Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Luísa Margarida Batista Custódio
Citation names
- Custódio, L.
- Custódio, Luísa
- Custódio, L
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 791B-C560-AEA2
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4338-7703
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=RLJOsFMAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F6jv-OdkM3nUVX1-1AvVPkBimd72IhSvK2svEfu0-WTkxX5Eq3VBGrgBcFAKFHJPRCYh2b7Lo9bqGrszBa48T8BE6mwyQEQKpwC9PgSBxfFVSFzPAJqnq9_5mO_G3W4iQ0COzyLhzMcjNmkYF-p5MtyHV__LA
- Researcher Id
- M-6101-2013
- Scopus Author Id
- 15831018900
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agronomy
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Natural sciences - Other Natural Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Upper intermediate (B2) | Proficiency (C2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2000 - 2006
Concluded
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Ciências Biotecnológicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"New insights on carob floral biology." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1992/10 - 1999/12
Concluded
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Engenharia Agronómica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Rooting and acclimatization of micropropagated plantlets of woody species. Final report of Agronomy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2013 - 2018 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2010 - 2013 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2006 - 2009 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal | ||
1997 - 2000 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal | ||
1997 - 1999 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2025/03/01 - 2028/02/29 | Salty symphonies: bringing back BiodivErsity in mArginal Saltlands (SaltyBEATS)
BiodivNBS/0015/2023
Principal investigator
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2025/01 - 2028 | WETREAT - Optimising Wetland-Based Solutions for Improved Micropollutant Treatment Efficiency from Wastewater Treatment Plant
(WWTP) Effluent
Water4All2023–995
Researcher
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2021/05/01 - 2024/04/30 | GreenValue: Exploring salt tolerant plants as sources of innovative food additives
PTDC/BAA-AGR/1391/2020
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020/05/01 - 2023/05/30 | Development and Optimization of Halophyte-based Farming systems in salt-affected Mediterranean Soils (HaloFarMs)
PRIMA project 19110-2
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2020/06/15 - 2022/06/30 | SaltyCrops: exploring Sarcocornia as a halophyte biofilter for mariculture effluents and a source for lucrative foods and
specialty biochemical
PT-IL/0003/2019
Principal investigator
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Concluded
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2020/03/01 - 2022/03/30 | SmartBeauty: Smart valorisation and sustainable use of natural resources from coastal areas of Portugal and France in the
cosmetic industry.
(Bilateral project, PESSOA programme
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2019/09/01 - 2021/09/30 | XtremeAquaCrops: implementation and optimization of an integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system for marine fish and
aquaponic extremophile medicinal halophytes production
05-2017-028
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2017/01/01 - 2018/12/30 | XtremeVet: Potential of halophyte plants from extreme maritime environments as sources of innovative products for use in veterinary
parasitology
Bilateral project, PESSOA programme
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2014/01/01 - 2015/12/30 | ManaCruzi: Marine Natural Products Against T. cruzi (Bilateral project, FCT/CAPES)
Bilateral project, FCT/CAPES)
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2013/05/01 - 2015/04/30 | XtremeBio (Halophytes: a precious resource of nutritional elements and bioactive compounds)
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2010/01 - 2013/04 | Marine photosynthetic organisms of the Algarve coast with biomedical applications
Principal investigator
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Spain Parc Científic Barcelona, Spain |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
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2004/01/01 - 2008/01/30 | Instalação de parque clonal de alfarrobeiras micropropagadas.
Acção 8.1 Desenvolvimento Experimental e Demonstração do Programa AGRO.
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Concluded
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1997/01/01 - 2000/01/30 | Optimização da produção e propagação da alfarrobeira
INTERREG II - 20/REG II/6/97.
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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1997/01 - 2000/01 | Optimização da produção e propagação da alfarrobeira
INTERREG II - 20/REG II/6/97.
Research Fellow
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N/A |
1997/01/01 - 1999/01/30 | Selecção, melhoramento e conservação da alfarrobeira na região do Algarve
PRAXIS 3/3.2/Hort/2168/95.
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Concluded
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1997/01/01 - 1999/01/30 | Estudo da variabilidade genética do sobreiro com vista ao seu melhoramento
PRAXIS 3/3.2/Flor/2100/95
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | GreenVet: Unravelling the potential of marine halophyte plants as sources of innovative products with veterinary uses
PTDC/CVT-CVT/28876/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centre of Marine Sciences
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2017/04 - 2018/12 | Potential of halophyte plants from extreme maritime environments as sources of innovative products for use in veterinary parasitology
nº 3742 na Cooperação Bilateral, Programa Hubert Curien (PHC) luso-francês, Pessoa 2017-2018.
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Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior |
2013/05/01 - 2015/12/31 | Halophytes: a precious resource of nutritional elements and bioactive compounds
PTDC/MAR-EST/4346/2012
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | Projecto Estratégico - UI 4033 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/AGR/UI4033/2011
PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2011
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2023 - 2027 | COST action CA22144 - Sustainable use of salt-affected lands (SUSTAIN). Role: Leader of WG6: dissemination and communication.
CA22144
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2023 - 2027 | COST action CA22161 - Future of plant-based food: Bridging the gap of new proteins and FLAVOURsome (FLAVOURsome). Role: participant
CA22161
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2023 - 2027 | COST action CA22109 - Medicinal plants for animal health care: Translating tradition into modern veterinary medicine (MedPlants4Vet).
Role: participant
CA22109
Researcher
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Ongoing
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2021 - 2025 | COST action CA20106 – SeaWheat ulva: tomorrow’s “wheat of the sea”, a model for an innovative mariculture. Role: participant.
CA20106
Researcher
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Newspaper article |
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Preprint |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024 | Seas of Opportunity: Transforming marine invasive algae into sustainable sources of bioactive compounds. 3rd International Aquatic Biotechnology Symposium. 25-27 September, Istambul, Turkey. | 3rd International Aquatic Biotechnology Symposium.
Universidade de istambul (Istambul, Turkey)
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2024 | Nutritional profile, phenolic composition and functional properties of Ammophila arenaria and Medicago marina seeds. | 10th International Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MESMAP-10). 25th-27th April 2024, Istanbul, Turkey.
(Istambul, Turkey)
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2024 | Beach to beauty: blending sea lavender and sea knotgrass for enhanced dermo-cosmetic solutions. | 10th International Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MESMAP-10). 25-27th April 2024, Istanbul, Turkey.
(Istambul, Turkey)
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2024 | Establishment and Elicitation of Limonium algarvense Erben Callus Cultures: Implications for Primary and Secondary Metabolism. | Bioactive Natural Products In Biology, Pharmacy And Cosmetics. 21st-24th May 2024, Brno, Czech Republic.
(Brno, Czech Republic)
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2024 | Exploring the potential use of Arthrocnemum macrostachyum biomass as a salt substitute in goat cheese. | 10th International Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MESMAP-10)
(Istambul, Turkey)
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2023 | Utilização da Salicornia: reduzir o sal, sem reduzir o sabor. XXII Congresso de Nutrição e alimentação, Centro de Congressos da Alfandega do Porto, 11 Maio 2023. | XXII Congresso de Nutrição e alimentação,
(Porto, Portugal)
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2023 | Impact of Temperature on Microglena antarctica (Chlorophyceae): Insights into Growth, Metabolome, Lipid Profiles, and Photosynthetic Pigments. | Riunione annuale del Gruppo di Algologia (Società Botanica Italiana).
(Naples, Italy)
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2023 | Nutritional and phytotherapeutic value of the invasive Carpobrotus edulis: seasonal and spatial variability. | 71st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA).
(Dublin, Ireland)
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2022 | Hipertensão arterial: como reduzir o sal, sem perder sabor. XXI Congresso de nutrição e Alimentação. 26 Maio, Lisboa, Portugal. | XXI Congresso de nutrição e Alimentação.
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2022 | Diversity and ecological roles of Halophytophthora/Phytophthora species in marine and estuarine ecosystems at the Algarve coast of Portugal. “ | Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Annual Meeting
(Brno, Czech Republic)
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2022 | In vitro propagation of the medicinal halophyte Polygonum maritimum L. and phenolic composition of produced plants. | 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)”
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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2022 | Asexual propagation and biochemical properties of Sarcocornia perennis ecotypes under cultivation in an integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system. | 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA).
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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2022 | Biotechnological valorisation of seeds of two halophyte species, Suaeda maritima and Arthrocaulon macrostachyum.” | 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA).
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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2022 | Effect of saline irrigation on the biochemical properties of Salicornia ramosissima L. under cultivation in an integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system. | “70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)”.
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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2021 | Unravelling the potential bioactive metabolites linked to the in vitro anthelmintic properties of selected Mediterranean salt-tolerant plants”. | 28th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology |
2019 | Macroalgas em medicina, saúde e cosmética. Workshop: Tesouros da costa portuguesa: as macroalgas na biotecnologia e na saúde. 23 outubro. Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal. | Workshop: Tesouros da costa portuguesa: as macroalgas na biotecnologia e na saúde.
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2019 | In vitro anthelmintic effects of Mediterranean halophytes against Haemonchus contortus and Trychostrongylus colubriformis gastrointestinal nematodes.” | 9èmes Journées du Consortium anti-Parasitaire et anti-Fongique (CaPF).”
(Rouen, France)
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2019 | Seasonal variations of chemical composition and bioactive properties of the Mediterranean halophyte Cladium mariscus L. Pohl.” | “Trends in Natural Product Research - PSE Young Scientists’ Meeting on Biochemistry, Molecular Aspects and Pharmacology of
Bioactive Natural Products.
(Budapeste, Hungary)
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2017 | Sea Lavender (Limonium algarvense Erben): From a unique beautiful plant to an outstanding source of innovative health promoting agents. | 5th International Conference “Plant - the source of research material”
(Lublin, Poland)
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2017 | Halophyte species: peculiar plants with outstanding potential. 5th International Conference “Plant - the source of research material”, Lublin, Poland. | 5th International Conference “Plant - the source of research material”
(Lublin, Poland)
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2017 | Sea Lavender (Limonium algarvense Erben): From a unique beautiful plant to an outstanding source of innovative health promoting agents. | 5th International Conference “Plant - the source of research material.
(Lublin, Poland)
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2015 | Unlocking the antileishmanial potential of halophytes from the Algarve Coast. | 2nd International Conference on Natural Products Utilization: From Plants to Pharmacy Shelf.
(Plovdid, Bulgaria)
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2015 | Unlocking the antileishmanial potential of halophytes from the Algarve Coast. | 2nd International Conference on Natural Products Utilization: From Plants to Pharmacy Shelf.
(Plovdiv, Poland)
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2014 | Antitumoral activity of Cystoseira species: Insights into the mechanism of action. | 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research - GA 2014
(Guimarães, Portugal)
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2014 | Water: The new frontier for drug discovery. WinGS International Symposium for Women Scientists. 27-29 October, Hookaido University, Japan. | WinGS International Symposium for Women Scientists.
Hookaido University (Hookaido, Japan)
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2014 | Antitumoral activity of Cystoseira species: Insights into the mechanism of action. 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research - GA 2014., | 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research - GA 2014, Guimarães,
Portugal. (Presenter: Vizetto-Duarte C.)
(Guimarães, Portugal)
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2011/04 | Novel marine sources of neuroprotectants. | BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology
(Dalian, China)
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2011 | Novel marine sources of neuroprotectants. BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology, 25-29 April, Dalian, China. | BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology
(Dalian, China)
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2011 | Novel marine sources of neuroprotectants. | BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology,
(Dalian, China)
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2010 | Chelating and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of selected species of microalgae. | II International Meeting on Marine Resources.
(Peniche, Portugal)
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2010 | Chelating and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of selected species of microalgae. | II International Meeting on Marine Resources.
(Peniche, Portugal)
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2006 | Novas aplicações de sub-produtos de alfarroba | Symposium on carob tree, University of the Algarve.
Universidade do algarve (Faro, Portugal)
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1999/04/23 | Estudo do desenvolvimento do felogénio em plântulas micropropagadas de sobreiro. | Resumos do VIII Congreso Nacional de Ciencias Hortícolas.
(Murcia, Spain)
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1999 | Influência dos hidratos de carbono no enraizamento in vitro de rebentos micropropagados de alfarrobeira. | Resumos do VIII Congresso Nacional de Ciencias Hortícolas.
(Murcia, Spain)
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1999 | Influência dos hidratos de carbono no enraizamento in vitro de rebentos micropropagados de alfarrobeira. | Resumos do VIII Congresso Nacional de Ciencias Hortícolas.
(Murcia, Spain)
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1999 | Estudo do desenvolvimento do felogénio em plântulas micropropagadas de sobreiro. | VIII Congreso Nacional de Ciencias Hortícolas.
(Murcia, Spain)
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1997/11/21 | Phellogen development in micropropagated cork oak plantlets. | Resumos da II Reunião Nacional da IAPTC (The International Association for Plant Tissue Culture)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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1997 | Phellogen development in micropropagated cork oak plantlets. Resumos da | II Reunião Nacional da IAPTC (The International Association for Plant Tissue Culture).
