Publications

The research conducted at CQM is divided between two groups: Materials and Natural Products and it complies with the highest standards of quality which have lead to many publications in International Journals, books and chapters.

Facilities

Infrastructures

CQM has 11 specialised research labs and a Nitrogen production and liquefaction unit, which are accessible to all members.

Our equipment

Team

The CQM team comprises over 60 researchers from diverse nationalities spanning various fields. CQM is managed by the Executive Committee, led by the CQM Scientific Coordinator. The core body of CQM is the Scientific Council, consisting of all the Ph.D. members who have been part of the unit for over a year. They hold the responsibility of electing the Scientific Coordinator, providing an opinion on the budget, and on the annual activities plan of CQM.

Additionally, CQM is overseen by the External Advisory Board, which consists of five external experts to CQM and the University of Madeira. This committee is accountable for evaluating CQM's activities, results, and plans, as well as offering advisory opinions on the strategic research lines, research and human resources policies, and internal dynamics of the Center.

Get to know our team!

Organizational Structure

Scientific Coordinator | João Rodrigues

Executive Committee | João Rodrigues (Scientific Coordinator), Paula Castilho, and Pedro Pires (Committee Members)

Gender Equality Officer | Catarina Luis

Media Outreach and Science Dissemination Officer| Jorge Pereira

Services and Support Unit | Rosa Perestrelo and Rita Castro

Training, Careers and Professional Development Officer | Johan du Toit

Management and Secretariat Office | UMa staff/CQM: Emília Pimenta, Sandro Sousa, Énio Freitas, and Paula Andrade

External Advisory Board

CQM’s activities are monitored by the External Advisory Board, which comprises renowned and established scientists:

Professor Helena Pereira from Lisbon University (Portugal)

Professor Makoto Fujita from Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo (Japan)

Professor Abhay Pandit, from CÚRAM, Centre for Research in Medical Devices, National University of Irland

Professor John Beutler, from National Cancer Institute – Center for Cancer Research (USA)

Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage (2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry), Emeritus Professor from Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, University of Strasbourg (France)

