Curriculum Vitae
Inês Isabel Fernandes Gomes
1. Personal data
Place and date of birth: Lisboa, Portugal, May 5, 1980
Institutional address: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa; Av. Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal.
Phone: +351 21 799 9411; Fax: +351 21 799 9412; E-mail: ines.gomes@fct.unl.pt
2. Position at present
2010 - Present- Post-doctoral fellow of the Malaria Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal
Advisor: Dr. Miguel Prudêncio; Head of the lab: Prof. Maria M. Mota;
Co-Advisor: Prof. Eulália Pereira, UCIBIO REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto.
SFRH/BPD/63850/2009- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; Ministério da Educação e Ciência – “Malaria BioNanoDiagnosis: Gold nanoparticle-based rapid detection test for malaria parasites in clinical samples.”
3. Academic degrees
2009 - PhD –Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal - Inorganic Chemistry, Final Grade: Approved unanimously
2003 – Five year degree in Chemical and Environmental Sciences - Biotechnology, Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares, Piaget Institute, Portugal, Final Grade: 17 values
4. Present reseach interests
5. Supervising experience
2006-2008, 2013 - Advisor of students in “Ciência Viva” Program.
January-July, 2010 - Advisor of Master Thesis in Biotechnology, of Bassem Guirgis, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
January 2012-May 2013 – Co-advisor of Master Thesis in Biotechnology, of Isabel Gonçalves Silva, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. September 2013 - Present – Co-advisor of Master Thesis in Biochemistry, of Mariana Amoroso das Neves Romão, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
February-June 2012 – Co-advisor of Biochemistry Final Project, of Mariana Oliveira, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
February-June 2013 – Co-advisor of Biochemistry Final Project, of José Silva, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
September 2013 - Present – Co-advisor of Biochemistry Final Project, of Diogo Ai, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
6. Member of the team in research Projects
PTDC/BBB-NAN/1776/2012 - “Gold nanoparticle-based molecular detection of metabolic diseases”.
PTDC/AGR-FOR/4285/2012 - “Microfluidics and biosensor based on gold nanoprobes for the detection of Phytophthora cinnamomi.”
PTDC/EBB-BIO/116790/2010 -“Bionanotecnology to develop efficient and sensitive methods for Malaria diagnosis.”
PTDC/QUI-BIQ/112288/2009 - “An integrated approach to protein interaction with nanostructured gold surfaces: towards a biosensor.”
PTDC/QUI/64484/2006 - “Metal and Magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with biological molecules-. towards bio-nanoprobes.”
POCTI/QUI/43323/2001 - “Mechanisms and Dynamics of electron transfer in propellant protons: cytochrome c3.”
7. Publications
1. RESONANCE RAMAN FINGERPRINTING OF MULTIHEME CYTOCHROMES FROM THE CYTOCHROME C3 FAMILY
Roberto E. Di Paolo, Patrícia M. Pereira, Inês Gomes, Filipa M. A. Valente, Inês A. C. Pereira and Ricardo Franco
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 11, 217-224.
2. SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY OF TYPE II CYTOCHROME C3 ON A GLYCOSYLATED
SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER
Inês Gomes, Roberto E. Di Paolo, Patrícia M. Pereira, Inês A. C. Pereira, Lígia M. Saraiva, Soledad Penadés and Ricardo Franco
Langmuir 2006, 22, 9809-9811.
3. GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS METHODS Pedro Baptista, Eulália Pereira, Peter Eaton, Gonçalo Doria, Adelaide Miranda, Inês Gomes, Pedro Quaresma and Ricardo Franco
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2008, 391, 943-950.
4. PROBING SURFACE PROPERTIES OF CYTOCHROME C AT Au BIONANOCONJUGATES Inês Gomes, Nuno C. Santos, Luís M. A. Oliveira, Alexandre Quintas, Peter Eaton, Eulália Pereira and Ricardo Franco
J. Phys. Chem C 2008, 112, 16340-16347.
5. GOLD NANOPARTICLES-BASED FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY FOR MALARIA ANTIGEN DETECTION
Bassem S. S. Guirgis, Cláudia Sá e Cunha, Inês Gomes, Miguel Cavadas, Isabel Silva, Gonçalo Doria, Gregory L. Blatch, Pedro V. Baptista, Eulália Pereira, Hassan M. E. Azzazy, Maria M. Mota, Miguel Prudêncio and Ricardo Franco
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2012, 402, 1019-1027.
6. CONTROLLED ADSORPTION OF CYTOCHROME C TO NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD SURFACES Inês Gomes, Maria J. Feio, Nuno C. Santos, Peter Eaton, Ana Paula Serro, Benilde Saramago, Eulália Pereira and Ricardo Franco
J. Nanopart. Res. 2012, 14:1321. DOI 10.1007/s11051-012-1321-7
8. Chapter in Book
Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, volume 104, Nanoparticles in Translational Science and Medicine, Edited by Antoni Villaverde, Elsevier, 2011
Nanoparticles in Molecular Diagnostics
Pedro V. Baptista, Gonçalo Doria, Pedro Quaresma, Cristina S. Neves, Inês Gomes, Peter Eaton, Eulália Pereira and Ricardo Franco.
