Daniela Tomás de Castro (3A13-2EB0-81A8)

Curriculum Vitae

Daniela Tomás de Castro

Daniela Tomás de Castro. Concluiu a Licenciatura em Biologia Marinha em 2018/06/21 pelo(a) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Concluiu o Mestrado em Aquacultura e Pescas em 2021/07/08 pela Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia .

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Daniela Tomás de Castro

Citation names

T. Castro, Daniela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 3A13-2EB0-81A8
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8259-8223

Email addresses

a54458@ualg.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-tom%C3%A1s-de-castro/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/02/01 - 2027/02/01 Ongoing	Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento) Major in Aquacultura Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2018/09/17 - 2021/07/08 Concluded	Aquacultura e Pescas (Mestrado) Major in Aquacultura Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Development of a commercial microalgae enrichment for optimizing zebrafish reproduction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2015/09/13 - 2018/06/21 Concluded	Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/04/01 - 2023/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

2019/08/01 - 2020/08/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Necton S.A., Portugal
	Necton S.A., Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/04/01 - 2023/01/31	Zebrafish Facility Manager	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2017/08/01 - 2017/08/31	Estágio	Parque Biológico da Lousã, Portugal
	Parque Biológico da Lousã, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/07/01	Voluntária	Acipenser, Sociedade Portuguesa de Produção de Caviar, Lda, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/02/01 - Current	Bioactive compounds from microalgae: the influence on bone mineralization and the incidence of skeletal malformations on aquaculture species 2022.10077.BDANA PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal GreenCoLab, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing
2022/02/18 - 2023/01/31	PERFORMALGAE - "Estabelecimento de culturas industriais de algas de alto desempenho para a produção de bioestimulantes e alimentos funcionais" ALG-01-0247-FEDER-069961 Research Fellow	Governo da República Portuguesa Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Ongoing
2020/04/01 - 2021/09/30	EAPA 151_2016 -BLUEHUMAN - BLUE Biotechnology as a road for innovation on HUMAN's health aiming smart growth in Atlantic Area/universidade do Algarve" EAPA 151_2016 EAPA 151_2016 Research Fellow Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2019/10/01 - 2021/07/08	Desenvolvimento de produtos comerciais formulados com microalgas para o enriquecimento de presas vivas de peixe zebra 39896 Aluna de mestrado, desenvolvimento da tese no âmbito deste processo Necton S.A., Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Governo da República Portuguesa

