Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association

Valera Dias
Country: Mozambique
Institution: University of Eduardo Mondlane
Gender: Female

GRANTS (Click on grant to view details)

Grant & Support Received: MARG I
Activity Supported:

Screening for antimicrobial activity compounds in marine algae – with focus to Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta from Mozambique

Year of approval: 2018
Testimonies/stories

My MARG I project lead open gates to new project related to macroalgae Biotechnology. I received one grant in 2019, which was about application of macroalgae as antimicrobial agent. During my MARG I, I could help three undergraduate students in their projects. This year, I received a research grant from the African Academy of Sciences to work on macroalgae cultivation. I am very grateful to WIOMSA for trusting and offering MARG I research funding

List of publications from the Grant

• Dias V, Bandeira S, Chaúque E, Lipassula M, Mussagy A, Evaluation of Phytocompounds and Chemical Elements Present in Selected Species of Seaweeds, to Sustain Future Quantitative Analysis for Bioactive Compounds, Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics. 2020; 10(5):232-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v10i5.4422.

• Dias V, Uqueio M, Nhaca A, Salência H, Qualitative Analysis of Phytocompounds of Liagora divaricata and Trematocarpus flabellatus, Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics. 2020; 10(5):75-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v10i5.4355.

Titles of on-going Projects

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