Funding Agencies

Ongoing Projects

Completed projects

- 2024
- - SELECTFIGHT - New Agents For The Selective Fight Against Pathogens: Quorum Sensing Inhibitors And Target-Directed Antimicrobial Peptides”, Ref. PID2020-116688RB-C2 (PID2020-116688RB-C2). Funded by: Proyectos I+D+i Retos Investigación 2020, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024). Main contractor: Instituto De Productos Naturales Y Agrobiologia (IPNA). Total funds: € 134 310. CQM (Team member): € 0.
  - RPMABTI - Research on the Personalized Mechanical Adaptive Bioactive Titanium Implants (N/R). Funded by: Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM), China (01/08/2021 - 30/08/2024). Main contractor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (School of Medicine) (SJTU), Shanghai, China. Total funds: € 58 884. CQM (Team member): € 0.
- 2023
- - Inv2Mac - Inv2Mac - Potencial aprovechamiento de biomasa generada a partir de especies vegetales invasoras de la Macaronesia para uso industrial (MAC2/4.6d/229). Funded by: INTERREG MAC 2014-2020 FEDER (01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023). Main contractor: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Host institution: Universidade da Madeira - Centro de Química da Madeira. Total funds: € 896 678.07. CQM (Team member): € 93 771.47.
  - MACBIOPEST - Biopesticidas Botánicos de la Macaronesia: Investigación y Saber Popular (MAC2/1.1a/289). Funded by: INTERREG (01/10/2019 - 31/12/2023). Main contractor: Universidad de La Laguna – Canarias, Spain. Total funds: € 1 022 529. CQM (Team member): € 114 694.66.
  - Tumor Theranostics - Construction of Functional Dendrimer-Based Nanogels For Ultrasound-Enhanced Tumor Theranostics (n/r). Funded by: Shanghai 2020 - Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM), China (01/10/2020 - 30/09/2023). Main contractor: Donghua University (DHU), Shanghai, China. Total funds: € 57 833. CQM (Team member): € 0.
  - PREMIUM - Preservation of microorganisms by understanding the protective mechanisms oligosaccharides (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017-777657). Funded by: MSCA-ITN-2016 programme of the European Commission (01/01/2018 - 30/06/2023). Main contractor: Institut National de Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation et L'environnement, France. Total funds: € 634 500. CQM (Team member): € 54 000.
  - COST - Cancer nanomedicine - from the bench to the bedside (COST OC-2017-1-2020). Funded by: COST OC-2017-1-2020 (28/09/2018 - 27/03/2023). Total funds: € 0. CQM (Team member): € 0.
- 2022
- - AD4MAC - Fomento de la economía circular y las energías renovables mediante la digestión anaerobia de residuos y subproductos orgánicos en la Macaronesia (MAC2/1.1b/350). Funded by: Interreg MAC 2014-2020 (01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022). Main contractor: Universidad de La Laguna. Total funds: € 771 657. CQM (Team member): € 70 000.
  - CQM+ - Centro de Química da Madeira - CQM+ (M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000005). Funded by: Madeira 14-20 (01/04/2017 - 31/05/2022). Total funds: € 1 981 117.91.
- 2020
- - BlueHuman - BLUE (marine) biotechnology as a platform for innovation in Atlantic Area towards the smart and sustainable growth of Europe on HUMAN’s health and well-being (EAPA_151/2016). Funded by: Atlantic Area INTERREG (01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020). Main contractor: Universidade do Minho. Total funds: € 1 892 901. CQM (Team member): € 99 968.
- 2019
- - ECOFIBRAS - Valorização ecosustentável de espécies vegetais invasoras da Macaronésia para a obtenção de fibras industriais (MAC/4.6D/040). Funded by: Mac 14-20 (01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019). Main contractor: Universidade de Las Palmas de Gran Canária. Total funds: € 953 607.48. CQM (Team member): € 151 022.55.
  - BIOTRANSFER2 - Transferência da investigação biotecnologica orientada à rentabilidade empresarial e à mobilização de fluxos de negócio (MAC/1.1b/042). Funded by: Mac 14-20 (01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019). Main contractor: Cabildo Inslular de Tenerife. Total funds: € 801 473.17. CQM (Team member): € 57 489.94.
  - Centro de Química da Madeira (PEst-UID/QUI/00674/2019). Funded by: State Budget (01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019). Total funds: € 120 273.
  - NCDs-CAPomics - Combining volatomics, multivariate statistical analysis and optical fibre sensor as a promising, innovative and integrating approach for ncds diagnostics. Case study of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (INNO INDIGO IPP2 NCDs-CAPomics). Funded by: INNO INDIGO (01/07/2016 - 01/02/2019). Total funds: € 199 066.
  - MarineBlueRefine (M1420-01-0247-FEDER-000006). Funded by: Madeira 14-20 (01/02/2017 - 31/01/2019). Main contractor: Madebiotech - CR&D, S.A.. Host institution: UMa (CQM). Total funds: € 1 000 000. CQM (Team member): € 452 644.05.
- 2018
- - PROEQUIPRAM - Reforço do Investimento em Equipamentos e Infraestruturas Científicas na RAM (M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000008). Funded by: Madeira 14-20 (01/07/2017 - 31/12/2018). Total funds: € 382 500.
  - CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira – Financiamento plurianual (PEst-UID/QUI/00674/2013). Funded by: State Budget (01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018). Total funds: € 482 892.
  - BaiTS - Biodegradable dendrimers for Targeted neuroprotective therapies in Stroke (PTDC/CTM-NAN/3547/2014). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018). Main contractor: Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB, Porto). Total funds: € 195 256. CQM (Team member): € 10 080.
- 2017
- - Cyted Red 214RT0482 - Desarrollo de una vacuna frente a VIH: estudio de los cambios en la biología de células dendríticas humanas tras interacción con distintos sistema de liberación de péptidos de VIH (vihvacd) (Cyted Red 214RT0482). Funded by: CYTED (01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017). Main contractor: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Total funds: € 100 000. CQM (Team member): € 22 000.
- 2015
- - AVC-MaC-CV - Evaluation of the health protective effects of polyphenols-rich diets in the evolution of Cardiovascular biomarkers (MAC/3/M251). Funded by: MAC 2007-2013 (06/06/2014 - 31/12/2015). Total funds: € 154 514. CQM (Team member): € 150 000.
  - Self-assembled nanoparticles based on PEG-PLA-dendrimer building blocks for dual gene/drug delivery (PTDC/CTM-NAN/116788/2010). Funded by: FCT (01/01/2012 - 31/12/2015). Main contractor: Universidade da Madeira. Total funds: € 156 808. CQM (Project Leader): € 156 808.
  - DENDIMAGE - Development of Novel Dendrimer-Based Nanoparticles for Dual Mode Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumors (PTDC/CTM-NAN/1748/2012). Funded by: FCT (01/01/2013 - 01/01/2015). Main contractor: Universidade da Madeira. Total funds: € 197 616. CQM (Project Leader): € 197 616.
- 2014
- - DENDRIMAT - New materials for drug/gene delivery based on the self-assembly of dendrimer-chitosan-ssDNA (PTDC/CTM-NAN/112428/2009). Funded by: FCT (01/01/2011 - 01/01/2014). Main contractor: Universidade da Madeira. Total funds: € 151 251. CQM (Project Leader): € 151 251.
- 2013
- - VinSaudeMAC - Evaluation of the biological effects of red wines on the prevention of atherosclerotic, oncologic and neurologic diseases (MAC/1/M105). Funded by: Interreg IIIB (01/01/2009 - 31/12/2013). Total funds: € 617 541. CQM (Project Leader): € 267 949.
- 2011
- - FUNCMETAL - Functionalized Metallodendrimers Based on 2,4,6-tri-substituted-1,3,5-triazine Core Derivatives (PTDC/QUI/64202/2006). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2008 - 31/12/2011). Total funds: € 101 200.
  - Equipamentos - Equipamentos (N/A). Funded by: Banco Santander (01/01/2011 - 31/01/2011). Total funds: € 90 000.
- 2010
- - DENDRALGENE - Design of New Gene Delivery Vectors Based on Dendrimers, Alginate and the RGD Sequence for Bone Tissue Engineering (PTDC/SAU-BEB/71161/2006). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2007 - 31/12/2010). Total funds: € 175 000.
- 2008
- - BIOPOLIS - Building an European Bioregion (Interreg IIIB 05/MAC/2.3/C14). Funded by: FEDER INTERREG IIIB (01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008). Host institution: Fundación Canaria de Investigación y Salud. Total funds: € 708 000. CQM (Team member): € 176.
  - RNEM - Rede Nacional de Espectrometria de Massa (REDE/1508/REM/2005). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008). Total funds: € 3 300 000. CQM (Team member): € 167 000.
  - ANTIVINMAC - Determination of Antioxidant Potential, Amino Acids and Biogenic Amines in Wines from Canárias, Azores and Madeira (Interreg IIIB 05/MAC/2.3/M28). Funded by: FEDER INTERREG IIIB (01/01/2005 - 31/12/2008). Total funds: € 304 353.
- 2007
- - PTNMR - Rede Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear (REDE/1517/RMN/2005). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2006 - 31/12/2007). Total funds: € 6 500 000. CQM (Team member): € 278 179.
  - Novel Polarised Molecular Wires Based on Transition Metal Complexes of Di(4-pyridyl)heterocycles Spacers Bridging Ligands (POCTI/CTM/41495/2001). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/04/2004 - 31/03/2007). Total funds: € 87 510.
- 2006
- - CLAYCATS - Modified Porto Santo Clays as Catalysts for Liquid Phase Organic Reactions (POCTI/CTM/47619/2002). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2003 - 31/12/2006). Total funds: € 72 000.
  - CARVINMAC - Caracterização dos vinhos elaborados com castas autóctones da Madeira, Açores e Canárias (MAC/2.3/M51). Funded by: FEDER INTERREG IIIB (01/01/2000 - 31/12/2006). Total funds: € 520 000. CQM (Team member): € 210 000.
- 2005
- - Sistemas tridimensionais de colagénio tipo I, proteoglicanos e factores de crescimento (POCTI/FCB/33620/1999). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2003 - 31/12/2005). Total funds: € 64 843.73.
  - Synthesis and Study of New Organometallic Dendrimers for Nonlinear Applications (POCTI/QUI/41814/2001). Funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (01/01/2003 - 31/12/2005). Total funds: € 72 300.

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Completed Projects

CYTED RED IBEROAMERICANA - Development of a vaccine against HIV (P213RT0409). (2014 - 2017). CQM funds: €22 000.

AVC-MaC-CV - Evaluation of the health protective effects of polyphenols-rich diets in the evolution of Cardiovascular biomarkers (MAC/3/M251). Funded by: PCT MAC 2007-2013 Program (2014 - 2017). CQM funds: €150 000.

FUNCMETAL - Functionalized Metallodendrimers Based on 2,4,6-tri-substituted-1,3,5-triazine Core Derivatives (PTDC/QUI/64202/2006). (2008 - 2011). CQM funds: €101 200.

DENDRALGENE- Design of New Gene Delivery Vectors Based on Dendrimers, Alginate and the RGD Sequence for Bone Tissue Engineering (PTDC/SAU-BEB/71161/2006). (2007 -2010). CQM funds: €175 000.

BIOPOLIS - Building an European Bioregion (Interreg IIIB 05/MAC/2.3/C14). Funded by: INTERREG (2006 - 2008). Host institution: FUNCANIS - Fundación Canaria de Investigación y Salud (Spain). CQM funds: €176 000.

RNEM - Rede Nacional de Espectrometria de Massa (REDE/1508/REM/2005). (2006 - 2008). CQM funds: €167 000.

PTNMR - Rede Nacional de Ressonância Magnética (REDE/1517/RMN/2005). (2006 - 2007). CQM funds: €278 179.

ANTIVINMAC - Determination of Antioxidant Potential, Amino Acids and Biogenic Amines in Wines from Canárias, Azores and Madeira (Interreg IIIB 05/MAC/2.3/M28). Funded by: INTERREG (2005 - 2008). CQM funds: €304 353.

CLAYCATS - Modified Porto Santo Clays as Catalysts for Liquid Phase Organic Reactions (POCTI/CTM/47619/2002). (2003 - 2006). CQM funds: €72 000.

Sistemas tridimensionais de colagénio tipo I, proteoglicanos e factores de crescimento (POCTI/FCB/33620/1999). (2003- 2005). CQM funds: €65 000.

Synthesis and Study of New Organometallic Dendrimers for Nonlinear Applications (POCTI/QUI/41814/2001). (2002 - 2006). CQM funds: €72 300.

CARVINMAC - Caracterização dos vinhos elaborados com castas autóctones da Madeira, Açores e Canárias. Funded by: INTERREG III B 2000-2006 (2000 - 2006). CQM funds: €210 000.

Novel Polarised Molecular Wires Based on Transition Metal Complexes of Di(4-pyridyl)heterocycles Spacers Bridging Ligands (POCTI/CTM/495/2001). (2004 - 2007). CQM funds: €87 510.

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