• Thesis Prizes
     
    Best PhD Thesis Prize ITQB – 2010
    Production Optimization of Rotavirus-Like Particles - A Systems Biology Approach.
    António Roldão
    Supervisors: Rui M. F. Oliveira and Manuel J. T. Carrondo.
     
    Best PhD Thesis of Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research - 2010
    Expression of Antibodies and Retroviral Vectors from Defined Chromosomal Sites: Strategies towards Reliable Production Systems
    Leonor Norton
    Supervisors: Hansjörg Hauser and Paula M. Alves.

 

  • Prizes in Conferences
     
    Best Poster Award
    Cryopreservation of adherent cells: strategies to improve cell viability and function after thawing
    R. Malpique, D. Ferreira, F. Ehrhart, A. Katsen-Globa, M. J. T. Carrondo, H. Zimmermann, P. M. Alves
    2nd World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, Seul, South Korea, August 2009.
     
    2nd Best Poster Presentation
    Improved Cryopreservation Protocols for Brain Cells
    R. Malpique, L. Osório, D. Ferreira, F. Ehrhart, H. Zimmermann and Paula M. Alves
    ESACT 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009.
     
    3rd Best Poster Presentation
    Lipid Metabolism as a Basis for Improved Manufacturing of Complex Bioproducts – The case of Retroviral Vectors
    Ana F. Rodrigues, Marlene Carmo, Ana I. Amaral, Paula M. Alves and Ana S. Coroadinha
    ESACT 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2009.
     
    Merck Best Student Poster Award
    Novel techniques for characterization of double and triple-layered rotavirus-like particles
    Candida Mellado, Ana Luísa Simplício, António Lopes, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, Paula M. Alves
    Vaccine Technology II, Albufeira, Portugal, June 2008.
     
    Merck Best Student Poster Award
    Cell Culture and Cryopreservation in an Alginate Environment: Applications in Cell-Based Therapies and Toxicology Testing
    Rita Malpique, Friederike Ehrhart, Alisa Katsen-Globa, Manuel J. T. Carrondo, Paula M. Alves, Heiko Zimmermann
    Cell Culture Engineering XI, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, April 2008.
     
    1st Best Poster Presentation
    Understanding anion exchange membrane chromatography: optimization of Rotavirus-Like Particles purification
    Tiago Vicente, Marcos Sousa, Cristina Peixoto, Manuel J.T. Carrondo and Paula M. Alves
    14th International Conference on Biopartitioning and Purification, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2007.
     
    2nd Prize Poster Presentation
    Screening Anion-Exchange Chromatographic Matrices for Isolation of Onco-Retroviral Vectors
    Teresa Rodrigues, Andreia Carvalho, António Roldão, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, Paula M. Alves, Pedro E. Cruz
    European Downstream Technology Forum, Göttingen, Germany, May 2006.
     
    1st Best Poster Presentation
    Cell growth arrest by nucleotides, nucleosides and bases as a tool for improved production of recombinant proteins.
    Ana V. Carvalhal, Sónia Sá Santos, Mathias Haury, Manuel J.T. Carrondo
    18th Meeting of the European Society for Animal Cell Technology, Granada, May 2003
     
    1st Best Poster Presentation
    Alternative Approaches to Culture Brain Cells in Stirred Tank Bioreactors.
    Paula M Alves, Sónia Sá Santos, Luis L. Fonseca, Miguel AR Monteiro & Manuel J.T. Carrondo
    First World Congress on Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig, October 2003
     
    1st Best Poster Presentation
    Controled Growth of Animal Cells for Biopharmaceutical Production.
    Ana Carvalhal, José Calado, Sónia Sá Santos, Manuel J.T. Carrondo
    Cell Culture Engineering VIII, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA, April 2002

 

  • Scientific Merit Prizes and Recognitions
     
    Recognition
    Manuel J. T. Carrondo, Medal of Merit, European Society for Animal Cell Technology (ESACT), Dresden, Germany, 2007
     
    Recognition
    Paula M. Alves, Elected to Executive Board (Secretary), European Society for Animal Cell Technology (ESACT), Dresden, Germany, 2007
    Scientific Prize
    Paula M. Alves, French PhD Association, 2005
     
    Scientific Prize
    Paula M. Alves, Santander Totta/Universidade Nova de Lisboa Scientific Merit Prize, 2008