APC-Targeted Glyco-LNP Delivery of mRNA Cancer Vaccines to Strengthen Anti-Tumour Immunity.

Next Generation Immunotherapies: From Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Resistance and Beyond, EACR.

2026 | conference-poster

Development of a 3D Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor Platform for Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and RNA-Based Therapeutic Strategies

Next Generation Immunotherapies: From Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Resistance and Beyond, EACR

2026 | conference-poster

Reprogramming mesothelioma cells into cDC1-like antigen presenting cells as a strategy to counter immunotherapy resistance. (Co-senior Author)

Next Generation Immunotherapies: From Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Resistance and Beyond, EACR.

2026 | conference-poster

Sugar-Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Cancer Vaccines: Harnessing Macrophages as Immune Orchestrators.

Next Generation Immunotherapies: From Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Resistance and Beyond, EACR.

2026 | conference-poster

Precision Targeting of Antigen-Presenting Cells via Sugar-Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Cancer Vaccination

XVI Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery, Albacete, 2026

2026 | conference-poster

Targeting of Antigen-Presenting Cells via Sugar-Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA-based Cancer Vaccination

XVI Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery

2026 | conference-poster

Bioorthogonal Confocal Raman Microscopy for Mitochondrial Imaging in Live Tumor Cells

SPIE Photonics Europe 2026

2026 | conference-poster

Dendritic Cell Reprogramming in Pleural Mesothelioma: A Strategy to enhance Tumor Immunogenicity

56th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology

2026 | conference-abstract

Immune–ECM Crosstalk Defines an Immunosuppressed Microenvironment and Reveals Novel Therapeutic Targets in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor

EACR Next Generation Immunotherapies: From Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Resistance and Beyond Virtual Event

2026 | conference-abstract

Raman-Based Detection Strategies to Uncover Intracellular Mechanisms of mRNA Therapies in Murine Mesothelioma Cancer Cells

EACR Conference - Next Generation Immunotherapies: From Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Resistance and Beyond, VIrtual Event (upcoming)

2026 | conference-poster

Raman-based Assessment of Mitochondrial Labeling and Toxicity in Cancer Cell Lines using Bioorthogonal Probes

56th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology

2026 | conference-abstract

Sugar-Functionalized LNPs for mRNA Delivery to Reprogram Tumor-Associated Macrophages

XVI Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery

2026 | conference-abstract

Sugar-functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles for Targeted mRNA Delivery to Antigen-presenting Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy

56th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology

2026 | conference-abstract

Uncovering immune landscape in desmoplastic small round cell tumor

56th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology

2026 | conference-abstract

Precision myeloid modulation of the tumor microenvironment: Sugar-functionalized lipid nanoparticles rewire TAM phenotypes

EACR Conference - Cancer Cell Plasticity: Cracking the Code of Adaptation and Survival Virtual Event

2025 | conference-poster

Targeting cancer plasticity and therapy resistance with sugar-functionalized mRNA-LNP vaccines

EACR Conference - Cancer Cell Plasticity: Cracking the Code of Adaptation and Survival Virtual Event

2025 | conference-poster

Tracking mitochondria in murine malignant mesothelioma cells using confocal Raman microscopy

EACR Conference - Cancer Cell Plasticity: Cracking the Code of Adaptation and Survival Virtual Event

2025 | conference-poster

Mapping the Immuno-Landscape of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor

Cancer Cell Plasticity: Cracking the Code of Adaptation and Survival

2025 | conference-poster

Achieving Long-exposure Raman Spectral Quality from short acquisitions using Deep Learning

4th Annual Meeting of CIBIT, Coimbra 2025

2025 | conference-poster

The Matrix Reloaded: Modeling, Remodeling, and Silencing in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor

Cancer Cell Plasticity EACR virtual event

2025 | conference-poster

Novel microfluidics-based solution for LNP manufacturing (Invention Disclose Form 449 submitted to the University of Coimbra; patent filing in preparation)

2025 | invention

Dendritic Cell Reprogramming in Asbestos-related Mesothelioma: Unveiling New Therapeutic Possibilities

IV ASEICA-ASPIC International Meeting

2025 | conference-poster

Raman Profiling of Lipid Nanoparticles and Live Tumor Cells

SPAOM Meeting 2025

2025 | conference-poster

Sugar-functionalized lipid nanoparticles for targeted reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages

20th ASEICA International Congress, Bilbao, Spain

2025 | conference-poster

Targeted immunotherapy with mRNA cancer vaccines: harnessing sugar-functionalized LNPs for precision antitumor immunity

20th ASEICA International Congress, Bilbao, Spain

2025 | conference-poster

Establishing Robust In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Mesothelioma for Enhanced Translational Research

European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 2025

2025 | conference-poster

Modeling extracellular matrix-tumor interactions in desmoplastic small round cell tumor: development of a new organotypic model https://dashboard.eacr.org/event/session/view/38143:0

European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 2025

2025 | conference-poster

mRNA Cancer Vaccines: Leveraging Sugar-Functionalized LNPs for Targeted Antitumor Immunity

European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 2025

2025 | conference-poster

Exploring the interactions of lipid nanoparticles with tumor cells using confocal Raman microscopy

Applied Biophysical Forum in Drug Delivery 2025

2025 | conference-poster

Impact of aqueous buffer composition on RNA-LNP physicochemical properties

Applied Biophysics Forum in Drug Delivery

2025 | conference-poster

Advanced Optical Imaging for Tissue and Tumour Characterization

Special issue of Life (Open for Submission)

2025 | journal-issue

Advances in RNA-based Therapeutics in Oncology

Springer Handbook of Medical Biotechnology

2025 | book-chapter

Non-invasive Corneal Examination through Multiphoton Microscopy

2024 ARVO Annual Meeting

2024 | conference-abstract

Confocal Raman Microscopy for Exploring Lipid-Nanoparticle Intracellular Trafficking in Cancer Cells

Applied Biophysical Forum in Drug Delivery 2024

2024 | conference-poster

Towards tracing lipid-nanoparticle intracellular trafficking in cancer cells by confocal Raman microscopy

6th ASPIC International Congress

2024 | conference-poster

On the quantitative analysis of lamellar collagen arrangement with second-harmonic generation imaging

Biomedical Optics Express

2024 | journal-article

Development of an Optical Coherence Elastography technique for murine retinal assessment

2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT

2023 | conference-poster

Evaluating the efficacy of skin care products using optical coherence elastography

2nd Annual Meeting of CIBIT

2023 | conference-poster

Quantifying Collagen Organization using Second Harmonic Generation Imaging

INL Global - Local Photonics Meetup

2023 | conference-poster

Phase-Resolved Optical Coherence Elastography: An Insight into Tissue Displacement Estimation

Sensors

2023 | journal-article

Normative mice retinal thickness: 16-month longitudinal characterization of wild-type mice and changes in a model of Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

2023 | journal-article

Retinal imaging in animal models: Searching for biomarkers of neurodegeneration

Frontiers in Ophthalmology

2023 | journal-article

Evaluation of skin care products using optical coherence elastography

2023 | conference-paper

Quantitative analysis of collagen organization from second-harmonic generation images (Conference Presentation)

2023 | conference-abstract

Non-invasive Skin Imaging Development and Applications

Special issue of Life

2023 | journal-issue

Time-dependent elastic numerical model for Optical Coherence Elastography of the murine retina

2023 | conference-paper

Two-Photon Imaging for Non-Invasive Corneal Examination

Sensors

2022 | journal-article

Phase-resolved optical coherence elastography methods and instrumentation

1st Annual meeting of CIBIT

2022 | conference-poster

Novel method for higher-resolution displacement computation in phase-resolved optical coherence elastography

Focus on Microscopy (FOM) 2022

2022 | conference-abstract

On the Numerical Solution of the Inverse Elastography Problem for Time-harmonic Excitation

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Image Processing and Vision Engineering

2022 | conference-paper

Swept-source Phase-Stabilized Optical Coherence Tomography Setup for Elastography

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Image Processing and Vision Engineering

2022 | conference-paper

Vertical Multiphoton Imaging of the Human Skin in vivo

Journal of Clinical and Medical Images

2022 | journal-article

Multiphoton tomography combined with artificial intelligence for automatic diagnosis of skin conditions

ISBS - World Congress on Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin

2021 | conference-poster

Artificial Intelligence in Multiphoton Tomography: Atopic Dermatitis Diagnosis

Scientific Reports

2020 | journal-article

Clinical multimodal multiphoton tomography of pigmented skin lesions with an ultracompact femtosecond fiber laser

SPIE Photonics West 2020

2020 | conference-paper

Corneal collagen crosslinking and treatment outcome evaluation based on femtosecond lasers

SPIE Photonics West 2020

2020 | conference-poster

Translation of two-photon microscopy to the clinic: multimodal multiphoton CARS tomography of in vivo human skin

Journal of Biomedical Optics

2020 | journal-article

High-speed imaging of gas-bubble formation during femtosecond-laser cell optoporation

SPIE Photonics West 2020

2020 | conference-paper

Towards Improving Human Corneal Care Using Two-Photon Imaging

XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019

2019 | book-chapter

Early evaluation of corneal collagen crosslinking in ex-vivo human corneas using two-photon imaging

Scientific Reports

2019 | journal-article

Riboflavin Concentrations at the Endothelium during Corneal Crosslinking (CXL)

ARVO Annual Meeting 2019

2019 | conference-abstract

Riboflavin Concentrations at the Endothelium During Corneal Cross-Linking in Humans

Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

2019 | journal-article

Microfluidic setup for laser-assisted cell transfection

Focus on Microscopy (FOM) 2019

2019 | conference-abstract

Multimodal multiphoton tomograph using a compact femtosecond fiber laser

SPIE Photonics West 2019

2019 | conference-paper

Non-invasive and label-free follow-up of accelerated-crosslinking using multiphoton tomography

SPIE Photonics West 2019

2019 | conference-poster

Non-invasive and label-free follow-up of accelerated-crosslinking using multiphoton tomography

SPIE Photonics West 2019

2019 | conference-paper

Towards laser-assisted microfluidic-cell transfection

2019 | conference-paper

Femtosecond laser multiphoton tomography for corneal collagen crosslinking evaluation

International CXL Experts' Meeting

2018 | conference-abstract

Multiphoton tomography for accelerated- corneal collagen crosslinking follow-up

International CXL Experts' Meeting

2018 | conference-poster

Assessment of the metabolism and morphology of the porcine cornea, lens and retina by 2-photon imaging

Journal of Biophotonics

2018 | journal-article

In vivo breast skin imaging using multiphoton tomography

ISBS - World Congress on Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin

2018 | conference-abstract

High-resolution, label-free two-photon imaging of diseased human corneas

Journal of Biomedical Optics

2018 | journal-article

Rapid in vivo vertical tissue sectioning by multiphoton tomography

SPIE Photonics West 2018

2018 | conference-paper

Multiphoton tomography of ex vivo cross-linked human corneas

SPIE Photonics West 2018

2018 | conference-poster

Assessment of Human Corneas Prior to Transplantation Using High-Resolution Two-Photon Imaging

Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

2018 | journal-article

16 Two-photon microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging of the cornea

Multiphoton Microscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

2018 | book-chapter

Femtosecond-laser setups for cell-membrane poration

2018 | conference-paper

Rapid vertical tissue imaging with clinical multiphoton tomography

2018 | conference-paper

Two-photon FLIM imaging and femtosecond laser nano processing of IPS cells and stem cells (Conference Presentation)

SPIE Photonics West 2018

2018 | conference-abstract

Two-photon cornea imaging

12th Workshop and Conference on Advanced Multiphoton and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques (FLIM 2018)

2018 | conference-abstract

Two-photon imaging of the cornea using femtosecond laser microscopes and tomographs

Universität des Saarlandes

2018 | dissertation-thesis

Ex vivo evaluation of collagen crosslinking corneas using multiphoton tomography

16th International Photodynamic Association World Congress

2017 | conference-poster

FLIM of cross-linked corneas

11th Workshop and Conference on Advanced Multiphoton and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques (FLIM 2017)

2017 | conference-abstract

Towards in vivo characterization of breast skin using multiphoton tomography

11th Workshop and Conference on Advanced Multiphoton and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques (FLIM 2017)

2017 | conference-poster

In vivo imaging of the human eyelid skin by multiphoton tomography

Focus on Microscopy (FOM) 2017

2017 | conference-abstract

Optical transfection with a microfluidic cell system using sub-15 femtosecond lasers

Focus on Microscopy (FOM) 2017

2017 | conference-poster

Femtosecond-laser assisted cell reprogramming

SPIE Photonics West 2017

2017 | conference-paper

Towards in vivo breast skin characterization using multiphoton microscopy

SPIE Photonics West 2017

2017 | conference-paper

In vivo multiphoton imaging of the eyelid skin

SPIE Photonics West 2017

2017 | conference-paper

Towards in vivo breast skin characterization using multiphoton microscopy

SPIE Photonics West 2017

2017 | conference-poster

Evaluation of collagen crosslinked corneas using multiphoton tomography

Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG) Kongress 2017

2017 | conference-poster

Multiphoton tomography of the human eye

2017 | conference-paper

Non-invasive, Label-free, High-resolution optical histology of the human cornea using multiphoton tomography (MPT)

Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG) Kongress 2017

2017 | conference-abstract

Collagen cross-linked corneas assessment using multiphoton tomography

International CXL Experts' Meeting

2016 | conference-abstract

Multiphoton tomography: a new imaging modality for corneal evaluation

International CXL Experts' Meeting

2016 | conference-poster

Multiphoton Microscopy Imaging of ex vivo Collagen Cross-linking Human Corneas

Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG) Kongress 2016

2016 | conference-abstract

Optical reprogramming of human cells in an ultrashort femtosecond laser microfluidic transfection platform

Journal of Biophotonics

2016 | journal-article

Cell optoporation with a sub-15 fs and a 250-fs laser

Journal of Biomedical Optics

2016 | journal-article

Two-Photon Microscopy of Skin and Eye

ISBS - World Congress on Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin

2016 | conference-poster

Two-photon spectral fluorescence lifetime and second-harmonic generation imaging of the porcine cornea with a 12-femtosecond laser microscope

Journal of Biomedical Optics

2016 | journal-article

Multiphoton microscopy for the diagnosis of corneal pathologies

Focus on Microscopy (FOM) 2016

2016 | conference-abstract

Optical Reprogramming with Ultrashort Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Focus on Microscopy (FOM) 2016

2016 | conference-abstract

Multiphoton microscopy for corneal pathologies diagnosis

German Physical Society (DPG) - Spring Meeting

2016 | conference-abstract

Time-gated FLIM microscope for corneal metabolic imaging

SPIE Photonics West 2016

2016 | conference-paper

Multiphoton Imaging of the Cornea: Functional and Structural Information

VII Annual Meeting of IBILI

2015 | conference-abstract

Optical reprogramming of human somatic cells using ultrashort Bessel-shaped near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses

Journal of Biomedical Optics

2015 | journal-article

Software-aided automatic laser optoporation and transfection of cells

Scientific Reports

2015 | journal-article

Development of a time-gated fluorescence lifetime microscope for in vivo corneal metabolic imaging

European Conferences on Biomedical Optics

2015 | conference-paper

Two-photon autofluorescence lifetime and SHG imaging of healthy and diseased human corneas

SPIE Photonics West 2015

2015 | conference-poster

Characterization of porcine eyes based on autofluorescence lifetime imaging

SPIE BiOS

2015 | conference-paper

Fluorescence lifetime microscope for corneal metabolic imaging

2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)

2015 | conference-paper

Motionless polarization-resolved second harmonic generation imaging of corneal collagen

SPIE BiOS

2015 | conference-paper

Optical cell cleaning with NIR femtosecond laser pulses

SPIE BiOS

2015 | conference-paper

Optical reprogramming with ultrashort femtosecond laser pulses

SPIE BiOS

2015 | conference-paper

Software aided automatic cell optoporation system

SPIE BiOS

2015 | conference-paper

Two-photon autofluorescence lifetime and SHG imaging of healthy and diseased human corneas

SPIE BiOS

2015 | conference-paper

Two-Photon Autofluorescence Lifetime and SHG Imaging of Healthy and Diseased Human Corneas

VI Annual Meeting of IBILI

2014 | conference-poster

High-throughput continuous flow femtosecond laser-assisted cell optoporation and transfection

Microscopy Research and Technique

2014 | journal-article

Detection of back-reflected SHG from corneal histological sections

SPIE Photonics West 2014

2014 | conference-paper

Detection of back-reflected SHG from corneal histological sections

SPIE Photonics West 2014

2014 | conference-poster

Fluorescence Lifetime Based Corneal Metabolic Imaging

Procedia Technology

2014 | journal-article

Fluorescence lifetime imaging of induced pluripotent stem cells

SPIE BiOS

2014 | conference-paper

Label-free SHG imaging and spectral FLIM of corneas using a sub-15 fs laser microscope

SPIE BIOS

2014 | conference-paper

Multiphotonen-Tomographie der humanen Kornea

Ophthalmologische Nachrichten Special Bilddiagnostik

2014 | newspaper-article

Porcine eye imaging with a sub-15 fs laser microscope

9th Workshop on Advanced Multiphoton and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques

2014 | conference-poster

Corneal Metabolic State Assessment by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

Portuguese Society for Microscopy (SPMicros)

2013 | conference-paper

Corneal SHG and Autofluorescence with sub-15 fs Laser Microscopy

8th Workshop on Advanced Multiphoton and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques

2013 | conference-poster

Corneal metabolic imaging by FAD autofluorescence lifetime

2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG)

2013 | conference-paper

Label-free Corneal Imaging with a sub-15fs Laser Microscope

2013 | conference-poster

Corneal Metabolic Imaging

4th Annual Meeting of IBILI

2012 | conference-abstract

Corneal respiratory function by FAD autofluorescence lifetime

European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) 2012

2012 | conference-abstract

FLIM as a tool for metabolic imaging of the cornea

2012 IEEE 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Bioengineering (ENBENG)

2012 | conference-paper

Corneal Cells Metabolic Imaging using FAD Fluorescence Lifetime

Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference

2012 | conference-paper

FLIM as a Tool for Metabolic Imaging of the Cornea

2nd Portuguese BioEngineering Meeting IEEE-EMBS

2012 | conference-poster

Metabolic Imaging of the Cornea using FLIM: Preliminary Results

7th Workshop on Advanced Multiphoton and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Techniques

2012 | conference-poster

Effects of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Administration on Retinal Physiology in the Rat

PLoS ONE

2011 | journal-article

Exploring the impact of ecstasy on retinal physiology: A pioneer study

2010 | dissertation-thesis