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Élio Sucena concluiu o Doutoramento em Biologia em 2001 pela University of Cambridge Zoology Department (UK) e Licenciatura em Biologia em 1996 pela Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Publicou mais de 30 artigos em revistas especializadas e 2 capítulos de livros. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica são: Genetics, Evo-devo, developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Drosophila.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Élio da Silva Sucena

Citation names

  • Sucena, Élio

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
801C-77F5-F8B7
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8810-870X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G8IMng8AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
https://publons.com/researcher/2356957/elio-sucena/

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2001
Concluded
 Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Zoology
University of Cambridge Zoology Department, United Kingdom
 N/A
1996
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Não Aplicável
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2003/06/01 - 2023/12/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/07/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2006/05 - 2023/06/30 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/01 - 2020/09/30 Director-adjunto Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2020/06/30 Director do programa doutoral Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012/09 - 2013/12 Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Biologia Animal, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Membro eleito do Conselho de Escola da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current Mechanisms of life and death of infected flies
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-BIO/4693/2021
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - Current THE SOCIAL FLY: GENETIC ARCHITECTURE FOR SOCIAL LEARNING NEURAL CIRCUITS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.
PTDC/BIA-COM/31887/2017
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Ongoing
2014/01 - 2016/12 Regulatory and functional evolution upon gene duplication
Provided by PTCRIS: 135795
135795
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2014/01 - 2014/12 Recent gene duplicates in Drosophila as a model to study enhancer evolution
Provided by PTCRIS: 135222
135222
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/04 - 2013/09 From genes to behaviour: dissecting the basis for CO2 response across Drosophilids
Provided by PTCRIS: 104898
104898
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/02 - 2013/07 MALIN: Modular modelling and Analysis of Large biological Interacting Networks
99229
Provided by PTCRIS: 99229
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2008/01 - 2011/12 Dissecting the developmental genetic basis of evolutionary novelty
74583
Provided by PTCRIS: 74583
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2007/01 - 2008/09 Vertical transmission of Wolbachia bacteria in Drosophila
Provided by PTCRIS: 82710
82710
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2005/01 - 2007/09 Vertical transmission of Wolbachia bacteria in Drosophila
60950
Provided by PTCRIS: 60950
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Faria, Vitor G.; Sucena, Élio. "Novel Endosymbioses as a Catalyst of Fast Speciation". In Interdisciplinary Evolution Research, 107-120. Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-16345-1_4
  2. Sucena, Élio; Patraquim, P.. "Evolução e Ontogenia". In Evolução - história e argumentos, 137-160. Lisboa, Portugal: Esfera do Caos, 2008.
    Published
  3. Stern, D. L.; Sucena, Élio. "Preparation of larval and adult cuticles for light microscopy". In Drosophila Protocols, 601-616. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States: Cold Spring Harbor Press, 2000.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Catarina Nunes; John Ewer; Takashi Koyama; Élio Sucena. "Co-option of immune effectors by the hormonal signalling system triggering metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster". PLOS Genetics 17 11 (2021): e1009916-e1009916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009916.
    10.1371/journal.pgen.1009916
  2. Miguel A. Cruz; Sara Magalhães; Élio Sucena; Flore Zélé. "Wolbachia and host intrinsic reproductive barriers contribute additively to postmating isolation in spider mites". Evolution (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14286.
    10.1111/evo.14286
  3. Catarina Nunes; Élio Sucena; Takashi Koyama. Corresponding author: Élio Sucena. "Endocrine regulation of immunity in insects". The FEBS Journal (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15581.
    10.1111/febs.15581
  4. Sucena, Élio. "Spider mites escape bacterial infection by avoiding contaminated food". Oecologia 189 1 (2019): 111-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4316-y.
    Accepted • 10.1007/s00442-018-4316-y
  5. Fabian, Daniel K.; Garschall, Kathrin; Klepsatel, Peter; Santos-Matos, Gonçalo; Sucena, Élio; Kapun, Martin; Lemaitre, Bruno; et al. "Evolution of longevity improves immunity in Drosophila". Evolution Letters 2 6 (2018): 567-579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.89.
    10.1002/evl3.89
  6. Faria, Vitor G; Martins, Nelson E; Schlötterer, Christian; Sucena, Élio. "Readapting to DCV Infection without Wolbachia: Frequency Changes of Drosophila Antiviral Alleles Can Replace Endosymbiont Protection". Genome Biology and Evolution 10 7 (2018): 1783-1791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy137.
