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Congratulations to all LEPABE researchers that participated in DCE19

Posted on August 5th, 2019

LEPABE Senior Researchers, Adélio Mendes, Joana Dias, Nuno Azevedo and Sebastião Feyo, were invited speakers at the 3rd Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE), that took place in June 27-28th, 2019, at FEUP, Porto.

The PhD student of LEPABE, Luís Moreira was awarded Best Oral Communication with his talk on “Liposome-encapsulated Nucleic Acid Mimics (LipoNAMs): a potential novel diagnostic and therapeutic tool”.

About 30 PhD students from LEPABE presented their work at DCE19 either as oral or poster communication.

A special acknowledgement to André Sancho, Fábio Bernardo, Filipa Paulo and Kashif Mushtaq, PhD students from LEPABE, for their effort and work as part as the organization committee.

Know more about DCE2019 here.

PhD Thesis by Ana Reis on sulfamethoxazole biodegradation for wastewater treatment

July 26th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Ana Reis for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, entitled “Sulfamethoxazole Biodegradation, an Uncommon Property with Potential Application for Wastewater Treatment” supervised by Prof. Olga Nunes, defended on July 26th 2019 FEUP.

Fish Group website

Posted on July 12th, 2019

The Fish Group, that belongs to BEL - Biofilms Engineering Lab, part of the Biotechnology group of LEPABE has a new website where you can find relevant information about their research areas, projects and some news.

Know more here: https://www.fish-feup.pt

VG CoLAB application granted by FCT

Posted on July 8th, 2019

The Collaborative Laboratory “Vasco da Gama CoLAB - Energy Storage”, proposed by EFACEC Energy and led by LEPABE Senior Researcher Adélio Mendes, was approved by FCT. This is an important step for the research performed at LEPABE on cutting edge technology for energy storage.

 Congratulations!

LEPABE Research Unit evaluated as EXCELLENT

Posted on June 28th, 2019

LEPABE Research Unit was evaluated with a grade of EXCELLENT  by FCT - the Portuguese Agency for Science, Research and Technology. This international evaluation process is part of the pluriannual funding program. With more than 200 researchers, and a total of 56 ongoing projects, LEPABE received the highest rating in all evaluation criteria, and obtained very positive comments from the international panel.

Congrats to all LEPABE members for, once again, achieving this remarkable result!

PhD Thesis by Vanessa Araújo on energy optimization of Matosinhos Refinery

June 26th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Vanessa Araújo for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering, entitled “Energy Optimization of Matosinhos Refinery's Aromatics Plant” supervised by Prof. Fernando G. Martins and Prof. Fernando Bernardo (UC), defended on June 26th 2019 at FEUP.

Biofilm Engineering Lab (BEL) Meeting

Posted on June 25th, 2019

The Biofilm Engineering Lab (BEL), part of the Biotechnology group of LEPABE, organized a meeting that took place at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) on the 11th and 12th of June. Mathew Fields, director of the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana, USA, and Darla Goeres, Associate Research Professor from the same institution were invited to participate in the meeting both as speakers and as the jury of the lectures given by the Junior researchers, PhD students, research fellows and master student working at BEL.

PhD Thesis by Carolina Gonçalves on amino resins for the production of wood-based panels

May 30th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Carolina Gonçalves for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering, entitled “Preparation of amino resins and their impact on the production of wood-based panels” supervised by Prof. Luísa H. Carvalho, defended on May 30th 2019 FEUP.

PINT OF SCIENCE 2019

Posted on May 20th, 2019

The event PINT OF SCIENCE 2019 is happening in Porto, from 20th to 22nd of May. This year’s edition organizing team counts with some LEPABE researchers, namely Cláudio Rocha, Salomé Macedo, Joel Silva, Ana Catarina Faria and Rúben Sousa.

Senior Researcher Joana Dias was invited to speak at Cervejaria Nortada, on may, 22nd, about "How residues can be valuable resources?". If you are interested in this event or others please buy here your ticket (2.5 EUR).

Know more about this event here.

LEPABE Junior Researcher present at Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s Diseases Conference

Posted on May 3rd, 2019

Joana Loureiro, LEPABE Junior Researcher, presented her work on "Liposomes based nanocarriers to transport drugs in AD/PD treatment", at the 14th international conference on Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s Diseases, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 26-31, 2019.

This international conference counted with more than 3800 participants, including many pharmaceutical companies.

Know more about this conference here.

LEPABE Senior Researcher involved on the creation of the Portuguese Mentoring Network

Posted on April 30th, 2019

Margarida Bastos, Senior Researcher of LEPABE, is part of a team that created the Portuguese Mentoring Network|Peer Tutoring in Higher Education (Rede Portuguesa de Mentoria|Tutoria Interpares no Ensino Superior). This network mission is strengthening ties of cooperation, dialogue and sharing of experiences that can influence participatory and supportive processes of integration and living in Higher Education.

Learn more about this network here: UPorto, Mentoria|Tutoria

LEPABE Senior Researcher participated in Milan International Furniture Fair

Posted on April 14th, 2019

A team of LEPABE members, led by Senior Researcher Luísa Carvalho, presented innovative lignocellulosic composites at this year’s edition of Milan International Furniture Fair (Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milano). The products, developed in the context of project Lightwood in collaboration with a team of designers, are based on a recently patented technology. They combine thistle wood particles with polyurethane foam to obtain a light-weight but mechanically resistant material, which caught the attention of several representatives from the European furniture industry.

BioRemid 2019

October, 24-25, 2019 - Almeida Garrett's Library - Crystal Palace Gardens, Porto

LEPABE's researchers, together with the LA LSRE-LCM and CERENA, are organizing the 2nd International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes that will take place on October, 24-25, 2019 and will be held in Almeida Garrett's Library - Crystal Palace Gardens, Porto (Portugal). The objective of this meeting is to bring together scientists and industry professionals in a friendly environment, in order to share the latest developments and innovations to face environmental problems.

More information

LEPABE Senior Researcher present at the AMICI workshop

Posted on March 18th, 2019

Nuno Azevedo, Senior Researcher of LEPABE and project coordinator of DelNAM, was an invited speaker at the Anti-Microbial Coating Innovations to prevent infectious diseases (AMICI) workshop, that took place in Riga, Latvia, on March 7th. Nuno Azevedo’s talk was focused on “Obstacles and opportunities on the development of antimicrobial coatings”.

Learn more about this event here.

LEPABE Senior Researcher participated in workshop about EU funds for Advanced Training

Posted on February 13th, 2019

LEPABE Senior Researcher Fernando G. Martins was invited to be present at the round table debate about the contribution of European funds (FEEI) to Advanced Training, which was focused on financial support by the European Social Fund (FSE) for PhD and Post-doctoral fellowships and Doctoral programs, within the scope of QREN and Portugal 2020.

More information here.

PhD Thesis by Maria João Ramalho on drug delivery in glioblastoma multiforme therapy

February 8th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Maria João Ramalho for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Bioengineered nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery in glioblastoma multiforme therapy” supervised by Prof. Maria do Carmo Pereira, defended on February 8th 2019 FEUP.

Sara Ramos and Filipe Rocha were awarded "Best Poster Presentation" at EMEC19

Posted on December 14th, 2018

LEPABE PhD student Sara Ramos, supervised by Prof. Lúcia Santos and Dr. Vera Homem, and AGRONAUT project researcher Filipe Rocha, supervised by Dr. Vera Homem, were awarded Best Poster presentation with their works “Extraction Methodologies for UV-filters and Synthetic Musk Compounds from Soils and Tomatoes” and “Assessing the Levels of Siloxanes and Musks in Sewage Sludges for a Sustainable and Safe Use in Soils”, respectively. The prizes were awarded at the 19th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC19), held from 3rd to 6th of December 2018 in Royat, near Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Congratulations!

Prof. Sebastião Feyo was awarded the "Gold Medal of the Order of Engineers"

Posted on November 27th, 2018

Prof. Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, member of LEPABE and former Rector of the University of Porto, was honoured with the Gold Medal of the Order of Engineers (OE), "in recognition for the high merit demonstrated in the exercise of his profession throughout his diversified career as an Engineer, Professor and as senior OE official.

The event took place on November 24th, during the commemorations of the National Engineer's Day 2018.

More info here (pt).

Science & Technology Week 2018

November, 19-23, 2018

A new edition of the Science & Technology Week 2018 is taking place at the Department of Chemical Engineering with the participation of LEPABE. Till the end of this week, and on the motto: "Technological advances in emerging areas of chemical, environmental and biotechnology engineering" we welcome high school and university students into our research laboratories. More information here.

LEPABE Junior Researcher present at WHO workshop

Posted on November 6th, 2018

Sofia Sousa, LEPABE Junior Researcher, participated as specialist in the panel session “The Urban Health Initiative – UHI: Assessing the health and economic impacts of sectorial action against air pollution”, organized by the World Health Organization.

This took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 29th, as part of the WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health.

LEPABE Assistant Researcher was highlighted by U.Porto Inovação

Posted on November 5th, 2018

LEPABE assistant researcher António Ferreira was highlighted by U.Porto Inovação due to his work on Mesoscale Oscillatory Flow Reactors (Meso-OFR).

Developed at LEPABE/FEUP and CEB/U. Minho, Meso-OFR is a novel technology for process intensification. The technology has been applied in continuous crystallization of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s) in collaboration with pharmaceutical industry.

Read the article and know more about the Meso-OFR technology .

LEPABE was present in TWINNING Coordinators Day

Posted on October 31th, 2018

Nuno Guimarães and Rita Santos, LEPABE Researchers, participated in the TWINNING Coordinators Day that took place in Brussels, Belgium, on October 17th and was organized by the European Commission.

The meeting involved all coordinators of approved TWINNING projects, namely project DELNAM – “Strengthening the research area of delivery of nucleic acid mimics (NAMS) into bacteria to fight the antibiotic crisis”, led by Prof. Nuno Azevedo.

António Vilanova was awarded "Best Poster Presentation" at CHEMPOR 2018

Posted on October 12th, 2018

LEPABE's PhD student António Vilanova, supervised by Prof. Adélio Mendes, was awarded "Best Poster" with the work "Multi-electrode window for large-area solar hydrogen production" at the 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), which was held at the Centro Cultural e de Congressos de Aveiro, from 2nd to 4th October 2018.

Congratulations!

LEPABE was present at BESTPRAC COST action

Posted on October 10th, 2018

José Avelino Silva, LEPABE manager for science and technology, participated in the BESTPRAC Training School (4-6 June) and Workshop (24-25 September) in Belgrade, Serbia.

BESTPRAC is a COST network that gathers people working at universities and research-driven institutions who are carrying out different tasks to support research projects. This COST action aimed to develop best practices and share knowledge related to EU-funded research projects, namely Horizon 2020 and beyond.

Watch a video interview here.

LEPABE assistant researcher was featured in the 27th edition of "Perspetivas"

October 1st, 2018

LEPABE assistant researcher Luísa Andrade,was featured in the 27th edition of "Perspetivas", a supplement of "Público", a national newspaper.

Her team, led by Prof. Adélio Mendes, works on the development of PSCs - perovskite solar cells, focusing on their stability under environment conditions and on replacing the commonly used noble metals (like gold) with less expensive carbon materials.

To know more about this project, follow this link (page 21).

6 LEPABE researchers were granted CEEC individual contracts

Posted on September 18th, 2018

LEPABE congratulates the 6 researchers that were granted individual fellowships in the FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus Program.

PhD Thesis by Ana Antunes on development of new resins for paper impregnation and agglomerated cork binding

Semptember 13th, 2018

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Ana Antunes for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering, entitled “Introducing new functionalities in resins for paper impregnation and cork binding” supervised by Prof. Fernão Magalhães and Prof. Ana Barros (UA), defended on September 13th 2018 at FEUP.