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Débora Ferreira

PhD Student

Research Line: Environmental Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: BIOSYSTEMS
Lab.: Sustainable Bioprocesses and Bioproducts Laboratory
Supervisor: LR
253 601 961 (office) / 253 601 970 (lab)
deboraferreira@ceb.uminho.pt
http://ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/déboraferreira

Qualifications

Ongoing: PhD Program in Bioengineering, Universidade do Minho
2013: Master Program on Bioengineering, Universidade do Minho

Since 2016: Peptide-mediated targeted delivery system towards triple negative breast cancer treatment
2016 - 2016: Development of cocktails of polymers, enzymes and biosurfactants in order to enhance oil recovery
2015 - 2016: Design of novel breast tumor ''''targeted'''' multifunctional nanoparticles
2014 - 2015: Development of luminescent phage particles for breast cancer diagnosis
2012 - 2013: Design of new strategies for breast cancer diagnosis

Projects

Ongoing: DP BIOENG (N2020) - Doctoral Program in Bioengineering (Team Member)

Selected Publications

1	Couto, Márcia R.; Gudiña, Eduardo J.; Ferreira, Débora; Teixeira, José A.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. The biopolymer produced by Rhizobium viscosum CECT 908 is a promising agent for application in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery New Biotechnology, 49, 144-150, 2019
2	Ferreira, Débora; Silva, Ana Paula; Nóbrega, Franklin L.; Martins, Ivone M.; Barbosa-Matos, Catarina; Granja, Sara; Martins, Sandra F.; Baltazar, Fátima; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Rational identification of a colorectal cancer targeting peptide through phage display Scientific Reports, 9(3958), 2019
3	Sousa, Diana; Ferreira, Débora; Rodrigues, Joana L.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Chapter 14 - Nanotechnology in Targeted Drug Delivery and Therapeutics In S.S. Mohapatra, S. Ranjan, N. Dasgupta, R.K. Mishra, S. Thomas. Applications of Targeted Nano Drugs and Delivery Systems, Elsevier, 2019. ISBN: 978-0-12-814029-1, 357-409
4	Vecino, Xanel; Rodríguez-López, L.; Ferreira, Débora; Cruz, J.M.; Moldes, A.B.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Bioactivity of glycolipopeptide cell-bound biosurfactants against skin pathogens International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 109, 971-979, 2018
5	Couto, Márcia R.; Gudiña, Eduardo J.; Ferreira, Débora; Teixeira, José A.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Soares, L.P.; Ribeiro, M.T. Characterization of a biopolymer produced by Arthrobacter viscosus cect 908 for application in microbial enhanced oil recovery OGWA 2018 - Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2018. Vol. 2018-March(SPE-190460-MS), Muscat, Oman, March 26-28, 533-544, 2018
6	Tavares, Rute; Ferreira, Débora; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Validation of a siRNA targeting gene towards colon cancer therapy Cimago Meeting. Coimbra, Portugal, Jan 25-26, 2018
7	Sousa, Diana; Ferreira, Débora; Rodrigues, Lígia R. In silico selection of an ssDNA aptamer against HER2-positive breast cancer cells using computational docking simulation Microbiotec'17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017. No. P-194, Porto, Portugal, Dec 7-9, 306, 2017
8	Ferreira, Andréa; Vecino, Xanel; Ferreira, Débora; Cruz, J.M.; Moldes, A.B.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Novel cosmetic formulations containing a biosurfactant from Lactobacillus paracasei Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 155, 522-529, 2017
9	Ferreira, Débora; Silva, Vera L.; Nóbrega, Franklin L.; Martins, Ivone M.; Kluskens, Leon D.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Selection of novel peptides homing alternative targets in triple negative breast cancer BOD 2017 - Bioinformatics Open Days (Book Conference). Braga, Feb 23-24, 2017
10	Sousa, Diana; Ferreira, Débora; Silva, Andrea Costa; Kluskens, Leon D.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Selection of a molecule that specifically targets the cell-surface Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2: in silico docking simulation BOD 2017 - Bioinformatics Open Days (Book Conference). Braga, Feb 23-24, 2017
11	Rodrigues, Joana L.; Ferreira, Débora; Rodrigues, Lígia R. 16 - Synthetic biology strategies towards the development of new bioinspired technologies for medical applications In Lígia Rodrigues, Manuel Mota. Bioinspired Materials for Medical Applications, Woodhead Publishing, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-08-100741-9, 451-497
12	Ferreira, Débora; Martins, Ivone M. Artificial virus particles In Lígia Rodrigues, Manuel Mota. Bioinspired Materials for Medical Applications, Vol. 121, Woodhead Publishing, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-08-100741-9, 427-450
13	Nóbrega, Franklin L.; Ferreira, Débora; Martins, Ivone M.; Maria Suarez-Diez; Azeredo, Joana; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Kluskens, Leon D. Screening and characterization of novel specific peptides targeting MDA-MB-231 claudin-low breast carcinoma by computer-aided phage display methodologies BMC Cancer, 18(881), 1-14, 2016
14	Silva, Vera L.; Ferreira, Débora; Nobrega, Franklin L.; Martins, Ivone M.; Kluskens, Leon D.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Selection of novel peptides homing the 4T1 cell line: exploring alternative targets for triple negative breast cancer PLoS One, 11(8), e0161290, 2016
15	Ferreira, Débora; Silva, Vera L.; Nóbrega, Franklin L.; Martins, Ivone M.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Kluskens, Leon D. Identification of a novel peptide with high affinity towards breast cancer cells MicroBiotec'15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015. Évora, Portugal, Dec 10-12, 266-266, 2015
16	Ferreira, Débora; Silva, Ana Paula; Baptista, Delora; Nóbrega, Franklin L.; Martins, Ivone M.; Kluskens, Leon D.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Rational identification of colorectal cancer homing peptides using phage display and in silico rigid-body docking studies of surface protein-ligand interactions Bioinformatics Open Days 2015 - Book of Abstracts. Braga, Portugal, April 9-10, 10-11, 2015
17	Ferreira, Débora; Kluskens, Leon D.; Rodrigues, Lígia R. Design of new strategies for breast cancer diagnosis Master Program on Bioengineering, 2013

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