Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu
Citation names
- Abreu IA
- Isabel A. Abreu
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5218-7E60-CDD0
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5566-2146
- Researcher Id
- ID: I-5081-2013
- Scopus Author Id
- 7003902256
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2002
Concluded
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Doutoramento (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Mechanisms for oxidative stress response in anaerobic prokaryotes - rubredoxin:superoxide oxidoreductase, a new pathway for
superoxide detoxification." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Por Unanimidade |
1996
Concluded
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Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"na" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17/20 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/06/16 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal | ||
2013 - 2015 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal | ||
2009 - 2012 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal | ||
2007 - 2009 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal | ||
2005 - 2007 | Postdoc (Research) | Rockefeller University, United States |
Rockefeller University, United States | ||
2003 - 2005 | Postdoc (Research) | Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/02 - Current | Coordinator of Master's Program "Bioresources for Sustainability" | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2013 - Current | Coordinator of UniMS (Mass Spectrometry Unit) for ITQB | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2013 - Current | RNEM - Portuguese Mass Spectrometry Network
Supervisor
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Ongoing
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2021/07 - 2024/06 | Impact of ABA signalling on plant growth regulatory pathways and root architecture
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-FBT/4942/2020
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2021 - 2024 | Heat stress during the progamic phase: Impact on male gametophytes of angiosperms at transcriptome and proteome level
PTDC/ASP-PLA/2007/2020
Co-Principal Investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2021/01 - 2023/12 | Genomics and Metabolomics in a Host-Microbe Symbiosis Network
Provided by PTCRIS: SOBREIRO/0035/2009
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European Commission |
2020/06/01 - 2023/06/01 | TRACE-RICE: Tracing rice and valorizing side streams along Mediterranean blockchain
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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European Union
Ongoing
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2020/01/01 - 2023/01/01 | PhotoBoost. A holistic approach to improve the photosynthetic performance and productivity of C3 crops under diverse environmental
conditions.
H2020-NMBP-BIO-2019
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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European Union
Ongoing
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2014/03 - 2017/02 | Control of abiotic stress responses by the plant DELLAs and chemicals stabilizing these repressors
P-KBBE/0001/2012
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2012/01 - 2016/12 | Converting C3 to C4 photosynthesis for sustainable agriculture.
Researcher
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Directorate-General for Research and Innovation |
2013/05 - 2015/04 | SUMOdulator - Researching SUMO modulation of plant abiotic stress responses
PTDC/BIA-PLA/3850/2012
Researcher
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FCT, Portugal |
2012/03 - 2015/03 | An integrated approach to identify stress-related regulatory genes in cork oak (SuberStress)
PTDC/AGR-GPL/118505/2010
Researcher
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FCT, Portugal |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/17 - 2025/01/16 | FilliGRAIN-PROTECT - Using the power of plant signal-integration to protect grain filling from stress
PTDC/ASP-PLA/1920/2021
BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2013 - 2014 | GENOSUBER: Sequencing the Cork Oak genome
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Researcher
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2009 - 2013 | Looking for targets for rice improvement to drought stress with BASF Plant Science
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Principal investigator
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Journal article |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/06/26 | OsCPK17 targets the modulation of rice metabolism during the response to cold stress | FV2019- XXIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology and the XVI Hispano-Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology
(Pamplona, Spain)
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2018/04/19 | The importance of the SUMOylation of OsSLR1 in the response to abiotic stress |
VIB (Ghent, Belgium)
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2017/04/05 | From signal perception to the regulation of metabolism, the story of a Ca2+-dependent protein kinase | SCAN
ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal)
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2016/09/28 | Key players of the rice SUMOylation machinery in drought response: exploring tissue specificity towards enhancement of fitness under stress | 14th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
(Montpellier, France)
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2016/08/07 | New post-translational level regulation for key enzymes in maize C4 photosynthesis: PEPC, PPDK and NADP-ME | The 17th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research
(Maastricht, Netherlands)
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2016/08 | New post-translational level regulation for key enzymes in maize C4 photosynthesis: PEPC, PPDK and NADP-ME | Satellite Workshop on C4 Photosynthesis
(Dusseldorf, Germany)
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2016 | Regulation of C4 photosynthesis by post-translational modifications in key enzymes – PEPC and PPDK | C4 Photosynthesis Conference 2016: Past, Present and Future
(Camberra, Australia)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020 - 2021/05/26 | Functional characterization of the phosphorylation of selected CPK17 putative targets
Supervisor
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Biotechnology for Sustainability (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Past Supervisor- “The role of SUMO conjugating enzymes on the regulation of SLR1, a major growth regulator”
Supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2014 - 2019 | Past Supervisor- “Insights into rice response to abiotic stress: The role and regulation of the only DELLA protein of rice”
(SFRH/BD/85799/2012).
Supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2014 - 2019 | Past Supervisor- “SUMO conjugating enzymes in abiotic stress response in rice” (SFRH/BD/84219/2012).
Supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2014 - 2017 | Past Supervisor- “Functional characterization of the abiotic stress-related rice gene OsCPK17 through physiologic, genomic
and proteomic approaches” (SFRH/BD/61121/2009).
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2011 - 2017 | Past Supervisor- “Transcriptional regulation of the rice OsDREB1B in response to abiotic and biotic stresses” (SFRH/BD/74946/2010).
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2010 - 2011 | Past Supervisor- “SUMOylation Role in Proteome Regulation during Plant Dehydration-Stress Response - Establishment of a Gel-Based
Proteomics Protocol”
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021/12/17 | Deciphering seed development mechanisms in Phaseolus vulgaris L.
