Adriana Pires Mamede, BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Forensic Chemistry and PhD in Biosciences is a researcher at Unidade de I&D Química-Física Molecular.
Her investigation is dedicated to the study of breast tissue using vibrational spectroscopy aiming at the identification of neoplastic alterations.
In parallel to her scientific activity, she administrates and coordinates the activities of miniBIOQS – Associação Ciência par todos, a non-profit association which goals include the communication of scientific concepts to children and teenagers.
| Address Departamento de Química Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra 3004-535 Coimbra |
E-mail apm@uc.pt Telephone +351 239 852 084 |
ORCID ID Ciência Vitae Scopus ID ResearchGate |
Publications
In-situ Anaerobic Burning of Human Bones Probed by Neutron Diffraction
G. Festa, A.P. Mamede, D. Gonçalves, E. Cunha, W. Kockelmann, S.F. Parker, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, M.P.M. Marques
Analytical Chemistry (2023)
Breast Cancer or Surrounding Normal Tissue? A Successful Discrimination by FTIR and Raman Microspectroscopies
A.P. Mamede, I.P. Santos, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, P. Figueiredo, M.C. Silva, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Analyst 147(21), 4919–4932 (2022)
Water Dynamics in Human Cancer and Non-Cancer Tissues
M.P.M. Marques, I.P. Santos, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, A.P. Mamede, C.B. Martins, P. Figueiredo, M. Sarter, V. Garcia Sakai, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24(25), 15406–15415 (2022)
Profiling of Human Burned Bones: Oxidising versus Reducing Conditions
M.P.M. Marques, D. Gonçalves, A.P. Mamede, T. Coutinho, E. Cunha, W. Kockelmann, S.F. Parker, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Scientific Reports 11(1), 1361 (2021)
A New Look into Cancer – A Review on the Contribution of Vibrational Spectroscopy on Early Diagnosis and Surgery Guidance
A.P. Mamede, I.P. Santos, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, P. Figueiredo, M.C. Silva, M.V. Tavares, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Cancers – Special Issue Biophotonics and Imaging for Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Monitoring 13(21), 5336 (2021)
Metallodrug–Protein Interaction Probed by Synchrotron Terahertz and Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy
L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, A.P. Mamede, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho*, J. Marques, G. Cinque, S. Rudić, M.P.M. Marques
Biophysical Journal 120(15), 3070–3078 (2021)
Chemosteometric Regression Models of Heat Exposed Human Bones to Determine their Pre-burnt Metric Dimensions
D. Gonçalves, A.R. Vassalo, C. Makhoul, G. Piga, A.P. Mamede, S.F. Parker, M.T. Ferreira, E. Cunha, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
American Journal Biological Anthropology 173(4), 734–747 (2020)
Intracellular Water as a Mediator of Anticancer Drug Action
M.P.M. Marques, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, A.P Mamede, S. Rudic, A. Dopplapudi, V. García Sakai e L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
International Reviews in Physical Chemistry 39(1), 67–81 (2020)
Role of intracellular water in the normal-to-cancer transition in human cells – insights from quasi-elastic neutron scattering
M.P.M. Marques, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, A.P. Mamede, A. Dopplapudi, V. García Sakai, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Structural Dynamics 7(5), 054701 (2020)
A New Look into the Mode of Action of Metal-Based Anticancer Drugs
M.P.M. Marques, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, A.P. Mamede, A. Dopplapudi, S. Rudić, M. Tyagi, V. García Sakai, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Molecules 25(2), 246 (2020)
Chemotherapeutic Targets in Osteosarcoma Insights from Synchrotron-MicroFTIR and Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering
M.P.M. Marques, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, A.P. Mamede, I.P. Santos, V. García-Sakai, A. Dopplapudi, G. Cinque, M. Wolna, P. Gardner, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2019)
Human Bone Probed by Neutron Diffraction: the Burning Process
A.P. Mamede, M.P.M. Marques, A.R. Vassalo, E. Cunha, D. Gonçalves, S.F. Parker, W. Kockelmann, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Royal Society of Chemistry 9(63), 36640–36648 (2019)
Anticancer Drug Impact on DNA – A Study by Neutron Spectroscopy coupled to Synchrotron-based FTIR and EXAFS
A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, A.P. Mamede, A. Dopplapudi, V. Garcia Sakai, J. Doherty, M. Frogley, G. Cinque, P. Gardner, D. Gianolio, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, M.P.M. Marques
Physical chemistry Chemical Physics 21(8), 4162–4175 (2019)
First Analysis of Ancient Burned Skeletal Human Remains Probed by Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy
G. Festa, C. Andreani, M. Baldoni, V. Cipollari, C. Martínez-Labarga, F. Martini, O. Rickards, M.F. Rolfo, L. Sarti, N. Volante, R. Senesi, F.R. Stasolla, S.F. Parker, A.R. Vassalo, A.P. Mamede, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, M.P.M. Marques
Science Advances 5(6), eaaw1292 (2019)
Heat-induced Bone Diagenesis Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy
M.P.M. Marques, A.P. Mamede, A.R. Vassalo, C. Makhoul, E. Cunha, D. Gonçalves, S.F. Parker, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Scientific Reports 8(1), 1–13 (2018)
Burned Bones Tell Their Own Stories: A Review of Methodological Approaches to Assess Heat-induced Diagenesis
A.M.P. Mamede, D. Gonçalves, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 53(8), 603–635 (2018)
Crystal Clear: Vibrational Spectroscopy Reveals Intra-bone, Intra-skeleton and Inter-skeleton Variation in Human Bones
D. Gonçalves, A.R. Vassalo, A.P. Mamede, C. Makhoul, G. Piga, E. Cunha, M.P. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1-17 (2018)
Potential of Bioapatite Hydroxyls for Research on Archaeological Burned Bone
A.P. Mamede, A.R. Vassalo, G. Piga, E. Cunha, S.F. Parker, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, D. Gonçalves
Analytical Chemistry 90(19), 11556–11563 (2018)
Biomaterials from Human Bone – Probing Organic Fraction Removal by Chemical and Enzymatic Methods
A.P. Mamede, A.R. Vassalo, E. Cunha, D. Gonçalves, S.F. Parker, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, M.P.M. Marques
Royal Society Chemical 8, 27260–27267 (2018)
The G-force awakens: the influence of gravity in bone heat-induced warping and its implications for the estimation of the pre-burning condition of human remains
A.R. Vassalo, A.P. Mamede, M.T. Ferreira, E. Cunha, D. Gonçalves
Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1-8 (2017)