    10.1093/gbe/evy137
  7. Baudouin-Gonzalez, Luís; Santos, Marília A; Tempesta, Camille; Sucena, Élio; Roch, Fernando; Tanaka, Kohtaro. "Diverse Cis-Regulatory Mechanisms Contribute to Expression Evolution of Tandem Gene Duplicates". Molecular Biology and Evolution 34 12 (2017): 3132-3147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx237.
    10.1093/molbev/msx237
  8. Santos-Matos, Gonçalo; Wybouw, Nicky; Martins, Nelson E.; Zélé, Flore; Riga, Maria; Leitão, Alexandre B.; Vontas, John; et al. "Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 1856 (2017): 20170401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0401.
    10.1098/rspb.2017.0401
  9. Faria, V.G.; Sucena, É.. "From nature to the lab: Establishing Drosophila resources for evolutionary genetics". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5 JUN (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031757103&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fevo.2017.00061
  10. Faria, V.G.; Martins, N.E.; Magalhães, S.; Paulo, T.F.; Nolte, V.; Schlötterer, C.; Sucena, É.; Teixeira, L.. "Drosophila Adaptation to Viral Infection through Defensive Symbiont Evolution". PLoS Genetics 12 9 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84990175809&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pgen.1006297
  11. Magãlhaes, S.; Sucena, É.. "Genetics of host-parasite interactions: Towards a comprehensive dissection of Drosophila resistance to viral infection". Molecular Ecology 25 20 (2016): 4981-4983. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021671556&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/mec.13834
  12. Faria, V.G.; Paulo, T.F.; Sucena, É.. "Testing cannibalism as a mechanism for horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in Drosophila". Symbiosis 68 1-3 (2016): 79-85. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946145223&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s13199-015-0354-y
  13. Tanaka, K.; Diekmann, Y.; Hazbun, A.; Hijazi, A.; Vreede, B.; Roch, F.; Sucena, É.. "Multispecies analysis of expression pattern diversification in the recently expanded insect Ly6 gene family". Molecular Biology and Evolution 32 7 (2015): 1730-1747. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84936875444&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/molbev/msv052
  14. Rodrigues, M.A.; Martins, N.E.; Balancé, L.F.; Broom, L.N.; Dias, A.J.S.; Fernandes, A.S.D.; Rodrigues, Fá.; Sucena, É.; Mirth, C.K.. "Drosophila melanogaster larvae make nutritional choices that minimize developmental time". Journal of Insect Physiology 81 (2015): 69-80. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84936972133&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.07.002
  15. Leitão, A.B.; Sucena, É.. "Drosophila sessile hemocyte clusters are true hematopoietic tissues that regulate larval blood cell differentiation". eLife 2015 4 (2015): 1-38. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922899294&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7554/eLife.06166
  16. Faria, V.G.; Martins, N.E.; Paulo, T.; Teixeira, L.; Sucena, E.; Magalhães, S.. "Evolution of Drosophila resistance against different pathogens and infection routes entails no detectable maintenance costs". Evolution 69 11 (2015): 2799-2809. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955187485&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/evo.12782
  17. Martins, N.E.; Faria, V.G.; Nolte, V.; Schlötterer, C.; Teixeira, L.; Sucena, É.; Magalhães, S.. "Host adaptation to viruses relies on few genes with different cross-resistance properties". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 16 (2014): 5938-5943. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899067323&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.1400378111/-/DCSupplemental
  18. Fauré, A.; Vreede, B.M.I.; Sucena, É.; Chaouiya, C.. "A Discrete Model of Drosophila Eggshell Patterning Reveals Cell-Autonomous and Juxtacrine Effects". PLoS Computational Biology 10 3 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897405050&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003527
  19. Sucena, É.; Vanderberghe, K.; Zhurov, V.; Grbic, M.. "Reversion of developmental mode in insects: Evolution from long germband to short germband in the polyembrionic wasp Macrocentrus cingulum Brischke". Evolution and Development 16 4 (2014): 233-246. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903893165&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ede.12086
  20. Martins, N.E.; Faria, V.G.; Nolte, V.; Schlötterer, C.; Teixeira, L.; Sucena, É.; Magalhães, S.. "Correction: Host adaptation to viruses relies on few genes with different cross-resistance properties (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2014) 111, (5938-5943) 10.1073/pnas.1400378111)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 43 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908519222&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.1418561111
  21. Vreede, Barbara MI; Lynch, Jeremy A; Roth, Siegfried; Sucena, Élio. "Co-option of a coordinate system defined by the EGFr and Dpp pathways in the evolution of a morphological novelty". EvoDevo 4 1 (2013): 7-7.
