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Susana Maria Traquete Serrazina concluded her PhD in Molecular Biology in 2004 at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon. Works in Plant Biology - Plant Protection at the Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Plant Stress & Signalling Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, as a Researcher and Lecturer. Participates/participated as a Researcher in 8 projects and as a Post-doctoral fellow in 2 projects. Published 15 Research papers in international journals with peer review, 2 in a high-impact journal of Plant Biology [New Phytologist, Impact factor (2018): 7.299]. Has 2 book chapters. Supervised and co-supervised 4 MSc theses. Has international collaborations with: a) Dr. Elena Corredoira of Misión Biológica de Galicia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain, in gene functional analysis in chestnut, olm and cork oaks; b) Dr. Patrícia Fernandes of the Department of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, USA, in chestnut genetic improvement; c) Prof. Roberto Botta of the Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari of Università di Torino, Italy, in gene functional analysis in chestnut. Has national collaborations with Dr. Rita Costa of Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Estação Florestal Nacional, Oeiras, in chestnut genetic improvement. The research interests include Castanea spp.; Fagaceae; Phytophthora cinnamomi, Arabidopsis, Biotic and abiotic stress, Gene functional analysis, and Plant signaling.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Susana Maria Traquete Serrazina

Citation names

  • Serrazina, Susana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1B11-DB31-7F09
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8864-0277

Email addresses

  • smserrazina@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
1999/01/01 - 2004/03/20
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biologia Molecular
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Isolation and characterization of resistance genes to ink disease in Castanea sativa Mill." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Louvor e Distinção
1996
Concluded
 Biologia Vegetal Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Estudo da morfogénese em Tropaeolum majus L.. Caracterização, morfologia, histoquímica e química das células produtoras de benzil glucosinolato e da enzima mirosinase in vivo e in vitro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/07/01 - Current Researcher (Research) FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2023/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2014/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/10/01 - Current Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/06/01 - Current Collaboration with Prof. Roberto Botta for gene functional analyses in chestnut. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari of Università di Torino, Italy
2022/05/01 - Current Collaboration with Dr. Patrícia Fernandes for chestnut genetic improvement. Department of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA, United States
2016/07/01 - Current Visit and collaboration with Dr. Elena Corredoira and Dr. Maria Carmen San-José for gene functional analyses in Castanea sativa. Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia, IIAG, CSIC, Avenida de Vigo s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Spain
2015 - Current Collaboration with Dr. Paula Duque for gene functional analyses in Arabidopsis.. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014/10/08 - Current Visit and collaboration agreement in the scope of a transnational cooperation project financed by FCT “Unravelling regulatory networks associated to glucose and abscisic acid during land plant coloniz Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Systems Biology Laboratory at CBMEG, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2011/04/01 - Current A confidentiality agreement was signed with Viveiros Miguel Vaz, after the CEO’s interest in obtaining benefits from the results’ project PTDC/AGR-CFL/101707/2008. The company furnished Castanea plant Viveiros Miguel Vaz, Sociedade Agrícola Lda. / Miguel Vaz Unipessoal, Lda., Portugal
2009/04/01 - Current Collaboration with Dr. William Powell and Dr. Charles Maynard for gene functional analyses in Castanea. Department of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA, United States
2007 - Current Collaboration with Dr. Rita Costa for chestnut genetic improvement. Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2019/06/30 Post-doctoral researcher (fellowship SFRH/BPD/108653/2015) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/02/01 - 2013/07/31 Collaboration with Dr. C. Dana Nelson as a consultant in the project PTDC/AGR-CFL/101707/2008. Forest Genetics and Biological Foundations Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Service, Southern Research Station, NC, USA, United States
2007/05/01 - 2009/09/30 Post-doctoral researcher (fellowship SFRH/BPD/28331/2006) Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2009/04/01 - 2009/06/30 Internship at Dr. William Powell and Dr. Charles Maynarn's labs (SUNY-ESF), in the scope of the collaboration with the Plant Systems Lab (BioFIG, FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal) for chestnut improvement (defe State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse NY, USA., United States
2006/11/01 - 2007/04/30 Post-Doctoral Researcher (fellowship in the project POCTI/AGR/45462/2002) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2004/04/01 - 2006/10/31 Post-Doctoral Researcher (fellowship in the project POCTI Medida 2.3 RESISTEVID) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2000/01/01 - 2004/03/31 PhD Student (fellowship PRAXIS XXI/BD/18363/98) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1997/09/01 - 1999/12/31 Investigation Technician (fellowship GGP XXI/BTL/2953/96) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/10 - 2019/06/30 SFRH/BPD/108653/2015 Functional analysis of Castanea candidate genes to Oomycete resistance
SFRH/BPD/108653/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/05 - 2009/09 SFRH/BPD/28331/2006 Genomic studies to understand the response to ink disease of chestnut in Europe
SFRH/BPD/28331/2006
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2000/01 - 2004/03 PRAXIS XXI/BD/18363/98 Isolation and characterization of resistance genes to ink disease in Castanea sativa Mill.
PRAXIS XXI/BD/18363/98
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1997/09 - 1999/12 PRAXIS/C/AGR/11098/98 Characterization of genetic diversity in European chestnut stands by RAPD and resistance gene identification to ink disease
PRAXIS/C/AGR/11098/98
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/02 - 2026/01 CellNET: The role of phosphoinositides and NET actin-binding proteins in the regulation of vesicle traffic and secretion in plant cells
Provided by PTCRIS: 2022.06990.PTDC
2022.06990.PTDC
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/07/01 - 2023/06/30 Knowledge of Castanea genomic mechanisms of immunity to oomycete threat
DL 57/2016/CP1479/CT0019
10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1479/CT0019
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 02/SAICT/2017 Functional studies of plant membrane trafficking and secretion - the phosphoinositide pathway in the responses to abiotic stress
02/SAICT/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2021/07 Functional studies of plant membrane trafficking and secretion
PTDC/BIA-FBT/28170/2017
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Biosistemas & Ciências Integrativas
UID/Multi/04046/2019
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2019/04/30 PTDC/FIS-NAN/6101/2014 Molecular and Mechanical Forces in Biology measured with Force Feedback Microscopy
PTDC/FIS-NAN/6101/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2015/12/31 PTDC/BIA-PLA/4244/2012 Identifying metabolite changes in tip growing cells ¿ the phosphoinositide pathway as a case study
PTDC/BIA-PLA/4244/2012
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Concluded
2009/01/01 - 2014/12/31 PTDC/AGR-CFL/101707/2008 Understanding resistance to pathogenic fungi in Castanea sp.
PTDC/AGR-CFL/101707/2008
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 4046 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/BIA/UI4046/2011
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/11 - 2007/04 POCTI/AGR/45462/2002 Isolation, cloning and functionality studies in Populus euphratica tolerance genes to extreme temperatures
POCTI/AGR/45462/2002
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004/04/01 - 2005/10/31 Medida 2.3 RESISTEVID – Wine vine acquired resistance to rot fungi
Medida 2.3 RESISTEVID
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Braga, Teresa; Dias, Fernando Vaz; Fratini, Marta; Serrazina, Susana; Heilmann, Ingo; Malhó, Rui. "Functional Analysis of Phospholipid Signaling and Actin Dynamics: The Use of Apical Growing Tobacco Pollen Tubes in a Case Study". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 237-247. Springer US, 2023.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-2867-6_18
  2. Cardoso, Hélia; Figueiredo, Andreia; Serrazina, Susana; Pires, Rita; Peixe, Augusto. "Genome Modification Approaches to Improve Performance, Quality, and Stress Tolerance of Important Mediterranean Fruit Species (Olea europaea L., Vitis vinifera L., and Quercus suber L.)". In Advances in Plant Transgenics: Methods and Applications, 273-312. Springer Singapore, 2019.
    10.1007/978-981-13-9624-3_13
Conference paper
  1. Serrazina, Susana; martin. Corresponding author: Serrazina, Susana. "Castanea crenata Ginkbilobin2-like as a resistancegene to Phytophthora cinnamomi infection". Paper presented in VII International Chestnut Symposium, Lugo, 2023.
    Accepted
  2. Ana Margarida Fortes; Batista, Dora; Santos, F.; Figueiredo, A.; Serrazina, Susana; Young, HC.; Miersch, O.; et al. "Deciphering morphogenesis for hop improvement. A transcriptomic and metabolomic perspective". Paper presented in IHGC Scientific Commission, International Hop Growers Convention, IHGC, 2009.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Fernandes, Patrícia; Serrazina, Susana; McGuigan, Linda; Powell, William A; Costa, Rita Lourenço. "Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of American chestnut somatic embryos with Cast_Gnk2-like ¿ A candidate gene for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi". Paper presented in IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Meeting - Raleigh, NC, USA, 2019.
  2. Serrazina, Susana; Santos, Pesquita C, Vicentini R, Pais MS, Sebastiana M, Costa R.; Machado, Helena. "Analysis of the chestnut root transcriptome upon interaction with the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi". Paper presented in IUFRO Genomics and Forest Tree Genetics, 2016.
  3. Serrazina, Susana; Santos, C.; Machado, H.; Pesquita, C.; Costa, R.; Pais, M.S.; Sebastiana, Mónica. "Chestnut Transcriptome after Phytophthora Cinnamomi Challenge". Paper presented in 7º Congresso Florestal Nacional, 2013.
  4. Costa, Rita; Santos, Carmen; Machado, Helena; Correia, Isabel; Gomes-Laranjo, Jorge; Sebastiana, Mónica; Serrazina, Susana; Dana, NC. "Identifying resistance mechanisms to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Castanea species". Paper presented in IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference, 2013.
  5. Santos, Carmen; Machado, Helena; Sebastiana, Mónica; Pesquita, Catia; Professora Doutora Maria Salomé Pais; Costa, Rita; Serrazina, Susana. "Chestnut response to Phytophthora cinnamomi: transcriptomic approach". Paper presented in The Plant Genomics Congress, 2013.
  6. Dias, Fernando; Serrazina, Susana; Malhó, Rui. "The role of Arabidopsis thaliana diacylglycerol kinase 4, in pollen tube growth and fertilization: A preliminary approach.". Paper presented in Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2013.
  7. Malhó, Rui; Serrazina, Susana; Dias, Fernando. "Characterization of phosphatidylinositol kinase in Arabidopsis pollen tube growth - a role in endocytosis and membrane secretion.". Paper presented in Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2011.
  8. Serrazina, Susana; Malhó, Rui; Dias, Fernando. "Characterization of FAB1 phosphatidylinositol kinase in Arabidopsis pollen tube growth and fertilization.". Paper presented in Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Serrazina, Susana; Martínez, MªTeresa; Soudani, Serine; Candeias, Gonçlo; Berrocal-Lobo, Marta; Piñeiro, Pablo; Malhó, Rui; Costa, Rita Lourenço; Corredoira, Elena. "Overexpression of Ginkbilobin-2 homologous domain gene improves tolerance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in somatic embryos of Quercus suber". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70272-2.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-024-70272-2
  2. Colavolpe, Maria Belén; Vaz Dias, Fernando; Serrazina, Susana; Malhó, Rui; Lourenço Costa, Rita. "Castanea crenata Ginkbilobin-2-like Recombinant Protein Reveals Potential as an Antimicrobial against Phytophthora cinnamomi, the Causal Agent of Ink Disease in European Chestnut". Forests 14 4 (2023): 785. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14040785.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/f14040785
  3. Sebastiana, Mónica; Serrazina, Susana; Monteiro, Filipa; Wipf, Daniel; Fromentin, Jérome; Teixeira, Rita; Malhó, Rui; Courty, Pierre-Emmanuel. "Nitrogen Acquisition and Transport in the Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis–Insights from the Interaction between an Oak Tree and Pisolithus tinctorius". Plants 12 1 (2022): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12010010.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.3390/plants12010010
  4. Fernandes, Patrícia; Colavolpe, Maria Belén; Serrazina, Susana; Costa, Rita Lourenço. "European and American chestnuts: An overview of the main threats and control efforts". Frontiers in Plant Science 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.951844.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.3389/fpls.2022.951844
  5. Susana Serrazina; Mª Teresa Martínez; Vanesa Cano; Rui Malhó; Rita Lourenço Costa; Elena Corredoira. "Genetic Transformation of Quercus ilex Somatic Embryos with a Gnk2-like Protein That Reveals a Putative Anti-Oomycete Action". Plants 11 3 (2022): 304-304. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030304.
    10.3390/plants11030304
  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. Vaz Dias, Fernando; Serrazina, Susana; Vitorino, Miguel; Marchese, Dario; Heilmann, Ingo; Godinho, Margarida; Rodrigues, Mário; Malhó, Rui. "A role for diacylglycerol kinase 4 in signalling crosstalk during Arabidopsis pollen tube growth". New Phytologist 222 3 (2019): 1434-1446. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15674.
    10.1111/nph.15674
  8. Santos,Carmen; Machado,Helena; Serrazina,Susana; Gomes,Filomena; Gomes-Laranjo,José; Correia,Isabel; Zhebentyayeva,Tetyana; et al. "Comprehension of resistance to diseases in chestnut". (2016): http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0871-018X2016000200001.
  9. Malhó, Rui; Serrazina, Susana; Saavedra, Laura; Dias, Fernando V.; Ul-Rehman, Reiaz. "Ion and lipid signaling in apical growth—a dynamic machinery responding to extracellular cues". Frontiers in Plant Science 6 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00816.
    10.3389/fpls.2015.00816
  10. Santos, Carmen; Zhebentyayeva, Tetyana; Serrazina, Susana; Nelson, C.Dana; Costa, Rita. "Development and characterization of EST-SSR markers for mapping reaction to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Castanea spp.". Scientia Horticulturae 194 (2015): 181-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2015.07.043.
    10.1016/j.scienta.2015.07.043
  11. Serrazina, Susana; Santos, Carmen; Machado, Helena; Pesquita, Catia; Vicentini, Renato; Pais, Maria Salomé; Sebastiana, Mónica; Costa, Rita. "Castanea root transcriptome in response to Phytophthora cinnamomi challenge". Tree Genetics & Genomes 11 1 (2015): 6-6.
    10.1007/s11295-014-0829-7
  12. Serrazina, Susana; Dias, Fernando Vaz; Malhó, Rui. "Characterization of FAB1 phosphatidylinositol kinases in Arabidopsis pollen tube growth and fertilization". New Phytologist (2014): n/a-n/a.
    10.1111/nph.12836
  13. de Sousa Sampaio, Pedro Nuno; Helia Neto; Poejo, Pedro; Serrazina, Susana Maria T.; Soares Pais, Maria Salome. "Overexpression and characterization of cyprosin B in transformed suspension cells of Cynara cardunculus". Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 101 3 (2010): 311-321.
    10.1007/s11240-010-9690-z
  14. Ferreira, Silvia; Batista, Dora; Serrazina, Susana; Pais, Maria Salome. "Morphogenesis induction and organogenic nodule differentiation in Populus euphratica Oliv. leaf explants". Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 96 1 (2009): 35-43.
    10.1007/s11240-008-9457-y
  15. Batista, Dora; Fonseca, Sandra; Serrazina, Susana; Figueiredo, Andreia; Pais, Maria Salome. "Efficient and stable transformation of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) var. Eroica by particle bombardment". Plant Cell Reports 27 7 (2008): 1185-1196.
    10.1007/s00299-008-0537-6
Online resource
  1. Serrazina, Susana; Santos, C.; Machado, H.; Pesquita, C.; Vicentini, R.; Pais, M.S.; Sebastiana, Mónica; Costa, R.. Castanea sativa and Castanea crenata Transcriptome and Gene Expression - NGS sequencing data deposited in the Short Read Archive (NCBI). 2014. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/?term=PRJNA215368&utm_source=gquery&utm_medium=search.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Serrazina, Susana; Fonseca, Sandra; Balde, Aladje; Pais, Maria Salome. 2004. "Castanea sativa Mill. genes codifying for Allene Oxide Cyclase, Cystatin, ß-1,3-Glucanase and Thaumatin-Like Protein and their use.". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued

Other

Annotation
  1. Serrazina, Susana. 2024. "P0DO63 · GNK2L_CASCR Protein Antimicrobial ginkbilobin-2-like protein Gene GNK2L". Portugal.
Dataset
  1. Serrazina, Susana. NCBI BioProject. Accession: PRJNA215368 ID: 215368. Castanea Transcriptome or Gene expression.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA215368.
  2. Serrazina, Susana. NCBI sequence. AF268890.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AF268890.1/.
Other output
  1. Desenvolvimento de um protocolo de transformação genética de Jatropha curcas. 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8019.
  2. Isolamento de genes de resistência a Phytophthora cinnamoni e definição de um protocolo de transformação genética em Castanea sativa. 2010.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/06/26 Castanea crenata Ginkbilobin2-like as a resistance gene to Phytophthora cinnamomi infection VII International Chestnut Symposium
International Society for Horticultural Science (Lugo, Spain)
2019/06/23 Oral presentation: Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of chestnut somatic embryos with Cast_gnk2-like – a candidate gene for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2019 Meeting Forests, Technology & Society
2015/09/09 Comprehension of molecular and genetic mechanisms of resistance to ink disease and blight in chestnut. II National Symposium on Chestnut
REFCAST-ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DA CASTANHA (Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - Current Functional analysis of Chestnut and Phytophthora genes involved in plant-pathogen interaction
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Molecular e Genética (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2024/09/10 Functional analysis of chestnut Ginkbilobin2-like gene, candidate to Phytophthora cinnamomi resistance
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/10 - 2012/11 Development of a genetic transformation method in Jatropha curcas
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2011/11/01 CpG-free PLASMID-BASED VECTORS FOR GENE DELIVERY TO NEURAL STEM CELLS
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/12 Isolation of resistance genes to Phytophthora cinnamomi and development of a genetic transformation protocol in Castanea sativa
Supervisor
 Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/05/08 - 2024/05/08 Dia Aberto em Ciências: Mentoring of two MSc students and one BSc student for divulgating my research project, including video, illustration, and on-site show of transformed chestnuts to high school students. (2024/05 - 2024/05)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/04/28 Frutos e Afins com Ciências (2023/04/28 - 2023/04/28)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
2022/10/19 - 2022/10/19 Visit of 12th grade students from Oeiras International School: molecular biology lab (2022/10/19 - 2022/10/19)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/13 - 2025/03/13 Visit of 10th-grade students from King's College School Cascais: tour to plant growth chambers and associated research
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/07/23 - 2024/07/23 Ser Cientista: Speed-dating with scientists: Short talks with high-school students about research and scientific careers.
Workshop
 Ser Cientista
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/04 Exhibition of Castanea dentata in vitro cultures and divulgation of research project.
Exhibition
 Dia Aberto FCUL 2022 e BioISI Junior Programme 2022
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/18 Oral presentation of present research
Congress
 X Jornadas de Investigação em Biologia
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/13 Poster: GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPEAN CHESTNUT (CASTANEA SATIVA MILL.) SOMATIC EMBRYOS WITH A GENE ENCODING A GNK2 PROTEIN XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV “Retos del cultivo de tejidos vegetales en la era de la bioeconomía”
Sociedad Española de Cultivo In Vitro de Tejidos Vegetales (SECIVTV), Spain
2018/10/10 - 2018/10/12 Poster: Contribute to the Challenges on Chestnut production: a genomic approach.
Seminar
 International Seminar Food, Health and Environment: Sustainability and Challenges
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15 Poster: Transformation of Quercus suber and Quercus ilex somatic embryos with a gene encoding a Gnk2 protein
Conference
 IUFRO 5th 2.09.02 Working Party Conference (Theme 2: Forests and Forest Products for a Greener Future)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/05/03 - 2017/05/09 Poster: Updates on the functional analysis of Castanea candidate genes to Phytophthora cinnamomi resistance
Conference
 4th annual conference of Rede Agro, Foster Innovation through Resilient and Efficient Agro Food & Forestry Systems
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/02 Poster: Understanding Castanea Response to Phytophthora cinnamomi : Genetic and Molecular Approaches
Conference
 EMBO Young Scientists' Forum 2016
EMBO Organização Europeia de Biologia Molecular, Germany

