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Curriculum Vitae

First name(s) / Surname(s) Ana Rita Cruz Duarte

Work experience

Dates 01/10/2017 → present

Occupation or position held Associate Professor

Main activities and responsibilities Lecture Chemistry Research activities on deep eutectic systems, green chemistry and supercritical fluids

Name and address of employer Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Dates 01/08/2013 → 09/2017

Occupation or position held Assistant researcher

Main activities and responsibilities Development of polymeric structures for tissue engineering and regeneration using supercrit ical fluid technology

Name and address of employer 3B's research group - Department of polymer engineering, University of Minho Braga, Portugal

Dates 01/01/2014 → 30/06/2014

Occupation or position held Fulbright Visiting Scholar

Main activities and responsibilities Microfluidic preparation of perfluorocarbon-alginate capsules for ultrasound triggered delivery

Name and address of employer Jensen Lab, Department of chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, USA

Dates 15/01/2011 → 31/07/2013

Occupation or position held Post-doc researcher

Main activities and responsibilities Development of biomedical and industrial application, within the scope of European project FP7 - SPECIAL – SPonge Enzymes and Cells for Innovative AppLications


Dates 01/05/2010 → 31/12/2010

Occupation or position held Executive Team Act (Technology Commercialization Accelerator)

Main activities and responsibilities Pipeline and Education

Name and address of employer COTEC – Associação Empresarial para a Inovação Porto, Portugal

Dates 01/09/2007 → 30/04/2010

Occupation or position held Post-doc researcher

Main activities and responsibilities Development of bioactive and biocompatible scaffolds with biomolecules using supercritical fluid technology - Animal cell manipulation


Dates 01/07/2006 - 30/06/2007

Occupation or position held Researcher

Main activities and responsibilities Clathrate hydrates for hydrogen storage - Phase equilibria and kinetic measurements

Name and address of employer Physical Chemistry and Molecular Thermodynamics Laboratory, Technische Universiteit Delft



Delft, Netherlands

Dates 01/06/2005 - 15/06/2005

Occupation or position held Junior researcher

Name and address of employer Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Matériaux et des Hautes Pressions (LIMHP), CNRS, Université Paris Nord Paris, France

Dates 01/09/2004 - 30/09/2004


Main activities and responsibilities In-situ mid-IR and near-IR high pressure measurements of CO2 sorption and swelling in polymers

Name and address of employer Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London London, United Kingdom

Dates 15/09/2003 - 15/12/2003


Main activities and responsibilities Micronization of pharmaceutical compounds using SAS technology

Name and address of employer Laboratorio di Fluidi Supercritici, Dipartimento di Ingegnaria Chimico-Alimentar, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy

Dates 01/01/2003 - 30/06/2006

Occupation or position held PhD student

Name and address of employer Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Oeiras, Portugal

Dates 01/11/2002 - 31/12/2002


Main activities and responsibilities High-pressure NMR spectroscopy of polymers and biopolymers in emulsions

Name and address of employer Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal

Dates 01/04/2002 - 30/06/2002

Occupation or position held Trainee – Erasmus Program

Main activities and responsibilities Phase equilibrium measurements of binary systems

Name and address of employer Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, Technische Universiteit Delft Delft, Netherlands

Dates 01/06/2001 - 31/12/2001

Occupation or position held Trainee - PRODEP program

Main activities and responsibilities Solubility measurements of bioactive compounds in supercritical carbon dioxide

Name and address of employer Laboratório de Termodinâmica e Processos de Separação, Chemical Department, FCT/UNL Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal

Dates 01/11/1998 - 31/03/1999

Occupation or position held Trainee

Main activities and responsibilities Implementation of new compounds in analytical procedures Mass Spectrometry Gas Chromatography

Name and address of employer Laboratório de Análises de Dopagem e Bioquímica do Centro de Medicina Desportiva Lisboa, Portugal



Awards and distinctions 2016 – HydrUStent Distinction - Road 2 WebSummit

2016 – BluePharma | University of Coimbra Innovation Award – Honorable Mention – HydrUStent

2016 – TERMIS-EU Business Plan Competition – People’s Choice Award

2015 – The Venture Forum Entrepreneurs Competition – HydrUStent

2015 – Novo Banco Inovação Award - HydrUStent

2014 – FCT Investigator

2014 – Finalist Building Global Innovators – MIT – project HydrUStent

2014 – Outreach Lecturer Fund – travel award, Fulbright Comission

2013 – Fulbright Scholar Program - Advanced Research and University Lecturing Award in the

United States

2007 – FCT Post Doctoral grant SFRH/BPD/34944/2007

2007 – Best Thesis Award – International Society for Advancement on Supercrit ical Fluids (ISASF)

2002 – FCT doctoral grant SFRH/BD/10780/2002

Education and training

Dates 15-02-2016 - 29-02-2016

Title of qualif ication awarded Financial Management for non-financials and managers

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Formação e Competências, ANJE - Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários, Porto, Portugal

Dates 11-06-2015 - 12-06-2015

Title of qualif ication awarded Marketing of Innovation & Effectual Entrepreneurship in Health Sciences

Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

Entrepreneurship, Marketing innovation, ISMA 360º tool


Skema Business School and Creating Health – Research and Innovation Funding, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal

Dates 16-03-2015 - 17-03-2015

Title of qualif ication awarded Polaris Training Course – Managing Intellectual Property and Innovation


IP strategies, Patenting, How to write a patent, Technology transfer


POLARIS, Guimarães, Portugal

Dates 11-12-2014

Title of qualif ication awarded EROMED - European Regulation of Medical Devices Seminar


Regulatory requirements for medical devices CE marking Clinical trials process and requirements


Stemmatters, Braga, Portugal

Dates 01-10-2012 – 13-11-2014

Title of qualif ication awarded Master Degree in Polymer Properties and Technology


Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

Level in national or international classification

19/20



Dates 03/11/2011 - 18/11/2011

Title of qualif ication awarded Statistical Analysis – Bi-variate analysis and average comparison in SPSS


17/20


TecMinho Guimarães, Portugal

Dates 10/05/2010 - 12/05/2010

Title of qualif ication awarded Spring School on Valuation and Pricing of Emerging Technologies and Tech based IP


Act – COTEC Portugal Porto, Portugal

Dates 01/03/2006 – 30/06/2006

Title of qualif ication awarded


Hydrogen Economy


Reykjavik, Iceland

Dates 01/03/2005 - 30/06/2005

Title of qualif ication awarded Cohitec “Turning Technology into Business”


Value creation from science and technology Business plans


Initiative from COTEC Portugal (Teachers from North Carolina State University (USA))

Lisboa, Portugal

Dates 15/07/2004 - 30/07/2004

Title of qualif ication awarded Socrates Intensive Course 2004


High Pressure Chemical Engineering Processes: Basics and Applications


Departamento de Engenharia Química da Universidade Politécnica da Catalunia Barcelona, Spain

Dates 01/02/2004 - 30/05/2004

Title of qualif ication awarded Doctoral Teaching Program


Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica Oeiras, Portugal

Dates 10/07/2003 - 20/07/2003

Title of qualif ication awarded Summer School: Supercritical Fluids and Materials


by François Cansell (ICMCB of Bordeaux), Maria Jose Cocero (Universidade de Valladolid), Andrew Cooper (University of Liverpool), Justin Holmes (University College of Cork), Manuel Nunes da Ponte (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and Jean-Pierre Petitet (LIMHP of Villetaneuse) Biarritz, France

Dates 01/10/1996 - 31/12/2001

Title of qualif ication awarded Degree in Chemical Engineering


Chemical reactors Transfer Phenomena Separation Processes Solid-fluid Operations



Thermodynamics Chemistry


Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal


15/20

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Portuguese

Other language(s) self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing

European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction

Spoken production

English C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2

Proficient user

C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user

French B1

Independent user

B2 Independent

user B2

Independent user

B2 Independent

user A2 Basic User

German A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User

Italian B2

Independent user

B2 Independent

user B2

Independent user

B2 Independent

user B2

Independent user

Dutch A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User

(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Driving licence B

Organisational skills and competences

2017 – 16th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Chair of the conference, Lisbon,

Portugal, 2017

2015 – 4th TERMIS world congress – Symposium organizer and chair: “Green Technologies

for the preparation of enhanced biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative

medicine”

2015 – Member of the scientific commission – Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids, IMIL

2015, Madrid, Spain, 2015

2014 - Member of the local organizing committee – TERMSTEM 2014 – NanoTools for

diagnosis and regeneration of tissues with PT | Korea symposium, Porto, Portugal, 2014

2014 – Member of the local organizing committee - Polaris 2nd workshop – Top-down

fabrication and nanocharacterization techniques to develop nanosystems for biomedical

applications, Porto, Portugal, 2014

2013 – Member of the local organizing committee – TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as

a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

2013 – Member of the local organizing committee - Polaris 1st workshop – Nanosystems for

medicine: fundamentals, synthesis and applications, Porto, Portugal, 2013

2011 – Member of the local organizing committee - ESAO-IFAO joint meeting, Porto, 2011

2010 – Guest Editor – The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, special issue Supercritical Fluid

Processing of Biopolymers and Biomedical devices

2009 – Member of the organizing committee - Workshop supercritical fluid processing of

biopolymers and biomedical devices, Funchal, Portugal, 2009

2009 – Editor e-book – “Current Trends in Supercrit ical Fluid Technology in Pharmaceutical,

Nutraceutical and Food processing Industries”, Bentham Publishers

2008 – Member of the local organizing committee - Termis- EU 2008 Annual Meeting, Porto,

Portugal, 2008

2005 – Member of the organizing committee - Supermat Seminar, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005

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EU-funded projects 2016 – ERC Consolidator Grant – Des.solve - When solids become liquids: Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (PI)

2015 – SponGes - Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation, H2020-BG-2015-2 (member of the team)

2014 – UNICAT -Unique Biomaterial-Drug Solution for Multifunctional Central Venous Catheters, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 645699 – UNICAT – RISE – MSCA – RISE (member of the team)

National-funded projects 2017 - Cateres ureterais como veículos de libertação controlada de farmacos para o tratamento de tumores urológicos (MIT-EXPL/BIO/0041/2017) PI of the project

2015 - DES.zyme - Biocatalytic separation of enantiomers using Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents - PTDC/BBB-EBB/1676/2014

2015 - Jaba Famacêutica - Associação Portuguesa de Urologia - Research Grant - Desenvolvimento dos cateteres ureterais impregnados com fármacos anticancerígenos (member of the team)

2014 – Associated Laboratory ICVS/3B’s Research Grant - Bioresorbable urological stent systems based on natural polymers

2013 – Bilateral Agreement – FCT-DAAD "Aerogels-based structures in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications: new processing methodologies, characterization and in vitro evaluation" with TU Hamburg-Harburg

