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Call for Funding of Research and Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2008

Health Sciences - Pharmacology and Pharmacological Sciences

    Painel de Avaliação de Ciências da Saúde - 2008
  • Fernando Lopes da Silva
  • Roland Pochet
  • Alice Warley
  • David Chambers
  • Jean-Michel Bouler
  • George Griffin
  • Fernando Giraldez Orgaz
  • Francisco Bolumar
  • Ad Geurts van Kessel
  • Anton J. G. Horrevoets
  • Trevor W Stone
  • Richard K Grencis
  • Sergio Cerutti
PTDC/SAU-FCF/098685/2008

Impact of methamphetamine on the blood-brain barrier: unmasking the underlying mechanisms and the role of neuroinflammation. Ana Paula Pereira da Silva Martins, Universidade de Coimbra (UC). €129,388.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/098733/2008

Lung CYD-DDS (cyclodextrin-based drug delivery systems) for inhalation. Helena Maria Cabral Marques, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa). €193,271.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/098734/2008

Targeting the mitochondrial electron transport chain of malaria parasites: computer-assisted design and synthesis of bc1 complex inhibitors as antimalarial agents. Rui Moreira, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa). €141,684.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/099082/2008

Caloric restriction increases lifespan: role of neuropeptide Y on autophagy. CLÁUDIA MARGARIDA GONÇALVES CAVADAS, Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC). €153,150.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/100291/2008

EncapsDevice: Development of polymeric nanostructures for nasal and pulmonary delivery of peptides and proteins. Ana Margarida Moutinho Grenha, Universidade do Algarve (UAlg). €199,998.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/100423/2008

Role of ATP and its P2Y1 receptors in neuroprotection. Rodrigo Antunes Cunha, Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC). €189,697.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/100442/2008

Role of the neuregulin system in pulmonary arterial hypertension - pathophysiological and therapeutic implications. Carmen Dulce da Silveira Brás Silva, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP). €86,952.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/100749/2008

Implication of sirtuin proteins in the regulation of antigen presenting cells apoptosis during leishmaniasis: a therapeutic approach. Ricardo Jorge Leal Silvestre, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP). €154,667.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/100762/2008

Pharmacologic use of Gasotransmitters in Severe Malaria. Miguel Amado Franco Parreira Soares, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG). €199,008.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/100930/2008

Molecular and nanotechnology-based approaches to improve the antitumor activity of small molecules. Madalena Maria Magalhães Pinto, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (FF/UP). €199,790.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/101017/2008

Role and mechanism of action of immunoregulatory iNKT and DC cells in Leishmania infection: new approaches for vaccination? Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP). €117,311.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/101177/2008

A role for Nrf2/ARE cytoprotective signalling in iron overload. Adaptive response to oxidative stress as a disease modifier in HFE-associated hereditary hemochromatosis. Tiago Pereira de Lacerda Costa Duarte, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP). €176,488.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/101950/2008

A new life for old antimycobacterial drugs: development of prodrugs of pyrazinoic acid activated by mycobacterial esterases as a way to circumvent resistance to pyrazinamide. Luis Filipe Vicente Constantino, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa). €192,882.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/102415/2008

The Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV (DPPIV) as new promising targets on the adipose tissue regulation in obesity. Joana Salgado, Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC). €96,184.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/102807/2008

Enhancing the killing of intracellular multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) by human macrophages: a new chemotherapeutic strategy to fight MDRTB. MIGUEL VIVEIROS BETTENCOURT, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL). €191,134.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/102958/2008

IMPLICATIONS OF AMPHETAMINE PSYCHOSTIMULANTS ABUSE IN BRAIN AGING. João Paulo Capela, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €199,488.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/104347/2008

Monocarboxylate transporters as potential therapeutic targets in cancer: inhibition studies in solid tumor models. Maria de Fátima Monginho Baltazar, Universidade do Minho (UM). €119,711.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/104448/2008

Development and validation of a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model to individualize carboplatin and gemcitabine doses for elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Paula Maria Façanha da Cruz Fresco, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €138,154.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/104492/2008

NanoFreeze - Freeze-drying approaches for overcoming instability of therapeutic proteins encapsulated into nanoparticles. Bruno Sarmento, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (FF/UP). €197,150.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/105429/2008

Anti-inflammatory mechanism and properties of medicinal plants: a multidisciplinary research for their validation and utilization as a source of phytopharmaceuticals. Maria Teresa Pereira Marques Batista, Universidade de Coimbra (UC). €177,553.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/108056/2008

Analysis of transcription deregulation in brain and peripheral Huntington's disease models - influence of modulating histone deacetylases. Ana Cristina Carvalho Rego, Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC). €199,999.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/108263/2008

Fibroblasts as mechano-sensory signalling intermediates between epithelia and primary afferent neurons: Role of extracellular ATP, purinoceptors and [Ca2+]i waves. Paulo Correia de Sá, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP). €121,764.

PTDC/SAU-FCF/108462/2008

Is there a place for adenosine mediating impairment of both neuromuscular and immunological synapses in myasthenics? Laura Oliveira, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP). €103,995.