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I graduated in Zootechnical Engineering in 2000 from UTAD (including an Erasmus internship in Spain comprising a collaboration with a French marine fish farm), got funding (¿92,52K of salary grant plus ¿50k from project grant) in 2002 to conduct a PhD aboard (FCT PhD scholarship -SFRH/BD/6901/2001), at the Instituto de Acuicultura Torre la Sal-CSIC (IATS-CSIC), completed a DEA degree in Molecular and Evolutionary Genetics (2004) from the University of Valencia, and in 2008 a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Valencia. In 2008 I received a post-doc stipend from the Max Plank Institute of Immunobiology to develop my research at Cologne Biocenter. From 2009-2013, I was employed as a post-doc at IATS-CSIC conducting scientific tasks and management activities in the framework of the EU FP7 project LIFECYCLE. The fruitful cooperative work developed during these 4 years, formed international collaborations with several consortium partners that are still active today. I then moved to Uppsala University were I worked as a post-doc at the Evolutionary Biology Centre (2013-2014). In the past five years (2017-2022) I worked as a post-doc at IATS-CSIC (2017-2019) and received a post-doc stipend contextualized in a national MAR2020 project to be developed in MARE IPLeiria and CIIMAR (2019-2021). The outstanding conditions and career development opportunities I found in CIIMAR motivated me to established national and international collaborations with top experts in immunology and functional genomics to bridge the largely separated fields of reproduction and transgenerational trained immunity. These collaborations were consolidated by a competitive project that I won as a P.I. (PTDC/CVT-CVT/3205/2020, ¿244k), devoted to the study of complementary contributions of parental-inherited genetic and protein cargo to successful larval immunocompetence in fish. During my research career, I have published 2 book chapters, 8 articles in published conference proceedings, 14 oral and 14 poster communications, and 26 papers in ISI indexed journals with > 673 citations and an h-index of 15. From these, 9 papers and a book chapter were published in the last 5 years. In 75% of my published papers I am 1rst, 2nd or last author. During the last 5 years I have co-supervised/ supervised two PhD students, two BYT and an Erasmus+ students. I participated as a teacher in a Master of Aquaculture (UPV-UV-CSIC), in conferences with talks focused on teacher training, joined a network of Welfare and Stress in Fish, took part of scientific spreading actions and a technology transfer programme.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANA MARIA DOS SANTOS ROCHA

Citation names

  • ROCHA, ANA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8A11-DE21-F448
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2165-5519
Researcher Id
J-3658-2012

Email addresses

  • anasantosrocha@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/04/20
Concluded
 Basic R for Bioinformatics and Statistics (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Spanish National Research Council, Spain
2008/06/26
Concluded
 Biological Sciences (Doctor)
Universitat de Valencia Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Spain
"Molecular characterization of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) gonadotropin receptors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Sobresaliente "Cum Laude"
2006 - 2006
Concluded
 Protección de los animales utilizados para experimentación y otros fines científicos - categoría B (Outros)
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentación, Spain
2004/12/13
Concluded
 Genética Molecular y Evolutiva (DEA)
Universitat de València, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Sobresaliente
2000
Concluded
 Engenharia Zootecnica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Endocrinologia da indução da desova no robalo Dicentrarchus labrax: papel da LHRHa e dos esteroides sexuais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05/01 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/04/15 - 2021/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016/07/18 - 2019/12/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
2013/09/03 - 2014/09/02 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Uppsala universitet Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, Sweden
2009/07/06 - 2013/07/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
2008/10/01 - 2009/02/28 Postdoc (Research) Universität zu Köln, Germany
Universität zu Köln Zoologisches Institut, Germany
2008/04/01 - 2008/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2002/02/01 - 2006/01/31 Researcher (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
2005/04 - 2005/05 Visiting Researcher (Research) Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2001/01/01 - 2002/01/31 Researcher (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2002/02/01 - 2006/01/31 4-years FCT funded PhD Scholarship
SFRH/BD/6901/2001
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
 Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/05 - Current (Team member) ERABiosAFe - Ecological Risk Assessment of bioactive metabolites with antifouling activity produced by cyanobacteria for use in aquaculture facilities. Funding: 5k Eur
Not available
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
2023/03/12 - Current (Core team member) IMMUNOSENS: Biomarkers of health and performance in aquacultured fish: the application of antibody based biosensors. Funding: 249k Eur
2022.07659.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/11/01 - Current (Task leader) IGNITION: Improving GreeN Innovation for the blue revoluTION: new tools and opportunities for a more sustainable animal farming. Funding: 549.325 Eur
2022.07659.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - Current (PI) LEGATEE: Parental immune priming and in ovo delivery of immunostimulants applied to aquaculture of fish larvae. Funding: 244K Eur
PTDC/CVT-CVT/3205/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/02 - Current (Colaborator) ATLÂNTIDA - Platform for the monitoring of the North Atlantic ocean and tools for the sustainable exploitation of th e marine resources
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/04/15 - Current Be4AquaHealth- Rastreio Nacional de patologias de peixes de aquacultura: uma aposta
MAR-02.05.01-FEAMP-0013
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/12/07 - 2025/11/30 Aprendizaje y Formación de Técnicas Bioquímicas, Moleculares y Celulares para el estudio de la Fisiología Reproductiva en Peces
INVEST/2023/560
Invited Scientist Fellow
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Ongoing
2017/07/01 - 2019/06/01 Red temática en bienestar y estrés en peces -PISCIBIEN
AGL2016-81808-REDT
Post-doc
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2016/07/18 - 2019/05/31 Participación del sistema de melancortinas en los circuitos neuronales que regulan el comportamiento del pez cebra (Danio rerio): Una aproximación hacia la modulación del miedo y la ansiedad
201640E042
Post-doc
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2016/07/18 - 2017/06 PROMETEO-Programa para grupos de investigación de excelencia
PROMETEOII/2014/085
Post-doc
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2013/09/03 - 2014/09/02 Effects of growth performance and metabolic status on the initiation of early sexual maturation in Atlantic salmon in supplementation hatchery programs
229-2010-760
Post-doc
Uppsala universitet Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, Sweden
Concluded
2009/07/06 - 2013/07/31 LIFECYCLE Building a biological knowledge-base on fish lifecycles for competitive, sustainable European aquaculture
UE –FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
Post-doc
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Bases moleculares, celulares y endocrinas de la pubertad y del desarrollo gonadal en lubina (Dicentrarchus labrax). Desarrollo de tecnologías ambientales, hormonales y de manipulación génica para su control. Grupo de excelencia de I+D dentro del Programa PROMETEO
PROMETEO/2010/003
Post-doc
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2008/09/29 Phenogenetic drift in evolution: insights into the genetic basis of vertebrate developmental genes
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/69144/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/12/31 - 2006/12/31 Estudio de la función de la FSH en la lubina europea (Dicentrarchus labrax), factores que afectan a su expresión, síntesis y secreción. Producción de FSH de cadena única y sus aplicaciones
AGL2005-00796
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2002/01 - 2004/12 Clonaje, caracterización funcional y expresión de los receptores de las gonadotrofinas (LH y FSH) en la lubina (Dicentrachus labrax)
AGL2001-1257
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded
2000/11 - 2002/02 Control ambiental y hormomal del periodo reproductor de la lubina (Dicentrachus labrax L): gestion del stock de reproductores y calidad de puestas
PTR 1995-0456-OP
Research Fellow
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/11 - Current (IP) NextGenEgg - Immune boosting of fish larvae. Ideation programme to to bridge the gap between academia and the market
n/a
Principal investigator
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. ROCHA, ANA. "Evolution of proopiomelanocortin". 2019.
    10.1016/bs.vh.2019.05.008
  2. Silvia Zanuy; Manuel Carrillo; ROCHA, ANA; Gregorio Molés. "Regulación y control hormonal del proceso reproductor de los teleósteos.". In La reproducción de los peces: aspectos básicos y sus aplicaciones en acuicultura, edited by J. E. Monteros & M.A. Carrillo (Eds), 99-172. Madrid, Spain: Publicaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de la Fundación Observatorio Español de Acuicultura, 2009.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Cinta Zapater; ROCHA, ANA; Gregorio Molés; Soledad Ibáñez; Silvia Zanuy; Ana María Gómez Peris. "Funtional Activity of Recombinant Forms of Antimüllerian Hormone from European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in XII Conference of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology (AIEC), Faro, 2019.
