Cláudia Lobato da Silva
Assistant Professor
Background
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Tecnical University of Lisbon (UTL), Portugal (2011 – present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, IST-UTL (2008-2011)
Invited Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, IST-UTL (2007–2008)
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, IST-UTL (2006-2007)
PhD in Biotechnology, IST-UTL, in collaboration with University of Nevada, Reno, USA (2006)
Graduation in Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology), IST-UTL, Portugal (2001)
Research Activities
My research interests are focused on the ex-vivo expansion of human stem cells, Cellular Therapies with human adult stem cells, isolation and purification of stem cells, and bioreactors for stem cell culture. In particular, I have been involved in establishing optimal conditions for the maximization of the expansion of umbilical cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, as well as developing bioreactor strategies for the clinical-scale production of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells from different human sources.
Selected Publications
Hatami J, Andrade PZ, de Matos A, Djokovic D, Lilaia C, Ferreira FC, Cabral JMS, da Silva CL Developing a co-culture system for effective megakaryo/thrombopoiesis from umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells”, Cytotherapy (doi:10.1016/j.jcyt.2014.12.010) (2015)
dos Santos F, Campbell A, Fernandes-Platzgummer A, Andrade PZ, Gimble JM, Wen Y, Boucher S, Vemuri MC, da Silva CL, Cabral JM,” A xenogeneic-free bioreactor system for the clinical-scale expansion of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 111:1116-1127, doi: 10.1002/bit.25187 (2014)
Andrade PZ, de Soure AM, dos Santos F, Paiva A, Cabral JMS, da Silva CL, “Ex vivo expansion of cord blood haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells under physiological oxygen tensions: clear-cut effects on cell proliferation, differentiation and metabolism”, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, doi: 10.1002/term.1731 (2013)
Boura JS, dos Santos F, Gimble JM, Cardoso CMP, Madeira C, Cabral JMS, da Silva CL, “Direct head-to-head comparison of cationic liposome-mediated gene delivery to mesenchymal stem/stromal cells of different human sources: a comprehensive study”, Human Gene Therapy Methods, 24:38-48, doi: 10.1089/hgtb.2012.185 (2013)
da Silva CL, Gonçalves R, Porada CD, Ascenção JL, Zanjani ED, Cabral JMS, Almeida-Porada G, “Differences Amid Bone Marrow And Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Division Kinetics”, Journal of Cellular Physiology, 220:102-111, doi: 10.1002/jcp.21736 (2009)
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