Curriculum Vitae
JOÃO MIGUEL OLIVEIRA PACHECO
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- JOÃO MIGUEL OLIVEIRA PACHECO
Citation names
- OLIVEIRA-PACHECO, JOÃO
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5A10-3FAC-8326
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1894-3002
- Researcher Id
- AAJ-9043-2021
- Scopus Author Id
- 57202267653
Email addresses
- jpacheco@fc.up.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmopacheco/ (Social media)
- https://www.fc.up.pt/GreenUPorto/en/integrated-researchers/joao-oliveira-pacheco/ (Professional)
- https://twitter.com/jmopacheco (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2016/03/01 - 2020/01/17
Concluded
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Infection Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Host pathogen interactions, Pathogen Genomics, Transcriptomics
University College Dublin, Ireland
"Gene editing and virulence of pathogenic yeast Candida tropicalis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2015/07 - 2015/09
Concluded
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Intern Researcher (Outros)
Major in Food Science - Molecular biology
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
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2015
Concluded
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Genética Molecular (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"The impact of carbon source in Candida albicans virulence: participation of RLM1 in pathogen host interaction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 valores |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/11/20 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal | ||
| 2017/03 - 2017/03 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie eV Hans-Knöll-Institut, Germany |
| Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie eV Hans-Knöll-Institut, Germany | ||
| 2016/06 - 2016/06 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie eV Hans-Knöll-Institut, Germany |
| Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie eV Hans-Knöll-Institut, Germany | ||
| 2015/07 - 2015/09 | Research Trainee (Research) | International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
| International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/11/28 - Current | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | ||
| 2019/10/01 - 2020/03/31 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal | ||
| 2017 - 2019 | Tutor (University Teacher) | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| University College Dublin School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Ireland |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/06/01 - Current | Leveraging COPPEr Resistance microbial community for AnTmicrobial byproduct productION: Exploring Soil Microbiome Contamination
Interactions
interno
Principal investigator
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto
Ongoing
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| 2023/01/01 - Current | WHEATBIOME: Unravelling the potential of the wheat microbiome for the development of healthier, more sustainable and resilient
wheat-derived food & feed products
Researcher
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal |
European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2022 - Current | 2Improve: Boost the potential of resistant indigenous plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to improve crop productivity and
soil quality in Estarreja and Baixo Vouga Lagunar affected agroecosystems
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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Labex DRIIHM Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Ongoing
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| 2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31 | LivingSoiLL- Healthy Soil to Permanent Crops Living Labs
101157502
Post-doc
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2022/01/24 - 2023/02/28 | Green rehabilitation system for burned soils based on the inoculation of native cyanobacteria and microalgae
Post-doc
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2016/03/01 - 2019/09/06 | Candida tropicalis and host marker genes in host interaction - From Omics to Patient: Improving Diagnostics of Pathogenic
Yeasts
PhD Student Fellow
University College Dublin, Ireland
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European Commission
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/08/13 | Wheatbiome project: Exploring the crosstalk between soil properties, cultivars, agronomic practices and microbiome for a sustainable wheat production | Joint Conference of ISEH ICEPH & ISEG on Environment and Health
ISEH ICEPH & ISEG (Galway, Ireland)
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| 2024/07/03 | Exploring the interactions between soil properties, cultivar, management practices and microbial community physiological profile in wheat production - the WHEATBIOME project | Encontro Anual Ciências dos Solos
Sociedade Portuguesa da Ciência dos Solos (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/02/27 | Native soil microalgae and cyanobacteria consortium as a nature-based solution for the immediate protection of burnt soils. |
FCUP (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023 | Native soil microalgae and cyanobacteria consortium as a nature-based solution for the immediate protection of burnt soils. | TERRAenVISION, Campus Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
(Utrecht, Netherlands)
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| 2020/05/07 | Gene editing and virulence of pathogenic yeast Candida tropicalis | Host-fungus interactions and virulence
CBMA - University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2019/04/09 | Development of a CRISPR gene editing system for Candida tropicalis | Annual conference of Microbiology Society, Belfast, April 2019
Microbiology Society (Belfast, United Kingdom)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022 - 2023 | Impact of salt stress on maize growth in Baixo Vouga Lagunar agricultural field and isolation of halotolerant rhizosphere,
rhizoplane and endophyte bacteria.
Co-supervisor
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Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - ERASMUS MUNDUS (Master)
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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| 2021/09/23 - 2022/09/02 | Impact of copper on the microbial community of vineyard soil.
Supervisor
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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| 2021/05/07 - 2021/07/16 | Evaluation of the impact of consortia of microorganisms isolated from Carpobrotus roots on the resilience of bean plants (Phaseolus
vulgaris L.) to saline conditions.
Supervisor
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Biotecnologia (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/11/19 - Current | Week of "Ciência Viva": GreenUPorto Open Lab 2024 (2024/11/19)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2024/10/24 - Current | Workshop Co-creation of Living Lab Luso-Galaico.
This workshop was organised as part of the European project: LivingSoiLL - Healthy Soil to Permanent Crops Living Labs project.
(2024/10/25)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal |
| 2022/01/11 - Current | New cycle of International Seminars called "Agrifood talks: what´s shaking the field", where we invented international Researchers,
mainly GreenUPorto collaborators, to share the latest news on the field. (2022/01/11 - 2022/07/27)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2023/12/13 - 2025/07/17 | A new cycle of seminars has been established to strengthen collaboration efforts between GreenUPorto and CITAB.
Event where PhD students and fellowship members presented their work to GreenUPorto community and collaborators. (2024 - 2025)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal |
| 2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05 | Encontro Anual das Ciências do Solo 2024.
Evento organizado pela Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto e pelo GreenUPorto, em parceria com a Sociedade Portuguesa
da Ciência do Solo a realizar na Universidade do Porto de 3 a 5 de julho de 2024, subordinado ao tema “Solo como pilar de
uma só saúde”. (2024/07/03 - 2024/07/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2023 - 2023 | Week of "Ciência Viva": GreenUPorto Open Lab (2023 - 2023)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2022/07/21 - 2022/07/22 | The international conference - Smart and Circular Agriculture towards Sustainability (SCAS) - organised by GreenUPorto/ Inov4Agro
of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, took place on 21 and 22 July 2022 in Porto and was attended by around
100 participants from 14 countries. (2022/07/21 - 2022/07/21)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2021/03/24 - 2021/12/15 | GreenUPorto Scientific Seminars. Event where PhD students and fellowship members presented their work to GreenUPorto community
and collaborators. (2021/03/24 - 2021/12/15)
Seminar
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2019/05/16 - 2019/05/24 | Volunteer organizer of the Opathy final meeting held at La Colle sur Loup (France) during May 16-24, 2019 (2019/05/16 - 2019/05/24)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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University College Dublin, Ireland |
| 2018/03/13 - 2018/03/16 | Organizer of Winter school on Scientific writing held at UCD (Dublin, Ireland) during March 13-16, 2018 (2018/03/13 - 2018/03/16)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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University College Dublin, Ireland |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/07/15 - 2024/09/20 | Introdução ao R e Análise de Metabarcoding
Workshop
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Introdução ao R e Análise de Metabarcoding
Universidade do Porto GreenUPorto Centro de Investigação em Produção Agroalimentar Sustentável, Portugal
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| 2024/08/11 - 2024/08/15 | 12th International Mycological Congress (IMC12).
The International Mycological Association, together with the Dutch Mycological Society and in collaboration with the Westerdijk
Fungal Biodiversity Institute, organised the 12th International Mycological Congress (IMC12), which took place on 11-15 August
2024 in Maastricht, Netherlands. The main aims of the International Mycological Congress are to engage the youth, facilitate
face-to-face meetings, and to organize hands-on workshops in mycology.
Conference
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12th International Mycological Congress (IMC12)
International Mycological Association, Netherlands
Netherlands Mycological Society, Netherlands Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Netherlands |
| 2023/07/04 - 2023/07/05 | WorkShop Meta_Microbial
Workshop
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WorkShop Meta_Microbial
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
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| 2019/05/16 - 2019/05/24 | 8th FEBS Advanced lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogen 2019 – Final Opathy consortium meeting, Nice, May 2019 (Poster presentation)
Conference
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FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens |
| 2018/04/15 - 2018/04/19 | ASM Candida and Candidiasis, Providence, USA, April 2018 (Poster presentation)
Conference
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ASM Candida and Candidiasis
American Society for Microbiology, United States
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| 2017/05/13 - 2017/05/19 | FEBS Advanced lecture Course on Molecular Mechanisms of Host-pathogen Interactions
Conference
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FEBS Molecular Mechanisms of Host-pathogen Interactions |
| 2017/03 - 2017/03 | Speaker in Science Slam – representing consortium Opathy ITN, Barcelona, March 2017.
Call
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Science Slam Barcelona
Centre de Regulació Genòmica, Spain
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| 2017/03 - 2017/03 | Speaker in Science Slam MiCom conference, Jena, March 2017
Conference
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Speaker in Science Slam MiCom conference
Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie eV Hans-Knöll-Institut, Germany
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/12/05 | Exploring the use of biological control agents against powdery mildew and anthracnose in strawberry
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Gonçalo Manuel Ferreira Dias Correia (Master)
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2017 - Current | Microbiology Society membership | Membership |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/12/04 - Current | Curricular Unit of Soil Sciences, in Soil Assessment and Remediation Master's Degree, in the academic year 2023/2024. | CAMB4000 (Mestrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2022/11/28 - 2023/01/16 | Curricular Unit of Ecology and Ecotoxicology of Soils, in the master's degree in Soil Assessment and Remediation, in the academic year 2022/2023. | Avaliação e Remediação de Solos (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2019/10 - 2020/03 | Molecular Biology | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2019/10 - 2020/03 | Animal Physiology | Bioquímica (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2019/10 - 2020/03 | Metabolism and Bioenergetics | Biologia e Geologia (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
| 2017 - 2019 | Molecular Genetics and Biotech | Molecular Genetics and Biotech (Bachelor) | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| 2017 - 2019 | Genetic Basis of Disease | Genetic Basis of Disease (Bachelor) | University College Dublin, Ireland |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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| 2023/12/13 - 2024/07/17 | Sustainable Agrifood Production Seminars (monthly)
Evaluator
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GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2022/05/09 - Current | Frontiers in Nutrion (2296-861X) | Frontiers |
Distinctions
Award
| 2023 | Great Green Minds - 10k for research
GreenUPorto, Faculty of Science of University of Porto, Portugal
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| 2019 | Travel award funded by Microbiology Society for oral communication at Annual conference of Microbiology Society, Belfast UK,
April 2019.
Microbiology Society, United Kingdom
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| 2017 | 1st Place in Science Slam MiCom conference
Science Slam MiCom, Germany
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| 2017 | 2nd Place in Science Slam Barcelona
BCN Science Slam, Spain
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