Ana Colette Mauricio
University of Porto, Portugal
Biography
Ana Colette Mauricio has a degree on Veterinary Medicine since 1995, a PhD on Veterinary Sciences since 1999 from Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV) - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (UTL) and Habilitation in Veterinary Sciences (ICBAS-UP) since 2011. At the present, she is an Associated Professor with Habilitation, from the Veterinary Clinics of ICBAS – UP. She also belongs to the Scientific Council of ICBAS-UP and to the Ethic Comission for Health Sciences from University of Porto (UP). She belongs to the Scientific Committee of the Veterinary Sciences Doctoral Program at ICBAS–UP. She is the Scientific Coordinator of Regenerative Medicine and Experimental Surgery sub-unit from CECA-ICETA fro UP. She is one of the founding shareholders of Biosckin, Molecular and Cell Therapies, S.A since 2007 for development of new cell therapies and medical devices. For the past 12 years she coordinates a multidisciplinary research group of Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, working with several biomaterials and cellular therapies. She coordinates a multidisciplinary team, including Veterinaries, Engineers, Medical Doctors that through Experimental Surgery have a crucial role in the development of biomaterials and cellular therapies, allowing a close share of knowledge between biomaterials design, development of cellular systems, and surgeons needs when related to specific clinical cases. This group has several recent relevant publications in the research areas of nerve, bone, musculoskeletal and vascular tissue regeneration. She is the supervisor of several PhD, Post-Doctoral and Master students, she is the co-author of a large number of scientific articles (Maurício AC) and scientific book chapters. She was the principal researcher of several national and international scientific projects.