Current Applications of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Industrial Challenges of Recombinant Proteins.- Insights on the Formulation of Recombinant Proteins.- Therapeutic Antibody Engineering and Selection Strategies.- Cytokines and Growth Factors.- Hormones, Blood Products and Therapeutic Enzymes.- Advances in Vaccines.- Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Applications and Challenges for Regenerative Medicine and Disease Modeling.- Addressing the Manufacturing Challenges of Cell-Based Therapies.- Bioprinting Technologies in Tissue Engineering.- Gene Therapy.- The Impact of Pharmacogenomics in Personalized Medicine.

Professor Ana Catarina Silva is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology, and a Researcher at the Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO) and UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), where she is currently developing lipid-based nanosystems to improve drug delivery and alternative systems to improve delivery of biopharmaceuticals. She has authored a number of scientific publications, and served as a referee for various international funding agencies. 

Professor João Nuno Moreira is a group leader at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) and Assistant Professor with "Habilitation" (and Tenure) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Portugal. His scientific work focuses on lipid-based nanosystems for targeted drug delivery and formulation of proteins. He is a co-author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals, 9 book chapters and 10 filed patents (3 of which have been grantedin the United States and 2 in Europe). 

Professor José Manuel Sousa Lobo is Head of the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Executive Council Director of the FFUP. He is also President of the Portuguese Pharmacopoeia Commission. An expert on industrial pharmacy, he is responsible for Quality Overall Summaries for the EMA, and is an investigator at UCIBIO. 

Dr. Hugo Almeida holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is Technical Director of a Medical Device company. He has authored numerous scientific publications, and his main research focuses on the application of stimuli-responsive polymers and lipid-based nanocarriers in ophthalmic drug delivery systems..