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Workshop to scope and preselect indicators for criterion D3C3 under MSFD decisi...
Armelloni, Enrico; Bolund, Elisabeth; Canal, Gema; Cardinale, Massimiliano; Coscia, Ilaria; Croll, Jasper; Balic, Daria Ezgeta; Falsone, FabioThe workshop to scope and preselect indicators for Descriptor 3 criterion 3 under MSFD Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848 (WKD3C3SCOPE) provided a platform for experts from the EU member states and relevant regional bodies to meet and support development and progress the assessment methodology, based on a request by the EC (DGENV). WKD3C3SCOPE is the first of a series of three workshops (WKD3C3THRESHOLDS and WKS...
Effects of sample handling and cultivation bias on the specificity of bacterial...
Hardoim, Cristiane; Cardinale, Massimiliano; Cucio, Ana C. B.; Esteves, Ana; Berg, Gabriele; Xavier, Joana R.; Cox, C. J.; Costa, RodrigoComplex and distinct bacterial communities inhabit marine sponges and are believed to be essential to host survival, but our present-day inability to domesticate sponge symbionts in the laboratory hinders our access to the full metabolic breadth of these microbial consortia. We address bacterial cultivation bias in marine sponges using a procedure that enables direct comparison between cultivated and uncultivat...
Bamboo fibre processing: insights into hemicellulase and cellulase substrate ac...
Fu, Jiajia; Nyanhongo, Gibson S.; Silva, Carla Manuela Pereira Marinho da; Cardinale, Massimiliano; Prasetyo, E. N.; Yu, Chongwen; Paulo, Artur CavacoA biological approach for degumming bamboo substrates has been assessed. The ability of various commercially available enzymes, including cellulase, xylanase, pectinase and mannanase, to hydrolyze bamboo powders was investigated. In addition, a commercial cellulase preparation was applied onto bamboo fibre bundles obtained by natural retting. It was found that almost all enzymes applied can use bamboo material ...
Folic acid-functionalized human serum albumin nanocapsules for targeted drug de...
Rollett, Alexandra; Reiter, Tamara; Nogueira, Patrícia; Cardinale, Massimiliano; Loureiro, Ana; Gomes, Andreia C; Paulo, Artur CavacoActivated synovial macrophages play a key role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Recent studies have shown that folate receptor beta (FRβ) is specifically expressed by activated macrophages. Therefore a folate-based nanodevice would provide the possibility of delivering therapeutic agents to activated macrophages without affecting normal cells and tissues. This study shows for the first time the sonochemical prepar...