World Congress on Biosensors
Cecília presented on the 35th Anniversary World Congress on Bionsensors, 19-22 May 2025, the work about “Peptide and protein-based materials for artificial olfaction”.
Green G
Cecília presented on the Green G conference, 22-23 april 2025, the work about “Dynamic materials for artificial olfaction”.
New article
Exciting news! 🧬📰In this study, “Design and evolution of a synthetic small protein scaffold based on the WW domain,” we explored the potential of WW domains as versatile peptide scaffolds.Using in vitro evolution via phage display against human serum albumin (HSA), we identified a promising lead candidate that was successfully produced through both biological and …
New article
New Publication Alert!We’re excited to share our latest research:“Rational design of a small peptidomimetic ligand to capture a viral spike protein” 🧪This study presents the design of a synthetic affinity adsorbent capable of capturing and purifying the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in a single step — with over 95% binding efficiency and up to 73% recovery …
Biophysics Festival and CQE Days
Over the past few weeks, our team has been actively involved in the organization of the Biophysics Festival, held on May 8th and 9th at NOVA FCT. We’re proud to share that Cátia Soares, Arménio Barbosa, and Inês Padrão were part of the organizing committee behind this exciting event!In addition to supporting the festival, we’ve …
PURE Newsletter 2023-2025
The PURE Newsletter 2023-2025 is out! Check it here!
7th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe Conference
This week at the 7th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, Ana Margarida Dias and Cecília Roque joined experts to discuss the latest in synthetic biology. Ana Margarida Dias presented her work on “Prototyping novel structural and Cys-rich proteins using cell-free expression systems.” Exciting exchanges and insights into cutting-edge biotechnologies! 👩🔬👩🔬
24th Edition EUROQSAR
Arménio Barbosa participated in the 24th Edition of EuroQsar to present his work about “Molecular Modelling in Biotechnology: Design and Discovery of Small Molecule Adsorbents”.
Biopartitioning and Purification Conference – BPP 2024
Last week, Professor Cecília, Carolina and Catarina (Biomeng Lab) and Alexander (BOKU University) participated in the BPP Conference in Luxembourg.All of them are part of the PURE Project and their participation in conferences is crucial to disseminating the project. Well done PURE team! 👏
PURE VIDEO: Sneak Peek
We are PURE: A team focused on turning the bioseparation processes in biopharmaceutical manufacturing more ecofriendly and productive. ♻️ Interested to know more about it? Take a look 👀 at the video!