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Miguel Ângelo Almeida Rito is a researcher in the project “BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products ” in the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory in University of Coimbra. Completed his bachelor degree in Biologia in 2017/07/10 by University of Aveiro and his Masters in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology in 2019/09/09 by University of Coimbra. Participated in 4 events, presented 2 scientific posters and contribute to 1 oral presentation in a conference. He has colaborated in 1 project, currently ongoing. His areas of expertise are Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, with special emphasis on Micropropagation and Transcriptomics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Ângelo Almeida Rito

Citation names

  • Rito, Miguel
  • Miguel Rito
  • Rito, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
401B-4911-9D81
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0862-8551

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915857088 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade de Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3030-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/05 - 2019/09/09
Concluded
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Stage and tissuespecific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2013/09/11 - 2017/07/10
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Biotecnologia Vegetal: Micropropagação de Tamarilho" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/20 - 2021/01/19 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2017/07/10 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/07/01 - 2020/01/01 Waiter and counter Centro Recreativo da Golpilheira, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01/20 - 2021/01/19 BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products
PTDC/BAA-AGR/32265/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2018/09/01 - 2019/09/09 BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products
PTDC/BAA-AGR/32265/2017
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Sandra correia; André Caeiro; Daniela Cordeiro; Miguel Rito; Ana Pedrosa; Tércia Lopes; Jorge Canhoto. Corresponding author: Sandra correia. "Somatic embryogenesis and other in vitro techniques towards tamarillo breeding and conservation". Paper presented in X International Scientific Practical Conference on Biotechnology as an Instrument for Plant Biodiversity Conservation, Bangkok, 2021.
  2. Correia, Sandra; Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Borges, Filipe; Canhoto, Jorge. "Small RNA profiling and differential expression analysis in Solanum betaceum embryogenic, non-embryogenic and long-term established callus cultures". Paper presented in 4th iPLANTA Conference, Athens, 2020.
    Published
  3. Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "Stage and tissue-specific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Paper presented in XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2019.
    Published
  4. Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "The role of miRNAs post-transcriptional regulation during the acquisition of embryogenic competence in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Paper presented in 3rd iPLANTA Conference, Lisboa, 2019.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "Stage and tissue-specific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Paper presented in XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV: Retos del cultivo de tejidos vegetales en la era de la bioeconomia, 2019.
  2. Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "The role of miRNAs post-transcriptional regulation during the acquisition of embryogenic competence in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Paper presented in 3rd iPLANTA Conference: What Future For RNAi-Based Products – RNAi Modified Plants or Spray Products, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Borges, Filipe; Canhoto, Jorge; Correia, Sandra. "Selection and validation of reference genes for qPCR analysis of miRNAs and their targets during somatic embryogenesis in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Plant Cell Reports (2020):
    Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rito, Miguel. "Stage and tissue-specific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/88101.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/02/27 Small RNA profiling and differential expression analysis in Solanum betaceum embryogenic, non-embryogenic and long-term established callus cultures 4th iPLANTA Conference: Contribution of RNAi to sustainable agriculture, food safety and security
(Athens, Greece)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/13 XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV: Retos del cultivo de tejidos vegetales en la era de la bioeconomia
Conference
 XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV
NEIKER-Tecnalia, Spain
2019/02/27 - 2019/03/01 3rd iPLANTA Conference: What Future For RNAi-Based Products – RNAi Modified Plants or Spray Products
Conference
 3rd iPLANTA Conference
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15 Fifth International Conference of the IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02
Conference
 Fifth International Conference of the IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/06/07 - 2017/06/10 VIII Congresso Ibérico de Ciências Hortícolas
Conference
 VIII Congresso Ibérico de Ciências Hortícolas
Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura , Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Fulbright Research Grant with the support of FCT
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal