Internships

Hosting

Diane Ling, “Characterization of hydrogels for ophthalmic lenses” (MSc student, from University Kebangsaan Malaysia – Faculty of Pharmacy, Student Exchange Programme - International Pharmaceutical Students Federation), Instituto Superior Técnico, July 2016. (Supervisor: A.P. Serro (ISCSEM))

Adriana Gonçalves Rodrigues, "Implementation of a controlled drug release system in commercial contact lenses" (Final Year Research Project of the BSc in Biochemistry), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, February-July 2018. (Supervisor: A. J. Guiomar (UC))

Fábio Ricardo da Silva Vidal, “Chemical modification of commercial contact lenses for controlled release of an antibiotic” (Final Year Research Project of the BSc in Biochemistry), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, February-July 2018. (Supervisor: A. J. Guiomar (UC))

Filipa Amaro Santos, “Implementation of controlled drug release in commercial contact lenses” (summer internship of a student from the BSc in Chemistry, University of Coimbra), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, May-July 2018. (Supervisor: A. J. Guiomar (UC))

Oumar Seidi, “PVA based hydrogels for cartilage substitution: optimization of the mechanical and tribological properties” (Bsc student from Institut Supérieur de Biosciences de Paris – Université Paris XII), Instituto Superior Técnico, July 2018. (Supervisors: R. Colaço (IST), A.P. Serro (IST))

Maria Vivero, “Development and optimization of resverastrol releasing systems based on soft contact lenses materials” (PhD student from University of Santiago de Compostela), Instituto Superior Técnico, September-December 2018. (Supervisors: A.P. Serro (IST), B. Saramago (IST))

Dan Nguyen, “Effect of gamma and autoclave sterilization on the properties of soft contact lenses materials” (PhD student from Waterford Institute of Technology), Instituto Superior Técnico, January 2019. (Supervisor: A.P. Serro (IST))

Sara Schweizer, "Physically crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels as synthetic cartilage materials", (Erasmus student from University of Reutlingen), Instituto Superior Técnico, March-August 2019. (Supervisors: A.P. Serro (IST) and P. Nolasco (ISCSEM))

Victor Leonel Vieira Ferreira, “Implementation of controlled drug release in commercial contact lenses” (summer internship of a MSc student of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Coimbra), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, July 2019. (Supervisor: A. J. Guiomar (UC))

Beatriz de Oliveira Marona Ferreira Sebastião, “Development of a controlled drug release system based on films for wound dressings” (summer internship of a student from the Integrated Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, July 2019. (Supervisor: A. J. Guiomar (UC))

Training in other universities

Andreia Pimenta, “Experimentation and modelling of dual drug release from intraocular lenses”, University of Florida (USA), January-June 2017. (Supervisor: A. Chauhan)

Diana Silva, “Development and characterization of soft contact lenses materials”, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), April-June 2018. (Supervisor: C. Alvarez-Lorenzo)

Ana Topete, “Dual drug loaded intraocular lenses: in vivo experiments”, Wenzhou Medical University (China), April-June 2019. (Supervisor: Quan-Kui Lin)

Andreia Sofia Oliveira, "Development of fiber reinforced PVA hydrogels for cartilage substitution", University of Michigan (USA), August-October 2019. (Supervisor. N. Kotov)