Title Development of electrochemical and optical genosensors for the detection of transgenic foods
Reference Ações Integradas Luso – Espanholas / 2012 | Ação Nº E-38/12
Principal investigator Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA)
Participating institution Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI) (Spain)
Start date January 1, 2012
Duration (months) 24
Funding source Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (CRUP)
   
Title Spent coffee grounds: horticultural recovering program and implications in the vegetables quality and safety
Reference PTDC/AGR-AAM/102447/2008
Principal investigator Susana Isabel Pereira Casal Vicente (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA)
Participating institutions Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
LIPOR - Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto
Start date April 1, 2010
Duration (months) 36
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
   
Title How do nitrates/nitrites and antioxidants correlated in vegetables?
Reference PP_IJUP2011 317
Principal investigator Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA)
Start date October 1, 2012
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Valorização de sub-produtos da industria alimentar para a produção de nanoparticulas metálicas: Aplicação na remediação de solos contaminados com fármacos
Reference PP_IJUP2011 264
Principal investigator António Manuel Antunes Fiúza (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2012
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Estrogen signalling in obesity-associated inflammation in humans
Reference PP_IJUP2011 243
Principal investigator Rosário Monteiro (Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2012
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Assessing exposure and impacts of particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in pre–school children: data collection, analysis and health risks
Reference PP_IJUP2011 121
Principal investigator Maria do Carmo da Silva Pereira (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2012
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Valorização de subprodutos industriais: produção de antioxidantes naturais a partir de subprodutos da indústria cervejeira
Reference PP_IJUP2011 51 (categoria UNICER) 
Principal investigator Luís Guilherme de Lima Ferreira Guido (Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto) 
Principal contractor Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA) 
Start date October 1, 2012
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Octopus: evaluation of food safety and pollution biomarkers
Reference PP_IJUP2011 34
Principal investigator Marta Sofia Sá Ferreira (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2012
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)

Title Electroanalytical determination of pesticides in natural water and food samples using ultramicroelectrodes/biosensors
Reference FCT/CAPES (Ediçaõ 2010) – nº 128523811010164
Principal investigator Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA)
Start date March 1, 2011
Duration (months) 24
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) / Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
   
Title Quantificação de poluentes orgânicos persistentes em amostras biológicas humanas - relação com a síndrome metabólica
Principal investigator Rosário Monteiro (Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto
Start date December 1, 2010
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Utilização de queratina de pêlo, penas e cabelo para produção de filmes com aplicação na agricultura
Principal investigator Maria do Pilar Figueroa Gonçalves (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date December 1, 2010
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Suplementos alimentares ricos em selénio: estudo comparativo entre produtos, origens e aplicações
Principal investigator Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto
Start date December 1, 2010
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title FILMEQUE - Desenvolvimento de filmes de queratina a partir de resíduos de galináceos e de bovino
Reference SI IDT - 5551/2009
Principal investigator António Alfredo Crispim Ribeiro (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Instituto Politécnico do Porto)
Principal contractor Curtumes Aveneda, Lda
Participating institutions Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP)
Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date April 1, 2009
Duration (months) 24
Funding source Agência de Inovação, S.A. (ADI)
   
Title Avaliação da eficiência de um coagulante/floculante de origem vegetal no tratamento de águas e efluentes
Principal investigator Rui Boaventura (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date November 1, 2009
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Evaluation of the contamination of hospital waste waters
Principal investigator Maria da Conceição Branco da Silva de Mendonça Montenegro (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2009
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Componentes da fracção azotada do leite - influência na qualidade e implicações na saúde dos consumidores
Principal investigator Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2009
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Evaluation of ochratoxin A exposure level of Portuguese population: bread consumption and urine levels
Reference PTDC/AGR-ALI/65528/2006
Principal investigator Celeste Matos Lino (University of Coimbra)
Principal contractor University of Coimbra
Participating institution Polytecnic Institute of Bragança
Start date June 1, 2007
Duration (months) 36
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
   
Title SenRONS - Development of optical fiber sensors for the determination of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species in biological systems
Reference PTDC/QUI/71001/2006
Principal investigator Joaquim Carlos Gomes Esteves da Silva (Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFC/UP)
Participating institutions University of Coimbra
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto)
Start date January 1, 2008
Duration (months) 36
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Title Respirometry of rock acid drainage and the usage of oxygen consuming coatings as a mean of reducing environmental emissions from tailings disposals
Reference POCI/ECM/60438/2004
Principal investigator António Manuel Antunes Fiúza (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Participating institution Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)
Start date September 1, 2005
Duration (months) 36
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
   
Title Experimental protocols for estimating the design parameters of permeable reactive barriers
Reference POCI/ECM/59779/2004
Principal investigator António Manuel Antunes Fiúza (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date September 1, 2005
Duration (months) 36
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
   
Title Prediction of the remediation time of contaminated soils using vapor extraction
Reference POCI/AMB/61315/2004
Principal investigator Maria da Conceição M. Alvim Ferraz (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto
Start date January 1, 2005
Duration (months) 36
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
   
Title Bioremediation of organic pollution in soil by augmentation with robust methylotrophic bacteria
Reference POCI/AMB/57353/2004
Principal investigator Paolo De Marco (Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2004
Duration (months) 24
Funding source Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
   
Title Safety of the three fish species more consumed by Portuguese population in what concerns heavy metals
Principal investigator Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto
Start date January 1, 2007
Duration (months) 12
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)
   
Title Ácidos gordos trans em bolachas: contribuição para a ingestão total de gorduras trans da população portuguesa e consequente risco cardiovascular
Principal investigator Susana Isabel Pereira Casal Vicente (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto)
Principal contractor Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto
Start date October 1, 2005
Duration (months) 10
Funding source University of Porto (Programa Investigação Científica na pré-graduação)