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Rita Costa, is a marine biologist (2005) with a Master (2010) and PhD (2017) in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Algarve, currently working in the establishment of physiological welfare indicators in wild caught fish at the Center of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve. With a vast research interest, she has had the opportunity to contribute to different subjects from aquaculture and genetics to immunology and development. The active collaboration in several national and European projects allowed her to perform animal experimentation with fish in different studies in national and European projects, which provided a strong knowledge of good practices in animal experimentation and, specifically, fish welfare. She has been involved in training activities for undergraduate students and outreach activities to the general public, as well as the supervision of graduate and master students. She is presently doing physiological assessments to register cumulative stress in onboard procedures that negatively impact fish welfare and validating the use of different methodologies to dose energetic substrates, hormones, metabolic enzymes and oxidative stress in fluids and tissues from wild caught fish.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita Alves Costa
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Costa, Rita A
  • Costa, R A

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8219-DFF3-929F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6975-7576
Researcher Id
O-9136-2018
Scopus Author Id
57097731700

Email addresses

  • racosta@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 289800051 Ext.: 220748 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/06
Concluded
 CAL-AQUA - Algarve (Diploma de especialização)
Major in Animal experimentation certification
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/03/03
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Physiology of homeostasis and repair of skin in teleosts and the role of metabolic and endocrine factors." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
2010/02/23
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"The effect of alpha-ketoglutarate on a piscine skin model: a molecular and morphological study." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good (17)
1999 - 2005/09/23
Concluded
 Marine Biology and Fisheries (5-year degree) (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Influence of microalgae in the microbiology and immune system of Solea senegalensis. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/15 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2021/03/31 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2018/09/30 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2009/06/01 - 2012/04/30 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2008/07/01 - 2008/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2008/02/01 - 2008/06/30 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2005/12/01 - 2007/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/05/01 - 2017/03/03 PhD in Biomedical Sciences Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/07/01 - 2019/12 ALGAE4A-B: Development of Microalgae-based novel high added-value products for the Cosmetic and Aquaculture industry
691102
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
2012/05/01 - 2016/04/30 PHYSIOLOGY OF HOMEOSTASIS AND REPAIR OF SKIN IN TELEOSTS AND THE ROLE OF METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE FACTORS
SFRH/BD/81625/2011
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2015 GALPUB: A new regulator of puberty in fish?
PTDC/MAR-BIO/3890/2012
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/15 - Current CareFish/Catch - Integrated Approaches to Improve Welfare in Commercial Fisheries
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Open Philanthropy Project
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/05/31 ODORACID: Neuronal Effects of ocean acidification in a temperature fish species, Solea senegalensis
PTDC/BIA-BMA/30262/2017
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre of Marine Sciences
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 15 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/LA0015/2011
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mateus, Ana Patrícia; Costa, Rita A; Power, Deborah Mary. "CHAPTER 14 - Fish skin as a model system for studies of regeneration and drug delivery studies". In Drug Delivery Systems for Wound Healing, edited by Fonte, Pedro. Portugal, 2024.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Costa, Rita A; Mateus, Ana Patrícia; Jimenez, Javier; Piñera, Rócio; Sadoul, Bastien. "Food deprivation and refeeding affect the liver of temperature imprinted juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in AIEC 2019 - XII Conference of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, Faro, 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Costa, Rita A; Marçalo, Ana; Frade, Magda; Samel, Vighnesh; Bentes, Luis; Saraiva, João; Jorge Manuel dos Santos Gonçalves; Guerreiro, Pedro Miguel . Corresponding author: Costa, Rita A. "Welfare assessment in purse seine fisheries off the southern Portuguese coast". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference Gateshead, September 9-12 2024, 2024.
  2. Frade, Magda; Kate West; Samel, Vighnesh; Marçalo, Ana; Costa, Rita A; Bentes, Luis; Goncalves, JMS; Guerreiro, Pedro M. Corresponding author: Marçalo, Ana. "Assessment of welfare in commercial longline fisheries operating off the Southern Portuguese coast". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference Gateshead, September 9-12 2024, 2024.
  3. Bentes, Luis; Samel, Vighnesh; Marçalo, Ana; Frade, Magda; Costa, Rita A; Guerreiro, Pedro M; Goncalves, JMS. Corresponding author: Bentes, Luis. "Welfare assessment in pots and traps fisheries off the southern Portuguese coast". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference Gateshead, September 9-12 2024, 2024.