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2018 - Current | Halophytophthora spp. and Phytophtora in marine and estuarine ecosystems in Portugal: biodiversity, ecological roles and possible
biotechnological uses.
Co-supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 - Current | Unlocking the potential of halophyte plants from extreme maritime environments and the sources of innovative products for
veterinary parasitology
Supervisor
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Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2017 - Current | XtremeVeggies – edible halophyte cultivation using saline water and amended underused soils and sediments”
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Agronómica (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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2024 - 2034 | Exploring the potential of using marine-derived ingredients in skin products: an overview.
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2024 - 2034 | Aquapets – Developing functional cat and dog snacks using macroalgae.
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2021/03 - 2025/03 | XtremeCrops: Optimization of the agronomic conditions for the sustainable cultivation of edible halophytes in integrated multi-trophic
aquaculture (IMTA) system.
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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2024 - 2024 | Biotechnological valorization of the invasive macroalgae Rugulopteryx okamurae in a biorefinery context.
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2024 - 2024 | Aquapets – Developing functional cat and dog snacks using microalgae.
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2024 - 2024 | Turning a threat into an opportunity: invasive coastal plants as sources of bioactive products in a biorefinery approach
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2024 - 2024 | Efeito de compostos de origem marinha sobre as células estaminais de glioblastoma
Co-supervisor
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Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
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2024 - 2024 | Biocosmetics: exploring the potential of using marine-derived ingredients.
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 - 2024 | Optimisation of aquaculture wastewater.
Co-supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Development of a functional goat cheese: exploring bioactive and preservation effects of Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
Co-supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2023 - 2023 | Evaluation of biotechnological applications of marine organisms, and salt tolerant plants, including in vitro systems for
the propagation of plants and production of bioactive metabolites.
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. (Other)
Ecole de Biologie Industrielle, France
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2023 - 2023 | Evaluation of biotechnological applications of marine organisms, and salt tolerant plants, including in vitro systems for
the propagation of plants and production of bioactive metabolites.
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. (Other)
Ecole de Biologie Industrielle, France
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2023 - 2023 | Evaluation of biotechnological applications of marine organisms, and salt tolerant plants, including in vitro systems for
the propagation of plants and production of bioactive metabolites.
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. (Other)
Ecole de Biologie Industrielle, France
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2018 - 2023 | Valorization of halophyte plants present in Portuguese territory through the investigation of their protective effects against
food toxicants
Co-supervisor
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Cadeias de Produção Agrícola - da mesa ao campo (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2022 - 2022 | Functionalization of dairy and bakery products with natural extracts from selected salt tolerant plants.
Supervisor
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Short-term internship (3 months) within the scope of the ERASMUS+ program. (Scientific initiation)
Università Politecnica delle Marche Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali, Italy
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2021 - 2021 | Natural products applied as innovative cosmetic ingredients.
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Evaluation of Sabella spallanzanii (Annelida, Polychaete) and Microcosmus squamiger (Chordata, Ascidiacea) collected in Southern
Portugal as a source of bioactive ingredients for the aquaculture industry
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Fortification of yogurt with fruits of hottentot-fig (Carpobrotus edulis L.).
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2021 - 2021 | Produção de queijo fresco a partir de leite de cabra com Helichrysum picardii e Crithmum maritimum.
Co-supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2020 - 2021 | Comparative evaluation of the antioxidant activity of natural extracts from the salt-tolerant plant Polygonum maritimum L.
prepared by using conventional solvents, and natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES).
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2019 - 2019 | Bioactive compounds from different algae of the North Adriatic sea.
Supervisor
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Short-term internship (5 months) in the ERASMUS+ program, within the scope of the Master in Marine Biology, in the ERASMUS+
program. (Other)
Università degli Studi di Padova - Campus di Agripolis, Italy
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2016 - 2019 | Unravelling the biological activities of halophyte species from the Algarve coast
Supervisor of Maria João da Silva Rodrigues
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Antidiabetic activity of Periploca laevigata- a medicinal plant with traditional uses against diabetes.
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of the PhD project entitled ‘Pharmacological and chemical study of two Moroccan apocynaceae
plants: Caralluma europea and Periploca laevigata’, under the frame of the ‘MARE NOSTRUM international credit mobility’. (Other)
Université Cadi Ayyad, Morocco
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2014 - 2018 | Chemical and biological characterization of halophyte plants with ethnopharmacological use in the Algarve coast
Co-supervisor of Catarina Alexandra Guerreiro Pereira
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Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | Study of the bioactive capacity of extreme halophilic Archaea isolated from the Odiel river marshlands.