9. Prizes and awards received
Winner of Best Poster award – “Bionanotechnology for Malaria Diagnostics: Gold nanoparticle-based fluorescence immunoassay for Plasmodium falciparum HRP2 detection.”
Inês Gomes, Isabel Silva, Cláudia S. Cunha, Eulália Pereira, Diane W.Taylor, Maria M. Mota, Miguel Prudêncio and Ricardo Franco
XXIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Desafios em Química, June 12-14, 2013, Aveiro, Portugal.
10. Oral Presentations
MALARIA DIAGNOSTICS BASED ON ANTIBODY-FUNCTIONALIZED GOLD NANOPARTICLES AND Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70
Ricardo Franco, Inês Gomes, Bassem Shenouda, Cláudia Sá e Cunha, Hassan Azzazy, Maria Mota, Miguel Prudêncio
Trends in NanoTechnology 2010, Braga, Portugal, September 6-10, 2010
11. Posters in Conferences (9 in the last 3 years.Total of 24)
GOLD NANOPARTICLE-BASED IMMUNOASSAY FOR DETECTION OF Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70
B. Shenouda, I. Gomes, C. Sá e Cunha, H. Azzazy, M. Mota, M. Prudêncio, R. Franco NanoSpain 2010, 23-26 Março, 2010, Málaga, Espanha.
TYROSINASE-GOLD NANOPARTICLES CONJUGATES ON NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD SURFACES: TOWARDS A BIOSENSOR OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS
I. Gomes, J. Cortez, A. P. Serro, B. Saramago and R. Franco NanoSpain 2010, 23-26 Março, 2010, Málaga, Espanha.
Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70 ANTIBODY-GOLD NANOPARTICLE CONJUGATES: TOWARDS MALARIA NANODIAGNOSTICS
I. Gomes, B. Shenouda, C. Sá e Cunha, H. Azzazy, M. Mota, M. Prudêncio, R. Franco ESF International Conference on Nanotheranostics, 27-30 Abril, 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
TYROSINASE-GOLD NANOPARTICLE CONJUGATES ON NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD SURFACES: TOWARDS A BIOSENSOR OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS
I. Gomes, A. P. Serro, A. P. Carapeto, P. Paradizo, J. Cortez, S. Cardoso, P. Freitas, R. Colaço, B. Saramago and R. Franco
1st European Nanomanipulation Workshop, 17-19 Maio, 2010, Cascais, Portugal
TYROSINASE-GOLD NANOPARTICLES BIONANOCONJUGATES ON NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD SURFACES: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENZYMATIC BIOSENSOR OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS I. Gomes, A. P. Serro, A. P. Carapeto,P. Paradiso, J. Cortez, S. Cardoso, P. Freitas, R. Colaço, B. Saramago and R. Franco
TNT 2010, Trends in NanoTechnology, 06-10 Setembro, 2010, Braga, Portugal.
MALARIA NANODIAGNOSTICS: ANTIBODY-GOLD NANOPARTICLE CONJUGATES FOR MALARIA ANTIGEN DETECTION
M. Cavadas, I. Gomes, B. S.S. Guirgis, C. Sá e Cunha, M. P. Monopoli, H. Azzazy, E. Pereira, M. Mota, I. Lynch, K. A. Dawson, M. Prudêncio, R. Franco
Nanoweek Conference 2011, Nanotechnology: Research Excellence & Commercial Opportunities, 31de Janeiro a 01 de Fevereiro, 2011, Ireland.
PHYSISORPTION OF CYTOCHROME C TO NANOSTRUCTURED GOLD SURFACES: RELEVANCE FOR BIONANO-DEVICES AND COMPOSITES
Inês Gomes, Maria J. Feio, Nuno C. Santos, Peter Eaton, Ana Paula Serro, Benilde Saramago, Eulália Pereira and Ricardo Franco
BIOMEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR MALARIA DETECTION: GOLD NANOPARTICLE-BASED FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY FOR Plasmodium Falciparum HRP2 DETECTION
Inês Gomes, Isabel Silva, Cláudia S. Cunha, Eulália Pereira, Diane W. Taylor, Maria Mota, Miguel Prudêncio and Ricardo Franco
nanoPortugal 2013, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology International Conference, February 13-15, 2013, Porto, Portugal.
BIONANOTECHNOLOGY FOR MALARIA DIAGNOSTICS: GOLD NANOPARTICLE FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY FOR Plasmodium Falciparum HRP2 DETECTION
Inês Gomes, Isabel Silva, Cláudia S. Cunha, Eulália Pereira, Diane W. Taylor, Maria M. Mota, Miguel Prudêncio and Ricardo Franco
XXIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Desafios em Química, June 12-14, 2013, Aveiro, Portugal.
12. References
Dr. Miguel Prudêncio – Unidade de Malária, Instituto Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal mprudencio@fm.ul.pt
Prof. Dr. Eulália Pereira - REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal efpereir@fc.up.pt
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Franco - REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal rft@fct.unl.pt
