Ana Marta Brandão de Almeida Cardoso Pereira (041C-62D8-E8BA)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Marta Pereira is a Plant Scientist dedicated to the study of the cellular and molecular processes involved in Plant Reproduction. She was awarded her PhD (2015, University of Porto) in Biology, with the main goal of understanding the roles of Arabinogalactan Proteins (AGPs) during the reproductive process in Arabidopsis. This PhD included 6 months at The University of Regensburg, Germany and 2 years at the University of Milan, Italy, where she acquired and improved several technical skills, which she later implemented at her home laboratory. To pursue the scientific topic of her interest, she moved to Milano (Italy) and carried out a Post Doc (2017-2020) with a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF-2016, GA No. 753328) she was awarded. During this period, she investigated the connection between AGPs and epigenetics regulating male-female interactions towards fertilization in Arabidopsis. She used several cutting-edge technologies from microscopy to molecular techniques and developed several international collaborations. She has been actively involved in several projects (national and international) such as FCT and PRR funded projects or Marie Curie Actions (SexSeed RISE project GA No. 690946 & CRISPit MSCA Staff Exchange GA No. 101086293). During her career she has strongly dedicate herself to science communication and dissemination activities. Her publication track record includes published works in reputed journals of her area of interest (The Plant Journal, Molecular Plant, Journal of Experimental Botany, Annals of Botany). Currently she is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Biology Department, at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal, lecturing several Plant Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology classes. She is also responsible for supervising Bachelor, Master, and PhD students. She is also a PhD Researcher in the scope of the CRISPit H2020 european project, at the SPReDLab at FCUP, engaged in exploring the impact of heat stress in plant reproduction.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Marta Brandão de Almeida Cardoso Pereira

Citation names

Pereira, Ana Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 041C-62D8-E8BA
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3665-7592
Google Scholar ID: AXfKrW4AAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id: 37026919800

Email addresses

ambacpereira@gmail.com (Professional)
ambacpereira@fc.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.fc.up.pt/agplab/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - GM Technology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)		Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015 Concluded	Biologia (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Identification and functional analysis of AGP genes related to pollen tube guidance into the embryo sac in Arabidopsis thaliana" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada por unanimidade com Distinção
2008 - 2010 Concluded	Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Tools for the localization and characterization of AGP genes in Arabidopsis thaliana pistil tissues" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2002 - 2007 Concluded	Biologia (ramo Científico) (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto, Portugal "Characterization of AGP genes expression in female tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

2020/02/05 - 2024/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2020/02/29	Postdoc (Research)	Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Italy

2015/06/01 - 2017/08/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/08/03 - Current	Guest Editor at JOVE Methods Collection: A Collection of Methods in Plant Reproduction	MyJoVE Corporation, United States

2021 - Current	Topic Editor - Frontiers in Cell and Development Biology (ISSN: 2296-634X)	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Switzerland

2020/02 - 2023/02	Guest Editor - Special Issue: Signaling in Plant Reproduction (IJMS; ISSN 1422-0067)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland

2020/12 - 2021/12	Topic Editor - Plants (ISSN 2223-7747)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland

2019/01 - 2019/10	Editor - Special Issue: Advances in plant reproduction: from gametes to seeds (ISSN 0022-0957 EISSN 1460-2431)	Oxford University Press, United Kingdom

2016/03/01 - 2017/08/31	Member of the team: H2020-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (MSCA-RISE-2015) Grant Agreement number: 690946. Sexual Plant Reproduction - Seed formation, SexSeed	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

2016/03/04 - 2016/04/03	Training period under Ravishankar Palanivelu's supervision. The aim of this stay was to learn how to analyse High-Throughput Sequencing data in collab with Cyverse and BIO5 team	University of Arizona School of Plant Sciences, United States

2015/09/01 - 2015/10/31	Travelling Fellowship awarded by Development, Company of Biologists - CoB, (DEVTF-150401) within the theme "Protein-protein interactions as a barrier to multiple pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis"	Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Italy

