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FIRST NAME AND SURNAME : Cláudia Lobato da Silva
АDDRESS : Stem Cell Engineering Research Group, iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisboa, Portugal
TELEPHONE: +351 218 419 969
Е-MAIL: claudia_lobato@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
DATE OF BIRTH: October 29, 1978
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Education:
- Diploma (“Licenciatura”) (Biotechnology), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal, 2001
- PhD in Biotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal, 2006. Visiting Ph.D. Student at Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA January 2002 - July 2002 & March-April 2004
- Post-Doc at Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, IST, Lisboa, Portugal. 2006-2007
Professional Training :
- Invited Assistant Professor (“Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, IST (July 2007 - June 2008)
- Assistant Professor (“Professor Auxiliar”), Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, IST (July 2008 – December 2010)
- Assistant Professor (“Professor Auxiliar”), Department of Bioengineering, IST (January 2011 - October 2019)
- Visiting Investigator under the Sabbatical Leave Program, JLacerda Lab, Hematology and
Transplantation Immunology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM), Lisboa, Portugal (December 2014 - September 2015)
- Member of the Pedagogical Council, Commission for the Quality of Curricular Units, Instituto Superior Técnico (February 2017 - December 2022)
- Member of the Scientific Council, Instituto Superior Técnico (Jan 2023 - present)
- Associate Professor (“Professor Associado”), Department of Bioengineering, IST (October 2019 - present)
Editorship of Scientific Journals
- Associate Editor of BMC Biotechnology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Expansion of human stem cells, namely hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells, cellular therapies with human adult stem cells, isolation and purification of stem cells, bioreactors for stem cell culture.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Nomination as an Outstanding Young Scientist for the InterAcademy Panel (IAP) / World Economic Forum (WEF) for participation in the 2nd IAP Conference for Young Scientists in conjunction with WEF’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, "Summer Davos", Dalian, China, 10-12 September 2009
“Prémio Jovens Investigadores UTL/Deloitte” (Young Investigator Award UTL/Deloitte), scientific domains of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2009)
“First Annual FLAD Educational Innovation Award 2008”, granted by “Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento” (Luso-American Foundation for the Development) within the frame of the international collaboration program between Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) (USA) and the Portuguese Government (the MIT-Portugal Program), Bioengineering Focus Area (2008)
Honorable Mention “Prémio Jovens Investigadores UTL/Deloitte” (Young Investigator Award UTL/Deloitte), scientific domains of Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2008)
Post-Doctoral grant, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal (2007)
Post-Doctoral grant, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, IST, Lisboa, Portugal (2006)
Ph.D. grant, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal (2002-2005)
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Funding (26)
PTDC/EQU-EQU/3708/2021
964883
PTDC/BTM-MAT/3538/2020
H2020-SC1-BHC-2018-2020 Topic: SC1-BHC-07-2019
POCI-01-0247-FEDER- 038313
CELLS4ALL H2020-INNOVOUCHER-2018-0039
H2020-INNOVOUCHER-2018-0039
PTDC/BTM-SAL/31057/2017
H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017_TeamingPhase2
SAICTPAC/0021/2015
MITP-TB/ECE/0013/2013