Ivo Martins

Ivo Martins is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biochemistry (0%, pro-bono) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, since 2019. He holds a PhD in Biophysics - Bioengineering from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, conducted at the Swich Lab (VIB) and Serrano Lab (EMBL). His research focuses on protein structure, especially viral proteins, amyloidogenic peptides, and lipid interactions.

Education:

• PhD in Biophysics - Bioengineering (Applied Biological Sciences), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Dr. Martins' research centers on structural biology, particularly the three-dimensional structures of viral proteins and the biophysical properties of amyloidogenic peptides and their interactions with lipids. His work aims to elucidate mechanisms of viral infection and amyloid formation, which are relevant to infectious and neurodegenerative diseases.

Awards and Honors:

• Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellowship
• Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship
• Frontiers in Life Sciences Research Award (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2010)

Dr. Martins has received continuous funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Portugal since 2014, initially as an FCT Researcher and later under a CEE-IND contract. In 2017, he co-founded DART Diagnostics, a technology-based startup that has secured national and European public and private funding for applied research. Although he has mentored students, specific names are not provided in the available information.

He has been associated with several research groups including the Swich Lab at VIB (VUB), the Serrano Lab at EMBL, and the Institute of Molecular Medicine (iMM) in Lisbon. Currently, he is affiliated with the Institute of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, and actively contributes to DART Diagnostics.