2011/10/12 - 2011/11/03	Short-term scientific mission integrated in the COST Action FA0903, Harnessing Plant Reproduction for Crop Improvement under Simona Masiero's supervision	Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Italy

2009/10/01 - 2011/10/31	Training period integrated in the PhD Program at the Department of Plant Physiology and Cell Biology, Regensburg University, Germany, under the supervision of Stefanie Sprunck	Universität Regensburg, Germany

2009/02/01 - 2009/05/04	Training period integrated in the 2nd year of MSc at the Department of Plant Physiology and Cell Biology, at the Regensburg University	Universität Regensburg, Germany

2006/02/01 - 2006/11/30	Voluntary training period in molecular biology, electronic and fluorescence microscopy techniques in Plant Biology	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015/07/01 - 2017/08/31	Molecular and signalling interactions during pollen- pistil interactions FCUP- Verbas do Contas de Ordem 100244 - Sílvia Vieira de Almeida Coimbra Tenente Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/01/01 - Current	CRISPit - Bridging fundamental knowledge and novel technology to increase rice heat tolerance 101086293 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Ongoing
2020/02/05 - 2022/07/25	Male-female crosstalk towards fertilization - an intricate pathway of molecular wheels driving seed formation POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027839 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Ongoing
2017/09/01 - 2020/02/29	Breaking frontiers in plant reproduction: understanding the roles of AGPs and epigenetics regulating male-female crosstalk towards fertilization EU project 753328 Post-doc Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Italy	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Ongoing
2016/03 - 2017/08	SexSeed: Sexual Plant Reproduction - Seed formation 690946 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2010/09 - 2014/09	Identification and functional analysis of AGP genes related pollen tube guidance into the embryo sac in Arabidopsis thaliana SFRH/BD/60995/2009 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2011/01 - 2013/10	FA0903 - Harnessing plant reproduction for crop improvement FA0903 Researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Concluded
2008/01 - 2011/04	Biological role of arabinogalactan proteins and glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchoring in Arabidopsis gametogenesis 67971 Provided by PTCRIS: 67971 Other	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Figueiredo, Raquel; Lopes, Ana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Moreira, Diana; Silva, Jessy; Ferreira, Maria João; Coimbra, Sílvia; Pereira, Luís Gustavo. "The Biology of Arabinogalactan Proteins in Plant Abiotic Stress and Reproduction". In Plant Cell Walls, 323-339. CRC Press, 2023. 10.1201/9781003178309-16
Conference poster	Diana Moreira; Pereira, Ana Marta; Allan M. Showalter; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. "A sweet affair: the importance of AGP sugars in plant reproduction". Paper presented in 26th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, 2023. Pedro Nadais; Cristiano Soares; Cláudia Pereira; Pereira, Ana Marta; Fidalgo, Fernanda. "Proline accumulation under glyphosate toxicity - a signal of tolerance or susceptibility". Paper presented in Redox Biology Congress, 2022. Pereira, Ana Marta; Diana Moreira; Ana Lúcia Lopes; Simona Masiero; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Pereira, Ana Marta. "JAGGER as a tool to search for possible AGPs interactors". Paper presented in 26th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, 2022. Pereira, Ana Marta; Moreira, Diana; Lopes, Ana; Costa, M; Masiero, S.; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Who's got the moves like JAGGER? Searching for AGPs interactors and its functions". Paper presented in THE 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIDOPSIS RESEARCH (ICAR'21), 2021. Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Showalter, Allan; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Arabinogalactan Proteins in plant reproduction: sweet dreams are made of this". Paper presented in THE 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIDOPSIS RESEARCH - ICAR'21, 2021. Figueiredo, Raquel; Pereira, Ana Marta; Costa, Mónica; Oliveira, Carina; Rocha, Mariana; Ferreira, Marta; Moreira, Miguel; Coimbra, Sílvia. "The role of the JAGGER GPI-anchor in Arabidopsis thaliana pistil function". Paper presented in 31st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research - ICAR 2021, 2021. Pereira, Ana Marta. "JAGGER and lectin receptor-like kinases: a sweet flirt in plant reproduction". Paper presented in XV Cell Wall Meeting, 2019. Lopes, Ana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Mendes, Marta; Colombo, Lucia; Coimbra, Sívia. "AGPs as target genes in the puzzling signalling cascade of SEEDSTICK". Paper presented in XV International Cell Wall Meeting, 2019. Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. "AGP25, AGP26 and AGP27: a threesome of Arabinogalactan Proteins involved in Arabidopsis reproduction". Paper presented in XV International Cell Wall Meeting, 2019. Lopes, Ana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Sousa, Patrícia; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Mendes, Marta; Masiero, Simona; Colombo, Lucia; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Stay stick: how to fit each tile in the SEEDSTICK TF control frame?". Paper presented in SEB Satellite Meeting, Seeds of Change - Florence, 2018. Lopes, Ricardo; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Development and characterization of knock-down RNAi and promoter-induced GUS expression lines for Arabinogalactan Protein 20 (AGP20) in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in SEB Satellite Meeting, Seeds of Change - Florence, 2018. Silva, Jessy; Pereira, Ana Marta; Lima, Rita; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Unravelling the importance of FLA5 (Fasciclin-like Arabinogalactan Protein 5) in Arabidopsis reproduction". Paper presented in SEB Satellite Meeting, Seeds of Change, Florence, 2018. Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Guazzotti, A; Colombo, Lucia; Masiero, Simona; Coimbra, Sílvia. "AGP25, AGP26 and AGP27: a threesome of HDA19 regulated Arabinogalactan Proteins involved in pollen-pistil interactions". Paper presented in International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Gifu, Japan, 2018. Silva, Jessy; Pereira, Ana Marta; Lima, Rita; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Unravelling the importance of FLA5 (Fasciclin-like Arabinogalactan Protein 5) in Arabidopsis reproduction". Paper presented in International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Gifu, Japan, 2018. Lopes, Ana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Sousa, Patrícia; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Mendes, Marta; Masiero, Simona; Colombo, Lucia; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Stay stick: how to fit each tile in the SEEDSTICK TF control frame?". Paper presented in International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Gifu, Japan, 2018. Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Lopes, Ana; Coimbra, Sílvia. "HDA19 regulated AGPs involvement in pollen-pistil interactions". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação Jovem IJUP 2018, 2018. Silva, Jessy; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Development and characterization of a knock-down RNAi line for fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein 5 (FLA5) in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação Jovem IJUP 2018, 2018. Lopes, Ricado; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Development and characterization of knock-down RNAi and promoter-induced GUS expression lines for Arabinogalactan Protein 20 (AGP20) in Arabidopsis thaliana.". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação Jovem IJUP 2018., 2018. Lopes, Ana; Mendes, Marta; Pereira, Ana Marta; Amorim, Maria; Colombo, Lucia; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Baby steps of AGP’s crosstalk with CKX, from ovule to seed development, in Arabidopsis thaliana.". Paper presented in Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development, Padua, Italy, 2017. Lopes, Ricardo; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Development and characterization of a knock-down RNAi mutant of Arabinogalactan Protein 20 (AGP20) in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação Jovem - IJUP, 2017. Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Lopes, Ana; Coimbra, Sílvia. "HDA19 regulated AGPs involvement in pollen-pistil interactions.". Paper presented in Encontro de Investigação Jovem IJUP, 2017. Lopes, Ana; Barbosa, M; Pereira, Ana Marta; Amorim, Maria; Coimbra, Sílvia. "The role of cytokinin metabolism during the seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana.". Paper presented in XIX National Congress of Biochemistry, 2016. Pereira, Ana Marta; Nobre, MS; Masiero, S.; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Pollen tubes and pathogens: who’s got the moves like JAGGER?". Paper presented in XIV Cell Wall Meeting - Greece, 2016. Pereira, Ana Marta; Masiero, S.; Nobre, MS; Pinto, SC; Lopes, A; Costa, M; Coimbra, S. "Love Is Strong, and You’re So Sweet”: JAGGER Is Essential For Synergid Degeneration And Polytubey Block In Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in 11th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, 2015. Pereira, Ana Marta. "Immunolocalization of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) in reproductive structures of an early-divergent