M. Catarina M. Dias de Almeida
(Post-Doc)
Status at Centre for Biological and
Chemical Engineering:
· Post-Doctoral Research fellow at the Environmental
and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group
Education:
· PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, UM,
·
MSc in Biological Engineering, UM,
·
Graduation in Chemical Engineering, FEUP,
Positions:
· (2006 - …) Associate Professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (ISCSEM), Monte da Caparica.
· (2006 - … ) Post-Doctoral researcher at the
Environmental and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group – research project entitled “Polyhydroxyalcanoates production using
industrial wastes” under the supervision of Prof. Manuela
R. da Fonseca (UTL), IST, UTL,
·
(1996 - 2005) Invited Assistant Professor at ISCSEM, Monte da Caparica.
·
(1999 - 2005) PhD. student, research theme: “Pectinase production
by continuous yeast cultures”, under the supervision of Prof. Pedro
Moradas-Ferreira (ICBAS,UP) and Prof. José A. Teixeira (UM), Department of
Biological Engineering,
·
(1994 – 1997) MSc. student, research theme:“Protein purification using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems” under the supervision of Prof.
José A. Teixeira (UM), Department of Biological Engineering, University of
Minho, Braga, Portugal.
·
ERASMUS student – "Séchage sous vide; differents modes d’apport de chaleur",
under the supervision of Prof. Jean-Rodolphe Puiggali,
Université de Pau et des Pays de L’Adour,
On-going
Research Activities:
· Microbial biopolymers (namely PHA) production using
low-value substrates from industrial wastes
· Polyhydroxyalcanoate extraction methods design
and optimization
· Fed-batch bioreactor operation – control,
optimization and scale-up
Other Interests:
· Food Safety and Technology
· High cell density bioreactors
· Downstream processing
· Yeast molecular biology
Grants:
· Post-Doc Scholarship from “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia" (SFRH/BPD/26678/2006)
· PhD Scholarship from “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia" (SFRH/BD/18203/1998)
· MSc Scholarship from “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia" (SFRH/BM/6707/1995)
Teaching Activities (at ISCSEM):
· Heat and Mass Transport Processes
· Unit Operations
· Bioengineering
Publications:
Maria Catarina Marques Dias de Almeida, 2005, “Produção de Pectinase Utilizando Culturas Contínuas
de Leveduras”, PhD Thesis, University of Minho.
Maria Catarina Marques Dias de Almeida, 1997, “Purificação de
uma Proteína Recombinante por Partição Bifásica Aquosa” Msc Thesis,
University of Minho.
Cavalheiro, J.M.B.T., Almeida, M.C.M.D., Grandfils, C., da Fonseca, M.M.R., “Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production by Cupriavidus necator using waste glycerol”, Process Biochemistry, 44, 5, 509-515, 2009.
Almeida, C., Brányik, T., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Teixeira, J., “Use of two different carriers in a packed bed reactor for endopolygalacturonase production by a yeast strain”, Process Biochemistry, 40, 5, 1937-1942, 2005.
Almeida, C., Brányik, T., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Teixeira, J., “Continuous Production of Pectinase by Immobilized Yeast Cells on Spent Grains”, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 96, 6, 513-518, 2003.
Almeida, C., Queirós, O., Wheals, A., Teixeira, J., Moradas-Ferreira, P. “Acquisition of flocculation phenotype by Kluyveromyces marxianus when overexpressing GAP1 gene encoding an isoform of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase”, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 55, 2, 433-440, 2003.
Almeida, M. C., Venâncio, A., Teixeira, J. A., Aires-Barros, M. R., “Cutinase purification on polyethylene glycol / hydroxypropyl starch aqueous two phase systems”, Journal of Chromatography B, 711, 151-159, 1998.
Venâncio, A., Almeida, C., Teixeira, J. A., “Enzyme purification with aqueous two-phase systems: comparison between systems composed of pure polymers and systems composed of crude polymers”, Journal of Chromatography B, 680, 131-136, 1996.
Venâncio, A., Almeida, C., Domingues, L., Teixeira, J. A., “Protein purification on a derivative guar gum based aqueous two-phase systems”, Bioseparation, 5, 253-258, 1995.
Almeida, C., Brányik, T., Teixeira, J.A., "Continuous production of
pectinase by immobilized yeast cells on spent grains", "4th European
Congress of Chemical Engineering", 21–25 September 2003, Granada, Spain,
2003.
