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Francisco Miguel Portela da Gama |
Associate Professor |
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Department
of Biological Engineering
E-mail: fmgama@deb.uminho.pt Phone:
+351 - 253 604 418 Fax: +351 - 253 678 986 Click here to see an alternative homepage. |
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Education | Positions | Teaching | Research | Publications |
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Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, UM, 1996
Master in Biotechnology (Biochemical Engineering), IST, 1991
Graduation in Biochemistry, FCUP, 1986
Associate Professor, UM, 2003-
Assistant Professor, UM, 1996-2003
Teaching assistant, UM, 1992-96
Physical Chemistry (Biological Engineering Degree – 2nd year)
Strategy of Process Engineering – Project (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th year)
Enzymatic Engineering (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th year)
Controlled Drug Delivery (Biomedical Engineering Degree)
Carbohydrate Binding Modules
Biomaterials
Nanotechnology
Drug delivery
Gonçalves, C., Martins, J.A., Gama, F.M. Self-assembled nanoparticles of dextrin substituted with hexadeanethiol. Biomacromolecules, 8:2, 392-398, 2007.
Ramos, R., Carvalho, V., Gama, F.M. Novel hydrogel obtained by chitosan and dextrin-VA co-polimerization. Biotechnology Letters, 28:16, 1279-1284, 2006.
Pinto, R., Carvalho, J., Mota, M., Gama, M. Large scale production of Cellulose-Binding Domains. Adsorption studies using CBD-FITC conjugates. Cellulose 13:5, 557-569, 2006.
Dourado, F., Madureira, P. Carvalho, V., Coimbra, M.A., Vilanova, M., Mota, M., Gama, F.M. Purification, structure and immunobiological activity of an arabinan-rich pectic polysaccharide from the cell walls of Prunus dulcis seeds. Carbohydrate Research 339:15, 2555-2566, 2004.
Nigmatullin, R., Lovitt, R., Wright, C., Linder, M., Nakari-Setälä, T., Gama, F.M. Atomic force microscopy study of cellulose surface interaction controlled by cellulose binding domains. Colloid and Surfaces B: Interfaces, 35:2, 125-135, 2004.
Pinto, R., Moreira, S., Mota, M., Gama, F.M., Cellulose-Binding Domains Adsorption to Cellulose. Langmuir, 20:4, 1409-1413, 2004.
Dourado, F., Barros, A., Mota, M., Coimbra, M.A., Gama, F.M., Anatomy and cell wall polysaccharides of almond (Prunus dulcis D.A. Webb) seeds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52:5, 1364-1370, 2004.
Lemos, M.A., Teixeira, J.A., M.R.M. Domingues, Mota, M., Gama, F.M. The enhancement of the cellulolytic activity of Cellobiohydrolase I and Endoglucanase by the addition of Cellulose Binding Domains derived from Trichoderma reesei, Enzyme and Microbial Technology 32:1, 35-40, 2003.
Marques, S., Pala, H., Alves, L., Amaral-Collaço, M.T., Gama, F.M., Gírio, F.M. Characterisation and application of glycanases secreted by Aspergillus terreus CCMI 498 and Trichoderma viride CCMI 84 for enzymatic deinking of mixed office wastepaper. Journal of Biotechnology, 100, 209-219, 2003.
Dourado, F., Bastos, M., Mota, M., Gama, F.M., Studies on the properties of Celluclast/Eudragit L-100 conjugates. Journal of Biotechnology, 99:2, 121-131, 2002.