angiosperm, Trithuria (Hydatellaceae)". Paper presented in SEB Annual Meeting Valencia 2013, Valencia, Spain, 2013. Pereira, Ana Marta. "Unravelling the function and expression pattern of Arabinogalactan Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana reproductive tissues". Paper presented in XIIIth Cell Wall Meeting, Nantes, France,, 2013. Pereira, Ana Marta. "AGP25, a signalling molecule for flower development". Paper presented in 5th International PhD School in Plant Development, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy, 2012. Pereira, Ana Marta. "AGPs in the pollen tube growth pathway". Paper presented in EMBO Conference Series on Plant Development and Environmental Interactions, Matera, Italy, 2012. Pereira, Ana Marta. "Localization and Characterization of Individual AGPs along the Pollen Tube Growth Pathway in the Pistil". Paper presented in Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms controlling Flower Development, Maratea, Italy, 2011. Pereira, Ana Marta. "Tools for the Localization and Characterization of Individual AGPs along the Pollen Tube Growth Pathway in the Pistil Tissues". Paper presented in International Conference on Plant Transformation Technologies and Plant Gene Discovery , Vienna, Austria, 2011. Pereira, Ana Marta. "The role of individual AGPs in pollen tube guidance and sperm cell delivery". Paper presented in XXI International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Bristol, UK, 2010. Pereira, Ana Marta. "Tools for the localization and characterization of individual AGPs in the cell wall of Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in XIIth Cell Wall Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 2010.
Journal article	Figueiredo, Raquel; Costa, Mónica; Moreira, Diana; Moreira, Miguel; Noble, Jennifer; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Melo, Paula; et al. "JAGGER localization and function are dependent on GPI anchor addition". Plant Reproduction (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00497-024-00495-w. Published • 10.1007/s00497-024-00495-w Manrique, Silvia; Cavalleri, Alex; Guazzotti, Andrea; Villarino, Gonzalo H; Simonini, Sara; Bombarely, Aureliano; Higashiyama, Tetsuya; et al. "HISTONE DEACETYLASE19 Controls Ovule Number Determination and Transmitting Tract Differentiation". Plant Physiology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad629. 10.1093/plphys/kiad629 Lopes, Ana Lúcia; Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Mendes, Sara; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Colombo, Lucia; Coimbra, Sílvia. "AGPs as molecular determinants of reproductive development". Annals of Botany (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad046. 10.1093/aob/mcad046 Diana Moreira; Dasmeet Kaur; Pereira, Ana Marta; Michael A. Held; Allan M. Showalter; Sílvia Coimbra. Corresponding author: Sílvia Coimbra. "Type II arabinogalactans initiated by hydroxyproline-O-galactosyltransferases play important roles in pollen-pistil interactions". The Plant Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16141. Published • 10.1111/tpj.16141 Diana Moreira; Ana Lúcia Lopes; Jessy Silva; Maria João Ferreira; Sara Cristina Pinto; Sara Mendes; Luís Gustavo Pereira; Sílvia Coimbra; Pereira, Ana Marta. Corresponding author: Pereira, Ana Marta. "New insights on the expression patterns of specific Arabinogalactan proteins in reproductive tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana". Frontiers in Plant Science 13 (2022): Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2022.1083098 Pereira, Ana Marta; Diana Moreira; Sílvia Coimbra; Simona Masiero. Corresponding author: Pereira, Ana Marta. "Paving the Way for Fertilization: The Role of the Transmitting Tract". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22052603. 10.3390/ijms22052603 Costa, Mário; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Fluorescent Immunolocalization of Arabinogalactan proteins and pectins in plant tissues sections". Jove 168 e61034 (2021): https://www.jove.com/t/61034/fluorescent-immunolocalization-arabinogalactan-proteins-pectins-cell. Published • https:://dx.doi.org/10.3791/61034 Moreira, Diana; Pereira, Ana Marta; Lopes, Ana Lúcia; Coimbra, Sílvia. "The best CRISPR/Cas9 versus RNA interference approaches for Arabinogalactan proteins' study". Molecular Biology Reports (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05258-0. Published • 10.1007/s11033-020-05258-0 Costa, Mário; Pereira, Ana Marta; Pinto, Sara Cristina; Silva, Jessy; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Coimbra, Sílvia. "In silico and expression analyses of fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins reveal functional conservation during embryo and seed development". Plant Reproduction 32 4 (2019): 353-370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00497-019-00376-7. Published • 10.1007/s00497-019-00376-7 Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. "Advances in plant reproduction: from gametes to seeds". Journal of Experimental Botany 70 11 (2019): 2933-2936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz227. Published • 10.1093/jxb/erz227 Lopes, Ana Lúcia; Moreira, Diana; Ferreira, Maria João; Pereira, Ana Marta; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. "Insights into secrets along the pollen tube pathway in need to be discovered". Journal of Experimental Botany 70 11 (2019): 2979-2992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz087. 10.1093/jxb/erz087 Pereira, Ana Marta; Nobre, Margarida Sofia; Pinto, Sara Cristina; Lopes, Ana Lúcia; Costa, Mário Luís; Masiero, Simona; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. ""Love Is Strong, and You're so Sweet": JAGGER Is Essential for Persistent Synergid Degeneration and Polytubey Block in Arabidopsis thaliana". Molecular Plant 9 4 (2016): 601-614. Published • 10.1016/j.molp.2016.01.002 Pereira, Ana Marta; Lopes, Ana Lúcia; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. "JAGGER, an AGP essential for persistent synergid degeneration and polytubey block in Arabidopsis.". Plant Signaling and Behaviour 11 (2016): e1209616-e1209616. Published Pereira, Ana Marta; Lopes, Ana L.; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. "Arabinogalactan Proteins as Interactors along the Crosstalk between the Pollen Tube and the Female Tissues". Frontiers in Plant Science 7 7 (2016): 1895-1895. Published • 10.3389/fpls.2016.01895 Pereira, Ana Marta; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Coimbra, Sílvia. Corresponding author: Coimbra, Sílvia. "Arabinogalactan proteins: rising attention from plant biologists". Plant Reproduction 28 1 (2015): 1-15. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00497-015-0254-6/fulltext.html. Published • 10.1007/s00497-015-0254-6 Pereira, Ana Marta; Masiero, S.; Nobre, M. S.; Costa, M. L.; Solis, M.-T.; Testillano, P. S.; Sprunck, S.; Coimbra, S.. Corresponding author: Coimbra, S.. "Differential expression patterns of arabinogalactan proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana reproductive tissues". Journal of Experimental Botany 65 18 (2014): 5459-5471. http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/65/18/5459. Published • 10.1093/jxb/eru300 Costa, M.; Pereira, Ana Marta; Rudall, P. J.; Coimbra, S.. Corresponding author: Coimbra, S.. "Immunolocalization of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) in reproductive structures of an early-divergent angiosperm, Trithuria (Hydatellaceae)". Annals of Botany 111 2 (2012): 183-190. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/111/2/183.long. Published • 10.1093/aob/mcs256 Coimbra, Sílvia; Costa, Mário; Mendes, Marta Adelina; Pereira, Ana Marta; Pinto, João; Pereira, Luís Gustavo. "Early germination of Arabidopsis pollen in a double null mutant for the arabinogalactan protein genes AGP6 and AGP11". Sexual Plant Reproduction 23 3 (2010): 199-205. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00497-010-0136-x. Published • 10.1007/s00497-010-0136-x
Thesis / Dissertation	Pereira, Ana Marta. "Identification and functional analysis of AGP genes related to pollen tube guidance into the embryo sac in Arabidopsis thaliana". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2015. Pereira, Ana Marta. "Tools for the localization and characterization of AGP gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana pistil". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2009.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/21	Seeds of life: the secrets of plant reproduction	3 rd EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) (Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/28	Arabinogalactan Proteins in sexual plant reproduction – biological functions & mode of action	LAQV/REQUIMTE Webinars LAQV/REQUIMTE (Porto, Portugal)
2023/06/15	From gametes to seeds - the power plant reproduction	PlantAnim Kick-Off meeting BIOPOLIS/CIBIO , GREENUPORTO (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2022/06	The JAGGER GPI-anchor defines the protein subcellular localization. Does it mediate JAGGER function?	26th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction Institute of Experimental Botany of the CAS and Univeristy of Regensburg (Praga, Czech Republic)
2021/04	A sweet affair - the importance of AGP sugars in plant reproduction	LAQV/REQUIMTE Webinars LAQV/REQUIMTE (Porto, Portugal)
2020/02/03	A sweet flirt in plant reproduction: JAGGER and receptor like kinases	Symposium Down Under: Mechanisms Controlling Plant Reproduction The University of Adelaide (Adelaide , Australia)
2019/09	A sweet affair - the importance of AGP sugars in plant reproduction	3rd Conference - Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019	AGP25, AGP26 and AGP27: a threesome of Arabinogalactan Proteins involved in Arabidopsis reproduction	XV International Cell Wall Meeting University of Cambridge (Cambridge , United Kingdom)