    Published • 10.1186/2041-9139-4-7
  22. Martins, Nelson E.; Faria, Vitor G.; Teixeira, Luis; Magalhães, Sara; Sucena, Élio. "Host Adaptation Is Contingent upon the Infection Route Taken by Pathogens". PLoS Pathogens 9 9 (2013): e1003601-e1003601.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003601
  23. Regan, Jennifer C.; Brandão, Ana S.; Leitão, Alexandre B.; Mantas Dias, Ângela Raquel; Sucena, Élio; Jacinto, António; Zaidman-Rémy, Anna; Schneider, David S.. "Steroid Hormone Signaling Is Essential to Regulate Innate Immune Cells and Fight Bacterial Infection in Drosophila". PLoS Pathogens 9 10 (2013): e1003720-e1.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003720
  24. Arif, S.; Murat, S.; Almudi, I.; Nunes, M.D.S.; Bortolamiol-Becet, D.; McGregor, N.S.; Currie, J.M.S.; et al. "Evolution of mir-92a underlies natural morphological variation in drosophila melanogaster". Current Biology 23 6 (2013): 523-528. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875248688&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.018
  25. Faria, V.G.; Sucena, E.. "Wolbachia in the Malpighian Tubules: Evolutionary Dead-End or Adaptation". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 320 4 (2013): 195-199. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877830315&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jez.b.22498
  26. Stern, D.L.; Sucena, E.. "Preparation and Mounting of adult Drosophila structures in Canada Balsam". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 7 3 (2012): 373-375. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857850758&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/pdb.prot067389
  27. Matos, Isa; Sucena, Élio; Machado, Miguel P; Gardner, Rui; Inácio, Ângela; Schartl, Manfred; Coelho, Maria M. "Ploidy mosaicism and allele-specific gene expression differences in the allopolyploid Squalius alburnoides". BMC Genetics 12 1 (2011): 101-101.
    Published • 10.1186/1471-2156-12-101
  28. Stern, D. L.; Sucena, E.. "Rapid Mounting of Adult Drosophila Structures in Hoyer's Medium". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2012 1 (2011): pdb.prot067371-pdb.prot067371.
    Published • 10.1101/pdb.prot067371
  29. Grbic, Miodrag; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Clark, Richard M.; Rombauts, Stephane; Rouzé, Pierre; Grbic, Vojislava; Osborne, Edward J.; et al. "The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations". Nature 479 7374 (2011): 487-492.
    Published • 10.1038/nature10640
  30. Stern, D.L.; Sucena, E.. "Preparation of cuticles from feeding Drosophila larvae". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 6 11 (2011): 1394-1398. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80455158382&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/pdb.prot066498
  31. Stern, D.L.; Sucena, E.. "Preparation of cuticles from unhatched first-instar drosophila larvae". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 6 9 (2011): 1110-1114. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052460677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/pdb.prot065532
  32. Santos, M.E.; Athanasiadis, A.; Leitão, A.B.; Dupasquier, L.; Sucena, E.. "Alternative splicing and gene duplication in the evolution of the FoxP gene subfamily". Molecular Biology and Evolution 28 1 (2011): 237-247. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650465670&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/molbev/msq182
  33. Stern, D.L.; Sucena, E.. "Preparation of cuticles from unhatched first-instar Drosophila larvae.". Cold Spring Harbor protocols 2011 9 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855174359&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  34. Viana, D. S.; Gordo, I.; Sucena, E.; Moita, M. A. P.. "Cognitive and Motivational Requirements for the Emergence of Cooperation in a Rat Social Game". Plos One 5 1 (2010): 0-0.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0008483
  35. Matos, I.; MacHado, M.P.; Sucena, E.É.; Collares-Pereira, M.J.; Schartl, M.; Coelho, M.M.. "Evidence for Hermaphroditism in the Squalius alburnoides Allopolyploid Fish Complex". Sexual Development 4 3 (2010): 170-175. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954049633&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000313359
  36. Lima, P. T.; Faria, V. G.; Patraquim, P.; Ramos, A. C.; Feijo, J. A.; Sucena, E.. "Plant-microbe symbioses: new insights into common roots". Bioessays 31 11 (2009): 1233-1244.
