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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Duque

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
141B-84F8-E811
Education
Degree Classification
1994/09 - 1998/12
Concluded
PhD in Biology - Physiology and Biochemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Respiratory metabolism during cold storage of apple fruit" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Distinção e Louvor (unanimidade) - Summa cum laude
1993/09 - 1994/08
Concluded
Curricular component of the Gulbenkian PhD Program in Biology and Medicine - PGDBM (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1988/09 - 1993/09
Concluded
5-year degree in Plant Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench: Studies on photosynthesis and sucrose synthase and sucrose phosphate synthase as regulating enzymes of sucrose metabolism" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/10/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2024/09/30 Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2005/08/31 Postdoc (Research) The Rockefeller University, United States
Konarska Lab, United States
1999/10/01 - 2002/12/31 Postdoc (Research) The Rockefeller University, United States
Chua Lab , United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2005/09/01 - 2005/12/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Queens College, United States

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
1998/09/01 - 1999/08/31 Science Teacher Escola Básica 2,3 da Ramada, Portugal
1994/09/01 - 1998/12/10 PhD Student Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1994 - 1995 Visiting PhD Student New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, New Zealand
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/04/01 - 2025/03/31 Uncovering molecular determinants of plant stress tolerance
CEECIND/02655/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Novel molecular players in plant tolerance to abiotic stress
IF/01423/2013
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/04/01 - 2013/03/31 Regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana
itqb2007/nar/012
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/07/01 - 2007/12/31 Alternative Splicing in Developmental Control and Stress Response in Arabidopsis thaliana
SFRH/BI/15995/2006
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999/10/01 - 2002/09/30 ABA signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana
PRAXIS XXI/BPD/20190/99
Post-doc Fellow
The Rockefeller University, United States
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1994/09/01 - 1998/08/31 Respiratory metabolism during cold storage of apple fruit
PRAXIS XXI/BD/9784/96
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1993/09/01 - 1994/08/31 Curricular component of PhD Program
BD/9784
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Ministério da Educação
Concluded
1993/04/01 - 1993/08/31 Bitter pit in apple fruit
JNICT-BJI
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
JNICT - Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
Concluded
1992/10/01 - 1993/03/31 Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench: Studies on photosynthesis and sucrose synthase and sucrose phosphate synthase as regulating enzymes of sucrose metabolism
ERASMUS-EU
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universität zu Köln Botanisches Institut, Germany
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future (team member)
LA/P/0087/2020
Other
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

iNOVA4Health, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 A splicing factor regulating seed size and stress response during germination (PI)
PTDC/ASP-PLA/2550/2021
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Bioresources 4 Sustainability (team member)
UID/Multi/04551/2019
Other
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30 Characterization of a putative gibberellin exporter in arabidopsis and rice (Co-PI)
2022.03584.PTDC
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/28 - 2024/03/27 Translational regulation of a plant heavy metal transporter by upstream Open Reading Frames (uORFs) (Co-PI)
PTDC/ASP-PLA/6105/2020
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Heterogeneous expression in isomorphic male gametes - a single cell transcriptomics approach to explore preferential fertilization in Arabidopsis thaliana (Co-PI)
PTDC/BIA-FBT/28484/2017
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/08/01 - 2022/07/31 Molecular mechanisms of energy management in plants (Co-PI)
PTDC/BIA-FBT/28128/2017
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10 - 2022/06/30 Role of alternative splicing in cell expansion and plant growth under abiotic stress (Co-PI)
PTDC/BIA-BID/30608/2017
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/06/14 - 2021/06/13 Posttranscriptional regulation of ABA-dependent stress responses during early plant development (PI)
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-031018
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Alternative Splicing and SR Proteins in ABA-mediated Stress Responses (PI)
PTDC/BIA-PLA/1084/2014
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2015/12/31 Molecular characterization of a novel RNA-binding protein conferring salt and drought tolerance during seed germination (PI)
PTDC/AGR-PRO/119058/2010
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/04/01 - 2015/07/31 Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters in the context of modern agriculture constraints: Exploratory studies (Co-PI)
EXPL/AGR-PRO/1013/2013
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Resistance to pesticides and other chemical stresses of agricultural interest: Role of plant Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters (PI)
PTDC/AGR-AAM/102967/2008
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/07/01 - 2011/12/31 Alternative splicing of an Arabidopsis RING E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in plant stress and development (PI)
PTDC/AGR-GPL/70345/2006
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2010/12/31 Alternative splicing in plant development and stress response (PI)
POCI/DG/BIA/82009/2006
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/07/01 - 2010/06/30 Herbicide resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana: Role of plant multidrug resistance transporters (PI)
PTDC/AGR-AAM/67858/2006
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/01/01 - 2007/12/31 Alternative splicing in developmental control and stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana (PI)
IRG-029143
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula; Henriques, Rossana. Corresponding author: Henriques, Rossana. "Assessing abscisic acid-mediated changes in stomatal aperture through high-quality leaf impressions". In Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods and Protocols, edited by Duque, Paula; Szakonyi, Dora. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2022.
    Published
  2. Albuquerque-Martins, Rui; Díez, Alba R.; Szakonyi, Dora; Duque, Paula. Corresponding author: Duque, Paula. "Assessing postgermination development in Arabidopsis thaliana under abiotic stress". In Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods and Protocols, edited by Duque, Paula; Szakonyi, Dora. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2022.
    Published
  3. Martín, Guiomar; Duque, Paula. Corresponding author: Duque, Paula. "Etiolated Hypocotyls: A new system to study the impact of abiotic stress on cell expansion". In Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods and Protocols, edited by Duque, Paula; Szakonyi, Dora. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2022.
    Published
  4. Remy, Estelle; Duque, Paula. Corresponding author: Duque, Paula. "Assessing tolerance to heavy-metal stress in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings". In Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods and Protocols, edited by Paula Duque, 197-208. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2016.
    Published
  5. Carvalho, Raquel F.; Nunes, Vera S.; Duque, Paula. "Plant RNA-binding proteins implicate mRNA processing in abscisic acid (ABA) responses". In New Developments in Alternative Splicing Research, edited by S. DiMaggio; E. Braschi, 27-48. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2013.
    Published
  6. Remy, Estelle; Cabrito, Tânia R.; Teixeira, Miguel C.; Duque, Paula; Sá-Correia, Isabel. "Resistance to herbicides in the model organisms Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Arabidopsis thaliana: the involvement of multidrug resistance transporters". In Herbicides and Environment, edited by A. Kortekamp, 623-640. Vienna, Austria: InTech, 2011.
    Published
  7. Duque, Paula; Sánchez, Juan-Pablo; Chua, Nam-Hai. "Signaling and the cytoskeleton in guard cells". In The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development, edited by P. J. Hussey, 290-317. Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell, 2004.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods and Protocols. New York, United States: Springer New York. 2022.
    In press • Editor
  2. Paula Duque. Environmental Responses in Plants, Methods and Protocols. New York, United States: Springer. 2016.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Godinho, Diogo P.; Yanez, Romana J. R.; Duque, Paula. Corresponding author: Duque, Paula. "Pathogen-responsive alternative splicing in plant immunity". Trends in Plant Science (2024):
    Open access • Accepted
  2. Díez, Alba R.; Szakonyi, Dóra; Lozano-Juste, Jorge; Duque, Paula. "Alternative splicing as a driver of natural variation in abscisic acid response". The Plant Journal 119 1 (2024): 9-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16773.