  4. Costa, Rita A; Zélia Velez; Deborah M. Power; Peter Hubbard. "Molecular and morphological alterations in the olfactory epithelium and olfactory bulb of seabream during exposure to high pCO2.". Paper presented in Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, 2019.
  5. Pinto, Patrícia I.S.; Guerreiro, Cláudia; Costa, Rita A.; Martinez-Blanch, Juan F.; Carballo, Carlos; Codoñer, Francisco; Manchado, Manuel; Power, Deborah M.. "Signatures of pseudo-albino in Senegalese sole". Paper presented in SIBIC 2018 - VII Congress of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology, Faro, Portugal, 2018.
  6. Costa, Rita A.; Harrison, Adrian P.; Power, Deborah M.. "Alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG): a regulatory factor of skin function and repair in the teleost sea bream, Sparus aurata". Paper presented in 11th Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology, 2017.
  7. Cardoso, João; Deborah M Power; Costa, Rita A. "The angiopoietin-like family in gilthead sea bream (sparus aurata) skin regeneration". Paper presented in 5th Lubeck regenerative medicine symposium: regeneration of epithelia and peripheral nerves: cure and progress and future therapeutic strategies, 2014.
  8. Costa, Rita A.; Harrison, Adrian P.; Ibarz, Antoni; Mateus, Ana P. ; Power, Deborah M.. "Dietary keto-acid modulates skin regeneration in teleosts.". Paper presented in 26th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012.
  9. Vieira, FA; Gregório, SF; Ferraresso, S ; Thorne, MAS; Costa, RA; Milan, M; Bargelloni, L; et al. "Analysis of sea bream skin and scale regeneration process using a microarray approach.". Paper presented in 8th Congress of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, 2011.
  10. Guerreiro, Pedro M.; Costa, Rita A.; Caldas, Elisabete; Power, Deborah M.. "Chronology and morphometrics of scale regeneration in the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in II Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2011.
  11. Ibarz, Antoni; Costa, Rita A.; Harrison, Adrian P.; Power, Deborah M.. "The intermediary metabolite alpha-ketoglutarate regulates the pituitary proteome of the gilthead sea bream". Paper presented in 9th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, 2010.
  12. Olejua, M.; Morgado, I.; Campinho, M.A.; Costa, Rita A.; Power, D.M.. "Effect of antithyroid drugs (goitrogens) on the thyroid system using the teleost fish seabream as a model.". Paper presented in VIII International Symposium on Experimental Techniques, 2007.
Journal article
  1. Modesto, Teresa; Neves Gregório, Beatriz; Marcelino, Gonçalo; Marquet, Nathalie; Costa, Rita A; Guerreiro, Pedro M; Velez, Zélia; Hubbard, Peter. "Anatomy of the olfactory system and potential role for chemical communication in the sound-producing Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus". Journal of Fish Biology 105 1 (2024): 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15751.
    Published • 10.1111/jfb.15751
  2. Zélia Velez; Peter C. Hubbard; Alexandra Alves; Rita A. Costa; Pedro M. Guerreiro. "Environmental salinity modulates olfactory sensitivity in the euryhaline European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, acclimated to seawater and brackish water". Journal of Experimental Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246448.
    10.1242/jeb.246448
  3. Ana Patrícia Mateus; Rita A. Costa; Javier Jiménez Herrero; Bastien Sadoul; Marie Laure Bégout; Xavier Cousin; Adelino V.M. Canario; Deborah M. Power. "The impact of egg thermal regimes on the response to food deprivation and refeeding in juvenile European Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Aquaculture 575 (2023): 739806-739806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739806.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739806
  4. Ana Mateus; Rita A. Costa; Bastien Sadoul; Marie-Laure Begout; Xavier Cousin; Adelino V. M. Canário; Power DM. "Thermal imprinting during embryogenesis modifies skin repair in juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 134 (2023): 108647-108647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108647.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108647
  5. Rita A. Costa; Aurora Olvera; Deborah M. Power; Zélia Velez. "Ocean acidification affects the expression of neuroplasticity and neuromodulation markers in seabream". Biology Open (2022): https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059073.
    10.1242/bio.059073
  6. Rita A. Costa; Zélia Velez; Peter C. Hubbard. "GABA receptors in the olfactory epithelium of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)". Journal of Experimental Biology 225 3 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243112.
    10.1242/jeb.243112
  7. Félix, Rute Castelo; Anjos, Liliana; Costa, Rita Alves; Letsiou, Sophia; Power, Deborah Mary. "Cartilage Acidic Protein a Novel Therapeutic Factor to Improve Skin Damage Repair?". Marine Drugs 19 10 (2021): 541. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19100541.
    10.3390/md19100541
  8. Zélia Velez; Rita A. Costa; Wenjing Wang; Peter C. Hubbard. "Independent effects of seawater pH and high PCO2 on olfactory sensitivity in fish: possible role of carbonic anhydrase". Journal of Experimental Biology 224 6 (2021): jeb238485-jeb238485. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.238485.
    10.1242/jeb.238485
  9. Pinto, Patricia I. S.; Guerreiro, Cláudia C.; Costa, Rita A.; Martinez-Blanch, Juan F.; Carballo, Carlos; Codoñer, Francisco M.; Manchado, Manuel; Power, Deborah M.. "Understanding pseudo-albinism in sole (Solea senegalensis): a transcriptomics and metagenomics approach". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49501-6.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-49501-6
  10. Costa, R. A.; Martins, R. S. T.; Capilla, E.; Anjos, L.; Power, D. M.. "Vertebrate SLRP family evolution and the subfunctionalization of osteoglycin gene duplicates in teleost fish". BMC Evolutionary Biology 18 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1310-2.
    Published • 10.1186/s12862-018-1310-2
  11. Natàlia Riera-Heredia; Rute Martins; Ana Patrícia Mateus; Rita A. Costa; Enric Gisbert; Isabel Navarro; Joaquim Gutiérrez; Deborah M. Power; Encarnación Capilla. "Temperature responsiveness of gilthead sea bream bone; an in vitro and in vivo approach". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-018-29570-9.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-29570-9
  12. Parreira, Bruna; Cardoso, João C. R.; Costa, Rita; Couto, Ana Rita; Bruges-Armas, Jácome; Power, Deborah M.. "Persistence of the ABCC6 genes and the emergence of the bony skeleton in vertebrates". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24370-7.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-24370-7
  13. Costa, Rita A.; Power, Deborah M.. "Skin and scale regeneration after mechanical damage in a teleost". Molecular Immunology 95 (2018): 73-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2018.01.016.
    Published • 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.01.016
  14. Mateus, Ana Patrícia; Costa, Rita; Gisbert, Enric; Pinto, Patricia I. S.; Andree, Karl B.; Estévez, Alicia; Power, Deborah M.. "Thermal imprinting modifies bone homeostasis in cold-challenged sea bream (Sparus aurata)". The Journal of Experimental Biology 220 19 (2017): 3442-3454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.156174.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.156174
  15. Mateus, Ana Patrícia; Costa, Rita A; Cardoso, João C R; Andree, Karl B; Estévez, Alicia; Gisbert, Enric; Power, Deborah M. "Thermal imprinting modifies adult stress and innate immune responsiveness in the teleost sea bream". Journal of Endocrinology 233 3 (2017): 381-394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/joe-16-0610.
    Published • 10.1530/joe-16-0610
  16. Costa, Rita A.; Cardoso, João C. R.; Power, Deborah M.. "Evolution of the angiopoietin-like gene family in teleosts and their role in skin regeneration". BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0859-x.
    Published • 10.1186/s12862-016-0859-x
  17. Costa, Rita A. "Thermal imprinting modifies adult stress and innate immune responsiveness in the teleost sea bream". Journal of Endocrinology (2017): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28420709.
    10.1530/JOE-16-0610
  18. Guerreiro, Pedro M.; Costa, Rita; Power, Deborah M.. "Dynamics of scale regeneration in seawater- and brackish water-acclimated sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 39 4 (2012): 917-930. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-012-9751-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s10695-012-9751-9
  19. Campinho, M. A.; Galay-Burgos, M.; Silva, N.; Costa, R. A.; Alves, R. N.; Sweeney, G. E.; Power, D. M.. "Molecular and cellular changes in skin and muscle during metamorphosis of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) are accompanied by changes in deiodinases expression". Cell and Tissue Research 350 2 (2012): 333-346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00441-012-1473-x.
    10.1007/s00441-012-1473-x
  20. Vieira, Florbela A; Gregório, Silvia F; Ferraresso, Serena; Thorne, Michael AS; Costa, Rita; Milan, Massimo; Bargelloni, Luca; et al. "Skin healing and scale regeneration in fed and unfed sea bream, Sparus auratus". BMC Genomics 12 1 (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-490.
    Published • 10.1186/1471-2164-12-490
  21. Estêvão MD; Silva N; Redruello B; Costa R; Gregório S; Canário AV; Power DM. "Cellular morphology and markers of cartilage and bone in the marine teleost Sparus auratus.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21234603.
    10.1007/s00441-010-1109-y
  22. Ibarz, Antoni; Costa, Rita; Harrison, Adrian P.; Power, Deborah M.. "Dietary keto-acid feed-back on pituitary activity in gilthead sea bream: Effects of oral doses of AKG. A proteomic approach". General and Comparative Endocrinology 169 3 (2010): 284-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.09.010.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.09.010
  23. Makridis, Pavlos; Moreira, Cristiana; Alves Costa, Rita; Rodrigues, Pedro; Dinis, Maria Teresa. "Use of microalgae bioencapsulated in Artemia during the weaning of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup)". Aquaculture 292 3-4 (2009): 153-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.04.016.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.04.016
  24. Morgado, Isabel; Campinho, Marco A.; Costa, Rita; Jacinto, Rita; Power, Deborah M.. "Disruption of the thyroid system by diethylstilbestrol and ioxynil in the sea bream (Sparus aurata)". Aquatic Toxicology 92 4 (2009): 271-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.02.015.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.02.015
  25. Makridis, Pavlos; Costa, Rita Alves; Dinis, Maria Teresa. "Microbial conditions and antimicrobial activity in cultures of two microalgae species, Tetraselmis chuii and Chlorella minutissima, and effect on bacterial load of enriched Artemia metanauplii". Aquaculture 255 1-4 (2006): 76-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.12.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.12.010
Report
  1. Marçalo, Ana; Costa, Rita A; Samel, Vighnesh; Guerreiro, Pedro Miguel ; Gonçalves, Jorge. 2023. Carefish report - welfare assessment in gillnet and trammel net fisheries. https://esszett.cloud/s/8CQos3JA3SbG5tD.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Rita A; Costa, Rita Alves. "Physiology of homeostasis and repair of skin and the role of metabolic and endrocrine factors". PhD, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10804.
  2. Costa, Rita A. "The effect of alpha-ketoglutarate on a piscine skin model: a molecular and morphological study". Master, Universidade do Algarve, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/463.

Other

Other output
  1. Promotional brochure for the project “SUSHIFISH – SUStainable Production of HIgh Quality Aquaculture FISH using innovative tools and production strategies and integrating novel processing methods and cold chain management.. 2018. Martins, R.S.T.; Costa, Rita A.
  2. Promotional brochure for the project ALGAE4A-B: Algae for Aquaculture and Beauty. 2018. Costa, Rita A; Félix, Rute C.
  3. CCMAR Seminars: Entrevista a Rita Costa. 2017. Costa, Rita A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X05krtb4HzQ.
  4. Rita Costa fala da sua tese de Doutoramento realizada no CCMAR. 2017. Costa, Rita A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSn7DH7mOTQ.
  5. CCMAR is preparing the future - PhD students at CCMAR. 2017. Costa, Rita A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAJG8w4MOE.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/20 Fish behavioural and physiological indicators upon capture and at slaughter: a step towards increasing welfare in purse seine fisheries off the southern Portuguese coast X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, Vic, Catalonia, June 18-21 2024
Iberian Society of Ichthyology (SIBIC) (Vic, Spain)
2019/09/27 Effects of food deprivation and refeeding in the liver and foregut of juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) imprinted with different temperatures during early life stages. XII Congress of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology
Centre of Marine Sciences (Faro, Portugal)
2019/08/05 Ocean acidification reduces the olfactory sensitivity in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). The 10th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Processes
International Association of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (Ottawa, Canada)
2018/06/14 Temperature effects in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) early development SIBIC 2018 - VII Congress of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology
Centre of Marine Sciences (Faro, Portugal)
2018/06/13 Sustainable Production of High Quality Aquaculture Fish using Innovative Tools and Production Strategies and Novel Processing Methods SIBIC 2018 - VII Congress of the Iberian Society for Ichthyology
Iberian Society for Ichthyology (Faro, Portugal)
2017/03/29 Physiology of homeostasis and repair of skin in teleost. CCMAR Seminars
Izasa Scientific (Faro, Portugal)
2015/09/24 A microarray study of skin and scale regeneration in sea bream (Sparus aurata) 10th Congress of the Iberian Association of Compared Endocrinology
Iberian Association of Compared Endocrinology (Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Spain)
2015/09/23 Thermal history impacts the gilthead sea bream adult stress and immune response 10th Congress of the Iberian Association of Compared Endocrinology
Iberian Association of Compared Endocrinology (Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019/10 Neuronal effects of ocean acidification in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2019/07/23 Efeitos do CO2 elevado no epitélio olfactivo da dourada (Sparus aurata).
Supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2019/07/23 Efeitos de pH baixo no epitélio olfactivo da dourada Sparus aurata.
Supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/06/01 - 2018/08/31 Erasmus Plus - Practical program
Supervisor
 Erasmus Plus – Practical program (Master)
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2017/10/02 - 2018/03/31 Erasmus Practice - Internship
Supervisor
 Erasmus Practice - Internship (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2017/10/09 - 2018/01/26 Histological changes caused by high pressure treatments in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fillets.
Supervisor
 Laboratorial Methods (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/11/27 - 2018/01/07 The potential disrupting effects of RU486 on the thyroid axis in a developing vertebrate.
Co-supervisor
 MEE - Módulo de Escolha do Estudante (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2020/02/20 Scientific dissemination of the project ODORACID - activity for schools
Other
 Open day of University of Algarve
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/11/02 - 2019/12/01 Research period at the company ADM LifeSequencing, Valencia, Spain. Training in the analysis of NGS data.
Other
 Secondment placements in industry, funded by H2020-MSCA-RISE project Algae4a&b
2019/05/27 - 2019/06/26 Research period at the company ADM LifeSequencing, Valencia, Spain. Training in the analysis of NGS data.
Other
 Secondment placements in industry, funded by H2020-MSCA-RISE project Algae4a&b
2019/06/03 - 2019/06/04 Python for Scientists
Workshop
 CCMAR Advanced Training and Technology
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/02/14 - 2019/03/01 Research period at the cosmetic company Apivita, Athens, Greece. Training in quantitative analysis of gene expression.
Other
 Secondment placements in industry, funded by H2020-MSCA-RISE project Algae4a&b
APIVITA Natural Cosmetics, Greece
2018/07/17 - 2018/07/30 Research period at the cosmetic company Apivita, Athens, Greece. Training in quantitative analysis of gene expression.
Other
 Secondment placements in industry, funded by H2020-MSCA-RISE project Algae4a&b
APIVITA Natural Cosmetics, Greece
2018/06/14 - 2018/06/14 Science Communication course
Workshop
 SIBIC 2018
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2018/02/20 - 2018/02/21 Biosensors: Applications and Potential for Bioactive compounds screening.
Workshop
 Biosensors: Applications and Potential for Bioactive compounds screening
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2016/06 - 2016/06 First Aids course - 12 h
Other
 XXV Congresso de Iniciação Científica da Unicamp
2016/02/06 - 2016/02/06 Effective Scientific Writing, with Professor Shirley Ellis, Jane Fraser Associates
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015 - 2015 R for absolute beginners
Workshop
 R for absolute beginners – 3rd edition
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/01/13 - 2014/01/14 Light Microscopy – Introductory Course
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
2008/04/23 - 2008/04/24 3rd International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Stem Cells and Cellular Therapy
Meeting
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2007/11/02 - 2007/11/03 VIII International Symposium on Experimental Techniques
Symposium
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
2007/07/18 - 2007/07/19 4th Radionucleotide Safety Course
Other
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2007/06/22 - 2007/06/23 SAGE – Serial Analysis of Gene Expression
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2005/12/29 - 2005/12/29 Training in Laboratory Security, ITSEMAP – MAFRE Technological Services
Other
2005/06/14 - 2005/06/16 RNA/DNA and other indices derived from nucleic acids: applications and methods of determination.
Other
 Summer Course
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2004/02/25 - 2004/04/03 Pedagogic training (96h, INOFOR)
Other
 PsicoFaro, Flavour Productions
2002 - 2002 Hygiene and Food Safety (12h, certified by INOFOR), Qualigénese, Portugal
Other
2001 - 2001 Diving license Open Water PADI – basic knowledge
Other

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016 - 2016 Degree in Biomedical Sciences Immunology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Degree in Biomedical Sciences Basic Laboratory Techniques (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences Immunology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2017/07 - 2017/07 CCMAR Summer School Shanghai Oceans University, China
2016/07/11 - 2016/07/29 CCMAR Summer School Students from Summer University of Shou, China
2015/07/06 - 2015/07/15 Scale off! Undergraduate students
Distinctions

Award

2011 PhD Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal