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

CQM has ten specialised research labs which are accessible to all members.

Our equipment

Team

The CQM team has over 50 researchers from multiple nationalities across many fields. The Scientific Commission is made up by the most experienced senior researchers and they are responsible for managing CQM's activities.

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Funding Agencies

Ongoing Projects

Completed projects

- 2023
- - 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.
- 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.