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Professor Manuel Prieto


Institutional address Centro Química-Física Molecular, Complexo I, I.S.T., Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049 001 Lisboa, Portugal

Telephone +351 218 419 219 Telefax +351 218 464 455

Email manuel.prieto@ist.utl.pt

 Manuel Prieto
 

 

Main scientific area of research


Biophysics/Biochemistry - Application of spectroscopic techniques (UV-Vis absorption, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, fluorescence anisotropy, dynamic and static light scattering), to the study of supramolecular aggregates and structural problems (e.g., localization and dynamics) of compounds of biological relevance in interaction with model system of membranes.

Molecular Biophysics - Ion channels, receptors, polyene antibiotics, ATPases.

Membrane Biophysics - Lipid domains (rafts); lipid-protein interaction; DNA-lipid interaction; fluorescence microscopy (FCS, FRAP and FLIM); amyloid fiber formation, lipid phase diagrams; ceramide; FRET, PI(4,5)P2, bile acids

Photophysics - Study of excited state interactions (energy transfer and collisional fluorescence quenching) in micro-heterogeneous systems.



Teaching duties


Molecular Biophysics, Photophysics and Photochemistry, Structural Biology, Spectroscopy, General Chemistry.



Awards


  • “Excellent Professor” – Pedagogical Council of IST – 2013
  • “Distinguished Visitor”- 2013 - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina (Resolution HCD/13)
  • “Excellent Professor” – Pedagogical Council of IST – 2012
  • “Honorary Member” - Sociedad Biofísica de España – 2011
  •  “Prémio Científico UTL / Santander Totta”- Biophysics and Physics, 2008.
  • “Prémio Científico UTL / Santander Totta”-, Biophysics and Physics, 2007 (Honorary). 
  • “Prémio União Latina” - 2006 - Reitoria da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal.
  •  “Estímulo à Excelência” - 2005 - FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal).


 

Collaboration with scientific organizations

  • Member of the Scientific Committee for the Exact Sciences and Engineering (FCT Portugal).
  • President of EBSA (European Biophysical Societies' Association) and Member of the Executive Committee.
  • Member of the “Scientific Committee” of “Science Europe” (Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences, including Materials Sciences (PHYCHEMA)).
  • Member of FEBS (Federation of the European Biochemical Societies) Publications Committee (2009-2013).
  • Faculty Member of the "UNESCO Chair of Biophysics and Molecular Neurobiology", Bahía Blanca, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina.
  • "International Mentor" of the Biophysical Society, USA.
  • Member of the Council of IUPAB (International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics) (2005-2011).


Editorial Activitives


  • “Biochimica Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes” – Editorial Board Member
  • “Chem. Phys. Lipids” - Editorial Board Member
  • “Biophysical Reviews” (2009-2011) - Editorial Board Member
  • “Frontiers in Membrane Physiology and Biophysics” – Associate Editor
  • “The Scientific World Journal” - Editorial Board Member

Project evaluations


  • European Marie Curie Actions Fellowships (EIF, OIF, IIF) (Panel Life Sciences), RTN, EST;
  • "National Science Foundation”, Arlington, VA, USA;
  • INTAS (International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union);
  • “Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council”, Reino Unido;
  • COST (European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) Action D:22 (STSM);
  • “Council of Scientific & Industrial Research” (India);
  • TWAS “The Third World Academy of Sciences”;
  • “Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research” (NWO) – Vici Program;
  • FONCyT (Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Argentina);
  • Colciencias (Colombia);
  • “Georgian National Science Foundation”, (Republic of Georgia, Tiblisi);
  • “Projetti Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena”;
  • “CASP/FAPERJ” (Brasil).
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) (France)
  • The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance


Journal Cover pages

Soft Matter, 10 (2014) (Back Cover)

A. Melo,L.M.S. Loura, F. Fernandes, J. Villalaín, M. Prieto, A. Coutinho. (2014) "Electrostatically driven lipid–lysozyme mixed fibers display a multilamellar structure without amyloid features". Soft Matter 10, 840

 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117 (2013)


A. Melo, J. Ricardo, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto, A. Coutinho. "Fluorescence Detection of Lipid-Induced Oligomeric Intermediates Involved in Lysozyme “Amyloid-Like” Fiber Formation Driven by Anionic Membranes."

