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International Advanced School:

Frontiers on Additive Biomanufacturing

Exploring predictive models and additive biomanufacturing for biomedical applications.

  • 11 – 12 March 2026
  • Centro Empresarial, Marinha Grande
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March 11 and 12, 2026

Scientific & Strategic Program

DAY 1

MARCH 11, 2026

09:30 - 10:15

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:15 – 10:30

Opening Remarks

  • Pedro Assunção (Vice-Presidente, Polytechnic University of Leiria, Portugal)
  • Paula Faria (PI of the PREDICTOS, Polytechnic University of Leiria, Portugal)

10:30 – 11:30

Additive Biomanufacturing

  • Carlos Mota (Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands)

11:30 – 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:45

Decellularized Macro/Microporous Structures

Engineering ECM-Based Instructive Microenvironments through Advanced Processing Technologies

  • Ana Leite Oliveira (Catholic University, Porto, Portugal)

12:45 – 14:00

Networking Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Visit to CDRSP’s Labs

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

AM Lab Experience

A – Polymer Biomanufacturing
B – Metal Biomanufacturing
C – Composite Biomanufacturing
D – Biomaterial/Cell Characterization

18:30 – 20:00

Networking Dinner

Centro Empresarial da Marinha Grande

DAY 2

MARCH 12, 2026

09:30 - 10:00

Welcome Coffee

10:00 – 11:00

In-vitro and In-vivo models

Integrating In Vitro and In Vivo Models for Regenerative Medicine: Translational and Regulatory Perspectives

  • Ana Colette (ICBAS, University of Porto, Portugal)

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30

Advanced Tissue Engineering

Engineering a smart tumor implant: where magnetic hyperthermia meets thermoresponsive drug release

  • Paula Soares (NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal)

12:30 – 14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

Digital Predictive Models

Virtual Human Twins – Predictive models using electronic health record and medical imaging data

  • João Santinha (Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal)

15:00 – 16:00

Towards In Silico and Multiscale Modelling for Predictive Biomanufacturing and Regenerative Therapies

Computational Tissue Engineering: from virtual patients to living implants

  • Liesbet Geris (University of Liège and KU Leuven, Belgium)

16:00 – 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 – 18:00

Oral Pitch Session | Awards

19:00 – 21:30

International School Dinner

Casa da Nora, Leiria

Event Chairs

Juliana Dias

PhD in Biomedical Sciences

Electrospun wound dressings, ECM mimicking, Bioactive structures, Eletrical-stimulated scaffolds, Skin regeneration.

Nuno Alves

Coordinator Professor on Mechanical Engineering - Biomechanics

Additive biomanufacturing, computational Modelling, biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Biomechanics.

Paula Faria

Adjunct Professor on Mathematics

Numerical models, Applied mathematics, Stimuli-based scaffolds.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Internationally recognised expert in additive manufacturing, tissue regeneration, and predictive models

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Carlos Mota

Maastricht University, NL

Ana Leite Oliveira

Universidade Católica, Porto, PT

Ana Colette

ICBAS, University of Porto, PT

Paula Soares

NOVA University, Lisbon, PT

João Santinha

Champalimaud Foundation, PT

Liesbet Geris

University of Liège and KU Leuven, BE

Organizing Committee

Catarina Batista

Adriana Barroso

Bruna da Silva

Carolina Ferreira

Daniela Gonçalves

Daniela Trindade

Diana Pacheco

Liliana Gouveia

Rachel Cordeiro

Rafael Tavares

Rafaela Seabra

Rodrigo Vieira

Sandra Amado

Miguel Coelho

Nikoletta Varha

João Simões

Margarida Oliveira

Pedro Carreira

Tiago Sieiro

Joana Fernandes

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Deadline: March 6, 2026

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Carlos Mota

Maastricht University, NL

Expert in Additive Biomanufacturing and Tissue Engineering.

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Ana Leite Oliveira

Universidade Católica, Porto, PT

Engineering ECM-Based Instructive Microenvironments through Advanced Processing Technologies

Specialist in Decellularized Structures and Biomaterials.

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Ana Colette

ICBAS, University of Porto, PT

Integrating In Vitro and In Vivo Models for Regenerative Medicine: Translational and Regulatory Perspectives

In-vitro and In-vivo Models for Regenerative Medicine.

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Paula Soares

NOVA University, Lisbon, PT

Engineering a smart tumor implant: where magnetic hyperthermia meets thermoresponsive drug release

Paula is a Principal Researcher at Cenimat|i3N, in the Materials Science Department of the NOVA FCT in Caparica, Portugal. Paula received her Master degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa in 2009. She worked as a Pharmacist in a community pharmacy for two and a half years before starting her Ph.D. in Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences at NOVA FCT. Her Ph.D. work focused on the synthesis and stabilization of iron oxide nanoparticles, their coating with the biopolymer chitosan, and their application in the biomedical field. She obtained her PhD degree in 2015. Since then, her main scientific activities have focused on developing multifunctional magnetic devices for medical applications, namely magnetic hyperthermia, magnetic resonance imaging, and controlled drug delivery systems.

She has published 40+ articles in peer-reviewed journals and 4 book chapters. Paula also supervises students during their Master’s thesis (+50) and Ph.D. thesis (5), and teaches theoretical and lab classes in the department related to Biomaterials, Nanomedicine, Medical imaging and theranostics. Paula was also a PI and a member of several national and collaborative projects, and has been a member of the YSF-ESB board since 2022.

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João Santinha

Champalimaud Foundation, PT

Virtual Human Twins - Predictive models using electronic health record and medical imaging data

João Santinha, PhD, is a researcher specializing in medical imaging, biomarkers, and artificial intelligence. He co-leads the Digital Surgery Lab. Dr. Santinha completed his PhD at Instituto de Telecomunicações – Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He is also an Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. His work focuses on developing AI-driven tools to enhance surgical precision and personalize screening, diagnosis, treatments and follow-up through imaging and non-imaging data.
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Liesbet Geris

University of Liège and KU Leuven, BE

Professor in Biomechanics and Computational Tissue Engineering at the University of Liège and KU Leuven in Belgium

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