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ELZA SOFIA SILVA FONSECA (ESSF) holds a BSc in Biochemistry (2010) and an MSc in Bioengineering (2013) from the University of Minho, and a PhD in Biology (2020) awarded by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto. ESSF is currently a Researcher at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, collaborating on the Blue Bioeconomy Pact project (2023_068_IJ_BioeconomiaAzul). ESSF works in Biological Sciences, using multidisciplinary approaches from Molecular & Cellular Biology, Comparative & Functional Genomics, and Evolutionary Biology. ESSF has been involved in 13 national and internationally funded projects, 1 as a Ph.D. Student Fellow, 3 as a Research Fellow, 7 as a Researcher, and recently has earned 2 competitive internal funding projects as Principal Investigator and Research Team Member. ESSF published 28 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and 1 Book Chapter with 105 co-authors (h-index 13, Total Citations 472 according to GoogleScholar). ESSF mentored 9 LSc students, supervised 5 LSc students, co-supervised 2 MSc students, and collaborated on the supervision of PhD students and Post-doc Researchers on topics related to isolation, cloning, and functional characterization of nuclear receptors, syntenic and phylogenetic analyses, and gene expression. ESSF has participated in international scientific conferences (as author or co-author of over 20 oral and poster presentations) and outreach activities. ESSF has also been an active reviewer for several journals (e.g. J Hazard Mater and J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol), attended scientific meetings and workshops, and composed evaluation panels in scientific committees and for technician and researcher grants. ESSF has received 6 awards: "Prémio Caixa Geral de Depósitos" (Best student of BSc in Biochemistry in 2008/2009); Scientific Initiation Scholarship; Merit Scholarship (Best student of MSc in Bioengineering 2013); FCT PhD Studentship (2015); BTC2024 Best Poster (Principal investigator of the project); Mobility Scholarship (2024).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Elza Sofia Silva Fonseca

Citation names

  • Fonseca, Elza
  • Fonseca, ESS
  • Fonseca, E

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
061C-C624-BDAA
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8955-2108
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0rKYfPYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
57193743894

Email addresses

  • efonseca@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 223401800 Ext.: 31 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Marinha e Ambiental. Av. General Norton de Matos S/N, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/02/05 - 2020/06/01
Concluded
 PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Major in Biology
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Nuclear Receptors in Metazoan lineages: the cross-talk between Evolution and Endocrine Disruption" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2015/07/22 - 2015/07/29
Concluded
 9th Advanced Study Course on Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors (ASCOS) (Outros)
Major in Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal
2011/09 - 2013/12
Concluded
 MSc in Bioengineering (Mestrado)
Major in Bioengineering
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
"Resistance mechanisms of Candida glabrata biofilmes to fluconazole" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
2010/01 - 2010/06
Concluded
 (ERASMUS Program) Licence en Sciences du vivant (Bachelor)
Major in Parcours Chimie
Université de Paris UFR des Sciences Fondamentales et Biomédicales, France
2007/09 - 2010/06
Concluded
 BSc in Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Major in Biochemistry
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - 2025/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/05/03 - 2023/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2022/04/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2014/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014/06/01 - 2014/09/30 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2011/02/15 - 2011/08/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/02/05 - 2020/06/01 PhD Studentship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2008/11/01 - 2009/10/31 Scientific Initiation Scholarship Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/03/01 - 2019/02/28 Nuclear Receptors in basal Metazoan lineages: the cross-talk between Evolution and Endocrine Disruption
SFRH/BD/100262/2014
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/100262/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - Current Blue Bioeconomy Pact (Vertical BIVALVES - Effectiveness of green antifouling agents in biofouling prevention)
C644915664-00000026
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2024/04/30 2DED - 2DBD nuclear receptors as targets for Effective Drugs
UIDB_SEED - 2DED
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2024/04/30 SafeNano - New approaches to assess aquatic toxicity of nanomaterials resulting from trophic transfer
UIDB/UIDP - SafeNano
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
2022/05/01 - 2023/10/31 EdgeOmics - Freshwater Bivalves at the edge: Adaptation genomics under climate-change scenarios
PTDC/CTA-AMB/3065/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/05/31 ACUINANO - Impacto de nanopartículas metálicas en ecosistemas acuáticos y en productos de acuicultura; desarrollo de métodos para su detección
0712_ACUINANO_1_E
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Interreg Europe
Concluded
2018/07/26 - 2022/05/25 CY-SENSORS - Biosensor and biomimetic recognition element based devices for detection and separation of cyanobacteria metabolites with ecotoxicological and therapeutical applications
PTDC/BTA-GES/32359/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2022/04/30 NanoCulture - Risk assessment and mitigation of the presence of engineered Nanomaterials in Atlantic aquaculture
EAPA_590/2018
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Interreg Europe
Concluded
2018/07/02 - 2021/07/01 EvoDis - The Metazoan Endocrine System in the Anthropocene Epoch: from EVOlution to DISruption
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31342/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2021/05/31 MOREBIVALVES - Molecular strategies to be applied in the depuration of commercial bivalves for elimination of toxic compounds
PTDC/ASP-PES/31762/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
UID/Multi/04423/2019
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 CORAL - Sustainable ocean exploitation: tools and sensors
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000036
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2014/06/01 - 2014/09/30 The modulation of retinoid and thyroid signalling pathways by endocrine disrupting chemicals: invertebrate insights
PTDC/MAR/115199/2009
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/02/15 - 2011/08/31 PhenoMet - Integrative Pheno-Metabolomic and Genomic Approaches for Saccharomyces cerevisiae winemaking yeasts
PTDC/AGR-ALI/103392/2008
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Fonseca, Elza; Ruivo, Raquel; Santos, Miguel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and their mode of action: The case of nuclear receptors and the evolution of the Metazoa". In Environmental Contaminants and Endocrine Health, edited by Oliana Carnevali; Gary Hardiman, 55-62. Academic Press, 2023.
    In press
Conference abstract
  1. Fonseca, Elza; Mário Jorge Araújo; Maria Ligia Sousa; Maria Vazquez; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Ivone Pinheiro; Mallo, Natalia; et al. "Dietary exposure with titanium dioxide nanoparticles induces metabolic alterations and oxidative stress in turbot "Scophthalmus maximus"". Paper presented in Nano 2023 - ICEEN 2023: 16th International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials, Plymouth, 2023.
  2. Fonseca, E; Silva, Beatriz; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Machado, André; Pinto, Rui; C. Castro, L. Filipe; Froufe, Elsa. "Genomic Adaptations Associated with Climate Change and Biological Changes in the unionid mussel Unio delphinus (Spengler, 1793)". Paper presented in SMBE23, Ferrara, 2023.
    In press
  3. Pinheiro, João; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; C. Castro, L. Filipe; Froufe, Elsa; Fonseca, Elza. "Nuclear receptors and the mussels that "don't get better with butter"". Paper presented in IJUP 2023, Porto, 2023.
    In press
  4. Pinto, Bernardo; Malakpourkolbadinezhad, Salman; Cordeiro, Miguel; Machado, André; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Andrade, José Pedro; et al. "Sans Glomeruli: the recurrent origin of aglomerular kidneys in teleosts". Paper presented in IJUP 2023, 2023.
    In press
  5. Lago, Íris; Fonseca, Elza; Gasnier, Bruno; C. Castro, L. Filipe; Ruivo, Raquel. "MiT/TFE Family of Transcription Factors in Invertebrates: from nutrient sensing to environmental markers?". Paper presented in IJUP 2023, Porto, 2023.
    In press
  6. ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Fonseca, E; Bigorra-Ferré, Elizabeth; Oliveira, Miguel. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Miguel. "Assessing the Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Fish: What Do We Know So Far?". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, 2023.
    Published
  7. Bigorra-Ferré, Elizabeth; Matos, Ana; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Fonseca, E; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Espiña, Begoña; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre. ""In vitro" and "in vivo" study of the effects of different nanoparticle coatings in trout cell lines and embryos of zebrafish". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2022, Matosinhos, 2022.
    Published
  8. Sapkota, Sworaj; Fonseca, E; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Espiña, Begoña; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre. "The effect of particles size in the cytotoxicity of titanium oxide and silver nanoparticles". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2022, Matosinhos, 2022.
    Published
  9. Bigorra-Ferré, Elizabeth; Matos, Ana; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Fonseca, Elza; Campos, Alexandre. "Study of the effects of different nanoparticle coatings on zebrafish". Paper presented in IJUP 2022, Porto, 2022.
    Published
  10. Sousa, Diogo; Fonseca, Elza; Sousa, João; Ruivo, Raquel; Santos, Miguel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Evolution of endocrine systems in Lophotrochozoans". Paper presented in IJUP 2022, Porto, 2022.
    Published
  11. ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Fonseca, E; Campos, Alexandre. "New frontiers in aquatic contamination: nanocontaminants and their adverse effects". Paper presented in Simpósio Ibérico sobre a Bacia Hidrográfica do rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, 2021.
    Published
  12. Fonseca, ESS; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Vázquez, M; Mallo, Natalia; Cabaleiro, Santiago; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; et al. "Does size matter? The effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticle size over time on gene expression in turbot liver". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, Funchal, 2021.
    Published
  13. Santo, Miguel; Lyssimachou, Angeliki; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; CAPITÃO, ANA; Fonseca, Elza; Ruivo, Raquel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Obesogens: molecular signaling pathways in fish". Paper presented in XV European Congress of Ichthyology, Porto, 2015.
    Published
  14. Rodrigues, Célia; Fonseca, Elza; Gonçalves, Bruna; Bogas, Diana; Silva, Sónia; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "Antifungal agents induce alteration in the matrix composition of Candida glabrata biofilms". Paper presented in Biofilms 6 - International Conference on Microbial Biofilms, Viena, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, Célia Fortuna; Fonseca, Elza Sofia Silva; Gonçalves, Bruna; Bogas, Diana Margarida Ferraz; Silva, Sónia Carina; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "Antifungal agents induces alteration in the matrix composition of candida glabrata biofilms". 2014.
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Bárbara; Graciliana Luísa Lino Lopes; Neuparth, Teresa; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza. Corresponding author: Fonseca, Elza. "The 2DBD-nuclear receptors as targets for the development of antischistosomal drugs". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2024, 2024.
  2. Mário Jorge Araújo; Fonseca, Elza; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre. "Metabolic, Inflammatory and Oxidative Effects Induced by Dietary Exposure of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Turbot "Scophthalmus maximus"". Paper presented in Ciência 23, 2023.
  3. Fonseca, E; Silva, Beatriz; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Machado, André; Pinto, Rui; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; C. Castro, L. Filipe; Froufe, Elsa. "Genomic Adaptations Associated with Climate Change and Biological Changes in the unionid mussel Unio delphinus (Spengler, 1793)". Paper presented in SMBE23, 2023.
  4. Froufe, Elsa; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Teixeira, Amílcar; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Fonseca, E; Österling, Martin; Riccardi, Nicoletta; et al. "Genomics in a Changing World: Conservation, Invasive Species, and Climate Change". Paper presented in SMBE Everywhere series, 2023.
  5. Elsa Froufe; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Teixeira, Amilcar; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Fonseca, Elza; Martin Österling; Riccardi, Nicoletta; et al. "EdgeOmics - Freshwater Bivalves at the edge: Adaptation genomics under climate-change scenarios". Paper presented in GS8: Genomics in a Changing World: Conservation, Invasive Species, and Climate Change, 2023.
  6. Sapkota, Sworaj; Fonseca, Elza; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Espiña, Begoña; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre. "The effect of particles size in the cytotoxicity of titanium oxide and silver nanoparticles". Paper presented in Nanoculture Final Event, 2022.
  7. Bigorra-Ferré, Elizabeth; Matos, Ana; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Fonseca, Elza; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Espiña, Begoña; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre. ""In vitro" and "in vivo" study of the effects of different nanoparticle coatings in trout cell lines and embryos of zebrafish". Paper presented in Nanoculture Final Event, 2022.
  8. Espina, Begona; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Barros, Nuria; Bermejo-Barrera, P; Cabaleiro, S; Campos, Alexandre; Correa-Duarte, MA; et al. "Nanoparticles in aquaculture: is it something to worry about?". Paper presented in EuroNanoForum 2021, 2021.
  9. Fonseca, ESS; Sousa, Maria Lígia; ARAÚJO, MÁRIO JORGE FARIA DOS SANTOS; Vázqueza, M; Cabaleiro, S; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Quarato, M; et al. "Proteomic and Transcriptomic Effects of Commercial Polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated Silver Nanoparticles on Turbot Liver (Scophthalmus maximus)". Paper presented in EuroNanoForum 2021, 2021.
  10. Fonseca, Elza; Ruivo, Raquel; Corado, Francisca; Machado, André; Santos, Miguel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Preservation and loss of the Pregnane X Receptor in chondrichthyans sheds light into the early evolution of detoxification mechanisms in gnathostomes.". Paper presented in 31st ESCPB congress - European Society of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
  11. Corado, Francisca; Ruivo, Raquel; Machado, André; Fonseca, Elza; Santos, Miguel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "PPARg evolution in teleosts: gene duplication, retention, and loss.". Paper presented in 31st ESCPB congress - European Society of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
  12. Ana Capitão; MónicaLopes-Marques; Raquel Ruivo; Nicolau Mendiratta; Fonseca, ESS; Filipe Castro (941D-C777-CC18). "The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus is a target of the model obesogen tributyltin: an in vitro and in vivo study.". Paper presented in 31st ESCPB congress - European Society of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
  13. Fonseca, Elza; Ruivo, Raquel; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Fonseca, Miguel; Machado, André; Santos, Miguel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "The "Neglected": the "insightful" repertoire of nuclear receptors in Protostomes". Paper presented in 7th meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED), 2018.
  14. Lopes-Marques, Mónica; CAPITÃO, ANA; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Santos, Miguel; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "Structural and Molecular Underpinnings of Variable Obesogen Sensitivity in Vertebrates". Paper presented in 18º Portugaliae Genetica, 2018.
  15. Inês Mendes; Ricardo Franco Duarte; Lan Umek; Fonseca, ESS; João Drumonde Neves; Sylvie Dequin; Blaz Zupan; Dorit Elisabeth Schuller. "The phenotypic landscape of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain collection". Paper presented in 13th International Congress on Yeasts “Yeasts for Sustainable Future”, 2012.
    10.13140/2.1.4568.4488
Journal article
  1. Araújo, Mário Jorge; Vazquez, María; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura; Moreda-Piñeiro, Antonio; Fonseca, Elza; Mallo, Natalia; Pinheiro, Ivone; et al. "Diving into the metabolic interactions of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in “Sparus aurata” and “Ruditapes philippinarum”". Environmental Pollution 360 (2024): 124665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124665.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124665
  2. Antonio Casas-Rodríguez; Concepción Medrano-Padial; Angeles Jos; Ana M. Cameán; Alexandre Campos; Elza Fonseca. "Characterization of NR1J1 Paralog Responses of Marine Mussels: Insights from Toxins and Natural Activators". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25126287.
    10.3390/ijms25126287
  3. Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Fonseca, Elza; Riccardi, Nicoletta; Hinzmann, Mariana; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Froufe, Elsa. "The transcriptome assembly of the European freshwater mussel Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825". Scientific Data 11 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03226-y.
    10.1038/s41597-024-03226-y
  4. Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Domingues, Marcos; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Froufe, Elsa; Deyanova, Diana; Franco, João N.; C. Castro, L. Filipe. "An historical "wreck": A transcriptome assembly of the naval shipworm, Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1978". Marine Genomics 74 (2024): 101097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2024.101097.
    Published • 10.1016/j.margen.2024.101097
  5. Angelica Miglioli; Elza Fonseca; Lydia Besnardeau; Laura Canesi; Michael Schubert; Rémi Dumollard. "First characterization of the nuclear receptor superfamily in the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis : developmental expression dynamics and potential susceptibility to environmental chemicals". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0500.
    10.1098/rstb.2022.0500
  6. Pinto, Bernardo; Machado, André M.; Cordeiro, J. Miguel; Kolbadinezhad, Salman Malakpour; Fonseca, Elza; Andrade, José Pedro; Palma, Jorge; et al. "Extensive gene loss parallels kidney aglomerulism in Syngnathidae". Current Biology 33 20 (2023): R1044-R1046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.045.
    10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.045
  7. Elza Fonseca; María Vázquez; Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo; Natalia Mallo; Ivone Pinheiro; Maria Lígia Sousa; Santiago Cabaleiro; et al. "Getting fat and stressed: Effects of dietary intake of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in the liver of turbot Scophthalmus maximus". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131915.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131915
  8. Araújo, Mário J.; Sousa, Maria L.; Fonseca, Elza; Felpeto, Aldo Barreiro; Martins, José Carlos; Vázquez, María; Mallo, Natalia; et al. "Proteomics reveals multiple effects of titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles in the metabolism of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus". Chemosphere 308 (2022): 136110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136110.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136110
  9. Inês Páscoa; Elza Fonseca; Renato Ferraz; André M. Machado; Francisca Conrado; Raquel Ruivo; Isabel Cunha; Luís Filipe C. Castro. "The Preservation of PPAR¿ Genome Duplicates in Some Teleost Lineages: Insights into Lipid Metabolism and Xenobiotic Exploitation". Genes (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13010107.
    10.3390/genes13010107
  10. Mário Jorge Araújo; Maria Lígia Sousa; Aldo Barreiro Felpeto; Maria V. Turkina; Elza Fonseca; José Carlos Martins; Vítor Vasconcelos; Alexandre Campos. "Comparison of Sample Preparation Methods for Shotgun Proteomic Studies in Aquaculture Species". Proteomes (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes9040046.
    10.3390/proteomes9040046
  11. Fonseca, Elza; Machado, André M.; Vilas-Arrondo, Nair; Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Veríssimo, Ana; Esteves, Pedro; Almeida, Tereza; et al. "Cartilaginous fishes offer unique insights into the evolution of the nuclear receptor gene repertoire in gnathostomes". General and Comparative Endocrinology 295 (2020): 113527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113527.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113527
  12. Capitão, Ana; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Páscoa, Inês; Ruivo, Raquel; Mendiratta, Nicolau; Fonseca, Elza; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Santos, Miguel Machado. "The Echinodermata PPAR: Functional characterization and exploitation by the model lipid homeostasis regulator tributyltin". Environmental Pollution 263 (2020): 114467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114467.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114467
  13. Machado, André M.; Muñoz-Merida, Antonio; Fonseca, Elza; Veríssimo, Ana; Pinto, Rui; Felício, Mónica; da Fonseca, Rute R.; Froufe, Elsa; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Liver transcriptome resources of four commercially exploited teleost species". Scientific Data 7 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0565-9.
    Published • 10.1038/s41597-020-0565-9
  14. Fonseca, Elza; Raquel Ruivo; Débora Borges; João N. Franco; Miguel M. Santos; L. Filipe C. Castro. "Of Retinoids and Organotins: The Evolution of the Retinoid X Receptor in Metazoa". Biomolecules 10 4 (2020): 594. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10040594.
    Published • 10.3390/biom10040594
  15. Elza S. S. Fonseca; Youhei Hiromori; Yoshifumi Kaite; Raquel Ruivo; João N. Franco; Tsuyoshi Nakanishi; Miguel M. Santos; L. Filipe C. Castro. "An Orthologue of the Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR) Is Present in the Ecdysozoa Phylum Priapulida". Genes 10 12 (2019): 985-985. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10120985.
    10.3390/genes10120985
  16. Barbosa, Mélanie Audrey Gomes; Capela, Ricardo; Rodolfo, Jorge; Fonseca, Elza; Montes, Rosa; André, Ana; Capitão, Ana; et al. "Linking chemical exposure to lipid homeostasis: A municipal waste water treatment plant influent is obesogenic for zebrafish larvae". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 182 (2019): 109406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109406.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109406
  17. Lee MC; Fonseca E; Park JC; Yoon DS; Choi H; Kim M; Han J; et al. "Tributyltin Affects Retinoid X Receptor-Mediated Lipid Metabolism in the Marine Rotifer Brachionus koreanus.". Environmental science & technology (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31244070.
    10.1021/acs.est.9b01359
  18. Fonseca, Elza S. S.; Ruivo, Raquel; Machado, André M.; Conrado, Francisca; Tay, Boon-Hui; Venkatesh, Byrappa; Santos, Miguel M.; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Evolutionary Plasticity in Detoxification Gene Modules: The Preservation and Loss of the Pregnane X Receptor in Chondrichthyes Lineages". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20 9 (2019): 2331. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092331.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms20092331
  19. André, Ana; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Froufe, Elsa; Castro, L. Filipe C.; Santos, Miguel M.. "The retinoic acid receptor (RAR) in molluscs: Function, evolution and endocrine disruption insights". Aquatic Toxicology 208 (2019): 80-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.01.002.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.01.002
  20. Capitão AMF; Lopes-Marques MS; Ishii Y; Ruivo R; Fonseca ESS; Páscoa I; Jorge RP; et al. "Evolutionary Exploitation of Vertebrate Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor ¿ by Organotins.". Environmental science & technology 52 23 (2018): 13951-13959. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30398865.
    10.1021/acs.est.8b04399
  21. Machado AM; Tørresen OK; Kabeya N; Couto A; Petersen B; Felício M; Campos PF; et al. ""Out of the Can": A Draft Genome Assembly, Liver Transcriptome, and Nutrigenomics of the European Sardine, Sardina pilchardus.". Genes (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30304855.
    10.3390/genes9100485
  22. Santos, M.M.; Ruivo, R.; Capitão, A.; Fonseca, E.; Castro, L.F.C.. "Identifying the gaps: Resources and perspectives on the use of nuclear receptor based-assays to improve hazard assessment of emerging contaminants". Journal of Hazardous Materials 358 (2018): 508-511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.04.076.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.04.076
  23. Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Machado, André M.; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Carvalho, Estela; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Expansion, retention and loss in the Acyl-CoA synthetase "Bubblegum" ( Acsbg ) gene family in vertebrate history". Gene 664 (2018): 111-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.058.
    Published • 10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.058
  24. Machado, André M.; Felício, Mónica; Fonseca, Elza; da Fonseca, Rute R.; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "A resource for sustainable management: De novo assembly and annotation of the liver transcriptome of the Atlantic chub mackerel, Scomber colias". Data in Brief 18 (2018): 276-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.013.
    Published • 10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.013
  25. Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Ruivo, Raquel; Fonseca, Elza; Teixeira, Ana; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "Unusual loss of chymosin in mammalian lineages parallels neo-natal immune transfer strategies". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 116 (2017): 78-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.014.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.014
  26. Fonseca, Elza; Ruivo, Raquel; Lopes-Marques, Mónica; Zhang, Huixian; Santos, Miguel M.; Venkatesh, Byrappa; Castro, L. Filipe C.. "LXRa and LXRß nuclear receptors evolved in the common ancestor of gnathostomes". Genome Biology and Evolution 9 1 (2017): 222-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw305.
    Published • 10.1093/gbe/evw305
  27. Fonseca, Elza; Silva, Sónia; Rodrigues, Célia Fortuna; Alves, Carlos Tiago; Azeredo, Joana; Henriques, Mariana. "Effects of fluconazole onCandida glabratabiofilms and its relationship with ABC transporter gene expression". Biofouling 30 4 (2014): 447-457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2014.886108.
    Published • 10.1080/08927014.2014.886108
  28. Mendes, Inês; Franco-Duarte, Ricardo; Umek, Lan; Fonseca, Elza; Drumonde-Neves, João; Dequin, Sylvie; Zupan, Blaz; Schuller, Dorit. "Computational Models for Prediction of Yeast Strain Potential for Winemaking from Phenotypic Profiles". PLoS ONE 8 7 (2013): e66523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066523.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0066523
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fonseca, Elza. "Nuclear Receptors in Metazoan lineages: the cross-talk between Evolution and Endocrine Disruption". 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/129419.
  2. Fonseca, Elza. "Resistance mechanisms of Candida glabrata biofilmes to fluconazole". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/28653.

Other

Other output
  1. Expansion, retention and loss in the Acyl-CoA Synthetase “Bubblegum” (Acsbg) gene family in vertebrate history. 2018. Lopes-Marques, M.; Machado, A.M.; Ruivo, R.; Fonseca, E.; Carvalho, E.; Castro, L.F.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095519139&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/288530
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/07 Dietary exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles induces metabolic alterations and oxidative stress in turbot, "Scophthalmus Maximus" 16 th International Conference on Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials
University of Plymouth (Plymouth, United Kingdom)
2023/05/12 Nuclear receptors and the mussels that “don’t get better with butter” Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP2023)
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/02/18 Molecular effects of Titanium and Silver nanoparticles in turbot (In Portuguese) NANOCULTURE project Webinar: "As nanopartículas em aquacultura: devemos preocupar-nos?"
CIIMAR & INL (Online, Portugal)
2019/10/04 Nuclear Receptors in Metazoan lineages: When Evolution meets Disruption (In English) Neptune Seminar Series
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/06 - 2024/07/17 The 2DBD-Nuclear Receptors as Targets for the Development of Antischistosomal Drugs
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12/05 Expression of the nuclear receptors NR1J1, CYP and ABCB1 genes in marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis, mediated by food regime and Okadaic Acid exposure
Co-supervisor
 Contaminação e Toxicologia Ambientais (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/09/14 - 2023/07 Nuclear Receptors at Evolutionary crossroads: from phylogeny to physiology
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/02/09 - 2022/07/10 Toxicity assessment of silver nanoparticles using in vitro models
Supervisor
 Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology (Degree)
Vellore Institute of Technology Periyar Central Library, India
2021/10/20 - 2022/07/04 Expression and molecular function of xenobiotic nuclear receptors (XNR) in Mytilus galloprovincialis
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/10/20 - 2022/07/04 Expression and molecular function of xenobiotic nuclear receptors (XNR) in Ruditapes decussatus
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/01/11 - 2022/06/22 Ecotoxicology of nanoparticles in aquatic organisms
Co-supervisor
 Master in Sciences, Technologies and Health mention Biotechnologies parcours Applied Blue Technology (Master)
La Rochelle Université, France

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/12/03 - 2024/12/06 Workshop "Principles of High-throughput Proteomics Research Course" (3ECTS)
Workshop
 Principles of High-throughput Proteomics Research Course
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Linköpings universitet Institutionen för klinisk och experimentell medicin, Sweden

Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2024/11/21 - 2024/11/21 Lecture on "Women in Science: Profile and Research". Public: Highschool teachers and students from the Agrupamento de Escolas D. Maria II (Braga, Portugal)
Festival
 Science and Technology Culture Week 2024
Ciência Viva, Portugal

Agrupamento de Escolas D. Maria II, Portugal
2024/09/22 - 2024/09/22 CIIMAR Open Day: development and demonstration of outreach activities for the general public, with a focus on children, on the topics of evolution, phylogeny, and environmental toxicology. CIIMAR Open Day, held on September 22nd 2024, is a science communication and outreach event with over 20 000 participants.
Exhibition
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/10/28 - 2023/10/28 Participation in Traversing European Ecosystems (TREC) expedition outreach activities (volunteer).
Exhibition
 Traversing European Ecosystems (TREC) expedition
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/09/17 - 2023/09/17 CIIMAR Open Day: development and demonstration of outreach activities for the general public, with a focus on children, on the topics of evolution, phylogeny, and environmental toxicology. CIIMAR Open Day, held on September 17th 2023, is a science communication and outreach event with over 20 000 participants.
Exhibition
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/09/12 - 2023/09/12 International Conference in Marine Biotechnology; Attendance
Conference
 International Conference in Marine Biotechnology
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/09/05 - 2023/09/08 Attendance and oral presentation
Conference
 16 th International Conference on Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
2023/04/20 - 2023/04/23 20ª Mostra da Universidade do Porto; Dissemination of CIIMAR mission to the general public: research activities, training, technological development at the Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar, Porto, Portugal.
Exhibition
 20ª Mostra da UP
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2023/01/13 - 2023/01/13 Oral presentation; Title: "Os mexilhões de água doce (The freshwater mussels)"; Target public: children between 8 and 9 years old and their teachers.
Other
 Encontro com o Cientista na Escola Ciência Viva Gaia
Escola Ciência Viva, Portugal
2022/11/28 - 2022/12/02 Workshop "RNAseq in non-model organisms"; Participation (30 hours, 1 ECTS)
Workshop
 Physalia Courses - RNAseq in non-model organisms
2022/10/06 - 2022/10/06 Fire Safety Training; Participation Fire Safety Training
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/09/18 - 2022/09/18 CIIMAR Open Day: development and demonstration of outreach activities for the general public, with a focus on children, on the topics of evolution, phylogeny, and environmental toxicology. CIIMAR Open Day, held on September 18th 2022, is a science communication and outreach event with over 20 000 participants.
Exhibition
 Dia Aberto do CIIMAR 2022
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/24 Workshop "Summer school in Bioinformatics", Participation (30 hours, 1 ECTS)
Workshop
 Physalia Courses - Summer school in Bioinformatics
2021/10/04 - 2021/10/07 Aquaculture Europe 2021; Participation
Conference
 Aquaculture Europe 2021
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2020/01/15 - 2020/01/15 BOGA Biosafety Initial Training (FIB-BOGA); Participation
Workshop
 BOGA Biosafety Initial Training (FIB-BOGA)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/09/09 - 2018/09/12 31st Congress of the New European Society of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology; Participation 31st ESCPB Congress
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/07/19 - 2017/07/22 ¿S¿ummer ¿S¿chool on Marine Sampling; Participation This ¿S¿ummer ¿S¿chool is open to ¿members of ¿¿the BLUEandGREEN project that are interested in learning about field sampling¿ ¿strategies in marine biotechnology. ¿The Summer School programme include¿s¿ both Lectures ¿and Practical Lessons on: legal¿ ¿aspects of marine sampling¿;¿ ¿biodiversity, ¿techniques used for field-work, sampling¿ ¿through ¿Scientific ¿¿D¿iving¿.
Workshop
 ¿S¿ummer ¿S¿chool on Marine Sampling
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/03/17 - 2016/03/20 14ª Mostra da Universidade do Porto
Exhibition
 14ª Mostra UP
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015/07/22 - 2015/07/29 Advanced Course: 9th Advanced Study Course on Optical Chemical Sensors and Biosensors; Participation (3 ECTS)
Workshop
 ASCOS 2015
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2011/07/20 - 2011/07/27 44th World Congress of Vine and Wine; Attendance
Congress
 XXXIV World Congress of Wine and Vine
Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin, France
2011/05/30 - 2011/06/01 XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética; Attendence
Congress
 XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07/08 - 2024/07/08 Toxics (2305-6304)
2023/10/06 - 2024/07/04 Journal of Hazardous Materials (1873-3336) Elsevier
2024/05/27 - 2024/05/27 Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X )
2024/05/02 - 2024/05/02 General and Comparative Endocrinology (1095-6840)
2024/03/06 - 2024/04/02 Aquaculture Reports (2352-5134)
2022/09/19 - 2023/06/12 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (0960-0760) Elsevier

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/09/10 - 2024/09/11 The Blue Think Conference 2024 BTC is an annual meeting organised by the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) PhD Students’ Committee. Our aim is to gather all students affiliated with our institute in a casual and relaxed environment to share the outputs of our works. We welcome everyone to attend, hear and discuss the work developed by CIIMAR students.
Evaluator
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27 The Blue Think Conference 2022 BTC is an annual meeting organised by the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) PhD Students Committee. Our aim is to gather all students affiliated with our institute in a casual and relaxed environment to share the outputs of our works. We welcome everyone to attend, hear and discuss the work developed by CIIMAR students.
Evaluator
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/09/14 - 2022/10/10 Evaluation of candidates for a fellowship (BI) vacancy within the project EdgeOmics - Freshwater Bivalves at the edge: Adaptation genomics under climate-change scenarios (Ref: PTDC/CTA-AMB/3065/2) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/10/08 - 2021/10/09 Evaluation of candidates for a researcher contract vacancy within the project CIGUA - The rise of toxic tropical and subtropical marine dinoflagellates Gambierdiscus spp: distribution, ciguatoxins trophic transfer and risk of ciguatera fish poisoning (Ref: PTDC/CTA-AMB/30557/2017) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 BTC2024 Best Poster in Biology, Aquaculture ans Seafood Quality
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023 CIIMAR Nautilus Awards – The most cited article in the media
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015 Bolsa de estudo por mérito (2011-2013)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 Prémio Caixa Geral de Depósitos (2008/2009)
Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Mobility Scholarship to France, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV)
Instituto Francês de Portugal, Portugal