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RAQUEL MARIA GARCIA DOS SANTOS CHAVES. Obtained the Habilitation in Comparative and Technological Molecular Genetics in 2008/05/15 from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, PhD in Genetics in 2002/12/04 from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Master's Degree in Molecular Genetics in 1995 from the University of Minho and Degree in Biochemistry in 1992 from the University of Porto. She is a Full Professor at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro and President of an Organisational Unit (School of Life and Environmental Sciences) at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. She has published 87 articles in specialised journals. She has 4 book chapters. Supervised 13 doctoral thesis(es) and co-supervised 2. Participates and/or participated as Researcher in 6 project(s) and Principal Investigator in 9 project(s). She works in the area(s) of Biological Sciences with an emphasis on Genetics. In her professional activities she has interacted with 286 collaborator(s) in co-authoring scientific work. In her Ciência Vitae CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualise her scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Comparative Chromosome Maps; Chromosome Evolution in Mammals; Comparative Genomics; Bar-codes; Cat mammary tumours (CMT); cytogenetics; molecular genetics; candidate genes; Canine; Mammary gland; Mixed tumours; Genetic variability; Molecular markers; Molecular Cytogenetics; Evolution; Chromosome Rearrangements; Feline Mammary Carcinoma; HER2 Proto-oncogene; Topoisomerase IIA and IIB; Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy; satellite DNA; satellite non-coding RNA; Chromosome Biology; Molecular Evolution; Robertsonian Translocation; Cancer; Robertsonian Translocations; satellite DNA; non-coding RNAs; Nanopore Sequencing; Biosensor; DNA markers; SARS-CoV-2; upscaling; UTAD Testing Centre; Molecular Systems Biology; Agent and Systems Modelling; Integrative Sciences; Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine; Nanobiotechnology Synthetic and Systems Biology; reverse transcriptase PCR" (RT-PCR); chromosomal rearrangements; Comparative Chromosome Painting; FA-SAT; non-coding RNA; PKM2; P53; apoptosis. She is the leader of the "CytoGenomics – Chaves Lab" Research Group (@CytGLab) since 2006 and currently, her research brings together bioinformatics and laboratory approaches to tackle Chromosomes and Genome Biology issues, with a special focus in satellite DNA sequences, and its transcripts, in evolution and cancer processes. (satellite DNA; satellite non-coding RNA; Chromosome Biology; Robertsonian Translocation; Cancer; Molecular Evolution).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
RAQUEL MARIA GARCIA DOS SANTOS CHAVES

Citation names

  • Chaves, Raquel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6E14-0BC7-0A93
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5970-7428

Email addresses

  • rchaves@utad.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
Education
Degree Classification
2008/05/14 - 2008/05/15
Concluded
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 Máxima, aprovado
2002/12/04
Concluded
 Ciências Exactas, Tecnológicas e Naturais (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Organização e Evolução do Genoma na Família Bovidae - Interferências por Citogenética Molecular" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Máxima com Distinção e Louvor
1995
Concluded
 Genética Molecular (Mestrado)
Major in Não Aplicável
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
1992
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Major in Especialização em Bioquímica Aplicada
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Researcher (Research) RISE-Health - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2013 - 2023/08/31 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2002/12/04 - 2013/02 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
1998/10 - 2002 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021 - Current Organic Unit President Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Escola das Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2017 - 2021 Conselho científico/técnico-científico ou orgão correspondente Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Conselho científico/técnico-científico ou orgão correspondente Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/03/29 - 2025/03/28 Plataformas de Diagnóstico aplicadas às Doenças do Lenho em Videira
PTDC/BAA-DIG/1079/2020
10.54499/PTDC/BAA-DIG/1079/2020
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/17 - 2023/10/16 Validação de uma estratégia experimental para o estudo de translocações Robertsonianas em humanos
EXPL/BIA-OUT/1028/2021
10.54499/EXPL/BIA-OUT/1028/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020 - 2023 Testar, Testar, Testar: “upscaling” do diagnóstico laboratorial do SARS-CoV-2 no Centro de Testagem COVID-19 da UTAD
Norte 2020 - n.º 0725
SAICTCOVID/72537/2020
10.54499/SAICTCOVID/72537/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Centro de Testagem COVID-19 da UTAD, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2022/07/31 PulmaGENE .: Blood genetic testing for lung cancer personalized terapy
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER033533
Principal investigator
Stab Vida Investigação e Serviços em Ciências Biológicas Lda, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2018/12/01 - 2021/12/30 PulmaGENE .: Teste genético sanguíneo para terapia personalizada do cancro do pulmão
LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-033533
Principal investigator
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 European Commission

European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2020/08/04 - 2021/02/03 "On-chip testing of SARS-CoV-2 (SARSChip)".
414
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01 - 2020/12 LungCARD - Blood test for clinical therapy guidance of non-small cell lung cancer patients
Grant Agreement nº: 734790
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
 Horizon 2020

European Commission
Ongoing
2020/05/01 - 2020/07/31 Cdots Biosensing COVID19
041_596518523
Researcher
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Biosistemas & Ciências Integrativas
UID/Multi/04046/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/15 - 2019/11/14 Avaliação molecular do proto-oncogene HER2 e das topoisomerases no carcinoma mamário felino - Desenvolvimento de novas estratégias para melhorar o diagnóstico e a imunoquimioterapia
PTDC/CVT-EPI/3638/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal

Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2019 Development of Botrytis cinerea DNA-based detection assays: HRM and Biosensor
P0.4E
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas
Concluded
2018/02 - 2018/12 UnCentre - Unlocking the 14;21 translocated centromere with nanopore sequencing
UnCentre
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
 Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute
Concluded
2018/02 - 2018/12 A cell model to study UV-B effect in Vitis vinifera L.
