2021

• Best Flash Presentation
  Production of high‐quality SARS‐CoV‐2 antigens: Impact of bioprocess and storage on glycosylation, biophysical attributes, and ELISA serologic tests performance.
  Sónia Mendes
  40th International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides & Polynucleotides (ISPPP) (7 - 10 November 2021)

2020

• Best Abstract Prize
  Development of ex vivo models for cancer research.
  Giacomo Domenici, Luisa Cartaxo, Marta Estrada, Ángel Montero Carcaboso, Catarina Brito.
  Online Symposium "OrganoidsWith]Out[Borders" (23 November 2020).
• Best Oral Presentation
  A precision medicine platform using patient-derived ovarian cancer cell models to predict drug efficacy.
  Rita Mendes.
  EMBO | FEMS Lecture Course "Cancer Systems Biology: Promises of artificial intellinge", Virtual Conference (28 September - 2 October 2020).
• Best Poster Award
  Development of antibodies against the Notch ligand Delta-Like-1 with activity against ER+ breast cancer.
  Gabriela Silva, Joana Sales-Dias, Diogo Casal, Sara Alves, Andreia Ferreira, Giacomo Domenici, Ana R. Lemos, Khrystyna Kucheryava, Pedro M. F. Sousa, Tiago M. Bandeiras, Paula Videira, Ana Barbas.
  Webinar "Cancer Biology: From Basic to Translational Research", Virtual Conference (25 September 2020).
• Silver Poster Prize
  Generation of mature hiPSC derived hepatocytes: a nature-inspired protocol.
  Joana I Almeida, Pedro Vicente, Paula M Alves, Pedro M Baptista, Margarida Serra.
  2020 Winter School of the European Society for Artificial Organs, Wittenberg, Germany (26 - 29 February 2020).

2019

• Best Poster Presentation
  Towards More Mature HPSC-CM Via Metabolic Modulation In 3D Culture.
  Marta Paiva, Claudia Correia, Alexey Koshkin, Catarina Gomes, Inês Isidro, Paula Alves, Margarida Serra.
  53^rd annual Scientific meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, Coimbra, Portugal (22 - 24 May 2019).
• Best Poster Presentation
  An Ex Vivo Tumor Culture Platform for Functional Drug Testing.
  Ana L. Cartaxo, Marta Estrada, Giacomo Domenici, Ruben Roque, Fernanda Silva, Saudade André, Catarina Brito.
  TERMIS-EU 2019 Conference, Rhodes, Greece (27-31 May 2019).

2017

• Excellent Shotgun Communication
  Unveiling the role of human cardiac stem cells in acute myocardial infarction.
  Maria João Sebastião, Margarida Serra, Rute Pereira, Itziar Palacios, Patrícia Gomes-Alves , Paula Alves.
  3^rd International Symposium in Profiling, Capuchos, Caparica, Portugal (4 -7 September 2017).
• 3^rd Poster Prize
  A modular strategy for multi-HA influenza VLPs production: combining stable and baculovirus-mediated expresssion in insect cells.
  Daniela P. Sequeira, Ricardo C. Correia, Manuel JT. Carrondo, Antonio Roldao, Ana P. Teixeira, Paula M. Alves.
  25^th ESACT Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland (14-17 May 2017).
• Best Poster Snapshot
  Expansion of 3D human induced pluripotent stem cell aggregates in bioreactors: bioprocess intensification and scaling-up approaches.
  Bernardo Abecasis, Tiago Aguiar, Émilie Arnault, Rita Costa, Patricia Gomes-Alves, Anders Aspegren, Margarida Serra, and Paula M. Alves.
  Scale-Up and Manufacturing of Cell-based Therapies V held in San Diego, California, USA (15-19 January 2017).

