Manuela E. Gomes
Institute for Medical and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto
Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB)
Portugal
Manuela E. Gomes is since May 2024 a Full Professor of BioEngineering at the Institute for Medical and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS) of the University of Porto and Leader of the Research Group on Regenerative Medicine and 3D Tissue Modelling at the Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB -ICBAS). Her research interests currently focus on musculoskeletal tissue engineering strategies and 3D modelling, namely in the development of natural origin bioinks and magnetic assisted bioprinting technologies leading to complex and anisotropic structures. Manuela Gomes has been involved in numerous European and national/regional projects as PI or team member; She currently coordinates a Consolidator Grant (CoG) – MagTendon and a Proof of Concept (PoC) -BioCHIPS from the European Research Council (ERC), and a COST Action – TENET.
Manuela Gomes is editor of 3 books and co-editor of the Tissue Engineering Encyclopaedia (Elsevier, 2019) and author of 260 full papers, 51 book chapters, 8 patents and has delivered 60 lectures in international conferences. She is Ambassador in Portugal to the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS). Manuela Gomes is Fellow of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (FTERM, class 2021) and since June 2024 she is Chair of the European Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS-EU);