2018/09	AGP25, AGP26 and AGP27: a threesome of Arabinogalactan Proteins involved in A. thaliana sexual reproduction	2nd Conference - Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/06/30	Lost highway: a pistil & pollen tube love story	SEB Plant Satellite Meeting: Advances in Plant Reproduction - From Gametes to seeds Society for Experimental Biology (Firenze)
2018/02/09	HDA19 regulated AGPs involvement in pollen-pistil interactions	Encontro de Investigação Jovem IJUP 2018 University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2017/09	Who's got the moves like JAGGER? An AGP Essential for Persistent Synergid Degeneration and Polytubey Block in Arabidopsis	Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development (Padova)
2016/03	"Love is Strong and You're So Sweet": JAGGER is Essential for Persistent Synergid Degeneration and Polytubey Block in Arabidopsis	24rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction (Tucson, Arizona, United States)
2014/07	Unravelling the function and expression pattern of AGP4 in Arabidopsis thaliana reproduction	23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction (Porto, Portugal)
2014	AGPs cross-talk in Arabidopsis pollen-pistil interactions.	International Plant Science Conference (Florença, Italy)
2013/10	Unravelling the function and expression pattern of Arabinogalactan Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana reproductive tissues	Final Conference of the COST action FA0903 "Harnessing Plant Reproduction for Crop Improvement": European Frontiers of Plant Reproduction Research (Oslo, Norway)
2013	AGPs cross-talk in Arabidopsis pollen-pistil interactions	Pollen Biotechnology, Diversity and Function in a Changing Environment (Madrid, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/09 - Current	A sweet affair - the importance of AGP sugars in plant reproduction (SweetAGPs) Co-supervisor of Diana Filipa Moreira	Biologia (PhD) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07	Caracterização funcional e molecular de uma linha mutante obtida por RNAi para o gene da AGP20 em Arabidopsis thaliana Supervisor of Luísa Lisboa	Biologia (Other) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07	Obtenção e caracterização fenotípica de mutantes duplos e triplos de Proteínas Arabinogalactânicas Co-supervisor of Ana Ventura Azevedo da Silva Bravo	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07	Resposta de plantas às alterações climáticas: o papel das estrigolactonas Co-supervisor of Inês Costa e Garcês	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Endomembrane markers and stress: a functional study using Arabidopsis plants Co-supervisor of Pedro Nadais	Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/07	Análise funcional de genes envolvidos na reprodução sexuada em Arabidopsis Supervisor of Ana Rita Silva Queirós	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/07	Analysis of JAZ13 phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana. Co-supervisor of Tomás Madureira	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/11/30	AGP25, AGP26 e AGP27: a tríade de AGPs envolvida na reprodução sexuada em A. thaliana Co-supervisor of Diana Filipa Moreira	Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/01/09 - 2017/11/24	Involvement of STK and REM24 in cellular specification during ovule formation in Arabidopsis thaliana Co-supervisor of Sara Cristina Mendes Pinto	Mestrado em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/11	JAGGER and AGP7, putative SEEDSTICK targets involved in pollen tube attraction Co-supervisor of Patricia Mónica Silva Costa	Mestrado em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/07/31	Development and Characterization of a knock-down RNAi line for Fasciclin-like Arabinogalactan Protein 5 in Arabidopsis thaliana Co-supervisor of Jessy Ariana Faria da Silva	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/07/31	Development and characterization of knock-down RNAi and promoter-induced GUS expression lines for Arabinogalactan Protein 20 (AGP20) in Arabidopsis thaliana Co-supervisor of Ricardo B. Lopes	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/07/31	Preparation of a knock-down RNAi line for FLA5 in Arabidopsis thaliana Co-supervisor of Jessy Silva	Biologia (Scientific initiation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/07	Preparation of a knock-down RNAi line for AGP20 in Arabidopsis thaliana Co-supervisor of Ricardo Lopes	Biologia (Scientific initiation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/07	AGP25, AGP26 and AGP27 localization and mutant characterization in Arabidopsis thaliana Co-supervisor of Diana Filipa Viana Moreira	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2015/07/31	AGP20 knock-out mutant phenotypic characterization Co-supervisor of Catarina Andrês	Biologia (Scientific initiation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2015/07/31	AGP25 and AGP27 double mutant phenotypic characterization Co-supervisor of Diana Filipa Moreira	Biologia (Scientific initiation) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/07	agp4 agp7 double null mutant characterization Co-supervisor of Sara Cristina Pinto	Biologia (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2011/09/01	Study of Arabinogalactan Protein 1, AGP1, in pollen tube growth into the embryo sac in Arabidopsis thaliana. Co-supervisor of Sandra Cristina Raimundo	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/05 - 2022/05	Conception and organization of hands-on activities for primary school kids entitled "Vem ser cientista por um dia. As plantas podem contra contigo?" within the framework of the International Fascination of Plants Day, intended to raise awareness to the importance of plants in our life. (2022/05 - 2022/05) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2018/08/01	SEB Plant Satellite Meeting: Advances in Plant Reproduction - From Gametes to Seeds. (2018/06/30 - 2018/07/01) Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Italy
2013/07/01 - 2014/09/30	23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction (2014/07/13 - 2014/07/18) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/09/01 - 2010/08/30	Conference XII Cell Wall Meeting (2010/07/25 - 2010/07/30) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/11/29 - 2023/11/30	Growing Greener – Exploring Sustainable Agricultural Approaches Workshop	Growing greener – Exploring sustainable agricultural approaches Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
2023/02/27 - 2023/02/27	Nature-based solutions for wild-fire prevention and rehabilitation of burned soils Workshop	Nature-based solutions for wild-fire prevention and rehabilitation of burned soils Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
2021/05/29 - 2021/05/29	The event was organized by PhD Students from the Integrative Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory (iB2Lab) and PlantStress Lab, from the Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto. Conference	II Plant Abiotic Stress Forum: An Integrative Lens Over Plant Adaptation Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/10/15 - 2019/10/17	Participation in the EMBO Laboratory Leadership Course for Postdocs in Heidelberg, Germany. Other	EMBO Lab Leadership Course EMBO Solutions GmbH, Germany
2017/09 - 2017/09	Participation in the "Meet me tonight – facia a facia con la ricerca", organized by the University of Milan, Italy. Involvement in hand-on activities “Che mondo sarebbe senza le piante?” where it was explained to the general public basic biological scientific principles using simple experiments such as gDNA extraction.	Meet me tonight – facia a facia con la ricerca Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
2016/12 - 2016/12	Science Outreach Activity: participation in the II Jornadas da Ciência de Arouca under the theme Science, Environment and Sustainability, with a communication about the Biology of Plant Reproduction (http://jornadas-ciencia.agesc-arouca.pt/home). Conference	II Jornadas de Ciência de Arouca
2015/12 - 2015/12	Science Outreach Activity: participation in the I Jornadas da Cie^ncia de Arouca with a communication about the Biology of Plant Reproduction. Jornadas de Ciência are the results of an educative program dedicated to the formation and motivation of high-school teachers, and also with the aim to bring the science made in the laboratories to the general public, stimulating the curiosity and innovation and the development of technical skills for high-school students. Conference	I Jornadas da Ciência de Arouca
2009/09/30 - 2009/09/30	Science Outreach Activity: participation in the "Researcher's Night '09 - Scientists on Stage", organised by the University of Porto. Involvement in "Hands-on activities" where it was explained to the general public basic biological scientific principles using examples from our daily life at home. Workshop	Researcher’s Night 2009 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2009/06/01 - 2009/07/31	Science Outreach Activity: organisation of children-oriented activities entitled "The Scientist Chef" as part of the University of Porto's "Universidade Junior" programme. Workshop	Universidade Junior Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067)	MDPI
2022/10 - 2022/11	New Phytologist (1469-8137)	Wiley
2022 - 2022	Diversity (1424-2818)	MDPI
2021 - 2021	Plants ( 2223-7747)	MDPI
2021 - 2021	Annals of Botany (0305-7364)	OxFord Academic
2021 - 2021	Plant Systematics and Evolution (0378-2697)	Springer Nature
2020/09/01 - 2020/09/30	Communications Biology (2399-3642)	Nature Publishing Group
2020 - 2020	Communications Biology (2399-3642)	Nature Publishing Group

