Resume
Maria da Luz Maia is a researcher at the Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF), located at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). She earned her degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, in 2008, followed by a Master’s in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Aveiro in 2012. In 2017, she was awarded an FCT PhD scholarship and successfully completed her PhD in Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Porto in 2022. Currently, Maria is a postdoctoral researcher at CBQF/UCP working on the OakFood project. Her prolific academic contributions include 21 publications in international peer-reviewed (ISI) journals, with 10 as first author, as well as co-authorship of five book chapters. She has authored/co-authored 12 oral presentations and showcased 30 poster communications at national and international scientific meetings. In addition, she serves as an invited adjunct professor at the Polytechnic of Porto, a reviewer for scientific journals, and an Editorial Board member of Scientific Reports. Maria’s research focuses on promoting environmental quality and sustainability through the study of food matrices, assessing the risk-benefit effects of their consumption, and exploring the valorization of by-products.
Graus
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LicenciaturaLicenciatura em Biologia
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MestradoMestrado em Biologia Molecular e Celular
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DoutoramentoQuímica Sustentável
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OutrosIntroductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science - Felasa B
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OutrosFormação Modular em Segurança Alimentar (Food Safety Training)
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OutrosCompetências transversais para a Engenharia: formação pedagógica (Pedagogical Training for Higher Education)
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OutrosE-Ducar:Desenvolvimento de Competências Pedagógicas para o Ensino à Distância (Development of Pedagogical Skills for Distance Learning)
Publicações
Preprint
Journal article
- 2024-09-24, Valorization of Strawberry Tree Berries and Beeswax from Montesinho Natural Park for Cosmetic Industry—A Case Study Formulation, Antioxidants
- 2023-10, Integrated approach applying ultrasound-assisted extraction to recover bioactive material from Chondrus crispus, LWT
- 2023-09-09, Trace Elements in Portuguese Children: Urinary Levels and Exposure Predictors, Toxics
- 2023-07-26, Editorial: Seafood: nutrition savior or safety hazard?, Frontiers in Nutrition
- 2023-06-13, Leukocyte Imbalances in Mucopolysaccharidoses Patients, Biomedicines
- 2023-02-09, Bioactive Compounds of Shrimp Shell Waste from Palaemon serratus and Palaemon varians from Portuguese Coast, Antioxidants
- 2022-10-26, Association between Elevated Iodine Intake and IQ among School Children in Portugal, Nutrients
- 2022-06-08, Seasonal and Spatial Comparison of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Among Decapod Shrimp from Coastal Portugal, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- 2022-05, Minerals and fatty acids profile of Northwest Portuguese Coast Shrimps, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
- 2022-05, Brominated flame retardants effect in MCF-7 cells: Impact on vitamin D pathway, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 2022, The role of adipose tissue analysis on Environmental Pollutants Biomonitoring in women: The European scenario, Science of the Total Environment
- 2021-12, Impact of brominated flame retardants on lipid metabolism: An in vitro approach, Environmental Pollution
- 2021-09-23, Validation and Evaluation of Selected Organic Pollutants in Shrimp and Seawater Samples from the NW Portuguese Coast, Molecules
- 2020-09, Organochlorine pesticides, brominated flame retardants, synthetic musks and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in shrimps. An overview of occurrence and its implication on human exposure, Heliyon
- 2020, Children's performance on Raven's Coloured progressive matrices in Portugal: The Flynn effect, Intelligence
- 2019-06-04, Lipid Antigen Presentation by CD1b and CD1d in Lysosomal Storage Disease Patients, Frontiers in Immunology
- 2017, Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study, Nutrients
- 2017, Can Antioxidative Status Be Involved in Type 1 Diabetes?, Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
- 2015, Eruca sativa: Benefits as antioxidants source versus risks of already banned pesticides, Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes
- 2014, Invariant Natural Killer T Cells are Reduced in Hereditary Hemochromatosis Patients, Journal of Clinical Immunology
- 2013-04, Invariant natural killer T cells are phenotypically and functionally altered in Fabry disease, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
Thesis / Dissertation
- 2022-07-27, PhD, Portuguese shrimps: nutritional added value and contaminants evaluation. Risk-benefit.
- 2012-07-19, Master, Lipid specific T cells in Mucopolysaccharidosis VI patients
- 2008, Degree, Spheroplast formation and production of new drugs against tuberculosis
Book chapter
- 2021, Pyrethroids Metabolites in Human Urine Samples
- 2021, Extraction Procedures and Chromatography of Pesticides Residues in Strawberries
- 2019, Endosulfan Evaluation in Human Samples, Endosulfan: Uses, Toxicological Profile and Regulation, Nova Science Publishers
- 2019, Chemistry and Toxicology Behind Insecticides and Herbicides, Controlled Release of Pesticides for Sustainable Agriculture, Springer International Publishing
- 2017, Organochlorine pesticides in seafood: Occurrence and risk assessment, 115
Conference abstract
- 2022-10, Heavy metals and metalloids in shrimps from northwest Portuguese coast
- 2021-11, Synthetic Musks in shrimp and seawater samples from the NW Portuguese coast
Conference poster
- 2024-12-10, Valorizing acorn byproducts: exploring health-promoting bioactive compounds and efficient starch recovery methods
- 2024-12-10, Exploring the potential of quercus robur kernel and shell for novel food applications
- 2024-11, Improving Hybrid Carrageenan Gel Properties and Extraction Efficiency from Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus with Subcritical water, XXVIII Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química
- 2024-11, Impact of Subcritical Water Extraction on the polysaccharide characteristics of hybrid carrageenans from Mastocarpus stellatus and Chondrus crispus, XXVIII Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química
- 2024-10, Valorization of Quercus rotundifolia acorn kernel and shell towards Innovative Food Applications, XVII Encontro Nacional Química dos Alimentos
- 2024-10, The value of the Acorn Byproducts: Exploring Novel Ingredients and Nutritional Benefits, XVII Encontro Nacional Química dos Alimentos
- 2024-07-06, . Acorn Flours: A Novel Source of Bioactives and Nutritional Benefits., Encontro Ciência 2024.
- 2022-11, Ecotoxicity evaluation of treated wastewaters using Daphnia magna and Raphidocelis subcapitata, XXVI Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química
- 2022-11, Antioxidant capacity of Palaemon serratus and Palaemon varians shell waste, XXVI Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química
- 2022-10, Extraction of bioactive compounds from Mastocarpus stellatus using ultrasound and microwave-assisted extraction: A comparative study, XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
- 2021-07, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons evaluation in Portuguese shrimp samples, NACRW
- 2021-07, Brominated Flame Retardants and Polychlorinated Biphenyls evaluation on Portuguese Shrimp samples, NACRW
- 2019-12-09, Optimization of extraction procedure for Brominated Flame Retardants evaluation on Shrimp samples , 11º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia
- 2019-11-28, Brominated Flame Retardants evaluation: A challenge in Shrimp safe consumption , 1º Simpósio INIAV para a Segurança Alimentar
- 2019-09-26, Urinary Trace metals and heavy metals levels in obese and non-obese Portuguese Children , 3rd International Conference on Food Contaminants
- 2019, Optimization of extraction procedure for Organochlorine pesticides evaluation on Shrimp samples, ICFC
- 2018-11-06, Biomonitoring of organochlorine pesticides in Portuguese coast shrimp , XIV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
- 2018-05-11, H2BioNet– the integrative approach to Human Biomonitoring and Health effects , 1st WORKSHOP ON HUMAN BIOMONITORING IN PORTUGAL
- 2018-05-11, Biomonitoring of arsenic, cadmium and lead in urine of school-aged children from the Portuguese region of Tâmega , 1st WORKSHOP ON HUMAN BIOMONITORING IN PORTUGAL
- 2018-05-10, The iogeneration intervention study at Lisbon: iodine status and iodised salt consumption in school-aged children , XVII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa dos Nutricionistas e I Congresso Internacional de Nutrição e Alimentação
- 2016-11-09, Evaluation of iodine status in Portuguese school-aged children: a national cross-sectional study , 9th European Public Health Conference All for Health, Health for All
- 2016-06-21, Biomonitoring of Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead in urine of children from the Portuguese region of Tâmega , ICOETox
- 2016-05-26, Iodine status of school children from the Portuguese region of Tâmega , FESTEM
- 2015-04-13, Risks of already banned pesticides in Eruca sativa , ICFC
- 2013-09-26, Lymphocytes in Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI patients , ESGLD
- 2013-09-13, iNKT Cells in Gaucher and Fabry diseases , 7th International Symposium on CD1 and NKT cells
- 2013-09-13, iNKT Cells And Lipid Antigen Presentation In Niemann-Pick Disease Type C , 7th International Symposium on CD1 and NKT cells
- 2013-06-04, Lymphocytes and dendritic cells in Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI patients , XXXVIII Jornadas Portuguesas de genética
- 2013-02-13, Antioxidant capacity evaluation of Eruca sativa , IJUP
- 2012-11-25, Fabry and Gaucher disease patients present specific alterations in invariant Natural Killer T cells , XXXVIII Reunião anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia
