António Soure, PhD in Bioengineering, “Scalable
Manufacturing of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells for Cell Therapies and
the Role of the Notch Signaling Pathway in the Human Hematopoietic
Systems”, IST/UL (supervisors: Joaquim Cabral, Cláudia Lobato Silva),
2017.
Estela Alexandra Domingos Vicente, PhD in
Environmental Sciences, “Chemical fingerprinting and toxicity of
particulate matter from indoor sources”, Aveiro University
(supervisors: Célia Alves, S. Marta Almeida, Teresa Pinheiro), 2017.
Filipa de Canaveira Roque Baker, PhD in Biotechnology
and Biosciences, “Unravelling genes, the Haa1-signalling pathway and
cell envelope properties responsible for the remarkably high acetic
acid tolerance of Zygosaccharomyces bailii, IST-UL (supervisor: Isabel
Sá Correia) (waiting for PhD thesis defense)
Gonçalo Morais e Castro Rodrigues, PhD in
Biotechnology and Biosciences, “Defined and Scalable Systems for Neural
Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells”, IST/UL (supervisors:
Joaquim Cabral, Margarida Diogo, David Schaffer), 2017.
Ivana Kostic, PhD in Bioengineering, “Stem Cell and
Stem Cell-free Therapeutics Against Myocardial Infarction”, IST/UL
(supervisors: Lino Ferreira, Joaquim Cabral, Jeffrey Karp), 2017.
Joana Rita Rodrigues Feliciano, PhD in Biotechnology
and Biosciences, “Towards the unveiling of the multifarious virulence
mechanisms of the Burkholderia cepacia complex: exopolysaccharide
biosynthesis, RNA chaperones, and development of an animal infection
model”, IST/UL (supervisors: Jorge Leitão), 2017.
Marisa Andreia Viegas dos Santos, PhD in
Bioengineering, “Mannosylerythritol lipids bioproduction by
Moesziomyces antarcticus: Sequential stages approach”, IST/UL
(supervisor: Frederico Ferreira), 2017.
Marta Costa, PhD in Bioengineering, “Engineering the
microenvironment of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSC) to tune their
trophic activity”, IST/UL (supervisors: Frederico Ferreira, Cláudia
Lobato Silva), 2017.
Rui Nuno Leitão Carvalho, PhD in Biotechnology and
Biosciences, “Design of Ionic liquid-based biomaterials for development
of a new generation of biofuel cells”, IST/UL (supervisor: Luís
Fonseca), 2017.
Sílvia Catarina Filipe Henriques, PhD in Biotechnology
and Biosciences, “Towards the Improvement of Tolerance to Acetic Acid
and Formic Acids in Yeast: Identification of Candidate Genes and
Engineering of the Haa1 Transcription Factor”, IST/UL (supervisors:
Isabel Sá-Correia), 2017.