 

The Journal of Lipid Research, 53(3) (2012)


L. C. Silva, O. B.David, Y. Pewzner-Jung, E. L. Laviad, J. Stiban, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. H. Merrill Jr., M. Prieto and A.H. Futerman.. "Fluorescence Detection of Lipid-Induced Oligomeric Intermediates Involved in Lysozyme “Ablation of ceramide synthase 2 strongly affects biophysical properties of membranes."

 

European Biophysical Journal, cover of 2012/2013 issues (using figures from selected articles of previous years)



L.M.S. Loura, F. Fernandes, M. Prieto, "Quantification of protein–lipid selectivity using FRET". Eur. Biophys. J. 39, 2010

 

Journal of Neurochemistry, 116(5) (2011)



A. Coutinho, L.M.S. Loura, M. Prieto, "FRET studies of lipid-protein aggregates related to amyloid-like fibers"

 

Biophysical Journal, 95 (2008)



S. N. Pinto, L. C. Silva, R. F. M. de Almeida, M. Prieto, "Membrane domain formation, interdigitation and morphological alterations induced by the very long chain asymmetric C24:1 ceramide".




Selected Publications:

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Selected lectures in congresses and meetings:


  • “Physiological calcium concentrations induce PI(4,5)P2 clustering: PI(4,5)P2 as a lipidic calcium sensor”. M. J. Sarmento, A. Coutinho, A. Fedorov, M., F. Fernandes. Biophysical Society 57th Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA (2013)
  • “Structure and dynamics of “amyloid-like” lipid-protein fibers: a FCS, FRET, FLIM and FRAP study”. A. Melo, L.M.S. Loura, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. Spring 2013 American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, USA (2013)
  • “Tethering of lipid membranes reorganizes the distribution of lipid domains”. F. Fernandes, M.J. Sarmento, M. Prieto. XXXV Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) Congress, Seville, Spain (2012).
  • "Amyloid-like fiber formation driven by lipid-protein interaction: Structure and dynamics from homo-FRET, FLIM and FCS". A. Melo, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. Lipid-protein interaction in membranes. Hyderabad, India (2012)
  • "Membrane biophysics and lipid-protein interaction". M. Prieto. 2nd EBSA Course on Membranes. Arcachon, France (2012)
  • "Fluorescence in Membrane Biophysics". M. Prieto (Opening Plenary Lecture). Strasbourg Workshop on Membrane Biophysics. Strasbourg, France (2012)
  • "Coupled lysozyme partition/oligomerization triggered by anionic lipid vesicles: a time-resolved study". A. Melo, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto, A. Coutinho. XIII Iberian Peptide Meeting, Alicante, Spain (2012).
  • “Exploring fluorescence lifetime and homo-FRET measurements to monitor lysozyme oligomerization in anionic lipid membranes: relation to “amyloid-like” fibril formation”. A. Melo, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto, A. Coutinho. Biophysical Society 56th Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA (2012)
  • “Fluorescence and microscopy in membrane biophysics: rafts, ceramides, amyloids, and lipid-protein interaction”. M. Prieto (Opening Plenary Lecture). XV International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry, ISLS. Barcelona, Spain (2012)
  • “Ceramide domains”.M. Prieto. Gordon Research Conference “Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology”, Il Ciocco, Itália (2012)
  • “Gel and fluid membrane domains in interaction with proteins: Membrane morphological alterations and amyloid-like fiber formation”.M. Prieto. Congreso XXV Aniversario de la SBE, Murcia, Espanha (2011)
  • “Advanced FRET methodologies in membrane biophysics”. A. Coutinho, A. Melo, L. Loura. M. Prieto. III Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica, Granada, Espanha (2011)
  • “Advanced FRET methodologies: Lipid selectivity and membrane protein-drug interaction”. F. Fernandes, L.M.S. Loura, M. Prieto. 9th International Symposium on Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules. Trivandrum, Kerala, India (2011)
  • “Lysozyme binding to phosphatidylserine-containing membranes: implications in amyloid-like fiber formation”. A. Melo, A. Coutinho. M. Prieto. XII Iberian Peptide Meeting. Lisboa, Portugal (2010)
  • “Amyloid-like fiber formation: the role of lipid-protein interaction”. A. Coutinho, A. Melo, L. Loura, M. Prieto. 4th ISN Special Conference on Membrane Domains in CNS Physiology and Pathology, Erice, Itália (2010)
  • “Lipid Raft Composition Modulates Sphingomyelinase Activity and Ceramide-Induced Membrane Physical Alterations”. L.C. Silva, A.H. Futerman, M. Prieto. 54 th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, S. Francisco, USA (2010)
  • “Rafts and ceramides: Biophysical perspective of biologically relevant membrane domains”. B. Castro, S. Pinto, L. Silva, M. Prieto. 51st International Conference of the Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL), Bilbao, Espanha (2010) – Plenary Lecture.
  • “Characterization of lipid/ DNA and lipid/ protein assemblies by fluorescence resonance energy transfer”. L. Loura, C. Madeira, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. IV Spanish-Portuguese Biophysical Congress, Zaragoza, Espanha (2010)
  • “Lipid raft composition modulates sphingomyelinase activity and ceramide-induced membrane physical alterations”. L.C. Silva, A.H. Futerman, M. Prieto.  International Student Workshop on Lipid Domains, Rehovot, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (2010)
  • “Ceramide Gel Domain Formation in a Phospholipid Bilayer: The Impact of Ceramide Acyl Chain”. S.N. Pinto, L.C. Silva, R.F.M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. International Student Workshop on Lipid Domains, Rehovot, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (2010)
  • “Cholesterol-Rich Fluid Membranes Solubilize Ceramide Gel Domains. Implications for the Organization of Mammalian Membranes”. B.M. Castro, R.F.M. de Almeida, L.C. Silva, M. Prieto. International Student Workshop on Lipid Domains, Rehovot, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (2010)
  • “A critical role for Ceramide Synthase 2”. O. Ben-David, Y.P.-Jung, H Park, E.L. Laviad, L.C. Silva, S. Lahiri, J. Stiban, R.E.-Roman, B. Brüger, T. Sachsenheimer, F. Wieland, M. Prieto, A.H. Merrill Jr., A.H. Futerman.  Gordon Research Conference on Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology, Ventura (CA), USA (2010)
  • “Cholesterol-Rich Fluid Membranes Solubilize Ceramide Gel Domains. Implications for the Organization of Mammalian Membranes”. B.M. Castro, R.F.M. de Almeida, L.C. Silva, M. Prieto. 54rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2010)
  • “Lipid-protein interaction in amyloid-like protein fibril formation”. A. Melo, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. EBSA Biophysics Course on: Membrane Biophysics & Lipid/Protein Interaction, Arcachon, France (2010)
  • “Lysozyme binding to phosphatidylserine-containing membranes: implications in amyloid-like fiber formation”. A. Melo, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. XII Iberian Peptide Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal (2010)
  • “Lipid-protein interaction: Quantification of protein binding to lipid vesicles using single colour fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS)”. A. Melo, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. International Courses on Toxicology 2010, Coimbra, Portugal (2010)
  • “Structure and energetic characterization of lactoferrampin derived antimicrobial peptides: biological activity and implications of composition and structure”. M. Bastos, R. Adão, V. Teixeira, K. Nazmi, D. Uhríkova, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto, J. Bolscher.  XII EPI, Iberian Peptide Meeting, Lisboa, Portugal (2010)
  • “Amyloid-like fiber formation driven by lipid-protein interaction”. A. Coutinho, L.M.S. Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. XXXVIII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Águas de Lindóia, Brasil (2009) – Plenary Lecture
  • "Rafts, ceramides, and fluid lipids: Phase diagrams determination from photophysical methodologies". B. Castro, S. Pinto, L. Silva, R. de Almeida, M. Prieto. International Conference of Fluorescence in Biology, Mumbai, India (2009)
  • "Sphingomyelinase activity and ceramide-induced membrane physical alterations are strongly dependent on lipid raft composition". L.C. Silva, A.H. Futerman, M. Prieto. 5th International Charleston Ceramide Conference, Charleston, USA (2009)
  • "Effects of pulmonary surfactant protein SP-C on liquid-ordered/liquid-disordered phase coe-existence in a ternary membrane model system". F. Baumgart, L. Loura, B. Castro, I. Rodriguez-Crespo, M. Prieto, J. Pérez-Gil. "Final General Assembly-BIOMEM", Rovinji, Croácia (2009)
