IJUP’s 12th edition took place from 13 to 15 February 2019, at the Retory of the University of Porto.

Book of Abstracts and Programme
Distinguished
Oral Communications
Ana Isabel Köch de Oliveira
15166 | Monitoring the nutritional quality of tomatoes during shelf life after a post-harvest treatment with calcium chloride
Ivo Filipe Magalhães Pinto
15387 | ReDEFine – Evaluation of Aguieira’s Albufeira Water Quality: in addition to the Water Framework Directive
Poster Communications
Inês Patrícia Machado Costa
15508 | Assessment of the relationship between the Deposition of Inert Waste in the recovery of a quarry, and the Qualitative State of Groundwater
Oral Communications
Jorge Manuel da Silva Reis
15121 | Manuel Botelho. Houses.
Oral Communications
Bruno Vitorino Silva Aguiar
15197 | The Migration of Images: From King David Musician to Saint John Coltrane
Poster Communications
Mariana Oliveira Braga de Morais
15490 | Credulous map, Woman artist, Cruel reality
Oral Communications
Ana Filipa Moreno Contente Costa
14997 | Too warm for the sea urchin? The effect of temperature on the metabolism and fitness of the European purple sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus
João Vasco de Almeida Pessanha Côrte-Real
15126 | Establishment of a human model of intervertebral disc degeneration and associated immune response
Luís Filipe Costa Póvoas
14977 | Allergens expression in Betula pendula pollen under atmospheric pollution influence
Poster Communications
Daniela Ferreira Melo
15375 | Impact of glutathione peroxidase and catalase inhibition on oxidative stress modifications of erythrocyte membrane
Hugo Miguel Carvalho Glória
15185 | Seeking for new p53-activating agentes
Mafalda Araújo Pereira
14984 | HOXB genes function in Breast Cancer
Sónia Filipa Ribeiro Guerra
15376 | Evaluation of anti-Leishmania and anti-trypanosomal potential of an optimized library derived from an active lead compound.
Teresa Alexandra Vidal Pinheiro Coimbra
15340 | Exploring zinc deficiency response mechanisms to induce zinc biofortification in plants
Oral Communications
Alexandre Ricardo Vieira Pinto
15108 | A Theoretical study on SWCNT End-Functionalization: Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds as a Molecular Gate
Ana Rita Adelino Franco
15198 | The application of click chemistry in the synthesis of new potential antifouling chalcones
Ana Rosa Moreira da Silva
15313 | Determination of antibiotics in water using digital image colorimetry
Poster Communications
Mariana Nobre Romanholo
15307 | Marine nature as a source for cancer therapy: xanthone loaded fucoidan/chitosan nanoparticles
Rita Prata Barbedo Magalhães
15041 | Development of Specialized Virtual Screening Protocols for Inhibition of Quorum Sensing
Oral Communications
Alexandra Caetano Domingues
15149 | The foreigners’ right to Social Integration Income
Joana Santos Gomes
15068 | Analysis of the religiosity effects on criminal behavior
Oral Communications
Daniela Ribeiro Rodrigues
14966 | The impact of (opportunity and necessity) entrepreneurship on economic growth: Does human capital matter?
Oral Communications
Miguel António Palma dos Santos Sozinho Ramalho
15152 | Incremental Tensor Factorization for Recommender Systems
Rodrigo Alberto de Jesus Ferreira
15446 | Few-cycle laser for real-time nanomedicine research: towards innovative anti-cancer therapy
Poster Communications
Paulo Jorge Afonso da Rocha
15483 | Potential of Lithium Mining in Portugal
Oral Communications
Cristina Maria Ferreira Almeida
15180 | Non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors for hormone-dependent breast cancer: a virtual screening approach
Joana Inês Costa Oliveira
15241 | Extracellular Vesicles secreted by Dendritic Cells can recruit Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: the impact of bone injury
Maria João Maia Azevedo
15172 | Disinfection of Alginate Impressions – demystifying paradigms among oral healthcare professionals.
Marília Magalhães de Sousa
15017 | Opioid receptor signalling pathways in a pain facilitatory area of brain upon cessation of chronic opioid treatment
Pedro Miguel Pinto Basto Alves
15006 | High-throughput cell-in-gel microarray platform for the analysis of cell behaviour in 3D matrices
Sofia Ferreira Melo
15481 | 3D printing of poly(ε-caprolactone)/carbon-based nanofiller composite scaffolds for antimicrobial biomedical applications
Poster Communications
Ana Sofia de Castro Brandão
15469 | T cell polarization influences the development of IBD-associated neoplasia
Elisabete Oliveira Teixeira
15115 | Characterization of the genetic profile of a consecutive series of papillary thyroid carcinomas
Filipa Fonseca
15322 | Establishment of bioengineered glucose-responsive nanoparticles for type 1 diabetes mellitus therapy
Márcia Isabel Mesquita Peixoto
15222 | Dissecting the niche for haematopoietic stem cells expansion at the developing haematopoietic system – foetal liver crossroads
Oral Communications
Caio Ferraz Sampaio
15293 | Understanding the Role Video Games may play in the Future of Journalism
Carlos Rogério Sousa e Silva
15058 | Stress and weight in Portuguese: married or divorced?
Poster Communications
Miguel Baptista Miranda Correia
14970 | The modus operandi of the writer or an underlying theory about the literary creation: analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s The Philosophy of Composition
Oral Communications
Gil Miguel Marques
15359 | Advection of passive particles by viscous point vórtices
Tiago João Lopes Leal
15043 | Local Probing (Ca)n+1(Mn)n(O)3n+1 Naturally Layered Perovskite
Oral Communications
Ismael Cerqueira Vieira
14972 | Contexts, paths and effects of the practices of the U.Porto Pedagogical Innovation Office
João Pedro Nunes Ramos
15414 | The Role of Social Environment in Pathways to Recovery: a Scoping Review
Poster Communications
Ana Marisa Marinho da Costa Machado
15404 | Assessing potential in organizational context: an interview-based approach
Oral Communications
Ana Margarida da Silva Cardoso Lopes
15099 | Adding protein to a carbohydrate beverage ingested before exercise does not alter oxygen consumption and blood metabolic parameters – A randomized double-blind study in middle-distance runners
Tiago da Silva Oliveira
15492 | Biophysical characterization of the 5000 m front crawl in open water swimming
Poster Communications
João Pedro Ferreira Araújo
15514 | The visual search behaviour of U14 basketball players of different competitive levels