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| Lino Ferreira |
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+351 239 853406
+351 231 419040 |
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| Group members |
| Dora Pedroso |
| Post-doctoral Fellow |
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| Paula Lacerda |
| Post-doctoral Fellow |
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| Maria Pereira |
| Ph.D. student |
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| Helena Vazão |
| Ph.D. student |
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| Cristiana Paulo |
| Ph.D. student |
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| Renata Gomes |
| Ph.D. student |
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| João Maia |
| Visiting Ph.D. student |
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| Maria Vidal |
| Visiting Scientist |
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Robert Langer (MIT, USA)
Jeffrey Karp (Harvard, USA)
Andreas Zumbuehl (University of Geneva, Switzerland) |
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| Selected Publications (2006-2008) |
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1- “New opportunities: The use of nanotechnologies to manipulate and track stem cells”.
Ferreira L, Karp JM, Nobre L, Langer R.
Cell Stem Cell 2008, 3, 136-146.
2- "A biodegradable and biocompatible Gecko-inspired tissue adhesive".
Mahdavi A*, Ferreira L*, Sundback C, Nichol JW, Chan EP, Carter JD,Bettinger C, et al.
PNAS 2008, 105(7), 2307-2312. *Authors contributed equally.
3- “Human embryoid bodies containing nano- and micro-particulate delivery vehicles”.
Ferreira L, Squier T, Park H, Choe H, Kohane DS, Langer R.
Advanced Materials 2008, 20, 2285-2291.
4- “Intercellular delivery of core-shell fluorescent silica nanoparticles”.
Fuller, J., Zugates, G., Ferreira, L., Ow, H., Nguyen, N., Wiesner, U., Langer, R.
Biomaterials 2008, 29, 1526-1532.
5- “Vascular progenitor cells isolated from human embryonic stem cells give rise to endothelial and smooth muscle-like cells and form vascular networks in vivo”.
Ferreira, L., Gerecht, S., Shieh, H.F., Watson, N., Rupnick, M.A., Dallabrida, S.M., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Langer, R.
Circulation Research 2007,101, 286-294
6- “Antifungal hydrogels”
Zumbuehl, A.*, Ferreira, L.*, Kuhn, D., Astashkina, A., Long, L., Yeo, Y., Iaconis, T., Ghannoum, M., Fink, G.R., Langer, R., Kohane, D.S.
PNAS 2007, 104, 12994-12998 (* Authors contributed equally)
7- “Bioactive hydrogel scaffolds for controllable vascular differentiation of human embryonic stem cells”
Ferreira, L, Gerecht, G, Fuller, J, Shieh, H.F., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Langer, R.
Biomaterials 2007, 28, 2706-2717.
8- “Hyaluronic acid hydrogel for controlled self-renewal and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells”
Gerecht, S., Burdick, J.A., Ferreira, L.S., Townsend, S.A., Langer, R., Vunjak-Novakovic, G.
PNAS 2007, 104, 11298-11303.
9- “Synthesis and characterization of photocurable elastomers from poly(glycerol-co-sebacate)”
Nijst, C.L.E., Bruggeman, J. P., Karp, J.M., Ferreira, L., Zumbuehl, A., Bettinger, C.J., Langer, R.
Biomacromolecules 2007, 8, 3067-3073.
10- “Cultivation of human embryonic stem cells without the embryoid body step enhances osteogenesis in vitro”.
Jeffrey M. Karp, Lino S. Ferreira, Ali Khademhosseini, Albert H. Kwon, Judy Y. Yeh, Robert Langer.
Stem Cells 2006, 24(4), 835-843.
11- “Co-culture of human embryonic stem cells with murine embryonic fibroblasts on microwell-patterned substrates”.
Khademhosseini*, A., Ferreira*, L., Blumling III, J., Yeh, J., Karp, J., Fukuda, J., Langer, R..
Biomaterials 2006, 27, 5968-5977 (*Authors contributed equally).
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| Awards |
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| 2008- Crioestaminal Prize |
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| Curriculum Vitae |
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2006-Present: Researcher at Center of Neurosciences and Cell Biology (CNC)
2004-2007: Postdoctoral Fellow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology -MIT)
2003-2004: Postdoctoral Fellow (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Porto, Portugal)
1999-2003: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
1995-1998: M.Sc. in Biochemistry (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
1989-1994: B.Sc. in Biochemistry (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
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