Miguel Xavier obtained his MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Porto in 2012 and his PhD from Southampton in 2018. He is currently a Marie Curie, Individual Fellow at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. Miguel’s research interests focus on the application of microfluidics to life sciences, including, for example, label-free cell sorting or continuous flow organ-on-chip models. Since 2016, Miguel has authored 9 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 8 of which as first author. Miguel has also secured funding to support his research and received scientific awards, including the Gold Medal for Excellence in Engineering by a Young Researcher at the STEM for Britain competition held in the UK at the houses of parliament. He has also disseminated his research to the general public in science outreach events and in multiple international conferences, where he has won awards for best poster and oral presentations. Miguel’s professional ambition is to become an independent researcher in the field of microfluidics applied to the life sciences, hoping to drive the development of innovative applications directly impacting people’s quality of life.

• Miguel Xavier, Stuart A. Lanham, Maria-Eleni Kyriazi, Konstantina Alexaki, Afaf H. El-Sagheer, Tom Brown, Antonios G. Kanaras and Richard O.C. Oreffo
  Enrichment of skeletal stem cells from human bone marrow using spherical nucleic acids.
  ACS Nano (2021) 15, 4, 6909–6916

• Miguel Xavier, Inês A. Parente, Patrícia M. Rodrigues, Miguel A. Cerqueira, Lorenzo Pastrana and Catarina Gonçalves
  Safety and fate of nanomaterials in food: the role of in vitro tests
  Trends in Food Science & Technology (2021) Volume 109, 593-607

• Miguel Xavier, Stefan H. Holm, Jason P. Beech, Daniel Spencer, Jonas O. Tegenfeldt, Richard O.C. Oreffo and Hywel Morgan
  Label-free enrichment of primary human skeletal progenitor cells using deterministic lateral displacement
  Lab on a Chip 19 (3), 513-523

• Miguel Xavier, Sofia D Santos, Diana M Leite, Débora A Moreira, Rita Castro, Victoria Leiro, Joao Rodrigues, Ana P Pêgo, and Helena Tomas
  PAMAM Dendrimers: Blood-Brain Barrier Transport and Neuronal Uptake after Focal Brain Ischemia
  Journal of Controlled Release 291, 65-79

• Miguel Xavier, María C. de Andrés, Daniel Spencer, Richard O.C. Oreffo and Hywel Morgan
  Size and dielectric properties of skeletal stem cells change critically after enrichment and expansion from human bone marrow; consequences for microfluidic cell sorting
  J. R. Soc. Interface 2017 14 20170233; DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0233