Cristina Maria Lourenco da Cunha Correia de Azevedo (4B12-0F27-9589)

Curriculum Vitae

Cristina Maria Lourenco da Cunha Correia de Azevedo

Cristina Azevedo, is highly experienced researcher with broad expertise. She started her research in the field of plant pathogen interactions having worked with rice, barley, tobacco and Arabidopsis to study molecular mechanisms of plant resistance against pathogenic fungus and bacteria. She then used several model systems (Bacteria, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammalian cells, and HIV-1) to unveil new protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) and to study their molecular roles. She is an Agricultural Engineering from “Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa”, Portugal. Between 1997-98 she awarded an International MSc in Biotechnology jointly from a university in UK and the Netherlands having performed her research project in the Department of Plant Pathology, at University of California in Davis, USA in the field of bacterial blight disease in rice. She did her PhD at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), John Innes Centre, University of East Anglia, in the UK, between 2000-04, having worked in plant pathogen interactions cloning a major regulator of plant disease resistance. Between 2005 and 2020 she sought to further develop her biochemistry skills and joined the MRC, Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, as Investigator Scientist to work on protein post-translational modifications in eukaryotic model organisms. She Since February 2021 she is the Director of New Biopesticides Department at InnovPlantProtect in Elvas, Portugal where she manages a team of eight researchers working towards the development of peptide, dsRNA and Biological Control Agents (BCAs) based plant protection products to combat several bacterial and fungal plant diseases affecting Mediterranean crops.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Cristina Maria Lourenco da Cunha Correia de Azevedo

Citation names

Azevedo, Cristina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4B12-0F27-9589
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6997-1265

Email addresses

cazevedo@iplantprotect.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

(+351) 93328585 (Professional)

Addresses

InnovPlantProtect CoLab, Estrada de Gil Vaz, Apartado 72, 7251-901, Elvas, Portalegre, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agronomy

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02 - Current	Organic Unit Director	InnovPlantProtect CoLab, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/07 - 2020/01	Investigator Scientist. Title: Biophysical characterization of polyphosphorylation (Laboratory of Prof. Adolfo Saiardi)	University College London, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

2005/07 - 2009/07	MRC Career Development Fellow. Title: Functional analysis of IP7-mediated pyrophosphorylation (Laboratory of Prof. Adolfo Saiardi).	University College London, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

2004/07 - 2005/07	Post-Doctoral Research Associate. Title: Functional analysis of SGT1 in plant disease resistance (Laboratory of Prof. Ken Shirasu).	The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

2000/01 - 2004/07	PhD in Plant Pathology. Title: Functional analysis of Rar1 in plant disease resistance (Laboratory of Prof. Ken Shirasu).	The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

1998/10 - 1999/12	Research Assistant. Title: Characterization of RAR1 as a zinc-binding protein (Laboratory of Prof. Paul Schulze-Lefert).	The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/10/01 - Current	Vinny: Advanced nanoencapsulation of bio-based pesticides and fertilisers for a circular and sustainable viticulture 101130039 Principal investigator InnovPlantProtect, Portugal	Horizon 2020
2023/01/01 - Current	Pacto da Bioeconomia azul 31/12/2025 AAC n.º 01/C05-i02 /2022 Principal investigator
2022/12/01 - Current	ABCAgriBioCircular ABC_065 Principal investigator	Concluded
2021/10/01 - Current	AI aplicada a um sistema de previsão e deteção precoce de Phytophthora cinnamomi em montado/dehesa PV20-00016 Principal investigator	Concluded
2023/09/01 - 2026/08/31	AlmondProtect PD23-00014 Principal investigator InnovPlantProtect, Portugal InnovPlantProtect CoLab, Portugal	Fundação 'la Caixa' Ongoing
2004 - 2005	Functional analysis of SGT1 in plant disease resistance SFRH/BPD/14698/2003 Post-doc Fellow The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2000/01 - 2004/12	Functional analysis of RAR1 in plant disease resistance PRAXIS /BD/21555/1999 PhD Student Fellow University of East Anglia, United Kingdom The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
1997 - 1998	Development of a screening system for the identification of avrXa21 from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PRAXIS XXI/BM/15417/1997 Master Student Fellow De Monfort University, United Kingdom Hogeschool Western Brabant, Netherlands University of California Davis Department of Plant Pathology, United States	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2015 - 2018	Synthesis of synthetic biotinylated inorganic polyphosphate to identify polyphosphorylated proteins MC_UU_1201814 Researcher MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany	Concluded
2012 - 2018	Investigating the role of KIF3A in melanosome biogenesis MC_UU_1201814 Researcher Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, India MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom	Concluded
2011 - 2017	VIH2 Controls Biosynthesis of the Inositol Pyrophosphate InsP8 and Regulates Jasmonate-regulated defenses in Arabidopsis thaliana MC_UU_1201814 Researcher University of Tubingen, Germany MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom	Concluded
2012 - 2013	Inositol pyrophosphates regulate JMJD2C-dependent histone demethylation MC_UU_1201814 Researcher MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom	Concluded
2006 - 2009	Inositol pyrophosphate mediated pyrophosphorylation of AP3B1 regulates HIV-1 Gag release MC_UU_1201814 Researcher MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Saiardi, A.; Azevedo, C.; Desfougères, Y.; Portela-Torres, P.; Wilson, M.S.C.. Microbial inositol polyphosphate metabolic pathway as drug development target. 2018. 10.1016/j.jbior.2017.09.007
Book chapter	Azevedo, C.; Burton, A.; Bennett, M.; Onnebo, S.M.N.; Saiardi, A.. "Synthesis of InsP 7 by the Inositol Hexakisphosphate Kinase 1 (IP6K1)". In Inositol Phosphates and Lipids, 73-85. Humana Press, 2010. 10.1007/978-1-60327-175-2_5
Journal article	Filipy Borghi; Cristina Azevedo; Errin Johnson; Jemima J. Burden; Adolfo Saiardi. "A mammalian model reveals inorganic polyphosphate channeling into the nucleolus and induction of a hyper-condensate state". Cell Reports Methods (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100814. 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100814 Azevedo, Cristina; Filipy Borghi ; Xue Bessie Su; Adolfo Saiardi. Corresponding author: Adolfo Saiardi. "On the covalent nature of lysine polyphosphorylation". Moleculat Cell 84 4 (2024): 1811-1815.e3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276524002788. Open access • Published "The Histidine Ammonia Lyase of Trypanosoma cruzi Is Involved in Acidocalcisome Alkalinization and Is Essential for Survival under Starvation Conditions". mBio (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01981-21. 10.1128/mbio.01981-21 Cláudia Rato; Miguel F. Carvalho; Cristina Azevedo; Paula Rodrigues Oblessuc. "Genome editing for resistance against plant pests and pathogens". Transgenic Research 30 4 (2021): 427-459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-021-00262-x. 10.1007/s11248-021-00262-x Desfougères, Y.; Saiardi, A.; Azevedo, C.. "Inorganic polyphosphate in mammals: where's Wally?". Biochemical Society Transactions (2020): https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20190328. 10.1042/BST20190328 Azevedo, C. (); Desfougères, Y.; Jiramongkol, Y.; Partington, H.; Trakansuebkul, S.; Singh, J.; Steck, N.; Jessen, H.J.; Saiardi, A. (). "Development of a yeast model to study the contribution of vacuolar polyphosphate metabolism to lysine polyphosphorylation (co-corresponding)". Journal of Biological Chemistry* 295 6 (2020): 1439-1451. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA119.011680. 10.1074/jbc.RA119.011680 Azevedo, C.; Singh, J.; Steck, N.; Hofer, A.; Ruiz, F.A.; Singh, T.; Jessen, H.J.; Saiardi, A.. "Screening a Protein Array with Synthetic Biotinylated Inorganic Polyphosphate To Define the Human PolyP-ome". ACS Chemical Biology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.8b00357. 10.1021/acschembio.8b00357 Nag, S.; Rani, S.; Mahanty, S.; Bissig, C.; Arora, P.; Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.; et al. "Rab4A organizes endosomal domains for sorting cargo to lysosome-related organelles". Journal of Cell Science 131 18 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053707611&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1242/jcs.216226 Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.. "Eukaryotic Phosphate Homeostasis: The Inositol Pyrophosphate Perspective.". Trends in biochemical sciences (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27876550. 