Universidade do Minho

Escola de Engenharia

Dept. Electrónica Industrial

 

 

 

 

GMinas1

 

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Coordination of Research and Development Projects:

·         Title: “SU-8 microfluidic system integrated in a microlaboratory for biological fluids analyses”. Project duration: May 2005 to April 2007. Funding Entity: School of Engineering (IN2TEC Program), University of Minho (funding 10.000 €) and Algoritmi Centre (funding 10.000 €).

·         Title: “Lab-on-a-chip with fluid acoustic microagitation”. Project duration: July 2007 to December 2010. Funding Entity: FCT, PTDC/BIO/70017/2006 (Total funding 83.000 €).

·         MAP - Microchip Analizador de Proteinas, Funding Entity: QREN-ADI, Project duration March 2009 to May 2011. Global budget 512563,95€; budget for UMinho 269406,32 €). (Coordinator from Universidade do Minho).

·         Module "MyLab - Development of a portable commercial prototype for obtaining biological fluids laboratorial data on-chip" of "MyHealth" project, Funding Entity: QREN-ADI, Project duration: September 2011 to August 2014 (Coordinator from Universidade do Minho of "MyHealth": Nuno Sousa).

·         Title: “Microsystem with integrated spectroscopy and (bio)sensors for the detection of gastrointestinal dysplasia”. Project duration: April 2012 to July 2015. Funded by FEDER funds through the "Eixo I do Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade (POFC) QREN, project reference COMPETE: FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-020241, and by FCT- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, project reference PTDC/EBB-EBI/120334/2010. Budget 104 000,00€.

·         Title: “Real time Liver-on-a-chip platform with integrated micro(bio)sensors for preclinical validation of graphene-based magnetic nanocarriers towards cancer theranostics”. Project duration: July 2018 to June 2021. Funded by: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-029394 Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE 2020), through PT2020, Fundo de Desenvolvimento Regional Europeu (FEDER) and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), IP, project reference PTDC/EMD-EMD/29394/2017. (budget 239.083,12€). Partners: Laboratório Ibérico de NanoTecnologia (INL) e Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB).

·         Title: “FoodSens - Transferencia de tecnologías sensóricas para prevenir riesgos alimentarios”. Project duration: May 2019 to September 2022. Funded by: Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (POCTEP), Interreg: Espanha-Portugal, project reference 0591_FOODSENS. (financiamento global 608.515,11€, Budget UMinho 141.556,56€). Coordinator from UMinho: Graça Minas. Project coordinator: Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Conservas de Pescados y Mariscos – Centro Técnico Nacional de Conservación de Productos de la Pesca (ANFACO - CECOPESCA). Partners: Universidade de Vigo, Associação dos produtores de leite e carne (LEICAR), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), ICETA.

·         Title: “MSenOoC - Multiplexed micro(bio)sensors array integrated into an organ-on-a-chip device for assessing cancer NANOtherapy”. Project duration: 17 January 2022 to 16 January 2025. Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), IP, project reference: PTDC/EEI-EEE/2846/2021P. (budget 249.948,08€). Partner: Laboratório Ibérico de NanoTecnologia (INL).

·         Title: “IMAGINE - Next generation imaging technologies to probe structure and function of biological specimen across scales in their natural context”. Project duration: january 2023 to December 2027. Funded by: Horizon Europe, HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01, (Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods (2022)), project reference: 101094250-IMAGINE. Budgetl 9.982.593,00€. UMinho as Associated partner. Coordinator from UMinho. Project Coordinator: EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY, Germany.

 

 

Participation in other Research and Development Projects:

Co-IR:

·         Title: “Innovative non-invasive opto-acoustic microdevice for malaria diagnosis”. Project duration: July 2018 to June 2021. Funding Entity: FCT, NORTE2020, PT2020, PTDC/EEI-EEE/28178/2017, (budget: 239.408,17€), Co-IR 30%.

·         Title: “Organ-on-a-chip with integrated photoacoustic system: a preclinical platform for drug release monitoring”. Duração do projeto: March 2023 a 30 August 2024. Funding Entity: FCT, Projetos de Investigação de Caráter Exploratório, 2022.02165.PTDC, (budget: 49 949,50 €), Co-IR 30%.

 

·         Title: “Laboratorial microsystem in silicon for biological fluids analysis: a Lab-on-a-Chip in CMOS technology”. Project duration: October 2000 to September 2004. Funding Entity: FCT, POCTI/ESE/33747/99 and FEDER (Total funding 90.382,18 €).

·         Title: “MOMBaker-modelization, optimization and miniaturization of a baker's yeast production process”. Project duration: November 2000 to October 2002. Funding Entity: Algoritmi Centre (Total funding 20.000 €).

·         Title: “BIOSWIM - Body Interface System based on Wearable Integrated Monitorization”. Project duration: September 2007 to August 2010. Funding Entity: FCT, PTDC/EEA-ELC/70803/2006 (Total funding 98 381,00 €).

·         Title: “POLIFILM - Multifunctional films for flexible and plastic material applications”. Project duration: September 2007 to August 2010. Funding Entity: FCT, PTDC/CTM/69362/2006 (Total funding 108 000,00 €).

·         Title: “Multiferroic, magnetoelectric and metallic micro and nanocomposites based on electroactive polymers for advanced applications”. Project duration January 2009 to December 2011. Funding Entity: FCT, PTDC/CTM/69316/2006 (Budget 70000€).

·         CEMicro – Skill network MicroManufacturing”. 040/7.1/ADI/NOR. Project duration: 20 June 2006 to 19 July 2008. Project in cooperation with several Portuguese companies in the microinjection moulding area. This project was on-going when she joint to it.

·         NANO/NMed-SD/0156/2007 - SIMBIO - Smart joint implants using bionanocomposites, Projecto Ibérico FCT/MEC, Nanotechnology Projects Call, 2007. Project duration January 2009 to September 2011. Budget 279633,80€.

·         PTDC/SAU-BEB/100392/2008 - Wireless biomedical microsystem for neural implants. Funding Entity: FCT, Project duration: May 2010 to April 2013. Budget 180 000,00€.

·         NFCE - New functions for the endoscopic capsules, Funding Entity: QREN-ADI, Project duration January 2010 to December 2012 (Budget 877.620,87 €).

·         PTDC/CPE-PEC/122329/2010 - Remote Physiological Systems (RePhyS) Laboratory: a didactic learning environment. Project duration: January 2012 to December 2013. Budget 82 000 € (Member of team – 15%).

·         PTDC/CTM-NAN/121038/2010 - X-ray microdetectors based on CMOS tecnology. Project duration: January 2012 to December 2014. Budget 141 755 € (Member of team – 15%).

·         PhotonicPill/ADI/33914/PhotonicPill, UM Budget: 351.000,00 €. Start: 1st July 2013. End: 30 June 2015, Member of team – 15%.

·         “(NEXT-SEA) Next generation monitoring of coastal ecosystems in a scenario of global change.” NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000032. Project Duration: January 2016 to December 2018. Funding Entity: FEDER-NORTE2020, (Member of team – 50%).

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