(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Lisete M. Silva is a Researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, since September 2023. She is also an Honorary Research Associate in the Glycosciences Laboratory at Imperial College London, UK. Her main research interests are in Biochemistry and Glycobiology and includes: 1) extraction and characterization of alternative proteins and evaluation of their digestibility, potential allergenicity and immunogenicity; 2) glycan structural features and bioactivity relationship; 3) designer and construction of microarrays of natural and/or synthetic glycans; 4) to use glycan microarrays for new ligands discovery, for detection of foodborne pathogens in food samples, and to explore glycan-protein interactions in various biological systems, such as pathogen- and microbiota-host interactions that trigger disease or metabolic processes; 5) development of natural glycan-based products and glycan-based microparticles for drug delivery.