Ongoing Supervisions
Abolfazl (Damoon) Keshmirshekan
PhD Student
Ana Rita Carrilho Ferreira
MSc Student
Bárbara Maria Correia Vaz
PhD StudentProjects
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...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...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...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...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...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
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
Ionic liquid-based three phase partitioning (ILTPP) systems: Ionic liquid recovery and recycling
Alvarez-Guerra, E; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP; Irabien, A
2014, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 371, 67-74.
Understanding the impact of the central atom on the ionic liquid behavior: Phosphonium vs ammonium cations
Carvalho, PJ; Ventura, SPM; Batista, MLS; Schroder, B; Goncalves, F; Esperanca, J; Mutelet, F; Coutinho, JAP
2014, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 140, 6.
Effect of ionic liquids as adjuvants on PEG-based ABS formation and the extraction of two probe dyes
de Souza, RL; Campos, VC; Ventura, SPM; Soares, CMF; Coutinho, JAP; Lima, AS
2014, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 375, 30-36.
Degradation of imidazolium-based ionic liquids in aqueous solution by Fenton oxidation
Dominguez, CM; Munoz, M; Quintanilla, A; de Pedro, ZM; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP; Casas, JA; Rodriguez, JJ
2014, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 89, 8, 1197-1202.
The effect of the cation alkyl chain branching on mutual solubilities with water and toxicities
Kurnia, KA; Sintra, TE; Neves, CMSS; Shimizu, K; Lopes, JNC; Goncalves, F; Ventura, SPM; Freire, MG; Santos, LMNBF; Coutinho, JAP
2014, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 16, 37, 19952-19963.
Recovery of paracetamol from pharmaceutical wastes
Silva, FAE; Sintra, T; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP
2014, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 122, 315-322.
Sustainable design for environment-friendly mono and dicationic cholinium-based ionic liquids
Silva, FAE; Siopa, F; Figueiredo, BFHT; Goncalves, AMM; Pereira, JL; Goncalves, F; Coutinho, JAP; Afonso, CAM; Ventura, SPM
2014, ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 108, 302-310.
Phase diagrams of ionic liquids-based aqueous biphasic systems as a platform for extraction processes
Sintra, TE; Cruz, R; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP
2014, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, 77, 206-213.
Superactivity induced by micellar systems as the key for boosting the yield of enzymatic reactions
Sintra, TE; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP
2014, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC, 107, 140-151.
Good's buffers as a basis for developing self-buffering and biocompatible ionic liquids for biological research
Taha, M; Silva, FAE; Quental, MV; Ventura, SPM; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP
2014, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 16, 6, 3149-3159.
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