40th International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides

Professor Cecília Roque and Dr. Arménio Barbosa participated in the 40th International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides & Polynucleotides (ISPPP 2021) in Porto, Portugal, 7th-10th November. Prof. Cecilía Roque presented the latest about “Affinity magnetic precipitation for antibody purification”. Dr. Arménio Barbosa won a Flash Presentation Award with his work on  “Molecular Modeling …

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PURE – PhD student presented at Affinity 2021

PhD student Carlos Costa, from the Biomolecular Engineering Lab, presented his work entitled “Structural analysis of protein and peptide ligands of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein”, in Affinity 2021, the 24th Meeting of the International Society of Molecular Recognition, held between the 22nd-24th July 2021. https://affinity2021.org/   

Recovery Conf. series – 4th Mini Modelling Workshop 2021

Pure researcher Dr. Arménio Barbosa presented the latest work on “Molecular Details of de novo Designed Affinity-Adsorbents, at the 4th Mini Modelling Workshop 2021 by Recovery Conference series. The talk was about how to improve the selection of good adsorbents applying Molecular Modeling techniques. https://minimodellingworkshop.us2.pathable.com/ 

Job Offer – Research Scholarship MSc

One research scholarship for a Master holder is opened under the scope of the “Precisely PatternedNanofibers for High Performance Bioseparations-PURE” project, which received funding from theEuropean Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant contract number899732 Call: H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020 (FET Open – Novel ideas for radically new technologies). Scientific Area: Chemistry, Chemical and Biochemical …

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Pure PhD students attend PEPPERSchool

On the 2nd edition of PEPPERSchool, Pure PhD students Carlos Costa won the Young Researcher contest and Henrique Costa got a PhD grant for attendance, financed by GFPP (Groupe Français des Peptides et des Protéines) and IM2B (Institute of Microbiology, Bioenergies and Biotechnology) from Aix-Marseille University. For more information check the PEPPERSchool website: https://eventos.fct.unl.pt/pepper_school/home

Interview Antena 2, PT

Cecília Roque, PI of the PURE project, was invinted to be interviewed at Antena 2, a portuguese public radio channel, to talk about the methods of production of biopharmaceuticals in a segment where the work and the days of scientists is discussed. https://www.rtp.pt/play/p783/e516700/antena2-ciencia/

PURE @ European Researchers Night, PT

On 27th November 2020, researchers across Europe will get closer to the general public, this year in an online format. The PURE project participated in this event, in Portugal, and created a video with Cecília Roque and Margarida Dias explaining to the general public and younger people how to sustainably develop biologic drugs. For more …

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PURE Project in IBET’s news

PURE project is highlighted in IBET’s news stressing the importance of the development of affordable and  industry-compliant purification processes for new biopharmaceutical entities. https://www.ibet.pt/developing-new-sustainable-methods-of-producing-biopharmaceuticals/ https://www.ibet.pt/pure-project-highlighted-in-national-media/