Bruno Miguel Guedes Horta

Bruno Horta holds MSc. in Oncology (2018) by Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar and a Bsc. in Microbiology (2015) by Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Currently, he is a Lab Assistant and a PhD student under the Alchemy Project – a ESB/Amyris joint-collaboration at UCP- aiming at the development of innovative products for food, animal feed, agricultural, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. His PhD project focus on the valorisation of aqueous spent broths from Amyris industrial fermentations.

Publications

Sara Silva, Eduardo M. Costa, Bruno Horta, Conceição Calhau, Rui M.Morais & M. Manuela Pintado (2016) Anti-biofilm potential of phenolic acids: the influence of environmental pH and intrinsic physico-chemical properties, Biofouling, 32:8, 853-860; DOI:10.1080/08927014.2016.1208183;