PAULA GOMES
Bioorganic and Peptide Chemistry
- Bioactive peptides synthesis and biomedical applications
- Antimicrobial peptides as bioagents against crop diseases
- Rescuing and repurposing of anti-infective agents
ENRIQUE BORGES
Asymmetric Organic Synthesis
of Bioactive Chiral Compounds
- Vitamin D analogues
- PGLa mimetics
LUÍSA DO VALE
Amino acid-based Surfactants
for Drug and Gene Delivery
- Design and synthesis of biocompatible amino acid-based self-assembling surfactants
- Studies on their potential for gene therapy and other therapeutic applications
RICARDO FERRAZ
New Therapeutic Approaches
Based on Ionic Liquids
- Synthesis and physico-chemical caracterization of ionic liquids
- API-ILs: active pharmaceutic ingredients-derived ionic liquids
SANDRA SILVA
Amino acid-based Amphiphiles in
Novel Anti-infective Approaches
- Synthesis and physicochemical/self-aggregation behavior of biocompatible amphiphiles
- Studies on their applications as new antimicrobials with enhanced dermal permeation
IVO SAMPAIO DIAS
Orally-Available Neuropeptide
Bioisosteres for Parkinson’s Disease
- Design, synthesis, and biomedical application of melanostatin bioisosteres
- Pharmacological characterization of allosteric modulators of the dopamine receptors
ANA GOMES
Innovative strategies to combat skin disorders
by use of bioactive peptides and ionic liquids
- Antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, and wound-healing peptides
- Peptide-ionic liquid conjugates as ingredients for topical medicines