OUR TEAM
OUR TEAM
Nuno F. Azevedo
Project Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Detection and treatment of microbial infections using nucleic acid mimics (NAMs); Multispecies biofilms; Bioinformatics
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Rita S. Santos
Project Manager
Junior Researcher
Drug delivery into bacteria; crossing biological barriers; fluorescence in situ hybridization
Luis F. Melo
Senior Researcher
Emeritus Professor
Dynamics and control of biofilms and surface contamination monitoring techniques
Maria C. Pereira
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Novel nanoengineered biomaterials for therapeutic and environmental applications
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Nuno F. Azevedo
Project Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Detection and treatment of microbial infections using nucleic acid mimics (NAMs); Multispecies biofilms; Bioinformatics
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Rita S. Santos
Project Manager
Junior Researcher
Drug delivery into bacteria; crossing biological barriers; fluorescence in situ hybridization
Luis F. Melo
Senior Researcher
Emeritus Professor
Dynamics and control of biofilms and surface contamination monitoring techniques
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Maria C. Pereira
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Novel nanoengineered biomaterials for therapeutic and environmental applications
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Filipe Mergulhão
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Bacterial adhesion, biofilm development and mitigation; Recombinant protein production in bacterial systems
Manuel Simões
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Understanding of biofilm formation mechanisms and control with antimicrobial agents
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Nuno Guimarães
Junior Researcher
Fluorescence in situ hybridization; design of nucleic acid mimics (NAMs); bacterial antisense therapy and NAMs delivery
Joana Loureiro
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Nanocarriers based strategies to improve the treatment of neurological disorders
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Filipe Mergulhão
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Bacterial adhesion, biofilm development and mitigation; Recombinant protein production in bacterial systems
Manuel Simões
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Understanding of biofilm formation mechanisms and control with antimicrobial agents
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Nuno Guimarães
Junior Researcher
Fluorescence in situ hybridization; design of nucleic acid mimics (NAMs); bacterial antisense therapy and NAMs delivery
Joana Loureiro
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Nanocarriers based strategies to improve the treatment of neurological disorders
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Luís Moreira
PhD Student
Design and application of nucleic acid mimics oligonucleotides (NAMs) in combination with nanoparticles for detection and/or growth inhibition of microorganisms
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Sara Pereira
PhD Student
Delivery of nucleic acid mimics into Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as a novel method for treatment of the infection
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Beatriz Magalhães
PhD Student
Computational modelling of diffusion and hybridization of nucleic acid mimics
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Laura Cerqueira
External Researcher
PNA-FISH methods to detect bacteria in food and clinical samples
Luís Moreira
PhD Student
Design and application of nucleic acid mimics oligonucleotides (NAMs) in combination with nanoparticles for detection and/or growth inhibition of microorganisms
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Sara Pereira
PhD Student
Delivery of nucleic acid mimics into Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as a novel method for treatment of the infection
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Beatriz Magalhães
PhD Student
Computational modelling of diffusion and hybridization of nucleic acid mimics
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Laura Cerqueira
External Researcher
PNA-FISH methods to detect bacteria in food and clinical samples
Mariana Gomes
Research Fellow
Evaluation of the diffusion and activity of nucleic acid mimics associated with different delivery vectors
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Mariana Gomes
Research Fellow
Evaluation of the diffusion and activity of nucleic acid mimics associated with different delivery vectors
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Stefaan C. De Smedt
Senior Researcher
Full Professor
Design and evaluation of nanomedicines for the advanced delivery of biotherapeutics
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Kevin Braeckmans
Senior Researcher
Full Professor
Development and application of microscopy-based methods for studying the interaction of drug delivery nanomaterials with biological barriers
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Ine Lentacker
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ultrasound and microbubble assisted drug delivery, theranostics, gene therapy
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Stefaan C. De Smedt
Senior Researcher
Full Professor
Design and evaluation of nanomedicines for the advanced delivery of biotherapeutics
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Kevin Braeckmans
Senior Researcher
Full Professor
Development and application of microscopy-based methods for studying the interaction of drug delivery nanomaterials with biological barriers
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Ine Lentacker
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ultrasound and microbubble assisted drug delivery, theranostics, gene therapy
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Jesper Wengel
Senior Researcher
Full Professor
Design and synthesis of chemically modified oligonucleotides for biotechnological and biomedical applications. Co-inventor of the LNA (locked nucleic acid) and the UNA (unlocked nucleic acid) technologies.
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Per Trolle Jørgensen
Center coordinator
Designing, managing and operating research activities
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Jesper Wengel
Senior Researcher
Full Professor
Design and synthesis of chemically modified oligonucleotides for biotechnological and biomedical applications.Co-inventor of the LNA (locked nucleic acid) and the UNA (unlocked nucleic acid) technologies.
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Per Trolle Jørgensen
Center coordinator
Designing, managing and operating research activities
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