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Lucília Domingues

Associate Professor with Habilitation



Career

  • Since  2018: Associate Professor with Habilitation, Universidade do Minho
  • 2015 - 2018: Associate Professor, Universidade do Minho
  • 2003 - 2015: Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho
  • 2001 - 2003: Lecturer, Universidade do Minho
  • 2000 - 2001: Invited Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

  • 2001: PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho
  • 1997: Master Program on Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Since  2019: Editor Associado do "Biotechnology for Biofuels"
  • Since  2015: Member of Program Studies Steering Committee, Master in Biotechnology
  • Since  2013: Member of the editorial Board of "BioMed Research International"
  • Since  2013: Member of the Editorial Board of "Cerevisia - Belgian Journal of Brewing and Biotechnology"
  • 2012 - 2016: Program Director, PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Since  2011: Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of Department, Department of Biological Engineering
  • 2011 - 2015: Section Editor for Bioprocess Engineering of "Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering"
  • 2010 - 2015: Member of Program Studies Steering Committee, Master Program in Bioengineering
  • Since  2009: Member of Program Studies Steering Committee, PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Since  2008: Member of the editorial Board of "Bioengineered"

Laboratory Management

Courses

  • Chemical Technology Laboratory ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering I ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • Molecular Biotechnology ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • Instrumental Methods of Analysis ( Integrated Master in Biomedical Engineering )
  • Bioprocess Engineering ( Master Program in Bioengineering )

Projects

Research Students


Recent Publications

1
BSA-based sample clean-up columns for ochratoxin A determination in wine: method development and validation
  • Food Chemistry, 300(125204), 2019
2
Xylose fermentation efficiency of industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast with separate or combined xylose reductase/xylitol dehydrogenase and xylose isomerase pathways
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12(20), 2019
3
Metabolic engineering of Ashbya gossypii for deciphering the de novo biosynthesis of γ-lactones
  • Microbial Cell Factories, 18(62), 2019
4
Intensifying ethanol production from brewer’s spent grain waste: use of whole slurry at high solid loadings
  • New Biotechnology, 53, 1-8, 2019
5
Factors affecting extraction of adsorbed wine volatile compounds and wood extractives from used oak wood
  • Food Chemistry, 295, 156-164, 2019
6
Third generation bioethanol from invasive macroalgae Sargassum muticum using autohydrolysis pretreatment as first step of a biorefinery
  • Renewable Energy, 141, 728-735, 2019
7
  • Gomes, Sara; Bosco, Bartolomeo; Loureiro, Joana B.; Ramos, Helena; Raimundo, Liliana; Soares, Joana; Nazareth, Nair; Barcherini, Valentina; Domingues, Lucília; Oliveira, Carla; Bisio, Alessandra; Piazza, Silvano; Bauer, Matthias R.; Brás, João P.; Almeida, Maria Inês; Gomes, Célia; Reis, Flávio; Fersht, Alan R.; Inga, Alberto; Santos, Maria M. M.; Saraiva, Lucília
SLMP53-2 restores wild-type-like function to mutant p53 through Hsp70: promising activity in hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Cancers, 11(8), 1151, 2019
8
Volatile fingerprinting differentiates diverse-aged craft beers
  • LWT-Food Science and Technology, 108, 129-136, 2019
9
Bioactive compounds recovery optimization from vine pruning residues using conventional heating and microwave-assisted extraction methods
  • Industrial Crops and Products, 132, 99-110, 2019
10
Valorization of Eucalyptus nitens bark by organosolv pretreatment for the production of advanced biofuels
  • Industrial Crops and Products, 132, 327-335, 2019
11
Physiological characterization of a pyrimidine auxotroph exposes link between uracil phosphoribosyltransferase regulation and riboflavin production in Ashbya gossypii
  • New Biotechnology, 50, 1-8, 2019
12
Understanding wine sorption by oak wood: Modeling of wine uptake and characterization of volatile compounds retention
  • Food Research International, 116, 249-257, 2019
13
Light exposure during growth increases riboflavin production, reactive oxygen species accumulation and DNA damage in Ashbya gossypii riboflavin-overproducing strains
  • FEMS Yeast Research, 19(1), foy114, 2019
14
Molecular and physiological basis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tolerance to adverse lignocellulose-based process conditions
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103(1), 159-175, 2019
15
Microbial lipids from industrial wastes using xylose-utilizing Ashbya gossypii strains
  • Bioresource Technology, No. 122054, (In Press), 2019
16
Quantitative assessment of DNA damage in the industrial ethanol production strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2
  • FEMS Yeast Research, 18(8), foy101, 2018
17
Comparative autohydrolysis study of two mixtures of forest and marginal land resources for co-production of biofuels and value-added compounds
  • Renewable Energy, 128, Part A, 20-29, 2018
18
Xylitol production from lignocellulosic whole slurry corn cob by engineered industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2
  • Bioresource Technology, 267, 481-491, 2018
19
Insights into the economic viability of cellulases recycling on bioethanol production from recycled paper sludge
  • Bioresource Technology, 264, 347-355, 2018
20
HAA1 and PRS3 overexpression boosts yeast tolerance towards acetic acid improving xylose or glucose consumption: unravelling the underlying mechanisms
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(10), 4589-4600, 2018
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