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João Carlos Fernandes da Silva will be defending his PhD thesis in Bioengineering (Cell Therapies and regenerative Medicine) at Instituto Superior Técnico, friday the 27th september 2019 (14:00 H, room PA-3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Frederico Ferreira from SCERG-iBB and Robert Linhardt from RPI, João focused his efforts on the fabrication of hierarchical and biomimetic cartilage constructs. The title of his thesis is "Bioengineering strategies towards the in vitro fabrication of hierarchical and biomimetic cartilage constructs".

Sara Lourenço Rosa will be defending her PhD thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciencesat Instituto Superior Técnico, monday the 9th september 2019 (14:30 H, room PA-3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Ana Azevedo from BERG-iBB and Cláudia Lobato-Silva from SCERG-iBB, Sara explored phenyl boronate chromatography as an alternative technique to purify biomolecules such as antibodies. The title of her thesis is "A phenylboronate chromatography based approach as an effective alternative for downstream processing of biomolecules".

Tânia Daniela Cavaleiras Baltazar will be defending her PhD thesis in Bioengineering (Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine) at Instituto Superior Técnico, thursday the 21st March 2019 (12:30 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Frederico Ferreira from SCERG-iBB and Pankaj Karande from RPI, Tânia focused her efforts on the development of a 3D printed in vitro vascularized human skin model for clinical applications. The title of her thesis is "Design and Fabrication of Full-Thickness Vascularized Human Skin With 3D Bioprinting Technology”.

Maria João Jacinto will be defending her PhD thesis in Bioengineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, thursday the 7th March 2019 (10:30 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Raquel Barros and Ana Azevedo from BERG-iBB and Richard Willson from the University of Houston, Maria João focused her efforts on the development of platforms for the downstream processing and detection of VLPs and bacteriophages. The title of her thesis is "Integrative platforms for downstream processing and detection of viral particles”.