May 2006 – May 2008 – Team member

Project: “Sponges of collagen and calcium phosphates nanoparticles for bone regeneration”Participants: INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (Portugal) and Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro (Madrid – Spain) Financing Institution: CRUP, Portugal.

May 2006 – May 2008 – Team member

Project: “Comparisons between hydroxyapatite based and wollastonite based ceramics associated to collagen to form sponges for tissue regeneration”Participants: INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (Portugal) and CSIC – Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (Spain) Financing Institution: GRICES/CSIC.

Sep 2005 – Sep 2008 – Team member

Project: “Collagen/calcium phosphate nanoparticles composites (Col/CPNA) for bone regeneration and specific drugs delivery” Participants: INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (Portugal) and IBMC – Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute (Portugal) Financing Institution: FCT (POCTI/SAU - BMA/56061/2004), Portugal.

May 2003 – May 2006 – Team member

Project: “Gaucher II – An injectable enzyme delivery system based on apatite nanoparticles and natural hydrogel microspheres for bone regeneration”

Participants: INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (Portugal), IBMC – Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute (Portugal), Faculty of Dentistry at University of Porto (FMDUP – Portugal), and Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Porto (FFUP – Portugal). Financing Institution: FCT (POCTI/FCB/41523/2001), Portugal.

Jan 2001 – Dec 2001 – Team member

 Project: “Microbiologic analysis of Brazilian ports boat waters” Participants: Biomedical Sciences Institute at the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo – Brazil. Financing Institution: Private sources