Principal Investigator  

Two Research Projects financed by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology

▪ Development of an electrochemical bio-sensor for screening of new anti-cancer drugs based on the inhibition of tyrosine kinase enzyme
PTDC/SAU-BEB/104643/2008
June 2010 - May 2013
granted funds 90.000€.

▪ Development of an electrochemical biosensor for the evaluation of structure-activity relationship of proteasome and identification of proteasome inhibitors
PTDC/DTP-FTO/0191/2012
July 2013 - June 2015
granted funds 96.761€.

Team Member

Participation in 8 national and international Projects

▪ MT4MOBY – Materials and Technologies for Greener Manufacturing & Products Applied to Mobility
Financed: QREN-Mais Centro. co-financed by the European Community Fund FEDER
April 2013 - June 2015.

▪ Development, characterization and applications of DNA biosensors
Financed by FCT (PTDC/QUI-QUI/098562/2008)
June 2010 - May 2013.

▪ Novel strategies for electrode surface modification and adsorption: nanoscale characterisation and application to sensor development and corrosion inhibition
Financed by FCT (PTDC/QUI/65732/2006)
January 2009 - December 2011.

▪ Nanobioelectrochemistry: development, surface characterization and applications of layer by layer nanostrutured DNA- and enzyme-modified electrodes
Financed by FCT (PTDC/QUI/65255/2006)
January 2008 - December 2010.

▪ DNA-electrochemical biosensors-Surface characterization by SPM
Financed by FCT (POCTI/QUI/47201/2002)
August 2003 - July 2006.

▪ Evaluation/Validation of novel biosensors in real environmental and food samples (Partner)
Financed by European Union (QLK3-2000-01311)
September 2000 - December 2003.

▪ Development and medical applications of electrochemical DNA-biosensors
Financed by FCT (PRAXIS/C/SAU/93/96)
January 1999 – December 2001.

▪ On line electrochemical pathogen alarm based on DNA-hybridization (PATH-ALARM)
INCO-Copernicus, Financed by European Union (ERBICT15CT960804)
March 1999 - February de 2003.