Programa Pessoa 2017/2018 - Transnational cooperation between Portugal (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) and France (CampusFrance)
Title: The function of structural lipid polymers in defence and signalling at the surface of plants
Reference: FCT/4061/4/4/2017/S
Host Institutions: ITQB NOVA and INRA
Partners: Cristina Silva Pereira and Christophe Rothan
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/MEC (PIDDAC)
Title: Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: A platform to Boost Eucalyptus globulus and Quercus suber cork integrated Biorefineries
Reference: PTDC/AGR-TEC/1191/2014
Coordinator/Host Institution: Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
Partner: Cristina Silva Pereira
H2020-EU.1.2.1. - FET Open
Title: FLow Induced Phase Transitions, A new low energy paradigm for polymer processing
Reference: 713475
Coordinator/Host Institution: The University of Sheffield
Partner: Cristina Silva Pereira
Vision: Develop a platform technology to generate novel, bespoke, naturally derived, low embodied-energy materials, which would be competitive
with current petroleum-based polymers in terms of sustainability.
European Research Council (ERC)
Title: Development of biomaterials through mimesis of plant defensive interfaces to fight wound infections
Reference: 647928
Coordinator: Cristina Silva Pereira
Host Institution: ITQB-UNL
Vision: Development of novel strategies to efficiently fight wound infections