6 BioSIM Students presented their work at the 6th Meeting in Medicinal Biotechnology, Porto

BioSIM students Fábio Martins, Airam Roggero, João Boazinha, Rodrigo Andrade, Sofia Sousa and Filipe Rocha presented their work at the 6th Meeting in Medicinal Biotechnology, that took place at the School of Health of PPORTO, on the 17th of May, 2024.

Airam Roggero presented an oral communication entitled “From Plants to Anti-Snakebite Mechanisms”.

Fábio Martins, João Boazinha, Rodrigo Andrade, Sofia Sousa and Filipe Rocha presented poster communications.

Fábio Martins:

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lysinated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Delivery of Doxorubicin in Cancer Therapy

João Boazinha

Creation of a 3D-Molecular Database of Voltage-Gate Sodium Channels

Rodrigo Andrade

A Potential Pimavanserin-like Molecule Identified Via an In Silico Approach

Sofia Sousa

Design of new epigenetic inhibitors for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer

Filipe Rocha

Applying Computational Methods to Pinpoint Potential Drug-Binding Sites on the Machado-Joseph Disease Causing Protein

The main goal of the Medicinal Biotechnology meetings is to present and disseminate relevant work in Medicinal Biotechnology, but also to discuss the future of the economy and its relevant application in Life and Health Sciences.