Prizes/Awards
Thesis Prizes
Best PhD Thesis Prize ITQB – 2010
Production Optimization of Rotavirus-Like Particles - A Systems Biology Approach.
António Roldão
Supervisors: Rui M. F. Oliveira and Manuel J. T. Carrondo.
Best PhD Thesis of Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research - 2010
Expression of Antibodies and Retroviral Vectors from Defined Chromosomal Sites: Strategies towards Reliable Production Systems
Leonor Norton
Supervisors: Hansjörg Hauser and Paula M. Alves.
Prizes in Conferences
Best Poster Award
Cryopreservation of adherent cells: strategies to improve cell viability and function after thawing
R. Malpique, D. Ferreira, F. Ehrhart, A. Katsen-Globa, M. J. T. Carrondo, H. Zimmermann, P. M. Alves
2nd World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, Seul, South Korea, August 2009.
2nd Best Poster Presentation
Improved Cryopreservation Protocols for Brain Cells
R. Malpique, L. Osório, D. Ferreira, F. Ehrhart, H. Zimmermann and Paula M. Alves
ESACT 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009.
3rd Best Poster Presentation
Lipid Metabolism as a Basis for Improved Manufacturing of Complex Bioproducts – The case of Retroviral Vectors
Ana F. Rodrigues, Marlene Carmo, Ana I. Amaral, Paula M. Alves and Ana S. Coroadinha
ESACT 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009.
Merck Best Student Poster Award
Novel techniques for characterization of double and triple-layered rotavirus-like particles
Candida Mellado, Ana Luísa Simplício, António Lopes, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, Paula M. Alves
Vaccine Technology II, Albufeira, Portugal, June 2008.
Merck Best Student Poster Award
Cell Culture and Cryopreservation in an Alginate Environment: Applications in Cell-Based Therapies and Toxicology Testing
Rita Malpique, Friederike Ehrhart, Alisa Katsen-Globa, Manuel J. T. Carrondo, Paula M. Alves, Heiko Zimmermann
Cell Culture Engineering XI, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, April 2008.
1st Best Poster Presentation
Understanding anion exchange membrane chromatography: optimization of Rotavirus-Like Particles purification
Tiago Vicente, Marcos Sousa, Cristina Peixoto, Manuel J.T. Carrondo and Paula M. Alves
14th International Conference on Biopartitioning and Purification, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2007.
2nd Prize Poster Presentation
Screening Anion-Exchange Chromatographic Matrices for Isolation of Onco-Retroviral Vectors
Teresa Rodrigues, Andreia Carvalho, António Roldão, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, Paula M. Alves, Pedro E. Cruz
European Downstream Technology Forum, Göttingen, Germany, May 2006.
1st Best Poster Presentation
Cell growth arrest by nucleotides, nucleosides and bases as a tool for improved production of recombinant proteins.
Ana V. Carvalhal, Sónia Sá Santos, Mathias Haury, Manuel J.T. Carrondo
18th Meeting of the European Society for Animal Cell Technology, Granada, May 2003
1st Best Poster Presentation
Alternative Approaches to Culture Brain Cells in Stirred Tank Bioreactors.
Paula M Alves, Sónia Sá Santos, Luis L. Fonseca, Miguel AR Monteiro & Manuel J.T. Carrondo
First World Congress on Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig, October 2003
1st Best Poster Presentation
Controled Growth of Animal Cells for Biopharmaceutical Production.
Ana Carvalhal, José Calado, Sónia Sá Santos, Manuel J.T. Carrondo
Cell Culture Engineering VIII, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA, April 2002
Scientific Merit Prizes and Recognitions
Recognition
Manuel J. T. Carrondo, Medal of Merit, European Society for Animal Cell Technology (ESACT), Dresden, Germany, 2007
Recognition
Paula M. Alves, Elected to Executive Board (Secretary), European Society for Animal Cell Technology (ESACT), Dresden, Germany, 2007
Scientific Prize
Paula M. Alves, French PhD Association, 2005
Scientific Prize
Paula M. Alves, Santander Totta/Universidade Nova de Lisboa Scientific Merit Prize, 2008
