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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🚀 Big news! Prof. João F. Mano (CICECO–Universidade de Aveiro) is the corresponding PI of a 10M€ ERC Synergy Grant to revolutionize biomaterials for tissue engineering, alongside Profs. Nuno Araujo (Universidade de Lisboa) & Tom Ellis (Imperial College London). Congrats to all! 👏 🔗 shorturl.at/2dLbi

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

ESB 2025 Wrap up!! Hope you had the chance too see our researchers in action, with several oral and poster communications! ‼️ Also, Elisa and Catia were recognized for their outstanding work, receiving the Racquel LeGeros and Julia Polak award, respectively! 🏆🏆 We are very proud of them!!

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

#Biofabrication2025 has started and our group is well represented!! We will have a keynote from João Mano, and presentations from @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social, João Maia and Hugo Fernandes on very interesting topics! 🤩 Do not miss this 😎

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🏆 We are delighted to announce that our Master Student Ana Marta Godinho received the "Best Oral Presentation" Award at the ECLS Symposia in Biomaterials Engineering, hosted by @i3suporto.bsky.social 🏆 Congratulations Ana Marta!! Best of luck for your defense ☘️

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We are at the #NanoBio2025 Conference! 😱 Do not miss the chance to hear to our PhD Candidate Julian Fuentes tomorrow, with a very interesting talk on the use of ionic liquids for assisted assembly of human-derived nanoparticles! Meet you there 👋

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Heading to #ESB?? Do not miss the chance to listen to our research group presentations! From coacervates to capsules and bioprinting - here you can find it all 😎 Come and reach out to us 🙌🏼

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

👉 Check out our perspective published in #ACSNano @acs.org 📑Merging Natural Biopolymers with Supramolecular Chemistry: Emulating the Native Extracellular Matrix’s Complexity V Sousa @brunomladeira.bsky.social E Garanger S. Lecommandoux EW Meijer P Dankers JF Mano 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

‼️The 5th #SupraLife Newsletter is out! 🥳 👉 Dive into: ✅ Exchanges🇵🇹🇳🇱🇫🇷 ✅ Third school @uaveiro.bsky.social🇵🇹 ✅ Symposium @TermisEU2025🇩🇪 ✅ Themed collection @jmaterchem.rsc.org #B @rsc.org ✅ Publications 🔜 Workshop & Final Conference @uaveiro.bsky.social🇵🇹 and more! Enjoy🤗 mailchi.mp/e97dd04dedfa...

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Dear SupraLife Friends and Colleagues, the 5th SupraLife Newsletter is out!

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

We close our Topics Webminars with Prof. Molly Stevens from @ox.ac.uk! 🤩 Happening in 1h!!! A great opportunity to know more about biomaterials and their translation! Free registration 🧐👇🏽

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🗣️ Carlijn Bouten is Full Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering @tue.nl 🇳🇱 🎯 Her research focuses on pioneering strategies for in situ #tissue #engineering aimed at regenerating #cardiovascular #tissues and #organs directly within the human body. 👉 Do not miss it!

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🗣️ Sébastien Lecommandoux is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #International #Conference 🤩 🎯 His research focuses on the molecular design, synthesis and development of #polysaccharide- and #polypeptide-based #block #copolymers for #drug #delivery, #theranostics and #synthetic #biology 👌

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🗣️ @zenobilab.bsky.social is Full Professor of #Tissue #Engineering & #Biofabrication @ethzurich.bsky.social🇨🇭 🎯 Her research focuses on the development of #advanced #biomaterials based on #bioprinting technologies for #tissue #engineering & #regenerative #medicine. 👉 Join us in Aveiro 🇵🇹

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🗣️ @webberlab.bsky.social is the Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering at the @notredame.bsky.social 🇺🇸 🎯 His research focuses on applying #supramolecular principles, leveraging defined and rationally designed non-covalent interactions, to advance #biomaterials for #drug #delivery 👌

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

‼️ #REGISTRATION & #ABSTRACT #SUBMISSION #OPEN ‼️ 👉 #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 📆 29 Sept-3 Oct 2025 📍Univ. Aveiro 🇵🇹 🗣️ Fantastic line-up of plenary speakers 🤩 🔗 www.supralife.eu/finalconference ⏳ Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2025 ➕ℹ️ on registration at the conference website 🫵 Join us!

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🗣️ Catherine Picart is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 🎯 Her research focuses on #selfassembling #polymer #films as #reservoirs of #proteins and #growth #factors for #drug #screening & #biomimetic #surfaces for high content #cell #signalling in advanced #therapies

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🗣️ João Mano is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 🎯 His interdisciplinary research utilizes #biomimetic, #bioinspired and #nano/#micro-#technology approaches to develop #polymer- and #protein-based #biomaterials for #tissue #engineering, #regenerative and #personalized #medicine

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🗣️ Bert Meijer is a plenary speaker at #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 🎯 He is a pioneer in the development of #functional #supramolecular #polymers and #systems as a new class of materials! 👉 Do not miss the chance to submit your abstract for #oral or #poster by June 1️⃣5️⃣!

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🗣️ Patricia Dankers is a plenary speaker @#SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 🎯 Her interdisciplinary research bridges #supramolecular #chemistry & #regenerative #medicine, focusing on the development of #bioactive #supramolecular #materials for #biomedicine. 👉Join us in Aveiro 🛶🇵🇹 from 29 Sept to 3 Oct

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🗣️ Samuel Stupp is a plenary speaker @ #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 🎯 He is a pioneer in the development of #selfassembling #peptide #amphiphile based #materials for #regenerative #medicine! 👉 Do not miss the chance to submit your abstract by June 1️⃣5️⃣! ➕ℹ️ www.supralife.eu/finalconfere...

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🔬 The Topics in Cell and Tissue Engineering webinar series returns this week with Professor David Kaplan from Tufts University (United States)! 🗓️ Join us on May 29 at 9:00pm (PT/UK time) for his talk: “Recent Advances with Silk Protein Based Biomaterials” 📌 Free registration here: lnkd.in/dFg9U4iF

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Our team is heading to @eutermis.bsky.social in Freiburg, Germany! 🇩🇪✨ We’ll be there as speakers and with a poster presentation — sharing our latest advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Curious about our presentations? Check out the attached schedule! See you in Freiburg! 👋🧬

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Rita Sobreiro-Almeida @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I hope you did not miss this all-Portuguese chaired session on 4D tissue engineering with amazing keynote talks from @rituraman.bsky.social and @ruidomingues.bsky.social 😎 PS: I’ll also give 2 presentations on thrusday 🙃 See you around in @eutermis.bsky.social meeting! 👋 @syistermis.bsky.social

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🔬 We are excited to announce in our webinar series a new session led by @spruijtlab.bsky.social from Radboud University! 🗓️ Join us tomorrow May 16 at 9:00 am (PT/UK time) for his talk! Don’t miss the chance to learn more about this exciting topic! 📌 Free registration here: http//topicscteng...

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It was really a pleasure to have you @rituraman.bsky.social 🤩 It was a very insightful presentation, and all students were delighted to hear about the advanced strategies put forward by your research team!

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We are sorry, these webminars are not available afterwards - some results are confidential! I hope you can understand!

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Ritu Raman @rituraman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Wow, I cannot believe >120 people showed up to my *9 pm* seminar! A tribute to the incredible dedication of the young minds participating in the Topics in Cell & #TissueEngineering international webinar series (@compass-rg.bsky.social)! Check out the rest of the seminar lineup: topicscteng.web.ua.pt

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Join the 4th Edition of the International Webinars: Topics on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng), a series of free, cutting-edge online seminars organized by COMPASS RG - CICECO, University of Aveiro...