    Published • 10.1002/bies.200800177
  37. Lopes, P. C.; Sucena, E.; Santos, M. E.; Magalhaes, S.. "Rapid Experimental Evolution of Pesticide Resistance in C. elegans Entails No Costs and Affects the Mating System". Plos One 3 11 (2008): 0-0.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0003741
  38. Sucena, E.; Delon, I.; Jones, I.; Payre, F.; Stern, D. L.. "Regulatory evolution of shavenbaby/ovo underlies multiple cases of morphological parallelism". Nature 424 6951 (2003): 935-938.
    Published • 10.1038/nature01768
  39. Sucena, É.; Stern, D.L.. "Divergence of larval morphology between Drosophila sechellia and its sibling species caused by cis-regulatory evolution of ovo/shaven-baby". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 9 (2000): 4530-4534. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034712834&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.97.9.4530
Preprint
  1. Paulo, Tânia F.; Akyaw, Priscilla A.; Paixão, Tiago; Sucena, Élio. Corresponding author: Sucena, Élio. "Adaptation to oral infection in D. melanogaster through evolution of both resistance and disease tolerance mechanisms". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.23.554397.
    10.1101/2023.08.23.554397
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/11/30 An evolutionary approach to the study of development and physiology Centro Universitário de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara
Centro Universitário de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Mexico)
2018 Chasing the elusive origins of novel enhancers Portugaliae Genetica
IPATIMUP (Porto, Portugal)
2016 Re-visiting crystal cell differentiation in the lymph glands New Directions in Drosophila Blood Cell Biology
Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory (Woods Hole, United States)
2016 Using Evolution for the study of development and physiology Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics
Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics (Vienna, Austria)
2016 Using experimental evolution to learn about ultimate and proximate mechanisms of Drosophila immunity IGF- Functional Genomics Institute
IGF- Functional Genomics Institute (Lyon, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/10/01 - Current Effect of different host genetic backgrounds in the virulence-transmission trade-off hypothesis
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10/01 - Current MicroRNAs with a key role in the Drosophila melanogaster immune response to bacteria
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/07/01 - Current An experimental evolution approach to the influence of immune history in adaptation against bacterial infections
Supervisor
 Biologia Integrativa e Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2021/04/06 Co-option of immune response mechanisms by the metamorphosis hormonal signalling system
Supervisor
 Biologia Integrativa e Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016 How different host genotypes alter the virulence- transmission trade-off in a Drosophila melanogaster-Pseudomonas entomophila complex?
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016 A Role for microRNAs in Haematopoiesis and Immunity of Drosophila melanogaster
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Host-microbe Interaction and Evolution: Infection, Symbiosis, Immunity and Adaptation
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015 Endosymbiont-mediated immune protection in a novel host species
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Nutritional plasticity and evolutionary divergence in the Drosophila ovary
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Developmental and paleontological insights into skull bone homology and evolution
Co-supervisor
 Biologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Hematopoiesis in the Drosophila larva: beyond the lymph gland
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2013 How does the spider mite Tetranychus urticae respond to bacteria infection?
Supervisor
 Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2012 The origin and diversification of an evolutionary novelty: lessons from Drosophila oogenesis
Supervisor
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016/10 - 2016/10 Annual meeting of DrosEU – European Drosophila Population Genomics Consortium. (2016/10 - 2016/10)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014/09 - 2014/09 Annual meeting of the Drosophila Portuguese Community, DROSTUGA- Congresso Nacional de Drosophila. (2014/09 - 2014/09)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012/07 - 2012/07 EURO EVO DEVO Conference Meeting of the European Society fio Evolutionary Developmental Biology - EED (2012/07 - 2012/07)
Conference
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/09 - 2011/09 22nd European Drosophila Research Conference - EDRC (2011/09 - 2011/09)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current ESEB- European Society for Evolutionary Biology Council member
2012 - Current EED- European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology member of Council
2015 - 2019 Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética Member of the Board
2006 - 2009 Sociedade Portuguesa de Biologia do Desenvolvimento - SPBD MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2017/01 - 2017/02 membro do painel de avaliação internacional nomeado pela agência nacional de avaliação francesa do ensino superior e investigação científica (HCERES), do Instituto Agrobiotech Sophia-Antipolis (ISA), França.
Evaluator
 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, France Haut Conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur