Curriculum Vitae
Francisco Xavier Inês Nascimento
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Francisco Xavier Inês Nascimento
- Date of birth
- 1987/03/21
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Nascimento, F.X.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 631C-33A7-1344
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1184-3794
- Google Scholar ID
- Francisco X. Nascimento
Email addresses
- francisco.nascimento@ibet.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=giWvOFEAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT (Scholar)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francisco_Nascimento6 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Biomass Feedstock Production Technologies
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies
- Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
- Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| French | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2018
Concluded
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Biotecnologia e Biociências (Doutoramento)
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
"Promoting plant growth using ACC deaminase-producing bacteria: insights into plant bacterial interactions and agricultural
and biotechnological applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2009 - 2011
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"1-aminociclopropano-1-carboxilato (ACC) desaminase em estirpes de Mesorhizobium: prevalência e efeitos na simbiose com Cicer
arietinum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2006 - 2009
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/06 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal |
| 2019/01/02 - 2020/05/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2018/02 - 2018/08 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
| 2014/06 - 2018/06/08 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| 2011/08 - 2013/07 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| 2011/07/01 - 2011/08/01 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of Waterloo, Canada |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/07/01 - Current | TEC4Green
C644948561-00000052
Researcher
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2020/06 - Current | MULTI-STR3AM: A sustainable multi-strain, multi-method, multi-product microalgae biorefinery integrating industrial side streams
to create high-value products for food, feed and fragrance
Researcher
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ongoing
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| 2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
LA/P/0087/2020
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal iNOVA4Health, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021/03/29 - 2024/09/30 | PHYCOµBIOME: Understanding and harnessing the power of the microbiome aiming the maximization of marine microalgae productivity
PTDC/BAA-BIO/1262/2020
Principal investigator
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2021/01/02 - 2024/01/01 | cheesoMics: from big data, through labOratory, towards the fuTure of protected desIgnation of OrigiN
PTDC/OCE-ETA/1785/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
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Ongoing
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| 2019/09/01 - 2020/05 | Beer2BioPol: Treatment and valorization of brewery waste through polyhydroxyalkanoates
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31746/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2014 - 2018 | Use of microorganisms to mitigate the environmental problems associated with coal-mining
no code
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Brazil
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Concluded
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| 2013/05/02 - 2015/09/30 | MICRONEMA: Spatial and temporal analysis of microbial community in Pine Wilt Disease
PTDC/BIA-MIC/3768/2012
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2013 - 2014 | Controlled mycorrhization: inoculant production and use in commercial nurseries
FAPESC 11374/2012-3
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Brazil
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Concluded
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| 2011 - 2012 | National Program for the control of the pinewood nematode in the Portuguese forest
N.A
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2011 - 2012 | Analysis of the potential of the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) to spread, survive and cause pine wilt in
European coniferous forests in support of EU plant health policy (REPHRAME)
265483
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2011/07 - 2011/08 | Biocontrol and Bioremediation agents and their role in Agriculture and Forest health
Researcher
University of Waterloo, Canada
Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Journal article |
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| Online resource |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/06/20 | Microbiome recruitment and assembly dynamics in Nannochloropsis oceanica cultivations | 8th Congress of The International Society For Applied Phycology
