CFTC-IBEB Initiative: Soft Matter in Biomedicine

Lisbon, October 12, 2018

Invited Speakers

Miguel Oliveira, 3B's, Universidade do Minho;

Lara Carvalho, CEDOC, Universidade Nova de Lisboa;

Jorge Carneiro, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência;

Bruno Silva, Therapeutic Tools and Methods, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory;

Pedro Costa, Biofabics;

Danielle Baptista, Maastricht University;

Margarida Cruz, BioISI, Universidade de Lisboa;

Mário Rodrigues, BioISI, Universidade de Lisboa;

Jorge Carvalho da Silva, CENIMAT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Geoffrey Robert Mitchell, Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Politécnico de Leiria

Saba Abdulghani Oliveira da Silva, Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Politécnico de Leiria

Frederico Ferreira, IBB, Universidade de Lisboa

Catarina Pinto Reis, IBEB and Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa

Nuno Araújo, CFTC, Universidade de Lisboa

Program

9h20: Opening

9h30: "Magnetic Hyperthermia" - Margarida Cruz, BioISI, Universidade de Lisboa

9h48: "Biomaterials for Skin Regeneration" - Jorge Carvalho da Silva, CENIMAT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

10h06: "Extruded scafffolds and perfusion bioreactors to study fluid shear stress stimuli in articular cartilage tissue engineered constructs" - Frederico Ferreira, IBB, Universidade de Lisboa

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10h24: Coffee Break

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11h00: "The sensorimotor system of a sperm cell" - Jorge Carneiro, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

11h18: "How to microengineer a 3D alveolar membrane" - Danielle Baptista, Maastricht University

11h36: "Occluding junctions as novel regulators of tissue mechanics during wound repair" - Lara Carvalho, CEDOC, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

11h54: "Biomaterials and Biomechanics: applications in the World of Orthopaedics" - Saba Abdulghani Oliveira da Silva, Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Politécnico de Leiria

12h12: "Soft self-assembled nanoparticles for therapeutic applications: using colloidal science and microfluidics to control particle size and structure" - Bruno Silva, Therapeutic Tools and Methods, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

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12h30: Lunch

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14h00: "Hydrogels and 3D in vitro models of Tissue Interfaces" - Miguel Oliveira, 3B's, Universidade do Minho

14h18: "Complexity in Additive Manufacturing" - Geoffrey Robert Mitchell, Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Politécnico de Leiria

14h36: "Atomic Force Microscopy: challenges beyond topography" - Mário Rodrigues, BioISI, Universidade de Lisboa

14h54: "Biofabrication, microfluidics, organs-on-chips and bioreactors" - Pedro Costa, Biofabics

15h12: "Nanotechnology: examples of rational approaches towards drug delivery" - Catarina Pinto Reis, IBEB and Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa

15h30: "Active-Matter@CFTC: from single cells to tissues" - Nuno Araújo, CFTC, Universidade de Lisboa

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15h48: Coffee Break

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Venue

Conference room:

C1 Building - 1.4.14

How to get here?

Getting to FCUL/ULisbon is easy and quick - by bus, subway, car or even bicycle (cycle lanes).

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