    Published
  2. Sandra Navarro; José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter; ROCHA, ANA. "Melanocortin system and puberty in zebrafish: a study model applied for aquaculture". Paper presented in VI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, 2016.
  3. Rocha A, Moles G.; Espigares, F.; Gomez, A.; Carillo, M.; Zanuy, S.. "Fsh plasma levels during testicular recrudescence of precocious and non precocious male European sea bass using a newly developed species specific enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)". 2011.
Conference poster
  1. OTERO-RODIÑO, CRISTINA; ROCHA, ANA; Rosa Álvarez-Otero; Marta Conde-Sieira; José Luis Soengas. "What else is behind the glucose-sensing neurons in the trout hypothalamus?". Paper presented in 31st Congress of the New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
  2. Cinta Zapater; ROCHA, ANA; Soledad Ibáñez; Silvia Zanuy; Ana Gómez. "European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) anti-Müllerian hormone: production in a yeast system and functional studies". Paper presented in 6th International Workshop on the Biology of Fish Gametes, 2017.
  3. Lucía Soletto; Elisa Sánchez; ROCHA, ANA; José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter. "Molecular basis of mrap2a-induced Mc4r sensitivity to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)". Paper presented in XI Congress of Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, 2017.
  4. Felip Espigares; ROCHA, ANA; Ana Gómez; Manuel Carrillo Estevez; Silvia Zanuy. "Photoperiodic signalling mediates the control of kiss1 and GnRH2 neuronal populations on the reproductive axis in a teleost fish, European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in 10th Symposium of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, 2015.
  5. Alicia Felip; ROCHA, ANA; María Victoria Alvarado; Silvia Zanuy; Ana Gómez. "Differential expression patterns of two sox9 genes in the teleost fish Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in 10th International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish, 2014.
  6. ROCHA, ANA; Ana Gómez; Silvia Zanuy. "Production of European sea bass anti-Müllerian hormone recombinant proteins using two different expression systems". Paper presented in 9th Symposium of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, 2013.
  7. Iciar Muñoz; ROCHA, ANA; María José Mazón; Silvia Zanuy; Ana Gómez. "The Epidermal Growth Factor family in the ovary of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in 17th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, 2013.
  8. ROCHA, ANA; Ana Gómez; Silvia Zanuy. "Production of a functional European sea bass recombinant anti-Müllerian hormone". Paper presented in 26th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, 2012.
  9. ROCHA, ANA; Ana Gómez; Silvia Zanuy; Manuel Carrillo Estevez. "Cloning of a thyroid stimulating hormone receptor from the gonads of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in 5th Symposium of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, 2007.
  10. Gregorio Molés; Ana Gómez; ROCHA, ANA; Manuel Carrillo Estevez; Silvia Zanuy. "Purificación y caracterización de la hormona estimulante del foliculo (FSH) de lubina (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in 5th Symposium of the Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology, 2007.
  11. Ana Gómez; ROCHA, ANA; Silvia Zanuy; Manuel Carrillo Estevez. "Molecular characterization and seasonal changes in gonadal expression of a thyrotropin receptor in the European sea bass". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish, 2007.
  12. Gregorio Molés; Ana Gómez; ROCHA, ANA; Manuel Carrillo Estevez; Silvia Zanuy. "Purification and characterization of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) from sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish, 2007.
  13. ROCHA, ANA; Ana Gómez; Manuel Carrillo Estevez. "Cloning of a gonadal luteinizing hormone receptor cDNA from the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in 5th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology, 2004.
  14. ROCHA, ANA; Ana Gómez; Manuel Carrillo Estevez. "Cloning of a gonadal follicle stimulating hormone receptor cDNA from the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in 7th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Rocha, Ana; Godino-Gimeno, Alejandra; Rotllant, Josep; Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel. "Agouti-Signalling Protein Overexpression Reduces Aggressiveness in Zebrafish". Biology 12 5 (2023): 712. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12050712.
