Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief
Hassan Bousbaa, UNIPRO - Oral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific Interest: targeted anticancer therapy; targeting mitosis for cancer therapy; antimitotic agents; biological evaluation of natural and synthetic compounds; cancer biomarkers
SECTION EDITORS
Saman Warnakulasuriya, King's College London and WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer, UK.
Scientific interests: oral health, cancer
Bruno Sarmento, INEB - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), University of Porto, Portugal.
Scientific Interest: biomedicine and biomedical sciences; biomaterials; development of new drug delivery systems using colloidal nanoparticles; physical and chemical characterization of pharmaceutical dosage forms; cell-culture models for drug absorption studies; in vitro and in vivo models of drug bioavailability; classical pharmaceutical dosage forms
Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal.
Scientific Interest: organic and pharmaceutical chemistry; chromatography; chirality; organic environmental pollutants
Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira, TOXRUN - Toxicology Research University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific Interest: toxicology and pharmacology; psychoactive substances; pesticides; medicines; preclinical, clinical and forensic aspects
Júlio C. M. Souza, Center for MicroElectroMechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMINHO), University of Minho, Portugal.
Scientific Interest: dental implants; oral biofilms; anti-biofilms; bio-tribocorrosion; titanium implants; material characterization; mechanical properties; biomaterials; corrosion; materials; microstructure; mechanical behavior of materials; mechanical testing; surface analysis.
Quezia Bezerra Cass, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
Scientific interests: Enantioresolution of chiral compounds by liquid chromatography. Analysis of small molecules by direct injection of complex matrices. quality control of natural products, as raw materials or as phytotherapic medicines. Immobilized enzyme-based assays for screening ligands from natural and synthetic libraries.
Bruno Henriques, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil.
Scientific interests: Biomaterials, bioceramics; cellular ceramics, dental materials; laser structuring; zirconia; bioactive glasses; calcium phosphates; additive manufacturing; tissue engineering, traditional ceramics, cellular ceramics, functionally graded materials.
Victor Bolanos-Garcia, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom.
Scientific interests: cell cycle regulation, mitosis, spindle assembly checkpoint, structural biology, protein complexes, protein biophysics, drug discovery
Nuno Vieira Brito, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Veterinary Sciences; Animal Welfare; Biodiversity; Productive Performance; Local Resources; Ethics in Animals.
Arthur R. G. Cortes, Department of Dental Surgery, Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Malta, Malta
Scientific interests: Digital Dentistry, Bone imaging, Oral Implantology.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Madalena Pinto, CIIMAR, Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Drug discovery and drug design; Chemistry of Natural Products; Organic synthesis; Chiral stationary phases (HPLC); Molecular Recognition-Artificial Receptors.
José das Neves, INEB - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), University of Porto, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Drug Delivery; HIV Prevention; Microbicides; Nanomedicine; Pharmaceutics.
Odília Queirós, UNIPRO - Oral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific Interest: Cancer, Metabolism, Warburg, Monocarboxylate transporters. Multidrug resistance.
Sara Ricardo, I3S/IPATIMUP - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde/Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Differentiation and Cancer; gynaecological oncology; ovarian cancer biology; Drug Repurpusing
Paolo De Marco, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Microbiology; Microbiota analysis; Genomics; Metagenomics; Infection.
Cláudia Ribeiro, TOXRUN - Toxicology Research Unit, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Chromatographic Analytical methods; Sample preparation procedures; Environmental research; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Environmental pollutants
José Carlos Andrade, TOXRUN - Toxicology Research Unit, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Probiotics; Antioxidants; Nutraceuticals; Drug delivery; Microencapsulation
Teresa Pinho, UNIPRO - Oral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Orthodontics; Odontopediatics; Cranio-Dento-Facial disorders; Maxillary Lateral Incisors Agenesis (MLIA); Temporomandibular disorders.
Honorina Cidade, CIIMAR, Laboratory of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal.
Scientific interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; natural products; heterocycles; anticancer; antioxidant.
Luís Monteiro, UNIPRO - Oral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal
Scientific Interest: Oral cancer; oral leukoplakia; prognostic markers; laser; immunohistochemistry.
Emília Sousa, CIIMAR, Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal.
Scientific interests: Medicinal Chemistry, computational docking, organic synthesis, structural elucidation of small molecules by spectroscopic techniques and in preclinical studies related with solubility, stability and metabolism.
Copy Editor
Joana Barbosa, Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
Administrative Editor
Rui Azevedo, Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde (IUCS), CESPU, Portugal.
