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Nowadays, I am developing my PhD project to obtain my PhD in Biologia - specialization in Microbiology in Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. My project is focused on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from a One Health perspective, in particular, the environmental contamination of soil and water matrices as an indirect source of animal tuberculosis transmission which is still poorly understood. For this, I have developed, optimized, and applied a new high-efficient modular methodology for the identification, quantification, sorting, and sequencing of the whole genome of viable environmental Mycobacterium bovis. Next, I will develop eco-epidemiological models based on these findings to identify the key reservoir of environmental M. bovis in Iberia. This project is performed in collaboration with BioISI, cE3c, and INIAV, I.P. integrated into FCT funding project COLOSSUS (PTDC/CVT-CVT/29783/2017) and I am supported by FCT individual PhD grant (SFRH/BD/136557/2018). I obtained my master degree in Applied Microbiology in 2017 at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa with the project "Understanding the cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness, and the environment using Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) as a model", performed in cE3c supervised by Prof. Dr. Mónica Vieira Cunha. I obtained my Bachelor degree in Biology - branch Cellular Biology and Biotechnology in 2015 at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. My main research areas are Epidemiology of Animal and Zoonotic Infection Diseases under the One Health paradigm, particularly Mycobacteria and Microbiome related topics. Also Environmental Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Microbiology, and Microbial Ecology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Conceição Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, André C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
591C-25AD-F68B
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4112-4037

