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R&D Projects

Call for Proposals for Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2010

Painel de Avaliação da área da Química e Bioquímica - 2010

Coordination

Armin de Meijere
Institut für Org. und Biomol. Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Germany

Evaluation

Britta Lindholm-Sethson
Dep of Chemistry; Umeå University, Sweden
David O'Hagan
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Gabor Jancso
KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Hungary
Henning Hopf
University of Braunschweig Institute of Organic Chemistry, Germany
Henri Brunner
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Germany
Jan Barciszewski
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Mathias Sprinzl
Universität Bayreuth, Germany
Tom Simpson
University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Projects assigned

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116578/2010

Development of new synthetic routes of novel chromone and 4-quinolone derivatives with potential pharmacological applications
Diana Cláudia Pinto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116597/2010

New cyclic RGD peptides as targeting agents for non-invasive tumor imaging.
Paula Margarida Vidigal Soares Teixeira Ferreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116610/2010

Novel Approaches to Porphyrin and Dipyrromethanes Derivatives for Diagnosis and Therapy of Cancer
Teresa Margarida Vasconcelos Dias de Pinho e Melo
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116634/2010

New smart compounds as sensor-therapeutic agents for Alzheimer`s disease
Maria Amélia Santos
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116712/2010

Peptide based compounds for multimodal imaging of alpha-synuclein aggregates
Goreti de Jesus Ribeiro Morais
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116737/2010

Novel heteropolymetallic systems via [2+3] cycloaddition of 1,3-dipoles to functionalized nitriles with prospective photophysical and catalytic properties
JAMAL LASRI
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116760/2010

Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates: New generation of catalysts in organic synthesis
Graça Maria da Silva Rodrigues de Oliveira Rocha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116764/2010

5-(Substituted)tetrazoles:Novel Approaches to Amino Acid Bioisosteres and (S)-AP-3 Analogues
Américo Eduardo Castro Lemos
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116771/2010

Energetics of Ionic Liquids
Manuel Eduardo Ribeiro MInas da Piedade
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116847/2010

Development and Optimization of an All-atom Force Field for Crystalline Organic Compounds
Carlos Eduardo Sabino Bernardes
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116869/2010

The Intra-Molecular Asymmetric Catalytic Imine Arylation - Innovative Route to Industrially Important Chiral Amines
Anthony Joseph Burke
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116881/2010

Photoactivable prodrugs based on N, O, and S heterocycles: synthesis, photophysics and bioactivity.
Maria do Sameiro Torres Gonçalves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116896/2010

Supramolecular chemistry of cucurbiturils with fish odorants and pheromones
José Paulo da Silva
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116916/2010

1,3-Thiazolidine-4-Carboxyalte Derivatives: Exploring Their Reactivity and Catalytic Activity
Maria Elisa da Silva Serra
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116966/2010

New Group 10 Metal Complexes of Arsine- and Stibine-sulfonate Ligands: Applications in Oligo-/Polymerisation and Copolymerisation of Olefins in Organic and Aqueous Media
Clara Sofia Barreiro Gomes
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116996/2010

Fabrication of Miniaturized Nitrite Biosensors for Environmental and Biomedical Applications
Maria Gabriela Machado de Almeida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117105/2010

The effect of divalent cations on G-Quadruplex formation and stability in genes related to neurodegenerative processes
Patrick David Groves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117240/2010

Artificial Heteroditopic Architectures for the Recognition of Neurotransmitter Amino Acids
Rita Virgínia Delgado
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117277/2010

Copper(II) macrocyclic complexes as superoxide dismutase mimetics for breast cancer therapy
Maria de Fátima Cabral
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117280/2010

Copper(II) chelating macrocyclic compounds as antiangiogenic agents in human hepatocellular cancer
Judite Costa
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117340/2010

Ionic Liquids under tension
José Manuel da Silva Simões Esperança
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117388/2010

Novel Multi-Functionalized metal-organic-frameworks based on furan acid derivatives
Fa Nian SHI
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117405/2010

Charged Molecules with Nonlinear Optical Response for Application in 3D-Microscopy
Ermelinda Maçoas
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117407/2010

Novel multifunctional ligands derived from C-C, C-N and N-B coupling reactions
Maximilian Nikolaevich Kopylovich
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117446/2010

Supramolecular Structure, Thermodynamics and Functionality study of Organic Semiconductor Materials.
Lígia Maria da Silva Rebelo Gomes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117452/2010

Materials for different strategies to reduce pharmaceuticals in the environment
João Manuel Pires da Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117467/2010

Novel antimicrobial scaffolds from plant sources
Maria Fatima Dias Alfaiate Simões
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117498/2010

Anchoring of metal nanoparticles on graphene hybrid assemblies with photoactive molecules
Susana Maria de Andrade Sousa Paiva
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117534/2010

Environmentally friendly integration of sample treatment in chromatographic analysis
Marcela Alves Segundo
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117537/2010

Layered metal hydroxides as versatile supports for the immobilisation of catalytically useful metal carbonyls and CO-releasing molecules
Martyn Pillinger
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117694/2010

Photoactive Nanoarchitectures Towards Functional Porphyrinic Nanoparticles
José António da Costa Patrício Bracons Ferreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117698/2010