Almeida, C. Brányik, T., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Teixeira, J.A., Vicente,
A.A. "Comparative analysis of immobilization carriers for a
endopolygalacturonase producing yeast strain", "30th International
Conference of Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering", 26-30 May 2003
Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia, 2003.
Almeida, C., Venâncio,
A., Aires-Barros, M. R., Teixeira, J. A., Cutinase Purification on Polyethylene glycol-Hydroxypropyl Starch Aqueous
Two-Phase Systems, “10th International Conference on
Partitioning in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems”, Reading, England, Abstract Books,
1997.
Baillon, B., Marques Dias de
Almeida, M. C., "Séchage sous vide : analyse en termes d’apport
energetique; avantages d’un apport micro-ondes". "Les techniques électriques et la qualité du séchage",
"9ème Colloque Université/Industrie", 16 June 1994,
da Fonseca, M.M.R., Cavalheiro, J., Almeida, C., “Bench-scale Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) production from waste and commercial glycerol", “International Symposium on Bio-Polyesters”, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2008.
Cavalheiro, J., Almeida, C., da Fonseca, M.M.R., “High Cell Density Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Waste Glycerol”, “7th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science”, Faro, Portugal, September 2008.
Dias de Almeida, C., Teixeira, J., Moradas-Ferreira,P. “Aquisição de fénotipo floculante por expressão do gene GAP1”, "9as Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras", Alcochete, Portugal, May 2001.
Venâncio, A., Almeida, C., Teixeira, J.A., “Enzyme purification with aqueous two-phase systems: comparison between systems composed of pure polymers and systems composed of crude polymers”, “9th International Conference on Partitioning in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems”, Zaragoza, Spain, Abstract Books, P31, 1995.
Research fellow in the project “Bioproduction” ("Sustainable
Microbial and Biocatalytic Production of Advanced Functional
Materials") – European Research Project (start date: 1st
September 2006).
Almeida, C., Cavalheiro, J. M., Fonseca, M. M., “Bacterial Polyesters from Waste Glycerol – Product Properties and Search for Novel Applications”, 1st I.B.B. Scientific Meeting, Faro, Portugal, May 2009.
Ottevaere, M., Lespineux, D., Sevrin, C., de Almeida, M.C.D., Cavalheiro, J., da Fonseca, M.M.R., Grandfils, C., "Physico-chemical characterization of new polyhydroxyburates (PHB)", "The Life Science Summit - Biomedica 2009", Liège, Belgium, April, 2009.
Almeida, C., Cavalheiro, J., Rodrigues, C., da Fonseca, M., "Production of Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate from Waste Glycerol", "International Workshop on Biomacromolecules", Stockholm, Sweden, June 2008.
Almeida, C., Cavalheiro, J., da Fonseca, M. M. R.,"Polyhydroxybutyrate Production from Waste Glycerol”, "4th European Symposium on Biopolymers", Kusadasi, Turquia, September 2007.
Almeida, C., Brányik,T., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Teixeira, J.A., “Continuous production of pectinase by immobilized yeast cells on spent grains”, "4th European Congress of Chemical Engineering", Granada, Spain, 2003.
Almeida, C., Brányik, T., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Teixeira, J., "Comparative analysis of immobilization carriers for an endopolygalacturonase producing yeast strain", "30th International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering", Tatranské Matliare, Eslováquia, May 2003.
Dias de Almeida, C., Queirós, O., Wheals, A., Teixeira, J.A., Moradas-Ferreira, P., “Acquisition of flocculation phenotype by Kluyveromyces marxianus when overexpressing GAP1 gene encoding an isoform of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase", "XIII Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica", Lisboa , Portugal , December 2002.
Dias de Almeida, C., Queirós, O., Wheals, A., Teixeira, J.A., Moradas-Ferreira, P., “Induction of flocculation in Kluyveromyces marxianus by overexpression of the GAP1 gene”, "10th European Congress on Biotechnology", Madrid , Spain , July 2001.
Dias de Almeida, C., Teixeira, J.A., Moradas-Ferreira, P., “Induction of flocculation in Kluyveromyces marxianus by overexpression of the GAP1 gene”, "XII Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica", Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, September 2000.
Baillon, B., Marques Dias de Almeida, M. C., "Séchage sous vide : analyse en termes d’apport energetique; avantages d’un apport micro-ondes". "Les techniques électriques et la qualité du séchage", "9ème Colloque Université/Industrie", Bordeaux - Talence , France , June 1994.
Contacts:
Telephone: +(351) 21 8419132;
Fax:+(351) 218 419 062
E-mail : Catarina Almeida
Last updated, Saturday, 18 July 2009