Ana Paula Pêgo got her Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, in 2002. In 2003 she moved to INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, where she became a Principal Investigator in 2012. In 2015, INEB joined the i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Universidade do Porto), where Ana Paula Pêgo leads the nanoBiomaterials for Targeted Therapies (nBTT) Group.
By using nanomedicine strategies the nBTT Group, aims at providing in situ and in a targeted manner the required signals to promote nervous tissue regeneration. The research on new biomaterials for application in neurosciences includes the development of new polymers for the design of alternative vectors to viruses for efficient nucleic acid delivery, the preparation of nerve grafts for spinal cord injury treatment and the design of brain tissue engineered platforms. Societal and ethical issues that concern Regenerative Medicine and NanoMedicine are also topics in which Ana Paula Pêgo is involved.
She has been appointed the Scientific Director of the Bioimaging Centre for Biomaterials and Regenerative Therapies of INEB and she is an Invited Associate Professor at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto.
Currently Ana Paula Pêgo is a member of the Board of Directors of i3S, being the Head of Strategy & Creation of Value Unit, is the President of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), serves as an Associate Editor of Biomaterials (Elsevier journal) and is part of the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science (AAAS).
Selected Publications
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213429 SCOPUS: 85154606054.
Leiro V., Spencer A.P., Magalhães N., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121356 SCOPUS: 85122615698.
Moreno P.M.D., Cortinhas J., Martins A.S., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15086 SCOPUS: 85144279266.
Gulino M., Santos S.D., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.787518 SCOPUS: 85121988659.
Barros D., Parreira P., Furtado J., Ferreira-da-Silva F., Conde-Sousa E., García A.J., Martins M.C.L., Amaral I.F., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.10.039 SCOPUS: 85059918479.
Santos S.D., Xavier M., Leite D.M., Moreira D.A., Custódio B., Torrado M., Castro R., Leiro V., Rodrigues J., Tomás H., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.10.006 SCOPUS: 85055160262.
Moreno P.M.D., Ferreira A.R., Salvador D., Rodrigues M.T., Torrado M., Carvalho E.D., Tedebark U., Sousa M.M., Amaral I.F., Wengel J., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2018.03.009 SCOPUS: 85045213607.
Leiro V., Duque Santos S., Lopes C.D.F., Paula Pêgo A.,
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201700313 SCOPUS: 85019665316.
Lopes C.D.F., Gonçalves N.P., Gomes C.P., Saraiva M.J., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.12.025 SCOPUS: 85008958194.
Gomes C.P., Lopes C.D.F., Leitner M., Ebner A., Hinterdorfer P., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201700597 SCOPUS: 85026363665.
Leiro V., Garcia J.P., Moreno P.M.D., Spencer A.P., Fernandez-Villamarin M., Riguera R., Fernandez-Megia E., Paula Pêgo A.,
DOI: 10.1039/c7tb00279c SCOPUS: 85021637380.
Silva J., Bento A.R., Barros D., Laundos T.L., Sousa S.R., Quelhas P., Sousa M.M., Pêgo A.P., Amaral I.F.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.07.013 SCOPUS: 85023776762.
Moreno P.M.D., Santos J.C., Gomes C.P., Varela-Moreira A., Costa A., Leiro V., Mansur H., Peîgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00538 SCOPUS: 84957309922.
Lopes C.D.F., Gomes C.P., Neto E., Sampaio P., Aguiar P., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0247 SCOPUS: 84998705753.
Rocha D.N., Ferraz-Nogueira J.P., Barrias C.C., Relvas J.B., Pêgo A.P.,
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00377 SCOPUS: 84944455274.