2012 – SWIMS - Subcritical water isolation of compounds from marine sponges (EXP/QEQ-EPS/0745/2012/SWIMS) PI of the project

2011 – ENiGMA - Engineering green polymers for biomedical applications using ionic liquids and supercritical fluid technology (PTDC/EQU-EPR/121491/2010) PI of the project

Supervision

2016 – present, PhD Thesis, Filipa Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (supervisor)

2016 – PhD Thesis, Marta Salgado, University of Valladollid (International supervisor)

2014-2018 – PhD Thesis, Alexandre A. Barros, Universidade do Minho (supervisor)

2013-2015 - PhD Thesis, Rita Craveiro, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (co-supervisor)

Jury

2016 – Member of the thesis committee of PhD defense of Cristina Jimenez, University of

Valladollid

2016 – Member of the thesis committee of Master defense of Ana Roda, Instituto de

Tecnologia Quimíca e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

2016 – External Evaluator of PhD thesis of Vanessa Gonçalves, University of Valladolid

2016 – Member of the thesis committee of PhD defense of Patricia Ferreira, Universidade

Nova de Lisboa

2015 – Member of the thesis committee of PhD defense of Silvia Rebocho, Universidade

Nova de Lisboa

2014 – Member of the thesis committee of Master defense of Francisca Mano, Universidade

Nova de Lisboa

2013 - Member of the thesis committee of Master defense of Ana Cristina O. Correia,

Universidade do Minho

2013 – Member of the thesis committee of PhD defense of Marta Fraille, University of

Valladollid

2013 – Member of the thesis committee of Master defense of Cristina Vanessa Santos,

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

2011 – Member of the thesis committee of Master defense of Maria José Lima, Universidade

do Minho



2011 – Member of the thesis committee of Master defense of Vasco Bessa Peixoto

Bernardo, Universidade do Minho

PhD thesis

Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Exploring supercritical fluid technology for the development of controlled drug delivery systems”, Lisbon 2006

Patents

1) PT Patent application, Rui Duarte, Jorge Correia-Pinto, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Injectable and expandable composition, devices, kits, methods and uses thereof, registered on 13/10/2017

2) EP 17179887.9 patent application, Castro V., Silva J. M., Craveiro R., Reis R. L., Paiva A., and Duarte A. R. C., Cryoprotectant and/or cryopreservant composition, methods and uses thereof, registered on 05/07/2017

3) PT Patent application, Castro V., Silva J. M., Craveiro R., Reis R. L., Paiva A., and Duarte A. R. C., Cryoprotectant and/or cryopreservant composition, methods and uses thereof, application 110080 V, registered on 17/05/2017.

4) PCT/IB2017/051448, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Barros, “Biodegradable ureteral stents, methods and uses thereof”, registered on 13/03/2017

5) PT patent application, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Barros, "Biodegradable ureteral stents: new approach for urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract cancer", application 109229, registered on 11/03/2016

6) PCT/IB2015/052370, Rui L. Reis, Jorge Correia-Pinto, Estevão Lima, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Barros “A composition for ureteral stent and the method thereof”, 2015

7) WO2015151030A1, Barros A. A., Aroso I. M., Mano J. F., Duarte A. R. C., and Reis R. L., "Method to obtain collagen/gelatin from marine sponges", 2015

8) PT patent application, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, Rita Craveiro Ivo Aroso, Marta Martins, “Processo de Produção de Estruturas Tridimensionais Porosas para Aplicações Farmacêuticas e/ou Biomédicas utilizando Solventes Eutectivos e Tecnologia Supercritica”, application 20141000020891 registered on 11/03/2015

9) PT Patent PI106593, "Cateteres à base de polímeros de origem natural produzidos utilizando tecnologias limpas", Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, Estevão Lima, Ricardo Pires, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Barros, application 20121000079210 registered on 19/10/2013, publication at Revista de Propriedade Industrial, 77/2014, on March 21, 2014

10) PT Patent PI106220, "Método de preparação de estruturas tridimensionais à base de lisados de plaquetas processados por tecnologia supercrit ica", Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, Manuela E. Gomes, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, app lication 20121000022971 registered at 21/03/2013, publication at Revista de Propriedade Industrial on September 23, 2013

11) PT Patent, "Método de impregnação de matrizes poliméricas biocompatíveis com aplicação na indústria alimentar, cosmética e/ou farmacêutica utilizando uma tecnologia limpa", C.M.M. Duarte, A.R.C. Duarte, A. Nunes, C. Cravo, application submitted on 21/09/2005.

12) PT Patent PT103154 A1, "Método de preparação de artigos oftalmológicos terapêuticos usando fluidos comprimidos", H.C. de Sousa, M.H.M. Gil, E.O.B. Leite, C.M.M. Duarte, A.R.C. Duarte, application registered on 28/06/2004, publication on Boletim da Propriedade Industrial, nº 12, pp. 4503, 2005.

13) EP Patent EP1611877 A1, "Methods for preparing sustained-release therapeutic ophthalmic articles using compressed fluids for impregnation of drugs", H.C. de Sousa, M.H.M. Gil, E.O.B. Leite, C.M.M. Duarte, A.R.C. Duarte, application 05398006 registered at 27/06/2005, publication at European Patent Bulletin on January 4, 2006.

14) US Patent US20060008506 A1, "Method for preparing therapeutic ophthalmic articles using compressed fluids", H.C. de Sousa, M.H.M. Gil, E.O.B. Leite, C.M.M. Duarte, A.R.C. Duarte, application 11/167083 registered at 28/06/2005, publication on January 12, 2006.

15) CA Patent CA2510960 A1, "Method for preparing therapeutic ophthalmic art icles using compressed fluids", H.C. de Sousa, M.H.M. Gil, E.O.B. Leite, C.M.M. Duarte, A.R.C. Duarte, application 05002937 registered at 28/06/2005, publication on December 28,

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2006. 16) Patent PI0502576-1, "Método para impregnar um fármaco ou uma composição de

fármacos em artigos oftalmológicos", H.C. de Sousa, M.H.M. Gil, E.O.B. Leite, C.M.M. Duarte, A.R.C. Duarte, application 020050063313 registered at 06/07/2005, publication at Revista de Propriedade Industrial on August 23, 2005.

Invited Scientific Papers

(in international journals with referees)

1) Vânia Castro, Francisca Mano, Margarida Miranda, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Natural deep eutectic solvents as modifiers of cellulose crystallinity: Synthesis, physical and thermodynamic properties”, Journal of Chemical Engineering Data – Special Issue Emmerging Investigators, Submitted November 2017

2) Alexandre A. Barros, Joana Silva, Rita Craveiro, Alexandre Paiva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Green Solvents for enhanced impregnation processes in biomedicine”, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 114, 296-304, 2017

3) Pedro S. Babo, Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Cláudia Correia, Marta H. G. Costa, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Manuela E. Gomes, “Platelet lysate membranes as new autologous templates for tissue engineering applications”, Inflammation and Regeneration, Special Issue: Tissue Engineering, 34(1), 2014

4) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Supercritical fluids in biomedical and tissue engineering applications: a review”, International Materials Reviews, 54(4) 214-222, 2009

5) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Perspectives on: supercritical fluid technology for the preparation of 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering applications”, Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 24, 385- 400, 2009

Scientific Papers (in international journals with referees)

1) Rui Duarte, Jorge Correia-Pinto, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Carbon dioxide polymer foaming: Do we need to go supercritical?, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, submitted November 2017

2) Vânia Castro, Joana M. Silva, Rita Craveiro, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Natural deep eutectic systems as alternative nontoxic cryoprotective agents”, PLOS one, Submitted November 2017

3) Joana M. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Design of functional controlled release systems combining therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercrit ical fluid technology”, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, submitted November 2017

4) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Ana J. Ribeiro, Riccardo Autorino, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Estêvão Lima, “Homogenous biodegradable ureteral stent: In vivo evaluation in a porcine model”, World Journal of Urology, DOI 10.1007/s00345-017-2124-3, 2017

5) Joana M. Silva, Luisa C. Rodrigues, Simone S. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Engineered tubular structures based on Chitosan for tissue engineering applications”, Journal of Biomaterials Applications, DOI: 10.1177/0885328217744698, 2017

6) Dario Fassini, Ana Rita Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Tiago H. Silva, Bioinspiring Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847) collagen-based hydrogel: a new extraction method to obtain a sticky and self-healing collagenous material, Marine Drugs, 15, 380; doi:10.3390/md15120380, 2017

7) Ana Catarina Gertrudes, Rita Craveiro, Zahara Eltayari, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte How do animals survive extreme temperature amplitudes? The role of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, DOI: 10.1021/ acssuschemeng.7b01707, September 2017

8) Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Royo, Rui L. Reis; Ana Rita C. Duarte; María José

Cocero, “Development of barley and yeast -glucan aerogels for drug delivery by supercrit ical fluids”, Journal of CO2 utilization, 22, 262-269, 2017

9) Ivo M. Aroso, Alexandre Paiva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Natural deep eutectic solvents from choline chloride and betaine – physicochemical, Journal of Molecular liquids, 241, 654–661, 2017

10) Rui M. Duarte, Pedro Varanda, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Jorge Correia-Pinto, “Biomaterials and bioactive agents in spinal fusion”, Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, doi:10.1089/ten.TEB.2017.0072, 2017

11) Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Royo, Rui L. Reis; María José Cocero; Ana Rita C.



Duarte, “Supercritical hydrogel foaming of barley and yeast b-glucan scaffolds loaded with dexamethasone”, The Journal of Supercrit ical Fluids, 127, 158–165, 2017

12) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “In vitro and ex vivo permeability studies of paclitaxel and doxorubicin drug-eluting biodegradable ureteral stents”, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 106, 1466-1474, 2017

13) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Sofia Ferreira, Eurico Cabrita, Rui . Reis, Alexandre Paiva, “A comparison between pure active pharmaceutical ingredients and therapeutic deep eutectic solvents: solubility and permeability studies”, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 114, 296-304, 2017

14) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Devid Maniglio, Nuno Sousa, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Claudio Migliaresi, From honeycomb to microsphere patterned surfaces of poly(lactic acid) and a starch-poly(lactic acid) blend via the breath figure method, Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials, 15(1), e31-e42, 2017

15) Francisca Mano, Marta Martins, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, Susana Barreiros, João Paulo Borges, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, “Production of electrospun fast-dissolving drug delivery systems with therapeutic eutectic systems encapsulated in gelatin”, AAPS, DOI: 10.1208/s12249-016-0703-z, 2016

16) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane Browne, Carlos Oliveira, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Kevin E. Healy, Drug-eluting biodegradable ureteral stents: new approach for urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract cancer, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 513, 227-237, 2016

17) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Second-generation of biodegradable ureteral stents based on natural origin polymers: in vitro and first in vivo validation, Applied Materials Today, 5, 9-18, 2016

18) João C. Silva, Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Dario Fassini, Tiago H. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, "Extraction of Collagen/Gelatin from the Marine Demosponge Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847) using Water Acidified with Carbon Dioxide – Process Optimization", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00523, 2016.

19) Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, In vitro bioactivity studies of ceramic structures isolated from marine sponges, Biomedical Materials, 11, 045004, 2016

20) R. Craveiro, I. Aroso, V. Flammia, T. Carvalho, M. T. Viciosa, M. Dionísio, S. Barreiros, R. L. Reis, A. R. C. Duarte, A. Paiva, Properties and Thermal Behavior of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 215, 534-540, 2016

21) Ivo M. Aroso, João C. Silva, Francisca Mano, Madalena Dionísio, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Dissolution enhancement of active pharmaceutical ingredients by therapeutic deep eutectic solvents”, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 98, 57–66, 2016

22) Francisca Mano, Ivo M. Aroso, Susana Barreiros, Joao Borges, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, Production of Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fibers with encapsulated natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) using electrospinning, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 3 (10), 2504–2509, 2015

23) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ketoprofen-eluting biodegradable ureteral stents by CO2 impregnation: in vitro study, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 495(2), 651-659, 2015

24) Ivo M. Aroso, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ricardo Pires, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Cork Processing with supercritical carbon dioxide: impregnation and sorption studies, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2015, 104, 251-258

25) Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Ângelo Rocha, Madalena Dionisio, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Design of controlled release systems for THEDES - therapeutic deep eutectic solvents using supercritical f luid technology, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2015, 492, 73-79

26) Marta Martins, Alexandre A Barros, Sakeena Quraishi, S.P. Raman, Irina Smirnova, Ana Rita C Duarte, Rui L Reis, Preparation of macroporous alginate-based aerogels for biomedical applications, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2015, 106, 152-159

27) Sakeena Quraishi, Marta Martins, Alexandre A. Barros, Pavel Gurikov, S.P. Raman,



Irina Smirnova, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Novel non-cytotoxic alginate–lignin hybrid aerogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering, The Journal of Supercrit ical Fluids, 2015, 105, 1-8

28) Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Water and Carbon Dioxide: Green Solvents for the Extract ion of Collagen/Gelatin from Marine Sponges”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2015, 3(2), 254-260

29) Joana Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Sofia Caridade, Catherine Picart, Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, “Tailored Freestanding Multilayered Membranes based on Chitosan and Alginate”, Biomacromolecules, 2014, 30, 12391−12399

30) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Barış Ünal, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Klavs F. Jensen, “Microfluidic production of perfluorocarbon-alginate core-shell microparticles for ultrasound therapeutic applications”, Langmuir, 2014, 30, 12391−12399

31) Marta Martins, Ivo Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva and Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Enhanced performance of supercritical fluid foaming of natural-based polymers by deep eutectic solvents”, AIChE Journal, 60 (11), 3701-3706, 2014

32) Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte and Rui L. Reis, “Surface modification of silica-based marine sponge bioceramics induce hydroxyapatite formation”, Crystal Growth & Design, 14(9), 4545-4552, 2014

33) Alexandre A. A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ricardo A. Pires, Belém Marques, Paula Ludovico, Estevão Lima, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Bioresorbable ureteral stents from natural origin polymers”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 103(3):608-17, 2014

34) Rita Craveiro, M. Martins, Gonçalo B. Santos, N. Correia, Madalena Dionísio, Susana Barreiros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, “Starch-based polymer-IL composites formed by compression moulding and supercritical f luid foaming for self supported conductive materials”, RSC Advances, 4 (33), 17161–17170, 2014

35) Alexandre Paiva, Rita Craveiro, Ivo Aroso, Marta Martins, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Natural deep eutectic solvents – solvents for the 21st Century”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 60 (11), 3701-3706, 2014

36) M. Martins, Rita Craveiro, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Supercritical fluid processing of natural based polymers doped with ionic liquids ”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 241, 122-130, 2014

37) Joana M. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina A. Custódio, Praveen Sher , Ana I. Neto, António C. M. Pinho, Jaime Fonseca, Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, “Nanostructured hollow tubes based on chitosan and alginate multilayers” Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2013, doi:10.1002/adhm.201300265

38) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Design and functionalization of chitin-based microspheres scaffolds”, Green Chemistry, 10.1039/C3GC41060A, 2013

39) Susana Fernandes-Silva, Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Ricardo I. Perez-Martin, Carmen G. Sotelo, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Porous hydrogels from shark skin collagen crosslinked under dense carbon dioxide atmosphere”, Macromolecular Bioscience, 13(11), 1621-1631, 2013

40) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Joaquim, M. Oliveira, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Alternative methodology for chitin/hydroxyapatite composites using ionic liquids and supercrit ical fluid technology”, Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 28(5), 481-491 2013

41) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, Anabela Alves, Simone S. Silva, Joana Moreira -Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Alexandra Marques, Manuela E. Gomes, Rui A. Sousa, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Unleashing the potential of supercritical fluids for polymer processing in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine”, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 79, 177-185, 2013

42) Cristina Correia, Ana L. Pereira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana M. Frias, Adriano J. Pedro, João T. Oliveira, Rui A. Sousa, Rui L. Reis, Dynamic culturing of cartilage tissue: the significance of hydrostatic pressure, Tissue Engineering- Part A, 18, 1979-1991, 2012

43) Vítor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Elena G. Popa, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Enhancement of osteogenic differentiation of human adipose derived stem



cells by the controlled release of platelet lysates in a combined 3D construct, Journal of Controlled Release, 162, 19-27, 2012

44) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “The role of organic solvent on the preparation of chitosan scaffolds by supercrit ical assisted phase inversion”, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 72, 326-323, 2012

45) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Simone S. Silva, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Effect of ionic liquids on supercritical fluid foaming behaviour of semi-crystalline natural-based polymers, Green Chemistry, 2012, 14 (7), 1949 - 1955

46) Anabela Alves, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui A. Sousa, Rui L. Reis, PDLLA enriched with ulvan particles as a novel 3D porous scaffold targeted for bone engineering, The Journal of Supercrit ical Fluids, 65, 32-38, 2012

47) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. P. B. Carvalho, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Green processing of chitin based porous structures”, Acta Biomaterialia, 7, 1166 -1172, 2011

48) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Thermosensitive polymeric matrices for three-dimensional cell culturing strategies”, Acta Biomaterialia, 7(2), 526-529, 2011

49) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Enzymatic degradation of 3D scaffolds

of starch-poly-(-caprolactone) prepared by supercrit ical fluid technology”, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 95 (10), 2110-2117, 2010

50) Albino Martins, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Susana Faria, Alexandra P. Marques, Rui L. Reis, Nuno M. Neves, “hBMSCs Osteogenic Induction by Electrospun Scaffolds with Dexamethasone Release Functionality”, Biomaterials, 31 (22), 5875-5885, 2010

51) Khalik M. Sabil, Ana Rita C. Duarte, John Zevenbergen, Murni M. Ahmad, Suzana Yusup, Abdul A. Omar, Cor J. Peters, “Kinetic of formation for single carbon dioxide and mixed carbon dioxide and tetrahydrofuran hydrates in water and sodium chloride aqueous solution”, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 4(5), 798 -805, 2010

52) Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, “Supercritical fluid processing of biopolymers and biomedical materials” Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 53 (3), 281, 2010

53) Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Hybrid 3D structure of polyD,L lactic acid loaded with chitosan -chondroitin sulfate nanoparticles with potential applications as biomacromolecule carrier”, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 54 (3), 320-327, 2010

54) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Novel 3D scaffolds of chitosan -PLLA blends for t issue engineering applications: preparation and characterization”, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 54 (3), 282-289, 2010

55) Viviana P. Costa, Mara E. Braga, Joana P. Guerra, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, Eugénio Leite, Maria H. Gil, Herminio C. de Sousa, “Development of therapeutic contact lenses using a supercrit ical solvent impregnation method”, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 52, 306 – 316, 2010

56) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Supercritical phase inversion of starch -

poly--caprolactone for tissue engineering applications”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 21, 533-540, 2010

57) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Preparation of chitosan scaffolds for tissue engineering using supercritical fluid technology”, Materials Science Forum, 636-637, 22-25, 2010

58) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Sofia G. Caridade, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Processing of novel bioactive polymeric matrixes for tissue engineering using supercritical fluid technology”, Materials Science and Engineering C, 29, 2110-2115, 2009

59) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Preparation of starch-based scaffolds for tissue engineering by supercritical immersion precipitation”, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 49, 279-285, 2009

60) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Dexamethasone-loaded scaffolds prepared by supercritical assisted phase inversion”, Acta Biomaterialia, 5(6), 2054 -2062, 2009

61) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alireza Shariati, Cor J. Peters, “Phase equilibrium measurements of structure sH hydrogen clathrate hydrates with various promoters”, The Journal of



Chemical Engineering Data, 54(5), 1628-1632, 2009

62) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Preparation of chitosan scaffolds loaded with dexamethasone for tissue engineering applications using supercritical fluid technology”, European Polymer Journal, 45, 141-148, 2009

63) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alireza Shariati, Laura J. Rovetto, Cor J. Peters, “Water Cavities of sH Clathrate Hydrate Stabilized by Molecular Hydrogen: Phase behaviour measurements”, Journal Physical Chemistry B, 112(7), 1888-1889, 2008

64) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Arlette Vega-González, Pascale Subra-Paternault, Patricia Coimbra, M. H. Gil, Herminio C. de Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Impregnation of an intraocular lens for ophthalmic drug delivery”, Current Drug Delivery, 5 (2), 102-107, 2008

65) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Arlette Vega-González, Pascale Subra-Paternault, Patricia Coimbra, M. H. Gil, Herminio C. de Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical fluid impregnation of biocompatible polymer for ophthalmic drug delivery”, J. Supercrit ical Fluids, 42 (3), 373-377, 2007

66) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Christelle Roy, Arlette Vega-González, Catarina M. M. Duarte, Pascale Subra-Paternault, “Preparation of acetazolamide composite microparticles by supercrit ical antisolvent techniques”, Int. Journal of Pharmaceutics, 332 (1-2), 132-139, 2007

67) Carlos Cravo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of carbon dioxide in a natural biodegradable polymer: determination of diffusion coefficients”, J. Supercritical Fluids, 40(2), 194-199, 2007

68) Mariana Sousa Costa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercrit ical antisolvent precipitation of PHBV microparticles”, Int. Journal of Pharmaceutics, 328 (1-2), 72-77, 2007

69) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Carlos Martins, Patrícia Coimbra, Maria H. M. Gil, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Sorption and Diffusion of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in a biocompatible polymer”, J. Supercritical Fluids, 38 (3), 392-398, 2006

70) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Teresa Casimiro, Ana Aguiar Ricardo, Ana Luísa Simplício, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical polymerization and impregnation of molecularly imprinted polymers for drug delivery”, J. Supercritical Fluids, 39(1) 102-106, 2006

71) Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Gordillo, M. Margarida Cardoso, Ana Luísa Simplício, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Preparation of ethylcellulose/methylcellulose blends by supercritical antisolvent precipitation”, Int. Journal of Pharmaceutics, 311, 50-54, 2006

72) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Mariana Sousa Costa, Ana Luísa Simplício, Maria Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Preparation of controlled release microspheres using supercrit ical fluid technology for delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs”, Int. Journal of Pharmaceutics, 308, 168-174, 2006

73) Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. R. Sampaio de Sousa, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Maria H.M. Gil, H. T. Jespersen, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Solubility of dense carbon dioxide in two biocompatible acrylate copolymers”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 23 (2), 191-196, 2006

74) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Lindsey Anderson, Catarina M. M. Duarte, Sergei G. Kazarian, “A comparison between gravimetric and in-situ spectroscopic methods to measure the sorption of CO2 in a biocompatible polymer”, J. Supercritical Fluids, 36, 160-165, 2005

75) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Susana Santiago, Hermínio C. De Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of Acetazolamide in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in the presence of ethanol as a cosolvent”, The Journal of Chem ical Engineering Data, 50(1), 216-220, 2005

76) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Patrícia Coimbra, Hermínio C. De Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of Flurbiprofen in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, The Journal of Chemical Engineering Data, 49 (3), 449-452, 2004

77) Ana Rita C. Duarte, M.M. Mooijer – van den Heuvel, C. J. Peters, “Measurements and Modelling of Bubble and Dew Points in Binary Systems carbon dioxide + cyclobutanone and propane + cyclobutanone”, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 214, 121-136, 2003

Book Chapters 1) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Simone Silva, Rui L. Reis, “Chit in/Chitosan based aerogels: Processing and morphology ” submitted 2016



2) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Estêvão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin E. Healy, Rui L. Reis "Ureteral Stents Technology: Biodegradable and Drug-Eluting Perspective ", Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Eds. Ducheyne P., Healy K. E., Hutmacher D. E., Grainger D. W., and Kirkpatrick C. J., Elsevier , doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.10189-4, 2017.

3) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor M. Correlo, Joaquim M. Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, “Recent Developments on Chitosan Applications in Regenerative Medicine”, Biomaterials from Nature for Advanced Devices and Therapies, First Edition. Eds Nuno M. Neves and Rui L. Reis, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016

4) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Polymer processing using supercritical fluid-based technologies for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications”, in Supercritical Fluids Nanotechnology –advances and applications in composites and hybrid materials, eds. Concepción Doming and Pascale Subra-Paternault, Pan Stanford Publishing, pp.273-288, 2015

5) V. M. Correlo, J.M. Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. Martins, A. L. Oliveira, J. Silva-Correia, R. L. Reis, N. M. Neves, “Fabrication methods of tissue engineering scaffolds”, in Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering - Biological Design, Materials and Fabrication, eds Claudio Migliaresi and Antonella Motta, 2013

6) Tiago H. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Joana Moreira-Silva, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, "Biomaterials from Marine-Origin Biopolymers", in Biomimetic Approaches for Biomaterials Development, pp. 3-24, 2012

7) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical fluid impregnation for the preparation of controlled delivery systems” in Current Trends of Supercritical Fluid Technology in Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Food Processing Industries, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., p.52-60, 2009

8) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Applications of supercrit ical expansion processes for particle formation”, in Current Trends of Supercritical Fluid Technology in Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Food Processing Industries, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., p. 8-15, 2009

Conference Abstracts (ISI Web of Science Indexed)

1) Alexandre A. Barros, S. Browne, Carlos Oliveira, Estêvão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, K. E. Healy, Rui L. Reis, “Gelatin-based ureteral stents for the treatment of urothelial tumors of the upper urinary tract cancer”, TERMIS-AM, Tissue Engineering, Part A, 22, S1, S77, 2016

2) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Ana A. Matias, Alexandre Paiva, “Solubility and Permeability Enhancement of active compounds - Therapeutic Deep Eutectic Systems as New Vehicles for Drug Delivery ”, TERMIS-AM, Tissue Engineering, Part A, 22, S1, S136-S137, 2016

3) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis Kevin Healy, Estevão Lima, "Upper urinary tract urothelial tumours targeted with biodegradable drug-eluting stents", ESUT 2016, vol. 15, issue 6, pp. 181, doi:10.1039/C2SM26784E, 2016.

4) Marta Salgado, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Rui L. Reis, M. José Cocero, Preparation of β-glucan scaffolds by hydrogel foaming with supercritical CO2, TERMIS-EU 2016, European Cells and Materials, vol. 31, issue 1, pp. 418, 2016.

5) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis Estevão Lima, Kevin Healy, "Biodegradable ureteral stents for the treatment of urothelial tumors of the upper urinary tract cancer", TERMIS-EU 2016, European Cells and Materials, vol. 31, issue 1, pp. 68, doi:10.1039/C2SM26784E, 2016.

6) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis Kevin Healy, Estevão Lima, "Biodegradable drug-eluting stents: Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract", Journal of Urology, doi:10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.729, 2016.

7) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy, Estevão Lima, "Biodegradable drug-eluting stents: Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract", European Urology Supplements, 15, vol. 15(3), 2016.

8) Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Ângelo Rocha, Madalena Dionísio, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Coupling THEDES - therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercrit ical fluid technology for the development of controlled



delivery systems”, Tissue Engineering Part A, 21 (Suppl 1), S105, S106, 2015

9) João C. Silva, Ivo M. Aroso, Francisca Mano, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Therapeutic deep eutectic solvents as solubility enhancers for different active pharmaceutica l ingredients”, Tissue Engineering Part A, 21 (Suppl 1), S106, S107, 2015

10) Alexandre Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Estêvão Lima, “Drug-eluting Bioresorbable Ureteral Stent by CO2 Impregnation”, Tissue Engineering Part A, 21 (Suppl 1), S246, 2015

11) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “The Intersection Between Chemical and Biomedical Engineering: Green Technologies Towards the Development of Enhanced Biomaterials”,Tissue Engineering Part A, 21 (Suppl 1), S39, 2015

12) Joana M. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina A. Custódio, Praveen Sher , Ana I. Neto, Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, “Nanostructured hollow tubes based on chitosan and alginate multilayers”, TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

13) Marta Martins, Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Designing novel starch/cellulose acetate structures for biomedical applications” TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

14) Pedro S. Babo, Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, Rui L. Reis, “Platelet lysates-based membranes for periodontal ligament regeneration”, TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

15) A. A. Barros, I. M. Aroso, T. H. Silva, J. F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, R. L. Reis, "Marine Sponges – a new source of bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine", Polaris 1st workshop – Nanosystems for medicine: fundamentals, synthesis and applications, Porto, Portugal, 2013

16) Santo, V.E.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Mano, J.F. Gomes, M.E.; Reis, R.L., Platelet lysates scaffolds with tunable gradients of mineral microparticles guide osteogenic differentiation of human adipose derived stem cells, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 6(Suppl 2), 32, 2012.

17) Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Silva, Joana; Silva, Tiago H.; Ronald Osinga; Micha Ilan; Mano, J.F.; Reis, R.L., Marine sponges as natural scaffolds: decellularization by supercritical fluid technology and cellularization with osteoblasts for tissue engineering applications, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine , 6(Sup1), 171-172, 2012.

18) Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Santo, V.E.; Gomes, M.E.; Mano, J.F.; Reis, R.L., Scaffolds prepared by supercritical fluid technology as autologous templates for osteochondral regeneration, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 6(Suppl 1), 197, 2012.

19) Anabela Alves, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui A. Sousa, Rui L. Reis, Subcritical sintering of an aliphatic polyester enriched with ulvan capsules loaded with a bioactive agent, International Journal of Artificial Organs, SI 34 (8), 32-38, 2011

20) Santo, V.E.; Duarte, Ana Rita C.; Popa, Elena; Gomes, M.E.; Mano, J.F.; Reis, R.L., Enhancement of osteogenic differentiat ion of human adipose derived stem cells on poly(D,L-lactic acid) scaffolds by the incorporation of platelet lysate-loaded chitosan-chondroitin sulfate nanoparticles within the construct, Histology and Histopathology, 26(1), 268-268, 2011.

21) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Tircia C. Santos, Mariana T. Cerqueira, Alexandra P. Marques, Joaquim M. Oliveira, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Integrated strategy using ionic liquids for the design and processability of natural polymeric architectures for regenerative medicine, Histology and Histopathology, 26 (supplement 1) : 272, 2011

22) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Supercritical fluids: an emerging technology for the preparation of scaffolds for t issue engineering”, Tissue Engineering: Part A, 14, 2008, 782

Scientific Papers (proceedings of conferences with copyright)

1) Filipa C. Santos, Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Rui L. Reis, Maria Jose Cocero, Supercritical impregnation of acetylsalicylic acid in yeast -glucan aerogels, Proceedings of the 16th European Meeting on Supercrit ical Fluids, Lisbon, Portugal,



2017

2) Joana M. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Novel delivery system combining therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercritical technology, Proceedings of the 16th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017

3) Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, María José

Cocero, Production Of β-Glucan Scaffolds By Supercrit ical Fluids, Proceedings of the 15th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Essen, Germany, 2016

4) Alexandre Paiva, Francisca Mano, Ivo M. Aroso, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, João Paulo Borges, Rui L. Reis, Susana Barreiros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Production of gelatin electrospun release systems with encapsulated therapeutic deep eutectic solvents (THEDES)”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

5) Alexandre Paiva, Rita Craveiro, Susana Barreiros, Pedro Simões, Ana Nunes, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Vapor-liquid equilibrium for binary systems containing therapeutical deep eutectic solvents and supercritical CO2”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

6) Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Solubility and permeability enhancement of ibuprofen: Therapeutic deep eutectic systems as new vehicles for drug delivery”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

7) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Browne, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy, “Anti-cancer drug eluting stents prepared by supercritical fluid technology targeting urothelial cancer cells” IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

8) Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Madalena Dionisio, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Fundamental studies on natural deep eutectic solventes: physico-chemical, thermal and rheological properties, The 6th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2015

9) Rita Craveiro, Marta Martins, Ângelo Rocha, Ivo Aroso, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, THEDES – Therapeutic Deep Eutectic Solvents: New solvents for the functionalization of natural-based polymers, 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

