Joana Azeredo

Professor Associado com Agregação
  • Área de Investigação: Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia para a Saúde
  • Grupo de Investigação: BSTeG
  • Lab.: Laboratório de Microbiologia Aplicada à Saúde
  • 253 604 414 (Gabinete) / 253 601 971 (Laboratório)
  • jazeredo@deb.uminho.pt




Carreira

  • Desde  2014: Professor Associado com Agregação, Universidade do Minho
  • 2010 - 2014: Professor Associado, Universidade do Minho
  • 2001 - 2010: Professor Auxiliar, Universidade do Minho
  • 1999 - 2000: Assistente Convidado, Universidade do Minho
  • 1998 - 1999: Assistente Estagiário, Universidade do Minho
  • 1996 - 1997: Monitor, Universidade do Minho

Qualificações

  • 1998: Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica, Universidade do Minho

Cargos e Responsabilidades

  • Desde  2020: Diretor de Curso, PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Desde  2016: Membro da Comissão Coordenadora da unidade de I&D , Centro de Engenharia Biológica
  • 2015 - 2020: Diretor de Curso, Mestrado em Biotecnologia
  • Desde  2012: Section Editor of "Virology Journal"
  • 2010 - 2016: Diretor-Adjunto de unidade de I&D, Centro de Engenharia Biológica
  • 2008 - 2015: Membro da Comissão Diretiva de Curso, Mestrado em Bioengenharia

Gestão de Laboratórios



Cursos

  • Laboratórios Integrados I ( Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica )
  • Laboratórios Integrados II ( Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica )
  • Riscos e Recursos Biológicos ( Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica )
  • Tecnologia de Cultura de Células ( Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica )
  • Engenharia de Bioprocessos ( Mestrado em Bioengenharia )

