Carina Alexandra Félix Figueiredo
This page is dedicated to our ITN fellow Carina Alexandra Félix Figueiredo. Feel free to contact Carina with any questions or remarks by clicking on Contact Carina.
ESR 4 - Ph.D Fellow
Project Description
Engineering of Cys-MRQ-GaOx variants for Direct Unique-point Covalent Immobilization. Covalent immobilization of the mutant Cys-MRQ-GaOx to nanostructured electrodes for optimizing direct electron transfer (DET) via the Cu active site. A comparative study will be done of the performance of the DET-based systems with the mediated electron transfer (MET) ones based on the enzymes immobilized on redox hydrogels. Evaluation of switching on-off of the GaOx biosensor by electrochemical oxidation of the active site´s tyrosine.
Goal at the end of the ITN project
Achieve relevant results using engineered Galactose Oxidase in terms of direct electron transfer. Galactose/ glucose biosensor.
My background
Biochemistry.
"Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise." - Victor Hugo
About Carina
ESR#: 4
Professional background: Biochemistry
Host institute: Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry – CSIC
PhD Program Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Supervisor: Prof. Antonio Lopez De Lacey, Dr. Marcos Pita
Interests: Football, Travel, Music, and Animals
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Latest publication
Carina’s publications
Here you can find the links to Carina's publications during the ITN project.
3rd Workshop Electrobionet 2021
Carina Figueiredo has presented her work in the form of a poster presentation at the 3rd Workshop Electrobionet 2021 hosted by the Autonomous University of Madrid and its Faculty of Science. Carina Figueiredo, Andrea García-Ortega, Anna Lielpetere, Tanushree Mandal, Donal Leech, Marcos Pita, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Antonio L. De Lacey. Development of
7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting
Carina Figueiredo presented her work on galactose oxidase and biosensors in the form of a poster presentation at the 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting. Carina Figueiredo, Marcos Pita, Miguel Alcalde, Antonio L. De Lacey. Glucose biosensors: An oveview towards a new generation. 7th PYChem Meeting. Poster (online)
ESR 4 Carina Figueiredo: Review – Electrochemical studies of galactose oxidase
The review of Carina Figueiredo on the electrochemical studies done on galactose oxidase was published in Electrochimica Acta. By clicking on the thumbnail above, you will be directed to the publication open access website.
European Federation of Biotechnology 2021
Carina Figueiredo presented her work in a poster presentation at the European Federation of Biotechnology in May 2021. Carina Figueiredo, Merve Keser, Marcos Pita, Miguel Alcalde, Antonio L. De Lacey. Oriented Covalent Immobilization of Galactose Oxidase for Biosensor Applications. EFB 2021 Poster (online)
XXVII International symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
Our ITN has attende the BES 2022 conference in April presenting their work over the last two years. This was also a great experience considering we were not able to enjoy conferences during the pandemic.
All of Carina's publications
3rd Workshop Electrobionet 2021
Carina Figueiredo has presented her work in the form of a poster presentation at the 3rd Workshop Electrobionet 2021 hosted by the Autonomous University of
7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting
Carina Figueiredo presented her work on galactose oxidase and biosensors in the form of a poster presentation at the 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting. Carina
ESR 4 Carina Figueiredo: Review – Electrochemical studies of galactose oxidase
The review of Carina Figueiredo on the electrochemical studies done on galactose oxidase was published in Electrochimica Acta. By clicking on the thumbnail above,
European Federation of Biotechnology 2021
Carina Figueiredo presented her work in a poster presentation at the European Federation of Biotechnology in May 2021. Carina Figueiredo, Merve Keser, Marcos Pita, Miguel
XXVII International symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
Our ITN has attende the BES 2022 conference in April presenting their work over the last two years. This was also a great experience considering we were not able to enjoy conferences during the pandemic.
