Centre of Biological Engineering / Centro de Engenharia Biológica

Armando Venâncio

Associate Professor

Research Line: Food Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: AMG
Lab.: Liquid Chromatography Laboratory
253 604 413 (office) / 253 601 594 (lab)
avenan@deb.uminho.pt
http://ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/armandovenâncio

Career

Since 2010: Associate Professor, Universidade do Minho
1996 - 2010: Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho
1994 - 1996: Assistant Lecturer, Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

1996: PhD in Engineering Sciences, Universidade do Minho

Roles and Responsibilities

Since 2016: Member of Program Studies Steering Committee, PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering
2012 - 2016: Head of Department, Department of Biological Engineering
2010 - 2011: Member of the Pedagogic Council, Universidade do Minho
2010 - 2011: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of Department, Department of Biological Engineering
2010 - 2012: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Research Unit, Centre of Biological Engineering
2007 - 2011: Program Director, Integrated Master in Biological Engineering
2008 - 2014: Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Applied Microbiology"
2008 - 2014: Member of the Editorial Board of "Letters in Applied Microbiology"

Laboratory Management

Executive Director at Laboratory of Applied Mycology (LAMG)

Honors and Awards

2015: Aflatoxins Detoxification by Gamma Irradiation. Best Poster Presentation Prizes: Session 1 - Industrial and Food Microbiology Biotechnology - Microbiotec15

Courses

Science and Food Engineering ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
Separation Processes I ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
Bioprocess Engineering ( Master Program in Bioengineering )
Separation Processes and Enzyme Technology ( Master Program in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (ECUM) )
Bioproduts Separation and Purification ( Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering )
Projet of Biological Engineering ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
Food Hygiene and Safety ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
Process Engineering Design ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )

Projects

Research Students

Ana Cristina da Silva Esperança Guimarães - PhD Student
Andreia Sofia Gonçalves Vaz - PhD Student
Bruno Emanuel Castro Pereira de Macedo - Master Student
Eva Markova - Master Student
Fabio Miranda da Rocha - PhD Student
Izabela Alves Gomes - PhD Student (External)
Thalita Cabral Calado - PhD Student

Recent Publications

1	Rocha-Miranda, Fabio; Venâncio, Armando Mycotoxigenic fungi in plant-based supplements and medicines Current Opinion in Food Science, 30, 27-31, 2019
2	Gonçalves, Ana; Gkrillas, A.; Dorne, J. L.; Dall'Asta, C.; Palumbo, R.; Lima, Nelson; Battilani, P.; Venâncio, Armando; Giorni, P. Pre- and postharvest strategies to minimize mycotoxin contamination in the rice food chain Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 18(2), 441-454, 2019
3	Santos, Andréia O.; Vaz, Andreia; Rodrigues, Paula; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Venâncio, Armando; Peres, António M. Thin films sensor devices for mycotoxins detection in foods: applications and challenges Chemosensors, 7(1), 3, 2019
4	Salgado, José Manuel; Sousa, Daniel F.; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel Mediterranean agro‐industrial wastes as valuable substrates for lignocellulolytic enzymes and protein production by solid‐state fermentation Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 98(14), 5248-5256, 2018
5	Guimarães, Ana C.; Venâncio, Armando; Abrunhosa, Luís Antifungal effect of organic acids from lactic acid bacteria on Penicillium nordicum Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment, 35(9), 1803-1818, 2018
6	Oliveira, Felisbela; Salgado, José Manuel; Pérez-Rodríguez, Noelia; Domínguez, José Manuel; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel Lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace in tray-type and pressurized bioreactors Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 93(5), 1312-1319, 2018
7	Calado, Thalita; Fernández-Cruz, María Luisa; Verde, Sandra Cabo; Venâncio, Armando; Abrunhosa, Luís Gamma irradiation effects on ochratoxin A: degradation, cytotoxicity and application in food Food Chemistry, 240, 463-471, 2018
8	Paterson, R. Russell M.; Venâncio, Armando; Lima, Nelson; Guilloux-Bénatier, Michèle; Rousseaux, Sandrine Predominant mycotoxins, mycotoxigenic fungi and climate change related to wine Food Research International, 103, 478-491, 2018
9	Rodrigues, Paula; Venâncio, Armando; Lima, Nelson Toxic reagents and expensive equipment: are they really necessary for the extraction of good quality fungal DNA? Letters in Applied Microbiology, 66(1), 32-37, 2018
10	Ana Guimarães; Santiago, Ana; Teixeira, José A.; Venâncio, Armando; Abrunhosa, Luís Anti-aflatoxigenic effect of organic acids produced by Lactobacillus plantarum International Journal of Food Microbiology, 264, 31-38, 2018
11	Oliveira, Felisbela; Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, Luís; Pérez-Rodríguez, Noelia; Domínguez, José M.; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel Optimization of lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace: from flask to laboratory-scale packed-bed bioreactor Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 40(7), 1123-1132, 2017
12	Oliveira, Felisbela; Souza, Carlos E.; Peclat, Verônica R.O.L.; Salgado, José Manuel; Ribeiro, Bernardo D.; Coelho, Maria A.Z.; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel Optimization of lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus from oil cakes and its application in esterification reactions Food and Bioproducts Processing, 102, 268-277, 2017
13	Taran, Fernanda M.P.; Silva, Vinicius P.; Abrunhosa, Luís; Rosa, Carlos Alberto R.; Venâncio, Armando; Almeida, F.Q. Evaluation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as an anti-fumonisin B1 additive in a horse digestion model World Mycotoxin Journal, 10(2), 121-130, 2017
14	Trombete, Felipe; Freitas-Silva, Otniel; Saldanha, T.; Venâncio, Armando; Fraga, M.E. Ozone against mycotoxins and pesticide residues in food: Current applications and perspectives International Food Research Journal, 23(6), 2545-2556, 2016
15	Soares, Célia; Morales-Valle, Héctor; Faria, J.; Figueiredo, A.C.; Pedro, L.G.; Venâncio, Armando Inhibitory effect of essential oils on growth and on aflatoxins production by Aspergillus parasiticus World Mycotoxin Journal, 9(4), 525-534, 2016
16	Villani, Alessandra; Moretti, Antonio; De Saeger, Sarah; Han, Zheng; Di Mavungu, Jose Diana; Soares, Célia; Proctor, Robert H.; Venâncio, Armando; Lima, Nelson; Stea, Gaetano; Paciolla, Costantino; Logrieco, Antonio F.; Susca, Antonia A polyphasic approach for characterization of a collection of cereal isolates of the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex International Journal of Food Microbiology, 234, 24-35, 2016
17	Trombete, Felipe; Barros, Aline; Vieira, Madalena; Saldanha, Tatiana; Venâncio, Armando; Fraga, Marcelo Simultaneous Determination of Deoxynivalenol, Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside and Nivalenol in Wheat Grains by HPLC-PDA with Immunoaffinity Column Cleanup Food Analytical Methods, 9(9), 2579-2586, 2016
18	Oliveira, Felisbela; Moreira, Cláudia; Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, Luís; Venâncio, Armando; Belo, Isabel Olive pomace valorization by Aspergillus species: lipase production using solid-state fermentation Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 96(10), 3583-3589, 2016
19	Leite, Paulina; Salgado, José Manuel; Venâncio, Armando; Domínguez, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel Ultrasounds pretreatment of olive pomace to improve xylanase and cellulase production by solid-state fermentation Bioresource Technology, 214, 737-746, 2016
20	Salgado, José Manuel; Abrunhosa, Luís; Venâncio, Armando; Domínguez, José Manuel; Belo, Isabel Combined bioremediation and enzyme production by Aspergillus sp. in olive mill and winery wastewaters International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 110, 16-23, 2016

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Armando Venâncio

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Laboratory Management

Honors and Awards

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Recent Publications

Mycotoxigenic fungi in plant-based supplements and medicines

Pre- and postharvest strategies to minimize mycotoxin contamination in the rice food chain

Thin films sensor devices for mycotoxins detection in foods: applications and challenges

Mediterranean agro‐industrial wastes as valuable substrates for lignocellulolytic enzymes and protein production by solid‐state fermentation

Antifungal effect of organic acids from lactic acid bacteria on Penicillium nordicum

Lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace in tray-type and pressurized bioreactors

Gamma irradiation effects on ochratoxin A: degradation, cytotoxicity and application in food

Predominant mycotoxins, mycotoxigenic fungi and climate change related to wine

Toxic reagents and expensive equipment: are they really necessary for the extraction of good quality fungal DNA?

Anti-aflatoxigenic effect of organic acids produced by Lactobacillus plantarum

Optimization of lipase production by solid-state fermentation of olive pomace: from flask to laboratory-scale packed-bed bioreactor

Optimization of lipase production by Aspergillus ibericus from oil cakes and its application in esterification reactions

Evaluation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as an anti-fumonisin B1 additive in a horse digestion model

Ozone against mycotoxins and pesticide residues in food: Current applications and perspectives

Inhibitory effect of essential oils on growth and on aflatoxins production by Aspergillus parasiticus

A polyphasic approach for characterization of a collection of cereal isolates of the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex

Simultaneous Determination of Deoxynivalenol, Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside and Nivalenol in Wheat Grains by HPLC-PDA with Immunoaffinity Column Cleanup

Olive pomace valorization by Aspergillus species: lipase production using solid-state fermentation

Ultrasounds pretreatment of olive pomace to improve xylanase and cellulase production by solid-state fermentation

Combined bioremediation and enzyme production by Aspergillus sp. in olive mill and winery wastewaters

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