(Thesis) Arguer
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José Salvado (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2019 | Regulation of plant energy signaling by components of the abscisic acid pathway
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Mattia Carmelo Adamo (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2019 | The role of SUMO conjugating enzymes on the regulation of SLR1, a major growth regulator
Supervisor
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Alice Martins (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2019 | SUMO conjugating enzymes in abiotic stress response in rice
Supervisor
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Ana Margarida Rosa (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2019 | Insights into rice response to abiotic stress: The role and regulation of the only DELLA protein of rice
Supervisor
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Nuno Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2017 | Regulation of Glutamine Synthetase by Reactive Nitrogen Species in Medicago truncatula.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Liliana Alexandra Santos Silva (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2017 | Transcriptional regulation of the rice OsDREB1B in response to abiotic and biotic stresses
Supervisor
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André Cordeiro (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2017 | Functional characterization of the abiotic stress-related rice gene OsCPK17 through physiologic, genomic and proteomic approaches
Supervisor
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Cecília Almadanim (PhD) |
2016 | Regulation of SnRK1-dependent energy signaling by sumoylation
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Leonor Margalha (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2015 | The impact of the oxidative stress response on the tacrolimus production by S. Tsukubaensis NRRL 18488
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sílvia Daniela Sarmento Pires (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
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2014 | Interaction between class III peroxidase sans arabinogalactan proteins in plant cell physiology
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sara Bettercourt Saraiva Alves Ramos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2013 | Functional Analysis of the SUMO conjugation/deconjugation system during the development and stress response of Arabidopsis
thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Pedro Humberto A. R. F. Castro (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2011 | Uncovering the role of ULP1c and ULP1d proteases in plant development and the drought stress response
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Daniel N. S. Couto (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2011 | Mitosis and Protein N-alfa-Terminal Acetylation
(Thesis) Arguer
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Ana R. Marques (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2011 | SUMOylation Role in Proteome Regulation during Plant Dehydration-Stress Response - Establishment of a Gel-Based Proteomics
Protocol
Supervisor
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Mafalda Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/09 - Current | Work Group for Gender Equality in Science at ITQB NOVA
Member
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2019 - Current | Executive Committee of Master Program "Bioresources for biosustainability"
Member
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2019 - Current | Scientific Committee of the 1st Iberic Meeting for Mass Spectrometry and Separation Sciences, 8 to 11 October, Santiago de
Compostela, Spain.
Member
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2017 - Current | Scientific Committee of the 5th Portuguese Mass Spectrometry Meeting (PTMS2017), 20 to 22 September, Lisbon, Portugal.
Member
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2015 - Current | Executive Committee for ITQB’s Plant Biology Doctoral Program “Plants for Life”
Member
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2009 - Current | Organizing Committee Member for PlantGEM8, Lisbon, Portugal.
Member
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2019 - 2019 | Working Group devising the strategic Plan for InnovPlantProtect – Association
Member
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2017 - Current | Coordinator and Lecturer: Curricular Unit “Laboratory Techniques” at Master Course in Biotechnology for Sustainability (6 ECTS) | (Mestrado) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2016 - Current | Coordinator of Curricular Unit “Research Training” at Plants for Life Ph.D. Program (3 ETCS) | (Doutoramento) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2016 - Current | Coordinator and Lecturer: Curricular Unit “Plant Metabolic Regulation” at MolBioS Ph.D. Program and Plants for Life Ph.D. Program (1.5 ECTS) | (Doutoramento) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
2015 - 2015 | Regulation of cell proteome by posttranslational modifications – SUMOylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination in response to abiotic stress. | Master course FIB at FCUL (Mestrado) | Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
2008 - 2008 | Coordination and teaching: Course on “Biotecnologia Vegetal”, Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Extensão da Escola Superior de Biotecnologia nas Caldas da Rainha, for Microbiology finalist students. | (Licenciatura) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2017 - 2017 | Reviewer of AgreenSkills and AgreenSkills+ call in 2017-2nd round - Both programs are co-funded by the EU-Framework Programme
and the Marie Curie Actions-People Programme.
Evaluator
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium | |
2017 - 2017 | Reviewer for iBET’s Internal projects
Evaluator
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Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2018/12 - 2018/12 | Cycle Mars 2030 – Surviving in Mars. 15th December, 2018. Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Lisbon, Portugal. |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021/11/01 - Current | journal of Experimental Botany ( 1460-2431) | Oxford Academic |
2020/11 - Current | Cells | MDPI |
2018 - Current | Planta (1432-2048) | Springer-Verlag |
2018 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science Plant Physiology | |
2016 - 2017 | Proteomes (2227-7382) | MDPI AG |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2019 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Researcher | Ana Sofia Fortunato |
2019 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Researcher | Cleverson Matiolli |
2019 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Student | Hugo Alves |
2019 - Current | Supervisor of Master Student | Rafael Soares |
2018 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Student | Telma Fernandes |
2017 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Student | Dizimalta Miquitaio |
2016 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Student | Inês Luís |
2013 - Current | Supervisor of PhD Researcher | Bruno Alexandre |
2013 - Current | Supervisor of Ph.D. Student and Technician | Mafalda Rodrigues |
Distinctions
Award
1997 | Honorary Member of SBIC (Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry) 1997-1998– Poster Prize awarded at EUROBIC3 (3rd European Conference on Bio-inorganic Chemistry). |
Other distinction
2015 | IF2014 position awarded with grades 9/9
FCT, Portugal, Portugal
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2009 | Ciência2008 position at IBMC
FCT, Portugal, Portugal
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