    Open access • 10.3390/biology12050712
  2. Sandra Navarro; Diego Crespo; Rüdiger W. Schulz; Wei Ge; Josep Rotllant; José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter; Ana Rocha. "Role of the Melanocortin System in Gonadal Steroidogenesis of Zebrafish". Animals (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202737.
    10.3390/ani12202737
  3. Zapater, Cinta; Rocha, Ana; Molés, Gregorio; Mascoli, Alessia; Ibañez, Soledad; Zanuy, Silvia; Gómez, Ana. "Functional Activity of Recombinant Forms of Amh and Synergistic Action with Fsh in European Sea Bass Ovary". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 18 (2021): 10092. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms221810092.
    10.3390/ijms221810092
  4. Navarro, Sandra; Guillot, Raúl; Crespo, Diego; Schulz, Rüdiger W.; Ge, Wei; Rotllant, Josep; Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel; Rocha, Ana. "Enhanced growth without accelerated puberty in fish: A role for the melanocortin system". Aquaculture (2021): 736721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736721.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736721
  5. Godino-Gimeno, Alejandra; Sánchez, Elisa; Guillot, Raúl; Rocha, Ana; Angotzi, Anna Rita; Leal, Esther; Rotllant, Josep; Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel. "Growth Performance After Agouti-Signaling Protein 1 (Asip1) Overexpression in Transgenic Zebrafish". Zebrafish 17 6 (2020): 373-381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2020.1932.
    10.1089/zeb.2020.1932
  6. Otero-Rodiño, Cristina; Rocha, Ana; Sánchez, Elisa; Álvarez-Otero, Rosa; Soengas, José L.; Cerdá-Reverter, José M.. "Sensing Glucose in the Central Melanocortin Circuits of Rainbow Trout: A Morphological Study". Frontiers in Endocrinology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00254.
    Published • 10.3389/fendo.2019.00254
  7. Soletto, Lucia; Hernández-Balfagó, Sergio; Rocha, Ana; Scheerer, Patrick; Kleinau, Gunnar; Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel. "Melanocortin Receptor Accessory Protein 2-Induced Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Response of Human Melanocortin 4 Receptor". Journal of the Endocrine Society 3 2 (2018): 314-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2018-00370.
    10.1210/js.2018-00370
  8. Otero-Rodiño, C.; Rocha, A.; Álvarez-Otero, R.; Ceinos, R. M.; López-Patiño, M. A.; Míguez, J. M.; Cerdá-Reverter, J. M.; Soengas, J. L.. "Glucosensing capacity of rainbow trout telencephalon". Journal of Neuroendocrinology 30 3 (2018): e12583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.12583.
    10.1111/jne.12583
  9. Trombley, S.; Rocha, A.; Björnsson, B.Th.; Borg, B.; Schmitz, M.. "Effects of androgens on the leptin system in immature male Atlantic salmon parr". General and Comparative Endocrinology 257 (2018): 122-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.08.014.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.08.014
  10. F. Espigares; A. Rocha; A. Gómez; M. Carrillo; S. Zanuy. "Photoperiod modulates the reproductive axis of european sea bass through regulation of kiss1 and gnrh2 neuronal expression". General and Comparative Endocrinology (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.09.007.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.09.007
  11. A. Rocha; S. Zanuy; A. Gomez. "Conserved Anti-Mullerian Hormone: Anti-Mullerian Hormone Type-2 Receptor Specific Interaction and Intracellular Signaling in Teleosts". Biology of Reproduction (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.115.137547.
    10.1095/biolreprod.115.137547
  12. Sebastián Escobar; Ana Rocha; Alicia Felip; Manuel Carrillo; Silvia Zanuy; Olivier Kah; Arianna Servili. "Leptin receptor gene in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): Cloning, phylogeny, tissue distribution and neuroanatomical organization". General and Comparative Endocrinology 229 (2016): 100-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.017.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.017
  13. Guillot R; Muriach B; Rocha A; Rotllant J; Kelsh RN; Cerdá-Reverter JM. "Thyroid Hormones Regulate Zebrafish Melanogenesis in a Gender-Specific Manner.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27832141.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0166152
  14. F. Espigares; A. Rocha; G. Molés; A. Gómez; M. Carrillo; S. Zanuy. "New Insights into the Factors Mediating the Onset of Puberty in Sea Bass". General and Comparative Endocrinology (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.08.013.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.08.013
  15. María José Mazón; Gregorio Molés; Ana Rocha; Berta Crespo; Olivier Lan-Chow-Wing; Felipe Espigares; Iciar Muñoz; et al. "Gonadotropins in European sea bass: Endocrine roles and biotechnological applications". General and Comparative Endocrinology (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.05.002.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.05.002
  16. Susanne Trombley; Ana Rocha; Monika Schmitz. "Sex steroids stimulate leptin gene expression in Atlantic salmon parr hepatocytes in vitro". General and Comparative Endocrinology (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.01.015.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.01.015
  17. Berta Crespo; Olivier Lan-Chow-Wing; ROCHA, ANA (8A11-DE21-F448); Silvia Zanuy; Ana Gómez. "foxl2 and foxl3 are two ancient paralogs that remain fully functional in teleosts". General and Comparative Endocrinology 194 (2013): 81-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.08.016.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.08.016
  18. G. Molés; A. Gómez; M. Carrillo; ROCHA, ANA (8A11-DE21-F448); C. C. Mylonas; S. Zanuy. "Determination of Fsh Quantity and Bioactivity During Sex Differentiation and Oogenesis in European Sea Bass". Biology of Reproduction 85 4 (2011): 848-857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.111.091868.
    10.1095/biolreprod.111.091868
  19. Ana Rocha; Silvia Zanuy; Manuel Carrillo; Ana Gómez. "Seasonal changes in gonadal expression of gonadotropin receptors, steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and steroidogenic enzymes in the European sea bass". General and Comparative Endocrinology 162 3 (2009): 265-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.03.023.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.03.023
  20. Gregorio Molés; Ana Gómez; Ana Rocha; Manuel Carrillo; Silvia Zanuy. "Purification and characterization of follicle-stimulating hormone from pituitary glands of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". General and Comparative Endocrinology 158 1 (2008): 68-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.005.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.005
  21. Ana Rocha; Ana Gómez; Silvia Zanuy; José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter; Manuel Carrillo. "Molecular characterization of two sea bass gonadotropin receptors: cDNA cloning, expression analysis, and functional activity". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 272 1-2 (2007): 63-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2007.04.007.
    10.1016/j.mce.2007.04.007
  22. Ana Rocha; Ana Gómez; Malyka Galay-Burgos; Silvia Zanuy; Glen E. Sweeney; Manuel Carrillo. "Molecular characterization and seasonal changes in gonadal expression of a thyrotropin receptor in the European sea bass". General and Comparative Endocrinology 152 1 (2007): 89-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.03.001.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.03.001
  23. S. Halm; A. Rocha; T. Miura; F. Prat; S. Zanuy. "Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH/AMH) in the European sea bass: Its gene structure, regulatory elements, and the expression of alternatively-spliced isoforms". Gene 388 1-2 (2007): 148-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2006.10.018.
    10.1016/j.gene.2006.10.018
  24. A. Rocha; A. Gómez; M. Carrillo; Rocha, A.; Gómez, A.; Carrillo, M.. "Cloning of a gonadal follicle stimulating hormone receptor cDNA from the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28 1-4 (2003): 359-360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:fish.0000030588.16362.33.
    10.1023/b:fish.0000030588.16362.33
  25. M.A Forniés; E Mañanós; M Carrillo; A Rocha; S Laureau; C.C Mylonas; Y Zohar; et al. "Spawning induction of individual European sea bass females (Dicentrarchus labrax) using different GnRHa-delivery systems". Aquaculture 202 3-4 (2001): 221-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0044-8486(01)00773-6.
    10.1016/s0044-8486(01)00773-6
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. ROCHA, ANA. "Molecular characterization of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) gonadotropin receptors". PhD, Universitat de València, 2008. https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=731550.