  • “RBP-receptor structure and funcion". M.C. Lopez-Ruiz, M. Prieto, J.B.C. Findlay. "Final General Assembly-BIOMEM", Rovinji, Croacia (2009)
  • “Biophysics of rafts and their interplay with ceramides”. L. Silva, B.M. Castro, R. de Almeida, S. Pinto, M. Prieto. 49th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids, Maastricht, The Netherlands (2008) – Plenary Lecture.
  • “Glucosylceramide and ceramide induce similar alterations in membrane biophysical properties”. L.C. Silva, R.F.M. de Almeida, M. Prieto, A.H. Futerman. Gordon Research Conference on Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology, Il Ciocco in Lucca, Italy (2008)
  • “Ceramide, sphingomyelin and unsaturated lipids in the absence of cholesterol: Phase diagrams, gel phases and their biological relevance”. B.M. Castro, S. Pinto, L. Silva, R. de Almeida, M. Prieto. 1st Portuguese-Spanish-British Joint Biophysical Congress, Lisbon, Portugal (2008)
  • “Nanostructure of protein amyloid-like fibers induced by membranes”. A. Coutinho, L. Loura, M. Prieto. The 8th International Symposium on Biochemical Roles o Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules, Hyderabad, India (2008)
  • “Time-resolved resonance energy transfer in membrane biophysics”. L. Loura, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. XXI Reunión nacional de Espectroscopia. - V Congreso Ibérico de Espectroscopia”, Murcia, Spain (2008)
  • "Lipid raft composition modulates sphingomyelinase activity and ceramide-induced membrane physical alterations". L.C. Silva, A.H. Futerman, M. Prieto. FEBS Workshop- Lipids as regulators of cell function, Spetses, Greece (2008)
  • “Modulation of lateral membrane organization by the interplay of ceramide with lipid rafts”. L. Silva, R.F.M. de Almeida, B.M. Castro, M. Prieto. 6th European Biophysics Congress, London, UK (2007)
  • “Peptide/protein-induced structural alterations in membranes“. M. Prieto. “2nd Worshop on the Biophysics of Membrane-active peptides”, Lisbon (Portugal) (2007) – Plenary Lecture.
  • "Structural characterization of pulmonary surfactant SP-B in model membranes by fluorescence spectroscopy". E.J. Cabré, L. Loura, B. Olmeda, A. Fedorov, J. Pérez-Gil, M. Prieto. 48 th ICBL, Turku, Finland (2007)
  • “Ceramide recruits 3 sphingomyelin molecules to form nanometer-sized gel domains that are destroyed by cholesterol in lipid rafts”. L.C. Silva, R.F.M. de Almeida, B.M. Castro, M. Prieto. "51th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society", Baltimore, USA (2007)
  • “Complexity of Lipid Domains and Rafts in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Revealed by Combining Imaging, Microscopic and Macroscopic Time-resolved Fluorescence”. R.F.M. de Almeida, J.W. Borst, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto, A.J.W.G. Visser. "51th Annual Meeeting of the Biophysical Society", Baltimore, USA (2007)
  • “Sphingomyelin/cholesterol rafts and ceramide platforms: Biophysical perspectives”. M. Prieto. "Symposium: To Raft or not to Raft, that is the question", Leuven, Belgium (2006)
  • “Interaction of Two Cecropin-Melittin Antimicrobial Peptides with Model Membranes.Calorimetric, Time Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Linear Dichroism results”. G. Bai, P. Gomes, M. Hicks, M. Prieto, M. Bastos. ”19 th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics”, Boulder, Colorado, USA (2006)
  • “Sphingomyelin/cholesterol rafts, ceramide platforms, PIP2 domains and basic peptides in interaction with membranes: Biophysical perspectives”. R. de Almeida, L. Loura, L. Silva, A. Coutinho, F. Fernandes, B. Castro, M. Prieto. Final COST Report, Murcia, Spain (2006)
  • “Membrane Proteins: Structural studies from fluorescence methodologies”. M. Prieto. First Assembly of the Marie Curie EST Program in Membrane Biology, Utrecht, Netherlands (2006)
  • “Lipid domains, rafts and lipid-protein interaction: Biophysical perspectives from fluorescence methodologies”. M. Prieto. Meeting of the Members of the IUPAB Council. Ottawa, Canada (2006)
  • “Interaction of S413-PV cell penetrating peptide with model membranes: Relevance to peptide translocation across biological membranes”. M. Mano, A. Henriques, A. Paiva, M. Prieto, F. Gavilanes, S. Simões, M. C. Pedroso de Lima. VI Ibero-American Congress of biophysics. Madrid, Spain (2006)
  • “Ceramide-domain formation and collapse in lipid rafts: membrane reorganization by an apoptotic lipid. Comparison to ganglioside GM1”. L. Silva, R.F.M. de Almeida, B. Castro and M. Prieto. The second ISN special Neurochemistry conference: Neural glycoproteins and glycolipids, Antigua, West Indies (2006)
  • “Fluorescence methodologies in membrane biophysics. Lipid rafts and lipid-protein interaction”. M. Prieto. “9 th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Fluorescence. Spectroscopy, Imaging and Probes”, Lisbon, Portugal (2005) – Plenary Lecture
  • “Biophysical properties of ceramide-containing lipid bilayers using fluorescence methodologies”. L. Silva, R.F.M. de Almeida, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto. Workshop COST D22: Membrane Domains and Lipid Asymmetry, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2005)
  • “Fluorescence resonance energy transfer and domain formation in membranes”. M. Prieto. “VII Congreso de Fotoquímica da Real Sociedad Española de Química”, Logroño, Spain (2005)
  • “Membrane biophysics, lipid rafts and lipid-protein interaction”. M. Prieto. “Biophysical chemistry meets molecular medicine”, CERC 3, Sesimbra, Portugal (2005) – Plenary Lecture
  • “Ternary phase diagrams and lipid domains”. M. Prieto. COST Action D22: Membrane domains and lipid asymmetry”, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2005)
  • “Binding of V-ATPase inhibitors towards the 4th transmembrane segment of the enzyme’s subunit c”. F. Fernandes, L. M. S. Loura, A. Fedorov, N. Dixon, T. Kee, M. Hemminga, M. Prieto. COST D22 Working Group Meeting on Lipid-Protein Interactions, Cosenza, Italy (2005)
  • “The organization of the gamma M4 transmembrane domain of the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in cholesterol containing membranes”. M. Prieto. COST Action D22: Principles of membrane protein folding and stability, Lisbon, Portugal (2005)
  • “Lipid rafts and lipid-protein interaction. Fluorescence methodologies in membrane biophysics”. M. Prieto. “3rd Portuguese - Spanish Biophysics Congress, Lisbon, Portugal (2004) – Lição Plenária
  • “Fluorescence spectroscopy of membrane protein assembly”. M. Prieto. “Molecular interactions of the Lipid-Protein interface, 1st Domain WG meeting- COST Action D22 Working Group Meeting”, Szeged, Hungary (2004)
  • “Phase diagrams and raft sizes as determined by fluorescence methods”. M. Prieto “Mid – Term Review Meeting COST Action D:22, Lipid – Protein interaction”, Madrid, Spain (2004)
  • “Photophysical approaches to the structure and dynamics of lipid microdomains   in model membrane systems”. L. Loura, R. de Almeida, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. “7 th International Conference on Solar Energy and Applied Photochemistry”, and “4th International Training Workshop on Environmental Photochemistry”, Luxor, Egypt (2003)
  • “Peptide interaction with two-component membranes. Domain formation or vesicle aggregation?” L. Loura, A. Coutinho, A. Silva, M. Prieto. “4 th European Biophysics Congress”, Alicante, Spain (2003)
  • “A ternary phase diagram for rafts model system”. R.F.M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. “Microdomains, lipid rafts and caveolae; ESF/EMBO Conference”, Tomar, Portugal (2003)
  •  “A model for raft / non-raft coexistence. Phosphatidylcholine/ sphingomyelin/ cholesterol ternary phase diagram”. R.F.M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. “47 th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society”, San Antonio, Texas, USA (2003)
  • “Peptide interaction with two-component lipidic systems. Application of photophysical methodologies”. A. Silva, A. Coutinho, L. Loura, M. Prieto. “Structure and dynamics of lipid interfaces”- Satellite Meeting of the “XIV International Biophysics Congress”, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2002)
  • “Structure and dynamics of acetylcholine receptor and its lipid microenvironment: from molecule to cell”. S. Antollini, J. Baier, M. Blanton, I. Bonini, B. De los Santos, M. C. Gallegos, I. Garbus, M. F. Pediconi, M. Prieto, A. M. Roccamo, J. Wenz, F. J. Barrantes. “XI th International Symposium on cholinergic mechanisms”. St. Moritz, Switzerland (2002)
  • “The role of sterols in the mechanism of aggregate formation by the polyene antibiotic nystatin”. L. Silva, A. Coutinho, M. Prieto. “1st Domain WG meeting- “Membrane domains and rafts”-COST Action D22: Protein-Lipid Interaction, Segovia, Spain (2002)
  • “Phase diagrams of rafts model systems”. R.F.M. de Almeida, M. Prieto. “1st Domain WG meeting- “Membrane domains and rafts”- COST Action D22: Protein-Lipid Interaction, Segovia, Spain (2002)
  • “Application of optical spectroscopic techniques (UV-Vis absorption, ORD and CD, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, fluorescence anisotropy) to biochemical and macromolecular systems”. M. Prieto. “Lipids and Proteins: Structural aspects”. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2002)
  • “M13 major coat protein aggregation in model systems of membranes. FRET methodology and preliminary data”. F. Fernandes, L. Loura, R. Koehorst, M. Hemminga, M. Prieto. “Molecular interactions of the lipid–protein interface”, Calabria, Italy (2002)
  • “Detection and characterization of membrane microheterogeneity by resonance energy transfer”. M. Prieto, L. Loura, R. Almeida, “Final workshop of the bilateral scientific and technological cooperation between Flanders and Poland”, Leuven, Belgium (2001)
  • “Photophysical approaches to the structure and dynamics of lipid microdomains in model membrane systems”. M. Prieto. “Workshop on Fluorescence Techniques in Biophysics”, Lyngby, Denmark (2001)
  • “Lipid microdomains in membranes probed by fluorescence spectroscopy”. M. Prieto, L. Loura, R. Almeida, “Lipid-protein supramolecular assemblies”, Zagreb, Croatia (2001)
  • “Structure and dynamics of lipidic domains in model membrane systems”. M. Prieto, L. Loura, R. Almeida, “IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Biofísica”, Alicante, Spain (2000)
  • “Interaction of the major epitope region of HIV protein gp41 with membrane model systems”. M. Castanho, N. Santos, M. Prieto. “4th International Weber Symposium in Innovative Methodologies in Biochemistry and Medicine”, Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A. (1999)
  • “Lipid microdomains in membrane model systems probed by fluorescence energy transfer”. M. Prieto. “Symposium on “Membranes, Sensors and Cell Surfaces”, Hyderabad, India (1999)
  • “Distribution heterogeneity in membrane model systems probed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer”. M. Prieto, L. Loura, R. Almeida. “4th International Weber Symposium in Innovative Methodologies in Biochemistry and Medicine”, Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A. (1999)
  • “Interaction of the major epitope region of HIV protein gp41 with membrane model systems”. M. Castanho, N. Santos, M. Prieto. “2nd Portuguese-Spanish Biophysics Congress / VI Congreso de la Sociedad de Biofísica de España”, Madrid, Spain (1998)
  • “Strong and very weak coupling limits in electric dipolar interactions. Applications in structural biochemistry”. M. Prieto. “2nd International Biophysics Conference”, Cairo, Egipto (1998) -  Plenary Lecture
  • “Distribution heterogeneity in two-phase, two-component lipid mixtures probed by resonance energy transfer”. L.Loura, A. Fedorov, M. Prieto.“2nd Portuguese-Spanish Biophysics Congress / VI Congreso de la Sociedad de Biofísica de España”, Madrid, Spain (1998)
  • "Dipolar interactions in systems of restricted dimensionality. Application to membrane model systems and micelles”. M. Prieto. “Reunión Bianual de la Real Sociedad Española de Química”, Cádiz, Spain (1997) - Main Lecture
  • “Dehydroergosterol structural organization in a model system of membranes”. L. Loura, M. Prieto. “41st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society”, New Orleans, USA (1997)
  • “Energy transfer in restricted dimensionality. Application to a model system of membranes”. M. Prieto. ”1st Portuguese-Spanish Biophysics Congress-V Congreso de la Sociedad de Biofísica de Espanha”, Lisboa, Portugal (1995)
  • “Electronic dipolar interactions: Formalisms, methodologies and its application to membranes”. M. Prieto. IV Congreso de la Sociedad de Biofísica de España, Cáceres, Espanha (1994)
  • “Static and dynamic light scattering studies of filipin in aqueous media and its interaction with cholesterol”. M.A.R.B. Castanho, W. Brown, M.J.E. Prieto. 37th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Washington D.C., U.S.A. (1993)

Invited seminars and study missions


Argentina, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Uruguay, Spain, USA.