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.10.008 Azevedo, Cristina; Livermore, T.M.; Azevedo, C.; Kolozsvari, B.; Wilson, M.S.C.; Saiardi, A.. "Phosphate, inositol and polyphosphates.". Biochemical Society transactions 44 (2016): 253-259. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26862212. 10.1042/bst20150215 Azevedo, Cristina. "Why always lysine? The ongoing tale of one of the most modified amino acids.". Advances in biological regulation (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26482291. 10.1016/j.jbior.2015.09.008 Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.; Azevedo, Cristina. "The new world of inorganic polyphosphates". Biochemical Society Transactions 44 (2016): 13-17. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957900933&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1042/BST20150210 Azevedo, C.(); Livermore, T.M.; Saiardi, A. (). "Protein Polyphosphorylation of Lysine Residues by Inorganic Polyphosphate (co-corresponding)". Molecular Cell* 58 1 (2015): 71-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.010. 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.010 Laha, D.; Johnen, P. (); Azevedo, C.(); Dynowski, M.; Weiß, M.; Capolicchio, S.; Mao, H.; et al. "VIH2 Regulates the Synthesis of Inositol Pyrophosphate InsP8 and Jasmonate-Dependent Defenses in Arabidopsis (Equal contribution)". The Plant Cell* 27 4 (2015): 1082-1097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.114.135160. 10.1105/tpc.114.135160 Azevedo, Cristina; Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.. "Functions of inorganic polyphosphates in eukaryotic cells: a coat of many colours.". Biochemical Society transactions 42 1 (2014): 98-102. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24450634. 10.1042/bst20130111 Azevedo, Cristina. "Inositol pyrophosphates regulate JMJD2C-dependent histone demethylation.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24191012. 10.1073/pnas.1309699110 Azevedo, Cristina. "Influence of inositol pyrophosphates on cellular energy dynamics.". Science (New York, N.Y.) (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22076377. 10.1126/science.1211908 Loss, O.; Azevedo, C.; Szijgyarto, Z.; Bosch, D.; Saiardi, A.. "Preparation of Quality Inositol Pyrophosphates". Journal of Visualized Experiments 55 (2011): http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/3027. 10.3791/3027 Lonetti, A.; Szijgyarto, Z.; Bosch, D.; Loss, O.; Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.. "Identification of an Evolutionarily Conserved Family of Inorganic Polyphosphate Endopolyphosphatases". Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 37 (2011): 31966-31974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m111.266320. 10.1074/jbc.m111.266320 Azevedo, C.; Szijgyarto, Z.; Saiardi, A.. "The signaling role of inositol hexakisphosphate kinases (IP6Ks)". Advances in Enzyme Regulation 51 1 (2011): 74-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advenzreg.2010.08.003. 10.1016/j.advenzreg.2010.08.003 Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.; Azevedo, Cristina. "Reply to Shears: As knowledge of inositol pyrophosphates advances, wonder recedes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 5 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76649134133&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1073/pnas.0914711107 Azevedo, Cristina. "Inositol pyrophosphate mediated pyrophosphorylation of AP3B1 regulates HIV-1 Gag release.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19934039. 10.1073/pnas.0909176106 Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A.. "Extraction and analysis of soluble inositol polyphosphates from yeast". Nature Protocols 1 5 (2006): 2416-2422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.337. 10.1038/nprot.2006.337 Azevedo, C. (); Betsuyaku, S. (); Peart, J.; Takahashi, A.; Noël, L.; Sadanandom, A.; Casais, C.; Parker, J.; Shirasu, K. "Role of SGT1 in resistance protein accumulation in plant immunity (Equal contribution)". The EMBO Journal* 25 9 (2006): 2007-2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601084. 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601084 Bennett, M.; Onnebo, S. M. N.; Azevedo, C.; Saiardi, A. "Inositol pyrophosphates: metabolism and signaling". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 63 5 (2006): 552-564. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-005-5446-z. 10.1007/s00018-005-5446-z Azevedo, Cristina. "The RAR1 interactor SGT1, an essential component of R gene-triggered disease resistance.". Science (New York, N.Y.) (2002): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11847307. 10.1126/science.1067554 Azevedo, C.; Santos-Rosa, M.J.; Shirasu, K.. "The U-box protein family in plants". Trends in Plant Science 6 8 (2001): 354-358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1360-1385(01)01960-4. 10.1016/s1360-1385(01)01960-4 Shirasu, K.; Lahaye, T.; Tan, M-W.; Zhou, F.; Azevedo, C.; Schulze-Lefert, P.. "A Novel Class of Eukaryotic Zinc-Binding Proteins Is Required for Disease Resistance Signaling in Barley and Development in C. elegans". Cell 99 4 (1999): 355-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81522-6. 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81522-6

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent

2024. "BIOLOGICAL PLANT PROTECTION AGENT, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (PCT/IB2023/057464)".
Disclosed
2024. "PLANT BIOSTIMULANT, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (20242005767250)".
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Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/03/17	Polyphosphorylation of lysine residues by inorganic polyphosphate	Post-Translational Modifications and Cell Signalling The Physiological, Biochemical and British Pharmacological Societies (Nothingham, United Kingdom)
2016/10/28	Polyphosphorylation, a new post-translational modification of lysine residues	Invited speaker Institute of Agrifood Research, Technology Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (IRTA-CRAG) (Barcelona, Spain)
2015/09/07	Protein Polyphosphorylation	Inorganic Polyphosphate (polyP) Physiology Biochemical Society (Londres, United Kingdom)
2015/09/01	Protein Polyphosphorylation	Signalling 2015: Cellular Functions of Phosphoinositides and Inositol Phosphates Biochemical Society (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2013/11/28	Discovery and characterization of a new mechanism of protein post-translation modification Polyphosphorylation	Invited speaker Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013/06/16	Phosphate, Inositol and a Novel Protein Modification	Signalling 2013 from Structure to Function meeting Biochemical and British Pharmacological Societies, University of York (York, United Kingdom)
2012/12/07	Discovery of a new mechanism of protein post-translational modification	Invited speaker Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) (Porto, Portugal)
2012/12/06	Discovery of a new mechanism of protein post-translational modification	Invited speaker Centro de Biologia, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Braga (Braga, Portugal)
2010/07	Inositol Pyrophosphates in cell signalling	Department of Developmental Biology Retreat Department of Developmental Biology, University College London (Guilford, United Kingdom)
2008/06	Functional role of IP7-mediated serine pyro-phosphorylation of AP3B1 in HIV-1 VLP release	Post-translational Modifications Meeting American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Granlibakken , United States)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/10/30 - 2023/10/31	Invited speaker at the 12º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, 30th and 31st of Out 2023, “Rumo a novas soluções de base biológica para controlar doenças de plantas”, Elvas, PT. Conference	12º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/12	Invited speaker at the Iberian Plant Biology 2023 congress, 9th-12th July 2023, “Towards new bio-based solutions to control Rice Blast”, Braga, PT.	Iberian Plant Biology 2023 congress Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/10/08 - 2019/10/10	EMBL-EBI workshop to introduce basic bioinformatics approaches to find, analyse and understand nucleotide or protein sequences, to conduct searches across biological databases using both metadata and sequence data approaches. Workshop	EMBL workshop “Exploring Biological Sequences” European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
2019/05/02 - 2019/05/09	EMBO practical course aimed at providing a theoretical and practical overview of state-of-the-art techniques for the characterization of various PTMs, and their cross-talk in controlling dynamic cellular mechanisms. Workshop	Characterisation of post-translational modifications in cellular signalling Syddansk Universitet Institut for Biokemi og Molekylaer Biologi, Denmark EMBO Press, Germany
2013/03/05 - 2013/03/07	Embo Workshop on Leadership, communication, scientific writing, research integrity and other professional and 'soft skills'. Workshop	Embo Laboratory Management Course “The art of Leadership”, Moller Centre, Cambridge (UK). European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2011 - 2011	Poster presented at “The 40th Inositol Signaling in Pharmacology and Disease, Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology” Congress	The 40th Inositol Signaling in Pharmacology and Disease, Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Keystone, Colorado, USA Keystone Symposia, United States
2009 - 2009	Poster presented at “The 34th European Symposium on Hormones and Cell Regulation on Inositol Lipids and phosphates in cell signalling, metabolism and disease” Congress	The 34th European Symposium on Hormones and Cell Regulation on Inositol Lipids and phosphates in cell signalling, metabolism and disease, Obernai, France
2008/10/04 - 2008/10/08	Poster presented at “The retrovirus assembly meeting” Congress	The retrovirus assembly meeting, Prague (Czech Republic)
2000 - 2000	Poster presented at the “International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, 6th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology” Congress	6th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Quebec City, Canada

