Pulido Valente Ciência 2018 prize was awarded to Rúben Pereira, for his work in the area of skin 3D printing published in 2018 in Materials Horizons. This year was dedicated to biomedical sciences and this work was considered one of the best articles by young Portuguese researchers. The other awardee was Joana Sacramento, from Univ. Nova in Lisbon. Further details are provided in newspaper Público (only in Portuguese).

Leveling up hydrogels: Hybrid systems in tissue engineering

Neves SC, Moroni L, Barrias CC, Granja PL. Trends Biotechnol 2020;3:292–315.

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Acetalated dextran nanoparticles loaded into an injectable alginate cryogel for combined chemotherapy and cancer vaccination

Bauleth‐Ramos T, Shih T‐Y, Shahbazi M‐A, Najibi AJ, Ma AS, Liu, D, Granja P, Santos HA, Sarmento B, Mooney DJ. Adv Funct Mater 2019;29:1903686.

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A single-component hydrogel bioink for bioprinting of bioengineered 3D constructs for dermal tissue engineering

Pereira RF, Sousa A, Barrias CC, Bártolo PJ, Granja PL. Mater Horiz 2018;5:1100-11.

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Cell-instructive pectin hydrogels crosslinked via thiol-norbornene photo-click chemistry for skin tissue engineering

Pereira RF, Barrias CC, Bártolo PJ, Granja PL. Acta Biomater 2018;66:282-93.

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CD44v6 increases gastric cancer malignant phenotype by modulating adipose stromal cell-mediated ECM remodeling

Lourenço BN, Springer NL, Ferreira D, Oliveira C, Granja PL, Fischbach C. Integr Biol 2018;10:145-58.

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Fab-conjugated PLGA nanoparticles effectively target cancer cells expressing human CD44v6

Kennedy PJ, Sousa F, Ferreira D, Pereira C, Nestor M, Oliveira C, Granja PL, Sarmento B. Acta Biomater 2018;81:208-18.

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Bioengineering a novel 3D in vitro model of gastric mucosa for stomach permeability studies

Lourenço BN, Dos Santos T, Oliveira C, Barrias CC, Granja PL. Acta Biomater 2018;82:68-78.

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Advances in electrospun skin substitutes

Dias J, Granja PL*, Bártolo PJ*. Prog Mater Sci 2016;84:314-34. * Equal contribution

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