano, JF; Marques, PAAP
2024, ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS, 13, 27.
ISBN: 2192-2659

Comparative analysis of aligned and random amniotic membrane-derived cryogels for neural tissue repair

Sousa, JPM; Deus, IA; Monteiro, CF; Custódio, CA; Stratakis, E; Mano, JF; Marques, PAAP
2024, BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE, 12, 17, 4393-4406.
ISBN: 2047-4849

Leveraging Blood Components for 3D Printing Applications Through Programmable Ink Engineering Approaches

Sobreiro-Almeida, R; Santos, SC; Decarli, MC; Costa, M; Correia, TR; Babilotte, J; Custódio, CA; Moroni, L; Mano, JF
2024, ADVANCED SCIENCE, 11, 47.
ISBN: 2198-3844

A Self-Sustaining Hydrogels with Autonomous Supply of Nutrients and Bioactive Domains for 3D Cell Culture

Zargarzadeh, M; Gomes, MC; Patrício, SG; Custódio, CA; Mano, JF
2023, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 33, 48.

Animal Protein-based Soft Materials for Tissue Engineering Applications

In Helena S. Azevedo, João F. Mano, João Borges (Eds.), Soft Matter for Biomedical Applications
C. A. Custódio, S. C. Santos, C. F. Monteiro, I. A. Deus, M. C. Gomes, J. F. Mano
2021, Royal Society of Chemistry.
ISBN: 978-1-78801-757-2

Smart Instructive Polymer Substrates for Tissue Engineering

In Maria Rosa Aguilar, Julio San Román (Eds.), Smart Polymers and Their Applications
Catarina A.Custódio, Aránzazudel Campo, Rui L.Reis, João F.Mano
2019, 411-438, Woodhead Publishing .
ISBN: 978-0-08-102416-4

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