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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Patrick Materatski

Citation names

  • Materatski, Patrick
  • Materatski, P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9010-F718-9E95
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5769-1963
Scopus Author Id
55181776300

Email addresses

  • pmateratski@uevora.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Laboratory of Plant Virology, University of Évora, 7002-554 , Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/03/01 - 2015/01/09
Concluded
 PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
"Collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass beds effects on nematodes community structure in the Mira estuary (Southwest Coast of Portugal): Analysis of estuarine nematodes assemblages in early recovery." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa Cum Laude
2008/07/01 - 2010/02/18
Concluded
 Master's degree in Ecology (Mestrado)
Major in Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Extrapolação de respostas de evitamento para cenários reais de contaminação; aumento da escala espacial em sistemas laboratoriais." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
2001/01/01 - 2005/02/25
Concluded
 Degree in Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Imunology
Universidade Positivo, Brazil
"Avaliação da resposta imunitária de ratos wistar utilizando vitaminas do complexo B" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2026/02/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2026/01/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2022/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2019/04/01 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015/01/13 - 2015/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2011/06/01 - 2011/08/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universität Bielefeld, Germany
Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Germany
2005/10/01 - 2008/07/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2007/11/01 - 2008/03/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade Federal da Bahia - Campus Ondina, Brazil
Banco Santander Totta, Portugal
2003/01/01 - 2005/04/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Positivo, Brazil
Universidade Positivo, Brazil
2001/03/01 - 2002/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Positivo, Brazil
Universidade Positivo, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/11/15 - 2026/01/15 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Fitotecnia, Portugal
(...)
2021/01/01 - 2025/05/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/06/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
(...)
2016/04/01 - 2016/04/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) European Master of Science in Nematology (Erasmus Mundus EUMAINE), Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
(...)
2015/08/01 - 2015/08/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) European Master of Science in Nematology (Erasmus Mundus EUMAINE), Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
(...)
2015/07/01 - 2015/07/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
(...)
2014/10/04 - 2014/10/05 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
(...)
2013/11/04 - 2013/11/05 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
(...)

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/11/12 - 2015/11/16 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Multivariate Statistics in Ecology Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
2010/03/01 - 2014/03/01 PhD scholarship (FCT) Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT), Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
(...)
2013/09/02 - 2013/09/09 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Experimental design Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2011/02/06 - 2011/02/13 Advanced interdisciplinary course: A beginner's Guide to R Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2007/11/01 - 2008/03/31 Santander Totta Master fellowship Banco Santander Totta, Portugal
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
2006/07/17 - 2006/07/21 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Univariate and Multivariate data analysis tools in ecology and ecotoxicology Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
2006/06/05 - 2006/06/17 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Feedback mechanisms and nutrient dynamics. The use of mass balances in aquatic system management Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
2006/05/29 - 2006/06/02 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Metals as environmental stressors: ecotoxicology and risk assessment Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
2006/05/08 - 2006/05/19 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Environmental management of ecosystems Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
2006/04/10 - 2006/04/14 Advanced interdisciplinary course: Univariate and Multivariate data analysis tools in ecology and ecotoxicology Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/09/01 - 2019/09/01 Integrated protection of the Alentejo olive grove. Contributions to its innovation and improvement against its key enemies (INIMIGOS-CHAVES)
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000029
Post-doc Fellow
University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
 Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2016/08/31 Morphological and molecular detection of the phytopathogenic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in pine wood samples
(posdoc_nemaICAAM2016)
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF) , Portugal

University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)
Concluded
2015/01/13 - 2016/01/13 Development of techniques for Recovery, Protection and Management of seagrass beds in the Mira estuary to support fishing activities, aquiculture and nursery of species. (PROMIRA)
31-03-02-FEP-006
Post-doc Fellow
University of Évora - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Portugal
 Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2014/03/01 Collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass beds effects on nematode community structure in the Mira estuary (Southwest Coast of Portugal): Analysis of estuarine nematodes assemblages in early recovery.
SFRH / BD / 65915 / 2009
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2010/01/01 Strategies to Accelerate Atrazine Biodegradation in Soils, Waters, and Sediments and Ecotoxicity Assessment of this Herbicide and its Metabolites (ATRAZINEBIOREM)
POCI/AMB/56039/2004
Master student
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2010/01/01 Bioassays for Herbicide Toxicity Assessment Based on Analysis of Gene Expression in Yeast Cells (HERBITOXBIOAS)
PTDC/AMB/64230/2006
Master student
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/10/01 - 2028/09/30 Genetic engineering of tomato plants for virus resistance: following the NGTs EU new regulations (VIRUSREST)
(Projeto n.º 15821). Portugal 2030 (COMPETE2030-FEDER-00693100)
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior Agrária de Santarém, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
2022/04/01 - 2028/03/31 An RNA-based vaccine for tomato plants against Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)
(2021.01553.CEECIND)
Principal investigator
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Ongoing
2022/12/02 - 2026/09/18 Cost Action CA21134: Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture: European Network for sustainability (T0P-AGRI-Network)
Cost Action CA21134
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 Horizon 2020
2022/07/22 - 2025/12/31 Vine and Wine Portugal
cand67-ACC02/CO5-i01/2022
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR)

European Commission
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 CHANGE - Instituto para as Alterações Globais e Sustentabilidade
LA/P/0121/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/02/28 - 2025/10/03 Cost Action CA20110: RNA communication across kingdoms: new mechanisms and strategies in pathogen control (exRNA-PATH)
CA20110
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2022/08/03 - 2025/07/01 Criação de polo no ALentejo para a VIgilância GENómica de doenças na agricultura (ALVIGEN)
PD21-00081
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

InnovPlantProtect CoLAB, Portugal
Fundação La Caixa: Promove 2022
Ongoing
2023/07/01 - 2024/06/30 CRISPR/Cas13 a new technology against plant pathogens: the case of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus
UIDB/05183/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Ongoing
2022/01/13 - 2024/01/12 Characterization of the potential of the strain Pseudomonas brassicacearum CDVBN10 as a biofertilizer, biostimulant, and biopesticide for agronomically important crops (AGRIBIOPRODUCT).
TED2021-129157B-100
Researcher
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
 España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ongoing
2023/08/28 - 2023/11/27 Diagnóstico, epidemiologia, monitorização e previsão das principais doenças que afetam o amendoal: Uma proposta sustentável e integrada (AlmondProtect)
PD23-00014
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação La Caixa e Banco BPI
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2023/06/30 Programa para a Valorização, Inovação e Transferência de Tecnologia no Alentejo (PRO.VITA)
POCI-01-0246-FEDER-181308
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Development of an environmentally safe tool to control olive knot disease
05_2020_MED
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas Pólo de Elvas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Ongoing
2018/10/15 - 2021/10/15 Control of olive anthracnose through gene silencing and gene expression using a plant virus vector (GAFAPROTECT)
(PTDC/ASP-PLA/28263/2017) (ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-028263)
Principal investigator
University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal

Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Ongoing
2018/10/15 - 2021/10/15 Development of a new virus-based vector to control TSWV in tomato plants (TOMVIRPROTECT)
(PTDC/ASP-PLA/28266/2017) (ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-028266)
Researcher
University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Ongoing
2019/03/01 - 2021/03/01 Monitoring of Olive infecting viruses in Tunisia and Portugal: Identification and characterization of new isolates
4363 DRI - Tunísia 2018/19
Researcher
University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal

Université de Monastir Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, Tunisia
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)

Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (Tunisia)
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas
UID/AGR/00115/2019
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2018/12/31 RNAi silencing of root lesion nematode parasitism genes (NLR) Pratylenchus penetrans
02_2017_ICAAM
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2015/01/01 Development of a novel molecular approach for the rapid assessment of the biodiversity changes of benthic nematodes assemblages during habitat recovery of Zostera noltii (COOLNEMATODE)
EXPL/MAR-EST/0553/2013
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT)
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 284 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/UI0284/2011
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/02/03 - 2023/04/04 Duck River Agriculture 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in Almond trees'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2023/01/10 - 2023/04/04 Treemond Sorraia, S.A. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in Almond trees'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2022/05/10 - 2022/05/20 MediCane - Health Incorporated, Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in Cannabis sativa plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2022/02/10 - 2022/02/20 MediCane - Health Incorporated, Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in Cannabis sativa plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2022/02/05 - 2022/02/20 Treemond Sorraia, S.A. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in Almond Plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2022/01/05 - 2022/01/20 Sociedade Agrícola Monte Das Barrocas, Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in Cannabis sativa plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2021/11/10 - 2021/11/20 MediCane - Health Incorporated, Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in Cannabis sativa plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2021/09/10 - 2021/09/20 Horto União Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in carrot plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2021/08/30 - 2021/09/20 Ritmo Campestre - Explorações Agrícolas Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in Lavandulas and Thyme plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2021/08/01 - 2021/08/12 Fruticola Vegas Bajas Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic fungi in asparagus plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2021/03/10 - 2021/03/25 Sociedade Agrícola Monte Das Barrocas, Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in Cannabis sativa plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2020/10/07 - 2020/10/17 Joaquim Gaspar Unip., Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in broccoli plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2020/09/29 - 2020/10/11 Monseeds Comercio de Produtos para a Agricultura Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in corn plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2020/09/29 - 2020/10/10 Advice AgriBusiness Unip., Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic viruses in potato plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2020/08/20 - 2020/08/30 Ritmo Campestre - Explorações Agrícolas Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in lavandulas plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded
2020/08/05 - 2020/08/17 A. Canos Associados Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in corn plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
2019/09/16 - 2019/09/26 A. Canos Associados Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in corn plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded
2019/08/07 - 2019/08/19 A. Canos Associados Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in corn plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded
2019/08/07 - 2019/08/17 Sociedade Agricola Herdade da Branca Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in Almond trees'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded
2019/07/16 - 2019/07/26 Sociedade Agrícola Alcobaça Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in Almond trees'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded
2018/06/04 - 2018/06/18 Vitor Tristão Unip., Lda. 'Analysis of Pathogenic Fungi in soil and melon plants'
Plant pathologist consultant in the private sector
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2016/05/31 ICNF - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas 'Analysis of Pathogenic nematodes in Pine trees'
Plant pathologist consultant in the state agencies
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ribeiro, Joana A.; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla M. R.; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Patanita, Mariana; Albuquerque, André; Garrido, Nicolás; et al. "CRISPR/Cas13 for the Control of Plant Viruses". In CRISPR and Plant Functional Genomics, edited by Jen-Tsung, Chen, 271-288. London, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2024.
    Published • 10.1201/9781003387060-16
  2. Patanita, Mariana; Félix, Maria do Rosário; A. Ribeiro, Joana; Varanda, Carla M. R.; Albuquerque, André; Materatski, Patrick; Garrido, Nicolás; Campos, Maria Doroteia. "Insights into Grapevine Defence Response Against Fungal and Oomycete Diseases Towards a Sustainable Plant Breeding". In Plant Pathogen Interaction, edited by Prof. Praveen Kumar Verma; Dr. Sonal Mishra; Dr. Vikas Srivastava; Dr. Shakti Mehrotra, 119-160. Basel, Switzerland: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-981-99-4890-1_5
Conference abstract
  1. Joana A. Ribeiro; Varanda, Carla M. R.; Materatski, P.; Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, A.; M. Patanita; Garrido, N.; Félix, M.D.R.. "CRISPR/Cas13 system: A technology for the successful control of plant viruses". Paper presented in Science CHANGing Policy, La Change Meeting, Évora, 2023.
    Published
  2. Vanessa Pires; S. A. Dandlen; Nolasco, G. ; Félix, M. R.; Materatski, P.; C.M.R. Varanda; Marques, N.. "Expression of Tomato spotted wilt virus genes in antisense orientation affects virus progression in Nicotiana benthamiana". Paper presented in 16th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU), Limassol, Cyprus, Limassol, 2022.
    Published
  3. Ana Carina Neto; Maria Teresa Rebelo; Materatski, Patrick; Maria do Rosário Felix; Fernando Rei. "Presence and diversity of Xylella fastidiosa vectors, their vegetal hosts and functional diversity, under climatic conditions foreseen for the Iberian Peninsula due to the global warming effect". Paper presented in 2nd European conference on Xylella fastidiosa, Ajaccio, 2019.
    Published
  4. Materatski, Patrick; Carla M.R. Varanda; Maria Doroteia Campos; Maria Ivone Clara; Natália Marques; Gustavo Nolasco; Maria do Rosário Felix. "Co infection of OMMV and OLV-1 enhances symptoms and increases both viruses accumulation and viral derived siRNAs in plants". Paper presented in The International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI) congress, Glasgow, 2019.
    Published
  5. Materatski, Patrick; Carla M.R. Varanda; Teresa Carvalho; António Bento Dias; Fernando Rei; Maria do Rosário Felix. "Spatial and Temporal Variation of Endophytic Communities associated to the phyllosphere of olive cultivars". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq), Seville, 2018.
    Published
  6. Luís Caeiro; Materatski, Patrick; Joana Vestia; Ana Elisa Rato; Teresa Carvalho; Carla M. R. Varanda; Maria Doroteia Campos; Fernando Rei; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Supplementation of calcium: a promising helps prevent olive anthracnose". Paper presented in National Oliviculture Symposium (Portugal), Santarem, 2018.
    Published
  7. Jordana Branco; Silvia Pedro; Ricardo Mendes; Carlos Ribeiro; Materatski, Patrick; Isabel Caçador; Maria Helena Soares Adão. "Enzymatic activity on sediments and nematode assemblage responses during seagrass beds habitat recovery following the disturbance of the traditional digging activity of bivalves harvesting". Paper presented in ISIMCO Conference - 16th International meiofauna conference, Creta, 2016.
    Published
  8. Anna Maria Vafeiadou; Materatski, Patrick; Maria Helena Soares Adão; Marleen de Troch; Tom Moens. "The role of seagrass-associated resources in an estuarine benthic food web". Paper presented in World Conference on Marine Biodiversity WCMB, Qingdao, 2014.
    Published
  9. Materatski, Patrick; Anna Maria Vafeiadou; Tom Moens; Maria Helena Soares Adão. "Benthic nematode assemblage response during the early phase of a natural recovery process of seagrass beds Zostera noltii". Paper presented in 54th Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association Conference, Sesimbra, 2014.
    Published
  10. Vafeiadou, A.-M; Materatski, Patrick; Maria Helena Soares Adão; M. de Troch; Tom Moens. "Food web analysis of meiobenthos in estuarine seagrass bed". Paper presented in 15th International Meiofauna Conference, Hanyang, 2013.
    Published
  11. Materatski, Patrick; Maria Helena Soares Adão. "Response of Nematode Assemblages After a Major Collapse in Seagrass Beds of Zostera noltii". Paper presented in Marine Sciences Symposium - Oceanography Center, Lisbon, 2013.
    Published
  12. Helena Adão; Patrick Materatski; Anna Maria Vafeiadou; Tom Moens. "Benthic Nematodes Assemblages as Indicators of Spatial Heterogeneity in Early Natural Recovery of Zostera Noltii Seagrass Beds". Paper presented in 2nd International Symposium on Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators, Gent, 2012.
    Published
  13. Patrick Materatski; Anna Maria Vafeiadou; Tom Moens; Helena Adão. "Recovery of Benthic Nematodes Assemblages after a Major Collapse in Seagrass Beds of Zostera Noltii". Paper presented in 50th ECSA Conference - Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association, Venice, 2012.
  14. Patrick Materatski; Anna Maria Vafeiadou; Tom Moens; Helena Adão. "Recovery of benthic nematode assemblages after a major collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass". Paper presented in World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB), Aberdeen, 2011.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Ana Carina Neto; Maria Teresa Rebelo; Luis Gomes; Maria do Rosário Felix; Materatski, Patrick; Fernando Rei. "Presence and diversity of Xylella fastidiosa vectors, their vegetal hosts and functional diversity, under climatic conditions foreseen for the Iberian Peninsula due to the global warming effect". Paper presented in 2nd European conference on Xylella fastidiosa, Ajaccio, 2019.
    Published
  2. Materatski, Patrick; Anna Maria Vafeiadou; Maria Helena Soares Adão; Marleen de Troch; Tom Moens. "Food web analysis of meiobenthos in estuarine seagrass bed". Paper presented in 15th International Meiofauna Conference, Hanyang, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Flobinus, A.; Weiland, J.J.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Materatski, P.; Ittel, Z.; Fugate, K.; Eide, J.; Secor, G.A.; Bolton, M.D.. "Molecular characterization of two tobacco necrosis virus-A variants identified in sugar beet roots". Paper presented in Plant Health (APS- American Phytopathological Society), 2024.
  2. Patanita, M.; Campos, M. Doroteia; Ribeiro, Joana Amaro; Albuquerque, André; Varanda, Carla; Materatski, P.; Garrido, N.; Félix, M.R.. "Fungos Endofíticos Associados às Doenças do Lenho: uma Informação Promissora para uma Viticultura Sustentável". Paper presented in 12º Simpósio da Vitivinicultura do Alentejo, 2023.
  3. Patanita, M.; Félix, M.D.R.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Albuquerque, A.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Materatski, P.; Garrido, N.; Campos, M.D.. "Doenças do lenho da videira: novas estratégias sustentáveis de mitigação". Paper presented in 12º Simpósio da Vitivinicultura do Alentejo, 2023.
  4. Campos, M.D.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Campos, C.; Materatski, P.; Albuquerque, A.; Garrido, N.; Félix, M.D.R.. "qPCR as a sensitive tool for detecting Fusarium spp. in tomato plants.". Paper presented in Science CHANGing Policy, La Change Meeting, 2023.
  5. Carvalho, T. ; Materatski, P.; Garrido, N.; Patanita, M.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Albuquerque, A.; Campos, M.D.; Félix, M.D.R.. "Alternaria alternata an Emerging Pathogen with Great Impact on Olive Groves". Paper presented in First International meeting, Applied Agro-Biotechnology, 2023.
  6. Inácio, D.; Félix, M.D.R.; Campos, C.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Materatski, P.; et al. "Identification of Candidate Genes Involved in Olive Response to Anthracnose for a Sustainable Disease Management". Paper presented in First International meeting, Applied Agro-Biotechnology, 2023.
  7. Albuquerque, A.; Patanita, M.; Garrido, N.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Materatski, Patrick; Ribeiro, J.A.; Campos, M.D.; Félix, M.D.R.. "Bacterial and fungal communities associated to almond decline". Paper presented in VII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDA), 2022.
  8. Correia, A.C.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Materatski, Patrick; Campos, M.D.; Patanita, M.; Albuquerque, A.; Ribeiro, J.A.; et al. "Evaluation of the susceptibility of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi strains to different antimicrobial peptides". Paper presented in VII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDA), 2022.
  9. Patanita, M.; Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, A.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Materatski, Patrick; Ribeiro, J.A.; Ramiro, R.S.; Pimentel, D.; Félix, M.D.R.. "An overview of grapevine defence mechanisms and associated biological pathways during fungal and oomycete infections towards a sustainable management strategy". Paper presented in VII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDA), 2022.