UV-B-Vitis
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
 Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute
2016/01 - 2018/12 Molecular evaluation of HER2 and Topoisomerases in feline mammary carcinoma - Developing rational stratagies for effective diagnosis and cancer chemoimmunotherapy
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 142267
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Variabilidade genética em populações de amêijoa-boa Ruditapes decussatus no Atlântico Norte e Mar Mediterrâneo
PTDC/MAR/103550/2008
Researcher
Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04 - 2013/09 Genetic variation of the carpet shell-clam Ruditapes decussatus in North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 103550
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 23 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/EQB/LA0023/2011
Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Laboratório de Paisagens Património e Território, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09/01 - 2011/08/31 Padrões de evolução cromossómica em Bivalvia (Mollusca): Realização de Mapas Cromossómicos por restrição In Situ e Especificidades Cromossómicas dos Genes Ribossomais. (PACEB)
PTDC/MAR/72163/2006
Principal investigator
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/09 - 2011/08 Patterns of Chromosome Evolution in Bivalvia (Mollusca): In Situ Restriction Chromosome Maps and Ribosomal Genes Chromosome Traits. (PACEB)
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 72163
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/09/01 - 2008/08/31 Caracterização biológica de tumores mamários mistos caninos: histogénese, progressão tumoral e alterações genéticas
POCI/CVT/57795/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/09 - 2008/08 Biological characterization of canine mammary mixed tumours: histogenesis, tumour progression and genetic alterations
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 57795
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/09/01 - 2008/06/30 Corantes Azo para Terapia Fotodinâmica
POCI/QUI/57913/2004
Researcher
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Química Vila Real, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008/06/30 Tumores mamários de gata - Análise Patológica, Molecular e Citogenética
POCI/CVT/62940/2004
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/03/01 - 2008/06/30 Mapas Comparativos para Roedores Evolução Cromossómica de Mamíferos Placentários, "Bar-codes" cromossómicos e aspectos genómicos funcionais
POCI/BIA-BCM/58541/2004
Principal investigator
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/09 - 2008/06 Azo Dyes for Photodynamic Therapy
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 57913
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/07 - 2008/06 Cat mammary tumors-Pathologic, Molecular and Cytogenetic approaches
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 62940
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/03 - 2008/06 Comparative Chromosome Maps for Rodent Species Placental Mammalian Chromosome Evolution, Chromosome Bar-Codes and Genomic Functional aspects
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 58541
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005 - 2006 System of Confocal Microscopy and Chromosomes and Cell Sorting - REEQ/1156/BIO/2005
REEQ/1156/BIO/2005
REEQ/1156/BIO/2005
Principal investigator
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997/01/01 - 1999/06/30 ESTUDOS DE CITOGENÉTICA MOLECULAR EM RAÇAS AUTÓCTONES DE ESPÉCIES PECUÁRIAS
PRAXIS XXI/BD/9046/96
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Vilhena, Hugo; Figueira, Ana Catarina; Schmitt, Fernando; Canadas, Ana; Chaves, Raquel; Gama, Adelina; Dias-Pereira, Patrícia. "Canine and Feline Spontaneous Mammary Tumours as Models of Human Breast Cancer". In Pets as Sentinels, Forecasters and Promoters of Human Health, 173-207. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-30734-9_9
  2. Mendes-da-Silva, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Importance of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization in Rodent Tumors". In Technical Aspects of Toxicological Immunohistochemistry, 21-49. Springer New York, 2016.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-1516-3_3
  3. Chaves, Raquel. "TWIST1 Gene: First Insights in Felis Catus". In Advances in Genome Science, 213-232. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2014.
    Published • 10.2174/9781608058204114030010
  4. Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "The Importance of Cancer Cell Lines as in vitro Models in Cancer Methylome Analysis and Anticancer Drugs Testing". In Oncogenomics and Cancer Proteomics - Novel Approaches in Biomarkers Discovery and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer. InTech, 2013.
    Published • 10.5772/53110
Conference abstract
  1. Fonseca-Carvalho, Marisa; Lucas, Diogo; Louzada, Sandra; Pereira, Jorge C.; Chaves, Raquel; Ferreira, Daniela. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Deciphering the Role of FA-SAT ncRNA in Cellular Apoptosis: Insights from Functional Studies in p53 Wild-Type and Null Cell Lines". Paper presented in IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2023.
    Published
  2. Lopes, Mariana; Louzada, Sandra; Ferreira, Daniela; Torres, V.; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. "Overexpressed human satellite 1A noncoding RNA is a central player in microtubule dynamics". Paper presented in EMBO/EMBL Symposia: The Non-Coding Genome, 2023.
    Published
  3. Afonso, Tatiana; Louzada, Sandra; Chaves, Raquel; Ferreira, Daniela. "FA-SAT ncRNA functional profile in different passages of a feline mammary cancer cell line.". Paper presented in XV Genetics and Biotechnology Conference | V Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, Vila Real, 2023.
    Published
  4. Rego, Érica; Louzada, Sandra; Chaves, Raquel; Ferreira, Daniela. "FA-SAT ncRNA influence in anti-mitotic drug response in human cancer cell lines". Paper presented in XV Genetics and Biotechnology Conference | V Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, Vila Real, 2023.
    Published
  5. Sá, Inês; Ribeiro, Miguel; Nunes, Fernando M.; Marques, Guilhermina; Chaves, Raquel; Ferreira, Daniela. "Antitumor Potential of Small RNAs from Mushrooms". Paper presented in XV Genetics and Biotechnology Conference | V Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, Vila Real, 2023.
    Published
  6. Marisa Fonseca-Carvalho; Ferreira, Daniela; Lopes, Mariana; Lucas, Diogo; Gabriela Verissímo; Adega, Filomena; Louzada, Sandra; Chaves, Raquel. "Preliminary data about FA-SAT ncRNA function in Mitosis". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, Évora, 2022.
    Published
  7. Lopes, Mariana; Sandra Louzada; Ferreira, Daniela; Gabriela Verissímo; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. "Seeing is believing: transcription profiling of Human Satellite 1". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, Évora, 2022.
    Published
  8. Gabriela Verissímo; Lopes, Mariana; Marisa Fonseca-Carvalho; Ferreira, Daniela; Louzada, Sandra; Chaves, Raquel. "Can HSAT1 colocalize with hotspots for chromosomal breaks?". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, Évora, 2022.