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2013 - Current	Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)	Network member
2011 - Current	International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR)	Network member
2014 - 2017	Member of American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)	Network member

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2023/08	Biologia das Plantas	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/08	Biologia Celular	Bioquímica (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10 - 2023/08	Biologia Vegetal	Arquitectura Paisagista (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2023	Nutrição Vegetal	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Biologia Celular	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Biologia das Algas e dos Fungos	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Fisiologia Vegetal	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Manipulação de DNA e Biologia Sintética	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Manipulação de DNA	Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/08	Manipulação Molecular e Biotecnologia	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/03 - 2020/07	Biologia do Desenvolvimento	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2022/10 - 2022/12	Expert evaluator for the MSCA-PF-2022 call Evaluator	European Commission, Belgium	European Commission
2021/11 - 2022/02	Expert evaluator on the HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF call Evaluator	European Commission, Belgium	European Commission

Distinctions

Award

2016	Joseph Mascarenhas prize for best talk entitled: “Love is Strong and You’re So Sweet”: JAGGER is Essential for Persistent Synergid Degeneration and Polytubey Block in Arabidopsis. University of Arizona, United States

Other distinction

2015	Travelling Fellowship (DEVTF-150401)
2013	Grant from Annals of Botany on a poster presentation "Immunolocalization of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) in reproductive structures of an early-divergent angiosperm, Trithuria (Hydatellaceae)" in the SEB Annual Meeting 2013, Valencia.