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Since 2005, Rui Domingues has been dedicated to research in different institutions, building a multidisciplinary background in chemical engineering, material science, nanotechnology and tissue engineering. Rui Domingues is currently Assistant Researcher and Invited Assistant Professor of the Biomedical Engineering program at 3Bs Research Group, University of Minho, Portugal. He graduated in Industrial Chemistry and Management (2006), obtained a MSc in Materials Derived from Renewable Resources (2008) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (2012) at University of Aveiro, Portugal, under the supervision of Prof. Carlos Pascoal Neto and Carlos Silva. He joined 3Bs as a Postdoc under Prof. Manuela Gomes and Rui Reis mentoring (supported by a Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) Grant), where he has been working since 2013. During this period, he was a PostDoc at Prof. Nicolas Peppas Lab, University of Texas at Austin, USA in 2016.
At 3Bs, Rui Domingues is/was the coordinator (e.g. SmarTendon, BioMIN and Wi-Pi) and had significant contribution for several EU and national funded projects (e.g. Recognize, ERC MagTendon and BioCHIPs) in which he is/was a work package leader or core team member. His research focus on the development of functional biomaterials for TERM applications, particularly exploring different nanostructured biomaterials for tendon tissue engineering and for studying cell behavior. His current research interests include the development of molecularly imprinted strategies to produce intelligent biomaterial, a field in which he was awarded in 2020 with the highly competitive Individual Support from FCT Stimulus of Scientific Employment (CEEC) allowing him to establish this new research line at 3Bs (BioMIN and Wi-Pi projects). As result of his research, Rui Domingues published a total of 60 journal articles (51 in Q1 journals, 14 as first author, 20 as corresponding or senior author), including papers in highly ranked journals in the field of biomaterials and biomedical engineering (Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Science Advances, Small, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Biofabrication...), 6 book chapters and 4 patents. The high quality of the work developed by his team is reflected not only in the top ranked journals in which they have been published, but also by the number of citations that they received. His work has received more than 2300 citations, he has an h-index of 28 (WoS database, January 2024) and he has been listed in the 2023 Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings.
Rui Domingues has been awarded with several individual Grants and recognitions at the national and international level. He organized/chaired several symposia and presented numerous communications in prestigious international conferences (e.g. TERMIS, ESB, SFB, EORS), several as an invited/keynote speaker. He served in the Organizing Committee of Achilles conferences and EORS 2023. He is member of the Strategic Alliance Committee of TERMIS-EU, and Grant Awarding Coordinator and member of the Management Committee of COST Action TENET - Tendon Regeneration Network. He integrates the editorial board of International Journal of Bioprinting and of European Cells and Materials (both Q1 rank), was Guest Editor of Advanced Functional Materials of a Special Issues on Magnetic systems for regenerative medicine and is Guest Editor of Biofabrication for a Special Issue on Biofabrication in Suspensions Media for Tissue Engineering and In Vitro Modelling.
At UM, Rui Domingues has supervised several MSc (6) and PhDs (3) students under national and international joint programs with e.g. University of Sidney (collaboration with Antony Wiess), University of Santiago de Compostela (collaboration with Pablo Taboada) and University of Pennsylvania (collaboration with Jason Burdick) as partners. He currently supervises 2 PhD students and mentors 1 PostDoc with distinct backgrounds in topics that include molecular imprinting, biofabrication and organ-on-chip technologies for tendon regeneration and modelling.

Activities

Employment (7)

University of Minho: Braga, PT

2019 to present | Assistant Researcher (3Bs Research Group)
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University of Minho: Braga, PT

2017 to present | Invited Assistant Professor (3Bs Research Group)
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University of Minho: Braga, PT

2013 to 2019 | PostDoc Researcher (3Bs Research Group)
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The University of Texas at Austin: Austin, US

2016 to 2016 | PostDoc Researcher (Institute for Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine)
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2009 to 2012 | PhD Student (CICECO)
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2006 to 2009 | Research Fellow
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Grupo Empresarial ENCE, S.A.: Pontevedra, ES

2005 to 2006 | Research trainee (Research and Technology Center)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2012 | PhD Chemical Engineering (CICECO)
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2008 | MSc in Material Derived from Renewable Resources (Department of Chemistry)
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2006 | Licenciatura (Department of Chemistry)
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Funding (20)