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Castro, Daniela; Martins, Gil; Patrícia Diogo; Alexandre Rodrigues; Joana T.Rosa; Victoria del Pinho; João Navalho; et al. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Functional environmental enrichment improves zebrafish (Danio rerio) reproduction and egg quality". Paper presented in Animal Health Symposium, Porto (online), 2022. Published
Conference poster	T. Castro, Daniela; Hugo Galvão Caiano Pereira; Laizé, Vincent; Gavaia, Paulo. Corresponding author: T. Castro, Daniela. "Ethanolic extracts of Phaeodactylum tricornutum cultured in copper manipulated medium increase mineralization in fish". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023. Gil Martins; Pinto G.; Poudel S.; T. Castro, Daniela; Santos J.M.A; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Marine microalgae Tisochrysis lutea extract inhibits in-vitro osteoclast differentiation and prevents LPS induced-bone loss in zebrafish scales". Paper presented in 12th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2023. T. Castro, Daniela; Gavaia, P; Bombo G.; Hugo Galvão Caiano Pereira. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Effect of cooper and iron manipulation in Phaeodactylum tricornutum growth". Paper presented in Young Alganeers Entrepeneurs, 2023. Gavaia, Paulo J; T. Castro, Daniela; Gil Martins. Corresponding author: Gavaia, Paulo J. "Optimizing feeding protocols for zebrafish larvae: co-feeding with live prey and microdiets promotes growth but increases skeletal deformities". Paper presented in 46thLarval Fish Conference, 2023. Costa I.F.; Pinheiro, Filipa; Bastos, Gonçalo; T. Castro, Daniela; Rodrigues A.; Marreiros A; Hugo Galvão Caiano Pereira; et al. Corresponding author: Diogo, Patricia. "Zebrabloom: novel microalgae product for zebrafish nutrition". Paper presented in 46thLarval Fish Conference, 2023. Pinto Gonçalo; T. Castro, Daniela; Gil Martins; Laizé, Vincent; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Bioactivity of sulphated polysaccharides extracted from salt pan brine water in fish". Paper presented in Aquaculture europe 2022, 2022. Gil Martins; Pinto Gonçalo; Poudel, Sunil; T. Castro, Daniela; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Zebrafish scales an induced-inflammatory model for high-throughput screening of anti-inflammatory molecules". Paper presented in Aquaculture europe 2022, 2022. T. Castro, Daniela; Silva Catarina; Gonçalves, Ana Teresa; Gavaia, P; Laizé, Vincent. Corresponding author: Laizé, Vincent. "Mineralogenic and immunogenic effect of Phaeodactylum tricornutum extracts prepared from high pressure disrupted biomass". Paper presented in Aquaculture europe 2022, 2022. T. Castro, Daniela; Pinto Gonçalo; Martins, Gil; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Extended co-feeding with Artemia sp. or rotifers promotes inter-individual homogeneity and enhances growth performance of zebrafish larvae". Paper presented in Aquaculture europe 2022, 2022. Pinheiro F.; Santos, Tamára; Gil Martins; T. Castro, Daniela; Pes, Katia; Hugo Galvão Caiano Pereira; João Varela; et al. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Nutritional effects of T. Verrucosa fed rotifers in the growth development of zebrafish". Paper presented in Aquaculture europe 2022, 2022. Tarasco M.; T. Castro, Daniela; Gavaia, P; Martins G.; Silva N.; Bebianno J.M.; Stainierc D. Y. R.; Cancela M. L.; Laizé, Vincent. Corresponding author: Laizé, Vincent. "How microplastics and adsorbed pollutants affect zebrafish development?". Paper presented in Encontro Anual do Colégio Doutoral 2021, 2021. Gil-Martins, E.; Poudel, Sunil; Guardiola F; Gavaia, P; Castro, Daniela. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "The influence of inflammatory processes in fish skeletal developmental: crosstalk between skeletal and immune system.". Paper presented in Encontro Anual do Colégio Doutoral 2021, 2021. Castro, Daniela; Gil-Martins, E.; Diogo, Patricia; Santos Tamara; Maia, I.B.; Rodrigues A.; del Pinho V.; et al. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Rotifers enriched with microalgae as a new strategy to improve zebrafish reproductive performance". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, 2021. Castro, Daniela. "Functional environmental enrichment improves zebrafish (Danio rerio) reproduction and egg quality". 2021. Castro, Daniela; Martins, Gil; Tamára Santos; Patrícia Diogo; Inês Beatriz Castro Maia; Alexandre Rodrigues; Victoria del Pinho; et al. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Rotifers encapsulated with microalgae as a new strategy to improve male Zebrafish reproductive performance". Paper presented in 5th Aquaculture Research Workshop, 2020. Castro, Daniela; Gil Martins; Tamára Santos; Diogo, Patricia; Marco Tarasco; Alexandre Rodrigues; Victoria del Pinho; et al. "Male broodstock fed with rotifers encapsulated with different microalgae: gamete quality and transgenerational osteological alterations". Paper presented in 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2020.
Journal article	Tarasco, Marco; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Bensimon-Brito, Anabela; Cordelières, Fabrice P.; Santos, Tamára; Martins, Gil; de Castro, Daniela T.; et al. "Effects of pristine or contaminated polyethylene microplastics on zebrafish development". Chemosphere 303 (2022): 135198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135198. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135198 Castro, Daniela; Martins, Gil; Diogo, Patricia; San; Inês Beatriz Castro Maia; Joana T.Rosa; Varela, João; Hugo Galvão Caiano Pereira; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Gavaia, P. "Zebrafish reproductive performance through dietary supplementation with rotifers enriched with microalgae blends". Animals (2022): Submitted T. Castro, Daniela; Martins, Gil; Diogo, P; Santos, T; Maia, IB; Rosa, JT; Pereira, H; Gavaia, P. "New strategy to improve Zebrafish reproductive performance through dietary supplementation with rotifers enriched with microalgae". Animals (2022): Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation	"Development of a commercial microalgae enrichment for optimizing zebrafish reproduction". Master, Universidade do Algarve, 2021.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/06/14	The use of microalgae blends in zebrafish larvae nutrition	Zebrabloom Workshop Necton S.A. (Faro, Portugal)