  10. Ribeiro, J.A.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Materatski, Patrick; Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, A.; Patanita, M.; Félix, M.D.R.. "An innovative tool based on CRISPR/Cas13 as a tool to protect tomato plants against ToBFRV". Paper presented in VII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDA), 2022.
  11. Campos, M.D.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Materatski, Patrick; Albuquerque, A.; Félix, M.D.R.. "Establishment of a sensitive Taqman-based approach to monitor Fusarium spp. in tomato plants". Paper presented in VII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDA), 2022.
  12. Inácio, D.; Félix, M.D.R.; Campos, C.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Patanita, M.; Materatski, Patrick; Albuquerque, A.; Peixe, A.; Campos, M.D.. "New tools to protect olive plants against anthracnose for a sustainable disease management: I. Candidate genes for new sources of resistance.". Paper presented in VII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDA), 2022.
  13. Alyssa Flobinus ; John J. Weiland ; Carla M. R. Varanda; Materatski, Patrick; Gary A. Secor ; Melvin D. Bolton. "Characterization of Beta vulgaris Alphanecrovirus-1, a putative Alphanecrovirus identified in sugar beet". Paper presented in 41st annual meeting American Society for Virology, 2022.
  14. Mariana Patanita; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Albuquerque, André; Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda; Joana A. Ribeiro; Ricardo Ramiro ; Diana Pimentel ; Félix, Maria Do Rosário. "Grapevine molecular responses to trunk diseases infection in the Alentejo region". Paper presented in III International meeting of the Portuguese society of genetics, 2022.
  15. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Ana Cordeiro ; Mariana Patanita; Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda; Albuquerque, André; Joana A. Ribeiro; Félix, Maria Do Rosário. "Assessment of Fusarium spp. and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in maize in the Iberian Peninsula". Paper presented in III International meeting of the Portuguese society of genetics, 2022.
  16. Albuquerque, André; Mariana Patanita; Carla M. R. Varanda; Maria Doroteia Campos; Materatski, Patrick; Joana A. Ribeiro; António Bento Dias; Félix, Maria Do Rosário. "Metabarcoding of the fungal and bacterial communities present in a compost of olive pruning residues". Paper presented in III International meeting of the Portuguese society of genetics, 2022.
  17. Vanessa Pires; S. A. Dandlen; Nolasco, G. ; Félix, M. R.; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, C. M. R.; Marques, N.. "Expression of Tomato spotted wilt virus genes in antisense orientation affects virus progression in Nicotiana benthamiana.". Paper presented in 16th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU), Limassol, Cyprus, 2022.
  18. Vanessa Pires; A. Dandlen; Gustavo Nolasco; Maria do Rosario Felix; Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda; N. Marques. "Tomato spotted wilt virus genes expressed in antisense orientation and their ability to control virus progression in Nicotiana benthamiana". Paper presented in VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2021.
  19. M. Doroteia Campos; M. do Rosário Félix; Mariana Patanita; Materatski, Patrick; Albuquerque, André ; Joana A. Ribeiro; Carla M. R. Varanda. "Tomato Transcription Factors Regulate Defence Response Against Biotic Stresses". Paper presented in VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2021.
  20. Varanda, C.M.R; Félix, M.R.; Materatski, Patrick; Campos, M.D.; Patanita, M.; Marques, N.; Clara, M.I.; Nolasco, G.. "Development of OMMV as a VIGS vector for plant protection". Paper presented in XXI SPB – National Congress of Biochemistry, 2021.
  21. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Maria do Rosário Felix; Mariana Patanita; Materatski, Patrick; Carla M.R. Varanda. "Tomato - a model plant to study molecular resistance mechanisms to pathogens". Paper presented in PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2020.
  22. Carla M.R. Varanda; Maria do Rosário Felix; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Mariana Patanita; Materatski, Patrick. "Plant Viruses: from targets to tools for CRISPR". Paper presented in PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2020.
  23. Carla M.R. Varanda; Materatski, Patrick; Maria Doroteia Campos; Clara, Maria Ivone Esteves; Natalia Tomás Marques; Gustavo Nolasco; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Co infection of OMMV and OLV-1 enhances symptoms and increases both viruses accumulation and viral derived siRNAs in plants". Paper presented in IS-MPMI XVIII congress, 2019.
  24. Ana Carina Neto; Ganna Popova; Luis Gomes; Materatski, Patrick; Maria do Rosário Félix; Maria Teresa Rebelo; Fernando Rei. "Insect Vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in the Alentejo Region: a Threat to Olive Orchards?". Paper presented in I Jornadas MED (Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development), 2019.
  25. Angela Bilar de Almeida; Jonathan Concas; Maria Doroteia Campos; Carla M. R. Varanda; Materatski, Patrick; Sergio Murolo; Gianfranco Romanazzi; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Identification of Fungi Responsible for Grapevine Trunk Disease in Alentejo Region.". Paper presented in I Jornadas MED (Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development), 2019.
  26. Patrick Materatski; Carla Varanda; Teresa Carvalho; António Bento Dias; Maria Doroteia Campos; Fernando Rei; Maria do Rosario Felix. "Spatial and Temporal Variation of Endophytic Communities associated to the phyllosphere of olive cultivars". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq), 2018.
  27. Carla Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Maria Doroteia Campos; Gustavo Nolasco; Maria Ivone Clara; Maria do Rosario Felix. "Olive mild mosaic virus coat protein and p6 are suppressors of RNA silencing and their silencing confers resistance against OMMV". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq), 2018.
  28. Maria Doroteia Campos; Mohamed Salem Zellama; Carla Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Augusto Peixe; Maria do Rosario Felix. "A Real-time PCR method for detection of the main viruses present in olive orchards". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq), 2018.
  29. Maria Doroteia Campos; Carla Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Augusto Peixe; Maria do Rosario Felix. "Viruses in the olive tree: qPCR, a new tool for its detection". Paper presented in VIII National Oliviculture Symposium (Portugal), 2018.
  30. Teresa Carvalho; Patrick Materatski; Carla Varanda; Rocio Arias-Caderón; Maria Doroteia Campos; Fernando Rei; Maria do Rosario Felix. "Alternariosis - a new disease to consider in the olive grove". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura, 2018.
  31. Rita Rosa; Patrick Materatski; Matilde Moreira-Santos; José Paulo Sousa; Rui Ribeiro. "Development and sensitivity of a 12h laboratory test with Daphnia magna Strausbased on avoidance of pulp mill effluents". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting: Multiple stressors for the environment - present and future challenges and perspectives, 2009.
Edited book
  1. Materatski, Patrick; Carla M.R. Varanda, ed. The Application of Viruses to Biotechnology. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. 2021.
    Published • 10.3390/books978-3-0365-2538-9 • Editor
Journal article
  1. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. "Viruses Beyond Pathogens: Partners and Tools for Biotechnology". Viruses 17 10 (2025): 1401. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17101401.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/v17101401
  2. Saragoça, Andreia; Silva, Ana Cláudia; Varanda, Carla M. R.; Materatski, Patrick; Ortega, Alfonso; Cordeiro, Ana Isabel; Telo da Gama, José. "Current Context of Cannabis sativa Cultivation and Parameters Influencing Its Development". Agriculture 15 15 (2025): 1635. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15151635.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agriculture15151635
  3. Materatski, Patrick; Vicente, Cláudia S. L.; Varanda, Carla; Espada, Margarida. "Plant Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture". Plants 14 8 (2025): 1175. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14081175.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/plants14081175
  4. Saragoça, Andreia; Canha, Henrique; Varanda, Carla; Materatski, Patrick; Cordeiro, Ana Isabel; Gama, José. "Lactic acid bacteria: A sustainable solution against phytopathogenic agents". Environmental Microbiology Reports 16 6 (2024): e70021. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70021.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/1758-2229.70021
  5. Xavier, Lucimere Maria da Silva; de Farias, Otilia Ricardo; Barbosa, Paulo Roberto Ramos; Varanda, Carla Marisa Reis; Materatski, Patrick; Oliveira, Valdeir de Souza; Porcino, Mirelly Miguel; et al. "Bisifusarium lunatum causing cladode soft rot in pear cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera L. Salm-Dyck) in Brazil". Plant Disease (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-02-24-0456-pdn.
    Open access • Published • 10.1094/pdis-02-24-0456-pdn
  6. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. "New Insights into the Applications of Viruses to Biotechnology". Viruses 15 12 (2023): 2322. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15122322.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/v15122322
  7. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Varanda, Carla; Patanita, Mariana; Amaro Ribeiro, Joana; Campos, Catarina; Materatski, Patrick; Albuquerque, André; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "A TaqMan® Assay Allows an Accurate Detection and Quantification of Fusarium spp., the Causal Agents of Tomato Wilt and Rot Diseases". Biology 12 2 (2023): 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020268.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biology12020268
  8. Farias, O. R.; Cruz, J. M. F. L.; Veloso, J. S.; Souza, J. T.; Duarte, I. G.; Barbosa, P. R. R.; Varanda, C. M. R.; et al. "Fusarium pseudocircinatum Causing Stunting and Malformation of Sunflower Plants in Brazil". Plant Disease 107 1 (2023): 216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-01-22-0212-pdn.
    Open access • Published • 10.1094/pdis-01-22-0212-pdn
  9. Farias, O. R.; Cruz, J. M. F. L.; Veloso, J. S.; Duarte, I. G.; Barbosa, P. R. R.; Félix, M. R. F.; Varanda, C. M. R.; et al. "Occurrence of Fusarium proliferatum Causing Vascular Wilt on Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) in Brazil". Plant Disease 106 7 (2022): 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-04-21-0839-pdn.
    Open access • Published • 10.1094/pdis-04-21-0839-pdn
  10. Joana A. Ribeiro; André Albuquerque; Patrick Materatski; Mariana Patanita; Carla M. R. Varanda; Maria do Rosário Félix; Maria Doroteia Campos. "Tomato Response to Fusarium spp. Infection under Field Conditions: Study of Potential Genes Involved". Horticulturae 8 5 (2022): 433-433. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050433.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/horticulturae8050433
  11. Patanita, Mariana; Albuquerque, André; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla M. R.; Ribeiro, Joana A.; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Metagenomic Assessment Unravels Fungal Microbiota Associated to Grapevine Trunk Diseases". Horticulturae 8 4 (2022): 288. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8040288.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/horticulturae8040288
  12. Maria Doroteia Campos; Maria do Rosário Félix; Mariana Patanita; Patrick Materatski; André Albuquerque; Joana A. Ribeiro; Carla Varanda. "Defense Strategies: The Role of Transcription Factors in Tomato- Pathogen Interaction". Biology 11 2 (2022): 235-235. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020235.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biology11020235
  13. Varanda, Carla; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Materatski, Patrick. "An Overview of the Application of Viruses to Biotechnology". Viruses 13 10 (2021): 2073. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13102073.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/v13102073
  14. Materatski, Patrick; Jones, Susan; Patanita, Mariana; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Dias, António Bento; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Varanda, Carla M. R.. "A Bipartite Geminivirus with a Highly Divergent Genomic Organization Identified in Olive Trees May Represent a Novel Evolutionary Direction in the Family Geminiviridae". Viruses 13 10 (2021): 2035. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13102035.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/v13102035
  15. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Patanita, Mariana; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. "High throughput sequencing unravels tomato-pathogen interactions towards a sustainable plant breeding". Horticulture Research 8 171 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41438-021-00607-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41438-021-00607-x
  16. Barreto, Gabriel Ginane; Santos, Ana Carla da Silva; Porcino, Mirelly Miguel; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla; Félix, Maria Do Rosário; Nascimento, Luciana Cordeiro do. "Antagonism of Trichoderma on the control of Fusarium spp. on Phaseolus lunatus L.". Acta Brasiliensis 5 2 (2021): 57. https://doi.org/10.22571/2526-4338516.
    Open access • Published • 10.22571/2526-4338516
  17. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Patanita, Mariana; Varanda, Carla; Materatski, Patrick; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Plant-Pathogen Interaction". Biology 10 5 (2021): 444. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10050444.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biology10050444
  18. Farias, O. R.; Cruz, J. M. F. L.; Veloso, J. S.; Silva, H. A. O.; Oliveira, M. D. M.; Félix, M. R. F.; Varanda, C. M. R.; et al. "First Report of Wilt of Syzygium malaccensis Caused by a Member of the Fusarium oxysporum Species Complex in Brazil". Plant Disease 105 4 (2021): 1207-1207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-04-20-0708-pdn.
    Open access • Published • 10.1094/pdis-04-20-0708-pdn
  19. Varanda, Carla M. R.; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Patanita, Mariana; Materatski, Patrick. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "Plant Viruses: From Targets to Tools for CRISPR". Viruses 13 1 (2021): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13010141.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/v13010141
  20. Billar de Almeida, Angela; Concas, Jonathan; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla; Patanita, Mariana; Murolo, Sergio; Romanazzi, Gianfranco; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Endophytic Fungi as Potential Biological Control Agents against Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Alentejo Region". Biology 9 12 (2020): 420. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology9120420.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/biology9120420
  21. Materatski, P.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Carvalho; Dias; Campos, M. Doroteia; Gomes; Nobre; Rei, F.; Félix, M. R.. Corresponding author: Materatski, P.. "Effect of Long-Term Fungicide Applications on Virulence and Diversity of Colletotrichum spp. Associated to Olive Anthracnose". Plants 8 9 (2019): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8090311.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/plants8090311
  22. Carla M.R. Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Miguel Landum; Maria Doroteia Campos; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Fungal Communities Associated with Peacock and Cercospora Leaf Spots in Olive". Plants 8 6 (2019): 169-169. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8060169.
    10.3390/plants8060169
  23. Maria Doroteia Campos; Mohamed Salem Zellama; Carla Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Augusto Peixe; Maher Chaouachi; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Establishment of a Sensitive qPCR Methodology for Detection of the Olive-Infecting Viruses in Portuguese and Tunisian Orchards". Frontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpls.2019.00694.
    10.3389/fpls.2019.00694
  24. Zellama, Mohamed Salem; Varanda, Carla M. R.; Materatski, Patrick; Nabi, Nesrine; Hafsa, Ahmed Ben; Saamali, Besma Mrabet; Chaouachi, Maher; Félix, Maria R.. "An integrated approach for understanding the high infection rates of olive viruses in Tunisia". European Journal of Plant Pathology (2019): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10658-018-01620-y.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10658-018-01620-y
  25. Campos, Maria; Patanita, Mariana; Campos, Catarina; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla; Brito, Isabel; Félix, Maria. "Detection and Quantification of Fusarium spp. (F. oxysporum, F. verticillioides, F. graminearum) and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in Maize Using Real-Time PCR Targeting the ITS Region". Agronomy 9 2 (2019): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9020045.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy9020045
  26. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla; Carvalho, Teresa; Dias, António Bento; Campos, M. Doroteia; Rei, Fernando; Félix, Maria do Rosário. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "Spatial and temporal variation of fungal endophytic richness and diversity associated to the phyllosphere of olive cultivars". Fungal Biology 123 1 (2019): 66-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2018.11.004.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.11.004
  27. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla; Carvalho, Teresa; Dias, António Bento; Campos, M. Doroteia; Rei, Fernando; Félix, Maria do Rosário. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "Diversity of Colletotrichum Species Associated with Olive Anthracnose and New Perspectives on Controlling the Disease in Portugal". Agronomy 8 12 (2018): 301. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8120301.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy8120301
  28. Varanda, Carla; Materatski, Patrick; Campos, Maria; Clara, Maria; Nolasco, Gustavo; Félix, Maria. "Olive Mild Mosaic Virus Coat Protein and P6 Are Suppressors of RNA Silencing, and Their Silencing Confers Resistance against OMMV". Viruses 10 8 (2018): 416. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v10080416.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/v10080416
  29. Branco, Jordana; Pedro, Sílvia; Alves, Ana S.; Ribeiro, Carlos; Materatski, Patrick; Pires, Ricardo; Caçador, Isabel; Adão, Helena. "Natural recovery of Zostera noltii seagrass beds and benthic nematode assemblage responses to physical disturbance caused by traditional harvesting activities". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 502 (2018): 191-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.03.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jembe.2017.03.003
  30. Materatski, Patrick; Ribeiro, Rui; Moreira-Santos, Matilde; Sousa, José Paulo; Adão, Helena. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "Nematode biomass and morphometric attributes as descriptors during a major Zostera noltii collapse". Marine Biology 165 2 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3283-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-018-3283-5
  31. Varanda, Carla Marisa Reis; Oliveira, Mônica; Materatski, Patrick; Landum, Miguel; Clara, Maria Ivone Esteves; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Fungal endophytic communities associated to the phyllosphere of grapevine cultivars under different types of management". Fungal Biology 120 12 (2016): 1525-1536. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2016.08.002.
    Published • 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.08.002
  32. Materatski, Patrick; Vafeiadou, Anna-Maria; Moens, Tom; Adão, Helena. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "Structural and Functional Composition of Benthic Nematode Assemblages During a Natural Recovery Process of Zostera noltii Seagrass Beds". Estuaries and Coasts 39 5 (2016): 1478-1490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0086-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s12237-016-0086-0
  33. Materatski, Patrick; Vafeiadou, Anna-Maria; Ribeiro, Rui; Moens, Tom; Adão, Helena. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "A comparative analysis of benthic nematode assemblages from Zostera noltii beds before and after a major vegetation collapse". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 167 (2015): 256-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.07.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.07.001
  34. Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Materatski, P.; Adão, H.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T.. "Resource utilization and trophic position of nematodes and harpacticoid copepods in and adjacent to Zostera noltii beds". Biogeosciences 11 14 (2014): 4001-4014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4001-2014.
    Open access • Published • 10.5194/bg-11-4001-2014
  35. Vafeiadou, Anna-Maria; Materatski, Patrick; Adão, Helena; De Troch, Marleen; Moens, Tom. "Food sources of macrobenthos in an estuarine seagrass habitat (Zostera noltii) as revealed by dual stable isotope signatures". Marine Biology 160 9 (2013): 2517-2523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2238-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-013-2238-0
  36. Rosa, Rita; Materatski, Patrick; Moreira-Santos, Matilde; Sousa, José Paulo; Ribeiro, Rui. "A scaled-up system to evaluate zooplankton spatial avoidance and the population immediate decline concentration". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31 6 (2012): 1301-1305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.1813.
    Published • 10.1002/etc.1813
Journal issue
  1. Materatski, P.; Varanda, C. M. R.. "Special Issue "The Application of Viruses to Biotechnology 3.0"". Viruses (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/special_issues/viruses_biotechnology_2024.
    In press • Invited editor
  2. Espada, Margarida; Vicente, Cláudia S L; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, C. M. R.. "Special Issue "Plant Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture"". Plants (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/special_issues/ZPI6WB7O05.
    In press • Invited editor
  3. Materatski, P.; Varanda, C. M. R.. "Special Issue "The Application of Viruses to Biotechnology 2022"". Viruses (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/special_issues/viruses_biotechnology_2022.
    Published • Invited editor
  4. Materatski, P.; Varanda, C.M.R. "Special Issue "The Application of Viruses to Biotechnology"". Viruses (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/special_issues/viruses_biotechnology.
    Published • Invited editor
Magazine article
  1. Varanda, Carla; Belbute, Diogo; Magrinho, B.; Materatski, Patrick. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. "Ciência e Tecnologia no diagnóstico de doenças de plantas: avanços para uma agricultura sustentável", Voz do Campo, 2025, http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/5865.
  2. Belbute, Diogo; Gomes, S.; Carraço, Tomás; Farinha, Ana Paula; Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. Corresponding author: Varanda, Carla. "As Novas Técnicas Genómicas e Agricultura Sustentável", Agrotec, 2025, https://www.calameo.com/read/006243536f10c5b3dad80.
  3. Carla M. R. Varanda; Félix, Maria Do Rosário; Materatski, Patrick. "A agricultura biológica em números", AGROTEC - revista técnico-científica agricola, 2022, http://www.agrotec.pt/noticias/agrotec-43-aborda-a-cultura-da-batata/.
  4. Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda; Maria Doroteia Campos; Mariana Patanita; Maria do Rosário Felix. "Vacina para Plantas? Sim, é possível", Agricultura e Mar: Revista Actual, 2021, https://agriculturaemar.com/vacina-para-plantas-sim-e-possivel/.
  5. Materatski, Patrick; Maria do Rosario Felix; Maria Doroteia Campos; Natália Marques; Maria Ivone Clara; Gustavo Nolasco; Carla M. R. Varanda. "'Plant Viruses to control Olive Anthracnose' - Vírus de Plantas para Combater a Gafa da Azeitona", AGROTEC - revista técnico-científica agricola, 2019, http://www.agrotec.pt.
  6. Augusto Peixe; Augusto Viriato; Carla M. R. Varanda; Hugo Ribeiro; Maria do Rosario Felix; Maria Doroteia Campos; Patrick Lenehan; et al. "'Sweet potato from Aljezur: Can there be achieved Productions close to 30 t / ha with the Lira variety?' - Batata-doce de Aljezur IGP: Podem conseguir-se produções próximas das 30 t/ha com a variedade Lira?", Vida Rural - Dossier Técnico, 2019
  7. Carla Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Maria Doroteia Campos; Maria Ivone Clara; Natália Marques; Gustavo Nolasco; Maria Rosário Félix. "'Technology to Increase Quality and Production of Tomatoes in Portugal' - Tecnologia para Aumentar Qualidade e Produção de Tomate em Portugal", AGROTEC - revista técnico-científica agricola, 2019
  8. Maria do Rosario Felix; Carla M.R. Varanda; Patrick Materatski; Maria Doroteia Campos; Augusto Peixe. "'Olive plants tolerant to Xylella fastidiosa, yes it is possible' - Plantas de Oliveira tolerantes a Xylella fastidiosa, sim é possível", Voz do Campo Editora Lda, 2018
Manual
  1. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. Corresponding author: Materatski, Patrick. Biotecnologia vegetal: Introdução de um gene de interesse num vetor binário utilizando a tecnologia Gateway. Santarém, Portugal: Instituto Politécnico de Santarém. 2025.
    Published
  2. Materatski, Patrick; Sousa, Ana Catarina. Corresponding author: Sousa, Ana Catarina. VIROLOGIA: Protocolos das Aulas Práticas 2024/2025, 2ª Edição. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2025.
    Published
  3. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. Corresponding author: Varanda, Carla. Biotecnologia vegetal: isolamento e identificação de Colletotrichum spp.. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2025.
    Published
  4. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla. Corresponding author: Varanda, Carla. Biotecnologia vegetal: silenciamento de genes em planta. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2025.
    Published
  5. Materatski, Patrick; Sousa, A.C.A.. Corresponding author: Sousa, A.C.A.. VIROLOGIA: Protocolos das Aulas Práticas, Ano letivo 2023/24.. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2024.
    Published
  6. Materatski, P.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Cruz, V.F. . Corresponding author: Materatski, P.. Normas para elaboração de Dissertação. Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica.. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2024.
    Published
  7. Materatski, Patrick; Varanda, Carla; Fitas da Cruz, V.. Corresponding author: Fitas da Cruz, V.. Normas para elaboração de Dissertação, Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica. 2ª Edição. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2024.
    Published
  8. Carla M. R. Varanda; Materatski, Patrick; Vasco, F.C.. Normas para elaboração de Dissertação, Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica. Évora, Portugal. 2022.
    Published
Online resource
  1. Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda. Olea europaea geminivirus isolate PT segment DNA-A, complete sequence. DNA sequence. Accession No. MZ355666.. 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MZ355666.1/.
  2. Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda. Olea europaea geminivirus isolate PT segment DNA-B, complete sequence. DNA sequence. Accession No. MZ355667.. 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MZ355667.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Materatski, Patrick. "Collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass beds effects on nematodes community structure in the Mira estuary (Southwest Coast of Portugal): Analysis of estuarine nematodes assemblages in early recovery.". PhD, Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/13236.
  2. Materatski, Patrick. "Extrapolação de respostas de evitamento para cenários reais de contaminação; aumento da escala espacial em sistemas laboratoriais". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, 2010.
  3. Materatski, Patrick. "Avaliação da resposta imunitária de ratos wistar utilizando vitaminas do complexo B". Degree, Universidade Positivo, 2005.