Co-supervisor
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Short-term internship (2 months) within the scope of the ERASMUS+ program. (Scientific initiation)
Universidad de Huelva, Spain
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2016 - 2017 | Searching for biocompounds in algae and seagrasses with potential use in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2016 - 2016 | Marine natural products as cosmetics.
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. (Scientific initiation)
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Libraries, Ireland
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2016 - 2016 | Marine natural products with medicinal properties.
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. (Scientific initiation)
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Libraries, Ireland
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2016 - 2016 | Marine halophytes as sources for innovative natural compounds with health promoting properties.
Supervisor
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Short term training in the frame of the Campus World program. (Scientific initiation)
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
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2015 - 2016 | Composto bioativos de microalgas com interesse no Tratamento da Diabete
Supervisor
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Biologia Molecular e Microbiana (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Unravelling bioactivities in marine organisms. Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. Sending institution:
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain)
Supervisor
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Short term training on the frame of ERASMUS + programme. (Scientific initiation)
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
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2015 - 2015 | In vitro antioxidant activity of natural extracts made from selected medicinal halophyte species from the Algarve (southern
Portugal).
Supervisor
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Short-term internship (3 months) within the scope of the ERASMUS+ program. Home institution: Czech University of Life Sciences,
Prague, Czech Republic. (Scientific initiation)
Ceská Zemedelská Univerzita Fakulta Agrobiologie Potravinových a Prírodních Zdroju, Czech Republic
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2014 - 2014 | Identification of halophytes species as promising sources of antitumoral compounds.
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2014 - 2014 | Antioxidant potential of Cymodocea nodosa.
Supervisor
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Short-term internship (3 months) within the scope of the ERASMUS+ program.
Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Poland
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2013 - 2014 | Salt marsh plants as source of bioactive compounds.
Co-supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Chemical profile and biological activities of the sea hare Bursatella leachii.
Supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Evaluation of the potential biomedical aplications of halophytes from the Southern Algarve.
Supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2013 - 2014 | Efeito inibitório de compostos fenólicos na ação da acetilcolinesterase, butirilcolinesterase e tirosinase
Supervisor
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Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | Cultivation and evaluation of in vitro antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of the brown alga Cystoseira baccata.
Supervisor
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Short-term internship (6 months) within the scope of the ERASMUS+ program. (Other)
Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
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2011 - 2012 | Searching for biocompounds in marine natural extracts with potential use in the prevention of cardiovascular disorders
Co-supervisor
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Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Avaliação da actividade antibacteriana de extractos metanólicos de diferentes espécies de algas e plantas halófitas
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Health from the Ocean – Sea cucumbers as food of high nutritional value and source of bioactive compounds
Co-supervisor
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Biodiversidade e Conservação Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Antioxidant and anti-tumor activities of extracts of the seagrasses Zostera marina and Z. noltii seagrasses and rosmarinic
acid quantification
Supervisor
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Biodiversidade e Conservação Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Screening for biological activities with application in aquaculture in halophytes from the Algarve coastline
Supervisor
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2010 - 2011 | Nutritional and antioxidant evaluation of microalgae
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2010 - 2011 | Searching For Bioactive Compounds from Macroalgae with Interest in Aquaculture as Immunostimulant
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2010 - 2011 | Avaliação da Actividade Biológica de Extractos de Diferentes Espécies de Microalgas
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2010 - 2011 | Compostos bioactivos de microalgas com interesse em aquacultura como imunoestimulantes, antioxidantes e antibióticos
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2008 - 2009 | Evaluation of the in vitro biological activities of extracts from carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) and oaks (Quercus suber
L. and Quercus ilex)
Co-supervisor
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Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2022 | Marine-derived vitamin K as a natural supplement with anti-inflammatory and vascular protective properties. Thesis plan and
experimental work for the Master's degree in Molecular and Microbial Biology, UAlg. Evaluator
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Bárbara Vieira. (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2022 | Extraction and formulation of macroalgal phenolic compounds for cosmetic application.
(Thesis) Arguer
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João Nuno Machado Santos (Master)
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
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2022 | Recuperac¸a~o de nutrientes de efluentes de aquacultura atrave´s do uso integrado de filtros de poliquetas e halo´fitas em
aquaponia
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Daniel Baptista Jerónimo (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021 | Potencial dermocosme´tico da macroalga Carpomitra costata
(Thesis) Arguer
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Patri´cia Frederico Susano (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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2021 | Neuroprotective effects of potent antioxidant molecules isolated from Bifurcaria bifurcata and Codium tomentosum in an in
vitro and in vivo Parkinson disease model
(Thesis) Arguer
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Joana Rita Martins da Silva (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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2020 | Estudos pre´-cli´nicos para o desenvolvimento de dermocosme´ticos de origem marinha
(Thesis) Arguer
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Maria inês Teixeira de Pinho (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2020 | Integrac¸a~o da produc¸a~o de halo´fitas para a eco- intensificac¸a~o da aquacultura costeira
(Thesis) Arguer
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Marco Freire Custo´dio (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019 | S. coronopifolius bromoterpenos: atividade antitumoral e caraterizac¸a~o de vias de sinalizac¸a~o intracelulares em modelos
in vitro
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Celso Miguel da Maia Alves (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2022 - Current | 12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química. | Sociedade Portuguesa de Química |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023 - 2023 | Specialist in the working group with the aim of proposing a set of competitive measures for the blue biotechnology sector and a model for the International Center for Blue Biotechnology (Dispatch No. 2947/2023, 14 April 2023). | Ministério da Economia, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2021 - 2034 | Invited Professor responsible for the Curricular Unit “Sustainable bioprospecting of natural products”, International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSEa, 2nd year). | Sustainable bioprospecting of natural products (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2021 - 2024 | Guest professor responsible for the Curricular Unit (CU) “Sustainable bioprospecting of natural products”, International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSEa, 2nd year). Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at FCT/UAlg. Number of theoretical hours: 25.5; Number of theoretical-practical hours: 9; Number of practical hours: 21 | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2015 - 2023 | Drugs of nature: The monster and the beauty.” Provision of teaching to the master's degree in Oncobiology, in the discipline of genetic toxicology, Ualg, Lectures (1.5h). | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2017 - 2017 | Halophyte plants: peculiar plants with high biotechnological potential. Provision of teaching for the degree in Biotechnology, discipline of Biotechnology of Natural Products. wow Theoretical class (1.5h). | (Bacharelato) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2014 - 2014 | Determination of the antioxidant activity of microalgal extracts.” Provision of teaching to the Master in Molecular and Microbial Biology, UAlg. Practical class (3h). | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2014 - 2014 | Blue Biotechnology: Natural drugs for an open mind?” Provision of teaching to the Degree in Psychology, Ualg. Theoretical class (1.5h). | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2013 - 2013 | Bioactive compounds from microalgae.” Provision of teaching to the Master in Molecular and Microbial Biology, UAlg. Theoretical class (1.5h). | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2008 - 2008 | Biological and pharmacological activities of plant extracts.” Provision of teaching to the Master in Biomedical Sciences. Advanced Course: Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapy, UAlg. Theoretical class (1.5h). | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
2004 - 2004 | In vitro propagation of woody species: general considerations.” Teaching for the Master in Sustainable Agriculture, Management of Genetic Resources and Agricultural Biotechnology, UAlg. Theoretical class (1.5h). | (Mestrado) | Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021 | À descoberta das plantas halófitas. | Diário de Notícias. |
2021 | Ranking “World’s Top 2% Scientists list | Sul Informação |
2013 | Produção de biodiesel através de algas, avaliação do valor nutritivo e potencial biotecnológico | UalgZine |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2024 - Current | SUR Television, Paraguai | Uso de plantas halofitas em veterinária. Entrevista no âmbito do ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ Qué significa el concetp "una salud" La relación entre salud humana, animal y Ambiental. |
2021 - Current | Ciência com Impacto | O potencial das plantas halófitas |
2021 - Current | Greensavers. | Sabia que as plantas halófitas têm propriedades anti-tumorais? |
2018 - Current | 90 segundos de Ciência. |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2024 - 2024 | Co-coordinator of the evaluation panel of the FCT Competition for the Award of Research Grants for Doctoral Studies – 2024, Biological Sciences panel. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
2022 - 2022 | Member of the evaluation panel of the FCT Competition for the Award of Research Grants for Doctoral Studies – 2022, Biological Sciences panel. | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | Finalist .
BlueBiovalue , Portugal
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2023 | Finalist
BlueBiovalue , Portugal
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2023 | Second prize
Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Portugal
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2023 | . 2nd place
Expo Fish Portugal , Portugal
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2023 | Third place
Ecostartup, Portugal
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2021 | First place
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2018 | Honorable mention.
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2018 | Honorable mention.
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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