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Papers in Scientific Journals (15)

da Silva L. P., Pires J., Costa C., Franco A. R., Reis R. L., and Marques A. P., "Fast-gelling gellan gum-based microparticulate powder for the treatment of complex cutaneous wounds", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 332 , issue 148515, doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.148515, 2025.

Gonçalves R. R., Peixoto D., Costa R. R., Franco A. R., Castro V. I. B., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., Maniglio D., Tirella A., Motta A., and Alves N. M., "Antibacterial properties of photo-crosslinked chitosan/methacrylated hyaluronic acid nanoparticles loaded with bacitracin", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 227, pp. 134250, doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134250, 2024.

Piaia L., Silva S. S., Fernandes E. M., Gomes J. M., Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Fredel M. C., Salmoria G. V., Hotza D., and Reis R. L., "Chitosan-Based Hierarchical Scaffolds Crosslinked with Genipin", Journal of Composites Science , vol. 8, issue 3, pp. 85, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs8030085, 2024.

Caldas M., Neves M., Franco A. R., Battacharya M., Reis R. L., and Correlo V. M., "Silane Grafted Biosourced Melanin: A Sustainable Approach for Nanobiosensing Applications", Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c04911, 2024.

Franco A. R., Pirraco R. P., Fernandes E. M., Rodrigues F., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Untangling the biological and inflammatory behavior of silk-like sutures In vivo", Biomaterials, vol. 290, pp. 121829, doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121829, 2022.

Massironi A., Franco A. R., Babo P. S., Puppi D., Chiellini F., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E., "Development and Characterization of Highly Stable Silver NanoParticles as Novel Potential Antimicrobial Agents for Wound Healing Hydrogels", International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, vol. 23, issue 4, pp. 2161, doi:10.3390/ijms23042161, 2022.

Piaia L., Silva S. S., Gomes J. M., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Lobo F. C. M., Rodrigues L. C., Leonor I. B., Fredel M. C., Salmoria G. V., Hotza D., and Reis R. L., "Chitosan/β-TCP composites scaffolds coated with silk fibroin: a bone tissue engineering approach", Biomedical Materials, vol. 17, issue 1, pp. 015003, doi:10.1088/1748-605X/ac355a, 2021.

Amann E., Amirall A., Franco A. R., Poh P. S. P., Dueñas F., Estévez G., Leonor I. B., Reis R. L., van Griensven M., and Balmayor E. R., "A Graded, Porous Composite of Natural Biopolymers and Octacalcium Phosphate Guides Osteochondral Differentiation of Stem Cells", Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021.

Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Rodrigues M. T., Rodrigues F. J., Gomes M. E., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Antimicrobial coating of spider silk to prevent bacterial attachment on silk surgical sutures", Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 99, pp. 236-246, doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2019.09.004, 2019.

Franco A. R., Kimmerling E. P., Silva C., Rodrigues F., Leonor I. B., Reis R. L., and Kaplan D. L., "Silk‐Based Antimicrobial Polymers as a New Platform to Design Drug‐Free Materials to Impede Microbial Infections", Macromolecular Bioscience, doi:10.1002/mabi.201800262, 2018.

Vieira S. F., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Amorim S., Ferreira H., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., Martins A., and Neves N. M., "Fish sarcoplasmic proteins as a high value marine material for wound dressing applications", Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 167, pp. 310-317, doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.04.002, 2018.

Pesqueira T., Costa-Almeida R., Mithieux S. M., Babo P. S., Franco A. R., Mendes B. B., Domingues R. M. A., Freitas P., Reis R. L., Gomes M. E., and Weiss A. S., "Engineering magnetically responsive tropoelastin spongy-like hydrogels for soft tissue regeneration", Journal Of Materials Chemistry B, doi:10.1039/C7TB02035J, 2018.

Costa-Almeida R., Franco A. R., Pesqueira T., Oliveira M. B., Babo P. S., Leonor I. B., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E., "The effects of platelet lysate patches on the activity of tendon-derived cells", Acta Biomaterialia, doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2018.01.006, 2018.

Babo P. S., Pires R. L., Santos L., Franco A. R., Rodrigues F., Leonor I. B., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E., "Platelet Lysate-Loaded Photo-crosslinkable Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Periodontal Endogenous Regenerative Technology", ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, vol. 3, issue 7, pp. 1359-1369, doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00508, 2017.

Rodrigues A. I., Franco A. R., Rodrigues F., Leonor I. B., and Reis R. L., "Unveiling the effect of three-dimensional bioactive fibre mesh scaffolds functionalized with silanol groups on bacteria growth", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A , vol. 104A, pp. 2189-2199, doi:10.1002/jbm.a.35761, 2016.

Review Paper (2)

Lobo F. C. M., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., and Reis R. L., "An overview of the antimicrobial properties of lignocellulosic materials", Molecules, vol. 26, issue 6, pp. 1749, doi:10.3390/molecules26061749, 2021.

Ramos N., Miranda M. S., Franco A. R., Silva S. S., Azevedo J., Dias I. R., Reis R. L., Viegas C., and Gomes M. E., "Toward Spinning Greener Advanced Silk Fibers by Feeding Silkworms with Nanomaterials", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 8, issue 32, pp. 11872–11887, doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03874, 2020.

Conference Abstract -ISI Web of Science Indexed (5)

Costa-Almeida R., Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Babo P. S., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E., "Antibacterial Potential of Platelet Lysate Membranes for Orthopedic Applications", Transactions of the Society For Biomaterials, vol. 1, pp. 352, 2017.

Costa-Almeida R., Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Babo P. S., Pesqueira T., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E., "A platelet lysate antibacterial bioactive patch for tendon repair", European Cells and Materials, vol. 33, issue Suppl.2, pp. 0164, 2017.

Franco A. R., Pirraco R. P., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Biological response of silk-based fibers functionalized with antimicrobial peptides by mimicking bacterial infection in vivo", European Cells and Materials, vol. 33, issue S2, doi:10.22203/eCM, 2017.

Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Silk fibroin-spider silk-like protein biomaterials for preventing microbial infections", Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, doi:10.3389/conf.FBIOE.2016.01.02644, 2016.

Franco A. R., Rodrigues F., Leonor I. B., Reis R. L., and Kaplan D. L., "Exploring Silk Based Biomaterials Functionalized with Antimicrobial Peptides to Prevent Surgical Site Infections", Tissue Engineering Part A. , vol. 21, issue S1, pp. S1-S43, doi:10.1089/ten.tea.2015.5000.abstracts, 2015.

Comunications - Poster (1)

Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Bioengineered spider silk proteins functionalized with antimicrobial peptides as novel coating for surgical sutures", Gene2Skin and TermStem 2016, 2016.

Comunication - Oral (3)

Franco A. R., Pirraco R. P., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "Biological response of silk-based fibers functionalized with antimicrobial peptides by mimicking bacterial infection in vivo", Termis EU 2017, 2017.

Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L., "New antibacterial spider silk coatings to prevent bacteria adherence to surgical sutures", Chem2Nature Second School, 2017.

Costa-Almeida R., Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Babo P. S., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E., "Effect of platelet lysate membranes on tendon-derived cells: A potential patient-derived patch for tendon repair", TermStem 2016, 2016.

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