Simao TEIXEIRA profile

Simão Pedro Barbosa Teixeira was born in 1995 in Northern Portugal. Simão obtained his Master Degree in Bioengineering – Specialization in Molecular Biotechnology in 2017, awarded by the University of Porto with a final score of 17/20. His dissertation was developed at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) of U.Porto, in the nBTT group – NanoBiomaterials for Targeted Therapies, with a work consisting in the development of chitosan-based polyplexes for neurotrophin mimicking to treat ischemic stroke. In 2024, he obtained his PhD degree in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells (TERM&SC) awarded by the University of Minho with the maximum grade, with the thesis entitled “Molecular Imprinting Technologies for Growth Factor Sequestration and Control of Stem Cell Fate in Tendon Regeneration”. The PhD project was conducted at the 3B’s Research Group, U.Minho under the supervision of Prof. Manuela E. Gomes and Dr. Rui M. A. Domingues, focusing on the application of molecular imprinting technologies for improvement of TERM&SC strategies, particularly for treatment of tendon diseases. During this time, he was a visiting researcher at University College London (Eastman Dental Institute) and ETH Zurich (Institute for Biomechanics). He has been involved in several international projects, like Horizon 2020 ERC Consolidator Grant MagTendon (772817) or Twinning project Achilles (810850), as well as national ones such as SmarTendon (PTDC/NAN-MAT/30595/2017) and Wi-Pi (10.54499/2022.05526.PTDC). Simão served as student representative of I3Bs in the U.Minho Doctoral College for 2 years. He also participated in the organization of 4 national conferences/workshops, as well as the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS 2023) in Porto, Portugal. His early career has thus far yielded 5 published papers (4 as first author) in high impact journals, 1 patent application, 6 oral presentations at international conferences, along with 6 poster presentations.

Simão combines expertise in applied chemistry, biology, biochemistry, among other topics, in order to develop new biotechnological approaches in the healthcare field, with a particular focus on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine therapeutical startegies. This involves synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, hydrogels, or biomimetic scaffolds, from both synthetic and natural origins; cell culture and analysis techniques, in 2D and 3D systems; microscopy and image processing, as well as increasing interest in bioinformatic tools to increase the range of capabilities and work output.

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