Mgdias

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Job title: 
Dr.
Eurocaroten role: 
Management Committee
First name: 
Maria da Graça
Last name: 
Dias
Short research description: 

Maria da Graça Dias is health researcher at the Food and Nutrition Department (DAN) of National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) in Lisbon, Portugal. She is Chemical Engineer and has got the PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry. She dedicated more than 25 years to food science in several techno-scientific aspects and she is involved in research concerning (1) food sampling (2) analytical methods to determination by HPLC/UV-Vis/fluorescence of carotenoids and fat soluble vitamins in food, including validation, uncertainties estimation and quality assurance systems in the scope of accreditation by ISO 17025 (3) Food composition databases, namely data production, collection systems and treatment (4) Food Indexing Systems, FoodEx1, FoodEx2, and LanguaL (5) Total Diet Studies to evaluate nutritional/ exposure state of populations. She participates in several international projects, EuroFIR - FB6 – CT-2005-513944 - European Food Information Resource Network of Excellence, EU FP6 (2005-2010), EuroFIR Nexus - FB7-KBBE-2010-4, The EuroFIR Food Platform: Further integration, refinement and exploitation for its long-term self-sustainability, EU FP7 (2010-2013), CFP/EFSA/DATEX2011/01 - Implementation of Electronic Transmission of Chemical Occurrence Data in Portugal” (2011-2013), CFP/EFSA/DCM/2011/03 - Updated food composition database for nutrient intake (2012), NP/EFSA/DCM/2012/02/02 - Pilot project on the implementation of FoodEx2 as part of the Standard Sample Description for the electronic transmission of harmonised chemical occurrence data to EFSA (2012-2013), TDSEXPOSURE - KBBE.201.2.4-02 - Total Diet Study Exposure, EU FP7 (2012-2016), NP/EFSA/DATA/2014/23 - Re-coding of the food descriptors of EFSA Chemical Occurrence Database and Food Consumption Database entries according to the FoodEx2 food classification and description system (2014).
In the near future regarding carotenoids we are particularly interested in rapid and environment friendly methods to determine them in foods, methods to evaluate bioaccessibility/bioavailability, biomarkers.

Techniques routinely used: 
HPLC-DAD/UV-Vis, HPLC/fluorescence, spectofotometry, Extraction liquid-liquid, saponificatio/hydrolisis
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
HPLC, UPLC, MS, MS/MS, UV-Vis, Flourimeter, Spectrometer
Country: 
Portugal
City: 
Lisboa
Institution: 
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP
Department: 
Departamento de Alimentação e Nutrição
Address: 

Avenida Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal

Zip Code: 
1649-016
Phone: 
00351217519308
Matrix: 
Foods
By-products
Plants
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG2
WG option 2: 
WG3
Scientific approach: 
Applied
Areas: 
Agro-food
Analysis
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Health
Nutrition
Other keywords: 
Analysis
Applications
Bioavailability
Biological Actions
Food Quality
Functional Foods
Industry
Processing
Stability
STMS hosting: 
Yes
Meetings hosting: 
Yes

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