Sandra Pinto

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Projects & Funding

• Next generation of antibiofilm agents: Multivalent dendrimers with antimicrobial and biofilm disruption activity Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2023 - Present
• SentinelEVs - EXPL/BTM-MAT/0910/2021 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2022 - Present
• Rifabutin liposomes: a novel nanotechnological strategy for effective treatment of systemic methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections Phospholipid Forschungszentrum e V
  2021 - Present

Publications (72)

• Uncoupling DNA binding in solution from cellular efficacy: Structure–distribution relationships of indolo[3,2-b]quinolines in cancer cells
  Bioorganic Chemistry 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2026.109653
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• Covalently Surface-Functionalized Porphyrins on Silica Nanoparticles for Efficient Photodynamic Therapy
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.3390/ijms27052380
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• Glycofullerene–corrole hybrids: a new class of multifunctional nanomaterials with potential in targeted photodynamic therapy
  Chemical Science 2026 DOI: 10.1039/d5sc06977g
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• NIR-Emitting Gold Nanoclusters Encapsulated in Photo-RAFT-PISA Polymer Nanoparticles for Bioimaging
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c03662
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• A Multidisciplinary Toolkit for Studying Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms
  2025 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202511.0556.v1
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• Pseudomonas mendocina Isolated from Anopheles Midguts has a Greater Potential to Build Thick Biofilms than Serratia marcescens
  ACS Omega 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c01640
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• Ceramide Connects TNF-α Signaling to Organelle Biophysical Remodeling
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.26.666759
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• A Metabolite-Based Resistance Mechanism Against Malaria
  Science 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.adq6741
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• A step forward on the in vitro and in vivo validation of rifabutin-loaded liposomes for the management of highly virulent MRSA infections
  Journal of Controlled Release 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2025.01.083
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• TADF‐Emitting Nanoparticles for Application as Probes in Time‐Resolved Imaging and 1O2 Photosensitizers
  Advanced Optical Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1002/adom.202402063
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• Designing anticancer polyurea biodendrimers: the role of core–shell charge/hydrophobicity modulation
  Biomaterials Science 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5BM01205H
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• Unlocking the potential of extracellular vesicles: one stimulus away from clinical implementation
  Biomaterials Science 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D5BM01091H
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• Tryptophanol-derived oxazoloisoindolinone fluorescent probes for cellular localization studies of p53 activators
  Bioorganic Chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107898
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• Cerium-oxide functionalized iron scaffolds: A synergistic approach for enhanced degradation and reduced cytotoxicity
  Materials Today Chemistry 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.102108
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• Necroptosis induced by ruthenium (II) complexes as mitochondrial disruptors
  Cell Death Discovery 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-024-02033-z
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• Liposomal Rifabutin—A Promising Antibiotic Repurposing Strategy against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
  Pharmaceuticals 2024 DOI: 10.3390/ph17040470
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• Liposomal Rifabutin – A Promising Antibiotic Repurposing Strategy against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
  2024 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202402.1186.v1
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• Quantitative Imaging of the Action of vCPP2319, an Antimicrobial Peptide from a Viral Scaffold, against Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms of a Clinical Isolate
  ACS Infectious Diseases 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00195
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• New fluorescent probes based on gallium(III) corrole complexes for the recognition of hydrogen sulfide: A journey from solution to intracellular site
  Dyes and Pigments 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111304
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• Near-Infrared-Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters Stabilized by End-Grafted Biocompatible Polymer Chains for Bioimaging
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c01665
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