    Published
  9. Fonseca-Carvalho, Marisa; Daniela Ferreira; Mariana Lopes; Diogo Lucas; Gabriela Verissimo; Filomena Adega; Sandra Louzada; Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT molecular and cellular characterization in human cancer cells.". Vila Real, 2022.
    Published
  10. Gabriela Veríssimo; Lopes, Mariana; Marisa Fonseca-Carvalho; Daniela Ferreira; Sandra Louzada; Chaves, Raquel; Gabriela Verissímo; et al. "Molecular and cytogenetic analysis of satellite DNA I sequences in different human cell lines". Paper presented in XIV Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia e IV Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética e Biotecnologia, Vila Real, 2022.
    Published
  11. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT ncRNA transcriptional characterization: can its distribution influence cancer features?". Paper presented in II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, Vila Real, Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  12. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Inducing the FA-SAT knockdown in human cancer cells - can the P53 status dictate different outcomes?". Paper presented in II Jornadas de Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde, Vila Real, Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  13. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Comparing the FA-SAT ncRNA profile in different human cell lines: Is the expression of FA-SAT (dys)regulated in the cell cycle of HeLa cells?". Paper presented in XIII Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia/III Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética Y Biotecnología, Vila Real, Portugal / Léon, Espanha, 2021.
    Published
  14. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Insights on the molecular mechanism underlying the apoptosis phenotype of FA-SAT ncRNA/PKM2 complex disruption". Paper presented in Jornadas da Ciência-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  15. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT ncRNA depletion induces apoptosis: is it through p53 mediation?". Paper presented in XII Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia / II Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética y Biotecnología, Vila Real, Portugal / Léon, Espanha, 2020.
    Published
  16. Marques, Ana; Ferreira, Daniela; Ribeiro, Miguel; Marques, Guilhermina; Lemieszek, M.; Rzeski, W.; Chaves, Raquel; Nunes, Fernando M.. "Cantharellus cibarius: um cogumelo com atividade antitumoral". Paper presented in Semana da ciência e cidadania ¿ XI Jornadas de Biologia, Vila Real, 2017.
    Published
  17. Ferreira, Daniela; Escudeiro, Ana; Anjo, Sandra I.; Manadas, Bruno; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT: doomed to repeat and transcribe! But why?". Paper presented in IX Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia, Vila Real, 2017.
    Published
  18. Ferreira, Daniela; Escudeiro, Ana; Chaves, Filipa; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "How the ¿major¿ satellite ncRNA of Felis catus is regulated in cancer?". Paper presented in XXXIX Portuguese Genetics Conference, Braga, 2015.
    Published
  19. Escudeiro, Ana; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "RNAs não codificantes - perfis de transcrição e modelação de uma sequência de DNA satélite". Paper presented in V Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia, Vila Real, 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Inês Sá; Miguel Ribeiro; Fernando M. Nunes; Guilhermina Marques; Chaves, Raquel; Daniela Ferreira. "MUSHROOMS4LIFE: Decoding the Molecular Basis of a Cancer-Fighting Small RNA Extracted from Edible Mushrooms". 2024.
    10.3390/msf2023023009
  2. Monzón, Aurora; Chaves, Raquel; Teixeira, Amilcar; Venâncio, Carlos; Domingos, Amaro; Bastos, Estela; Silva, Filipe; et al. "Book of Abstracts of the Xth International Symposium on Wild Fauna(ISoWiF 2017)". 2017.
  3. Paço, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Mestrovic, N.; Silva, A.; Plohl, M.; Chaves, Raquel. "Construction of repetitive DNA libraries from the genomes of two hamster species, Phodopus sungorus and Phodopus roborovskii (Cricetinae)". 2011.
  4. Abreu, Rui M.V.; Queiroz, Maria João R.P.; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.; Calhelha, Ricardo C.; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "New potential anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) agents: in vitro evaluation of anti-HCC activity and hepatotoxicity of 6-substituted methyl 3-aminothieno[3,2-b]pyridine-2-carboxylates and QSAR studies". 2011.
  5. Borges, A.; Adega, Filomena; Escudeiro, A.; Chaves, Raquel. "Chromosomal instability in a cat mammary cancer cell line". 2011.
  6. Vieira-da-Silva; Adega, Filomena; Soares, M.; Chaves, Raquel; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique. "Physical location of satellite DNA I family in Peromyscus eremicus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)". 2011.
  7. Vieira-da-Silva; Louzada, Sandra; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Paço, Ana; et al. "An orthologous satellite DNA family between Muridae and Cricetidae (Rodentia)". 2010.
    Vieira-da-Silva; Louzada, Sandra; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel. An orthologous satellite DNA family between Muridae and Cricetidae (Rodentia), Trabalho apresentado em 19th International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Gene
  8. Abreu, Rui M.V.; Queiroz, Maria João R.P.; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Anti-proliferative activity of thieno[3,2-b]pyridine derivatives in tumoral and primary hepatic cell lines.". 2010.
  9. Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Louzada, Sandra; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Louzada, S.; Adega, F.; Guedes-Pinto, H.; Chaves, R.. "Comparative analysis of two Cricetus cricetus chromosomes with Mus musculus and Rattus norvegicus using chromosome painting". 2009.
  10. Adega, Filomena; Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Adega, F.; da Silva, A. Vieira; Guedes-Pinto, H.; Chaves, R.. "Cytogenetic and molecular analysis of LINE-1 sequences in Tatera gambiana and Acomys sp. Rodents". 2009.
  11. Borges, A.; Santos, Sara; Adega, Filomena; Gärtner, Fátima; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Santos, S.; et al. "New advances in Cat Mammary Tumours: Comparative Genomic Hybridization profiles in a case of tubulopapillary carcinoma". 2009.
  12. Paço, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Paco, A.; Adega, F.; Guedes-Pinto, H.; Chaves, R.. "Repetitive sequences: a possible source of genome Remodelling". 2009.
  13. Meles, Susana; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Meles, S.; Adega, F.; Guedes-Pinto, H.; Chaves, R.. "Telomeric repeats (TTAGGG)n as footprints of evolutionary chromosome rearrangements". 2009.
  14. Adega, Filomena; Meles, Susana; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Wienberg, Johannes; Chaves, Raquel. "Praomys tullbergi genome architecture decoded by the related genomes Mus and Rattus". 2007.
  15. Meles, Susana; Adega, Filomena; Volobouev, V.; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel. "Praomys tullbergi (Muridae, Rodentia): Karyotype and sex chromosomes evolutionary insight". 2007.
  16. Louzada, Sandra; Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Kubickova, Svatava; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Chaves, Raquel; Jiri, J.. "Cricetus cricetus and Peromyscus eremicus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) share common repetitive DNA sequences". 2007.
  17. Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Louzada, Sandra; Adega, Filomena; Kubickova, Svatava; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Jiri, J.; Chaves, Raquel. "X chromosome patchwork in the rodents Cricetus cricetus, Peromyscus eremicus (Cricetidae) and Praomys tulbergi (Muridae)". 2007.
  18. Santos, Sara; Bastos, Estela; Gärtner, Fátima; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Wienberg, Johannes; Chaves, Raquel. "Cytogenetic Analysis of a Felis catus mammary tumour". 2007.
  19. Iannuzzi, L.; Rangel-Figueiredo, M. T.; Di Meo, G. P.; Molteni, L; Perucatti, A.; De Giovanni, A. M.; Chaves, Raquel; et al. "Cytogenetic characterization, frequency and distribution of rob t(1;29) in some Italian and Portuguese cattle breeds". 2004.
  20. Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel; Heslop-Harrison, J. S; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Wienberg, Johannes. "Chromosomal and Satellite (1.709 family) DNA analysis in Bovini and Tragelaphini tribes: inferences within the Bovidae family". 2004.
  21. Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena; Heslop-Harrison, John S.; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Wienberg, Johannes. "Complex DNA reshuffling in the cattle 1;29 translocation: a two-step model of the dynamic evolution of the 1;29 chromosome". 2004.
  22. Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel; Heslop-Harrison, John S.; Wienberg, Johannes; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "New insights into Bovidae satellite III evolutionary history". 2004.
  23. Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena; Heslop-Harrison, John S.; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique; Wienberg, Johannes. "1.709 satellite IV DNA sequences evolution in the Bovini and Tragelaphini tribes". 2003.
  24. Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena; Santos, Sara; Heslop-Harrison, John S.; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Physical distribution of the Ovis aries alpha-satellite sequence in the Bovidae family: Evolutionary considerations". 2001.
  25. Chaves, Raquel; Heslop-Harrison, John S.; Adega, Filomena; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Characterization of the cattle rob (1;29) centromeric heterochromatin by restriction endonuclease digestion and in situ hybridization with cattle satellite I probe". 1999.
  26. Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel; Heslop-Harrison, John S.; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Restriction endonuclease banding-HaeIII and HinfI, and subsequent C-banding on cattle metaphase chromosomes". 1999.
Conference poster
  1. Gatinho, Patrícia; Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena; Fernandes, José Ramiro Afonso; Martins-Lopes P.. "Preliminary tests of a piezoelectric biosensor for direct sample detection". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  2. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Disclosing how FA-SAT ncRNA/PKM2 complex interferes with proliferative and apoptotic pathways and their key players". Paper presented in VI Jornadas da Bioquímica, 2021.
  3. Cunha, Catarina; Pinto, Albano; Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena. "Transposable elements dynamics in the human genome". Paper presented in XIII Genetics and Biotechnology Conference / III Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, 2021.
  4. Gatinho, Patrícia; Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena; Fernandes, José Ramiro Afonso; Martins-Lopes P.. "The Role of Biosensors in Pulmonary Cancer Diagnosis". Paper presented in XIV Genetics and Biotechnology Conference / IV Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, 2021.
  5. Lucas, Diogo; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Cellular characterization of FA-SAT ncRNA in cancer cells". Paper presented in XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (ENEB), 2021.
  6. Ferreira, Daniela; Lucas, Diogo; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Disclosing how FA-SAT ncRNA promotes the switch between cell proliferation and apoptosis". Paper presented in EMBO|EMBL Symposium: The Non-Coding Genome 2021, 2021.
  7. Miranda, Juliana; Ferreira, Daniela; Clemente, Carla; Martins-Lopes, Paula; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Screening of EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer patients in liquid biopsies". Paper presented in XII Genetics and Biotechnology Conference/II Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, 2020.
  8. Pinto, Albano; Cunha, Catarina; Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena. "The potential involvement of transposable elements in spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disease". Paper presented in XII Genetics and Biotechnology Conference / II Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, 2020.
  9. Ferreira, Daniela; Miranda, Juliana; Martins-Lopes, Paula; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Preliminary approach for the analysis of EGFR mutations in cell-free DNA from non-small cell lung cancer patients.". Paper presented in International Meeting Of The Portuguese Society Of Genetics, 2020.
  10. Lopes, Mariana; Escudeiro, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. "Mapping Human Satellite I, an intervenient in Robertsonian Translocations". 2020.
  11. Ferreira, Daniela; Barrias, Sara; Adega, Filomena; Fernandes, D; Clemente, Carla; Martins-Lopes, Paula; Chaves, Raquel. "PulmaGENE ¿ Análise de biomarcadores preditivos em biopsias líquidas de pacientes com carcinoma do pulmão de não pequenas células". Paper presented in 1º Encontro Nacional De Jovens Investigadores Em Oncologia, 2019.
  12. Lopes, Mariana; Escudeiro, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Sandra Louzada; Dias, Ricardo; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. "Filling the gaps: disclosure of the human centromere in Robertsonian translocated chromosomes using Nanopore sequencing". Paper presented in GenomePT symposium, 2019.
  13. Lopes M.; Escudeiro A.; Adega F.; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. "Breaking down human satellite DNA and its ncRNAs in proliferative cells". Paper presented in XI Genetics and Biotechnology Conference/ I Genetics and Biotechnology Iberian Conference, 2019.
  14. Lucas, Diogo; Pires, Valérie; Oom, Maria do Mar; Chaves, Raquel; Adega, Filomena. "Cytogenetics as a species identification tool: a particular case of a Viverrinae (Carnivora, Viverridae) individual". Paper presented in XI Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia / I Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética e Biotecnología, 2019.
  15. Ferreira, Daniela; Escudeiro, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Anjo, Sandra I.; Manadas, Bruno; Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT ncRNA forms a ribonucleoprotein complex with PKM2". Paper presented in VIII National RNA meeting: ptRNA2019, 2019.
  16. Lopes, Mariana; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. "High Resolution Melting ¿ HRM ¿ can be used to optimize primers for Nanopore Sequencing". Paper presented in Workshop ¿ Innovation in Genomic Technologies, 2018.
  17. Lopes, Mariana; Escudeiro, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Characterization of Sus scrofa painting probes obtained by FACS for karyotype analysis". Paper presented in UTAD Biochemestry Conference/ I Week of Science and Citizenship, 2018.
  18. Marques, Ana; Ferreira, Daniela; Ribeiro, Miguel; Marques, Guilhermina; Lemieszek, M.; Rzeski, W.; Chaves, Raquel; Nunes, Fernando M.. "Anticancer activity of RNA isolated from the Cantharellus cibarius mushroom". Paper presented in CIMAGO scientific meeting ¿ Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology, 2018.
  19. Ferreira, Daniela; Mendes-da-Silva, A.; Meles, Susana; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Challenges and Perspectives in the Research of Satellite DNA Sequences ¿ Assembling FA-SAT in Carnivora Genomes". Paper presented in Workshop - Innovation in Genomic Technologies, 2018.
  20. José Pedro Sequeira; Quintas-Gonçalves, Joana; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "A importância da proteína p53 na apoptose e no desenvolvimento tumoral". Paper presented in XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica, 2018.
  21. Quintas-Gonçalves, Joana; Sequeira, JP; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Tumores de mama Her2 positivos e terapias disponíveis: uma abordagem mecanicista". Paper presented in XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquimica, 2018.
  22. Martins, Bárbara; Ferreira, Daniela; Soares, Maria; Adega, Filomena; Ferreira, Fernando; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Disclosing the PKM2 expression profile in cat mammary tumours". Paper presented in IX Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia, 2017.
  23. Ferreira, Daniela; Chaves, Filipa; Borges, Ana; Escudeiro, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "The major Satellite Non-Coding Sequence of Felis catus: its putative involvement in tumorigenesis". Paper presented in EMBO/EMBL Symposia: The Non-Coding Genome, 2015.
  24. Ferreira, Daniela; Chaves, Filipa; Escudeiro, Ana; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "Satellite DNA transcription dysregulation in a cat tumor cell line: What the implications in tumorigenesis?". Paper presented in VII Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia, 2015.
  25. Escudeiro, Ana; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Chaves, Raquel. "The same sequence in a different chromosomal context: What are the implications?". Paper presented in VI Jornadas nacionais de Genética e Biotecnologia, 2014.
  26. Ferreira, Daniela; Silva, Teresa; Gomes-Alves, Ana; Rodrigues, Ana-João; Chaves, Raquel; Logarinho, Elsa. "Human centrosomal protein Cep57 is required for proper mitotic spindle structure". Paper presented in XXXV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Marisa Fonseca-Carvalho; Gabriela Veríssimo; Mariana Lopes; Daniela Ferreira; Sandra Louzada; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Answering the Cell Stress Call: Satellite Non-Coding Transcription as a Response Mechanism". Biomolecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14010124.
    10.3390/biom14010124
  2. Catarina Lino; Sara Barrias; Chaves, Raquel; Filomena Adega; José Ramiro Fernandes; Paula Martins-Lopes. "Development of a QCM-based biosensor for the detection of non-small cell lung cancer biomarkers in liquid biopsies". Talanta (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124624.
    10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124624
  3. Mariana Lopes; Sandra Louzada; Daniela Ferreira; Gabriela Veríssimo; Daniel Eleutério; Margarida Gama-Carvalho; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Human Satellite 1A analysis provides evidence of pericentromeric transcription". BMC Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01521-5.
    10.1186/s12915-023-01521-5
  4. Daniela Ferreira; Maria Soares; Jorge Correia; Filomena Adega; Fernando Ferreira; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Satellite Noncoding RNAs (ncRNA) as Cancer Biomarkers? New Insights from FA-SAT ncRNA Molecular and Clinical Profiles in Feline Mammary Tumors". OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1089/omi.2022.0114.
    10.1089/omi.2022.0114
  5. Albano Pinto; Catarina Cunha; Chaves, Raquel; Matthew E. R. Butchbach; Filomena Adega. "Comprehensive In Silico Analysis of Retrotransposon Insertions within the Survival Motor Neuron Genes Involved in Spinal Muscular Atrophy". Biology 11 6 (2022): 824-824. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11060824.
    10.3390/biology11060824
  6. Chaves, Raquel; Paula Filomena Martins-Lopes; Adega, Filomena. "Biosensors as diagnostic tools in clinical applications". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer 1877 3 (2022): 188726-188726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbcan.2022.188726.
    10.1016/j.bbcan.2022.188726
  7. Ferreira, Daniela; Soares, Maria; Correira, Jorge; Adega, Filomena; Ferreira, Fernando; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT ncRNA as a putative cancer biomarker in feline mammary tumours". (2022):
    Submitted
  8. A. Escudeiro; F. Adega; T. J. Robinson; J. S. Heslop-Harrison; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Analysis of the Robertsonian (1;29) fusion in Bovinae reveals a common mechanism: insights into its clinical occurrence and chromosomal evolution". Chromosome Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-021-09667-0.
    10.1007/s10577-021-09667-0
  9. Mariana Lopes; Sandra Louzada; Margarida Gama-Carvalho; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Genomic Tackling of Human Satellite DNA: Breaking Barriers through Time". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094707.
    10.3390/ijms22094707
  10. Daniela Ferreira; Juliana Miranda; Paula Martins-Lopes; Filomena Adega; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Future Perspectives in Detecting EGFR and ALK Gene Alterations in Liquid Biopsies of Patients with NSCLC". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22083815.
    10.3390/ijms22083815
  11. Daniela Ferreira; Ana Escudeiro; Filomena Adega; Sandra I. Anjo; Bruno Manadas; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT ncRNA interacts with PKM2 protein: depletion of this complex induces a switch from cell proliferation to apoptosis". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 77 7 (2020): 1371-1386. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-019-03234-x.
    10.1007/s00018-019-03234-x
  12. Louzada, Sandra; Lopes, Mariana; Ferreira, Daniela; Adega, Filomena; Escudeiro, Ana; Gama-Carvalho, Margarida; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Decoding the Role of Satellite DNA in Genome Architecture and Plasticity—An Evolutionary and Clinical Affair". Genes 11 1 (2020): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11010072.
    10.3390/genes11010072
  13. Daniela Ferreira; Yves St-Pierre; Bárbara Martins; Maria Soares; Jorge Correia; Filomena Adega; Fernando Ferreira; Chaves, Raquel. "Gene expression association study in feline mammary carcinomas". PLOS ONE 14 8 (2019): e0221776-e0221776. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221776.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0221776
  14. Ferreira, Daniela; Soares, Maria; Correia, Jorge; Adega, Filomena; Ferreira, Fernando; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Assessment of ERRB2 and TOP2α gene status and expression profile in feline mammary tumors: findings and guidelines". Aging (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.102079.
    Published • 10.18632/aging.102079
  15. Escudeiro, A.; Ferreira, D.; Mendes-da-Silva, A.; Heslop-Harrison, J.S.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Bovine satellite DNAs–a history of the evolution of complexity and its impact in the Bovidae family". European Zoological Journal 86 1 (2019): 20-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061195840&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/24750263.2018.1558294
  16. Escudeiro, A.; Adega, F.; Robinson, T.J.; Heslop-Harrison, J.S.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Conservation, Divergence, and Functions of Centromeric Satellite DNA Families in the Bovidae". Genome biology and evolution 11 4 (2019): 1152-1165. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065052429&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/gbe/evz061
  17. Lemieszek, M.K.; Marques, P.S.; Ribeiro, M.; Ferreira, D.; Marques, G.; Chaves, Raquel; Pozarowski, P.; Nunes, F.M.; Rzeski, W.. "Mushroom small RNAs as potential anticancer agents: A closer look at: Cantharellus cibarius proapoptotic and antiproliferative effects in colon cancer cells". Food and Function 10 5 (2019): 2739-2751. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066143367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c8fo02378f
  18. Ferreira, D.; Escudeiro, A.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "DNA methylation patterns of a satellite non-coding sequence – FA-SAT in cancer cells: Its expression cannot be explained solely by DNA methylation". Frontiers in Genetics 10 FEB (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065837935&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fgene.2019.00101
  19. Adega, F.; Matoso Silva, R.; Kjöllerström, H.J.; Vercammen, P.; Raudsepp, T.; Collares-Pereira, M.J.; Fernandes, C.; Do Mar Oom, M.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Comparative Chromosome Painting in Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta), the only Known Feliforms with a Highly Rearranged Karyotype". Cytogenetic and Genome Research (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052824984&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000491868
  20. Chaves, Raquel; Daniela Ferreira; Ana Mendes-da-Silva; Susana Meles; Filomena Adega. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "FA-SAT Is an Old Satellite DNA Frozen in Several Bilateria Genomes". Genome Biology and Evolution 9 11 (2017): 3073-3087. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fgbe%2Fevx212.
    10.1093/gbe/evx212
  21. Borges, A.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Establishment and characterization of a new feline mammary cancer cell line, FkMTp". Cytotechnology 68 4 (2016): 1529-1543. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958752234&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10616-015-9912-7
  22. VIEIRA-DA-SILVA, A.; ADEGA, F.; GUEDES-PINTO, H.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "LINE-1 distribution in six rodent genomes follow a species-specific pattern". Journal of Genetics 95 1 (2016): 21-33. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960114105&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12041-015-0595-9
  23. Silva, R.M.; Adega, F.; Kjöllerström, H.J.; Labuschagne, K.; Kotze, A.; Fernandes, C.; Chaves, Raquel; Do Mar Oom, M.. "Classical and Molecular Cytogenetics of the Panther Genet Genetta maculata (Mammalia, Carnivora, Viverridae)". Cytogenetic and Genome Research 149 4 (2016): 274-281. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992694594&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000450627
  24. Paço, A.; Adega, F.; Meštrovic, N.; Plohl, M.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "The puzzling character of repetitive DNA in Phodopus genomes (Cricetidae, Rodentia)". Chromosome Research 23 3 (2015): 427-440. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947485368&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10577-015-9481-9
  25. Meles, S.; Adega, F.; Castro, J.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Cytogenetic Assessment of the Rat Cell Line CLS-ACI-1: An in vitro Cell Model for Mycn Overexpression". Cytogenetic and Genome Research 146 4 (2015): 285-295. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954379312&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000441374
  26. Louzada, S.; Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Mendes-da-Silva, A.; Kubickova, S.; Rubes, J.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "A novel satellite DNA sequence in the Peromyscus genome (PMSat): Evolution via copy number fluctuation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92 (2015): 193-203. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938076398&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.008
  27. Ferreira, D.; Meles, S.; Escudeiro, A.; Mendes-da-Silva, A.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Satellite non-coding RNAs: the emerging players in cells, cellular pathways and cancer". Chromosome Research 23 3 (2015): 479-493. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947495774&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10577-015-9482-8
  28. Vieira-Da-Silva, A.; Louzada, S.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "A High-Resolution Comparative Chromosome Map of Cricetus cricetus and Peromyscus eremicus Reveals the Involvement of Constitutive Heterochromatin in Breakpoint Regions". Cytogenetic and Genome Research 145 1 (2015): 59-67. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931956587&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000381840