A systems-oriented approach to the formation of carbon-chain scission products from fatty-acyl autoxidation in vivo
Armindo José Alves da Silva Salvador
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117828/2010

Nanopore and Nanochannel Synthesis for Molecular Interaction Characterisation at the Single-Molecule Level
Yann Astier
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117885/2010

Novel approaches for protein crystallization using ionic liquid-based systems
Magdalena Kowacz
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118023/2010

MDEPT and triazenes nanoformulations - a worth while strategy to fight the melanoma
Maria de Jesus Almeida Rainha Perry da Câmara Saldanha Rocha
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118077/2010

"Preclinical evaluation of ruthenium potential drugs for cancer therapy"
Maria Helena Anselmo Viegas Garcia
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118094/2010

Targeting caspases for the inhibition of apoptosis: design, synthesis and biological evaluation of vinyl sulfones as caspase inhibitors
Maria Manuel Duque Vieira Marques dos Santos
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118132/2010

Exploring the magnetic properties of f-electron complexes with potential as single molecule magnets
Laura Cristina de Jesus Pereira
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118153/2010

SPECTRA-QSAR: 1D NMR Data as molecular descriptors in QSAR analysis of flavonoid derivatives
Florbela Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118163/2010

Mechanism of activation/toxicity of the anti-HIV drug Etravirine: Synthesis and biological significance of metabolites and protein adducts as toxicity biomarkers
Alexandra Maria Moita Antunes
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118178/2010

Structure-based design of novel radiometallated peptides for CXCR4 targeting
João Domingos Galamba Correia
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118198/2010

Gas phase Protonation Site Prediction (ProtSP): comparison of DFT and semi-empirical calculations and development of a web-based tool
Paulo Madeira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118277/2010

Calixarene-Based Luminescent Sensors for High Explosives Detection
José Virgílio de Sousa Coelho Prata
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL/IPL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118303/2010

Supramolecular catalysts based on macrocyclic receptors and organotransition metal oxides or carbonyls
Isabel Maria de Sousa Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118315/2010

Borrow some Boron: Novas estratégias para a Modificação de Proteinas!
Pedro Miguel Pimenta Gois
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118319/2010

Boron Heterocycles in a Click
NUNO FILIPE RAFAEL CANDEIAS
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118339/2010

Nanoporous functional metal-organic materials for carbon dioxide fixation and sensing
Artur José Monteiro Valente
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118340/2010

Sol-gel synthesis of luminescent materials - afterglow and photosensitization
César Laia
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118381/2010

Oxazine or thiazine - quantum dots or metallic nanocrystal conjugates as biosensors and imaging probes
Maria do Sameiro Torres Gonçalves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118396/2010

Functional metallic ionic liquids for sustainable reactions
Zeljko Petrovski
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118417/2010

Control of the fading kinetics of [1,3]oxazines photoswitches
Paulo coelho
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118448/2010

Nontoxic nanomaterials as fluorescent nanosensors
Joaquim Carlos Gomes Esteves da Silva
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118513/2010

Shields up! Steric protection of merocyanine dyes - Insigts from NHC chemistry Applications to 2 photon absorption and photodynamic therapy
Joao Miguel Reis Aguiar Navarro Y Rosa
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118529/2010

Polymeric Metal Complexes for Biomedical Applications
Andreia Marques Valente
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118576/2010

BioBat - From Ferritins towards Batteries
Cristina Cordas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118592/2010

Development and Application of Functional Bioinspired Ionic Liquids
Luis Alexandre Cobra Branco
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118631/2010

Design, synthesis and evaluation of bimodal probes for targeted molecular imaging
Olga Iranzo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118632/2010

Exploring the energy landscapes of atomic and molecular clusters
Jorge Manuel Campos Marques
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118670/2010

New squarylium sensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy of cancer
Paulo Fernando da Conceição Santos
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118724/2010

Cancer cells targeting with folate-based polymeric vectors
Alexandre da Fonseca Trindade
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118779/2010

A novel approach to a sustainable sulfonylation
Maria Manuel B Marques
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118794/2010

Synthesis of Squarylium Cyanine Dyes for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy
Lucinda Vaz dos Reis
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118805/2010

Studies on the Origin of Life - prebiotic trends to ribonucleotide synthesis activated by inorganic compounds
José Armando Luísa da Silva
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118858/2010

Peptide-based Radiopharmaceuticals bearing DNA repair inhibitors for Oncology
Patricia dos Santos Antunes
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118896/2010

COORDINATION POLYMERS: SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND PROPERTIES
Maria Fernanda Carvalho
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118940/2010

Nitrogen groups substituted transition bisdithiolene complexes a basis for novel coordination architectures and magnetic nano-structured materials.
Sandra Marisa Baptista Rabaça Rodrigues
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118997/2010

Hydrogen bins
Vasco Daniel Bigas Bonifácio
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119116/2010

Ocean Treasures - Ocean sediments from Madeira Archipelago: a new source of innovative and bioactive compounds.
Susana Maria Pereira Gaudêncio de Matos
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119210/2010

(R, S)- Resolution-Separation of secondary alcohols by enzymatic miniemulsion technology
Luis Fonseca
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119234/2010