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🎙️ Next up in our webinar series: Professor Anna Rising from the @ki.se (Sweden)! 🕘 Join us tomorrow May 9th at 9h00 am (PT/UK time) for her talk entitled: “Spider Silk Biomimicry for Biomedical Applications” - you don’t want to miss it 🙃 👉 Free registration here: lnkd.in/dFg9U4iF

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🎙️ We're excited to welcome Professor @rituraman.bsky.social from the @mit.edu! 📢 Her talk, titled “4D Tissue Engineering of the Neuromuscular System,” will take place today in a few hours - May 8th at 21h00 (PT/UK time). 👉 Don’t miss it—register now for free: lnkd.in/deYvydXn

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🎉 We are pleased to announce our next webminar by Prof. @skylarscott.bsky.social from @stanfordpress.bsky.social! ⏰ April 10, 9 p.m. (PT/UK time) 🤓 Free attendance, register here: topicscteng.web.ua.pt

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Rita Sobreiro-Almeida @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🙃 Very happy see our paper recognized in the "Women in Materials Science" Special Issue of Wiley #Advanced #Materials Portfolio! This issue recognizes works that are led by #female scientists around the world, highlighting the high impact these leading individuals have! 🤩 @compass-rg.bsky.social

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Celebrating Excellence in the Advanced Materials Family: Women in Materials Science: Advanced Materials

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🎙️ Join us for our next webinar with Professor @coledeforest.bsky.social, from Univ. Washington!! We are excited for his presentation. ⏰ April 3, 9:00 PM (PT/UK time) Don’t miss this exciting opportunity — register now for free: lnkd.in/gUWn2Hd8

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, C @jmaterchem.rsc.org · 24/03/2025

J Mater Chem B is delighted to present a themed collection on bioinspired functional supramolecular system! Guest Edited by João Borges, Prof. Patricia Y. W. Dankers, Prof. João F. Mano and Sébastien Lecommandoux, read the collection for free until 20 May 2025 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

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Rita Sobreiro-Almeida @rita-s-almeida.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

SupraLife Thrid School is over and what a week! 🤩 🎙️ I delivered a talk on networking strategies for young researchers and PhDs - a first for me! 🏆 Andreia won 3rd best poster presentation! I am very proud of her and also of all my mini scientists - all presenting incredible works in #biofabrication

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

And we are eager to know more 🧐🤩 We’ll be very happy to read & share your research updates Bruno!

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BLadeira @brunomladeira.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I’ll debut this account by sharing my most recent article, which was just published in Biomaterials, on applying principles of supramolecular design to repurpose human amniotic membrane into platforms for stem cell culture and delivery.

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BLadeira @brunomladeira.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Hello, everyone, I’m Bruno, currently a PhD student from Portugal! From now on, I will be sharing my research here, and I will try to help share the work of other researchers that I may come across, both from within my field, or from completely different fields, so please stay tuned!

A fusion of two tumor spheroids within a hydrogel, observed using fluorescence microscopy

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🎙️ We are delighted to present the next webminar by Professor Yan Yan Shery Huang ‼️ ⏰ 21st March, 9:00 am (PT/UK time) 🧐 Do not miss this great opportunity and register here for free: topicscteng.web.ua.pt

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The 4th Edition of the International Webinars on Cell & Tissue Engineering continues! 🚨 📅 Don’t miss out — Our next guest is Prof. Lorenzo Moroni, tomorrow at 9:00h (PT/UK time) 🔗 Sign up now: topicscteng.web.ua.pt #CellTissueEngineering #Biotech #Webinar #FreeEvent

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

‼️ SupraLife #Third #School is almost here ‼️ We are very excited to have this amazing line-up of speakers 🗣️ ⏰ 9-11 March 2025 📍 @uaveiro.bsky.social

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João Borges @joao-borges.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

‼️ #SAVE #THE #DATE‼️ 👉 #SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩 📆 29 Sept-3 Oct 2025 📍University of Aveiro 🇵🇹 🗣️ Fantastic line-up of plenary speakers 🤩 🔜 Registration + abstract submission opening soon 🔗 www.supralife.eu/finalconference 🫵 Do not miss the chance to join us and share your research with peers!

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COMPASS Research Group @compass-rg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The 4th Edition of the International Webinars on Cell & Tissue Engineering is here! 📅 Don’t miss out — Our first guest is Prof. Chunming Wang, tomorrow at 8:30h (PT/UK time) 🔗 Free registration available now: topicscteng.web.ua.pt #CellTissueEngineering #Biotech #Webinar #FreeEvent

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