PrintHolds a BSc in Biology from Universidade dos Açores (2013) and a MSc in Biotechnology and Innovation from Escola Superior de Biotecnologia of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2015). Currently is taking a PhD degree in Biotechnology, with specialization in Food Science and Engineering, at Escola Superior de Biotecnologia – UCP. Main research areas are functional foods and ingredients, probiotics, bioactive conjugated fatty acids and lipid analysis.
Publications
Fontes AL, Pimentel LL, Rodríguez-Alcalá LM, Gomes AM (2021). Stability of a fermented milk enriched with microbial CLA/CLNA. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on New Technologies, 7-8. https://doi.org/10.11159/icbb21.231.
Pimentel LL, Fontes AL, Salsinha AS, Cardoso BB, Gomes AM, Rodríguez-Alcalá LM (2019). Microbiological in vivo production of CLNA as a tool in the regulation of host microbiota in obesity control. In Atta-Ur-Rahman (Ed.), Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, Volume 61. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 369-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64183-0.00010-5.
Fontes AL, Pimentel LL, Rodríguez-Alcalá LM, Gomes AM (2018). Effect of PUFA substrates on fatty acid profile of Bifidobacterium breve NCIMB 702258 and CLA/CLNA production in commercial semi-skimmed milk. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33970-2.
Salsinha S, Pimentel L, Fontes AL, Gomes A, Rodríguez-Alcalá L (2018). Microbial production of CLA and CLNA rely on a multienzymatic system. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 82(4), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00019-18.
Pimentel LL, Fontes AL, Salsinha S, Machado M, Correia I, Gomes AM, Pintado M, Rodríguez-Alcalá LM (2018). Suitable simple and fast methods for selective isolation of phospholipids as a tool for their analysis. Electrophoresis, 39(15), 1835-1845. htpps://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201700425.
