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14–18 Oct 2024 | Porto, Portugal

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Catarina Custódio

CEO

Metatissue

Ílhavo, Portugal

3 profile visitsFull Conference - General (non-commercial/government/startups)

About

Catarina Custódio earned her BSc in Applied Chemistry from NOVA School of Science and Technology in 2007 and a Doctoral Degree in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cells from the University of Minho in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany in 2013. Presently, she serves as an Assistant Researcher at the University of Aveiro's Department of Chemistry. Her expertise lies in developing human-based biomaterials for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and disease modeling, resulting in two patented families registered across Portugal, the EU, and the US.

As a co-founder and CEO of METATISSUE since 2018, she focuses on pioneering soft material design for 3D cell culture, aiming to minimize animal experimentation by reducing reliance on in vivo testing and animal-derived materials.

My organisation

Metatissue® is focused on designing and manufacturing human protein-based products that find application in cell culture, tissue engineering and regeneration and disease modelling.

Our biomaterials provide realistic microenvironments for cell culture allowing for greater cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interaction resemblance, thereby increasing the accuracy of in vitro studies.

The extracellular matrix of living tissues is composed by a great diversity of structural proteins and bioactive factors. For this reason, mimicking its function in vitro continues to be a big challenge. Our strategy is to use ethically sourced human proteins to produce the next-generation of xeno-free biomimetic 3D cell culture platforms.

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Skills

  • Bioengineering
  • medtech
  • biotech
  • in vitro testing
  • alternatives to animal experimentation

Organisation

Metatissue

SME/ Start-up

Ílhavo, Portugal

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