Joana Silva-Correia, BSc, PhD is an Assistant Researcher at 3B’s Research Group of University of Minho. She graduated Applied Biology and successfully completed a PhD degree in Sciences (Biology) at UM, in 2009. Since then she’s worked as team member in several EU and PT funded projects that address different areas for TERM applications. She is/was PI of 4 national and 1 international funded-projects. Dr. Silva-Correia is author of 115 publications: 63 international peer-reviewed papers, 24 book chapters and 28 ISI indexed conference abstracts and proceedings. In addition, she is inventor of 6 international/national granted patents and presented more than 130 communications in major conferences in the field. She received 17 academic scientific awards/distinctions. She’s been acting as referee of several international peer-reviewed journals (15), including some of the most relevant in the field (i.e. Tissue Engineering, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, among others).