BioCHIPs – Biofabricated microfluidcs CHIPS based on self assembling of CNCs to recreate the hierarchical fibrillar structure of human tissues ECM

2023-11 to 2023-12 | Contract
HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (Brussels, Not found or not available, BE)
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ERC-PoC-BioCHIPs

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Rui M. A. Domingues

TENET - TEndon Regeneration NETwork

2023-10 to 2027-10 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER: CA22170
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Rui M. A. Domingues
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WI-PI - Wireless platform of abiotic nanoactuators to probe PIEZO receptors mechanobiology

2023 to 2026 | Contract
Foundation for Science and Technology (Lisboa, PT)
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2022.05526.PTDC

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Physiologically-educated stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles for tendon regeneration

2023 to 2024 | Contract
ON Foundation (Luzern, CH)
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Rui M. A. Domingues

ICVS/3B’s - Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute / Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics Research Group

2021-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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LA/P/0050/2020

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BioMIN - Biofabrication of Living Tendon Grafts with Growth Factor Sequestering Bioinks based on Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticles

2021 to 2027 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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2020.03410.CEECIND

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InjectTE - Injectable biomaterials for dental tissue engineering

2019-04 to 2025-03 | Contract
Norges forskningsråd (Lysaker, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER:

287953

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ICVS/3B¿s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos

2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UID/Multi/50026/2019

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Achilles - Overcoming specific weaknesses in tendon biology to design advanced regenerative therapies

2018-10 to 2021-09 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

810850

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Nanoplant - Nanopatterned dental implants to enhance soft tissue integration and reduce bacterial colonization

2018-09 to 2020-02 | Contract
ITI Stiftung für Orale Implantologie und deren Grenzgebiete (Basel, CH)
GRANT_NUMBER:

1306_2018

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SmarTendon - Growth Factors Sequestering Biomaterials to Engineer Living Tendon Grafts based on Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticles

2018-07 to 2021-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/NAN-MAT/30595/2017

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ChimericFibre4Tendon - Advanced bio-inspired drug-free materials for tendon-ligament repair

2018-07 to 2020-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/BII-BIO/28870/2017

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MagTT - Magnetic Tissue Engineering approaches for Tendon Regeneration

2018-07 to 2020-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/CTM-CTM/29930/2017

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MagTendon - Magnetic tissue engineering approaches for tendon regeneration

2018-05 to 2023-04 | Contract
European Research Council (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

772817

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Design of nanoarchitectured and magnetic responsive bionanocomposite scaffolds for tendon tissue engineering

2016-08 to 2019-02 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SFRH/BPD/112459/2015

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POLARIS - Unlocking the research potential of the 3B’s Group, University of Minho, in the Nanomedicine field to strengthen its competitive position at the European level

2015-07-01 to 2015-11-30 | Contract
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1

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RECOGNIZE – Intelligent scaffolds by molecular recognition for advanced applications in regenerative medicine

2015-06-01 to 2018-05-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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UTAP-ICDT/CTM-BIO/0023/2014

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MicroSpy – SPIONs-Loaded Trojan Microparticles as Drug Carriers for the Treatment of Tuberculosis

2014-03-03 to 2015-03-03 | Contract
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's (Guimarães, PT)
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ICVS-3Bs Research Grant

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Novel smart and biomimetic materials for innovative regenerative medicine approaches

2013-07 to 2015-06 | Contract
European Regional Development Fund (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

NORTE-01-0124-FEDER-000016

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Strategic Project - LA 11 - 2011-2012

2011-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PEst-C/CTM/LA0011/2011

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Peer review (40 reviews for 18 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS applied materials & interfaces. (1)
Review activity for ACS applied materials & interfaces. (5)
Review activity for Acta biomaterialia. (1)
Review activity for Advanced functional materials. (1)
Review activity for Advanced healthcare materials (9)
Review activity for Advanced Materials Technologies (2)
Review activity for Advanced materials. (1)
Review activity for Advanced science. (7)
Review activity for Bioengineering & translational medicine. (1)
Review activity for Biofabrication. (3)
Review activity for Biomaterials and biosystems. (2)
Review activity for Biomedical materials. (1)
Review activity for Industrial crops and products. (1)
Review activity for Journal of biomaterials science. (1)
Review activity for Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for Small. (1)
Review activity for Tissue engineering. (1)