Susana S.M.P. Vidigal is a Researcher at Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina (CBQF) of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia - Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). She obtained her PhD degree in Biotechnology with specialization in Chemistry at UCP, after graduation on Microbiology from the same institution. Her research interests are focused on automation and miniaturization of new analytical methodologies for wine monitoring using flow-based systems. The developed methodologies enable the performance of online chemical and biochemical reactions, separation processes (solid-phase, membrane-based, low-pressure chromatography) and mineralization of samples. The main purpose is to make a contribution to the development of automatic, miniaturized and cost-effective wine analysis methodologies.
The ongoing project has as main objective the study some strategies for the reduction of the precursors responsible for the formation of undesirable wine odours. The study of the interaction of these compounds with proteins are being carried out using fluorescence and chromatographic techniques.
Publications:
Susana S. M. P. Vidigal, António O. S. S. Rangel, A flow-based platform for measuring the acidity parameters in wine, Talanta 168 (2017) 313–319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.03.029
Susana S. M. P. Vidigal, António O. S. S. Rangel, A reagentless flow injection system for the quantification of ethanol in beverages based on the schlieren effect measurement, Microchemical Journal 121 (2015) 107–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2015.02.006
Susana S. M. P. Vidigal, António O. S. S. Rangel, A Flow Injection System Coupled to a Micro-Guard Cartridge for Monitoring a Vinification Process, Analytical Sciences, 30 (2014) 1057-1062. http://dx.doi.org/10.2116/analsci.30.1057
Susana S. M. P. Vidigal, Ildikó V. Toth, António O. S. S. Rangel, Sequential injection lab-on-valve platform as a miniaturisation tool for solid phase extraction, Analytical Methods, 5 (2013) 585-597. Critical Review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ay26322j
Teresa F. M. Pais, Susana S. M. P. Vidigal, Ildikó V. Toth, António O. S. S. Rangel, Sequential injection system for the enzymatic determination of ethanol in alcoholic beverages with in-line dilution, Food Control, 30 (2013) 616-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.08.013
Researcher Center
Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF)
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