Consortium

Founded in 1911, UPORTO is a benchmark institution for Higher Education and Scientific Research in Portugal and one of the top 200 European Universities according to the most relevant international ranking systems. It is committed to converting into social assets the talent and innovation from its 14 faculties and over 50 research centres with 32,000 students and more than 4,000 employees.

FILIPE MERGULHÃO
Project Coordinator & Assistant Professor
– Bacterial adhesion to surfaces
– Biofilm formation and resistance
– Biomedical, industrial and marine biofilms
– Hydrodynamic effects on biofilms
– Recombinant protein expression

LUCIANA GOMES
Junior Researcher
– Food industry and biomedical biofilms
– Antifouling surfaces
– Biofilm reactors
– Probiotic biofilms
– Biofilms for the production of high-value compounds

RITA TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS
Junior Researcher
– Biomedical and marine biofilms
– Flow cytometry
– Recombinant protein production in biofilms

NUNO F. AZEVEDO
Senior Researcher & Assistant Professor
– Development of hybridization-based techniques
– Nucleic acid mimics for therapy and diagnostics
– Multispecies biofilms
– Bioinformatics

ANA PEREIRA
Assistant Researcher
– Biofouling monitoring and prevention
– Legionella and biofilms
– Innovation management

PEDRO COELHO
Head of Research &
Innovation Support Unit (INOV)
– Support UPORTO’s participation
in R&I funding schemes
– Leverage UPORTO ’s R&D
results by tech transfer
and IP licensing
– Project due diligence

With over 38,000 students and more than 9,000 employees, UCPH is Denmark’s largest research and education institution. The University strives to perform remarkable research and has provided 8 Nobel laureates since 1903. The Faculty of Science has 4,000 employees and 9,700 BSc who’s most important task is to contribute to solving the major challenges facing the rapidly changing world.