Email addresses

  • andre.c.pereira94@gmail.com (Professional)
  • fc43097@alunos.fc.ul.pt (Professional)
  • andre.c.pereira@campus.ul.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 217 500 00 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, TecLabs, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/03 - 2023
Ongoing
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Incorporating the genomic signature of environmental Mycobacterium bovis into transmission models of animal tuberculosis under a phylodynamics conceptual framework" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/08 - 2020/08
Concluded
 Summer School 2020: Global One Health – From Research to Practice (Outros)
Wageningen University and Research Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Netherlands
2019/11 - 2020/03
Concluded
 Wildlife Epidemiology and Disease Control (Outros)
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, Spain
2019/04 - 2019/04
Concluded
 Survey for ArcGIS (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2019/04 - 2019/04
Concluded
 Collector for ArcGIS (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/02
Concluded
 Introduction to R for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Outros)
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018/12 - 2018/12
Concluded
 ArcMap 1: Iniciação ao SIG (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2018 - 2018
Concluded
 Short course in Bionumerics (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
2015/09 - 2017/12
Concluded
 Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Understanding the cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness, and the environment using Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) as a model" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2017/10/28 - 2017/10/29
Concluded
 Short Course in R language programming (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/03
Concluded
 Course in Chromatography Techniques (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2015
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09 - Current Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
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Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/09/15 - 2017/07/15 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/09/01 - 2018/08 Volunteer - supervision of Prof. Mónica Cunha (Dr.) - "Understanding the cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness, and the environment using Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) as a model" Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
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2016/02/01 - 2016/07/01 Volunteer - supervision of Leonor Silveira (Msc.) - "Salmonella Typhimurium and monophasic variant Salmonella 4,5,12:i:-" Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/01/01 Volunteer - supervision of Sónia Abreu (PhD.) - "Biophysical evaluation of the AMP Pa-MAP1R3, derived from Pleuronectes americanus" Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2015/07/01 Volunteer - supervision Prof. Ana Rita Matos (PhD.) - "Lipid analysis of A. thaliana mutants" Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/08 - 2021/08 COLOSSUS - ControlO de tubercuLOSe na interface bovinoS-faUna Silvestre com recurso a soluções inovadoras inspiradas na natureza
PTDC/CVT-CVT/29783/2017
Other
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Pereira, André C.; Tenreiro, Ana; Tenreiro, Rogério; Cunha, Mónica V.. "Development of a novel FISH method coupled with flow cytometry to characterize Mycobacterium bovis from the environment". Paper presented in 6th cE3c Annual Meeting: Frontiers in E3, 2020.
  2. Pereira, André Conceição; Tenreiro, Ana; Tenreiro, Rogério; Cunha, Mónica Vieira. "Detection, identification, and sorting of viable environmental Mycobacterium bovis from soil and water samples". Paper presented in X RUSI, 2019.
  3. Pereira, André C.; Bandeira, Vítor; Fonseca, Carlos; Cunha, Mónica V.. "Microbiota intestinal de sacarrabos: diferenças taxonómicas e funcionais entre sexo e classe etária". Paper presented in Wildlife Game Management Summit, 2019.
  4. Pereira, André da Conceição; Bandeira, Vítor; Fonseca, Carlos; Cunha, Mónica Vieira. "Understanding the cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness, and the environment using Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) as a model". Paper presented in WAVES X International Symposium on Wild Fauna, 2017.
Journal article
  1. André C. Pereira; Ana C. Reis; Mónica V. Cunha. "Genomic epidemiology sheds light on the emergence and spread of Mycobacterium bovis Eu2 Clonal Complex in Portugal". Emerging Microbes & Infections (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2023.2253340.
    10.1080/22221751.2023.2253340
  2. "Stalking Mycobacterium bovis in the total environment: FLOW-FISH & FACS to detect, quantify, and sort metabolically active and quiescent cells in complex matrices". Journal of Hazardous Materials 432 (2022): 128687-128687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128687.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128687
  3. Pereira, André C.; Tenreiro, Ana; Tenreiro, Rogério; Cunha, Mónica. "When FLOW-FISH met FACS: Combining multiparametric, dynamic approaches for microbial single-cell research in the total environment". Science of The Total Environment 806 (2022): 150682-150682. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150682.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150682
  4. Ana C. Reis; Beatriz Ramos; Pereira, André C.; Mónica Cunha. "The hard numbers of tuberculosis epidemiology in wildlife: A meta-regression and systematic review.". Transboundary and emerging diseases (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13948.
    10.1111/tbed.13948
  5. Pereira, André C.; Cunha, Mónica V.. "An effective culturomics approach to study the gut microbiota of mammals". Research in Microbiology 171 8 (2020): 290-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2020.09.001.
    10.1016/j.resmic.2020.09.001
  6. Ramos, Beatriz; Pereira, André C.; Reis, Ana C.; Cunha, Mónica V.. "Estimates of the global and continental burden of animal tuberculosis in key livestock species worldwide: A meta-analysis study". One Health 10 (2020): 100169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100169.
    10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100169
  7. André C. Pereira; Beatriz Ramos; Ana C. Reis; Mónica V. Cunha. "Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: Molecular and Physiological Bases of Virulence and Adaptation to Ecological Niches". Microorganisms 8 9 (2020): 1380-1380. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091380.
    10.3390/microorganisms8091380
  8. Pereira, André C.. "Global trends of epidemiological research in livestock tuberculosis for the last four decades". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13763.
    10.1111/tbed.13763
  9. André C. Pereira; Victor Bandeira; Carlos Fonseca; Mónica V. Cunha. "Crosstalk Between Culturomics and Microbial Profiling of Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) Gut Microbiome". Microorganisms 8 6 (2020): 808-808. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8060808.
    10.3390/microorganisms8060808
  10. Pereira, André C.; Bandeira, Victor; Fonseca, Carlos; Cunha, Mónica V.. "Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) Gut Microbiota: Taxonomical and Functional Differences across Sex and Age Classes". Microorganisms 8 3 (2020): 392. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030392.
    10.3390/microorganisms8030392
  11. Pereira, André C.. "Animal tuberculosis: impact of disease heterogeneity in transmission, diagnosis, and control". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13539.
    10.1111/tbed.13539
Magazine article
  1. Cunha, Mónica Vieira; Reis, Ana C.; Pereira, André Conceição; Ramos, Beatriz; Albuquerque, Teresa; Botelho, Ana; Santos, Nuno. "Tuberculose animal: diagnóstico, epidemiologia, investigação e controlo", Vida Rural, 2019
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Cunha, Mónica Vieira; Pereira, André da Conceição. "Understanding the cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness, and the environment using Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) as a model". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/30405.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/08/28 Animal tuberculosis in Portugal: A One health perspective Summer School 2020: Global One Health – From Research to Practice
2019/12 Sex and age taxonomical and functional differences of Egyptian mongoose gut microbiota Microbiotec'19
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia e Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/04 Passado, Presente e Futuro da Investigação em tuberculose animal no INIAV, IP, em Portugal I Workshop Ibérico y II Nacional de Investigación en Tuberculosis Animal
2017/12/08 Understanding the cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness, and the environment using Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) as a model Microbiotec17
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia e Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia (Porto, Portugal)
2017/12 Deciphering the microbial landscape of an Iberian mammal: cross-talk between microbiota, host fitness and the environment Cycle of Seminars – Department of Bioengineering, Autumn Series

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/11 - 2019/11 International Microorganisms Day (2019/11 - 2019/11)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/06 Wildlife Game Management Summit/Cimeira da Fauna e Gestão Cinegética (2019/06 - 2019/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2017/09 - 2017/09 International Microorganisms Day (2017/09 - 2017/09)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/01/31 - 2020/01/31 II Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal
Symposium
 II Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/04 - 2019/04 Young Creators: Biohacking and bio fabrication module (Outros)
2016/09 - 2017/07 Fundamentos de Biologia Molecular Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/07 Engenharia Genética Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2017 Academic Merit Certificate
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 Academic Merit Certificate
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal