Patrícia Henriques (linkedin.com/in/patriciachenriques) is a Bioengineer (integrated MSc at FEUP, 2014), with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (INEB/FEUP, 2021, supervisor Inês Gonçalves), and currently a Project Manager at i3S. She is also co-founder of a startup, GOTECH Antimicrobial.
Patrícia has had Research Assistant positions at INEB and LEPABE/FEUP, working mostly on antimicrobial surfaces’ development. She started her PhD in 2017 focused on "Exploring antibacterial graphene-based biomaterials for hemodialysis catheters", and during that period (2017-2022), she published 12 papers, 6 as first author, presented her work in several conferences (19 oral , 13 poster presentations, participating in 2 as startup representative), co-supervised 5 students (one ongoing), and played a role as manuscript reviewer. Patrícia received 7 awards and participated in several initiatives for enhancing public awareness of science, being part of the GreenLab initiative at i3S. She also participated in the tech transfer training program Hitech One and Two (2020).
Patrícia is co-inventor of two patents, the last one already getting validation in national phases (Reusable integrated sterilization system for medical devices). She also co-wrote a book chapter (Ch 12. Graphene: an ally for antibacterial biomaterials, 2022) and participated in several projects, helping to write more dedicatedly two of them – Caixa Research Validate (2021) and Innovator Award from Wellcome Trust (2022), both awarded.
After finishing her PhD and attending some career changing workshops at i3s, she decided to actually make a shift on her career to technology transfer and project management. She co-founded a startup, GOTECH Antimicrobial, with Inês Gonçalves, in 2021, after participating in the EIT Jumpstarter and receiving the second prize in the Health sector. Patrícia participated in the Caixa Research Validate program, consolidating her training with the Tech Transfer Leadership in Life Sciences program from Barcelona School of Management (UPF). She attended an IP Management workshop at i3S and a General Course on IP from WIPO (2021), to better understand the possibilities and relevance of IP protection. To strengthen her knowledge in the regulatory affairs of medical devices, Patrícia attended several workshops and a certified training by IPN (certification nº 72/2022) on the new MDR 2017/754 implemented in Europe (50h). She also attended a Research Project Management training at i3S to better perform her duties as Project Manager of the Innovator Award project (2022-2025). She attended 3 courses on scientific writing and some webinars on FAIR data.
Patrícia’s interests include biomaterials, microbiology, and surface modification towards the design of antimicrobial surfaces. She is also very interested on the process of translating lab developed technologies to the market, and all that it takes to accomplish that – IP protection, regulatory affairs, interaction with stakeholders, company creation, business plan development, marketing, pitch presentation, and so on. She wants to take their graphene-based light-activated catheter cap to the market, and make it the gold standard for patients dealing with the suffering of hemodialysis catheter-related infections.
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Selected Publications
Graphene: an ally for antibacterial biomaterials. New Trends in Smart Nanostructured Biomaterials in Health Sciences:379-407, 2022. [Book: Book Chapter]
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85671-3.00004-X SCOPUS: 85158937556
Henriques P.C., Pereira A.T., Bogas D., Fernandes J.R., Pinto A.M., Magalhães F.D., Gonçalves I.C.
Graphene films irradiated with safe low-power NIR-emitting diodes kill multidrug resistant bacteria. Carbon180:10-21, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 10] [IF: 11,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.04.085 SCOPUS: 85105267175
Pereira A.T., Schneider K.H., Henriques P.C., Grasl C., Melo S.F., Fernandes I.P., Kiss H., Martins M.C.L., Bergmeister H., Gonçalves I.C.
Graphene Oxide Coating Improves the Mechanical and Biological Properties of Decellularized Umbilical Cord Arteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces13(28):32662-32672, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 13] [IF: 10,4]
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04028 SCOPUS: 85111180304
Henriques P.C., Costa L.M., Seabra C.L., Antunes B., Silva-Carvalho R., Junqueira-Neto S., Maia A.F., Oliveira P., Magalhães A., Reis C.A., Gartner F., Touati E., Gomes J., Costa P., Martins M. ., Gonçalves I.C.
Orally administrated chitosan microspheres bind Helicobacter pylori and decrease gastric infection in mice. Acta Biomaterialia114:206-220, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 23] [IF: 8,9]
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.06.035 SCOPUS: 85088806369
Henriques P., Borges I., Pinto A., Magalhães F., Gonçalves I.
Fabrication and antimicrobial performance of surfaces integrating graphene-based materials. Carbon132:709-732, 2018. [Journal: Review] [CI: 74] [IF: 7,5]
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.02.027 SCOPUS: 85043307316
Henriques P.C., Pereira A.T., Pires A.L., Pereira A.M., Magalhães F.D., Gonçalves I.C.
Graphene Surfaces Interaction with Proteins, Bacteria, Mammalian Cells, and Blood Constituents: The Impact of Graphene Platelet Oxidation and Thickness. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces12(18):21020-21035, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 34] [IF: 9,2]
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b21841 SCOPUS: 85084379485
Gonçalves I.C., Magalhães A., Costa A.M.S., Oliveira J.R., Henriques P.C., Gomes P., Reis C.A., Martins M.C.L.
Bacteria-targeted biomaterials: Glycan-coated microspheres to bind Helicobacter pylori. Acta Biomaterialia33:40-50, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 15] [IF: 6,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.029 SCOPUS: 84959468144
Pereira A.T., Henriques P.C., Costa P.C., Martins M.C.L., Magalhães F.D., Gonçalves I.C.
Graphene oxide-reinforced poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels with extreme stiffness and high-strength. Composites Science and Technology184:, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 28] [IF: 7,1]
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2019.107819 SCOPUS: 85072771699
Borges I., Henriques P.C., Gomes R.N., Pinto A.M., Pestana M., Magalhães F.D., Gonçalves I.C.
Exposure of smaller and oxidized graphene on polyurethane surface improves its antimicrobial performance. Nanomaterials10(2):, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 19] [IF: 5,1]
DOI: 10.3390/nano10020349 SCOPUS: 85079714581
Pereira A.T., Henriques P.C., Schneider K.H., Pires A.L., Pereira A.M., Martins M.C.L., Magalhaes F.D., Bergmeister H., Goncalves I.C.
Graphene-based materials: The key for the successful application of pHEMA as a blood-contacting device. Biomaterials Science9(9):3362-3377, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 18] [IF: 7,6]
DOI: 10.1039/d0bm01699c SCOPUS: 85105463372
Rosenkranz A., Perini G., Aguilar-Hurtado J.Y., Zambrano D.F., Wang B., Niccolini B., Henriques P.C., Rosa E., De Maio F., Delogu G., De Spirito M., Palmieri V., Papi M.
Laser-Mediated antibacterial effects of Few- and Multi-Layer Ti
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150795 SCOPUS: 85111825762
Fonseca D.R., Moura A., Leiro V., Silva-Carvalho R., Estevinho B.N., Seabra C.L., Henriques P.C., Lucena M., Teixeira C., Gomes P., Parreira P., Martins M.C.L.
Grafting MSI-78A onto chitosan microspheres enhances its antimicrobial activity. Acta Biomaterialia137:186-198, 2022. [Journal: Article] [CI: 15] [IF: 9,7]
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.09.063 SCOPUS: 85118721492