2023/06/14	Rotifers as a novel tool to improve zebrafish breeding performance	Zebrabloom Workshop Necton S.A. (Faro, Portugal)
2021/02/04	Development of a commercial microalgae enrichment for optimizing zebrafish reproduction	Seminários Necton Necton S.A. (Olhão, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/31	The influence of enriched live feed in the Larval period of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Co-supervisor	Aquacultura e Pescas (Other) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/31	Growth performance of Brachionus rotundiformis cultivated using different diets Co-supervisor	Aquacultura e Pescas (Other) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018/04/20 - 2018/04/22	Voluntária na organização da Prova Prática das Olimpíadas Portuguesas de Biologia (2018/04/20 - 2018/04/22) Call	Ordem dos Biólogos, Portugal
2018/01/24 - 2018/01/26	Primeiro Congresso de Biologia Marinha dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (2018/01/24 - 2018/01/26) Congress	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/10/25 - 2023/10/27	Spanish and Poruguese Advanced Optival microscopy conference Conference	SPAOM 2023 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023/06/22 - 2023/06/22	Microalgae production using a pilot scale photobioreactor Workshop	Microalgae production using a pilot scale photobiioreactors Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2022/05/05 - 2022/05/05	Workshop for working group 3&5 of Ocean4Biotech (CA18238), Communication Skills for Scalling-up Processes Workshop
2022/05/02 - 2022/05/04	Hybrid Training School, am Ocean of Opportunities in the Blue Biotechnology sector: Seagrass biotechnology and biomaterials as case studies Workshop
2022/03/30 - 2022/03/30	10th Workshop in Lipidomics Online event -Marine Lipidomics Workshop	Marine Lipidomics Mass Spectrometry Centre of the University of Aveiro, Portugal
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/23	Focus on Fish- Practical refinements for fishes in research and testing Workshop	Focus on Fish Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, United Kingdom
2022/01/31 - 2022/01/31	Breves seminários sobre empresas e actividades realizadas na área da biotecnologia e as suas aplicações. Workshop	Workshop “Blue Biotech Awareness Days”, S2AQUA –Laboratório Colaborativo, Associação para uma Aquacultura Sustentável e Inteligente, Portugal
2021/12/13 - 2021/12/14	Workshop Mar 2020 - Aquacultura sustentável de espécies emergentes Workshop	Workshop Mar 2020 - Aquacultura sustentável de espécies emergentes Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/08/30 - 2021/09/03	Gain Summer School-Ecological Transition in Aquaculture Seminar	Ecological Transition in Aquaculture GAIN (Green Aquaculture Intensification in Europe), Italy
2021/04/07 - 2021/04/08	Workshop on Reproductive Biotechnologies and Cryobanking in Aquatic Species, sendo a responsável pelas visitas ao biotério Workshop	Reproductive Biotechnologies and Cryobanking in Aquatic Species Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2021/02/23 - 2021/02/25	Participação, juntamente com a apresentação de um poster no 16th Annual Zebrafish Husbandry Workshop Workshop	16th Annual Zebrafish Husbandry Workshop Zebrafish Husbandry Association, United Kingdom
2021/02/23 - 2021/02/23	Workshop: Focus on Fish: Pratical refinements for fishes in research and testing Workshop	Focus on Fish: Pratical refinements for fishes in research and testing Sociedade para a prevenção da crueldade contra animais (RSPCA), United Kingdom
2020/12/17 - 2020/12/17	Advanced Training: Princípios e Aplicações de sistemas PCR em tempo real Workshop	Princípios e Aplicações de sistemas PCR em tempo real Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/12/15 - 2020/12/15	Advanced Training: Princípios e Aplicações do espectofotómetro Nanodrop Workshop	Princípios e Aplicações do espectofotómetro Nanodrop Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/11/25 - 2020/11/26	Presentation of a video about Zebrafish: importance and application on science Exhibition	Semana C&T, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/10/29 - 2020/10/29	Formação sobre o funcionamento, utilização, segurança e manutenção dos sistemas de alojamento de peixe zebra Other	Formação Sistemas Aquaneering Aquaneering/ Dias de Sousa, United States
2020/06/01 - 2020/06/04	Curso de Introdução à Epigenética Other	Introdução à Epigenética Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20	Responsável pela divulgação científica do uso do peixe zebra (Danio rerio) enquanto espécie modelo no dia aberto da universidade do Algarve Exhibition	Dia aberto da universidade do Algarve Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/11/22 - 2019/11/22	Breve workshop composto por diferentes palestrantes ligados tanto à parte de investigação como à parte da comercialização das microalgas	Workshop Algas: investigação, inovação, sustentabilidade e estímulo à bioeconomia circular Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/04/22 - 2019/06/24	Curso-Competências para a vida Workshop	Curso “Competências para a vida” Gabinete de Apoio à Inovação Pedagógica, Portugal
2018/12/07 - 2018/12/07	Acção de interação II- Importância do período larvar na qualidade do produto final, no âmbito do projeto Aquatransfer Seminar	Importância do período larvar na qualidade do produto final Estação Piloto de Piscicultura de Olhão, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2019/11/25 - 2019/11/27	Instructor at the training school "Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds "	Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds (Outros)	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2023	Grant to attend Spanish and Poruguese Advanced Optival microscopy conference
2022	Grant to attend to the COST action:Hybrid Training and WG3&5 Ocean4Biotech European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium