PrintCurrently a Ph.D. student in Biotechnology at Faculty of Biotechnology of the Catholic University of Portugal with a project aiming at the development and characterization of a new synbiotic gut biomodulator and the study of its effect against foodborne enteropathogens. Diana holds a BSc degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of Porto University (FCUP), and a MSc degree in Microbiology from the University of Aveiro. As yet she has authored 4 peer-reviewed articles in journals and participated in 3 book chapters, plus several posters/oral communications is scientific conferences. Moreover, she co-supervised a Microbiology undergraduate student. Additionally, Diana has also participated in several outreach activities promoted by ESBUCP/CBQF over the years. The main areas of interest in research are largely focused on microbiology, with emphasis in next-generation probiotics research and microbiome studies, and also biotechnological strategies such as microencapsulation.
Publications
Journal articles
Almeida D, Machado D, Andrade JC, Mendo S, Gomes AM, Freitas AC (2019). Evolving trends in next-generation probiotics: a 5W1H perspective. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2019.1599812
Machado D*, Almeida D*, Seabra CL, Andrade JC, Gomes AM, Freitas AC (2019). Uncovering Akkermansia muciniphila resilience or susceptibility to different temperatures, atmospheres, and gastrointestinal conditions. Anaerobe.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102135
Andrade JC*, Almeida D*, Domingos M, Seabra CL, Machado D, Freitas AC, Gomes AM (2020). Commensal obligate anaerobic bacteria and health: Production, storage, and delivery strategies. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00550
Almeida D, Machado D, Sousa S, Seabra CL, Barbosa JC, Andrade JC, Gomes AM, Freitas AC (2022). Effect of emulsification/internal gelation-based microencapsulation on the viability of Akkermansia muciniphila upon prolonged storage and simulated gastrointestinal passage. Food Hydrocolloids for Health.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fhfh.2022.100084
Barbosa JC, Almeida D, Machado D, Sousa S, Freitas AC, Andrade JC, Brandelli A, Gomes AM (2022). Spray-Drying Encapsulation of the Live Biotherapeutic Candidate Akkermansia muciniphila DSM 22959 to Survive Aerobic Storage. Pharmaceuticals. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15050628
Machado D, Barbosa JC, Domingos M, Almeida D, Andrade JC, Freitas AC, Gomes AM (2021). Revealing antimicrobial resistance profile of the novel probiotic candidate Faecalibacterium prausnitzii DSM 17677. International journal of Food microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109501
Book Chapters
Machado D, Almeida D, Seabra CL, Andrade JC, Gomes AM & Freitas AC (2020). “Nanoprobiotics: When Technology Meets Gut Health. Functional Bionanomaterials”. In Thangadurai D, Jeyabalan S, Prasad R (Eds.), Functional Bionanomaterials - From Biomolecules to Nanoparticles (pp 389 – 425). Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41464-1_17
Rodrigues D, Almeida D, Freitas AC & Gomes AM (2021). "Application of Omics in Dairy Science". In Barros-Velázquez J (Ed.), Foodomics: Omic Strategies and Applications in Food Science (pp 289 – 313). The Royal Society of Chemistry.
https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839163005-00289
Barbosa JC, Machado D, Almeida D, Andrade JC, Brandelli A, Gomes AM & Freitas AC (2022). “Next-generation probiotics”. In Brandelli A (Ed.), Probiotics - Advanced Food and Health Applications (pp 483 – 502). Academic Press.