2016

• Best Poster Presentation Prize
  Engineering envelope glycoproteins for the establishment of stable cell lines for lentiviral vector production.
  Daniel Mestre.
  ESACT Frontiers Retreat, October 20–22, 2016 in Lyon, France.
• Best Young Scientist Oral Presentation
  Towards improving predictability in pre-clinical research: human 3D neural in vitro model for assessment of gene therapy vectors.
  Daniel Simão.
  19^th Congress of the European Society of Toxicology in vitro (ESTIV) held in Juan-les-Pins, France (17-20 October).
• Poster in the Spotlight
  Mimicking disease progression features by modulation of the tumor microenvironment in stirred-tank culture systems.
  Marta F. Estrada, Sofia P. Rebelo, Vitor E. Santo, Emma J. Davies, Sofia Abreu, Marta T. Pinto, Wolfgang Sommergruber, Paula M. Alves, Elizabeth Anderson, Catarina Brito.
  EACR24 (24^th Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research), Manchester, UK, July 2016

2015

• Young Investigator Award
  A click chemistry approach to monitor and improve Influenza Virus-Like Particles Downstream Processing.
  Sofia B. Carvalho, João M. Freire, Mafalda G. Moleirinho, Francisca Monteiro, Diana Gaspar, Miguel A.R.B. Castanho, M.J.T Carrondo, P. M. Alves, Gonçalo J.L. Bernardes, Cristina Peixoto.
  Affinity 2015 Meeting (21^st biennial meeting of the international society for molecular recognition), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, September 2015.
• Best Student Poster Award
  Filtration methodologies for the concentration and washing of human mesenchymal stem cells.
  Bárbara Cunha, C Peixoto, MM Silva, MJT Carrondo, M Serra, PM Alves.
  Scale-up and Manufacturing of Cell-Based Therapies IV, San Diego, California, USA, January 2015.
• Best Oral Presentation
  The interplay between CD81 and Hepatitis C virus envelope protein E2: impact on developing a HCV vaccine candidate.
  Hugo R. Soares, Rute Castro, Bertrand Bellier, David Klatzmann, Paula M. Alves, Manuel J. T. Carrondo and Ana S. Coroadinha.
  VI ITQB PhD Students’ Meeting, Oeiras, Portugal, November 2015.
• Best Poster Presentation
  Improvement of enveloped virus based biopharmaceuticals production in mammalian cells.
  Ana S. Formas-Oliveira, A.F. Rodrigues, P.M. Alves and A.S. Coroadinha.
  VI ITQB PhD Students' Meeting, Oeiras, Portugal, November 2015.

2014

• Best Overall Poster Prize
  Tweaking insect cell platforms for the production of multivalent VLPs: Metabolic profiling, pathway analysis and bioprocess optimization.
  Francisca Monteiro, Vicente Bernal, Anis Hamdi, Petra Drncova, Maxime Chaillet, Imre Berger and Paula M. Alves.
  Vaccine Technology V, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, June 2014.

2013

• Best Abstract Award
  Modeling human neuronal functionality in vitro: 3D culture for neural differentiation and maturation.
  Daniel Simão, C. Pinto, M Serra, A. Teixeira, G. Schiavo, E. J. Kremer, P. M. Alves and C. Brito.
  8^th International Meeting of the SPCE-TC, Faro, Portugal, May 2013.

2009

• Best Poster Award
  Cryopreservation of adherent cells: strategies to improve cell viability and function after thawing.
  Rita Malpique, D. Ferreira, F. Ehrhart, A. Katsen-Globa, M. J. T. Carrondo, H. Zimmermann, P. M. Alves.
  2^nd World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, Seul, South Korea, August 2009.
• 2^nd Best Poster Presentation
  Improved Cryopreservation Protocols for Brain Cells.
  Rita Malpique, L. Osório, D. Ferreira, F. Ehrhart, H. Zimmermann and Paula M. Alves.
  ESACT 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009.
• 3^rd Best Poster Presentation
  Lipid Metabolism as a Basis for Improved Manufacturing of Complex Bioproducts – The case of Retroviral Vectors.
  Ana Filipa Rodrigues, M. Carmo, AI. Amaral, P. M. Alves and A. S. Coroadinha.
  ESACT 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009.

2008

• 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.

2007

• 1^st 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.
  14^th International Conference on Biopartitioning and Purification, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2007.

2006

• 2^nd 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.

2003

• 1^st 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.
  18^th Meeting of the European Society for Animal Cell Technology, Granada, May 2003.
• 1^st 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.

2002

• 1^st Best Poster Presentation
  Controlled 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.