Glutamine Synthetase: a key enzyme for the treatment of tuberculosis and for herbicide design.
Pedro Manuel Azevedo Alexandrino Fernandes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119257/2010

Molecular recognition of biomedically relevant ions and molecules in physiological and non-physiological conditions: design, synthesis and characterization of tripoidal-, heterocycle- and peptide-based fluorimetric chemosensors.
Maria Manuela Marques Raposo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119258/2010

Polyoxometalates: novel homogeneous and heterogeneous chiral catalysts in the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins with hydrogen peroxide
Isabel Cristina Maia da Silva Santos Vieira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119259/2010

Environmentally sustainable oxidation of alcohols
Isabel Cristina Maia da Silva Santos Vieira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119263/2010

New azamacrocycle-based lanthanide complexes as catalysts for C-X bond forming processes
Leonor Maria de Jesus Maria
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119306/2010

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New Pyrindane Derivatives as Potential Neuroprotective Agents
José Enrique Rodríguez Borges
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119357/2010

New Dyes for Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy: Phthalocyanines with Enhanced Photochemical Properties
Pedro Miguel Neves Ribeiro Paulo
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119408/2010

Coupling of heterogeneous acid catalysts and ionic liquids for biomass conversion processes
Anabela Valente
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119410/2010

Characterization of the non-enzymatic modifications occurring in serum transferrin: implications for diabetes mellitus type 2 pathology
André Moreira Neto da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119490/2010

Drug delivery nano-systems: design, structural analysis and application in cancer therapy
Galya Ivanova Ivanova
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119492/2010

Modelling of concentrated systems with biological and technological relevance
Rita Dias
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119533/2010

Biomimetic catalytic oxidation of drugs
Mário Manuel Quialheiro Simões
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119561/2010

Non-transition metal complexes as unexplored but highly promising catalysts for the mild oxidations of hydrocarbons
Maksim Kuznetsov
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119578/2010

Bifunctional catalysts based on hierarchical zeolites for the hydroisomerization of short chain n-alkanes
Ana Paula Batista Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119643/2010

Water soluble glycophthalocyanines for cancer imaging and therapy
João Paulo Costa Tomé
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119675/2010

Covalency in f-element chemistry - A gas-phase perspective
Joaquim Carrasqueiro Marçalo de Almeida
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119679/2010

BLACK MATTERS: paints and pigments for solar thermal energy
Maria José Vitoriano Lourenço
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119710/2010

Soft-chemistry routes for the synthesis of molybdenum oxide-based organic-inorganic hybrid catalysts
Marta Ramilo Abrantes
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119747/2010

BIOCOAST - Bioremediation in coastal systems: an analytical approach
Maria Teresa Seabra dos Reis Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119758/2010

PERMTOOLS - New tools to study transdermic permeation of drugs
Maria Teresa Seabra dos Reis Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119812/2010

BIOCHITO: BIOlogical properties and safety of modified low molecular weight CHITOsan: synthesis and characterisation
Alejandra Cardelle
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119815/2010

Structural Studies on Phytochemicals with Potential Cancer Preventive Properties
Luís Alberto Esteves Batista de Carvalho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119823/2010

Efficient synthesis of carbocycles and biological evaluation
Carlos Alberto Mateus Afonso
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119863/2010

New tripodal tagged compounds as potential bimodal MRI/PET probes
Sílvia de Vasconcelos Chaves
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119932/2010

Multiresponsive Supramolecular Systems Containing Flavylium Moieties
António Jorge Dias Parola
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/119964/2010

Interactions between carbohydrates and Ionic Liquids and their impact on processing technologies
Luciana Tomé
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120008/2010

Single Component Molecular Metals for Plastic Electronics
Maria Dulce Jesus Pombo Belo
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120022/2010

MAGLIPO - Magnetoliposomes for encapsulation and delivery of new potential antitumoral compounds
Elisabete Maria dos Santos Castanheira Coutinho
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120045/2010

Novel fluorescent dyes for fiber-optics gas sensing
Ana Margarida Gomes da Silva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120071/2010

Transition metal complexes as photochromic molecular switches: synthesis and characterisation
Maria Paula Robalo
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120113/2010

FLAP/COX dual inhibition - A novel and rational drug design approach to anti-inflammatory drugs
Maria Manuel B Marques
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120124/2010

Synthesis and characterization of novel sugar derivatives with activity for Alzheimer´s disease
Maria Isabel Guerreiro da Costa Ismael
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120206/2010

Electrochemical simulation/ production of reactive oxygen species for oxidative stress studies
Maria de Fátima Malveiro Bento
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120273/2010

Automated analytical methodologies based in surface plasmon-coupled luminescence
Karine Lopes Marques
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120286/2010

Synthesis of new peptide hydrogels with non-proteinogenic amino acids as 3D surrogates of the extracellular matrix
Paula Margarida Vidigal Soares Teixeira Ferreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120313/2010

Metal nanoparticles - catalysts and catalyst supports
Carla Duarte Nunes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120368/2010

Novos eléctrodos funcionais para suporte de bicamadas lipidicas e optimização da interacção proteína-membrana
ANA PIMENTA DA GAMA DA SILVEIRA VIANA SEMEDO
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120383/2010

Organometallic probes for in vivo detection of tumor cell apoptosis
António Paulo
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120403/2010

New Ionic Liquids as Antioxidants
ABEL JOSÉ DE SOUSA COSTA VIEIRA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120459/2010

Synthesis of novel sugar-based triazoles: Click reaction approach and a brief insight into the application of electrosynthesis methodology
Ana Paula da Assunção Esteves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120464/2010

Development of new tetrapyrrolic macrocycles for dye-sensitized solar cells
Maria da Graça de Pinho Morgado Silva Neves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120482/2010

Development of novel multinuclear copper and iron complexes towards the inhibition of the DNA replication: a new strategy in the design of metal-based anticancer drugs.
Paula Cristina Ferreira da Silva Brandão
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120485/2010

Arboreal and shrubs species valorisation as a source of bioactive compounds
Ana Paula Coelho Duarte
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120531/2010

Study of physical and chemical properties of tetrazole derivatives in gas phase and on surfaces - potential application in biocompatible materials and as a source of energy and gas (N2)
António Alberto Dias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120555/2010

Surface Photochemistry: Cucurbiturils as Hosts for Inclusion Complex Formation of Powdered Solids
Isabel Luisa Ferreira Machado
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120594/2010

In silico modelling of biomimetic multiligand-patterned active surfaces for purification and selective adsorption of Immunoglobulin G through molecular recognition
Ricardo Branco
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120643/2010

SynBioS- An integrated approach to novel anticancer agents: virtual screening, synthesis, redox and bioassays
Maria Fernanda de Jesus Rego Paiva Proença
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120701/2010

Development of novel organocatalytic asymmetric processes of synthesis for biologically active phosphonates
Ana Maria Madeira Martins Faisca Phillips
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120787/2010

Anchored Chiral Privileged Ligands as sustainable heterogeneous asymmetric catalysts for fine chemistry reactions
Ana Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120875/2010

Complexes of azo-containing analogues of beta-diketones as oxidation catalysts and ionophores
Maximilian Nikolaevich Kopylovich
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120912/2010

Dual Tumor Targeting Based on a pH Sensitive Peptide Platform: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
Maria Paula Cordeiro Crespo Cabral Campello
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120982/2010

Creating value from bio-wastes: suberin extraction and biotransformation in biocompatible ionic liquids aiming on novel biomaterials and compounds
CRISTINA SILVA PEREIRA
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120983/2010

Natural macromolecules for "smart windows"
Maria Manuela da Silva Pires da Silva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121000/2010

Assessment of metal elements in drug products, herbal medicines and plant-based supplements, by WDXRF.
José Américo Almeida de Brito
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121065/2010

PolyGraphN - In-situ Activated Anionic Polymerization of Lactams: a Pathway toward Graphene- Polyamide Hybrids for the Electronic and Electrical Industries
Denchev Zlatan Zlatev
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121137/2010

Catalysts for sustainable processes using coordination compounds with heterocyclic ligands in nanostructures materials
Maria Isabel Pontes Correia Neves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121153/2010

ProAroma - Protection of Wine Aroma during Storage in Bottle
José Maria Marques Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121164/2010

Photochemical Control of Fluid Rheology
Fernando Jorge da Silva Pina
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121229/2010

New lead glycosides against anthrax infection: synthesis and mechanism of action
Amélia Pilar Rauter
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121269/2010

Soft Matter: Novel Gels, Particles and Fibers.
Björn Lindman
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121293/2010

Nucleofugality: theory and practical applications
Amadeu Fernandes Brigas
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121359/2010

Modelling cytotoxicity of Pd and Pt agents - Interplay with DNA
Rosendo Valero Montero
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121373/2010

Multifunctional core-shell nanoparticles for the controlled release of singlet oxygen
Mário Nuno de Matos Sequeira Berberan e Santos
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121427/2010

Rational design, synthesis and biological evaluation of potent and selective aromatase inhibitors and their use for new strategies for breast cancer treatment.
Maria Luisa Campeão Fernandes Vaz Sá Melo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121447/2010

Evaluation of a Dual Targeting Strategy for Imaging of EGFR Positive Tumors
Célia Fernandes
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121458/2010

GreeNanoTech4AquaCheck - Development of Novel Green Nanotechnologies for Sorption-based Analytical Methodologies: Application to monitoring priority pollutants in hydric systems
José Manuel Florêncio Nogueira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121462/2010

Electroactive ligands for spintronics
Manuel José Duarte Leite de Almeida
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121489/2010

Development of a generic platform for remote experimentation and e-teaching
Rui Alexandre Santos Lapa
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121506/2010

SUPERLIPOS- Development of polymeric targeted-liposomes for cancer treatment using supercritical fluid technology
Teresa Casimiro
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121520/2010

Ionic Liquids as Promoters of Aqueous Biphasic Systems: The Role of van der Waals and Coulomb Interactions
Isabel Maria Delgado Jana Marrucho Ferreira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121526/2010

Heterometallic Metal-organic Frameworks: Smart Materials for Advanced Applications
Alexander Kirillov
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121538/2010

