People

Luis Passarinha

Research Lab Leader

Position
Assistant Professor (since 2007)
Personal Website
Email
lpassarinha@fcsaude.ubi.pt
Phone number
+351 275 329 069 (ext: 5069)

Main publications

  • Pedro, AQ; Queiroz, JA; Passarinha, LA. 2019. Smoothing membrane protein structure determination by initial upstream stage improvements. APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 103, DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09873-1
  • Oppolzer, D; Santos, C; Gallardo, E; Passarinha, L; Barroso, M. 2019. Alcohol consumption assessment in a student population through combined hair analysis for ethyl glucuronide and fatty acid ethyl esters. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, 294, DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.10.028
  • Joana Mesquita; João Paulo Castro-de-Sousa; Sara Vaz-Pereira; Arminda Neves; Luís APassarinha; Cândida TTomaz. 2018. Evaluation of the growth factors VEGF-a and VEGF-B in the vitreous and serum of patients with macular and retinal vascular diseases. GROWTH FACTORS, 3, DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2018.1477140
  • Pedro, AQ; Gonçalves, AM; Queiroz, JA; Passarinha, LA. 2018. Purification of Histidine-Tagged Membrane-Bound Catechol-O-Methyltransferase from Detergent-Solubilized Pichia pastoris Membranes. CHROMATOGRAPHIA, 81(3), DOI: 10.1007/s10337-017-3453-5
  • Santos FM, Gaspar LM, Ciordia S, Rocha AS, Castro E Sousa JP, Paradela A, Passarinha LA, Tomaz CT. 2018. iTRAQ Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Vitreous from Patients with Retinal Detachment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 19(4), DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041157

Main research interests

  • Dr. Passarinha research areas of interest include biosynthesis and purification of membrane and soluble protein, consider as therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative and oncological diseases. Also, we develop research in vitreo humor proteomics.

Degrees

  • Graduation in Chemical Engineering, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (1998)
  • MSc in Chemistry, Universidade da Beira Interior (2003)