10) Alexandre Barros, Sakeena Quraishi, Marta Martins, Raman S.P., Pavel Gurikov, Irina Smirnova, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Hybrid porous cryogels processed using pressurized CO2 and freeze drying for life science applications, Proc. of the 14th European Meeting on Supercrit ical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

11) Marta Martins, Sakeena Quraishi, Raman S.P., Pavel Gurikov, Irina Smirnova, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Alginate based aerogels for life science applications, Proc. of the 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

12) Alexandre A. A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte and Rui L. Reis, Optimization of a new technology for extraction based on water pressurized with carbon dioxide, Proc. of the 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

13) Alexandre A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ricardo A. Pires, E. Lima, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Tailor made degradable ureteral stents from natural origin polysaccharides”, Proc. of the 10th Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids and their Applications, Italy, 2013

14) Marta Martins, Rita Craveiro, Madalena Dionísio, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Understanding the effect of ionic liquids on the foaming ability of a natural based polymer”, Proc. of the 10th Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids and their Applications, Italy, 2013

15) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Functionally graded bioactive platelet lysate scaffolds with dispersed bioglass® microparticles”, Proc. of the 10th Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids and their Applications, Italy, 2013

16) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, Anabela Alves, Simone S. Silva, Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Alexandra Marques, Manuela E. Gomes, Rui A. Sousa, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Unleashing the potential of supercritical fluids for polymer processing in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine” – Proc. of 10th



International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

17) Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Platelet Lysates Based Scaffolds Prepared by Supercritical Fluid Technology for Orthopaedic Regeneration”, Proc. of 10th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

18) Susana Fernandes-Silva, Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Ricardo I. Perez-Martin, Carmen G. Sotelo, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Crosslinking marine-origin collagen sponges/hydrogels under high pressure CO2”, Proc. of 10th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

19) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of a Supercritical Assisted Particle-Agglomeration Method for the Preparation of Bioactive Chitin-based Matrices”, Proc. of 10 th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

20) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of novel 3D thermosensitive substrates for cell culture using supercritical fluid technology ”, Proc. of TERMIS, Ireland, 2010

21) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Novel thermosensitive poly D,L lactic acid 3D structure for cell growth and expansion”, Proc. of the 10th Annual Meeting and Exposition - Society for Biomaterials, Seattle, USA, 2010

22) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vítor E. Santo, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of a dual controlled release system by supercritical fluid foaming”, Proc. of the II Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids – PROSCIBA, Natal, Brasil, 2010

23) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Chitin porous structures with controlled morphology generated using ionic liquids and supercritical CO2 aiming for biomedical applications”, Proc. of the II Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids – PROSCIBA, Natal, Brasil, 2010

24) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Chitosan Scaffolds Prepared by Supercritical Assisted Phase Inversion for Tissue Engineering Applications”, Proc of the 9th Symposium International on Supercrit ical Fluids, Arcachon, France, May 2009

25) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Preparation of chitosan scaffolds for tissue engineering using supercritical fluid technology”, V International Materials Symposium MATERIAIS 2009 (XIV meeting of SPM - Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais), Lisboa, Portugal, 2009

26) Mariana Sousa Costa, A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Integration of tradit ional and supercrit ical fluid techniques to design drug delivery systems”, Proc. of the 10th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference CHEMPOR 2008, Braga, Portugal, 2008

27) Ana Rita C. Duarte, J. Zevenbergen, C. J. Peters, “Kinetics of Formation and Dissociation of Structure II Hydrogen Hydrates”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008), Vancouver, Canada, 2008

28) Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. Shariati, J.F. Zevenbergen, L.J. Florusse, Cor J. Peters, “Hydrogen Storage in Clathrate Hydrates: Phase equilibria, Thermodynanics and Kinetics” 23rd European Symposium Applied Thermodynamics, Cannes, France, 2008

29) A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Rodrigo Duarte Silva, Mariana Sousa Costa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Micronization of lipid particles with different methods”, Proc. of the 11th European Meeting on Supercrit ical Fluids, Barcelona, Spain, 2008

30) Mariana Sousa Costa, A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Improvement of drug delivery systems by the integration of traditional and supercritical f luid techniques”, Proc. of the 11th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Barcelona, Spain, 2008

31) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ali Shariati, John Zevenbergen, Louw Florusse, Cor Peters, “Novel results in hydrogen storage as hydrogen clathrate hydrates”, Proc. of the 2nd Hydrogen and Energy Symposium, Braunwald, Switzerland, 2008

32) Ana Rita C. Duarte, John F. Zevenbergen, J., Cor J. Peters, “Kinetics of Formation and Dissociation of sII Hydrogen Clathrate Hydrates”, Proc. of the V International Symposium on High Pressure Processes Technology and Chemical Engineering, Segovia, Spain 2007



33) Márcio Temtem, Carlota Veiga Macedo, Mara Silva, Teresa Casimiro, Ana R. C. Duarte, Ana L. Simplício, João Mano, Catarina M.M. Duarte, Ana Aguiar-Ricardo “Exploring CO2-Assisted Processes for Polymer Syntheses, Membrane Production and Porous Microreactors”, Proc. of the I Ibero-American Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Foz Iguaçú, Brazil, 2007

34) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Arlette Vega-González, Pascale Subra-Paternault, Herminio C. de Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Impregnation of an intraocular lens for ophthalmic drug delivery”, Proc. of the 8th Conference on Supercritical fluids and their applications, Ischia, Italy, 2006

35) Mariana Sousa Costa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cordoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Micronization of a natural biodegradable polymer, using SAS technique”, 8th Conference on Supercritical fluids and their applications, Ischia, Italy, 2006

36) Catarina M. M. Duarte, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Carlos Cravo, Ana Nunes, “Green impregnation of biopolymers for application in food packaging”, Proc. of the 10th Meeting on supercrit ical fluids - Reactions, Materials and Natural Products Processing, Colmar, France, 2005

37) Arlette Vega-González, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, Pascale Subra, “Preparation of acetazolamide drug delivery systems using a supercritical antisolvent process”, Proc. of the 10th Meeting on supercrit ical fluids - Reactions, Materials and Natural Products Processing, Colmar, France, 2005

38) Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. R. Sampaio de Sousa, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Maria H. M. Gil, H. T. Jespersen, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “ Solubility of dense CO2 in two biocompatible acrylate copolymers”, Proc. of the V Brazilian Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Florianópolis, Brasil, 2004, 30

39) Patrícia Coimbra, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Hermínio C. De Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of flurbiprofen and timolol maleate in dense carbon dioxide”, Proc. of the 6th International Symposium in Supercrit ical Fluids, Versailles, França, 2003, 775 – 780

Invited Lectures 1) Joana Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Natural Deep Eutectic solvents as a multifunctional systems for nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, Recent Advances in Basic and Applied Science in Cosmetics, Tours, France, 2017

2) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, “Des.solve – When solids become liquids: Natural deep eutectic solvents for chemical process engineering”, 2nd Edition Spring Workshop PATH, Aveiro, Portugal, 2017

3) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Des.solve – When solids become liquids: Natural deep eutectic solvents for chemical process engineering”, Ciência Falada ICVS/3Bs, February 2017

4) Ana Rita C. Duarte – “HydrUStent – de uma ideia “out of the box” ao mercado, uma nova geração de cateteres urológicos”, XII Jornadas de Engenharia Biomédica, Braga, Portugal, 2017

5) Ana Rita C. Duarte, R. L. Reis, "The role of supercrit ical fluids in biomaterials processing - Where do we stand?", 7º IFS days, France, 2016

6) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Estêvão Lima, Rui L. Reis, “Biomaterials and tissue engineering: potential applications in surgery”, Masterclass Innovations in minimally invasive surgeries, Braga, Portugal, 2016

7) Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Madalena Dionisio, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Fundamental studies on natural deep eutectic solventes: physico-chemical, thermal and rheological properties, The 6th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2015

8) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “The intersection between chemical and biomedical engineering: green technologies towards the development of enhanced biomaterials ”, 4th TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA, 2015

9) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Green-based technologies to process green polymers”, 4th 3B’s symposium on biomaterials and stem cells in regenerative medicine, Caldas das Taipas, Portugal, 2015

10) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “The intersection of chemical and biomedical engineering: green technologies towards the development of enhanced biomaterials”, Ciência Falada ICVS/3Bs, March 2015

11) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Green Technology Applications in Tissue Engineering and



Regenerative Medicine”, Outreach Lecture Fund – Fulbright Comission, Kansas University, 2014

12) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Shaping biomaterials into 3D constructs”, 3rd 3B’s Symposium on biomaterials and stem cells in regenerative medicine, Caldas das Taipas, Portugal, 2013

13) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, Anabela Alves, Simone S. Silva, Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Alexandra Marques, Manuela E. Gomes, Rui A. Sousa, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Unleashing the potential of supercritical fluids for polymer processing in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine” – Keynote lecture, 10th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

14) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “The versatility of supercritical fluid technology in biomaterials processing for tissue engineering”, 1st Meeting of the Associate Laboratory ICVS / 3B’s, Braga/Guimarães, 2011

15) Ana Rita C. Duarte, "How can tissue engineering take advantage of supercritical fluid technology?”, Workshop supercritical fluid processing of biopolymers and biomedical devices, Funchal, Portugal, 2009

16) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “How can we process natural-based materials using environmentaly friendly technologies?, Workshop Natural-based polymers for biomedical applications, Caldas das Taipas, Portugal, 2009

17) Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Supercritical fluids as a new tool for biomaterials processing”, 3rd Marie Curie InVENTS Practical Training Course entit led: Fabrication and characterisation of tissue engineering scaffolds, Caldas das Taipas, Portugal, 2009

18) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Cor J. Peters, “Clathrate hydrates for hydrogen storage: state of the art and future perspectives”, MH2008-International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2008

19) Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. Shariati, J.F. Zevenbergen, L.J. Florusse, Cor J. Peters, “Hydrogen Storage in Clathrate Hydrates: Phase equilibria, Thermodynanics and Kinetics” 23rd European Symposium Applied Thermodynamics, Cannes, France, 2008

Oral communications

1) Francisca Mano, Vânia Castro, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, Effect of natural deep eutectic solvents on cellulose crystallinity, The international symposium on green chemistry (ISGC), La Rochelle, France, 2017

2) Rita Craveiro, Susana Barreiros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Deep eutectic solvents for one pot esterification and separation of (+/-)-menthol. The international symposium on green chemistry (ISGC), La Rochelle, France, 2017

3) Vania Castro, Rita Craveiro, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Natural deep eutectic solvents inspired in animals living in extreme environments: Characterization of physical and cytotoxicity properties”, The international symposium on green chemistry (ISGC), La Rochelle, France, 2017

4) Joana M. Silva, Francisca Mano, Liliana Rodrigues, Teresa A. Serra, Ana Matias, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Deep eutectic solvents as a multifunctional therapeutic system, The international symposium on green chemistry (ISGC), La Rochelle, France, 2017

5) Joana M. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Novel delivery system combining therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercritical technology, The international symposium on green chemistry (ISGC) , La Rochelle, France, 2017

6) Joana M. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Novel delivery system combining therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercritical technology, 16th European meeting on supercritical Technology (EMSF) , Lisbon, Portugal, 2017

7) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Estêvão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, and Reis R. L., "HydrUStent – Biodegradable Ureteral Stent ", SFB- Society for Biomaterials, Annual meeting, USA, 2017

8) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane Browne, Carlos Oliveira, Estevão Lima, Kevin E. Healy, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Anti-cancer drug-eluting biodegradable stent - aerogel approach toward the preparation of new therapies for urothelial cancer, International Seminar on Aerogels, Synthesis-Properties-Applications, Sophia Antipolis, France,



September 2016

9) Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Rui L. Reis, M. José Cocero, Ana Rita C.