  29. Paço, A.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "LINE-1 retrotransposons: from 'parasite' sequences to functional elements". Journal of applied genetics 56 1 (2015): 133-145. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930172706&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13353-014-0241-x
  30. Paço, A.; Adega, F.; Meštrovic, N.; Plohl, M.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Evolutionary story of a satellite DNA from Phodopus sungorus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)". Genome biology and evolution 6 10 (2014): 2944-2955. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937250132&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/gbe/evu233
  31. Paço, A.; Chaves, Raquel; Vieira-da-Silva, A.; Adega, F.. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "The involvement of repetitive sequences in the remodelling of karyotypes: The Phodopus genomes (Rodentia, Cricetidae)". Micron 46 (2013): 27-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875404520&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.micron.2012.11.010
  32. Santos, S.; Baptista, C.S.; Abreu, R.M.V.; Bastos, E.; Amorim, I.; Gut, I.G.; Gärtner, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "ERBB2 in cat mammary neoplasias disclosed a positive correlation between RNA and protein low expression levels: A model for erbB-2 negative human breast cancer". PLoS ONE 8 12 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891317175&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0083673
  33. Chaves, Raquel; Louzada, S.; Meles, S.; Wienberg, J.; Adega, F.. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Praomys tullbergi (Muridae, Rodentia) genome architecture decoded by comparative chromosome painting with Mus and Rattus". Chromosome Research 20 6 (2012): 673-683. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868191827&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10577-012-9304-1
  34. Santos, S.; Bastos, E.; Baptista, C.S.; Sá, D.; Caloustian, C.; Guedes-Pinto, H.; Gärtner, F.; Gut, I.G.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Sequence variants and haplotype analysis of cat ERBB2 gene: A survey on spontaneous cat mammary neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 13 3 (2012): 2783-2800. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858964993&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijms13032783
  35. Louzada, S.; Adega, F.; Chaves, Raquel. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Defining the sister rat mammary tumor cell lines HH-16 cl.2/1 and HH-16.cl.4 as an In Vitro cell model for Erbb2". PLoS ONE 7 1 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855656021&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0029923
  36. Baptista, C.S.; Santos, S.; Laso, A.; Bastos, E.; Ávila, S.; Guedes-Pinto, H.; Gärtner, F.; et al. Corresponding author: Chaves, Raquel. "Sequence variation and mRNA expression of the TWIST1 gene in cats with mammary hyperplasia and neoplasia". Veterinary Journal 191 2 (2012): 203-207. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856326611&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.01.011
  37. Pereira, J.C.; Chaves, Raquel; Leitão, A.; Matias, D.; Guedes-Pinto, H.. "Genetic analysis of two Portuguese populations of Ruditapes decussatus by RAPD profiling". Helgoland Marine Research 65 3 (2011): 361-367. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051770274&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10152-010-0229-9
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Host (Event location)
2019/06/06 Satellite evolution in bovidae, publicado em Molecular Cytogenetics 12 (30): L21. doi:10.1186/s13039-019-0439-z 12th European Cytogenetics Conference
European Cytogenetics Association - ECA (Salzburg, Austria)
2014/09/01 Evolution and function of repetitive DNA in mammals, publicado em Chromosome Research 23 (2): 365. doi:10.1007/s10577-014-9447-3. 20th International Chromosome Conference - ICC
(Kent, United Kingdom)
2014/06/07 Genomes are doomed to repeat: satellite DNA as modulators of chromosome reshuffling and genome regulation” Published in Chromosome Research 22 (3): 405. doi: 10.1007/s10577-014-9435-7 21st International Colloquium of Animal Cytogenetics and Gene Mapping - ICACGM
ICACGM (Ischia, Italy)
2011/07/02 Are Genomes Doomed to Repeat? Why?” Section: animal and plant Cytogenetics. Published in Chromosome Research 19 (supp1): 18-19. doi:10.1007/s10577-011-9213-8 8th European Cytogenetics Conference
European Cytogenetics Conference (Porto, Portugal)
2010/06/30 Satellite DNA: Patterns of Chromosome Evolution and Genome Remodelling” Section: Chromosome Organization and Cytogenomics. http://sebiology.org/meetings/Past_Meetings/prague/Documents/Programme.pdf SEB Annual Main Meeting 2010
SEB (Praga, Czech Republic)
2008/06/08 Satellite DNA: Hallmarks of Chromosome Evolution and Genome Remodelling”. Published in Chromosome Research 16 (7): 1033. doi:10.1007/s10577-008-1922-2 18th International Colloquium of Animal Cytogenetics and Gene Mapping - ICACGM
ICACGM (Bucharest, Romania)
2007/08/25 Chaves R “Satellite DNA and tracking chromosome and karyotype Evolution”. Published in Chromosome Research 15 (supp2): ix and 28. doi: 10.1007/s10577-007-1912-9 16th International Chromosome Conference - ICC
ICC

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/01/01 - 2024/02 The role of HSat1A noncoding RNA in cancer-related phenotypes
Supervisor of Mariana Faria Lopes
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2021 - 2021 DESENVOLVIMENTO DE MÉTODOS EFICIENTES PARA ANÁLISE DE BIOMARCADORES PREDITIVOS EM BIÓPSIAS LÍQUIDAS PARA APLICAÇÃO EM PACIENTES COM CARCINOMA DO PULMÃ
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021 - 2021 DYNAMIC OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY CELL MODELS
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021 - 2021 ESTUDO E ETIOLOGIA DE DOENÇAS NO ÂMBITO DA CITOGENÉTICA HUMANA: ABORDAGEM CONVENCIONAL E MLPA
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021 - 2021 PESQUISA IN SILICO DE VARIAÇÕES NO NÚMERO DE CÓPIAS EM PAINEL DE GENES ASSOCIADOS A CANCRO HEREDITÁRIO
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Clínica Laboratorial (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021 - 2021 ESTUDO DAS DOENÇAS GENÉTICAS HUMANAS NA VERTENTE TÉCNICA E CIENTÍFICA: CITOGENÉTICA CONVENCIONAL E MOLECULAR (FISH)
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Clínica Laboratorial (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021 - 2021 ANALYSIS OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2020 - 2020 How satellite DNA comes into play in Genomes? A Rodentia cell-model approach
Supervisor of Ana Cristina Mendes da Silva
 Genética Molecular Comparativa (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2020 - 2020 THE GENOME OF GENETTA GENETTA: CHROMOSOME ARCHITECTURE AND REPETITIVE FRACTION ANALYSSI
