PrintRaquel Costa holds a PhD in Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental (2017; Faculty of Medicine, UP and University of Santiago de Compostela), which was focused in studying vascular and metabolic alterations in diabetes and to identify molecular mechanisms underlying angiogenesis and metabolism and their modulation by natural-derived compounds. Then, she was a researcher in a tissue regeneration project related with chronic wounds and was a Co-PI of a EIT Health funded project in this field. She participates in an interventional clinical study funded by a European Company, aiming to evaluate the effect of polyphenols on metabolic disease, with University of Vienna. Presently, she is working with biomaterials at CBQF, aiming to study biomaterials (textiles, hydrogels and scaffolds) and stem cells in the context of chronic wounds.
Raquel is involved in several research projects, published 46 original papers and book chapter, presented her work in +100 scientific meetings and is referee for 9 peer-reviewed journals. Raquel is a lecturer in Biochemistry, and participates in some hands-on post-graduate courses, including the UC in Angiogenesis and metabolism at FMUP and the UC in Tissue engineering and biofabrication at ESB.
Publications
Batista-Silva S, Bernardes BG, Borges S, Rodrigues I, Fernandes R, Gomes-Guerreiro S, Teixeira-Pinto M, Pintado M, Soares R, Costa R* and Ana Leite Oliveira* (2022). Exploring silk sericin for diabetic wounds: an in situ forming hydrogel to protect against oxidative stress and improve tissue healing and regeneration. Biomolecules 12, 801
doi: 10.3390/biom12060801
Mooenfard M, Pena MJ, Barata P, Soares R and Costa R (2022). Anti-angiogenic Activity of Raw and Roasted Date Seed Polyphenol Extracts (Kabkab cultivar) on Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
doi: 10.1007/s11130-022-01003-z
Costa R, Azevedo D, Barata P, Soares R, Guido L, Carvalho D (2021). Phenolic composition, antioxidant and anti-angiogenic in vitro activities of an hydroalcoholic extract obtained from Euterpe oleracea fruit powder supplement Molecules 26(7):2011
doi: 10.3390/molecules26072011
Gomes A, Coelho P, Soares R, Costa R (2021). Human Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: the emerging therapeutic approach. Cell Tissue Res 385(3):497-518
doi: 10.1007/s00441-021-03461-4
Costa R, Costa L, Rodrigues I, Meireles C, Soares R, Tamagnini P, Mota R (2021). Biocompatibility of the biopolymer Cyanoflan for applications in skin wound healing. Marine Drugs 19(3):147
doi: 10.3390/md19030147