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2024/06/20 | Unlocking the biotechnological potential of an iridescent marine bacterium that promotes microalgae growth – Cellulophaga lytica NFXS1 | 8th Congress of The International Society For Applied Phycology
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/12 | Monitoring productivity and predicting crash of Phaedactylum tricornutum cultures using spectroscopy and machine learning | Microbiotec'23
(Portugal)
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| 2023/09/26 | The role of auxin and ethylene biosynthesis and signalling in plant microbiome assembly dynamics | 2nd Microbiome PT Summit |
| 2023/09/08 | Monitoring productivity and predicting crash of Phaeodactylum tricornutum cultures using spectroscopy and machine learning | 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture
(Braga, Portugal)
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| 2023/07/06 | Microalgae as sustainable cell factories | EncontroCiência 2023
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
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| 2023/05 | PhycoµBiome: Understanding and harnessing the power of the microalgae microbiome aiming the maximization of marine microalgae productivity | VII Ciclo de Conferências do UBIOTEC
Universidade Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2023/03/01 | PhycoµBiome: Understanding and harnessing the power of the microalgae microbiome aiming the maximization of marine microalgae productivity | SCAN
ITQB (Portugal)
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| 2022/12/15 | Insights into the role of the microbiome in microalgae growth and development: Microbiome recruitment and assembly dynamics in Nannochloropsis oceanica and Phaeodactylum tricornutum cultivations | AlgaEurope2022
EABA, DLG Benelux (Rome, Italy)
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| 2022/11/25 | Harnessing the lytic power of microalgae microbiome isolates for industrial downstream applications | MicroSummit
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/11/25 | Machine learning with spectroscopy - monitoring productivity and status of Phaeodactylum tricornutum cultures | MicroSummit
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2022/11/23 | Plant hormone catabolism and bacterial plant-growth promotion | Postgraduate workshop "Native Microbial Biodiversity"
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas - CEAZA (Chile)
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| 2022/09/17 | Microalgas e bactérias marinhas: micro-biofábricas sustentáveis do futuro | Dia Internacional do Microorganismo 2022
ITQB (Caxias, Portugal)
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| 2021/11/29 | In Situ production and characterization of bacterial cellulose-based films for biotechnological applications | Euromembrane conference 2021
Aalborg University (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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| 2021/07/21 | Genomics: a remarkable tool for the exploration of bacterial biotechnological properties | UE Summer School 2021
Universidade de Évora (Portugal)
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| 2021/03/03 | Harnessing the power of the phyto and phyco microbiome | SCAN
ITQB (Portugal)
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| 2016 | Use of ACC deaminase-producing bacteria in agriculture under stress conditions | 6th National Symposium and 5th International Symposium on Phytopathogenic Bacteria and 2nd Symposium on Beneficial bacteria
for Plants
(Guadalajara, Mexico)
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| 2013 | Bacterial communities associated with Monochamus galloprovincialis, the insect-vector of pine wilt disease | ICPP 2013
Ghent University (Belgium)
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| 2012 | Perspectives on the use of plant growth promoting bacteria as biocontrol agents for the pine wilt disease | Symposium and Inauguration of the Centre for Biological Control
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Uppsala, Sweden)
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| 2012 | The use of the ACC deaminase producing bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 as a biocontrol agent for pine wilt disease | ONTA annual meeting
(Cancun, Mexico)
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| 2011 | Chickpea growth promotion ability of a Mesorhizobium strain expressing an exogenous ACC deaminase gene | BioMicroWorld2011
(Torremolinos, Spain)
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| 2011 | Dual role of bacteria in Pine Wilt Disease | 63rd International Symposium in Crop Protection
Ghent University (Belgium, Belgium)
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| 2011 | Expression of an exogenous ACC deaminase gene in chickpea mesorhizobia promotes plant growth under salinity | International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology-BioMicroWorld2011
(Torremolinos, Spain)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10/01 - Current | Unravelling marine microalgae indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis and signalling pathways towards impacts in biomass and
high-value compound production.
Supervisor of Rodrigo Martins
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal |
| 2023/10/01 - Current | Bacterial catabolic modulation of microalgae indole-3-acetic acid (IAA): impacts on microalgae growth and microbiome assembly
Supervisor of Maria Constança Bertrand
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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| 2023/10 - Current | Marine microalgae microbiome: a source of potent antifungal compounds
Co-supervisor of Teresa Pissaro
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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| 2023/01 - Current | From Sea to Skin: Unveiling the potential of marine microalgae, actinobacteria and halophyte plants to develop high added
value ingredients for cosmeceuticals applications
Co-supervisor
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PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) António Xavier (PhD)
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
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| 2022/10/01 - Current | Unravelling and modulating 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate and ethylene production pathways in microalgae to stimulate biomass
and high value compound production
Supervisor
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PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) António Xavier (PhD)
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal |
| 2021/06/03 - Current | Development of bacterial cellulose-based membranes and scaffolds for biomedical applications
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2021 - Current | Development of sensors for online monitoring of microalgae production based on machine learning and 2D fluorescence maps
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2023/02 - 2023/12/04 | Heterotrophic cultivation and monitorization strategies to boost bioprocesses based on the Portuguese green microalgae Chlorella
sp. NFX-ARG and Didymogenes sp. NFX-PL1
Supervisor of João Batista
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Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2021/07/01 - 2022/06/23 | Marine bacteria associated with Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Nannochloropsis oceanica: Identification, characterisation and
biotechnological potential
Supervisor
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Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2019 - 2020/02 | Bioproduction of high-value products from novel soil and plant-associated bacteria
Co-supervisor of Cristiana Tavares
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2017 | Characterization of plant-growth-promoting yeasts
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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| 2013 - 2013 | Characterization of bacteria associated with the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/12/16 | ESTUDIO ECOFISIOLÓGICO DE BACTERIAS NATIVAS DE ZONAS ÁRIDAS EN SU INTERACCIÓN CON PLANTAS BAJO ESTRÉS HÍDRICO
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Nicolás Garrido Saez (PhD)
Universidad de La Serena, Chile
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| 2022/02/07 | Screening of exopolysaccharides (EPS) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from sediments from the Azores Archipelago, Canary Islands
and Estremadura Spur
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria Rita Nicolau Batista (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2021/10/07 | Microalgae for the Production of High-Value Compounds: Evaluation of the Effect of Different Nitrogen and Carbon Sources on
the Production of Fucoxanthin in Phaeodactylum tricornutum
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Rita da Silva Bragança (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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| 2021/02/02 | Screening of Exopolysaccharides and Polyhydroxyalkanoates producing bacteria isolated from SPUR of Estremadura
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Marta Catalão (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2024 - Current | Microbiology Society | Full Member |
| 2012 - 2013 | Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas | Researcher |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2012 - 2012 | Assitant in the Phytonematology classes in the European Masters in Nematology | Phytonematology (Mestrado) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2020/11 - Current | Microorganisms | MDPI |
| 2019 - Current | Biotechnology Reports (2215-017X) | Elsevier |
| 2019 - Current | Applied Soil Ecology (0929-1393) | Elsevier |
| 2018 - Current | Biotechnology Advances (0734-9750) | Elsevier |
| 2018 - Current | Symbiosis (1878-7665) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2018 - Current | Annals in Microbiology | |
| 2018 - Current | BioMed Research International (2314-6141) | Hindawi Limited |
| 2018 - Current | European Journal of Plant Pathology (1573-8469) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2018 - Current | Plant and Soil (1573-5036) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2017 - Current | Environmental Microbiology (1462-2920) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
| 2017 - Current | Scientific Reports (2045-2322) | Springer Nature |
| 2016 - Current | World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (1573-0972) | Springer-Verlag |
| 2016 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) | Frontiers Media SA |
| 2016 - Current | Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) | Frontiers Media SA |
| 2015 - Current | FEMS Microbiology Ecology (1574-6941) | Oxford University Press |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2017 - 2018 | Productivity enhancement of microalgae by co-cultivation with plant-growth-promoting-bacteria in airlift photobioreactor | Pedro Brandão |
| 2016 - 2017 | Effect of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase in the plant growth-promotion abilities of bacterial endophytes and ß-rhizobia | Maria João Tavares |
| 2012 - 2012 | The use of the ACC deaminase producing bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 as a biocontrol agent for pine wilt disease | Luís Domingues |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020/10/12 - 2020/10/23 | Reviewer for a proposal submitted to the 2021 Regular FONDECYT National Projects Competition | Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Chile |
Distinctions
Award
| 2020 | CEEC2020 Junior Researcher Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2012 | FCT PhD Fellowship (international)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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