Into the Neuropharmacological Potential of Marine Sponges
Pedro Afonso dos Santos Baltazer de Lima
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121655/2010

From non-valuable wild national plant resources to leading biological active synthetic natural product hybrids (SNPHs)
Luís Miguel Teodoro Frija
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121713/2010

Tin and other Metal Complexes with Pharmacological Interest
Maria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121752/2010

Nitric Oxide Synthase targeting with Re(I)/99mTc(I)-complexes containing L-Arg derivatives: A structure-activity study
João Domingos Galamba Correia
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121791/2010

Bioguided search for anti-Alzheimer leads from medicinal plants
Pedro Jorge Macedo Abreu
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121854/2010

Contribution to risk assessment of chlorinated derivatives of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated to water chlorination: occurrence, human exposure and in vitro genotoxic effects
Ana Sofia Vilhena Fernandes Pereira Cardoso
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121857/2010

Development of conducting polymer based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in direct borohydride fuel cells
Jorge Manuel Palma Correia
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121929/2010

ELINIB. A novel approach to discover novel human neutrophil elastase inhibitors as candidates for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Rita Alexandra do Nascimento Cardoso Guedes
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121990/2010

Synthesis of fluorinated block copolymers with different architectures by advanced polymerization strategies in supercritical CO2
Nuno Miguel Marques Pereiro Rocha
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122033/2010

DeSyNLO - Design and synthesis of organic and organometallic compounds with NLO properties
Paulo Mendes
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122249/2010

New building blocks for alpha-peptide nucleic acids (α-PNAs): probing microRNA pathways and beyond.
Ana Sofia Marques da Ressurreição
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122256/2010

Synthesis of Natural Products-Like Libraries Based on Mono- and Di-Saccharide Derivatives Applying Mild and Economic Protocols under Microwave Irradiation
Krasimira Petrova
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122302/2010

Nanomaterials for Catalytic Chemical and Electrochemical Reactions
Mariana Chirea
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122337/2010

Hydrophylic Tricarbonyl Complexes of Tc(I) and Re(I) for the Radiometallation of Bioactive Peptides
António Paulo
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122342/2010

Development and characterization of new “smart” stimuli responsive biocompatible materials
Ana Maria Antunes Dias
PRODEQ - Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia Química (PRODEQ)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122426/2010

VOCancer - Volatile organic compounds in lung cancer
Elvira Maria Mendes Sardão Monteiro Gaspar
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122794/2010

GPCR / G-protein Interaction: The molecular Basis of selectivity and the role of oligomerization.
Irina de Sousa Moreira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122813/2010

New Halogenated Ionic Liquids as novel task-specific fluids
José Manuel da Silva Simões Esperança
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122866/2010

(Bio)synthesis of lipoaminoacids as drug delivery and transfection agents
Maria Henriques Lourenço Ribeiro
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122878/2010

The standard deviation of the standard addition method - uncertainty.
Antonio Manuel Neto Vaz
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122927/2010

SupraStructures - Supramolecular structures based on inclusion complexes using cyclodextrins for biomedical applications
Joao Filipe Colardelle da Luz Mano
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122954/2010

On-the-fly reaction dynamics with quasi-classical trajectories and density functional theory
PEDRO JORGE DOS SANTOS BRANCO CARIDADE
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122984/2010

CeMeta - Cellulose metabolites: Cultural Heritage interest
Elvira Maria Mendes Sardão Monteiro Gaspar
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122997/2010

Synthesis and biological properties of novel 4,9-diazapyrenes
Ivana Jarak
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/123013/2010

SmartLayer - Smart multiLayers as a strategy to control surface chemistry and release of bioactive compounds
Natália Maria de Araújo Alves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/123112/2010

Understanding Protein-Protein Interactions: a Bridge for Drug Discovery
Irina de Sousa Moreira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/123162/2010

New isotope effect in molecular fluorescence and phosphorescence
Mário Nuno de Matos Sequeira Berberan e Santos
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/116481/2010

The last steps of the denitrification pathway
Isabel Moura
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/116926/2010

Functional characterization of sodium transporters in the pathogenic bacterium Neisseria meningitidis
Ana Margarida Nunes Portugal Carvalho Melo
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117156/2010

Effects of reactive oxygen species in dental tissues
Stéphane Longelin
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117232/2010

Structural study of Human Cytomegalovirus fusion mediators
Marco Patrone
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117281/2010

(MERTOX-TRX) Molecular Mechanisms of Mercury Toxicity: Study of the inhibition of human thioredoxin system
Cristina Maria Leitão de Carvalho
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117397/2010

From oxidative stress, to redox regulation, to personalized medicine: H2O2 modulation of NF-kB-dependent gene expression
Fernando José Nunes Antunes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117440/2010

Redox necklaces: functional characterization of a multidomain polyheme cytochrome
Catarina Morais Vaz Paquete
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117477/2010

New approaches to study the anti-diabetic action of Vanadium Compounds.
Maria Margarida Catalão Almiro e Castro
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117496/2010

Transcriptional regulation of lipid metabolism by hydrogen peroxide via Opi1p activation
Maria Luisa Santos Sousa Cyrne
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117573/2010

The role of regucalcin in breast cells growth and tumour development
Sílvia Cristina da Cruz Marques Socorro
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117637/2010

Activation of small molecules by enzymes of the xanthine oxidase family: exploring the metabolism of endogenous gases and oxo anions
Luisa Maia
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117638/2010

Metabolomic and Metallomic EPR
José João Galhardas de Moura
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117648/2010

Nanoparticles for cancer chemoprevention by bioactive natural compounds
Sandra Cristina Pinto da Rocha
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117789/2010

Mechanisms of SOD1 toxic aggregation in neurodegenerative processes
Cláudio Emanuel Moreira Gomes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117792/2010

Molecular mechanisms underlying biochemical dysfunction in defective mitochondrial beta oxidation
Cláudio Emanuel Moreira Gomes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117799/2010

Protein interaction with CO Releasing Molecules (CORM)
Teresa Santos-Silva
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117964/2010

SweetSpots: Carbohydrates display on different supports to study biorecognition events
Iva Pashkuleva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117987/2010

Ferroportin - A structural and biochemical perspective
Filipe dos Santos Folgosa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118022/2010

An integrated metabonomic study of the effects of pregnancy disorders on the metabolisms of the mother, foetus and newborn - towards new biomarker discovery and improved health monitoring
Ana Maria Pissarra Coelho Gil
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118104/2010

The Old Yellow Enzyme family revisited: structural studies to further understand the aromatic ring reduction of TNT by xenobiotic reductases with type II hydride transferase activity
Ana Luisa Moreira de Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118260/2010

KINASE- Phosphoproteomics in Burkholderia to assess the role of tyrosine phosphorylation in virulence determinants expression
Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118282/2010

Membrane Lipid Composition and Structure Remodeling by Cell Penetrating Peptide-based Drug Carriers. A Membrane Lipid Therapeutic Strategy for Cancer Diseases.
Amália Jurado
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118424/2010

Evaluation of the effects of some polyphenols and flavonoids on excitotoxicity
Nagesh Babu Golla
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118558/2010

Studies on the structure-function relationship of enzymes
Margarida Archer Frazão
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118672/2010

Drug development: improving APIs performance through supramolecular synthesis
Maria Teresa Duarte
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118746/2010

Human Mitochondrial Carnitine/Acylcarnitine Carrier (hCAC): Function and Structure in Health and Disease
Maria de Fátima Vieira Ventura
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118756/2010

Pre-clinical Evaluation of Novel Compounds for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)
Fernanda Marujo Marques (Waerenborgh)
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118882/2010

Development and application of novel polyphenolic compounds with potential anti-inflammatory activity
Eduarda das Graças Rodrigues Fernandes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118919/2010

Unravelling the cellular and functional properties of peroxisomes in nervous tissue.
Pedro Miguel Teixeira Brites
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118965/2010

Immunological effects of retinol and retinoic acid
Carlos Eduardo Tadokoro
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118996/2010

The export of glutathione by the fungus Neurospora crassa on the context of programmed cell death
Andreia de Sousa Fernandes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119170/2010

Studying radiation-induced DNA repair enzymes damage.
Maria Alice Santos Pereira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119284/2010

Interplay between oxidative and nitrosative stresses.
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119312/2010

Integrated analysis of human sperm using proteomics and metabolomics: an innovative model towards manipulating eukaryotic biological systems
Maria Alexandra Barreto Amaral
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119324/2010

Structural and functional characterization of proteins involved in the alternative bioenergetic routes for metal and anode respiration
Ricardo Saraiva Loureiro de Oliveira Louro
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119367/2010

Proteomics of Tetrahymena cilia capping structures: approaching ciliary diseases.
Maria Helena Antunes Soares
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119392/2010

Mechanistic and spectroscopic studies on a novel cytochrome c with nitric oxide dioxygenase activity.
Isabel Cristina da Costa Garcia Timóteo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119459/2010

Application of porphyrin-based biomimetic catalysts to predict the metabolism and toxicity of anti-HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors
José Gonçalo Deira Duarte de Campos Justino
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119494/2010

Interaction of bile acids with lipid membranes: creating a shield or bursting the bubble.
FABIO FERNANDES
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119509/2010

Molecular characterization of the fibrinogen-eryhthrocyte interaction and its influence on Cardivascular pathologies
Nuno Fernando Duarte Cordeiro Correia dos Santos
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119512/2010

GC-IT/MS-Based Metabolomics in Renal Cell Carcinoma: a step forward biomarker discovery
Paula Guedes de Pinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119526/2010

A proteomic approach to uncover the role of SUMOylation in dehydration stress response in a plant model
Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119614/2010

Salivary glycoprotein tumour markers in head and neck cancer
Rui Vitorino
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119660/2010

Structural and mechanistic features of cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase
Smilja Todorovic
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119677/2010

A Biophysical Approach to Oxidative Protein Folding in the ER: Relative Importance of Ero1 and Prdx4 alternative pathways
Eduardo Pinho Melo
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119693/2010

Investigation of the Antiporter Modules of Complex I from Respiratory Chains.
Manuela Alexandra de Abreu Serra Marques Pereira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119833/2010

Role of the yeast neutral sphingomyelinase in mitochondria function and iron homeostasis.
Vítor Manuel Vieira da Costa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119872/2010

Cholesterol metabolites provide potential novel therapeutic avenues in Alzheimer´s disease.
Ana Gabriela Henriques
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119878/2010

ND4TB-Let the Enzyme be the Judge: a new approach to filling the gap in tuberculosis drug discovery
Fernanda Borges
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119881/2010

The omics challenge: Application and development of chemometric methods to extract information from biosystems
António Barros
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119888/2010

Bioavailability of amphiphilic ligands. Equilibrium and Kinetics of their interaction with lipid assemblies using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Maria João Pedrosa Ferreira Moreno Silvestre
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119924/2010

Biodistribution and Pharmacodynamics of Anticancer Pt(II) and Pd(II) Polyamine Complexes
Maria Paula Matos Marques
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119934/2010

Metabolic and Bioenergetic characterization of Sertoli and sperm cells: the influence of type 1 Diabetes and aging.
Sandra Catarina Gomes Amaral
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120031/2010

Lung adenocarcinoma: On the back of resistance to chemotherapy
Maria Carmen Alpoim
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120077/2010

Increasing the accuracy of the present rational drug-design methods: synthesis and experimental validation of new selective estrogen receptor modulators based on Raloxifene analogues
Nuno Miguel da Silva Micaêlo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120126/2010

Activity and functional domains of the human Nrf2 in the biological model Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Lisete Celestina Perpétua Fernandes
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120201/2010

Exploring the synergistic axis of AMPK, eNOS and SIRT1 in the treatment of metabolic syndrome: induction of mitochondrial biogenesis by berberine
Anabela Pinto Rolo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120263/2010

C-SENS - Immunosensors for the diagnosis of celiac disease and quality control of gluten-free products
Hendrikus Nouws
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120312/2010

TumorMicroSpec - Tumor diagnosis with microspectroscopy
Alexandra Pina da Cruz Nunes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120500/2010

Influencing Influenza: exploring novel antiviral drug targets
Elsa Fernanda de Sousa Henriques
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120613/2010

PANCREAS - New compounds and strategies in the fight against pancreatic cancer: Exploiting autophagy and epigenetic modulation
Cristina Maria Da Silveira e Silva Pereira Wilson
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120639/2010

DOTprobe-Automated micro-flow systems using luminescent quantum dots as molecular probes
João Luís Machado dos Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120653/2010

Computer-aided fragment-based lead design (CA-FBLD) as a novel theoretical lead design approach: Synthesis and biological evaluation of new inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and sirtuin 1.
Maria José da Chão Alves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120711/2010

Structural modifications of insulin molecule - physiological relevance and mechanism of action.
RICARDO ALEXANDRE DA SILVA SANTOS AFONSO
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120824/2010

Multivalent approach for breast cancer imaging: Radiolabeled monomeric Y1-prefering NPY analogs versus NPY-bombesin heterodimeric constructs
Paula Dolores Galhofas Raposinho
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120977/2010

Sphingolipid-enriched versus ergosterol-enriched lipid rafts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: implications for plasma membrane organization and interaction with an antifungal antibiotic
RODRIGO FREIRE MARTINS DE ALMEIDA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121021/2010

Hybrid mutant forms of a homooligomeric enzyme: a step to understand the role of protein self-assembly in health and disease
Ana Paula Costa Santos Peralta Leandro
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121029/2010

Interacção entre enzimas e nanopartículas: A chave para a nanoterapia ou para a nanotoxicologia
Maria Lúcia Marques Ferreira de Sousa Saraiva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121050/2010

Metabolic Profiling of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Chronically Exposed to Hexavalent Chromium, an Established Lung Carcinogen.
Ana Margarida Malaquias Pires Urbano
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121139/2010

Role of natural arginine mutations in pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency
João Filipe Bogalho Vicente
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121152/2010

D2vHTS: Drug Design with virtual High-Throughput Screening: novel computational docking approaches, synthesis and biochemical evaluation of new candidates against a central nervous system target
Nuno Miguel da Silva Micaêlo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121227/2010

Nitrite oxidase: construction of a new enzymatic biosensor for nitrogen oxyanions monitoring
Pablo Javier Gonzalez
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121273/2010

Natural polyphenols as inhibitors of α-glucosidase: a nutraceutical perspective
Victor Freitas
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121277/2010

Deconstructing Cancer Progression: Cancer Stem Cells and Dedifferentiation
Maria Carmen Alpoim
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121334/2010

Optimization of respiratory electron transfer chains toward sustainable microbial electricity production
Carlos Alberto Gomes Salgueiro
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121361/2010

Synthesis, Structural Analysis and Biological Evaluation of Novel G-quadruplex Ligands towards Anti-Cancer Agents Development
Carla Patrícia Alves Freire Madeira Cruz
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121482/2010

Actin cytoskeleton role in the compartmentalization of redox centres and calcium transport systems within “lipid raft” microdomains of neuronal plasma membrane
Teresa Paula Martins Tiago
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121516/2010

Omic (metabolomics and transcriptomics) approaches to unravel the molecular mechanisms of the Quercus suber -Phytophthora cinnamomi interaction
Ana Cristina Hurtado de Matos Coelho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121610/2010

Ibuprofen-Kyotorphin: the molecular bases for strong analgesia
Miguel Castanho
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121615/2010

Development of next generation drugs against Helicobater pylori infection
Sónia Troeira Henriques
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121633/2010

Unravelling the voltammetry of molybdenum and tungsten enzymes
Patrícia Paes de Sousa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121640/2010

Ubiquitin- and SUMO-covalent modifications of arsenic stress response activators
Regina Menezes Echaniz
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121888/2010

Interaction of vanadium with membranes: implications in the modulation of ionic pumps
Manuel Aureliano Pereira Martins Alves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121908/2010

Novel diagnosis of cachexia using deuterated water
Ivana Jarak
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121921/2010

Mitochondrial dysfunction in fatty acid beta-oxidation disorders: a proteome approach
Francisco Amado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122026/2010

Splicing, stress and energy signaling: unraveling the biochemical and molecular links between SR45 and SnRK1.1 in Arabidopsis
Paula Duque
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122031/2010

Plant aspartic proteinase degradomics: a wide-scale analysis for substrate identification
Carlos José Fialho Costa Faro
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122046/2010

The role of oxidative DNA damage repair for radiation resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans
Elin Moe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122059/2010

Transthyretin aggregation: one misfolding signature, several amyloid pathologies
Tiago Quininha Faria
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122091/2010

Biochemical characterization of MICU1 a novel, mitochondrial, EF-hand protein
Malgorzata Palczewska
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122392/2010

Exploring the substrate promiscuity of a nucleotidyltransferase towards the production of novel vancomycin analogs
Nuno Miguel Formiga Borges
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122524/2010

Cloning and functional characterization of anionic channels involved in cell development
Ana Isabel Dias Bicho dos Santos
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122678/2010

Zinc-binding proteins as novel therapeutic targets for anticancer gold compounds
Filipa Fernandes Mendes
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122779/2010

Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the cellulolytic complex from the fungus Chrysonilia sitophila.
Isabel Maria Travassos de Almeida de Jesus Bento
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122846/2010

Macromolecular Anticancer Therapeutics. A computational study.
Nuno Cerqueira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122858/2010

Netrins: New Targets for Breast Cancer Therapy
Vilma Marisa Arrojado Soares Sardão Oliveira
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122951/2010

Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Pablo Javier Gonzalez
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122957/2010

Chemical characterization, fractioning and separation of extractives from unexplored lignocellulosic materials.
Isabel Miranda
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/122998/2010

Rational design of new antitumor drugs based on phenanthroline metal derivatives
Maria José Diogo da Silva Calhorda
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/123060/2010

Formação de Fibras amiloides de TTR in vivo - para além dos factores genéticos
Goncalo martins Conde da Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/123068/2010

Exploring the molecular mechanisms of selectivity: towards new selective bc1 electron transport chain inhibitors through molecular modeling
Daniel José Viegas Antunes dos Santos
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/116864/2010

HEDICIN - HEterocycle-DIpeptide-CINnamic acid conjugates as novel antimalarials
PAULA ALEXANDRA DE CARVALHO GOMES
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117439/2010

CODECAT: COmputational DEsign of new CATalysts for the water gas shift reaction
José Richard Baptista Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117803/2010

ASTHMA - Future asthma management helped by non-invasive sampling: contributes for the definition of a rapid and non-invasive diagnostic tool
Sílvia Rocha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/117996/2010

BIOPAD - Bio-inspired synthesis of a new palette of anthocyanin derivatives
Victor Freitas
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/118078/2010

Photochemical behavior of new azides: Gateway to nitrenes
Igor Reva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/120182/2010

Optical Biopsy Dyes
Luís Guilherme da Silva Arnaut Moreira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/121744/2010

New drugs for hypertension
Maria João Ramos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122900/2010

Fibrils, Interrupted: Inhibiting Deviant Protein-Protein Interactions in Amyloids
Rui Brito
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-QUI/122916/2010

New drugs to prevent Herpes Simplex virus type 1 infections
Natercia Fernandes Bras
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118076/2010

Antibody-directed liposomes for Alzheimer`s disease
Sandra Cristina Pinto da Rocha
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118389/2010

Structure-based design, biological activity and model membrane permeation studies of antimicrobial peptaibols bearing unnatural amino acids.
Susana Paula Graça da Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118492/2010

A novel regulatory mechanism of the TGFbeta cascade by the recently described PP1/Tctex1d4 complex
Margarida Fardilha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/119657/2010

Finding the naturally evolved design principles of prevalent metabolic circuits
Armindo José Alves da Silva Salvador
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120319/2010

New enzyme inhibitors for breast and prostate cancers: insights to overcome bone loss and endocrine resistance
Natércia Aurora Almeida Teixeira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/120652/2010

Role of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase metabolic switch in pluripotency: insights into cancer and stem cell biology.
João RamalhoSantos
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/QUI-BIQ/121446/2010

Can Hormonal (De)regulation of Ion Transporters in Human Sertoli Cells be Responsible for Infertility?
CARLOS PEDRO FONTES OLIVEIRA
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)