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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Michael Viegas

Citation names

  • Viegas, Michael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AC1C-93D9-7A83
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0152-213X
Scopus Author Id
36505309900

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/06/01
Concluded
 Ciência Animal (Doutoramento)
Major in Área de especialidade: Nutrição
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Fine tuning the nutrition of marine fish larvae and juveniles for enhanced growth and skeletal development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular e Microbiana (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
"Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the proliferation and extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression of gilthead seabream skeletal cell lines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
"Characterization of a bone derived cell culture, Xl1, with in vitro mineralization capability" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/12/31 Researcher (Research) Sparos Lda, Portugal
Sparos Lda, Portugal
2008/08 - 2014/12 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/11 - 2021/10 Smart Feeding Systems for Hatcheries
863709
Researcher
Sparos Lda, Portugal
 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2019/09/30 Development of a micronutrient premix to optimize marine fish larvae diets
ALG-01-0247-FEDER-017925
PhD Student Fellow
Sparos Lda, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Optimal trace minerals nutrition in fish larvae and juveniles for enhanced growth and immune status
PDE/BDE/113672/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Sparos Lda, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/02 - 2014/06 AQUATOX - Assessment of mineralogenic toxicity of aquatic pollutants
PTDC/MAR/112992/2009
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/10 - 2012/01 Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories
227799
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Research Infrastructures
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - Current Innovative tools for contracted research in aquaculture nutrition
ALG-01-0247-FEDER-047175
Researcher
Sparos Lda, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2019/09 - 2021/11 Microalgae As a Green source for Nutritional Ingredients for Food/Feed and Ingredients for Cosmetics by cost-Effective New Technologies
745754
Researcher
Sparos Lda, Portugal
 European Union
Concluded
2019/09 - 2021/04 Creating nutritious, safe and sustainable seafood for consumers of tomorrow
773400
Researcher
Sparos Lda, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Concluded
2008/08/01 - 2011/12/31 Dietary fatty acids as modulators of bone metabolism in gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata - FATTYBONE
PTDC/MAR/70855/2006
Research Technician Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. "Using the zebrafish as a screening tool for Senegalese sole Aquaculture Nutrition: Insights from macroalgae ethanolic extracts as a natural source of Vitamin K1". Paper presented in Using the zebrafish as a screening tool for Senegalese sole Aquaculture Nutrition: Insights from macroalgae ethanolic extracts as a natural source of Vitamin K1, 2020.
  2. "Zebrafish dietary supplementation as a screening tool for Aquaculture Nutrition and Human disease: Insights from macroalgae ethanolic extracts as a natural source of Vitamin K1". Paper presented in 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2020.
  3. "DNA methylation signatures of Vitamin K-related genes as Cancer Biomarkers: lessons from the Zebrafish". Paper presented in 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2020.
  4. Dias, J.; Colen, Rita; Rodrigues, V.; Aragão, C.; Engrola, S.; Viegas, Michael; Laizé, Vincent; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Cancela, Leonor. "Effect of variable levels of dietary cholesterol and plant sterols on the growth performance and bone metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles". 2012.
  5. Dias, J.; Rodrigues, V.; Colen, Rita; Rosa, Joana; Viegas, Michael; Cardeira Da Silva, João; Cancela, Leonor; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Laizé, Vincent. "Dietary lipid quality regulates bone composition and metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles". 2011.
Conference poster
  1. Silvia, Nádia; Roberto, Vania; oliveira, catarina; Mata, Leonardo; Viegas, Michael; Cabrita, Elsa; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Silvia, Nádia. "Implementation of a macroalgae supplemented feed for Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) rearing". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021.
  2. Silva, Nádia; Sousa, R; Roberto, Vania; Viegas, Michael; Soares, F; Marques, Cátia L.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Gavaia, P. "Effect of macroalgae dietary supplementation on the resistance to pathogens in Solea senegalensis". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021.
  3. "Growth and microbiome modulation in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed diets with variable protein sources". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021.
  4. "Improving Senagalese sole growth performance through low leaching microdiets.". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021.
  5. "Dietary supplementation of organic trace minerals in commercially valuable marine fish larvae microdiets: effects on growth performance and bone status.". Paper presented in 31st Congress New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
  6. "Effect of dietary manganese and zinc supplementation on growth and bone status of Senegalese sole post-larvae.". Paper presented in 18th edition of the International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF), 2018.
  7. "Dietary manganese and zinc supplementation levels modulate growth and bone status of Senegalese sole post-larvae.". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2018.
  8. "Inorganic and organic dietary trace elements: effect on Solea senegalensis larvae growth and bone status". Paper presented in 7th Fish & shellfish larviculture symposium, 2017.
  9. "Dietary fluorochromes as a tool to assess mineral apposition rate in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae". Paper presented in 10th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2017.
  10. "Dietary trace elements in Solea senegalensis: effect of inorganic Vs. organic forms on fish larvae growth". Paper presented in SANFEED Animal science doctoral programme – III Workshop, 2016.
  11. "Using multiple fluorescent stains to assess bone growth in fish larvae.". Paper presented in SANFEED Animal science doctoral programme – I Workshop, 2015.
  12. "Osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants in zebrafish". Paper presented in 8th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2013.
  13. "Fish systems to assess osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2013.
  14. "BMP2, 4 and 16: A new evolutionary perspective". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2013.
  15. "Effect of variable levels of dietary cholesterol and plant sterols on the growth performance and bone metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles". Paper presented in XV International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 2012.
  16. "Essential fatty acids regulate cell proliferation, extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression in gilthead seabream pre-osteoblastic cells". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2011.
  17. "Effect of essential fatty acids on the proliferation and mineralization of gilthead seabream bonederived cell lines". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2010.
  18. "Comparative promoter analysis and its application in analysis of cartilage-expressed genes regulation". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2009.
  19. "Computational identification of regulatory motifs in cartilage-expressed genes using zebrafish as an in vivo model". Paper presented in 16th National Congress of Biochemistry, 2008.
  20. "Characterization of a Xenopus laevis bone derived cell line, X1, capable of mineralizing in vitro". Paper presented in National congress Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, 2007.
Journal article
  1. Viegas, Michael N.; Salgado, Maria A.; Aguiar, Carla; Almeida, Agostinho; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Dias, Jorge. "Effect of Dietary Inorganic and Chelated Trace Mineral Supplementation on the Growth Performance and Skeletal Deformities of European Seabass and Senegalese Sole Post-larvae". Biological Trace Element Research (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-023-03581-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s12011-023-03581-8
  2. Machado, Marina; Fernández-Boo, Sergio; Teixeira, Carla; Viegas, Michael; Serradeiro, Renata; Dias, Jorge; Costas Refojos, Benjamín; Masagounder, Karthik. "DL-methionyl-DL-methionine as an efficient methionine source for promoting zootechnical performance and methionine-related pathways in the whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)". British Journal of Nutrition (2023): 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114522003579.
    Published • 10.1017/s0007114522003579
  3. Viegas, Michael N.; Laizé, Vincent; Salgado, Maria A.; Aguiar, Carla; Dias, Jorge. "Effect of trace minerals and B vitamins on the proliferation/cytotoxicity and mineralization of a Gilthead Seabream bone–derived cell line". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14622.
    10.1007/s12011-019-01939-5
  4. Viegas, Michael N.; Salgado, Maria Antonia; Aguiar, Carla; Almeida, Agostinho; Gavaia, Paulo; Dias, Jorge. "Effect of dietary manganese and zinc levels on growth and bone status of Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis) Post-Larvae". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14658.
    10.1007/s12011-020-02307-4
  5. Tarasco, Marco; Cardeira Da Silva, João; Viegas, Michael; Caria, Joana; Martins, Gil; Gavaia, Paulo; Cancela, M. Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Anti-osteogenic activity of cadmium in zebrafish". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14538.
    10.3390/fishes4010011
  6. Laizé, V.; Gavaia, P.J.; Tarasco, M.; Viegas, M.N.; Caria, J.; Luis, N.; Cancela, M.L.. "Osteotoxicity of 3-methylcholanthrene in fish". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 161 (2018): 721-728. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048982079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.06.035
  7. Marques, Cátia L.; Fernández, Ignacio; Viegas, Michael N.; Cox, Cymon J.; Martel, Paulo; Rosa, Joana; Cancela, M. Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Comparative analysis of zebrafish bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4 and 16: molecular and evolutionary perspectives". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 73 4 (2015): 841-857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-015-2024-x.
    10.1007/s00018-015-2024-x
  8. Marques, C.L.; Fernández, I.; Rosa, J.; Viegas, M.N.; Cancela, M.L.; Laizé, V.. "Spatiotemporal expression and retinoic acid regulation of bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4 and 16 in Senegalese sole". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30 4 (2014): 713-720. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904901749&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jai.12539
  9. Conceição, N.; Viegas, M.; Fidalgo, J.; Cancela, M.L.. "Development and characterization of Xl1, a Xenopus laevis chondrocyte-like cell culture". Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 373 1-2 (2013): 41-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871780280&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11010-012-1473-x
  10. Viegas, M.N.; Dias, J.; Cancela, M.L.; Laizé, V.; Viegas, Michael; Cancela, Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Polyunsaturated fatty acids regulate cell proliferation, extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression in a gilthead seabream skeletal cell line". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28 3 (2012): 427-432. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861319375&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01994.x
  11. Conceição, N.; Cox, C.J.; Simões, B.; Viegas, M.; Cancela, M.L.. "Comparative promoter analysis and its application to the identification of candidate regulatory factors of cartilage-expressed genes". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26 2 (2010): 245-250. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954196316&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01415.x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Michael Nogueira Viegas. "Fine tuning the nutrition of marine fish larvae and juveniles for enhanced growth and skeletal development". PhD, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127825.
  2. Viegas, Michael. "Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the proliferation and extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression of gilthead seabream skeletal cell lines". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5597.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09/30 IMPROVING MINERAL AND VITAMIN NUTRITION IN SENEGALESE SOLE Aquaculture Europe 2022
(Rimini, Italy)
2019/01 Novel ingredients to improve skeletal quality in Aquaculture Workshop Current Perspectives In Aquaculture
(Norway)
2018/09 Modulation of growth and bone status by dietary trace mineral supplementation in early stage Solea senegalensis Animal science doctoral programme – V Workshop
University of Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) (Porto, Portugal)
2017/09 Inorganic and organic dietary trace elements: effect on Dicentrarchus labrax larvae growth and bone status Animal science doctoral programme – IV Workshop
University of Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) (Porto)
2013/05 In vivo and in vitro fish systems to assess osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO)
(Faro, Portugal)
2011/04 Dietary lipid quality regulates bone composition and metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
(Portugal)
2008/04 Retinoic acid as an inhibitor of mineralization in a Xenopus laevis bone derived cell line 3rd International meeting of the portuguese society for stem cells and cellular therapy (SPCE-TC)
(Portugal)
2007/11 Characterization of a Xenopus laevis bone derived cell line, X1, capable of mineralizing in vitro National congress Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG
(Portugal)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/02/16 Effect of Antioxidant and Pro-oxidant on Bone mineralization and Remodelling
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sunil Poudel (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2007 Honourable mention for oral communication
National congress Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, Portugal