Publications and communications of Sofia Ferreira Melo

Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (In press). Design of 3D-Photoprintable, Bio-, and Hemocompatible Nonisocyanate Polyurethane Elastomers for Biomedical Implants. Biomacromolecules. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01261

Ferreira Melo, S., Nondonfaz, A., Aqil, A., Pierrard, A., Hulin, A., Delierneux, C., Ditkowski, B., Gustin, M., Legrand, M., Tullemans, B. M. E., Brouns, S. L. N., Nchimi Longang, A., Carrus, R., Dejosé, A., Heemskerk, J. W. M., Kuijpers, M. J. E., Ritter, J., Steinseifer, U., Clauser, J. C., ... Oury, C. (2024). Design, manufacturing and testing of a green non-isocyanate polyurethane prosthetic heart valve. Biomaterials Science. doi:10.1039/d3bm01911j

Ferreira Melo, S. (19 April 2023). Sustainable Synthetic Polymer for a more Hemocompatible and Durable Prosthetic Aortic Valve [Poster presentation]. Society For Biomaterials (SFB) 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, United States - California.

Ferreira Melo, S. (02 December 2022). Anti-thrombogenic, Biocompatible, and Hydrodynamic Prosthetic Heart Valve for Life: Creative Polymer Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Paper presentation]. Belgian Working Group of Basic Research in Cardiology (BWG BRC) Meeting 2022, Brussels, Belgium.

Ferreira Melo, S. (24 November 2022). Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valve for Life: Creative Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Poster presentation]. Belgian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (BSTH) Meeting 2022, Mechelen, Belgium.

Ferreira Melo, S. (07 October 2022). Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valves for Life: Creative Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Poster presentation]. Janssen's Interactive Career Day Chemistry 2022.

Ferreira Melo, S. (06 September 2022). Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valve for Life: Creative Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Paper presentation]. GIGA day 2022, Liège, Belgium.

Ferreira Melo, S., Pierrard, A., Aqil, A., Detrembleur, C., Jérôme, C., Lancellotti, P., & Oury, C. (01 September 2022). New antimicrobial and antithrombogenic medical device.

Pierrard, A., Aqil, A., Detrembleur, C., Jérôme, C., LANCELLOTTI, P., Oury, C., & Ferreira Melo, S. (01 September 2022). New antimicrobial and antithrombogenic medical device.

Ferreira Melo, S. (2022). Polymeric prosthetic heart valves with low thrombogenicity [Paper presentation]. Printemps de la Cardiologie 2022, Tours, France.

Ferreira Melo, S. (2022). Polymeric prosthetic heart valves with low thrombogenicity [Poster presentation]. XXX Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis - ISTH, London, United Kingdom.

Pereira, A. T., Schneider, K. H., Henriques, P. C., Grasl, C., Ferreira Melo, S., Fernandes, I. P., Kiss, H., Martins, M. C. L., Bergmeister, H., & Gonçalves, I. C. (21 July 2021). Graphene Oxide Coating Improves the Mechanical and Biological Properties of Decellularized Umbilical Cord Arteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (28), 32662 - 32672. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c04028

Niemi, M., Gazon, H., JUSZCZAK, D., FADEUR, M., CAMBY, S., MEURIS, C., THYS, M., JACQUES, J., HENKET, M., BEGUIN, Y., Rahmouni, S., Lebrun, M., MOUTSCHEN, M., Misset, B., DARCIS, G., GUIOT, J., AZARZAR, S., DELLOT, P., GOFFLOT, S., ... HUYNEN, P. (Other coll.). (2021). Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature, 600, 472-477. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03767-x

Ferreira Melo, S., Neves, S., & Gonçalves, I. (17 September 2020). Compositions and methods for 3D printed fibrous scaffolds with antimicrobial properties incorporating graphene oxide and poly(ɛ-caprolactone).

Ferreira Melo, S., Neves, S., Pereira, A., Borges, I., Granja, P., Magalhães, F., & Gonçalves, I. (April 2020). Incorporation of graphene oxide into poly(ɛ-caprolactone) 3D printed fibrous scaffolds improves their antimicrobial properties. Materials Science and Engineering: C: Materials for Biological Applications, 109. doi:10.1016/j.msec.2019.110537

Ferreira Melo, S. (September 2019). Antimicrobial 3D-printed scaffolds of composite fibers containing poly(ɛ-caprolactone) and graphene oxide [Paper presentation]. 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials – ESB, Dresden, Germany.

Ferreira Melo, S.* , & Gonçalves, I.*. (September 2019). Incorporation of graphene oxide into poly(ɛ-caprolactone) 3D printed fibrous scaffolds improves their antimicrobial properties [Poster presentation]. Graphene Week 2019, Helsinki, Finland.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Ferreira Melo, S. (March 2019). Incorporation of a carbon nanofiller in 3D-printed poly(ε- caprolactone) fibrous scaffolds improves their antimicrobial properties for biomedical applications [Poster presentation]. VII AEICBAS Biomedical Congress – ABC, Porto, Portugal.

Ferreira Melo, S. (February 2019). 3D printing of poly(ε-caprolactone)/carbon-based nanofiller composite scaffolds for antimicrobial biomedical applications [Paper presentation]. XII Meeting for Youth’s Research at the University of Porto – IJUP, Porto, Portugal.

Ferreira Melo, S.* , & Gonçalves, I.*. (November 2018). Fibrous scaffolds of polymer/GO for antimicrobial biomedical applications [Poster presentation]. i3S Annual Meeting, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Ferreira Melo, S. (2018). 3D printed fibrous scaffolds of polymer/graphene-based materials for antimicrobial biomedical applications [Master’s dissertation, University of Porto]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/248289

Ferreira Melo, S. (June 2018). 3D printing of polycaprolactone/graphene-based materials composite scaffolds [Paper presentation]. Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Biofabrication, Porto, Portugal.