Interesses de Investigação

    Docente integrado na subunidade: Centro de Engenharia Biológica

Projetos


Alunos de Investigação


Publicações Recentes

1
Combination of phages and antibiotics with enhanced killing efficacy against dual-species bacterial communities in a three-dimensional lung epithelial model
  • Biofilm, 9(100245), 2025
2
CRISPR-Cas9 engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae for endolysin delivery to combat Listeria monocytogenes
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 109(81), 2025
3
Successful bacteriophage therapy of pyoderma caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in a dog
  • Veterinary Dermatology, 36(2), 227-230, 2025
4
Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci phages panorama: Genomic diversity and in vitro studies for a therapeutic use
  • Microbiological Research, 290(127944), 2025
5
Removal of virus from hands: a study on the role of washing and drying
  • Journal of Hospital Infection, 155, 82-87, 2025
6
  • Monteiro, Rodrigo; Alcantud, Beatriz Santamarina; Piersma, Sjouke; Hendrickx, Antoni P.A.; Maaß, Sandra; Becher, Dörte; Azeredo, Joana; Bathoorn, Erik; van Dijl, Jan Maarten
Outer membrane vesicles of carbapenem-resistant clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates protect both the vesicle-producing bacteria and non-resistant bacteria against carbapenems
  • Microbiological Research, 297(128175), 2025
7
Molecular detection of carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii strains of Portugal and association with sequence types, capsular types, and virulence
  • Clinical Therapeutics, 468(12), e9-e15, 2024
8
  • Pedersen, Emilie C.; Lerche, Christian Johann; Schwartz, Franziska Angelica; Ciofu, Oana; Azeredo, Joana; Thomsen, Kim; Moser, Claus
Bacteriophage therapy and infective endocarditis – is it realistic?
  • Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology - the APMIS Journal, 132(10), 675-687, 2024
9
Phage SEP1 hijacks Staphylococcus epidermidis stationary cells’ metabolism to replicate
  • mSystems, 9(7), e00263-24, 2024
10
  • Pirnay, Jean-Paul; Djebara, Sarah; Steurs, Griet; Griselain, Johann; Cochez, Christel; De Soir, Steven; Glonti, Tea; Spiessens, An; Vanden Berghe, Emily; Green, Sabrina; Wagemans, Jeroen; Lood, Cédric; Schrevens, Eddie; Chanishvili, Nina; Kutateladze, Mzia; de Jode, Mathieu; Ceyssens, Pieter-Jan; Draye, Jean-Pierre; Verbeken, Gilbert; De Vos, Daniel; Rose, Thomas; Onsea, Jolien; Van Nieuwenhuyse, Brieuc; Soentjens, Patrick; Lavigne, Rob; Merabishvili, Maya; Pang, Kim Win; Metsemakers, Willem-Jan; Van der Linden, Dimitri; Chatzis, Olga; Eskenazi, Anaïs; Lopez, Angel; De Voeght, Adrien; Rousseau, Anne Françoise; Tilmanne, Anne; Vens, Daphne; Gérain, Jean; Layeux, Brice; Vlieghe, Erika; Baar, Ingrid; Van Ierssel, Sabrina; Van Laethem, Johan; Guiot, Julien; De Roock, Sophie; Jennes, Serge; Uyttebroek, Saartje; Van Gerven, Laura; Hellings, Peter W.; Dupont, Lieven; Debaveye, Yves; Devolder, David; Spriet, Isabel; De Munter, Paul; Depypere, Melissa; Vanfleteren, Michiel; Cornu, Olivier; Verhulst, Stijn; Boiy, Tine; Lamote, Stoffel; Van Zele, Thibaut; Wieërs, Grégoire; Courtin, Cécile; Lebeaux, David; Sartre, Jacques; Ferry, Tristan; Laurent, Frédéric; Paul, Kevin; Di Luca, Mariagrazia; Gottschlich, Stefan; Tkhilaishvili, Tamta; Cesta, Novella; Racenis, Karlis; Barbosa, Telma; López-Cortés, Luis Eduardo; Tomás, Maria; Hübner, Martin; Pham, Truong-Thanh; Nagtegaal, Paul; Ten Oever, Jaap; Daniels, Johannes; Loubert, Maartje; Iheb, Ghariani; Jones, Joshua; Hall, Lesley; Young, Matthew; Balarjishvili, Nana; Tediashvili, Marina; Tong, Yigang; Rohde, Christine; Wittmann, Johannes; Hazan, Ronen; Nir-Paz, Ran; Azeredo, Joana; Krylov, Victor; Cameron, David; Pitton, Melissa; Que, Yok-Ai; Resch, Gregory; McCallin, Shawna; Dunne, Matthew; Kilcher, Samuel
Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multinational, retrospective observational study
  • Nature Microbiology, 9(6), 1434-1453, 2024
11
  • Turner, Paul E.; Azeredo, Joana; Buurman, Ed. T.; Green, Sabrina; Haaber, Jakob Krause; Haggstrom, Douglas; Carvalho, Koichi Kameda de Figueiredo; Kirchhelle, Claas; Moreno, Mercedes Gonzalez; Pirnay, Jean-Paul; Portillo, Mirza Alas
Addressing the research and development gaps in modern phage therapy
  • PHAGE: Therapy; Applications; and Research, 5(1), 2024
12
Exploring the transcriptional landscape of phage–host interactions using novel high-throughput approaches
  • Current Opinion in Microbiology, 77(102419), 2024
13
M13 phage grafted with peptide motifs as a tool to detect amyloid-β oligomers in brain tissue
  • Communications Biology, 7(134), 2024
14
Combining phages and antibiotic to enhance antibiofilm efficacy against an in vitro dual species wound biofilm
  • Biofilm, 6(100147), 2023
15
  • Høiby, N.; Moser, C.; Oliver, A.; Williams, C.; Ramage, G.; Borghi, E.; Azeredo, Joana; Macia, M.D.
To update or not to update the ESCMID guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of biofilm infections – That is the question! The opinion of the ESGB board
  • Biofilm, 6(100135), 2023
16
Phage display identified peptide with selectivity for human osteoarthritic chondrocytes
  • Advanced Therapeutics, 6(12), 2300263, 2023
17
A systematic review of the use of bacteriophages for in vitro biofilm control
  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 42(8), 919-928, 2023
18
Impact of phage predation on P. aeruginosa adhered to human airway epithelium: major transcriptomic changes in metabolism and virulence-associated genes
  • RNA Biology, 20(1), 235-247, 2023
19
CkP1 bacteriophage, a S16-like myovirus that recognizes Citrobacter koseri lipopolysaccharide through its long tail fibers
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 107, 3621-3636, 2023
20
  • Ongenae, Véronique; Azeredo, Joana; Kropinski, Andrew M.; Rozen, Daniel; Briegel, Ariane; Claessen, Dennis
Genome sequence and characterization of Streptomyces phage Pablito, representing a new species within the genus Janusvirus
  • Scientific Reports, 12(17785), 2022
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