Ana Rita Sousa Circuncisão (5E1D-4A95-A6B6)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Rita Sousa Circuncisão

I am Ana Rita Circuncisão. I have a Bachelor Degree in Biochemistry (final classification: 15/20) and a Master Degree in Food Biochemistry (final classification: 17/20) both completed in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Aveiro. My Master thesis enclosed the evaluation of the effect of different cultivation conditions on the physicochemical composition of the green macroalgae Ulva rigida, cultivated in a land-based integrated multitrophic aquaculture system (IMTA). The main acquired skills/techniques were: extraction and chemical characterization of macronutrients; structural analysis and glycosidic linkage of polysaccharides; manage of chromatographic (GC-FID, GC-MS, HPLC-DAD) and spectrophotometric techniques (Uv-vis). After concluding my thesis, I became master research grant of the project SHARP-Seaweeds for Healthier Traditional Food Products¿ (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003419), aiming to study the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of key nutrients in macroalgae-fortified food products. This fellowship gave me the opportunity to do two different internships at the University of Santiago de Compostela and at Instituto de La Grasa (Seville), where I studied the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of macro- and trace minerals and pigments, respectively, from macroalgae-fortified food products. After that, I became a master research grant under the project AlgaPhlor - brown macroalgae phlorotannins: from bioavailability to the development of functional foods (PTDC/BAA-AGR/31015/2017), aiming to obtain phlorotannins-rich extracts from several brown macroalgae following steps of purification and characterization. Within all of these work, I have learning a lot of techniques and procedures that I am sure will be useful in the future. Up to day, I am a PhD student (SFRH/BD/147321/2019) in the PhD Programme of Food Science and Technology and Nutrititon at LAQV-REQUIMTE Laboratory, University of Aveiro (2019-2024). Research Interests: - Food Chemistry and Biochemistry - Natural compounds from seaweeds and other biological matrices with potential biological activities - Analytical chemistry: chromatography, mass spectrometry and other techniques that allow to analyse different natural compounds from seaweeds and other biological matrices. - Food ingredients and their potential use in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry - Carbohydrate chemistry and their potential biological activities

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Rita Sousa Circuncisão

Citation names

Ana R. Circuncisão

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5E1D-4A95-A6B6
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4109-3114

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Circuncisao (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/11/01 - 2023/12/31 Ongoing	Programa Doutoral em Ciência e Tecnologia Alimentar e Nutrição (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2023/12/22 Concluded	Internship at the University of Vigo - Campus Ourense (Outros) Major in Engenharia Química Universidade de Vigo - Campus Ourense, Spain
2018/10/08 - 2018/10/26 Concluded	Internship in the scope of SHARP Project at Institute of La Grasa - CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Seville (Outros) Instituto de la Grasa, Spain
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/21 Concluded	Internship in the scope of SHARP Project at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, in Santiago of Compostela University (Outros) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Facultade de Química, Spain
2015/09 - 2017/12 Concluded	Mestrado em Bioquímica - Ramo Alimentar (Mestrado) Major in Alimentar Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal "Análise do perfil nutricional de Ulva rigida cultivada sob diferentes condições em sistema de aquacultura integrada multi-trófica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17 valores
2012/09 - 2015/09 Concluded	Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal "Imobilização da enzima ß-mananase para produção de mano-oligossacarídeos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15 valores

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02/08 - 2019/10/31	Master research grant under the project AlgaPhlor - Brown macroalgae phlorotannins: from bioavailability to the development of functional foods	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/12/31	Master research grant under the project SHARP - Seaweeds for Healthier Traditional Food Products.	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/02/08 - 2019/10/31	AlgaPhlor-Brown Algae Phlorotannins: from bioavailability to development of new functional foods PTDC/BAA-AGR/31015/2017 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/02/01 - 2018/12/31	SHARP-Seaweeds for Healthier Traditional Food Products POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003419 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Ana R. Circuncisão; Maria Dolores Torres; Sónia S. Ferreira; Manuel A. Coimbra; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso; Hermínia Domínguez. "Alginate-rich fractions from brown macroalgae residual biomass: chemical characterization and rheological properties". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, 2023. Mateus Pereira; Ana R. Circuncisão; Maria Celeste Dias; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso; Sónia Silva. "Bioprospecting Laminaria digitata extract to boost tomato performance". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, 2023. Ana R. Circuncisão; Mateus Pereira; Maria Celeste Dias; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso; Sónia Silva. "Bioprospecting Laminaria digitata as a potential biostimulant and drought stress mitigator in tomato plants". Paper presented in XXVIII Meeting of the Portuguese Chemistry Society, 2023. Ana R. Circuncisão; Sónia S. Ferreira; Artur M. S. Silva; Manuel A. Coimbra; Susana M. Cardoso. "Sea-based food ingredients: unveiling the potential of brown macroalgae Laminaria digitata". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 – Science and Technology in Portugal Summit, 2023. Ana R. Circuncisão; Sónia S. Ferreira; Artur M. S. Silva; Manuel A. Coimbra; Susana M. Cardoso. "Bioprospecting Laminaria digitata-rich extracts as potential functional food ingredients". Paper presented in 2nd Dare2Change Conference, 2023. Mateus Pereira; Ana R. Circuncisão; Maria Celeste Dias; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso; Sónia Silva. "Does Laminaria digitata has potential to alleviate drought stress in tomato plants?". Paper presented in 2nd Dare2Change Conference, 2023. Mateus Pereira; Ana R. Circuncisão; Maria Celeste Dias; Paulo Pinto; Conceição Santos; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso; Sónia Silva. Corresponding author: Sónia Silva. "Priming with Laminaria extract to boost tomato performance and mitigate drought effects". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Galego-Português de Química, 2022. Circuncisao, Ana. "Seasonal variation of Ulva rigida nutritional composition cultivated in a land-based integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system". Paper presented in XX EuroFoodChem Conference, 2019. Circuncisao, Ana. "Macroalgae-fortified Frankfurters and “Chouriço”: chemical analysis and comparison of preservation processes". Paper presented in XX EuroFoodChem Conference, 2019. Catarina Marçal; Ana R. Circuncisao; Carla Monteiro; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso. "Impact of Fucus vesiculosus aqueous extracts as ingredients in a vegetarian “alheira”". Paper presented in 30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and 10th International Congress on Biodiversity, 2018. Ana R. Circuncisao; Catarina Marçal; Carla Monteiro; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso. "The potential of macroalgae to be used as a functional ingredient in meat products". Paper presented in 30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and 10th International Congress on Biodiversity, 2018. Ana R. Circuncisao; Rodrigo T. Neto; Catarina Marçal; Ana S. Queirós; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso. "Evaluation of edible seaweeds as potential functional ingredients and health promoting agents". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Food Bioactives & Health, 2018. Catarina Marçal; Ana R. Circuncisao; Nuno Lobo; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M.S. Silva; Jorge A. Saraiva; Susana M. Cardoso. "Ulva rigida-fortified soups: chemical analysis and comparison of preservation processes". Paper presented in 56th European High-Pressure Research Group Meeting, 2018. Susana M. Cardoso; Rodrigo Neto; Ana S. Queirós; Catarina Marçal; Ana R. Circuncisao; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M.S. Silva. "Screening of macroalgae towards the promotion of a healthy diet". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis, 2017. Ana R. Circuncisao; Manuel A. Coimbra; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso. "Ulva rigida polysaccharides produced under a land-based integrated multi-trophic aquaculture". Paper presented in 12.ª Reunião do Grupo de Glúcidos – GLUPOR 12, 2017.
Journal article	Marcelo D. Catarino; Ana Rita Circuncisão; Bruno Neves; Catarina Marçal; Artur M. S. Silva; Maria Teresa Cruz; Susana M. Cardoso. "Impact of Gastrointestinal Digestion on the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Phlorotannins from Himanthalia elongata". Antioxidants (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11081518. 10.3390/antiox11081518 Marcelo D. Catarino; Beatriz S. Baía Costa; Ana Rita Circuncisão; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M. Cardoso; Susana Santos Braga. "¿-Cyclodextrin Inclusion of Phloroglucinol: Solid State Studies and Antioxidant Activity throughout the Digestive Tract". Applied Sciences 12 5 (2022): 2340-2340. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052340. 10.3390/app12052340 Ana S. Queirós; Ana Rita Sousa Circuncisão; Eduarda Pereira; Mónica Válega; Maria H. Abreu; Artur M. S. Silva; Susana M Cardoso. "Valuable Nutrients from Ulva rigida: Modulation by Seasonal and Cultivation Factors". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/6137. 10.3390/app11136137 Circuncisão, Ana; Catarino, Marcelo; Cardoso, Susana; Silva, Artur. "Minerals from Macroalgae Origin: Health Benefits and Risks for Consumers". Marine Drugs 16 11 (2018): 400. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md16110400. 10.3390/md16110400
Thesis / Dissertation	Circuncisão, Ana Rita Sousa. "Análise do perfil nutricional de Ulva rigida cultivada sob diferentes condições em sistema de aquacultura integrada multi-trófica". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/22891.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09/05	¿-Cyclodextrin·phloroglucinol inclusion complex – preparation, characterization and in vitro antioxidant action in media that mimic the digestive tract	7th European Cyclodextrin Conference (Budapeste, Hungary)
2023/07/24	Extraction, identification, and antioxidant potential of phenolic compounds from stone pine cone	XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/07/13	Valorization of brown seaweeds as a natural source of valuable bioactive compounds	III Bio.Natural Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/07/12	Valorization of European brown macroalgae for food and agrifood applications	Summit Research 2023 University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/12/06	Liquid and gas chromatography as a tool for the characterization of Fucus vesiculosus-rich extracts as potential food ingredients	12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/11/16	Bioprospecting sequential extraction to obtain valuable compounds from brown macroalgae Fucus vesiculosus	XXVI Encontro Galego-Português de Química University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela)
2022/10/23	Brown macroalgae-rich extracts as potential food ingredients: a holistic extraction approach	XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco)
2022/10/23	Effects of gastrointestinal digestion on the anti-inflammatory properties of phlorotannins from Himanthalia elongata	XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco)
2022/07/13	Increasing of the value of European brown macroalgae through its application as food ingredients in functional foods.	Summit Research 2022 University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/13	Himanthalia elongata as a source of phlorotannins with bioactive effects	AlgaPhlor Webinar Brown seaweeds: Bioactive metabolites and Applications University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/13	Production of tofu enriched with Fucus vesiculosus.	AlgaPhlor Webinar Brown seaweeds: Bioactive metabolites and Applications University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/13	Stability of phenolic compounds from the brown seaweed Laminaria digitata along the gastrointestinal tract.	AlgaPhlor Webinar Brown seaweeds: Bioactive metabolites and Applications University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/13	Priming with Laminaria extract to improve drought tolerance in tomato.	AlgaPhlor Webinar Brown seaweeds: Bioactive metabolites and Applications University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/07/07	Increasing of the value of European brown macroalgae through its application as food ingredients in functional foods	Summit Research 2021 University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/05/21	Phlorotannins from brown macroalgae Laminaria digitata and Himanthalia elongata: from structural evidence to bioactive effects	7 PyChem - Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2019/07/03	Valorization of European brown macroalgae through its application as food ingredients in functional foods	Summit Research University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/06/19	In vitro bioaccessibility and bioavailability of minerals and pigments from macroalgae-fortified frankfurters	XX EuroFoodChem Conference SPQ - Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Porto, Portugal)
2018/06/24	SHARP-Cultivated Seaweeds for tasty and healthier “traditional” foods	1st Seaweeds for Health Conference (Galway, Ireland)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/07/24 - 2023/07/26	XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ (2023/07/24 - 2023/07/26) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/03/22 - 2013/03/24	Member of the organizing committee of the IV ENEBIOQ (National Meeting of the Biochemistry Students) (2013/03/22) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2017/04/05 - Current	Participation in the "VI Workshop de Lipidomics" promoted by Mass Spectrometry Center of University of Aveiro Workshop	VI Workshop de Lipidomics Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/03/04 - Current	Participation in the Workshop "RMN e Espetrometria de Massa". Workshop	Workshop "RMN e Espetrometria de Massa" Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/05/13 - Current	Participation in the "4th Workshop - Mass spectrometry and Carbohydrates" promoted by Mass Spectrometry Center of University of Aveiro Workshop	4th Workshop - Mass spectrometry and Carbohydrates Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014/03/19 - Current	Participation in the Workshop of Immunology. Workshop	Workshop de Imunologia Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/07/17 - 2023/07/21	História(s) do meu doutoramento. Workshop	Férias com Química - Academia de Verão Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/11/26 - 2022/11/27	Participação com um projeto num concurso de ideias Call	Blue Bio Value Ideation Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2018/03/22 - 2018/03/24	Participation in the exhibition UA Open Campus demonstrating the potential applications of macroalgae. Meeting	UA Open Campus Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/10/05 - 2017/06/05	Participation on the “6.º Concurso Universitário & Politécnico CAP – Cultiva o teu Futuro” competition in the field of cereal innovation area with the project “Aletria com sabores instantânea”. Call	6.º Concurso Universitário & Politécnico CAP – Cultiva o teu Futuro