    Published • 10.1111/tpj.16773
  3. Laloum, Tom; Carvalho, Sofia D.; Martín, Guiomar; Richardson, Dale N.; Cruz, Tiago M. D.; Carvalho, Raquel F.; Stecca, Kevin L.; et al. Corresponding author: Paula Duque. "The SCL30a SR protein regulates ABA-dependent seed traits and germination under stress". Plant, Cell & Environment 46 7 (2023): 2112-2127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.14593.
    Published • 10.1111/pce.14593
  4. Albuquerque-Martins, Rui; Szakonyi, Dóra; Rowe, James; Jones, Alexander M.; Paula Duque. Corresponding author: Paula Duque. "ABA signaling prevents phosphodegradation of the SR45 splicing factor to alleviate inhibition of early seedling development in Arabidopsis". Plant Communications 4 2 (2023): 100495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100495.
    Published • 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100495
  5. Martín, Guiomar; Duque, Paula. "Tailoring Photomorphogenic Markers to Organ Growth Dynamics". Plant Physiology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab083.
    10.1093/plphys/kiab083
  6. Serrazina, Susana; Machado, Helena; Costa, Rita Lourenço; Duque, Paula; Malhó, Rui. "Expression of Castanea crenata Allene Oxide Synthase in Arabidopsis Improves the Defense to Phytophthora cinnamomi". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.628697.
    10.3389/fpls.2021.628697
  7. Martín, Guiomar; Márquez, Yamile; Mantica, Federica; Duque, Paula; Irimia, Manuel. "Alternative splicing landscapes in Arabidopsis thaliana across tissues and stress conditions highlight major functional differences with animals". Genome Biology 22 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02258-y.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s13059-020-02258-y
  8. Melo, JP; Kalyna, M; Duque, P. "Current Challenges in Studying Alternative Splicing in Plants: The Case of Physcomitrella patens SR Proteins". Frontiers in Plant Science 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00286.
    Open access • 10.3389/fpls.2020.00286
  9. Niño-González, M; Novo-Uzal, E; Richardson, DN; Barros, PM; Duque, P. "More Transporters, More Substrates: The Arabidopsis Major Facilitator Superfamily Revisited". Molecular Plant 12 9 (2019): 1182-1202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.07.003.
    10.1016/j.molp.2019.07.003
  10. Szakonyi, D; Confraria, A; Valerio, C; Duque, P; Staiger, D. "Editorial: Plant RNA Biology". Frontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00887.
    10.3389/fpls.2019.00887
  11. Szakonyi, D; Duque, P. "Alternative Splicing as a Regulator of Early Plant Development". Frontiers in Plant Science 9 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01174.
    10.3389/fpls.2018.01174
  12. Laloum, T; Martín, G; Duque, P. "Alternative Splicing Control of Abiotic Stress Responses". Trends in Plant Science 23 2 (2018): 140-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2017.09.019.
    10.1016/j.tplants.2017.09.019
  13. Remy, E; Niño-González, M; Godinho, CP; Cabrito, TR; Teixeira, MC; Sá-Correia, I; Duque, P. "Heterologous expression of the yeast Tpo1p or Pdr5p membrane transporters in Arabidopsis confers plant xenobiotic tolerance". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): 4529. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04534-7.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41598-017-04534-7
  14. Ling, Y; Alshareef, S; Butt, H; Lozano-Juste, J; Li, L; Galal, AA; Moustafa, A; et al. "Pre-mRNA splicing repression triggers abiotic stress signaling in plants". The Plant Journal 89 2 (2017): 291-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13383.
    10.1111/tpj.13383
  15. Carvalho, RF; Szakonyi, D; Simpson, CG; Barbosa, ICR; Brown, JWS; Baena-González, E; Duque, P. "The Arabidopsis SR45 Splicing Factor, a Negative Regulator of Sugar Signaling, Modulates SNF1-Related Protein Kinase 1 Stability". The Plant Cell 28 8 (2016): 1910-1925. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.16.00301.
    10.1105/tpc.16.00301
  16. Remy, E; Cabrito, TR; Batista, RA; Teixeira, MC; Sá-Correia, I; Duque, P. "The Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter ZIFL2 Modulates Cesium and Potassium Homeostasis in Arabidopsis". Plant and Cell Physiology 56 1 (2014): 148-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcu157.
    10.1093/pcp/pcu157
  17. Cruz, TMD; Carvalho, RF; Richardson, DN; Duque, P. "Abscisic Acid (ABA) Regulation of Arabidopsis SR Protein Gene Expression". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 15 10 (2014): 17541-17564. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms151017541.
    Open access • 10.3390/ijms151017541
  18. Remy, E; Cabrito, TR; Batista, RA; Hussein, MAM; Teixeira, MC; Athanasiadis, A; Sá-Correia, I; Duque, P. "Intron Retention in the 5'UTR of the Novel ZIF2 Transporter Enhances Translation to Promote Zinc Tolerance in Arabidopsis". PLoS Genetics 10 5 (2014): e1004375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004375.
    Open access • 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004375
  19. Remy, E; Duque, P. "Beyond cellular detoxification: a plethora of physiological roles for MDR transporter homologs in plants". Frontiers in Physiology 5 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00201.
    Open access • 10.3389/fphys.2014.00201
  20. Remy, E; Baster, P; Friml, J; Duque, P. "ZIFL1.1 transporter modulates polar auxin transport by stabilizing membrane abundance of multiple PINs inArabidopsisroot tip". Plant Signaling & Behavior 8 10 (2013): e25688. http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/psb.25688.
    10.4161/psb.25688
  21. Remy, E; Cabrito, TR; Baster, P; Batista, RA; Teixeira, MC; Friml, J; Sá-Correia, I; Duque, P. "A Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter Plays a Dual Role in Polar Auxin Transport and Drought Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis". The Plant Cell 25 3 (2013): 901-926. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.110353.
    10.1105/tpc.113.110353
  22. Carvalho, SD; Saraiva, R; Maia, TM; Abreu, IA; Duque, P. "XBAT35, a Novel Arabidopsis RING E3 Ligase Exhibiting Dual Targeting of Its Splice Isoforms, Is Involved in Ethylene-Mediated Regulation of Apical Hook Curvature". Molecular Plant 5 6 (2012): 1295-1309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mp/sss048.
    10.1093/mp/sss048
  23. Carvalho, RF; Feijão, CV; Duque, P. "On the physiological significance of alternative splicing events in higher plants". Protoplasma 250 3 (2012): 639-650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00709-012-0448-9.
    10.1007/s00709-012-0448-9
  24. Remy, E; Cabrito, TR; Batista, RA; Teixeira, MC; Sá-Correia, I; Duque, P. "The Pht1;9 and Pht1;8 transporters mediate inorganic phosphate acquisition by the Arabidopsis thaliana root during phosphorus starvation". New Phytologist 195 2 (2012): 356-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04167.x.
    10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04167.x
  25. Duque, P. "A role for SR proteins in plant stress responses". Plant Signaling & Behavior 6 1 (2011): 49-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/psb.6.1.14063.
    10.4161/psb.6.1.14063
  26. Carvalho, RF; Carvalho, SD; Duque, P. "The Plant-Specific SR45 Protein Negatively Regulates Glucose and ABA Signaling during Early Seedling Development in Arabidopsis". Plant Physiology 154 2 (2010): 772-783. http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.110.155523.
    10.1104/pp.110.155523
  27. Carvalho, IS; Cavaco, T; Carvalho, LM; Duque, P. "Effect of photoperiod on flavonoid pathway activity in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) leaves". Food Chemistry 118 2 (2010): 384-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.05.005.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.05.005
  28. Cabrito, TR; Teixeira, MC; Duarte, AA; Duque, P; Sá-Correia, I. "Heterologous expression of a Tpo1 homolog from Arabidopsis thaliana confers resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D and other chemical stresses in yeast". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 84 5 (2009): 927-936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-009-2025-5.
    10.1007/s00253-009-2025-5
  29. Teixeira, MC; Duque, P; Sá-Correia, I. "Environmental genomics: mechanistic insights into toxicity of and resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D". Trends in Biotechnology 25 8 (2007): 363-370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.06.002.
    10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.06.002
  30. Duque, P. "Splicing alternativo e diversidade proteómica na resposta ao stress em plantas". Boletim de Biotecnologia 85 (2006): 8-14.
    Published
  31. Sánchez, J-P; Duque, P; Chua, N-H. "ABA activates ADPR cyclase and cADPR induces a subset of ABA-responsive genes inArabidopsis". The Plant Journal 38 3 (2004): 381-395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02055.x.
    10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02055.x
  32. Kameoka, S; Duque, P; Konarska, MM. "p54nrb associates with the 5' splice site within large transcription/splicing complexes". The EMBO Journal 23 8 (2004): 1782-1791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7600187.
    10.1038/sj.emboj.7600187
  33. Duque, P; Chua, N-H. "IMB1, a bromodomain protein induced during seed imbibition, regulates ABA- and phyA-mediated responses of germination inArabidopsis". The Plant Journal 35 6 (2003): 787-799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01848.x.
    10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01848.x
  34. Duque, P; Barreiro, MG; Arrabaca, JD. "Respiratory metabolism during cold storage of apple fruit. I. Sucrose metabolism and glycolysis". Physiologia Plantarum 107 1 (1999): 14-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100103.x.
    10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100103.x
  35. Duque, P; Arrabaca, JD. "Respiratory metabolism during cold storage of apple fruit. II. Alternative oxidase is induced at the climacteric". Physiologia Plantarum 107 1 (1999): 24-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100104.x.
    10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100104.x
Journal issue
  1. Szakonyi, Dóra; Confraria, Ana; Valerio, Concetta; Duque, Paula; Staiger, Dorothee. "Plant RNA Biology". Frontiers in Plant Science (2019): https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6587/plant-rna-biology.
    Published
  2. Sá-Correia, Isabel; Duque, Paula; Teixeira, Miguel C.; Ferreira, Marta. "Physiological role and regulation of Multidrug/Multixenobiotic resistance transporters". Frontiers in Physiology (2014): https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/1832/physiological-role-and-regulation-of-multidrugmultixenobiotic-resistance-membrane-transporters.
    Published • Coeditor
Newspaper article
  1. Duque, Paula; Barreto, VM. "Dos equívocos sobre as plantas transgénicas", Público, 2021, https://www.publico.pt/2021/03/26/ciencia/noticia/equivocos-plantas-transgenicas-1954473.
Preprint
  1. Laloum, Tom; Martín, Guiomar; Lewinski, Martin; Yanez, Romana J. R.; Köster, Tino; Staiger, Dorothee; Duque, Paula. "An Arabidopsis SR protein relieving ABA inhibition of seedling establishment represses ABA-responsive alternative splicing". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.19.572415.
    10.1101/2023.12.19.572415

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Isabel Sá-Correia; Tânia Cabrito; Miguel Cacho Teixeira; Estelle Remy; Paula Duque. 2013. "Utilização de um gene que confere resistência a xenobióticos em plantas". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/25 A engenharia genética, a fome no mundo e a sustentabilidade do planeta (talk for the general public) Serões do Contraforte
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/06/10 Searas Novas: a ciência ao serviço da alimentação e sustentabilidade global (talk for the general public) Feira do Livro
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/06/04 Fine-tuning early plant growth: Posttranscriptional control of ABA responses Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Halle, Germany)
2024/05/20 Desafios globais, soluções moleculares: a biologia das plantas no combate à fome no mundo (talk for high-school students) International Fascination of Plants Day
Escola Secundária Camilo Castelo Branco (Carnaxide, Portugal)
2024/03/11 Decoding RNA-based control of ABA-mediated early plant development PlantACT! Spearheading Plant Science Solution for Climate Crisis
Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany)
2023/11/30 Talk for high-school students from Escola EB2,3/S Aquilino Ribeiro
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2023/10/11 Talk for elementary-school teachers
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2023/07/12 Posttranscriptional control of ABA-mediated early plant development and stress response Plant Biology 2023
(Braga, Portugal)
2023/05/03 Talk for high-school students
Escola Secundária de Miraflores (Algés, Portugal)
2023/04/17 Talk for elementary-school students
Escola Básica Gomes Freire de Andrade (Oeiras, Portugal)
2023/03/22 Uncovering the roles of alternative splicing and membrane transport in plant stress tolerance 1st LS4FUTURE General Meeting
(Vimeiro, Portugal)
2023/01/27 RNA-based control of early plant development IXth National RNA Meeting: ptRNA2023
IMM (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11/30 Talk for elementary-school teachers
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/11/23 Talk for elementary-school teachers
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/11/22 A biologia molecular de plantas e o combate às alterações climáticas e à fome no mundo (talk for high-school students)
Escola Secundária Sebastião e Silva (Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/10/14 Talk for high-school students FICA - International Science Festival
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/06/28 A importância da investigação em plantas (talk for high-school students)
Colégio Park (Alfragide, Portugal)
2022/03/27 Talk for university students Co-Life Hackaton
Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/03/13 Talk for the general public Concertos música e ciência
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/01/27 A biologia molecular de plantas no IGC (talk for high-school students)
Escola Secundária Sebastião e Silva (Oeiras, Portugal)
2021/12/14 A alimentação do futuro (talk for high-school students)
Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides (Oeiras, Portugal)
2021/10/12 TED Talk FICA - International Science Festival
(Oeiras, Portugal)
2021/09/14 Alternative splicing and the regulation of ABA signaling during early plant development 66th Brazilian Congress of Genetics
Sociedade Brasileira de Genética (Online, Brazil)
2021/08/01 A Importância de uma erva daninha para o avanço da biologia das plantas XIII ENEBIOQ
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) (Vila Real, Portugal)
2021/07/01 Alternative splicing control of development and stress response during early plant growth (Plenary Lecture) II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
(Online, Portugal)
2020/11/23 Alternative splicing and plant responses to environmental stress Vidoconference
Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
2020/05/21 “Splicing” alternativo e a resposta das plantas stress ambiental Videoconference
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2020/01/24 Posttranscriptional control of ABA responses during early plant development
Technical University of Munich (TUM) (Munich, Germany)
2020/01/24 RNA-based control of ABA responses during early plant growth
Helmholtz Zentrum München (Munich, Germany)
2019/11/28 O laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas no IGC (talk for high-school students)
Escola Básica e Secundária de Vila Flor (Vila Flor, Portugal)
2019/10/17 A biologia molecular de plantas no IGC (talk for high-school students)
Escola Secundária Sebastião e Silva (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/07/15 Alternative splicing control of abiotic stress responses Impact and Functions of Alternative Splicing in Plants session, SEB meeting
Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) (Seville, Spain)
2019/07/08 Regulação Molecular da tolerância das plantas ao stress ambiental Encontro Ciência 2019
Centro de Congressos de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/05/17 O futuro é verde: a biologia molecular de plantas ao serviço da humanidade (talk for senior citizens) International Fascination of Plants Day
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/03/18 Posttranscriptional control of ABA signaling during early plant development Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants (PGRP) meeting
PGRP (Nara, Japan)
2019/01/31 Alimentar o mundo no século XXI (talk for the general public) Noite das Ideias — Enfrentar o nosso tempo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/01/25 On the significance of alternative splicing in plants: A role for SR proteins in the response to abiotic stress VIII National RNA Meeting: ptRNA2019
i3S, (Porto, Portugal)
2018/11/28 Talk for high-school students Ecos de la FIL program
FIL Guadalajara (Tuxpan, Mexico)
2018/11/27 Talk for high-school students Ecos de la FIL program
FIL Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Mexico)
2018/11/26 Feeding the world in the 21st century (talk for the general public) FIL Guadalajara
(Guadalajara, Mexico)
2018/11/22 SOS: Plant stress (talk for university students) Open Day Universities
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2018/10/25 Plant responses to stress: Post-transcriptional control of the ABA pathway
Durham University (Durham, United Kingdom)
2018/10/13 SOS Plantas em stress? (talk for the general public) IGC Open Day
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2018/04/21 Posttranscriptional regulation of plant tolerance to stress BioSAM – Biological Sciences Annual Meeting
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/03/07 Posttranscriptional control of plant stress tolerance
Centro de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/02/28 A role for alternative splicing in plant tolerance to environmental stress (Keynote Lecture) International Conference of Life Sciences
The COINS (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2018/02/20 Post-transcriptional control of ABA-mediated stress responses (Opening Lecture) 31st Conference Molecular Biology of Plants
German Society for Plant Sciences (Dabringhausen, Germany)
2017/11/20 Why do we study plants? (talk for university students) Open Day Universities
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2017/10/26 Alternative splicing control of plant responses to environmental stress
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) (Trieste, Italy)
2017/10/19 Alternative splicing control of plant stress tolerance EMBO Members’ Meeting 2017
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (Heidelberg, Germany)
2017/09/27 Alternative splicing control of ABA-mediated stress responses during early plant development IGC Symposium 2017: Plant RNA Biology
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2017/07/12 A ciência das plantas (talk for the general public) Jardim de Verão
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/07/12 “Splicing” alternativo e a resposta das plantas ao meio ambiente (Plenary Lecture) IVº Encontro Internacional Casa das Ciências
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06/09 Alternative splicing control of plant stress tolerance (Plenary Lecture) Jornadas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/01/25 An Arabidopsis splicing factor regulating tolerance to stress during seed germination
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/11/21 Alternative Splicing in Plants: SR Proteins and ABA-Mediated Stress Responses
Nanjing Agricultural University (Nanjing, China)
2016/09/29 The Arabidopsis SR protein SCL30a regulates drought and salt stress tolerance during seed germination 4th Post-EURASNET Meeting on RNA Alternative Splicing
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poznan, Poland)
2016/04/27 An Arabidopsis RNA-binding protein regulating ABA-dependent stress responses during seed germination
University of Cologne - Institute for Genetics (Cologne, Germany)
2016/03/11 A plant-specific splicing regulator conferring tolerance to drought and salt stress during seed germination
Rothamsted Research (Harpenden, United Kingdom)
2016/01/18 Alternative splicing controls translation efficiency of a membrane transporter to promote plant tolerance to zinc
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/12/07 “Splicing” alternativo de um transportador em Arabidopsis — Quando um gene vale por dois
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia, Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/11/30 On the functional relevance of alternative splicing in plants: translational regulation of root membrane protein controls tolerance to zinc toxicity
Centre de Recerca en Agrigenomica (CRAG) (Barcelona, Spain)
2015/11/04 Alternative splicing of root membrane transporter controls plant tolerance to zinc toxicity
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) (Oeiras, Portugal)
2015/10/08 Porquê estudar as plantas? (talk for the general public) GreenFest
Casino Estoril (Estoril, Portugal)
2015/07/14 Alternative splicing regulates translation of a membrane transporter to control plant zinc tolerance 2nd Summer Academy in Plant Molecular Biology
(Freundenstadt, Germany)
2015/04/14 The Arabidopsis SR45 splicing factor, a regulator of plant sugar responses, modulates stability of the energy-sensing SnRK1 protein kinase 3rd Post-EURASNET Meeting on RNA Alternative Splicing
ICGEB (Trieste, Italy)
2015/02/09 The SR45 splicing factor, a regulator of plant sugar responses, modulates protein levels of the SnRK1 energy sensor
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/10/11 O que nos dizem as plantas? (talk for the general public) IGC Open Day
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2014/07/12 Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a pivotal tool for the functional characterization of plant membrane transporters XX Jornadas de Leveduras Professor Nicolau Van Uden
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/07/03 On the physiological significance of alternative splicing in plants: translational regulation of a membrane transporter to control zinc tolerance
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Halle, Germany)
2014/06/30 Alternative splicing controls translation of a novel Arabidopsis transporter to promote plant zinc tolerance Posttranscriptional Gene Expression Regulation in Plants (PGRP) Meeting
PGRP (Poznan, Poland)
2014/02/20 Quando um gene vale por dois: “splicing” alternativo de um transportador de membrana de Arabidopsis XV Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2014/01/22 Alternative splicing of a novel Arabidopsis membrane transporter enhances translation to promote plant zinc tolerance
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/12/04 A relevância biológica do splicing alternativo em plantas (talk for high-school students under the LabSchools project)
Escola Secundária da Cidadela (Cascais, Portugal)
2013/11/19 Intron retention event in the 5’UTR of the novel ZIF2 membrane transporter regulates translation efficiency to promote zinc tolerance in Arabidopsis 2nd Post-EURASNET Meeting on RNA Alternative Splicing
ICGEB (Trieste, Italy)
2013/10/16 Alternative splicing and function of two Arabidopsis membrane transporters
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/10/05 Alternative splicing confers dual role in root development and drought tolerance to Arabidopsis membrane transporter 20 Years IGC PhD Programmes
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Curia, Portugal)
2013/09/17 On the biological relevance of alternative splicing in plants: Dual function of an Arabidopsis membrane transporter (Plenary Lecture) 6th Conference of The Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology
The Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology (Lodz, Poland)
2013/07/26 Major Facilitator Superfamily transporters and their roles in plant development and abiotic stress responses (Keynote Lecture) XIIIº Congresso Luso-Espanhol de FisiologiaVegetal (FV2013)
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/07/04 Alternative splicing and SR proteins in plant stress responses
University of Tübingen - Center for Plant Molecular Biology (Tübingen, Germany)
2013/06/04 Unveiling a role for alternative splicing in plant responses to abiotic stress
The James Hutton Institute (Dundee, United Kingdom)
2013/05/13 Alternative splicing and function of two novel Arabidopsis membrane transporters
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (Cologne, Germany)
2013/03/27 When a gene is worth two: Alternative splicing of an Arabidopsis membrane transporter
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) (Oeiras, Portugal)
2012/12/12 Splicing alternativo e proteínas SR na resposta ao stress abiótico em plantas
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
2012/10/29 Roles of Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporters (MFS) membrane transporters in plant development and stress responses
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2012/03/08 A role for SR protein splicing factors in plant stress responses
University of Cologne - Institute for Genetics (Cologne, Germany)
2011/09/20 A role for alternative splicing and SR proteins in plant responses to abiotic stress
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011/07/05 Alternative splicing and proteomic diversity in plant responses to environmental stress
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2011/06/11 Como resistem as plantas ao stress ambiental? (talk for the general public)
Centro Ciência Viva (Bragança, Portugal)
2010/12/10 Plant SR proteins and their functions in abiotic stress response
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/05/06 A vida dos cientistas (talk for middle- and high-school students) 3rd EXPO Amadora
(Amadora, Portugal)
2010/04/14 Alternative splicing and proteomic diversity in plant stress response Workshop on Biodiversity facingEnvironmental Changes
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2008/05/15 Percursos em Biologia — Paula Duque
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/10/14 - Current Undergraduate student
Co-supervisor
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal
2023/07/15 - Current Postdoc (funded by FCT contract in the frame of grant PTDC/ASP-PLA/2550/2021)
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/06 - Current PhD student (in the frame of the ITQB Plants for Life PhD Program)
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2020/10 - Current MSc student (in the frame of the ITQB MSc Program in Biotechnology for Sustainability)
Co-supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/06 - Current PhD student (in the frame of the IGC IBB PhD Program)
Supervisor of Romana Yañez
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018 - Current PhD student (funded by FCT fellowship PD/BD/138327/2018 in the frame of the Plants for Life PhD Program)
Supervisor of José Pedro Brojo de Melo
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Department of Plant Systems Biology, Belgium
2017 - Current PhD student (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/ PD/BD/114348/2016 in the frame of the IBB IGC PhD Program)
Supervisor of Alba Rodríguez Díez
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - Current PhD student (funded by FCT fellowship PD/BD/128401/2017 in the frame of the Plants for Life PhD Program)
Supervisor of Rui Filipe Albuquerque Martins
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom
2024/01/20 - 2024/03/01 Undergraduate student
Co-supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2020 - 2024 Postdoc (funded by FCT contract in the frame of grant PTDC/ASP-PLA/6105/2020)
Supervisor of María Niño-González
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 - 2024 Postdoc (funded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship grant 706274)
Supervisor of Tom Laloum
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013 - 2024 Postdoc (funded by FCT contract SFRH/BPD/94796/2013)
Supervisor of Dóra Szakonyi
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/07/01 - 2023/08/31 Undergraduate student
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/07/30 Undergraduate student
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/05/31 Undergraduate student
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 - 2021 Postdoc (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/BPD/112587/2015)
Supervisor of Esther Novo-Uzal
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 - 2021 Postdoc (funded by EMBO Long-Term Fellowship ALTF 1576-2016 and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship grant 750469)
Supervisor of Guiomar Martín
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015 - 2019/12/09 PhD student (funded by FCT fellowship PD/BD/105735/2014 in the frame of the MolBioS ITQB PhD Program - thesis successfully defended on Dec 9, 2019)
Supervisor of María Niño-González
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/05 Undergraduate student (ERASMUS Fellow from the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)
Supervisor of Vassilis Tomaropoulos
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017/09 - 2019/05 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of Beatriz Capitão
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018/07 - 2018/09 Undergraduate student (ERASMUS Fellow from Wroclaw University, Poland)
Supervisor of Anastasiia Kovalenko
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012 - 2017 Postdoc (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/BPD/81830/2011)
Supervisor of Dale Richardson
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/09 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of Catarina Gouveia
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/08 Undergraduate student (Summer Internship from the National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM, Mexico)
Supervisor of David Guardian
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/03 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of Inês Travanca
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/11 - 2016/03 Undergraduate student (ERASMUS Fellow from Bielefeld University, Germany)
Supervisor of Marius Brechtenkamp
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015 - 2016 MSc student (from Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France - thesis successfully defended on Jun 21, 2016)
Supervisor of Aya Yokota
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
2015 - 2016 MSc student (in the frame of the FCUL MSc program in Molecular Biology and Genetics - thesis successfully defended on Oct 3, 2016)
Supervisor of Filipa Lara Fernandes Lopes
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/12 - 2015/06 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of Pedro Ventura
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013/09 - 2015/03 Undergraduate student (funded by FCT grant PTDC/AGR-PRO/119058/2010)
Supervisor of Tiago Miguel Dias Cruz
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008 - 2015 Postdoc (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/BPD/44640/2008)
Supervisor of Estelle Remy
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/12 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of Fredilson Melo
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014/07 - 2014/08 Undergraduate student (Summer Internship from the University of Oxford, UK)
Supervisor of Alistair Leverett
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013 - 2014 MSc student (from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands - thesis successfully defended on Jul 31, 2014)
Supervisor of Christina Paparokidou
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012 - 2014 MSc student (thesis successfully defended at Instituto Superior de Agronomia on Dec 9, 2014)
Supervisor of Vera Sacramento Nunes
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012 - 2014 Postdoc (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/BPD/80073/2011)
Supervisor of Raquel Fonseca de Carvalho
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2011/12 - 2012/07 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of Carolina Valsassina Feijão
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007 - 2012 PhD student (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/28519/2006 - thesis successfully defended on Jun 4, 2012)
Supervisor of Sofia Domingues de Carvalho
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010/09 - 2011/08 Undergraduate student (funded by FCT grant PTDC/AGR-AAM/102967/2008)
Supervisor of Rita Adriano Batista
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007 - 2011 PhD student (funded by FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/27948/2006 - thesis successfully defended on Nov 30, 2011)
Supervisor of Raquel Fonseca de Carvalho
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2009/09 - 2010/08 Undergraduate student (funded by FCT grant PPCDT/DG/BIA/82009/2006)
Supervisor of Inês Catarina Ramos Barbosa
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008/11 - 2009/09 Undergraduate student (funded by FCT grant PTDC/AGR-AAM/67858/2006)
Supervisor of Rafaela Lacerda Santos
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008/10 - 2009/09 Undergraduate student (funded by FCT grant PTDC/AGR-GPL/70345/2006)
Supervisor of Rita Saraiva
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007/01 - 2008/10 Undergraduate student (funded by EU Marie Curie Reintegration Grant IRG-029143)
Supervisor of Pedro Miguel Miranda
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007/01 - 2007/12 Undergraduate student (funded by EU Marie Curie Reintegration Grant IRG029143)
Supervisor of Alexandra Alves Duarte
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2006/01 - 2006/12 Undergraduate student (funded by EU Marie Curie Reintegration Grant IRG-029143)
Supervisor of Teresa Mendes Maia
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2006/01 - 2006/12 Undergraduate student
Supervisor of João Filipe da Custódia Dias
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - 2024/05/31 Co-organization of mentoring activity for high-school students Mariana Duarte and Mariana Alexandrino (2024/01/01 - 2024/05/31)
Other (Co-organisor)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/01/23 - 2023/01/23 Co-organizer of guided tour for high school students of the Plant Molecular Biology lab and Plant unit at the IGC (2023/01/23 - 2023/01/23)
Other (Co-organisor)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/12/20 - 2022/12/20 Co-organizer of job shadowing activity for high-school students (2022/12/20 - 2022/12/20)
Other (Co-organisor)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2021/10/12 - 2021/10/12 Co-organizer of activity for pre-school children at FICA-International Science Festival (2021/10/16 - 2021/10/16)
Festival (Co-organisor)
2019/07/02 - 2019/07/03 Co-organizer of the session “Impact and Functions of Alternative Splicing in Plants” at the annual Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) meeting (2019/07/02 - 2019/07/05)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), United Kingdom
2015/04/13 - 2015/04/15 Co-organizer of the ICGEB 3rd Post-EURASNET Symposium on RNA Alternative Splicing (2015/04/13 - 2015/04/15)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy
2013/11/18 - 2013/11/20 Co-organizer of the ICGEB 2nd Post-EURASNET Symposium on RNA Alternative Splicing (2013/11/18 - 2013/11/20)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy
2013/07/24 - 2013/07/27 Member of the Organizing Committee of the XIIIº Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal (FV2013) (2013/07/24 - 2013/07/27)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/05/18 - 2013/05/18 Organizer of guided tour of the Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal with Professor Fernando Catarino in the frame of the International Fascination of Plants Day (2013/05/18)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012/05/18 - 2012/05/18 Organizer of art show "Petals, Pixels & Plates – An artist in the laboratory" by British artist Rob Kesseler at Sala Verde da Estação Agronómica Nacional in the frame of the International Fascination of Plants Day (2012/05/18)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2006/12/27 - 2006/12/27 Organizer of the Gulbenkian Alumni Meeting (GAMeets) on Inbreeding and Mobility in Portuguese Universities (2006/12/27)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/18 - 2023/12/18 Job shadowing activity for high-school student Pedro Canhão
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/27 Participation in the workshop: "Plants' Life"
Workshop
Plants' Life
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/10/26 - 2022/10/26 Online Interview on "Como alimentar 10 mil milhões de pessoas?"
Other
Masterclasses Cogito
2022/03/27 - 2022/03/27 Mentor for university students at Hackaton competition
Other
Co-Life Hackaton
Pavilhão do Conhecimento-Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
2021/11/15 - 2021/11/15 Participation in policy panel discussion on fostering balanced mobility flows in Europe
Round table
MSCA Conference
2021/10/07 - 2021/10/07 Participation in round table: "O ambiente é a pandemia esquecida?"
Round table
Cogito
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Participation in round table: "Futuro Verde: qual a nossa parte?"
Round table
European Researchers’ Night
2021/05/26 - 2021/05/26 Wrap-up note at the Forum for the Future of Agriculture
Symposium
Regional FFA2021 Portugal
2021/05/18 - 2021/05/18 3D Video on Plant Science
Other
International Fascination of Plants Day
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018/10/31 - 2018/10/31 Short talk and participation in round table "Mais Ciência, Melhor Sociedade"
Round table
Mais Ciência, Melhor Sociedade
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/15 PhD Thesis in Plant Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Pedro Carvalho (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07/13 PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Filipa Lopes (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2020/12/14 MSc Thesis in Functional Biology and Plant Biology
(Thesis) Main arguer
Margarida Benvindo (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020/11/09 PhD Thesis in Biology
(Thesis) Main arguer
Rafael Fernandes (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09/11 PhD Thesis in in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution
(Thesis) Arguer
Diogo Godinho (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11/22 PhD Thesis in Biology
(Thesis) Main arguer
Joana Silva (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09/20 PhD Thesis in Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Andreia Henriques (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/05/21 PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Nuno Miguel Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/09/17 PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Inês Pires (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/06/25 PhD Thesis in Biomedical Sciences
(Thesis) Main arguer
Rita Vaz Drago (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/11/27 MSC Thesis in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
(Thesis) Main arguer
Jessica Paulo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/10/04 PhD Thesis in Biochemistry
(Thesis) Arguer
Cecília Alamadanim Pina (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/12/14 PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology
(Thesis) Main arguer
101332858 (PhD)
University of Dundee Biological Sciences, United Kingdom
2016/07/11 PhD Thesis in Biochemistry
(Thesis) Arguer
Diego Almeida (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/11/27 MSC Thesis in Biotechnology
(Thesis) Main arguer
João Brazão (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2012/07/12 PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Tânia Serra (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2012/06/28 PhD Thesis in Biological Sciences
(Thesis) Main arguer
Juliana Cabral Oliveira (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012/05/11 PhD Thesis in Molecular Biology
(Thesis) Arguer
Pedro Miguel Rodrigues de Barros (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2011/12/16 PhD Thesis in Biotechnology
(Thesis) Main arguer
Tânia Manuela Rodrigues Cabrito (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010/04/12 PhD Thesis in Biotechnology
(Thesis) Main arguer
Mónica Correia Teixeira (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2007/10/29 MSC Thesis in Biological Engineering
(Thesis) Main arguer
Tânia Manuela Rodrigues Cabrito (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/09 - 2024/09 Molecular Plant
2024/06 - 2024/06 eLIFE
2024/06 - 2024/06 Science Advances
2024/05 - 2024/05 BioEssays
2023/09 - 2023/09 Plant Physiology
2023/09 - 2023/09 Plant Molecular Biology
2023/05 - 2023/05 Journal of Experimental Botany
2023/04 - 2023/04 New Phytologist
2023/02 - 2023/02 Journal of Advanced Research
2022/12 - 2022/12 Plant Communications
2021/11 - 2021/11 Peer reviewer for RNA Biology (1555-8584) Taylor & Francis
2021/09 - 2021/09 Peer reviewer for Plant Biotechnology Journal (1467-7652) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2021/08 - 2021/08 Peer reviewer for New Phytologist (1469-8137) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2021/07 - 2021/07 Peer reviewer for Plant Cell & Environment (1365-3040) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2021/07 - 2021/07 Peer reviewer for The Plant Journal (365-313X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2020/09 - 2020/09 Peer reviewer for New Phytologist (1469-8137) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2020/08 - 2020/08 Peer reviewer for The Plant Journal (365-313X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2020/06 - 2020/06 Peer reviewer for Trends in Plant Science (1360-1385) Elsevier
2020/03 - 2020/03 Peer reviewer for Molecular Plant (1674-2052) Elsevier
2020/02 - 2020/02 Peer reviewer for Genome Biology (1465-6906) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2020/01 - 2020/01 Peer reviewer for Plant Cell & Environment (1365-3040) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2019/11 - 2019/11 Peer reviewer for Nature Communications (2041-1723) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2019/11 - 2019/11 Peer reviewer for Plant Communications (2590-3462) Elsevier
2019/07 - 2019/07 Peer reviewer for PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2019/06 - 2019/06 Peer reviewer for The Plant Journal (1365-313X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2019/05 - 2019/05 Peer reviewer for Planta (1432-2048) Springer-Verlag
2019/04 - 2019/04 Peer reviewer for Journal of Experimental Botany (1460-2431) Oxford University Press
2019/04 - 2019/04 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2018/09 - 2018/09 Peer reviewer for Physiologia Plantarum (1399-3054) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018/05 - 2018/05 Peer reviewer for Plant and Cell Physiology (1471-9053) Oxford University Press
2018/04 - 2018/04 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2018/01 - 2018/01 Peer reviewer for Nature Plants (2055-0278) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2017/11 - 2017/11 Peer reviewer for Trends in Plant Science (1360-1385) Elsevier
2017/11 - 2017/11 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2017/10 - 2017/10 Peer reviewer for Cell Reports (2211-1247) Elsevier
2017/08 - 2017/08 Peer reviewer for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (1091-6490) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2017/05 - 2017/05 Peer reviewer for Plant Physiology (0032-0889) American Society of Plant Biologists
2017/01 - 2017/01 Peer reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2016/07 - 2016/07 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2016/02 - 2016/02 Peer reviewer for Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA (1757-7012) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2015/08 - 2015/08 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2015/06 - 2015/06 Peer reviewer for Biomolecules (2218-273X) MDPI AG
2014/05 - 2014/05 Peer reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI AG
2014/05 - 2014/05 Peer reviewer for Scientia Horticulturae (0304-4238) Elsevier
2013/12 - 2013/12 Peer reviewer for New Phytologist (1469-8137) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2013/12 - 2013/12 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2013/06 - 2013/06 Peer reviewer for Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (1435-8107) Springer-Verlag
2013/06 - 2013/06 Peer reviewer for The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2013/05 - 2013/05 Peer reviewer for Molecular Biology Reports (1573-4978) Springer-Verlag
2013/04 - 2013/04 Peer reviewer for Planta (1432-2048) Springer-Verlag
2013/03 - 2013/03 Peer reviewer for Plant Signaling & Behavior (1559-2324) Landes Bioscience
2013/02 - 2013/02 Peer reviewer for Journal of Plant Physiology (0176-1617) Elsevier
2012/12 - 2012/12 Peer reviewer for OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology (1557-8100) Mary Ann Liebert
2012/11 - 2012/11 Peer reviewer for PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2012/09 - 2012/09 Peer reviewer for OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology (1557-8100) Mary Ann Liebert
2012/06 - 2012/06 Peer reviewer for Plant Molecular Biology (1573-5028) Springer-Verlag
2012/05 - 2012/05 Peer reviewer for Journal of Experimental Botany (1460-2431) Oxford University Press
2012/04 - 2012/04 Peer reviewer for The Plant Journal (1365-313X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2011/11 - 2011/11 Peer reviewer for Physiologia Plantarum (1399-3054) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2011/07 - 2011/07 Peer reviewer for Plant and Cell Physiology (1471-9053) Oxford University Press
2011/03 - 2011/03 Peer reviewer for PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Member
1992 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica (SPB) Member
1992 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia de Plantas (SPBP) Member
1992 - Current Ordem dos Biólogos (OB) Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2022 - 2023 Scientific Committee of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) Summer School
Member
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007 - 2010 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) Seminars Committee
Member
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/12 Plant Biology 2023
2019/06/26 - 2019/06/28 XVIº Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal Spanish Society for Plant Biology
2017/07/10 - 2017/07/12 VI Encontro Casa das Ciências Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Co-organizer and Lecturer of the Plant Biology module of the IGC Integrative Biology and BioMedicine (IBB) and the Graduate School for Biological Sciences (University of Cologne) PhD programs Biology (Doutoramento)
2015 - Current Co-organizer and Lecturer of the Ecophysiology & Plant Interactions curricular unit of the ITQB MolBioS and Plants for Life PhD Programs Biology (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Co-organizer and Lecturer of the Thesis Project Planning curricular unit of the ITQB MSc in Biotechnology for Sustainability Biology (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/07/29 - 2020/07/29 Science Writing Workshop IGC Summer School (Outros) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - 2020 Lecturer in the Plant Stress Biology curricular unit of the ITQB MSc in Biotechnology for Sustainability Biology (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Organizer and Lecturer of the Plant Biology and Biochemistry module of the Graduate Program Science for Development (PGCD) at Universidade de Cabo Verde (Cidade da Praia) Biology (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012 - 2017 Lecturer in the Plant Biology module of the Graduate School for Biological Sciences (University of Cologne) and the IGC Integrative Biology and BioMedicine (IBB) PhD programs Plant Biology (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universität zu Köln Institut für Genetik, Germany
2014 - 2014 Co-organizer and Lecturer of the Biology of Land Plants module of the Graduate Program Science for Development (PGCD) at Universidade de Cabo Verde (Cidade da Praia) Biology (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008 - 2014 Invited Lecturer in the annual Functional Genomics & Bioinformatics and Molecular Biotechnology courses of the degrees in Biotechnology & Microbiology and in Biological Engineering Biotechnology & Microbiology and Biological Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2008/01 - 2008/01 Invited Lecturer in the Developmental Biology course of the Year 3 of the degree in Biology Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2007/05 - 2007/05 Practical class entitled “Influência do Comprimento de Onda na Fotossíntese” for the Plant Physiology course of Year 2 of the Biology degree at FCUL Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2006/05 - 2006/05 Practical class entitled “Mecanismos de Respiração nas Plantas” for the Plant Physiology course of Year 2 of the Biology degree at FCUL Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005/09 - 2005/12 Postgraduate course in Molecular Biology (Bio 710) Biology (Master) Queens College, United States
1998/09/01 - 1999/08/31 Science teacher, 24 hours/week of classes (human anatomy and physiology) and preparation of national exams Ciências da Natureza (Licenciatura) Escola Básica 2,3 da Ramada, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/10/07 - 2024/10/07 Evaluator (interview stage) of EMBO Long-Term Fellowship candidate
Evaluator
European Molecular Biology Organization - EMBO, Germany
2024/06 - 2024/06 Expert reviewer for the Foundation of Polish Science (FNP)
Evaluator
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej, Poland Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
2024/03/06 - 2024/03/08 Member of Evaluation Panel (OPUS research grants)
Evaluator
Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2024/02/28 - 2024/03/01 Member of Evaluation Panel (CRC funding scheme)
Evaluator
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2023/09 - 2023/09 Expert reviewer for the Polish National Science Center (NCN)
Evaluator
Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2023/07 - 2023/07 Expert reviewer for the iNNOVATE Competition
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Medical School, Portugal AstraZeneca Foundation
2023/03/06 - 2023/03/08 Member of Evaluation Panel (OPUS research grants)
Evaluator
Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2023/03 - 2023/03 Expert reviewer for the Italian Science Fund (FIS)
Evaluator
Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS), Italy Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS)
2022/06 - 2022/06 Expert reviewer for the Foundation of Polish Science (FNP)
Evaluator
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej, Poland Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
2022/06 - 2022/06 Member of Evaluation Panel (Interview Stage) - La Caixa Fellowships Doctoral INPhINIT (retaining)
Evaluator
"La Caixa" Foundation, Spain "La Caixa" Foundation
2021/08 - 2021/08 Expert reviewer for the Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
Evaluator
Grantová agentura Ceské republiky
2021/07 - 2021/07 Expert reviewer for Academia Sinica Promotion Committee
Evaluator
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2021/04 - 2021/04 Evaluator (interview stage) of EMBO Long-Term Fellowship candidate
Evaluator
European Molecular Biology Organization - EMBO
2021/04 - 2021/04 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PhD Student Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/04 Member of the FESPB Awards Evaluation Committee
Evaluator
Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology, Germany Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology
2021 - 2021 Expert reviewer for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2021 - 2021 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021 - 2021 Member of Evaluation Panel (Biological Sciences) - FCT 2021 Call for PhD Scholarships
Evaluator
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/04 - 2020/04 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PhD Student Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020 - 2020 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PI Recruitment Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Expert reviewer for the Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) 2020 call Research Executive Agency
2019/10 - 2019/10 Evaluator (interview stage) of EMBO Long-Term Fellowship candidate
Evaluator
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
2019/04 - 2019/04 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PhD Student Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 Evaluator (interview stage) of EMBO Long-Term Fellowship candidate
Evaluator
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
2019 - 2019 Expert reviewer for the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
Evaluator
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
2019 - 2019 Member of Evaluation Panel (Biological Sciences) - FCT 2019 Call for PhD Scholarships
Evaluator
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019 - 2019 Expert reviewer for the Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) 2019 call
Evaluator
Research Executive Agency
2019 - 2019 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - 2018 Expert reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Evaluator
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2018 - 2018 Expert reviewer for the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
Evaluator
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
2018 - 2018 Expert reviewer for the Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) 2018 call
Evaluator
Research Executive Agency
2018 - 2018 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - 2018 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PI Recruitment Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Expert reviewer for the US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Evaluator
National Science Foundation
2017 - 2017 Member of the Selection Committee of the PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences (MolBioS)
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2017 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PhD Student Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Expert reviewer for the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Evaluator
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
2016 - 2016 Expert reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Evaluator
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2016 - 2016 Member of the Selection Committee of the PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences (MolBioS)
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016 - 2016 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2015 Expert reviewer for the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
2015 - 2015 Expert reviewer for the US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD)
Evaluator
US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
2015 - 2015 Expert reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Evaluator
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2015 - 2015 Expert reviewer for the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH)
Evaluator
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
2015 - 2015 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Akademi Keperawatan Fatima Pare-pare
2015 - 2015 Member of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PI Recruitment Selection Committee
Evaluator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Expert reviewer for the Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
Evaluator
Grantová agentura Ceské republiky
2014 - 2014 Expert reviewer for the Polish National Science Center (NCN)
Evaluator
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2014 - 2014 Member of the Selection Committee of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
Evaluator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2013 Expert reviewer for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Evaluator
Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/04/25 Article on the SCL30a gene reported in the Plant, Cell & Environment paper Público
2021/01/31 Article/interview on genome editing in plants Vida Rural
2019/10 Feature article on the Plant Molecular Biology group's work: "The Alternative Route" Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) Magazine
2017/07 Article on the transgenic arabidopsis plants reported in the Scientific Reports paper Diário de Notícias
2013/04 Article/interview on the Plant Molecular Biology group’s work: “The Best Alternative” News Magazine for the European Life Sciences — Lab Times
2013/03 Article on the ZIFL1 gene reported in The Plant Cell paper Público
2006/10 Article on the work routine at the Plant Molecular Biology lab at the IGC Revista Visão
2006/09 Interview for an article on reversing the “brain drain” in Portugal Revista Única, Expresso
2005/12 Article on the recruitment of Portuguese researchers from abroad to set up laboratories at the IGC Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/02/16 - 2024/02/16 Bom dia Portugal TV interview on the SCL30a gene reported in the Plant, Cell & Environment paper
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/19 Antena 2 Ciência, Episode 25 Radio interview on the SR45 and SCL30a genes reported in the Plant Communications and Plant, Cell & Environment papers
2023/06/13 - 2023/06/13 Agricultura Improvável Radio interview on the SCL30a gene reported in the Plant, Cell & Environment paper
2020/02/20 - 2020/02/25 Grande Reportagem - O que é o jantar amanhã? TV interview on genome editing and world food sustainability
2020/01/11 - 2020/01/11 Europa Minha (Season 3, Episode 2) TV interview on plant genome editing
2013/03 - 2013/03 Notícias Antena 1 Radio interview on ZIFL1 gene reported in The Plant Cell paper
2010/11 - 2010/11 Koisas Kuriosas (TV show targeted at children/teenagers) Radio interview on plant responses to environmental stress
2008/05 - 2008/05 125 Perguntas sobre Ciência Radio interview on plant stress biology
2006/07 - 2006/07 Interview on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian TV interview on the Plant Molecular Biology group’s work

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Editor of three manuscripts for Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group
2023 - 2023 Editor of three manuscripts for Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group
2022 - 2022 Editor of a manuscript for Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) Frontiers Media
2022 - 2022 Editor of a manuscript for Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group
2021 - 2021 Editor of two manuscripts for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group
2020 - 2020 Editor of two manuscripts for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group
2020 - 2020 Editor of a manuscript for Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) Frontiers Media
2019 - 2019 Editor of four manuscripts for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group
2018 - 2018 Editor of a manuscript for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group
2017 - 2017 Editor of two manuscripts for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group
2016 - 2016 Editor of five manuscripts for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group
2015 - 2015 Editor of a manuscript for Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Publishing Group

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/07 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Paola Gaetani
2020 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Carina Galhofa (supervisor: Karina Xavier)
2018 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on Jul 30, 2021) Sara Tedesco (supervisors: Pedro Fevereiro, Friederich Kragler)
2018 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Gonçalo Nogueira (supervisors: Luísa Romão, Francisco Pinto)
2017/01 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on Mar 28, 2023) Temitope Etibor (supervisor: Maria João Amorim)
2017 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on Oct 26, 2021) Carlos Moreira (supervisors: Cristina Silva-Pereira, Cyril Zipfel)
2017 - Current PhD Thesis Tutor Mónica Costa (Plants for Life PhD program)
2016 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on Nov 9, 2020) Rafael Fernandes (supervisors: Luísa Romão, Mafalda Bourbon)
2016 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Maria Teresa Braga (supervisors: Rui Malhó, Patrick Hussey)
2015 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Rita Catarino (supervisors: Rui Malhó, Patrick Hussey)
2015 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Rute Teixeira (supervisors: Rui Malhó, Patrick Moreau)
2013/06 - Current Member of PhD Thesis Committee Carlos Elias (supervisor: Elena Baena-González)
2021/01/01 - 2024/09/30 IGC Postdoctoral Advisor and Coordinator of Postdoctoral Training Program IGC postdoctoral community
2017/01 - 2024/01/25 Member of PhD Thesis Committee Anton Kermanov (supervisor: Joerg Becker)
2016 - 2021/02/25 PhD Thesis Tutor Ana Margarida Sampaio (Plants for Life PhD program)
2015 - 2019 Member of Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on May 2, 2019) Margarida Rosa (supervisors: Isabel Abreu, Margarida Oliveira)
2015 - 2019 Member of Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on Apr 5, 2019) Rita Borba (supervisors: Nélson Saibo; Jullian Hibberd)
2014 - 2018 Member of Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on Oct 12, 2018) Paulo Costa (supervisors: Luísa Romão, Margarida Gama-Carvalho)
2008 - 2012 Member of Thesis Committee (PhD successfully defended on May 4, 2012) Barbara Jezowska (supervisor: Florence Janody)
Distinctions

Award

2019 Scientific Employment Stimulus contract - Principal Investigator
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 FCT Investigator contract - Principal Investigator
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 Jeff Schell Award (best poster)
EMBO Plant Molecular Biology Meeting, Italy
2008 Ciência 2007 contract - Junior Principal Investigator
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2007 Research Fellowship
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1999 Postdoctoral Fellowship
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1994 PhD Fellowship
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1994 Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1993 PGDBM Fellowship
Ministério da Educação, Portugal
1993 Young Scientist Fellowship
JNICT - Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica, Portugal
1992 Student Fellowship
Erasmus Program, Belgium

Other distinction

2024 Member of the external Scientific Advisory Board (eSAB) of the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF), University of Seville - CSIC
2024 Guest Editor for PLoS Genetics
2021 Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2020 Member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Plant Science
2017 Elected EMBO Member
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Germany
2015 Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
2014 Member of the Executive Board of the International PhD Program Plants for Life
2013 Secretary of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Society of Plant Biology (SPBP)
2013 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Plant-KBBE transnational funding initiative