Dr. Raquel Goncalves

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsMedical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Keywordsregenerative medicine, inflammation, biomaterials, intervertebral disc, mesenchymal stem cells
Honours and awards

2021: Grammer/Eur. Spine J. award for the manuscript “Terminal complement complex formation is associated with intervertebral disc degeneration"

2021: 1st prize to FETALIX, Amyris Innovation BIG Impact Award

2020: 1st Prize to FETALIX, EIT Jumpstarter, category Health

2019: Best Oral Communication, 30a Annual Meeting of the Eur. Soc. Biomaterials

2018: Georg Schmorl Prize of German Spine Society for the manuscript “Combined inflammatory and mechanical stress weakens the annulus fibrosus: evidences from a loaded bovine AF organ culture”

2017: Alexander Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers “The role of MSCs on inflammation/biomechanics of anulus fibrosus”

2016: 3rd Prize “Best Research Article Award” of Tissue Eng. J. for the manuscript “A Degenerative/ Proinflammatory Intervertebral Disc Organ culture: an ex vivo model for anti-inflammatory drug and cell therapy”

Current contact address

CountryPortugal
CityPorto
InstitutionUniversidade do Porto
InstituteInstituto de Investigacao e Inovacao em Saude

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim WilkeUniversitätsklinikum, Institut für Unfallchirurgische Forschung und Biomechanik, Universität Ulm, Ulm
Dr. Cornelia Neidlinger-WilkeInstitut für Unfallchirurgische Forschung und Biomechanik, Universität Ulm, Ulm
Dr. Raquel GoncalvesInstituto de Investigacao e Inovacao em Saude, Universidade do Porto, Porto
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2018

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers