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Ana Cláudia Nunes Rato. Completed the Mestrado in Biologia Marinha in 2013/07/09 by Universidade do Algarve and Licenciatura in Biologia Marinha in 2010/07/23 by Universidade do Algarve. Attends the Doutoramento in Ciências Biológicas by Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia since 2020/04. Published 7 articles in journals. Participates and/or participated as Research Fellow in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 63 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Cláudia Nunes Rato

Citation names

  • Rato, Ana
  • Rato, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6D14-EA6C-E8D1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1150-2757

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/04 - 2024/04
Ongoing
 Ciências Biológicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/07/09
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Endocrine Responses of Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) females to male pheromone(s)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
2010/07/23
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 12 valores
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04 - Current PhD candidate Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
(...)
2018/10/22 - 2020/03/21 Bolseira de Investigação Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Olhão, Portugal
2016/09/22 - 2018/09/21 Bolseira de Investigação Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Olhão, Portugal
2016/05/16 - 2016/06/23 Estágio Voluntário Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Olhão, Portugal
2015/02/01 - 2015/12/01 Estágio Voluntário Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2015/01/31 Estágio Profissional financiado pelo IEFP (Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/22 - 2020/03/21 CRASSOREAB- Reabilitação da produção de ostra portuguesa Crassostrea angulata com recurso a microalgas autóctones
16-02-01-FMP-0050
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2016/09/22 - 2018/09/21 INSEAFOOD Innovation and valorization of seafood products: meeting local challenges and opportunities
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000035
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2023/06/30 Olfactory disruption in the Ria Formosa?
10.54499/EXPL/BIA-ECO/1161/2021
PhD student
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Rato, Ana; Sandra Joaquim; Domitília Matias; Peter Hubbard. "What do bivalves smell? Implications for Aquaculture". Paper presented in X Jornadas de Acuicultura en el Litoral Suratlántico, 2023.
  2. Rato, Ana; Sandra Joaquim; Ana Margarete Matias; Domitília Matias. "The combined effect of temperature and salinity on the survival and feeding behaviour of clams (Ruditapes decussatus) in response to climate change". Paper presented in X Jornadas de Acuicultura en el Litoral Suratlántico, 2023.
  3. Rato, Ana; Anjos, L.; Joaquim, S.; Matias, D.; Hubbard, P.. "Exploring the chemical nature of the Spawning-Inducing Pheromone in Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas: ‘Olfactory’ vs Biological activity". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  4. Rato, Ana; Sandra Joaquim; Domitília Matias; Peter Hubbard. "Investigating the chemical nature of male pheromone in Pacific oyster, Magallana gigas". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  5. Rato, Ana; Sandra Joaquim; Domitília Matias; Peter Hubbard. "Electrophysiological responses to amino acids: The “Electro-osphradiogram” in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, 2021.
  6. Domitília Matias; Rato, Ana; Margarete Matias ; Sandra Joaquim. "The consequence of climate change on oyster farming: Combined effect of salinity and temperature on mortality of Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata.". Paper presented in Latin American and Caribbean Aquaculture (LACQUA), 2019.
  7. Sandra Joaquim; Ana Margarete Matias; Cláudia Roque; Rato, Ana; Domitília Matias. "Mejoramiento de las condiciones de cultivo de la ostra Crassostrea angulata en la Ría Formosa". Paper presented in XVII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura, 2019.
  8. Domitília Matias; Ana Margarete Matias; Rato, Ana; Cláudia Roque; Sandra Joaquim. "New species on Aquaculture: Effect of different microalgal diet on survival and growth of cockle, Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae". Paper presented in World Congress of Malacology 2019, 2019.
  9. Francisco, J.; Dâmaso-Rodrigues, M.L.; Vicente, B.; Rato, Ana; Joaquim, S.; Matias, D.; David, H.; et al. "Investigating autochthonous microalgae as potential feed for aquaculture production of the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata". Paper presented in 17th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo Seville, 2019.
  10. Joaquim S.; Matias D.; Rato, Ana; Francisco J.; Dâmaso-Rodrigues M.L.; Santos M.; Vicente B.; et al. "CRASSOREAB Project: Rehabilitation of Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata production using autochthonous microalgae". Paper presented in Latin American and Caribbean Aquaculture (LACQUA), 2019.
  11. Rato, Ana; Joaquim, Sandra; Marques, A.M.; Matias, D.. "Combined effect of salinity and temperature on mortality and behaviour of European clams Ruditapes decussatus". Paper presented in WEFTA- West European Fish Technologists’ Association, 2018.
  12. Simon Schnebert; Josephine Hammond; Peter C. Hubbard; José Paulo da Silva; Rato, Ana; Adelino V.M. Canário. "Putative pheromonal role for 17ß-estradiol glucoronate in the Mozambique Tilapia". Paper presented in SIBIC VII- Congresso Ibérico de Ictiologia, 2018.
  13. Rato, Ana; Valido, L.; Machado, J.; Valente, L.M.P; Gonçalves, J.F.M; Vaz-Pires, P.; Ozório, R.O.A; Joaquim, S.; Matias, A.M. "Microalgae replacement by Ulva rigida in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) diet: Effects on broodstock conditioning, gonadal maturation and spawning success". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 2018.
  14. Rato, Ana; Lia Valido; Sandra Joaquim; Jorge Machado; Ana M. Matias; José F. M. Gonçalves; Paulo Vaz-Pires; Rodrigo O.A. Ozorio; Domitília Matias. "Feasibility of dietary substitution of live microalgae with dry Ulva rigida in broodstock conditioning of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas).". Paper presented in 2º Workshop do Projeto INSEAFOOD,, 2018.
  15. J.L. Saraiva; T. Keller-Costa; Rato, Ana; P.C. Hubbard ; A.V.M. Canário. "Chemical information and steroid levels of male tilapia in a mirror challenge - The chemical diplomacy hypothesis.". Paper presented in Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2014.
  16. João Saraiva; Tina Keller-Costa; Rato, Ana; Peter C. Hubbard; Adelino V.M. Canário. "Steroid levels of male tilapia in a mirror challenge are independent of behaviour but dependent on chemical communication". Paper presented in The Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2013.
  17. T. Keller-Costa; C. Paetz; Rato, Ana; B. Schneider; E.N. Barata; A.V.M. Canário. "The evocative scent of male urine: identification of the tilapia sex pheromone". Paper presented in Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Ana Rato; Sandra Joaquim; Domitília Matias; Peter C. Hubbard. "What do oysters smell? Electrophysiological evidence that the bivalve osphradium is a chemosensory organ in the oyster, Magallana gigas". Journal of Comparative Physiology A (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-022-01608-4.
    10.1007/s00359-022-01608-4
  2. Ana Rato. "The Impact of Climate Change on Bivalve Farming: Combined Effect of Temperature and Salinity on Survival and Feeding Behavior of Clams Ruditapes decussatus". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.932310.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.932310
  3. Saraiva, Sofia; Freitas, Vânia; Ozório, Rodrigo; Rato, Ana; Joaquim, Sandra; Matias, Domitília; Neves, Ramiro. "Mechanistic approach for oyster growth prediction under contrasting culturing conditions". Aquaculture 522 (2020): 735105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735105.
  4. Rato, Ana. "Fatty Acid Profile of Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, Fed Different Ratios of Dietary Seaweed and Microalgae during Broodstock Conditioning". Lipids (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lipd.12177.
    10.1002/lipd.12177
  5. Rato, Ana. "Elemental composition and bioaccessibility of farmed oysters (Crassostrea gigas ) fed different ratios of dietary seaweed and microalgae during broodstock conditioning". Food Science & Nutrition (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1044.
    10.1002/fsn3.1044
  6. Helena M. Amaro; Ana Rato; Domitília Matias; Sandra Joaquim; Jorge Machado; José F.M. Gonçalves; Paulo Vaz-Pires; et al. "Alga diet formulation – An attempt to reduce oxidative stress during broodstock conditioning of Pacific oysters". Aquaculture 500 (2019): 540-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.10.060.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.10.060
  7. Ana Rato; Sandra Joaquim; Tânia G. Tavares; Zita E. Martins; A. Catarina Guedes; Luís F. Pereira; Jorge Machado; et al. "Viability of dietary substitution of live microalgae with dry Ulva rigida in broodstock conditioning of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)". Biology Open (2018): bio.035923-bio.035923. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.035923.
    10.1242/bio.035923
  8. João L. Saraiva; Tina Keller-Costa; Peter C. Hubbard; Ana Rato; Adelino V. M. Canário. "Chemical diplomacy in male tilapia: urinary signal increases sex hormone and decreases aggression". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-07558-1.
    10.1038/s41598-017-07558-1
  9. Keller-Costa T; Hubbard PC; Paetz C; Nakamura Y; da Silva JP; Rato A; Barata EN; Schneider B; Canario AV. "Identity of a Tilapia Pheromone Released by Dominant Males that Primes Females for Reproduction.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25155507.
    10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.049
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rato, Ana. "Endocrine responses of Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) females to male pheromone(s)". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3602.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09 The Effect of climate changes in survival and behaviour of European clam (Ruditapes decussatus) Aquaculture Europe 2022
(Rimini, Italy)
2022/08 Electrophysiological evidence that the osphradium is a chemosensory organ in bivalves 5th International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology
(Vienna, Austria)
2020/11/06 Autochthonous microalgae as a potential diet for broodstock conditioning and larval rearing of the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819) 5th AquaImprove Workshop
2020/10/23 Produção de ostra portuguesa em maternidade com microalgas do estuário do Sado Workshop do Projeto CrassoReab
(Portugal)
2018/12/18 Microalgae replacement by Ulva rigida in the diet of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas): effects on reproductive success, fatty acid profile and metabolic responses during broodstock conditioning. 3ºAquaImprove- Aquaculture Research Workshop
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10/18 Effects of microalgae replacement by Ulva rigida on oxidative stress and metabolic rates responses in Crassostrea gigas during broodstock conditioning. 48 th WEFTA- West European Fish Technologists’ Association
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06 Effects of Ulva rigida as microalgae diet replacement on broodstock conditioning, gonadal maturation and spawning success of the Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) International Conference on Aquaculture & Marine Biology (AQUA)
(Roma, Italy)
2018/03/14 Clams in south Atlantic Coast Climate change and European Aquatic Resources (CERES) - Annual Meeting 2018
(Olhão, Portugal)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/12 - 2024/01 Marine Life Science and Technology
2020/07 - 2020/12 Aquaculture