Frederico de Santana Pontes

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Projects

Computer Simulations of Protein-Nanomaterial Interactions

Lead Institution

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Principal Investigator

Roberto Lins Neto

Project type

Capability Research

The development of nanotechnology has led to an increasing interest in interfacing biological molecules with nanomaterials. Proteins have been used to functionalize nanomaterials controlling their…

Computational Simulations of Antimicrobial Polymeric Surfaces and Biological Membranes

Lead Institution

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Principal Investigator

Thereza Soares Da Silva

Project type

Exploratory Research

Medical devices can give rise to treatment-resistant infections upon colonization by pathogenous bacteria. A detailed understanding of the interactions between biological cells and the device surface…