Relevant Projects

• ValorNatural®: Valorização de recursos naturais através da extração de ingredientes de elevado valor acrescentado para aplicações na indústria alimentar. Norte-01-0247-FEDER-024479 Projeto Mobilizador, financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do Programa Operacional Regional Norte 2020. 2018-2020
• MicoCoating: Valorização dos recursos florestais e micológicos para otimização de revestimentos. PDR2020-101-031472 Projeto financiado pelo Fundo Europeu Agrícola de Desenvolvimento Rural (FEADER) através da operação 1.0.1 do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural (PDR2020). 2018-2020
• MobFood: Mobilização de conhecimento científico e tecnológico em resposta aos desafios do mercado Agroalimentar. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024524 Projeto Mobilizador, financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI). 2017-12-01 a 2020-12-01.
• DeCodE- Bring natural colorants and preservers into a real alternative to artificial additives through a strategy of open data and experience based research. NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-023289 Projecto FCT no âmbito do aviso 02/SAICT/2016. De 2017-10-01 a 2019-04-01.
• INTERNOVAMARKET_FOOD.  Programa INTERREG V A España – Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020.
  
• IBERPHENOL – Red Ibérica de investigación en polifenoles. Programa INTERREG V A España – Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020.
  
• Eureka Project No.9547: Flavo-Pyra-Tech, Advanced natural food flavours based on sustainable technology of pyrazines, (April-2017, April-2020).
• Research Project: “Fostering E-beam Food Irradiation: Modelling and Validation” in the IAEA’s Coordinated Research Project “D61024 - Development of Electron Beam and X Ray Applications for Food Irradiation (DEXAFI)”. Institutions: Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and C2TN/IST - Universidade de Lisboa. P.I. Sandra Cabo Verde.
• PRODER Project No. 53514: AROMAP "Preservation of aromatic condimentary plants". May 2014 - May 2016.Participating institutions: Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear and Pragmático Aromas. PI: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira.
• Eureka Project No.9147: "SteamRadSter: Food ingredients decontamination by steam and irradiation". May 2014 - May 2016. Participating countries: Portugal, Romania,  Serbia, Germany and Spain.
• Bilateral action FCT-CNP, Portugal/Brazil 2014: "Influence of the radiation process in bioactive compounds in edible flowers". 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2015. Participating institutions: Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal, and University of São Paulo, Brazil. PI: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira. 
• PRODER Project No. 46577, "PlantLact: New functional dairy products without synthetic preservatives. 1/1/2014 - 31/12/2015. Participating Institutions: Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and Queijos Matias, Lda. PI: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira. 
• FCT and COMPETE (PTDC/AGR-ALI/110062/2009). Portuguese wild mushrooms: chemical characterization and functional study of antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties in cancer cell lines. 24/12/2010-23/12/2013. Institutions: Bragança Polytechnic Institute, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP)- University of Porto and University of Salamanca. PI: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira.
• FCT and COMPETE (PTDC/QUI-QUI/111060/2009). New antitumor and antiangiogenic heterocyclic compounds: synthesis, molecular modeling, screening of enzymatic inhibition and studies in tumor and endothelial cell lines with tyrosine kinase membrane receptors as targets. 24/12/2010-23/12/2013. Institutions: University of Minho, Faculty of Medicine- University of Porto and Bragança Polytechnic Institute. PI. Maria João R.P. Queiroz. 
• Eureka Project No. 7596: "Chestnutsrad – Ionizing radiation as an alternative treatment for preservation of Chestnut fruits". January 2012 - Jauary 2014. Participating countries: Portugal and Poland.
• QREN SI I&DT Co-promoção (nº 13198). “CHESTNUTSRAD” Tratamento alternativo de conservação de castanha. 1/6/2010-31/5/2013. Insitutions: Agro-Aguiar Lda., Bragança Polytechnic Institute and University of Minho. PI: Albino Bento.
• FCT/Portugal-Sérvia 2011. Determination of microfungi metabolites with antimicrobial and antioxidative activity. 1/9/2011-31/8/2012. Institutions: Bragança Polytechnic Institute and Institute of Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"- Belgrade, Servia. PI: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira.
• Pluridisciplinar projects of University of Porto. A study of the antitumour potential of three Portuguese Wild Mushrooms. 1/12/2010-28/2/2011. Institutions: Faculty of Pharmacy- University of Porto, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), Center of Medicinal Chemistry- University of Porto (CEQUIMED) and Bragança  Polytechnic Institute. PI: M. Helena S. Vasconcelos Meehan.
• FCT (POCI/AGR/56661/2004 and PPCDT/AGR/56661/2004). Bioactive properties of wild edible mushrooms. 1/10/2005-31/072021. Institutions: Bragança  Polytechnic Institute and Faculty of Sciences- University of Porto. PI: Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira.
• FCT (POCI/QUI/59407/2004). Metal-assisted synthesis and cyclisation of new biologically active and/or fluorescent aryl and heteroaryl amino acid derivatives. 1/7/2005-31/8/2021. Institutions: University of Minho and Bragança  Polytechnic Institute. PI: Maria João R.P. Queiroz.
• AllNat - Using natural deep eutectic solvents for the extraction of bioactive compounds from plant material. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030463. Projeto financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI). 2018-2021.
• MAGLIDUO - MAGnetoLIpossomas para terapia DUal do cancro. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028020. Projeto financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI). 2018-2021.
• MicoBioExtract Valorização integral de subprodutos resultantes da produção de cogumelos em bioextractos: melhoria da qualidade, segurança e otimização do metabolismo económico da cadeia de produção. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033939. Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI). 2018-2021.