Registration and opening session

Prof. Dr. Isabel Marrucho - CQE Coordinator

Plenary Lecture 1

Speaker: Miguel Castanho

Title: “Resisting the resistant: the struggle for a new generation of antibacterial biofilm drugs

Chair: Andreia Valente

Oral communications (session 1)

Chair: Ana Mestre

OC1: Diogo Nascimento; “Ultra-lean methane oxidation using palladium catalysts in thermal and plasma conditions”.

OC2: Diana C. Silva; “Optimisation of Supercritical CO₂ Triamcinolone Acetonide Loading on Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses”.

OC3: Joana R. P. Pereira; “First Detection and Structural Elucidation of 5-Cyano Isotodesnitazene in the Iberian Peninsula”.

OC4: Ismayil M. Garazade; “Homogeneous Tin(IV) Chloride–Catalyzed Strecker-Type Cyanation of Benzaldehyde Dimethyl Acetal: Mechanistic and Experimental Studies”.

Coffee break and poster session

Flash communications

Chair: Maryna Taryba

FC1: Inês Santos; “Controlled Design of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Using Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Templates”.

FC2: Diogo Campos de Almeida; “Cigarette butts’ valorization – converting waste into HMF using microwave heating”.

FC3: Rui Nunes; “A new biomarker of T-cell fitness based on heat dissipation: Application on T-cell exhaustion”.

FC4: Gustavo Caldeira; “Design of Photoactive Glycodendritic Conjugates for Enhanced Cancer Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy”.

FC5: Beatriz Vale; “Water-soluble silver-doped undecagold nanoclusters coated with thiol ligands for Fluorescence Image-Guided Surgery (FIGS)”.

FC6: Rita Costa; “Pd-based zeolites for cattle barn methane oxidation: Effects of pre-treatment and feed gas composition on catalytic performance”.

FC7: Bruno Lourenço; “Development of an amperometric aptasensing interface for uric acid detection in urine”.

FC8: Pedro Alvim; “Exploring Photocarboxylation Reactions for the Synthesis of Bio-Relevant Compounds”.

FC9: Daniel S. Cavaco; “Modulating Porphyrin Photosensitizers with Zinc and Nanodiamonds for Tumor Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy”.

Team building by Psychological Support Office (GAPSI)