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/30 Immunity associated events in grapevine: the role of lipids and phospholipases-associated signalling
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Antunes dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/03/10 Resiliencia de Castanea sativa Mill. ante factores de estrés relacionados con el cambio global
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Javier Dorado Reyes (PhD)
Universidad de Extremadura - Campus de Plasencia, Spain
2017/09/26 Characterization and expression of subtilases involved in grapevine resistance to Plasmopara Vitícola
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Clemente da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016/10 - 2017/10 Collaboration with Prof. Alejandro Solla and Dr. Angela Martin for my advisory on chestnut candidate genes to Pc resistance and drought tolerance. Enfermedades y Plagas Forestales, Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain, Spain

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Guided Study in Cell Biology and Biotechnology Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11 - Current Fundamentals of Molecular Biology, laboratory courses Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/02 - Current Guided Study in Molecular Biology and Genetics Biologia Molecular e Genética (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/11 - Current Advances in Cell Biology Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/12 - 2013/12 Biomolecular Methods Biologia Molecular e Genética (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/06/16 - 2018/06/16 Biosfera 597 - Como melhorar culturas agrícolas com a ajuda da natureza

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/08/10 - 2024/12/05 Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers Media S.A.
2024/03/27 - 2024/04/17 Scientific Reports Springer Nature Limited
2024/02/01 - 2024/02/10 Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) Frontiers Media S.A.
2023/10/01 - 2023/10/13 BMC Plant Biology (1471-2229) Springer Nature
2023/04/05 - 2023/06/20 Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) Frontiers Media S.A.
2022/12/21 - 2023/02/12 Horticulturae (2311-7524) MDPI
2023/01/01 - 2023/01/23 Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature
2021/01 - 2022/05 Frontiers in Plant Science ( 1664-462X) Frontiers Media S.A.
2020/12 - 2020/12 Biotechnology Letters (1573-6776) Springer
2017/11 - 2020/11 Biochemical Genetics (1573-4927) Springer-Verlag
2020/07 - 2020/07 Plant Biology Wiley Online Library
2018/07 - 2020/07 Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) (1573-5044) Springer-Verlag
2019/06 - 2019/06 Journal of Plant Physiology (0176-1617) Elsevier
2019/02 - 2019/02 Planta (1432-2048) Springer-Verlag
2017/09 - 2017/09 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (1520-5118) American Chemical Society
2017/05 - 2017/05 Journal of Phytopathology (1439-0434) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2015/10 - 2015/10 Environmental and Experimental Botany - Journal Elsevier
2015/05 - 2015/05 European Journal of Plant Pathology (1573-8469) Springer-Verlag
2009/11 - 2009/11 Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (1861-1664) Springer-Verlag
2005/11 - 2005/11 Journal of Biological Sciences

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/02 - Current Initiation to the Laboratory in Molecular Biology and Genetics (Master in Molecular Biology and Genetics) Eduardo Marcelo Francisco

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2018/01 - Current PhD thesis advisory committee (TAC) of Biosys Phd Programme Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/03 Jury for the attribution of a Research Fellowship (BI) for a Master in the Project CellNET: The role of phosphoinositides and NET actin-binding proteins in the regulation of vesicle traffic and secretion in plant cells (Ref.2022.06990.PTDC, https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.06990.PTDC), Call#4547 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
2023/12/26 - 2024/01/12 Jury in a call for awarding research fellowships within project grants and R&D institutions - MSc
2022/09/12 - 2022/10/07 Jury in a call for awarding research fellowships within project grants and R&D institutions - Post-Doc Grant FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
2021/11/02 - 2021/11/18 Jury in a call for awarding research fellowships within project grants and R&D institutions - Post-Doc Grant FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2021/10/31 Jury of habilitation recognition (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Invited Review Editor in Frontiers in Plant Science, Editorial Board of Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2021 Invited Review Editor in Frontiers in Plant Science, Editorial Board of Plant Development and EvoDevo
Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
2014 Honorable mention at Prémio Inovação Crédito Agrícola, Category Investigation and Technological Innovation, Project ‘Improved chestnuts with ink disease resistance’ http://www.premioinovacao.pt/vencedores-2014/
Crédito Agrícola, Portugal