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Ana Fortunato has a degree in Biochemistry (1996) by Faculdade de Ciêncais, Universidade de Lisboa and a PhD in Bologia (2006) by Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is a researcher at ITQB NOVA. She published 20 articles in journals and 2 book chapters. The main focus of her research is the assessment of the response of plants (mainly crops) to environmental stresses (drought, cold, heat, salinity,...) through an integrated approach that includes physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. She was the principal investigator of the project "VitiRoots: The emerging role of miRNAs in Vitis rootstocks drought response" and is the co-PI of the project "FilliGRAIN-PROTECT ¿ Using the power of plant signal-integration to protect grain filling from stress". She is also involved in science dissemination activities for the general public, along with the training of primary and secondary school teachers, with the aim at promoting experimental activities in the classrooms. She was the coordinator of the ITQB team of the European project "3S: Science Starts at School" (2017-1-PT01-KA201-035823) and at the present she coordinates a second project "Full STEAM: an approach to science teaching in non-formal settings" (2021-1-PT01-KA220-SCH-000030430). More recently, she began collaborating as a science consultant in several science clubs running in schools in the municipality of Oeiras.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Fortunato

Citation names

  • Fortunato, Ana
  • Fortunato, AS

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6B19-150C-CDD8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9884-9947
Scopus Author Id
16479899400

Email addresses

  • anasofia@itqb.unl.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 214469642 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Avenida da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences
  • Agrarian Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/09/01 - 2016/01/31
Concluded
 Impact of drought on the photosynthetic apparatus of Coffea spp.: an integrative approach. (Pós-doutoramento)
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
2006/08/01 - 2009/07/31
Concluded
 Identificação de marcadores moleculares de tolerância ao frio em Coffea spp. (Pós-doutoramento)
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
2008
Concluded
 Teacher training certification (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2006/06/22
Concluded
 Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
"Involvement of defence-related genes during nodulation of Casuarina glauca" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/07/15 - 2018/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2006/08/01 - 2016/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
Centro de Ecofisiologia Bioquímica e Biotecnologia Vegetal, Portugal
2001/06/01 - 2006/06/22 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
1997/01/01 - 2000/05/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2000/09/01 - 2001/05/31 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
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
Co-PI
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/11/01 - 2024 Full STEAM: an approach to science teaching in non-formal settings.
Ref 2021-1-PT01-KA220-SCH-000030430
Coordenator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2018/10/18 - 2021/10/17 VitiRoots: The emerging role of miRNAs in Vitis rootstock drought response
PTDC/ASP-HOR/31907/2017
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/10/23 - 2018/03/23 3S: Science Starts at School
2017-1-PT01-KA201-035823
Coordenator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Concluded
2013/07 - 2015/12 Implications of environmental changes of CO2 and temperature at the plant and bean quality levels in the coffee tree (Coffea spp.) - Multidisciplinary characterization of the impact and acclimation ability of the producing species
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 129695
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012/03 - 2015/09 An integrated approach to identify stress-related regulatory genes in cork oak (SuberStress)
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 118505
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01 - 2013/06 Pursuing Green Coffe Geographic Origin Discrimination Through Relations Between Isotopes and Environmental Factors (IsoGeoCoffee)
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 104357
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/10 - 2011/03 Molecular Evaluation and Characterization of Tolerance Mechanisms to Adverse Environmental Conditions in Coffea sp. - Central Role of the Oxidative Stress Control at Leaf Level
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 64078
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009/10 - 2010/12 Cork oak ESTs consortium - Abiotic stress: Heat and cold stresses
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 109254
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2001/01 - 2004/12 Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: common features between actinorhizal and legume root modules.
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 36191
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Other

Designation Funders
2022/09 - Current OeirasExperimenta
NA
Researcher
Ongoing
2012 - 2013 "Da investigação à escola - contributo para o conhecimento da biodiversidade" (PEC 147)
PEC 147
Responsible for the project
Ciência Viva
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Zarrouk, O.; Fortunato, A.; Chaves, M. M.. "Crop Responses to Available Soil Water". In Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, 1-27. Springer New York, 2018.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_194-3
  2. Cochicho Ramalho, J.; António E. Leitão; Fabio Luiz Partelli; Paula Batista-Santos; Fortunato, Ana; Henrique Duarte Vieira; Fernando Cebola Lidon; et al. "Impacto das baixas temperaturas positivas e mecanismos de tolerância no cafeeiro". In Inovação, difusão e integração: bases para a sustentabilidade da cafeicultura, 203-225. Brazil: Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (CCA-UFES) and Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, 2012.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Rita de Almeida Neves; Renata Ramalho; Fortunato, Ana. "CLUBES DE CIÊNCIA - PROGRAMA DE MENTORIAS E CO-CRIAÇÃO". Paper presented in SciComPt, Açores, 2022.
Conference paper
  1. Fortunato, Ana. "Superimposed Impacts of Enhanced [CO2] and High Temperature on the Photosynthetic Metabolism of Coffea arabica and C. canephora Genotypes". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Coffee Science, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Fortunato, Ana; Palha, Lourenço; Isabel A Abreu. "PRIMEIROS PASSOS PARA UM FUTURO MAIS SUSTENTÁVEL: ADAPTAÇÃO DO ARROZ A CONDIÇÕES DE NÃO ALAGAMENTO". Vida Rural (2024): 70.
    Published
  2. Carla Pinheiro; Giovanni Emiliani; Giovanni Marino; Ana S. Fortunato; Matthew Haworth; Anna De Carlo; Maria Manuela Chaves; Francesco Loreto; Mauro Centritto. "Metabolic Background, Not Photosynthetic Physiology, Determines Drought and Drought Recovery Responses in C3 and C2 Moricandias". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24044094.
    10.3390/ijms24044094
  3. Marques, Isabel; Fernandes, Isabel; David, Pedro H.C.; Paulo, Octávio S.; Goulao, Luis F.; Fortunato, Ana S.; Lidon, Fernando C.; et al. "Transcriptomic Leaf Profiling Reveals Differential Responses of the Two Most Traded Coffee Species to Elevated [CO2]". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 23 (2020): 9211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21239211.
    10.3390/ijms21239211
  4. Scotti-Campos, Paula; Pais, Isabel P.; Ribeiro-Barros, Ana I.; Martins, Lima D.; Tomaz, Marcelo A.; Rodrigues, Weverton P.; Campostrini, Eliemar; et al. "Lipid profile adjustments may contribute to warming acclimation and to heat impact mitigation by elevated [CO2] in Coffea spp". Environmental and Experimental Botany 167 (2019): 103856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103856.
    10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103856
  5. Ramalho, José C.; Rodrigues, Ana P.; Lidon, Fernando C.; Marques, Luís M. C.; Leitão, A. Eduardo; Fortunato, Ana S.; Pais, Isabel P.; et al. "Stress cross-response of the antioxidative system promoted by superimposed drought and cold conditions in Coffea spp.". PLOS ONE 13 6 (2018): e0198694. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198694.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0198694
  6. Martins, M.Q.; Fortunato, A.S.; Rodrigues, W.P.; Partelli, F.L.; Campostrini, E.; Lidon, F.C.; Damatta, F.M.; Ramalho, J.C.; Ribeiro-Barros, A.I.. "Selection and validation of reference genes for accurate RT-qPCR data normalization in Coffea spp. under a climate changes context of interacting elevated [CO2] and temperature". Frontiers in Plant Science 8 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014905226&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpls.2017.00307
  7. Martins, M.Q.; Rodrigues, W.P.; Fortunato, A.S.; Leitão, A.E.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Pais, I.P.; Martins, L.D.; et al. "Protective response mechanisms to heat stress in interaction with high [CO2] conditions in coffea spp". Frontiers in Plant Science 7 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84976486833&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpls.2016.00947
  8. Rodrigues, W.P.; Martins, M.Q.; Fortunato, A.S.; Rodrigues, A.P.; Semedo, J.N.; Simões-Costa, M.C.; Pais, I.P.; et al. "Long-term elevated air [CO2] strengthens photosynthetic functioning and mitigates the impact of supra-optimal temperatures in tropical Coffea arabica and C. canephora species". Global Change Biology (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947333560&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/gcb.13088
  9. Ramalho, J.C.; Zlatev, Z.S.; Leitão, A.E.; Pais, I.P.; Fortunato, A.S.; Lidon, F.C.. "Moderate water stress causes different stomatal and non-stomatal changes in the photosynthetic functioning of Phaseolus vulgaris L. genotypes". Plant Biology 16 1 (2014): 133-146. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891024427&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/plb.12018
  10. José B Pereira-Leal; Isabel A Abreu; Cláudia S Alabaça; Maria Almeida; Paulo Almeida; Tânia Almeida; Maria Amorim; et al. "A comprehensive assessment of the transcriptome of cork oak (Quercus suber) through EST sequencing". BMC Genomics 15 1 (2014): 371-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-371.
