Leach Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory

UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering

	Andreia Ribeiro Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering UMBC, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering 1000 Hilltop Circle Office: ECS 332A (see map) Phone: 410-455-3435
Lab Member Since	Fall 2005 and June 2007 to present
Education and Experience	B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Porto (Portugal) (2006)
Honors and Awards	Wyeth Fellow 2008-2010 Presentation at Gordon Research Conference: Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices selected for a Rapid-Fire Oral Presentation, July 2008
Research	Neuronal Response to 3D Microenvironments
Publications	Lombardo L, R Reeves, A Ribeiro, JB Leach. (2007) Tailoring the architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds using crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels. ACS-PMSE Preprints, 97:313, 2007 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. [PDF reprint] Lombardo L, R Reeves, A Ribeiro, JB Leach. (2007) Crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels: Versatile platforms for studying cellular behavior in 3D biomaterials. Transactions of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials 30:25, 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. [PDF reprint]
Presentations	Ribeiro A, E Voss, E Powell, JB Leach. "Neuronal Response to Matrix Dimensionality: Study of β1-Integrin Signaling and Neurite Outgrowth." (Poster) Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 2009. Ribeiro A, E Voss, E Powell, JB Leach. "Matrix Dimensionality Alters β1-Integrin Signaling and Neurite Outgrowth." Look Ahead Symposium XII, UMBC, November 2008. Ribeiro A, E Voss, E Powell, JB Leach. "Neurite Outgrowth and β1-Integrin Signaling Pathways in 3D Systems." (Poster) Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 2008. Ribeiro A, E Voss, E Powell, JB Leach. "Matrix Dimensionality Alters Integrin Signaling and Neurite Outgrowth." American Institute for Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008. Ribeiro A, F Maia, O Yasar, B Starly, J Leach."Microengineered Co-Culture Substrates: Investigating Cell-Cell Interactions Using Selectively Degradable Hydrogels." American Institute for Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008. Ribeiro A, F Maia, O Yasar, B Starly, J Leach. "Selectively Degradable Hydrogels for Investigating Cell-Cell Interactions in Co-Culture." Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2008. Yasar O, A Ribeiro, F Maia, J Leach, B Starly. "Multi-Material Layered Fabrication of 3D Micro-patterned Hydrogels." 19th International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 2008. Ribeiro A, F Maia, O Yasar, B Starly, J Leach. "Selectively Degradable Hydrogels for Investigating Cell-Cell Interactions in Co-culture." (Poster) Society for Biomaterials Fall Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Sept 2008. Ribeiro A, E Voss, E Powell, JB Leach. "Neuronal response to environment dimensionality: study of neurite outgrowth and beta1-integrin signaling pathways" (Poster; Selected for Rapid-Fire Oral Presentation) Gordon Research Conference: Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices, Lewiston, ME, July 2008. Ribeiro A, E Voss, E Powell, JB Leach. "Neurite Outgrowth and β1-Integrin Signaling Pathways in 3D Systems." Graduate Research Symposium, UMBC, April 2008. Ribeiro A, Guarraia C, E Voss, C Platchez, D Litwack, E Powell, JB Leach. “Dimensionality Alters Neuronal Integrin Signaling.” (Poster) Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov 2007. Ribeiro A, Guarraia C, E Voss, C Platchez, D Litwack, E Powell, JB Leach. “Dimensionality Alters Neuronal Integrin Signaling.” (Poster) Look Ahead XI, UMBC, November 2007.