  2. ROCHA, ANA. "Endocrinologia da indução da desova no robalo Dicentrarchus labrax: papel da LHRHa e dos esteroides sexuais". Degree, 2000.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/09/16 Decreased activity of the melanocortin system in zebrafish enhances growth during early adulthood but has no impact in puberty XIII Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology
CCMAR_Universidade do Algarve
2020/11/18 Implication of the melanocortin system in fish behaviour using the zebrafish as a model Oceanus Seminar Series
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2019/09 Functional activity of recombinant forms of anti-Mullerian hormone from European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) XII Congress of Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology
Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology (Faro, Portugal)
2019/05 Peces más grandes pero no más gordos XVII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura
Sociedad Española de Acuicultura (SEA) (Cartagena, Spain)
2019/05 Implicación de las melanocortinas en el comportamiento de peces XVII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura
Sociedad Española de Acuicultura (SEA) (Cartagena, Spain)
2017/07 Localization of the co-expression of glucokinase and peptides related to food intake control in rainbow trout brain XI Congress of Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology
Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology (Vigo, Spain)
2017/07 Role of melanocortin system in zebrafish gonadal steroidogenesis XI Congress of Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology
Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology (Vigo, Spain)
2017/07 Biotechnological tools to study gonadotropin actions in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) XI Congress of Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology
Iberian Association for Comparative Endocrinology (Vigo, Spain)
2014/10 Gonadotropin somatic gene therapy results in long lasting circulation of biologically active hormones in an aquacultured marine fish Aquaculture Europe 14
European Aquaculture Society (Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain)
2014/05 Gonadotropin actions in European sea bass: endocrine roles and biotechnological applications 10th International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish
(Olhão, Portugal)
2011/08 Fsh plasma levels during testicular recrudescence of precocious and non precocious male European sea bass using a newly developed species specific enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) 9th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish
(Cochin, India)
2010/03 European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax gonadotropins: endocrine roles and biotechnological applications Aquaculture 2010
World Aquaculture Society (San Diego, California, United States)
2007/06 Characterization of sea bass gonadotropin receptors: seasonal expression and specific activation 8th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish
(Saint-Maló, France)
2004 Design, biological activity and applications of fish single-chain gonadotropins 5th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology
(Castellón de la Plana, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2015 - Current Implicación del sistema de melanocortinas en la reproducción de peces
Co-supervisor
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2019/01/20 - 2023/01/20 Implicación del Sistema de Melanocortinas en la Reproducción del Pez Cebra
Co-supervisor
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Cel.lular Fisiologia i Immunologia, Spain
2012/11/05 - 2017/03/31 Implicación del Sistema de Melanocortinas en la Reproducción del Pez Cebra
Co-supervisor
Universitat de Barcelona - Campus Mundet, Spain

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
1999/03/18 - 1999/03/19 Jornadas de Produção Animal Intensiva (1999/03/18 - 1999/03/19)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/06/13 Mechanisms involved in the inflammatory process of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jose Carlos Campos Sánchez (PhD)
Universidad de Murcia, Spain

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Environmental Toxicology and Contamination (PDCTA) Environmental Toxicology and Contamination (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2019/02/22 - 2019/02/22 Master interuniversitario de Acuicultura Últimos avances en acuicultura (Master) Universitat de València, Spain

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2018/02/09 - 2018/02/23 Master Interuniversitario en Acuicultura Últimos avances en acuicultura (Postgraduate Certificate) Universitat de València, Spain

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2017/02/03 - 2017/03/10 Master Interuniversitario en Acuicultura Últimos avances en acuicultura (Master) Universitat de València, Spain

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2016/11/02 - 2016/12/03 El pez cebra como modelo experimental Aprendiendo ciencia con el CSIC Conselleria d'Educació Cultura i Esport, Spain
2016/11/02 - 2016/12/03 No como sin cesar Aprendiendo ciencia con el CSIC Conselleria d'Educació Cultura i Esport, Spain
2007/10/30 - 2007/10/30 Docencia da unidade curricular "Biotecnologia Animal" Biotecnologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/09/01 - Current BYT student Catarina Santos
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/30 BYT student Íris Gomes
2021/10/01 - 2022/02/28 Erasmus+ student Martín Vicente Ríos
2018 - 2019 Tutoring of PhD students Alejandra Godino-Gimeno
2013 - 2014 Tutoring of PhD students Susanne Trombley
2012 - 2013 Research Technician Teresa Martín
2009 - 2013 Tutoring of PhD students Felipe Espigares Puerto
2009 - 2013 Research Technician Soledad Ibañez