IRB

Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute

Mar, the head of the microarrays unit, develops her activity facilitating the development of personalized medicine in times of NGS, being able to offer solutions endorsed by peer reviewed scientific publications for detection at the genomic level, specializing in leukemia.

Universitat de Barcelona

Pablo Engel obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School (MA, USA). He was an assistant research professor at the Department of Immunology at Duke University Medical School (NC, USA). Since 1997 he is a professor of immunology and Head of the Immunology Unit at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Barcelona Medical School. His major focus has been the study of lymphocyte surface molecules and their function in the regulation of immune responses. 

Paralab Bio

Adolfo has developed his scientific career within the field of oncology. From his initial work at King´s College London, he studied effect of metalloproteinases in tumorigenic cells. He further developed his scientific interests studying oncological signalling from the point of view of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) and outcomes on senescence as his PhD thesis. He has applied the scientific knowledge to further aid the scientific community aiding in acquisition of technologies for scientific and industrial research, aiding clients in tailoring technologies to be acquired and giving support after acquisition, ensuring excellent support structure for scientific research.

Paralab Bio

Alexandre is currently one of Paralab’s Product Specialists providing exclusive support to the Bio Division of the company. With a background in Biochemistry, Alexandre holds a PhD in Molecular Biology where he specialized in plant host-pathogen interactions with focus in host defences involving plant secondary metabolism. With that being a multidisciplinary topic, he has also been in close contact with several techniques in the field of Analytical Chemistry. In his current role, he now provides biosciences researchers and biotech industry with solutions and support involving several high-end technologies which can range from biophysical characterization tools to live cell imaging.

Paralab Bio / University Fernando Pessoa

Senior Manager and Technical Director at PARALAB, responsible for its Bio Division. PharmD with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Oporto and Post-graduated in Management and Business Administration from Católica Porto Business School. Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences - UFP, teaching in the fields of Biophysics and Advanced Analytical Techniques. Author or co-author of several peer reviewed publications, oral presentations and invited lectures. 

09:30-09:45 

José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP

09:45-10:15

Mariana Fernandes – Head of iMM Flow Cytometry Unit 

10:15-10:45

Markus Maeurer - Head of Immunotherapy/Immunosurgery at Champalimaud Foundation

10:45-11:15

Ricardo Leite – Head of Genomics Unit at IGC 

11:15 - 11:45

11:45 - 12:15

Alexandre Borges – Product Specialist at Paralab BIO

12:15 - 12:45

Alexandre Borges – Product Specialist at Paralab BIO

12:45 - 13:15

Maria Azevedo - Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM) Unit Application Specialist at i3S          

13:15- 14:15

14:15 - 14:45

Martin Humphry - CEO at Phasefocus

14:45 - 15:15

Adolfo Molejón – Product Specialist at Paralab BIO

15:15 - 15:45

Pedro Sousa – Senior Scientist at Merck Healthcare KGaA Satellite Lab | iBET                        

15:45 - 16:15

Tatiana Tiago - Product Manager at Creoptix

16:15

José Catita - Iberian Senior Manager at Paralab BIO; Professor at UFP

I3S

Maria Azevedo is a microscopy application specialist at the Advanced Light Microscopy (ALM) Scientific Platform at i3S (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde). With a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences held at ICBAS, she has specialized in various light microscopy techniques applied to live-cell imaging, a field where she currently is able to provide both technical and application support to all the ALM users. Her experience includes deep knowledge in phase-contrast, wide-field fluorescence, laser scanning confocal and super-resolution microscopy. 

iMM

Mariana Fernandes has a MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Having started professionally in 2015 as a technician in the Flow Cytometry Unit at iMM, she later moved to the IGC Flow Cytometry Facility as a Research Support Specialist, where she worked for several years. With the obtained experience, she embraced a new challenge, going to the Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, where she set up and managed the new Benjamin Franklin Flow Cytometry Facility.

In 2021, she was appointed as Head of Flow Cytometry Unit at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM).

Creoptix AG

Tatiana Tiago is the Product Manager at Creoptix with over 8 years’ experience in the pharma and biotech industry. The background in molecular biology has given her a wide understanding of binding interaction analysis including label-based and label-free technologies. Tatiana holds a degree in Medical Molecular Biology from the University of Westminster and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Recently, Tatiana’s focus is to help life-science scientists understand Grating-Coupled Interferometry (GCI) technology and optimize the label-free WAVEsystem enabling them to accelerate drug discovery.

Champalimaud Foundation 

Dr. Maeurer is head of immunotherapy / ImmunoSurgery at the Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon and Prof at the I Medical Clinic of the University of Mainz, Germany, published more than 310 scientific articles, 28 among them in the LANCET series, he created 9 patents, he serves as a reviewer for several international grant agencies and several high impact journals.

Advisor for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for the UK Parliament and the Italian Government,  Fellow of the Royal Chamber of Physicians, London; initiated with Sir Alimuddin Zumla (UCL, UK) the consortium against cancer and infectious diseases with a particular focus on COVID-19.

IGC 

Ricardo Leite is a Biochemist by training with a master's degree in Marine Biology (Aquaculture and fisheries) and a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology (host-parasite interaction).  He also has worked outside academia, first as external consultor and after as internal collaborator in “de novo” enzyme discovery, in a Danish company resulting in 4 patents.  He specializes in Molecular evolution, comparative genomics, sequencing and bioinformatics with special emphasis on aquatic unicellular organisms. In 2019 he was appointed as Head of IGC Genomics Unit, supporting IGC science and researchers by tailoring genomic solutions and giving access to high tech technologies. 

CEO at Phasefocus

Paralab Bio

Adolfo has developed his scientific career within the field of oncology. From his initial work at King's College London, he studied effect of metalloproteinases in tumorigenic cells. He further developed his scientific interests studying oncological signalling from the point of view of DNA Damage Repair (DDR) and outcomes on senescence as his PhD thesis. He has applied the scientific knowledge to further aid the scientific community aiding in acquisition of technologies for scientific and industrial research, aiding clients in tailoring technologies to be acquired and giving support after acquisition, ensuring excellent support structure for scientific research.

Paralab Bio

Alexandre is currently one of Paralab’s Product Specialists providing exclusive support to the Bio Division of the company. With a background in Biochemistry, Alexandre holds a PhD in Molecular Biology where he specialized in plant host-pathogen interactions with focus in host defences involving plant secondary metabolism. With that being a multidisciplinary topic, he has also been in close contact with several techniques in the field of Analytical Chemistry. In his current role, he now provides biosciences researchers and biotech industry with solutions and support involving several high-end technologies which can range from biophysical characterization tools to live cell imaging.

Paralab Bio / University Fernando Pessoa

Senior Manager and Technical Director at PARALAB, responsible for its Bio Division. PharmD with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Oporto and Post-graduated in Management and Business Administration from Católica Porto Business School. Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences - UFP, teaching in the fields of Biophysics and Advanced Analytical Techniques. Author or co-author of several peer reviewed publications, oral presentations and invited lectures.