Personal Presentation

Positions at INEB (Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica)

     INEB is private non-profit institution set up in 1989 by the University of Porto, hospitals and other institutions to foster research in Biomedical Engineering. Mário Barbosa was one of the researchers of the University of Porto who promoted the constitution of INEB. INEB is part of the Associate Laboratory IBMC.INEB and of the I3S (Instituto de Investigação e Inovação). INEB has ca. 100 members, including ca. 40 post-graduate students.

    President of INEB from September 2000 to December 2006, and since December 2009. Scientific Coordinator of INEB since September 2000.

Main areas of research

   Cell and protein interactions with molecularly engineered surfaces, in particular self-assembled monolayers; injectable systems and 3D scaffolds for bone regeneration and enzyme delivery; surface chemistry of biomaterials. Has published 119 papers in internationally refereed journals.