João Manuel B. T. Cavalheiro
(M.Sc. Collaborator)
Status at Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering:
·
Collaborator of the Environmental and
Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group.
Education:
· M.Sc.
in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa (UTL),
· Graduation
in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa (UTL),
Activities:
· Collaborator of the Environmental and Ecoprocess Engineering
Research Group, IST, UTL,
· Collaborator
of the Cell Physiology & NMR Research Group at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica
(ITQB), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL),
· Volunteer
researcher in the Sanitary Engineering Department at Laboratório Nacional de
Engenharia Civil (LNEC), under the supervision of Prof José Menaia. April to
June 2004.
Area of scientific activity:
·Fermentation
technology, bio-production and downstream processing of increased value
bio-polymers.
·Development
and modelling of fed-batch strategies for increased productivity.
· Acid-induced
stress response of lactic bacteria.
Interests:
Large scale biopolymer
production from renewable or environmentally undesirable carbon sources.
Recent publications:
J. Cavalheiro, C. Almeida, C. Grandfils and Manuela Fonseca,
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production by Cupriavidus necator using waste glycerol.
(Manuscript in preparation.)
Sánchez, C., A. R. Neves, J. Cavalheiro, M. M. dos Santos, N. García-Quintáns,
P. López, and H. Santos. Contribution of citrate metabolism to the growth
of Lactococcus lactis CRL264 at low pH. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
(Accepted, December 2007).
García-Quintáns, N., C. Sánchez, J. Cavalheiro, A. R. Neves, H. Santos, and P.
López. Molecular basis and metabolic consequences of the acid stress
response of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis CRL264.
(Manuscript in preparation.)
Posters:
Almeida, C., Cavalheiro, J., da Fonseca, M. M. R.,Polyhydroxybutyrate
Production from Waste Glycerol, 4th European Symposium on Biopolymers,
Kusadasi, Turquia, 2007
C. Sánchez, A. R. Neves, J. Cavalheiro, N. García-Quintáns, P. López and H.
Santos, Insight into the basis of the resistance of Lactococcus lactis
subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis CRL264 at very acidic pH, Eight
Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria Genetics, Metabolism and Applications. Egmond
aan Zee, The Netherlands. August
28 to September 1, 2005
Contacts:
Telephone: +(351) 218 419 132 / 96 687 92 57
E-mail: João Cavalheiro
Last updated, Saturday, 09 February 2008