Daniela Machado graduated in Clinical Analysis and Public Health by the Health Technology Superior School of Porto in July 2010. In July of 2017, she obtained PhD degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering at University of Minho through thesis entitled “The prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis in Portuguese pregnant women and the search for novel alternatives for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis”. From November of 2017, she is researcher fellow in a funded FCT project entitled “Tailored microencapsulation technology for beneficial gut extreme oxygen-sensitive bacteria: production, stability and functionality enhancements” (Reference: IF/00588/2015). Thus, your main current goal is the development of the microencapsulation technology applied to extreme oxygen-sensitive bacteria with beneficial effects demonstrated in the gut microbiota. In addition, she submitted an application to FCT Stimulus of Scientific Employment Individual Support with research plan mainly focused in assessment of therapeutic potential of next generation probiotics in oro-gastrointestinal infections.
Publications:
Machado D, Castro J, Martinez-de-Oliveira J, Nogueira-Silva C, Cerca N. 2017. Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in Portuguese pregnant women and vaginal colonization by Gardnerella vaginalis. PeerJ;5:e3750. https://peerj.com/articles/3750/ (Q1; IF (2016): 2.2).
Machado D, Gaspar C, Palmeira-de-Oliveira A, Cavaleiro C, Salgueiro L, Martinez-de-Oliveira J, Cerca N. 2017. Thymbra capitata essential oil as potential therapeutic agent against Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm-related infections. Future Microbiol;12:407-416. https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2016-0184 (Q1; IF (2016): 3.374).
Machado D, Castro J, Palmeira-de-Oliveira A, Martinez-de-Oliveira J, Cerca N. 2016. Bacterial Vaginosis Biofilms: Challenges to Current Therapies and Emerging Solutions. Front Microbiol. 6:1528. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01528 (Q1; IF (2016):4.076).
Castro J, Machado D, Cerca N. 2016. Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis are able to incorporate and enhance a pre-formed Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm. Pathog Dis. 74(3), pii: ftw007. https://doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftw007 (Q2; IF (2016):2.335).
Machado D, Palmeira-de-Oliveira A, Cerca N. 2015. Optimization of culture conditions for Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm formation. J Microbiol Methods;118:143-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.09.007 (Q2; IF (2016):1.79)
Researcher Center
Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF)
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