Duarte, Preparation of -glucans for drug delivery, International Seminar on Aerogels, Synthesis-Properties-Applications, Sophia Antipolis, France, September 2016

10) Best presentation award - Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, "Upper urinary tract urothelial tumours targeted with biodegradable drug-eluting stents", ESUT 2016, Athens, Greece, 2016.

11) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy, “Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract with drug-eluting stents impregnated by supercritical fluids", WBC2016 - World Biomaterials Congress, Montreal, Canada, 2016

12) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy, “Anti-cancer Drugs Impregnated by CO2 Supercritical Fluid Technology in Biodegradable Ureteral Stents”, 15th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Essen, Germany, 2016

13) Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, María José

Cocero, “Production Of β-Glucan Scaffolds By Supercritical Fluids”, 15th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Essen, Germany, 2016

14) Best presentation award - Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Brown, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy, "Biodegradable drug-eluting stents: targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract”, AUA16 - American Urology Association Meeting , San Diego, United States of America, 2016 -

15) Keynote lecture Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Solubility and permeability enhancement of ibuprofen: Therapeutic deep eutectic systems as new vehicles for drug delivery”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

16) A. A. Barros, S. Browne, C. Oliveira, R. L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, K. E. Healy, E. Lima, "Biodegradable drug-eluting stents: Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract", 31th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU16), 2016.

17) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte,

Ketoprofen-eluting degradable ureteral stent prepared by CO2 impregnation, International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids 2015, Seoul, South Korea, 2015

18) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Estevão Lima, “Second generation of biodegradable ureteral stents: influence of critical point carbon dioxide drying for success in surgical procedure”, International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids 2015, Seoul, South Korea, 2015

19) Ivo M. Aroso, João C. Silva, Francisca Mano, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Therapeutic Deep Eutectic Solvents as New Vehicles for Drug Delivery: Solubility and Permeability Enhancement” 2nd EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015

20) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Estêvão Lima, “Drug-eluting Bioresorbable Ureteral Stent By CO2 Impregnation”, 4th TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA, 2015

21) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Green technologies towards the development of enhanced biomaterials: the versatility of supercritical”, 6th Workshop Green Chemistry and Nanotechnologies in Polymer Chemistry, Bragança, Portugal, 2015

22) Ivo M. Aroso, Alexandre Paiva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Rheological and thermodynamic properties of deep eutectic solvents”, Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids, Madrid, Spain, July 2015

23) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre A. A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Jorge Correia-Pinto,



Estevão Lima, Rui L. Reis, “Bioresorbable urological stent systems based on natural polymers”, 5th Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2015

24) Ivo M. Aroso, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Solubility enhancement of active pharmaceutical ingredients by therapeutic deep eutectic solvents”, 5th Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2015

25) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre A. A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Ricardo Pires, Estevão Lima, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Bioresorbable urological stent systems based on natural polymers”, 4th Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2014.

26) João C. Silva, Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso,Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, and Rui L. Reis, “Collagen/gelatin extraction from marine sponges - a green technology approach”, TERMSTEM 2014, Porto, Portugal, 2014

27) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Barış Ünal, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, Klavs F. Jensen, “Design and development of a glass capillary microfluidic device for the preparation of perfluorocarbon-alginate core-shell microparticles”, 2nd POLARIS workshop, Porto, Portugal 2014

28) Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte and Rui L. Reis, “Bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine derived from marine sponges”, TERMIS-EU 2014, Genova, Italy

29) Rita Craveiro, Marta Martins, Ângelo Rocha, Ivo Aroso, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, THEDES – Therapeutic Deep Eutectic Solvents: New solvents for the functionalization of natural-based polymers, 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

30) Alexandre A. A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte and Rui L. Reis, Optimization of a new technology for extraction based on water pressurized with carbon dioxide, 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

31) Marta Martins, Sakeena Quraishi, Raman S.P., Pavel Gurikov, Irina Smirnova, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Alginate based aerogels for life science applications, 14th European Meeting on Supercrit ical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

32) Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte and Rui L. Reis, Green solvents extraction of sponge-origin collagen/gelatin for biomedical applications, Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Denver, USA, 2014

33) Pedro S. Babo, V. E. Santo, A. R. C. Duarte, C. Correia, M. H. Costa, R. L. Reis, M. E. Gomes, Development of multifunctional platelet lysate membranes for tissue engineering applications, Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Denver, USA, 2014

34) A. A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, R. A. Pires, B. S. Marques, P. Loduvico, E. Lima, J. F. Mano, R. L. Reis, "Tailor made degradable ureteral stents from natural origin polymers", 3rd Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2013.

35) A. A. Barros, I. M. Aroso, T. H. Silva, J. F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, R. L. Reis, "The enchantment of natural architectures as bio-inspiration for the development of 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering: studies on marine sponges", Termis- EU Meeting Istanbul, Turkey 2013.

36) A. A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, R. A. Pires, J. F. Mano, R. L. Reis, "Patient Compliant Biodegradable Urinary Stents", Termis-EU Meeting Istanbul, Turkey 2013

37) Marta Martins, Rita Craveiro, Madalena Dionísio, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Understanding the effect of ionic liquids on the foaming ability of a natural based polymer”, 10th Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids and their Applications, Italy, 2013

38) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Functionally graded bioactive platelet lysate scaffolds with dispersed bioglass® microparticles”, 10th Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids and their Applications, Italy,



2013

39) Alexandre A. A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ricardo A. Pires, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Aerogel hollow tubes from natural-origin polysaccharides as tailor-made urinary stents”, Seminar on Aerogels properties, manufacture and applications, Nancy, France 2012

40) Alexandre A. A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ricardo A. Pires, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Tailor-made biodegradable urological stents”, IMED conference, Lisboa, Portugal 2012

41) Santo VE, Duarte ARC, Gomes ME, Mano JF and Reis RL, “Platelet lysate scaffolds with tunable gradients of mineral microparticles guide osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells”, TERM STEM 2012, Guimarães, Portugal, 2012

42) Santo VE, Duarte ARC, Gomes ME, Mano JF and Reis RL, “Platelet lysates scaffolds prepared by supercritical fluid technology as autologous hydrogels fro cart ilage engineering”, 2012 Fall Symposium Society for Biomaterials, New Orleans, USA, 2012

43) T.H. Silva, J. Moreira-Silva, L.L. Reys, Ana Rita C. Duarte, S.S. Silva, S. Fernandes-Silva, J.F. Mano, R.L. Reis, “Marine biomaterials on the origin of biomedical applications”, 3rd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 9th to 11th May 2012.

44) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of a Supercritical Assisted Particle-Agglomeration Method for the Preparation of Bioactive Chitin-based Matrices”, 10th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

45) Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Elena G. Popa, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano Rui L. Reis, Enhancement of osteogenic differentiation of human adipose derived stem cells on poly(D,L-lactic acid) scaffolds by the incorporation of platelet lysate-loaded chitosan-chondroit in sulphate nanoparticles within the construct, TERMIS, Granada, 2011

46) Santo VE, Duarte ARC, Gomes ME, Mano JF and Reis RL, Chitosan/chondroitin sulfate nanoparticles loaded with platelet lysates in combinatory tissue engineering strategies: effect on the proliferation of human adipose derived stem cells, First Scientific Meeting of the European Institute of Excellence for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Caldas das Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2010

47) Martins A, Duarte ARC, Faria S, Marques AP, Reis RL and Neves NM, Osteogenic Induction of hBMSCs by Electrospun Scaffolds with Dexamethasone Release Functionality, 5th International Annual Meeting of SPCE-TC, Caldas das Taipas, Portugal, May 2010

48) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vítor E. Santo, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of a dual controlled release system by supercritical fluid foaming”, II Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids – PROSCIBA, Natal, Brasil, 2010

49) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Chitin porous structures with controlled morphology generated using ionic liquids and supercritical CO2 aiming for biomedical applications”, II Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids – PROSCIBA, Natal, Brasil, 2010

50) Vítor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Hybrid 3D structure of polyD,L lactic acid loaded with chitosan-chondroitin sulfate nanoparticles with potential applications as biomacromolecule carrier”, Workshop supercrit ical fluid processing of biopolymers and biomedical devices, Funchal, Portugal, 2009

51) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Design and processability of porous composite chit in-based materials using ionic liquids and supercrit ical CO2”, Workshop supercritical fluid processing of biopolymers and biomedical devices, Funchal, Portugal, 2009

52) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Chitosan Scaffolds Prepared by



Supercritical Assisted Phase Inversion for Tissue Engineering Applications”, 9th Symposium International on Supercritical Fluids, Arcachon, France, May 2009

53) Mariana Sousa Costa, A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Integration of tradit ional and supercrit ical fluid techniques to design drug delivery systems”, 10th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference CHEMPOR 2008, Braga, Portugal, 2008

54) Ana Rita C. Duarte, John F. Zevenbergen, Cor J. Peters, “Kinetics of Formation and Dissociation of Structure II Hydrogen Hydrates”, 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, Canada, 2008

55) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Supercrit ical Fluids: an emerging technology for the preparation of scaffolds for tissue engineering”, Termis- EU 2008 Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 2008

56) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ali Shariati, John Zevenbergen, Louw Florusse, Cor Peters, “Novel results in hydrogen storage as hydrogen clathrate hydrates”, 2nd Hydrogen and Energy Symposium, Braunwald, Switzerland, 2008

57) Ana Rita C. Duarte, John F. Zevenbergen, Cor J. Peters, “From time-independent thermodynamic measurements towards time-dependent kinetic measurements on hydrogen clathrate hydrates”, AIChE Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, 2007

58) Ana Rita C. Duarte, John F. Zevenbergen, Cor J. Peters, “Kinetics of Formation and Dissociation of sII Hydrogen Clathrate Hydrates”, V International Symposium on High Pressure Processes Technology and Chemical Engineering, Segovia, Spain 2007

59) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Cor J. Peters, “Phase behaviour studies on hydrogen clathrate hydrates”, NESSHY meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2006

60) Hermínio C. de Sousa, Mara E. M. Braga, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Maria H. M. Gil, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Clean Technologies for the Development of Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems”, XX Encontro Nacional de Química Física da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Lisboa, 2006

61) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Herminio C. de Sousa, Teresa Casimiro, Ana Aguiar Ricardo, M. Margarida Cardoso, Arlette Vega Gonzalez, Pascale Subra, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Exploring supercritical fluid technology for the development of controlled delivery systems”, Particles 2006, Orlando, USA, 2006

62) Catarina M. M. Duarte, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Carlos Cravo, Ana Nunes, “Green impregnation of biopolymers for application in food packaging”, 10th Meeting on supercrit ical fluids - Reactions, Materials and Natural Products Processing, Colmar, France, 2005

63) Hermínio C. de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Joana P. Guerra, Viviana P. Costa, Eugénio O.B. Leite, Catarina M.M. Duarte, Maria H. Gil, “Preparation of Therapeutic Contact Lenses Using Supercritical and Compressed Fluids”, Chempor, Coimbra, Portugal, 2005

64) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Herminio C. de Sousa, Teresa Casimiro, Ana Aguiar Ricardo, M. Margarida Cardoso, Arlette Vega Gonzalez, Pascale Subra, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical Fluid Impregnation of different polymeric matrices for controlled drug delivery”, Supermat Seminar, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005

65) Hermínio C. de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Joana P. Guerra, Viviana P. Costa, Eugénio O.B. Leite, Catarina M.M. Duarte, Maria H. Gil, “Development of therapeutic contact lenses using supercritical fluids”, 7th International Symposium on Supercrit ical Fluids, Orlando, Florida, EUA, 2005

Poster presentations

1) Poster Vania TERMSTEM

2) Filipa C. Santos, Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Rui L. Reis, M. José Cocero, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Yeast β-glucan aerogels impregnated with an anti-inflammatory drug for biomedical applications, Chem2Nature Summer School, Porto, Portugal, 2017

3) Joana M.Silva, L. C. Rodrigues, S.S. Silva, R.L. Reis, Ana RitaC. Duarte, Engineering tubular structures based on Chitosan, Chem2Nature Summer School, Porto, Portugal, 2017

4) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Ana J. Ribeiro, Riccardo Autorino, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, HydrUStent - In vivo evaluation in a porcine model of



biodegradable ureteral Stent, Chem2Nature Summer School, Porto, Portugal, 2017

5) Vania Castro, Francisca Mano, Margarida Miranda, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Physical and thermodynamic properties of natural deep eutectic solvents for cellulose processing", Chem2Nature Summer School, Porto, Portugal, 2017

6) Vania Castro, Francisca Mano, Margarida Miranda, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Physical and thermodynamic properties of natural deep eutectic solvents for cellulose processing", The international symposium on green chemistry (ISGC), La Rochelle, France, 2017

7) Francisca Mano, Alexandre Paiva, Vânia Castro, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Coffee ground lignocellulosic fractionation using natural deep eutectic solvents coupled with CO2, 16th EMSF, Lisbon, Portugal 2017

8) Filipa C. Santos, Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Rui L. Reis, Maria Jose

Cocero, Supercrit ical impregnation of acetylsalicylic acid in yeast -glucan aerogels, 16th EMSF, Lisbon, Portugal 2017

9) Rita Craveiro, Alexandre Paiva, Ana V. Nunes, Susana Barreiros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Supercritical impregnation of therapeutic deep eutectic solvents (THEDES) in alginate hydrogels”, 16 th EMSF, Lisbon, Portugal 2017

10) Salah Akkache, Joana M. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Elisabeth Badens, Yasmine Masmoudi, Elaboration of Innovative Medical devices by dispersing fatty acid eutectic blends on gauzes using PGSS process, 16th EMSF, Lisbon, Portugal 2017

11) Joana M. Silva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Design of functional controlled release systems combining therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercrit ical technology, TERMSTEM, Portugal, 2016

12) Barros, A. A., Oliveira C., Reis R. L., Lima E., Ana Rita C. Duarte, "Drug-eluting biodegradable ureteral stents: as a new approach for urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract cancer", TERMSTEM, Portugal, 2016.

13) Marta Salgado, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Rui L. Reis, M. José Cocero, Preparation of β-glucan scaffolds by hydrogel foaming with supercritical CO2, TERMIS-EU Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, 2016

14) Marta Salgado, Soraya Rodríguez-Rojo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, M. José Cocero, Development of β-glucan scaffolds by supercritical fluids, 5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (5th PYCheM) and 1st European Young Chemists Meeting (1st EYCheM), Guimarães, 2016

15) Alexandre Paiva, Rita Craveiro, Susana Barreiros, Pedro Simões, Ana Nunes, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Vapor-liquid equilibrium for binary systems containing therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercritical CO2”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

16) Alexandre Paiva, Francisca Mano, Ivo M. Aroso, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, João Paulo Borges, Rui L. Reis, Susana Barreiros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Production of gelatin electrospun release systems with encapsulated therapeutic deep eutectic solvents (THEDES)”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercrit ical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

17) Alexandre A. Barros, Shane A. Browne, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Kevin Healy, “Anti-cancer drug eluting stents prepared by supercritical fluid technology targeting urothelial cancer cells”, IV Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Viña del Mar, Chile, 2016

18) A. A. Barros, S. Browne, C. Oliveira, R. L. Reis, A. R. C. Duarte, K. E. Healy, E. Lima, "Biodegradable drug-eluting stents: Targeting urothelial tumors of upper urinary tract", 31th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU16), 2016

19) Rita Craveiro, Ivo M. Aroso, Ângelo Rocha, Madalena Dionísio, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, “Integration of Supercritical Fluid Technology and Deep Eutectic Solvents for the preparation of enhanced 3D structures”,



2nd EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015

20) Francisca Mano, Ivo M. Aroso, Susana Barreiros, João Paulo Borges, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Alexandre Paiva, “Production of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fibers with encapsulated natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) using electrospinning”, 2nd EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015

21) Ivo M. Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Ângelo Rocha, Madalena Dionísio, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Coupling THEDES - therapeutic deep eutectic solvents and supercritical fluid technology for the development of controlled delivery systems” 4th TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA, 2015

22) João C. Silva, Ivo M. Aroso, Francisca Mano, Isabel Sá-Nogueira, Susana Barreiros, Rui L. Reis, Alexandre Paiva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Therapeutic deep eutectic solvents as solubility enhancers for different active pharmaceutical ingredients ” 4th TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA, 2015

23) Alexandre A. Barros, E. Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Business Plan Competition Session, 4th TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA, 2015

24) R. Craveiro, I. M. Aroso, V. Flammia, T. Carvalho, M. T. Viciosa, M. Dionísio, S. Barreiros, R. L. Reis, A. R. C. Duarte, A. Paiva, “Physical Properties and Thermal Behavior of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents”, Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids, Madrid, Spain, July 2015

25) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Rui L. Reis, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, , “Drug-eluting degradable ureteral stents by supercritical fluid impregnation”, TERMSTEM 2015, Guimarães, Portugal, 2015

26) Dario Fassini, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Tiago H. Silva, Rui L. Reis, “Injectable marine collagen-based hydrogel with self-gelation properties” TERMSTEM 2015, Guimarães, Portugal, 2015

27) Alexandre A. Barros, Carlos Oliveira, Estevão Lima, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Bioresorbable ureteral stent translation for in vivo model”, Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Charlotte, USA, 2015

28) Ivo M. Aroso, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, “Natural deep eutectic solvents – exploring a new class of solvents for engineering processes”, 4th Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2014.

29) João C. Silva, Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso,Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, and Rui L. Reis, “Marine sponges – an alternative vollagen/gelatin source for biomedical applications”, 4th Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2014.

30) Sakeena Quraishi, Marta Martins, Alexandre A. Barros, Pavel Gurikov, Raman Subrahmanyam, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis and Irina Smirnova, “Hybrid alginate-based porous materials for tissue engineering applications”, 6th International FEZA Conference, Dechema, Leipzig, Germany, 2014

31) Tiago H. Silva, Alexandre A. Barros, Ana L.P. Marques, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Gabriela S. Diogo, Joana Moreira-Silva, Lara L. Reys, Simone S. Silva, Rui L. Reis, “The Oceans as a Source and as an Inspiration for Biomaterials Development: Some key examples”, 26th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) Liverpool, UK, 2014

32) A. A: Barros, S. Quraishi, M. Martins, S.P. Raman, P. Gurikov, I. Smirnova, A. R. C. Duarte, and R. L. Reis, "Development of alginate-based hydrogels/cryogels by gelation under pressure", TERMIS-EU 2014, Genova, Italy

33) Marta Martins, Ivo Aroso, Rita Craveiro, Alexandre Paiva, Rui L. Reis, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Deep eutectic solvents as promoters of supercritical fluid foaming of natural-based polymers, 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

34) Alexandre Barros, Sakeena Quraishi, Marta Martins, Raman S.P., Pavel Gurikov, Irina Smirnova, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Hybrid porous cryogels processed using



pressurized CO2 and freeze drying for life science applications, 14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, 2014

35) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Marta Martins, Simone S. Silva, Alexandre Paiva, Rui L.Reis, Preparation of starch/cellulose acetate structures as drug delivery system using green technology, Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Denver, USA, 2014

36) Alexandre A. Barros, Ivo M. Aroso, Tiago H. Silva, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte and Rui L. Reis, Marine-based bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering, Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Denver, USA, 2014

37) Joana M. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, Multilayered Chitosan – Alginate Hollow tubes for cardiovascular tissue engineering, Society for Biomaterials – Annual meeting, Denver, USA, 2014

38) Joana M.Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina A. Custódio, Praveen Sher , Ana I. Neto, Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, “Nanostructured hollow tubes based on chitosan and alginate multilayers”, TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

39) Marta Martins, Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Designing novel starch/cellulose acetate structures for biomedical applications” TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

40) Pedro S. Babo, Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, Rui L. Reis, “Platelet lysates-based membranes for periodontal ligament regeneration”, TERMSTEM 2013 – Nanotechnology as a tool for improving tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Porto, Portugal, 2013

41) A. A. Barros, I. M. Aroso, T. H. Silva, J. F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, R. L. Reis, "Marine Sponges – a new source of bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine", Polaris 1st workshop – Nanosystems for medicine: fundamentals, synthesis and applications, Porto, Portugal, 2013

42) Joana M.Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina A. Custódio, Praveen Sher , Ana I. Neto, António C. M. Pinho, Jaime Fonseca, Rui L. Reis, João F. Mano, “Nanostructured hollow tubes based on chitosan and alginate multilayers”, 3rd Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, Portugal, 2013