Co-supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2020 - 2020 ESTUDOS CITOGENÉTICOS EM INDIVIDUOS EM IDADE PEDIÁTRICA COM SUSPEITA CLÍNICA DE SÍNDROME DE WILLIAMS: ABORDAGEM POR MLPA
Co-supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019 - 2019 SYSTEMIC FACTORS AND TUMOUR PROGRESSION
Co-supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019 - 2019 UNLOCKING ROBERTSONIAN TRANSLOCATED CHROMOSOMES IN ITS REPETITIVE DNA CONTENT TO TACKLE GENOMIC AND MECHANISTIC ISSUES
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2019 - 2019 THE BOVINAE ROB(1;29) AS A MODEL TO STUDY THE TRANSLOCATION MECHANISM UNDERLYING THE MOST FREQUENT ROBERTSONIAN CENTRIC FUSIONS
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 ESTUDO DE DOENTES COM SUSPEITA CLÍNICA DE SÍNDROME DE MICRODELEÇÃO/MICRODUPLICAÇÃO PELA TÉCNICA DE MLPA: APLICAÇÃO DO PAINEL P297 (MRC-HOLLAND)
Co-supervisor of ANA MARTA DA CUNHA ROSAS
 Biologia Clínica Laboratorial (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 HOW SATELLITE DNA COMES INTO PLAY IN GENOMES? A RODENTIA CELL-MODEL APPROACH
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 ISOLAMENTO E CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE UM RNA REGULADOR, DE CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS, COM ATIVIDADE ANTITUMORAL
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Clínica Laboratorial (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 MIR-371A-3P AS A TOOL FOR SUBTYPING TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMORS
Co-supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018 - 2018 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CANCER CRITICAL GENES IN FELINE MAMMARY CARCINOMAS AND IN THE FKMTP CELL LINE
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017 CONSEQUENCES OF ADMIXTURE AND LGM ON CURRENT GENETIC DIVERSITY GRADIENTS OF AMERICAN HUMANS
Co-supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017 A Y-CHROMOSOME MAP BETWEEN THE GIBBON NOMASCUS LEUCOGENYS AND HUMANS: EVOLUTIONARY INFERENCES AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017 A DETAILED COMPARATIVE Y-CHROMOSOME MAP BETWEEN THE GIBBON NOMASCUS LEUCOGENYS AND HUMANS
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2017 - 2017 MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A SATELLITE NON-CODING RNA-FA-SAT-A KEY PLAYER OF CYCLING CELLS
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016 - 2016 MOLECULAR MICROEVOLUTION IN CAT MAMMARY TUMOR LINES. GENOMIC AND CYTOGENOMIC CELL MODELS
Supervisor
 Genética (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Frontotemporal Dementia: SQSTM1 Exon 5 Mutation
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Clínica Laboratorial (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Molecular and cytogenetic analysis of bivalve species with commercial interest
Co-supervisor
 Genética (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015 - 2015 THE PATCHWORK PATTERN OF RODENT GENOMES: SPECIES-SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION OF ORTHOLOGOUS DNA SEQUENCES
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2015 - 2015 THE RATTUS NORVEGICUS CELL MODEL: AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF CHROMOSOME ARCHITECTURE, GENES AND SATELLITE NON-CODING SEQUENCES
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2008 - 2011 Cat mmary tumours-genomic and functional characterization
Supervisor
 Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Dinâmica Molecular Evolutiva e Trascripcional de Sequências de Dna Satélite no Organismo Modelo Mus Musculus
Supervisor
 Genética (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of Di(hetero) Arylamines and Antitumoral Activity of Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Compounds Including Molecular Modelling Studies
Co-supervisor
 Genética (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Karyotype restructuring in rodentia: from evolution to cancer
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2006 - 2006 ERBB2 AND TWIST1 GENES SURVEY IN CAT MAMMARY TUMOURS - NUCLEIC ACIDS SEQUENCES AND EXPRESSION CHANGES
Supervisor
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024/01/01 - 2024/01/29 Evaluator of projects from Swiss National Science Foundation - SNSF
Evaluator
 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
2023/10/05 - 2023/12/05 Evaluator of Marie Curie grant applications from Life Sciences - Contract HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01 AS1
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2022/03/01 - 2022/11/01 FCT Scholarship Evaluator (PhD) in the "Experimental Biology and Biochemistry" panel (year of 2022)
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022/06 - 2022/08 Project evaluator for The Czech Science Foundation (GACR) - ref: 23-07756S
Evaluator
 Grantová agentura Ceské republiky, Czech Republic Grantová agentura Ceské republiky
2019 - 2022 Co-coordinator/Evaluator of IC&DT Project Final Scientific Report Evaluation Committee of the Biological Sciences area.
Other
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - 2018 Co-coordinator/Evaluator of grants (PhD) from Science and Technology Foundation from Portugal (FCT): Biological Sciences panel - https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/individuais2018.phtml.pt
Other
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2016 Evaluator of grants (PhD and Pós-doc) from Science and Technology Foundation from Portugal (FCT) - Biological Sciences panel: https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Concurso_de_Bolsas_2016_paineis_EN.pdf.
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2014 - 2016 Evaluator of final report projects from Science and Technology Foundation from Portugal (FCT)
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012 - 2012 Evaluator of grants (PhD and Pós-doc) from Science and Technology Foundation from Portugal (FCT) - PAINEL DE AVALIAÇÃO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS E FLORESTAIS: http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/membros.phtml.pt?idc=29&idav=39&idp={3BB5B2E2-7AEF-42C8-8B98-E2A7CFD53931}&show=elems
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007 - 2007 Evaluator of projects from the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC), UK
Evaluator
 Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Frontiers in Genetics – Molecular Cytogenetics Frontiers
2021 - Current Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Veterinary Experimental and Diagnostic Pathology Frontiers
2021 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) mdpi
2021 - Current Plos One Plos
2017 - Current The European Zoological Journal - Associate Editorial Member (2475-0263) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2016 - Current Cytogenetic and Genome Research - Editorial Board Member (1424-859X) S. Karger AG
2007 - Current Chromosome Research - Editorial Advisory Board (1573-6849) Springer-Verlag