    10.1186/1471-2164-15-371
  11. Ramalho, J.C.; Fortunato, A.S.; Goulao, L.F.; Lidon, F.C.. "Cold-induced changes in mineral content in leaves of Coffea spp. Identification of descriptors for tolerance assessment". Biologia Plantarum 57 3 (2013): 495-506. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879841246&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10535-013-0329-x
  12. José C. Ramalho; Ana P. Rodrigues; José N. Semedo; Isabel P. Pais; Lima D. Martins; Maria C. Simões-Costa; António E. Leitão; et al. "Sustained Photosynthetic Performance of Coffea spp. under Long-Term Enhanced [CO2]". PLoS ONE 8 12 (2013): e82712-e82712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082712.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0082712
  13. Goulao, L.F.; Fortunato, A.S.; Ramalho, J.C.. "Selection of Reference Genes for Normalizing Quantitative Real-Time PCR Gene Expression Data with Multiple Variables in Coffea spp.". Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 30 3 (2012): 741-759. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861006039&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11105-011-0382-6
  14. Batista-Santos, P.; Lidon, F.C.; Fortunato, A.; Leitão, A.E.; Lopes, E.; Partelli, F.; Ribeiro, A.I.; Ramalho, J.C.. "The impact of cold on photosynthesis in genotypes of Coffea spp.-Photosystem sensitivity, photoprotective mechanisms and gene expression". Journal of Plant Physiology 168 8 (2011): 792-806. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953084111&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jplph.2010.11.013
  15. Fortunato, A.S.; Lidon, F.C.; Batista-Santos, P.; Eduardo Leitão, A.; Pais, I.P.; Ribeiro, A.I.; Cochicho Ramalho, J.. "Biochemical and molecular characterization of the antioxidative system of Coffea sp. under cold conditions in genotypes with contrasting tolerance". Journal of Plant Physiology 167 5 (2010): 333-342. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76449119167&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.013
  16. Santos, P.; Fortunato, A.; Graça, I.; Martins, S.M.; Gouveia, M.M.; Auguy, F.; Bogusz, D.; et al. "Characterization of four defense-related genes up-regulated in root nodules of Casuarina glauca". Symbiosis 50 1-2 (2010): 27-35. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77953478450&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13199-009-0031-0
  17. Santos, P.; Fortunato, A.; Ribeiro, A.; Pawlowski, K.. "Chitinases in root nodules". Plant Biotechnology 25 3 (2008): 299-307. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46849122898&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  18. Fortunato, A.; Santos, P.; Graça, I.; Gouveia, M.M.; Martins, S.M.; Pinto Ricardo, C.P.; Pawlowski, K.; Ribeiro, A.. "Isolation and characterization of cgchi3, a nodule-specific gene from Casuarina glauca encoding a class III chitinase". Physiologia Plantarum 130 3 (2007): 418-426. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250162514&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00864.x
  19. Vatulescu, A.D.; Fortunato, A.S.; Sá, M.C.; Amâncio, S.; Ricardo, C.P.P.; Jackson, P.A.. "Cloning and characterisation of a basic IAA oxidase associated with root induction in Vitis vinifera". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 42 7-8 (2004): 609-615. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4444342980&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.plaphy.2004.06.009
  20. Jackson, P.A.P.; Galinha, C.I.R.; Pereira, C.S.; Fortunato, A.; Soares, N.C.; Amâncio, S.B.Q.; Pinto Ricardo, C.P.. "Rapid deposition of extensin during the elicitation of grapevine callus cultures is specifically catalyzed by a 40-kilodalton peroxidase". Plant Physiology 127 3 (2001): 1065-1076. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035193692&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1104/pp.127.3.1065
Manual
  1. Fortunato, Ana. Manual de Atividades para as Ciências Experimentais. Portugal. 2020.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - 2019/06/30 Comparação das respostas à disponibilidade hídrica no solo em três variedades de Vitis vinifera L. enxertadas em 1103 P - Projeto em Biologia Celular e Molecular
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2009/12/14 Evaluation and caracterization of torelance mecanisms of Coffea sp under environmental stress
Supervisor
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/01/01 - 2019/10/30 ITQB Open Day (2019/10/26 - 2019/10/26)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/06/30 Fascination of Plants Day (2019/05/18 - 2019/05/18)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2018/07/30 Summer Science @ITQB NOVA (2018/07/23 - 2018/07/27)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/31 EU Cost Action FA1306 and EMPHASIS prep meeting (2017/03/27 - 2017/03/29)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/13 - 2023/05/13 ITQB Open Day
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020/02/01 - Current Estefanía Uberegui
2010/01/01 - Current Promoting Experimental Science Teaching in Schools School Teachers
2010/05/01 - 2010/06/01 Basic molecular biology and bioinformatics methods Celestino Uamusse