Papers in Scientific Journals (20)
Fallahi A., Yazdi I. K., Serex L., Lesha E., Faramarzi N., Tarlan F., Avci H., Costa-Almeida R., Sharif F., Rinoldi C., Gomes M. E., Shin S. R., Khademhosseini A., Akbari M., and Tamayol A.,
"Customizable Composite Fibers for Engineering Skeletal Muscle Models",
ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng, vol. 6, issue 2, pp. 1112–1123, doi:
10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00992, 2019.
Costa-Almeida R., Calejo I., Altieri R., Domingues R. M. A., Giordano E., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Exploring platelet lysate hydrogel-coated suture threads as biofunctional composite living fibers for cell delivery in tissue repair",
Biomedical Materials, doi:
10.1088/1748-605X/ab0de6, 2019.
Silva E. D., Babo P. S., Costa-Almeida R., Domingues R. M. A., Mendes B. B., Paz E., Freitas P., Rodrigues M. T., Granja P. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Multifunctional magnetic-responsive hydrogels to engineer tendon-to-bone interface",
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, vol. 14, issue 7, pp. 2375-2385, doi:
10.1016/j.nano.2017.06.002, 2018.
Costa-Almeida R., Carvalho D. T. O., Ferreira M. J. S., Pesqueira T., Monici M., van Loon J. J. W. A., Granja P. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Continuous exposure to simulated hypergravity induced changes in proliferation, morphology and gene expression of human tendon cells",
Stem Cells And Development, vol. 27, issue 12, pp. 858-869, doi:
10.1089/scd.2017.0206, 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.
Costa-Almeida R., Domingues R. M. A., Fallahi A., Avci H., Yazdi I. K., Akbari M., Reis R. L., Tamayol A., Gomes M. E., and Khademhosseini A.,
"Cell-laden composite suture threads for repairing damaged tendons",
Journal Of Tissue Engineering And Regenerative Medicine, doi:
10.1002/term.2605, 2017.
Neves L. S., Babo P. S., Gonçalves A. I., Costa-Almeida R., Caridade S. G., Mano J. F., Domingues R. M. A., Rodrigues M. T., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels Enriched with Platelet Lysate as a Cryostable Off-the-Shelf System for Cell-Based Therapies",
Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine, vol. 3, issue 2, pp. 53-69 , doi:
10.1007/s40883-017-0029-8, 2017.
Costa-Almeida R., Gasperini L., Borges J., Babo P. S., Rodrigues M. T., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Microengineered Multicomponent Hydrogel Fibers: Combining Polyelectrolyte Complexation and Microfluidics",
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering , vol. 3, issue 7, pp. 1322–1331, doi:
10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00331, 2017.
Costa-Almeida R., Carvalho D. T. O., Ferreira M. J. S., Aresta G., Gomes M. E., van Loon J. J. W. A., Van der Heiden K., and Granja P. L.,
"Effects of hypergravity on the angiogenic potential of endothelial cells",
Journal Of The Royal Society Interface, vol. 13, doi:
10.1098/rsif.2016.0688, 2016.
Costa-Almeida R., Gomez-Lazaro M., Ramalho C., Granja P. L., Soares R., and Guerreiro S. G.,
"Fibroblast-endothelial partners for vascularization strategies in tissue engineering",
Tissue Engineering Part A, vol. 21, pp. 1055-1065, doi:
10.1089/ten.TEA.2014.0443, 2014.
Review Paper (4)
Calejo I., Costa-Almeida R., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"A Physiology-Inspired Multifactorial Toolbox in Soft-to-Hard Musculoskeletal Interface Tissue Engineering",
Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 38, issue 1, pp. 83-98, doi:
10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.06.003, 2019.
Book Chapter (5)
Costa-Almeida R., Gonçalves A. I., Gershovich P., Rodrigues M. T., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Erratum to Chapter 10, ‘Tendon Stem Cell Niche’",
Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Niche,
Eds. Turksen K.,
Springer Publisher, pp. E1-E2, doi:
10.1007/978-3-319-21705-5_14, 2016.
Domingues R. M. A., Gonçalves A. I., Costa-Almeida R., Rodrigues M. T., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Fabrication of Hierarchical and Biomimetic Fibrous Structures to Support the Regeneration of Tendon Tissues",
Tendon Regeneration,
Eds. Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., and Rodrigues M. T.,
Elsevier, 1st, pp. 259–280, doi:
doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801590-2.00010-7, 2015.
Costa-Almeida R., Gonçalves A. I., Gershovich P., Rodrigues M. T., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Tendon stem cell niche",
Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Niche,
Eds. Turksen K.,
Springer Publisher, pp. 221-244, doi:
10.1007/978-3-319-21705-5_10, 2015.
Gonçalves A. I., Costa-Almeida R., Gershovich P., Rodrigues M. T., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Cell-Based Approaches for Tendon Regeneration",
Tendon Regeneration: Understanding Tissue Physiology and Development to Engineer Functional Substitutes,
Eds. Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., and Rodrigues M. T.,
Elsevier , pp. 187–203, doi:
10.1016/B978-0-12-801590-2.00006-5, 2015.
Invited Review Paper (1)
Costa-Almeida R., Babo P. S., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Platelet-rich Blood Derivatives for Tendon Regeneration",
Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 28, issue 5, pp. e202-e205, doi:
10.5435/JAAOS-D-18-00638, 2020.
Invited Lecture (1)
Conference Abstract -ISI Web of Science Indexed (9)
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.
Pesqueira T., Costa-Almeida R., Mithieux S. M., Reis R. L., Gomes M. E., and Weiss A. S.,
"Magnetically responsive tropoelastin hydrogel as a platform for soft tissue regeneration applications",
European Cells and Materials, vol. 33, issue Suppl.2, pp. 0006, 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.
Costa-Almeida R., Carvalho D. T. O., Ferreira M. J. S., Pesqueira T., Monici M., van Loon J. J. W. A., Granja P. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Simulated hypergravity induces changes in human tendon-derived cells: from cell morphology to gene expression",
European Cells and Materials, vol. 33, issue Suppl.2, pp. P429, 2017.
Costa-Almeida R., Tamayol A., Yazdi I. K., Avci H., Fallahi A., Annabi N., Reis R. L., Gomes M. E., and Khademhosseini A.,
"A textile platform using mechanically reinforced hydrogel fibers towards engineering tendon niche",
European Cells and Materials, vol. 31, issue S1, pp. 101, 2016.
Costa-Almeida R., Gasperini L., Rodrigues M. T., Babo P. S., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Development of biomimetic microengineered hydrogel fibers for tendon regeneration",
Tissue Engineering Part A, vol. 21, issue S1, pp. S377, doi:
10.1089/ten.tea.2015.5000.abstracts, 2015.
Conference Paper -ISI Web of Science Indexed (1)
Mendes B. B., Gómez-Florit M., Randall L., Babo P. S., Costa-Almeida R., Detamore M. S., Domingues R. M. A., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Human-based nanocomposite cryogels for hemostatic and wound healing applications",
Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium, vol. 40, pp. 597, 2019.
Comunications - Poster (2)
Costa-Almeida R., Silva E. D., Ferreira M. J. S., Carvalho D. T. O., van Loon J. J. W. A., Monici M., Granja P. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Modulating tendon cell behaviour under simulated hypergravity: what happens to regeneration when increasing the g-force?",
TermStem 2016, 2016.
Silva E. D., Babo P. S., Costa-Almeida R., Domingues R. M. A., Mendes B. B., Rodrigues M. T., Granja P. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Multifunctional magnetic responsive hydrogels to engineer tendon to bone interface",
TermStem 2016, 2016.
Comunication - Oral (3)
Costa-Almeida R., Gasperini L., Borges J., Babo P. S., Rodrigues M. T., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Gomes M. E.,
"Multicomponent hydrogel fibers for tendon tissue engineering: combining polyelectrolyte complexation and microfluidics",
2016 European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting and Exhibit, 2016.
Costa-Almeida R., Tamayol A., Yazdi I. K., Avci H., Fallahi A., Annabi N., Reis R. L., Gomes M. E., and Khademhosseini A.,
"Mechanically Reinforced Hydrogel Fibers for Tendon Tissue Engineering",
5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (5th PYCheM) and 1st European Young Chemists Meeting (1st EYCheM), 2016.