Ana Sofia Sousa is Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2018) from Faculdade de Farmácia at Universidade do Porto. Since 2019, Sofia has been a CBQF researcher at Bioactives and Bioproducts Research Laboratory. She has been a Researcher Grant in the project MicoBioExtract (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033939) (2021). Since October of 2021, she has integrated into the GASTROCURE project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032094). Her main research interests are Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Biomedicine, Nanotechnology, Microbiology, Bioproducts, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Products.

Publications

Coscueta, E. R., Sousa, A. S., Reis, C. A., & Pintado, M. (2021). Chitosan-olive oil microparticles for phenylethyl isothiocyanate delivery: Optimal formulation. PloS one, 16(5), e0248257. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248257 [1]

Marçal, Sara; Sousa, Ana Sofia; Taofiq, Oludemi; Antunes, Filipa; Morais, Alcina M.M.B.; Freitas, Ana Cristina; Barros, Lillian; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.; Pintado, Manuela (2021). Impact of postharvest preservation methods on nutritional value and bioactive properties of mushrooms. Trends in Food Science and Technology. 2021, 110, p. 418-431 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.02.007 [2]