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020/10/09	Título Nudt3, la primera endopolifosfatasa humana President of the jury	Bàrbara Samper Martín (PhD) Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/01/01 - Current	GreenLabs, Portugal	Active Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2016/01 - 2020/01	Leader and founding member of the LMCB greeners team. Responsible to set up and lead a team that works to create a more sustainable laboratory and office environment at MRC-LMCB. This activity resulted in the LMCB being awarded a Silver certification in 2016 and Excellence certification ever since. Coordinator	MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2006/01 - 2020/01	Founding member of the LMCB post-doc voice committee, represented the post-doc group at Group leaders and equipment meetings (2010-2016). Role- to liaise with post-docs, identify problems on the day-to-day running of LMCB, come up with solutions and discuss the information at the meetings, organize the speakers chairs of the internal talks. Member	MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2013/01 - 2014/07	Member of the team that coordinated the LMCB Athena Swan Gold award entry. Athena Swan was introduced as a way to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment in higher education and research. Member	MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, United Kingdom

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020/01/01 - Current	Laboratory Sustainability consultant, giving seminars to many research institutions to help them implement laboratory sustainability measures, participating in panel discussion.
2017/01 - 2020/01	Consulting work at UCL sustainability department (Probono) providing case studies, helping deliver workshops and reaching out to other UCL departments to engage in laboratory sustainability. This work was recognized by UCL with a Staff award for “outstanding contribution to sustainability”.

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2013/12 - 2018/12	Phosphoinositides Signalling (4h/year between2013 to 2018)	Cell Signalling in Health and Disease (Master)	University College London Division of Biosciences, United Kingdom

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2019/12	Shared my experience and gave advise in setting up a sustainability team at LMCB.	ecrLife

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2020/09 - 2020/09	Faça Chuva Faça Sol	InnovPlantProtect research on plant diseases
2014/06 - 2014/06	RTP news	Investigatora Portuguesesa em Londres; Dia de Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2009/01 - Current	Enzyme and Microbial Technology (0141-0229)	Elsevier
2009 - Current	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (1432-0614)	Springer-Verlag
2009 - Current	Molecules (1420-3049)	MDPI AG
2009 - Current	Genes (2073-4425)	MDPI AG

Distinctions

Award

2018	UCL Staff award for “outstanding contribution to sustainability"
2016	Best poster prize at Faculty of Life Sciences Research Day, UCL, (UK) University College London Faculty of Life Sciences, United Kingdom
2015	Best poster prize at “Inorganic Polyphosphate (polyP) Physiology”, The Biochemical Society, London (UK)
2015	Best poster prize at “Signalling 2015: Cellular Functions of Phosphoinositides and Inositol Phosphates”, The Biochemical Society, University of Cambridge, (UK)
2001	Best poster prize (category of Plant Disease Signalling) at “10th International Congress of Plant Microbe Interactions”, Madison, Wisconsin (USA)
2001	Best talk prize at the Young Scientists Meeting, JIC, Norwich (UK)