People
Alice S. Pereira
Research Lab Leader
Research Group
Position
Associate Professor (since 2020)
CV
Personal Website
Email
alice.pereira@fct.unl.pt
Phone number
(+351) 212 948 300 (ext: 10987)
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- Pacheco, MR; Jacinto, JP; Penas, D; Calmeiro, T; Almeida, AV; Colaco, M; Fortunato, E; Jones, NC; Hoffmann, SV; Pereira, MMA; Tavares, P; Pereira, AS. 2020. Supramolecular protein polymers using mini-ferritin Dps as the building block. ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 18, DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01702g
- Pereira, A; Silva, L; Laranjeiro, C; Lino, C; Pena, A. 2020. Selected Pharmaceuticals in Different Aquatic Compartments: Part II-Toxicity and Environmental Risk Assessment. MOLECULES, 25, DOI: 10.3390/molecules25081796
- Pereira, A; Silva, L; Laranjeiro, C; Lino, C; Pena, A. 2020. Selected Pharmaceuticals in Different Aquatic Compartments: Part I-Source, Fate and Occurrence. MOLECULES, 25, DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051026
- García-González, Julia; Pereira, Alice S; Lemos, Paulo C; Almeida, Nídia; Silva, Vítor; Candeias, Antonio; Juan-Valdés, Andrés; Faria, Paulina. 2020. Effect of surface biotreatments on construction materials. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 241, DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118019
- Penas, D; Pereira, AS; Tavares, P. 2019. Direct Evidence for Ferrous Ion Oxidation and Incorporation in the Absence of Oxidants by Dps from Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 58, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809584
Main research interests
- Protein nano cages - ferritins and encapsulins
- DNA-binding proteins (Dps)
- Protein-DNA condensates
- Iron homeostasis and cellular detoxification
- Conformational dynamics
- Spectroscopic characterisation (Mössbauer, EPR, CD, FTIR, UV/Visible)