43) M. Martins, Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Application of green technologies on the development of starch/cellulose acetate structures”, 3rd Meeting ICVS/3B's, Braga, 2013

44) V.E.Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, P.P. Carvalho, J.F. Requicha, C.A.A. Viegas, I.R. Dias, J.F. Mano, M.E. Gomes, R.L. Reis, “Functionally graded platelet lysates scaffolds induce in vivo new bone formation”, Termis-EU Meeting Istanbul, Turkey, 2013

45) Alexandre A. Barros, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ricardo A. Pires, E. Lima, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Tailor made degradable ureteral stents from natural origin polysaccharides”, Proc. of the 10th Conference on Supercritical Fluids and their Applications, Italy, 2013

46) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Chitin part icles assembly into 3D structures”, Seminar on Aerogels properties, manufacture and applications, Nancy, France 2012

47) C. Correia, A. L. Pereira, Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. M. Frias, A. J. Pedro, J. T. Oliveira, R. A. Sousa, R. L. Reis, “Engineering cart ilage: Human adipose stem cells detect and respond to physiologic levels of hydrostatic pressure”, 3rd TERMIS World Congress, Viena, Austria 2012

48) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago Silva, Ronald Osinga, Micha Ilan, Alexandra P. Marques, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Marina sponges as natural scaffolds: decellularization by supercritical fluid technology and cellularization with osteoblasts for tissue engineering applications, 3rd TERMIS World Congress, Viena, Austria 2012



49) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “A particle agglomeration method for the preparation of 3D chitin based hybrid matrices”, 3rd TERMIS World Congress, Viena, Austria 2012

50) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Vitor E. Santo, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Platelet lysates scaffolds prepared by supercritical fluid technology as autologous templates for cartilage regeneration”, 3rd TERMIS World Congress, Viena, Austria 2012

51) Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Ana Frias, Valentina Berilli, Ana R. Duarte, Simone S. Silva, João F. Mano, Alexandra P. Marques, Rui L. Reis, “Potential of Marine-origin Collagen for Tissue Regeneration Strategies”, 2nd Meeting of the Associate Laboratory ICVS / 3B’s, Braga/Guimarães, 2012

52) Vitor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Platelet Lysates Based Scaffolds Prepared by Supercritical Fluid Technology for Orthopaedic Regeneration”, 10th International Symposium on Supercrit ical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

53) Susana Fernandes-Silva, Joana Moreira-Silva, Tiago H. Silva, Ricardo I. Perez-Martin, Carmen G. Sotelo, João F. Mano, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Rui L. Reis, “Crosslinking marine-origin collagen sponges/hydrogels under high pressure CO2”, 10th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, S. Francisco, USA, 2012

54) Anabela Alves, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui A. Sousa, Rui L. Reis, “Subcritical sintering of an aliphatic polyester enriched with ulvan capsules loaded with a bioactive agent”, ESAO-IFAO joint meeting, Porto, 2011

55) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Simone S. Silva, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “A green approach to process semi-crystalline natural-based polymers for tissue engineering applications”, ESAO-IFAO joint meeting, Porto, 2011

56) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, T. C. Santos, M. T. Cerqueira, A. P. Marques, J. M. Oliveira, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Integrated strategy using ionic liquids for the design and processability of natural polymeric architectures for regenerative medicine” TERMIS, Granada, 2011

57) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Design and Development of thermosensitive 3D substrates for cell culture and expansion ”, 9th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers, Madeira, 2011

58) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of novel 3D thermosensitive substrates for cell culture using supercritical fluid technology ”, TERMIS, Ireland, 2010

59) Santo V. E., Duarte A. R. C., Gomes M. E., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L., "Nanoparticle-Based Platelet Lysate Release Systems for Enhanced Proliferation of Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells in Combinatory Tissue Engineering Strategies ", 2nd Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2010.

60) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Novel thermosensitive polyD,L lactic acid 3D structure for cell growth and expansion”, 10 th Annual Meeting and Exposition - Society for Biomaterials, Seattle, USA, 2010

61) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “The use of supercritical fluid technology to process or modify biopolymers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications”, V European Symposium on Biopolymers, Funchal, Portugal, 2009

62) Vítor E. Santo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Manuela E. Gomes, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “PolyD,L lactic acid 3D structure loaded with chitosan/chondroit in sulfate nanoparticles as a potential system for dual protein release”, V European Symposium on Biopolymers, Funchal, Portugal, 2009

63) Simone S. Silva, Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Green processing of chitin-based porous structures for biomedical applications”, V European Symposium on Biopolymers, Funchal, Portugal, 2009



64) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Biological Performance of Scaffolds based on poly(L-Lactic Acid) and a Blend With Starch Processed using Supercritical Fluid Technology”, TERMIS WC 2009, Seoul, South Korea

65) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Supercritical Fluids: a versatile platform technology for the preparation of drug delivery systems”, 1st IBB meeting, Faro, Portugal, 2009

66) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Preparation of chitosan scaffolds for tissue engineering using supercritical fluid technology”, V International Materials Symposium MATERIAIS 2009 (XIV meeting of SPM - Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais), Lisboa, Portugal, 2009

67) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Supercritical Fluid Impregnation of Chitosan Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications”, Controlled Delivery Systems using Supercritical Fluid Technology, Oeiras, Portugal, 2008

68) Ana Rita C. Duarte, John Zevenbergen, Louw Florusse and Cor J. Peters, “Phase Behaviour and Kinetic Measurements on Hydrogen Clathrate Hydrates”, 23rd European Symposium Applied Thermodynamics, Cannes, France, 2008

69) A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Rodrigo Duarte Silva, Mariana Sousa Costa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Micronization of lipid particles with different methods”, 11th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Barcelona, Spain, 2008

70) Mariana Sousa Costa, A.R. Sampaio de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Improvement of drug delivery systems by the integration of traditional and supercritical f luid techniques”, 11th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Barcelona, Spain, 2008

71) Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano, Rui L. Reis, “Development of porous matrixes for tissue engineering using a clean and environmentally friendly technology”, 5th Marie Curie Cutting Edge Conference on Synthesis and Applications of Self-assembling Materials at Nano-scale, Madeira, Portugal, 2008

72) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ali Shariati, Cor J. Peters, “Phase equilibrium measurements on structure sH hydrogen clathrate hydrates”, 11th International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Crete, Greece, 2007

73) Márcio Temtem, Carlota Veiga Macedo, Mara Silva, Teresa Casimiro, Ana R. C. Duarte, Ana L. Simplício, João Mano, Catarina M.M. Duarte, Ana Aguiar-Ricardo “Exploring CO2-Assisted Processes for Polymer Syntheses, Membrane Production and Porous Microreactors”, I Ibero-American Conference on Supercritical Fluids, Foz Iguacú, Brazil, 2007

74) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Arlette Vega-González, Pascale Subra-Paternault, Herminio C. de Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Impregnation of an intraocular lens for ophthalmic drug delivery”, 8th Conference on Supercritical fluids and their applications, Ischia, Italy, 2006

75) Mariana Sousa Costa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. Margarida Cordoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Micronization of a natural biodegradable polymer, using SAS technique”, 8th Conference on Supercritical fluids and their applications, Ischia, Italy, 2006

76) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Arlette Veja-González, Pascale Subra-Paternault, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Acetazolamide controlled release from microparticles prepared by SAS”, Particles 2006, Orlando, USA, 2006

77) Arlette Vega-González, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M. M. Duarte, Pascale Subra, “Preparation of acetazolamide drug delivery systems using a supercritical antisolvent process”, 10th Meeting on supercritical fluids - Reactions, Materials and Natural Products Processing, Colmar, France, 2005

78) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Herminio C. de Sousa, Teresa Casimiro, Ana Aguiar Ricardo, M. Margarida Cardoso, Arlette Vega-González, Pascale Subra, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical Fluid Impregnation of Different Polymeric Matrices for Controlled Drug Delivery”, EUFEPS – Optimising drug delivery and formulation, Evaluation of drug delivery systems: issues and perspectives, Versailles, France, 2005

79) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Teresa Casimiro, Ana Aguiar Ricardo, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical fluid polymerization and impregnation of molecularly imprinted polymers for drug delivery”, Supermat Seminar, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005



80) Carlos Cravo, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Owen Cathpole, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of Dense Carbon Dioxide in PHB/V”, Supermat Seminar, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005

81) A. R. Sampaio de Sousa, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Development of PCL/PEG-based biocarriers for drug delivery using supercritical f luid technology”, Supermat Seminar, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005

82) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Mariana Costa, Ana Luísa Simplício, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Comparison of different impregnation techniques for the preparation of naproxen-loaded ethylcellulose/methylcellulose microspheres”, Supermat Seminar, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005

83) Ana Rita C. Duarte, M. D. Gordillo, Rui Ruivo, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Supercritical Antisolvent Micronization of Biocompatible Polymers for Controlled Drug Delivery: comparison with conventional techniques”, 7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Orlando, Florida, EUA, 2005

84) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Mariana Costa, Ana Luísa Simplício, M. Margarida Cardoso, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Impregnation of ethylcellulose/methylcellulose microspheres for controlled drug delivery: comparison between a conventional and an alternative clean technology”, 3rd World Conference on Drug Absorption, Transport and Delivery, Barcelona, Spain, 2005

85) A. R. Sampaio de Sousa, Ana R. Cruz Duarte, Ana Luisa Simplicio, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Taylor-made PCL/PEG carriers for new delivery systems using clean technologies”, 3rd World Conference on Drug Absorption, Transport and Delivery, Barcelona, Spain, 2005

86) Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. R. Sampaio de Sousa, Marylin Calderone, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Preparation of drug delivery systems using supercritical fluid technology”, International Rencontres in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Albi, France, 2004

87) Ana Rita C. Duarte, A. R. Sampaio de Sousa, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Maria H. M. Gil, H. T. Jespersen, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of dense CO2 in two biocompatible acrylate copolymers”, V Encontro Brasileiro de Fluidos Supercrit icos, Florianópolis, Brasil, 2004

88) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Preparation of ophthalmic drug delivery systems, using supercritical fluid technology”, Symposium on Supercritical Fluids and the Future, University of Birmingham, 2004

89) Ana Rita C. Duarte, Hermínio C. de Sousa, Maria H.M. Gil, Catarina M.M. Duarte, “Solubility of dense CO2 in two biocompatible acrylate copolymers”, 6º Encontro Nacional de Química Física da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Lisboa, 2003

90) Patrícia Coimbra, Ana Rita C. Duarte, Hermínio C. De Sousa, Catarina M. M. Duarte, “Solubility of flurbiprofen and timolol maleate in dense carbon dioxide”, 6th International Symposium in Supercritical Fluids, Versailles, França, 2003

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