Artistic / Performance

Theatre play
  1. 2010. Sr. de Chimpanzé - European Researchers' Night.
  2. 2010. Sr. de Chimpanzé - European Researchers' Night.
  3. 2009. Sr. de Chimpanzé - European Researchers' Night.
  4. 2009. Sr. de Chimpanzé - European Researchers' Night.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Materatski, P.; Varanda, Carla. 2024. "Construct for inducing silencing in plants and method for protecting them against anthracnose disease.".
    Pending
  2. Varanda, Carla; Materatski, P.. 2024. "Construct for inducing silencing in plants and method for protecting them against tomato spotted wilt virus.".
    Pending
  3. Materatski, P.; Varanda, Carla. 2021. "A viral molecule for protecting plants against Colletotrichum acutatum and C. gloesporioides fungi".
    Pending
  4. Materatski, P.; Varanda, Carla. 2021. "A viral molecule for protecting plants against the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa".
    Pending
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/11 Why is CRISPR/Cas13d the best choice for engineering interference against RNA plant viruses? VIII PhD Students Meeting
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2023/10/02 The role of the plant protein Dicer-like 4 in mixed infections of OMMV and OLV-1 viruses. Impact Science'23
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (Santarém, Portugal)
2023/05/31 Olive Viruses: Plant Pathogens or Plant Protect Agents? First International meeting, Applied Agro-Biotechnology
Instituto Politécnico de Beja (Beja, Portugal)
2022/06/27 Development of an OMMV-based vector for gene expression in plants III International meeting of the Portuguese society of genetics
Portuguese society of genetics (Évora, Portugal)
2022/05/17 An RNA-based vaccine for tomato plants against Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) Encontro Ciência '22
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/04/26 Use of modified viruses for the protection of plants against Colletotrichum spp and Xylella fastidiosa Programa de Empreendorismo Qualificado Startup PhD
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2022/04/22 Certification and Sanitary Protection of Plant Material from Portuguese Olive Cultivars 38ª OVIBEJA
Câmara municipal de Beja (Beja, Portugal)
2021/12/09 Expression of genes associated with plant responses against trunk pathogens in Vitis vinifera L. VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2021/11/03 New Viruses in Olive: from enemies to extraordinary allies MED as 4as
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2021/10/25 Desenvolvimento do vírus OMMV como vetor de silenciamento IX Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura
Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura (APH), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV) (Oeiras, Portugal)
2020/12/14 Introdução de genes de resistência a doenças do lenho em jovens plantas de videira Dia do GAITEC - Pitches de Inovação em Ciência
Universidade de Évora Gabinete de Apoio à Inovação, Tecnologia, Transferência e Cooperação (GAITEC) (Évora, Portugal)
2020/12/09 Metagenomic analysis of fungal microbiota associated to grapevine trunk diseases in Alentejo region V PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) (Évora, Portugal)
2020/01/27 Biological and molecular characterization of olive anthracnose , in the traditional cultivars of Alentejo region, to improve its limitation in the olive grove Phytosanitary protection of the olive grove. New elements for limiting and preventing your key enemies
University of Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) (Évora, Portugal)
2019/11/11 Development of a viral vector to control TSWV in tomato plants IV PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (Évora, Portugal)
2019/11/11 Molecular basis of resistance/susceptibility of Vitis vinifera L. to wood infection by fungal trunk pathogens in Alentejo region IV PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2019/01/15 Shifts on microbial communities in soils under Montado system: effects of dolomitic limestone-based amendments VIII Reunión del Grupo Especializado de Microbiologia de Plantas (MIP)
Universidad de Sevilla (Sevilla, Spain)
2018/11/20 Plant viruses: from disease-causing agents to plant protectors III PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/09/03 Olive viruses, a strategy for plant protection and a bridge to North Africa Mediterranean dynamics - Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (ICAAM)
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/06/07 Supplementation of calcium: a promising helps prevent olive anthracnose VIII National Oliviculture Symposium (Portugal)
Portuguese Horticulture Association (APH) (Santarém, Portugal)
2016/07/03 Enzymatic activity on sediments and nematode assemblage responses during seagrass beds habitat recovery following the disturbance of the traditional digging activity of bivalves harvesting ISIMCO Conference - 16th International meiofauna conference
(Creta, Greece)
2014/09/12 The role of seagrass-associated resources in an estuarine benthic food web World Conference on Marine Biodiversity WCMB
(Qingdao, China)
2014/05/12 Benthic nematode assemblage response during the early phase of a natural recovery process of seagrass beds Zostera noltii 54th Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) Conference
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2013/07/22 Food web analysis of meiobenthos in estuarine seagrass bed 15th International Meiofauna Conference
(Hanyang, South Korea)
2013/06/17 Response of Nematode Assemblages After a Major Collapse in Seagrass Beds of Zostera noltii Simposio de Ciências Marinhas
CO-Oceanography Center (Lisboa, Portugal)
2012/07/05 Benthic Nematodes Assemblages as Indicators of Spatial Heterogeneity in Early Natural Recovery of Zostera Noltii Seagrass Beds 2nd International Symposium on Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators
(Gent, Belgium)
2012/06/03 Recovery of Benthic Nematodes Assemblages after a Major Collapse in Seagrass Beds of Zostera Noltii 50th Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) Conference
(Venice, Italy)
2011/09/26 Recovery of benthic nematode assemblages after a major collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB)
(Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
2009/04/02 Development and sensitivity of a 12h laboratory test with Daphnia magna Strausbased on avoidance of pulp mill effluents SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting: Multiple stressors for the environment - present and future challenges and perspectives
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/11/01 - 2026/10/31 Development of ToBFRV resistant tomato plants using CRISPR (FCT scholarship - 2022.13638.BD)
Co-supervisor of Joana Amaro Ribeiro
 PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (PhD)
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2022/07/01 - 2023/07/03 Papel da proteína da planta Dicer-like 4 nas infeções por OMMV e OLV-1 simples e mistas
Co-supervisor of Beatriz Castanho
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Química, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2022/07/22 Development of virus resistant plants using CRISPR-CAS
Supervisor of Rafaela Jesus
 Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Química, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2022/07/12 Development of an environmentally safe tool to control Olive Tuberculosis
Supervisor of Carlos Sousa
 Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Química, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2021/05/26 Avaliação das comunidades de fungos endofíticos em duas castas de videiras do Alentejo com diferentes suscetibilidades a doenças do lenho
Supervisor of Andreia Alexandra de Carvalho Basílio
 Master Degree in Agricultural Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of Fusarium spp. and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in maize
Supervisor
 Post-Doctoral researcher (Other)
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/11/15 - 2018/12/05 Etiologia e epidemiologia associadas à mortalidade da amendoeira em pomares super- intensivos no Alentejo
Supervisor of Claudio Santos
 Master Degree in Agricultural Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/11/01 - 2016/07/15 Natural recovery of the benthic nematode assemblages associated to Zostera noltii seagrass beds after physics disturbance caused by digging harvest activity
Supervisor of Jordana Branco
 Master Degree in Conservation Biology (Master)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2016/07/01 Spatial distribution of the benthic nematode communities of the sediments associated with the Zostera noltii under natural recovery in the Mira Estuary (Costa de Portugal, SW).
Co-supervisor
 Degree in Biology (Degree)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/03/13 - 2019/03/13 IX Investigar ICAAM - Olive Oil and Olive Groves: Opportunities and Threats (2019/03/13 - 2019/03/13)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/05/14 - 2024/05/14 1º Fórum da Agricultura Sustentável
Symposium
 1º Fórum da Agricultura Sustentável
Município de Santarém, Portugal
2023/11/09 - 2023/11/09 Ceres Imaging Technologies Supporting your Sustainable and Profitable Agriculture
Exhibition
 Ceres Imaging
Ceres Imaging, United States

The Embassy of the United States of America in Portugal, Portugal

US Commercial Service, United States
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/03 Molecular Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens in Mediterranean Crops
Exhibition
 II MED Meeting - Healthy soils, for food, for life and for the future
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19 Os agrónomos também curam plantas
Festival
 Day of the school of Science and Technology. Open Lab to high school students and demonstration of common activities
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2023/03/01 MinION by Oxford nanopore technologies the third generation of sequencing
Workshop
 Innovative Life Science Solutions with Avantor, delivered by VWR
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/16 Management Committee Meeting (Cost action CA20110)
Meeting
 Management Committee Meeting of the Cost action CA20110
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2022/11/30 - 2022/11/30 Cost Action CA20110: RNA communication across kingdoms: new mechanisms and strategies in pathogen control (exRNA-PATH)
Workshop
 Extracellular Vesicles in Inter-Organismal Communication
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium

British Society for Cell Biology, United Kingdom
2022/06/08 - 2022/06/08 Diagnosis of pathogens in diseased plants
Exhibition
 Feira de São João
Câmara Municipal de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2021/11/22 - 2021/11/26 Laboratório aberto à comunidade 'Doenças em plantas, como diagnosticar'
Exhibition
 Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/10/29 - 2019/10/30 Presence and diversity of Xylella fastidiosa vectors, their vegetal hosts and functional diversity, under climatic conditions foreseen for the Iberian Peninsula due to the global warming effect.
Conference
 2nd European conference on Xylella fastidiosa
European Food Safety Authority (efsa), Italy
2019/07/14 - 2019/07/18 Co infection of OMMV and OLV-1 enhances symptoms and increases both viruses accumulation and viral derived siRNAs in plants.
Congress
 International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI XVIII) congress
International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI), United States
2019/06/27 - 2019/06/28 New Approaches for the Control of Anthracnose in Olive
Conference
 I Jornadas MED
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2019/03/13 - 2019/03/13 Moderator
Seminar
 IX Investigar ICAAM - Olive Oil and Olive Groves: Opportunities and Threats
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2018/10/15 - 2018/10/19 Spatial and Temporal Variation of Endophytic Communities associated to the phyllosphere of olive cultivars
Conference
 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq)
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
2018/10/15 - 2018/10/19 Olive mild mosaic virus coat protein and p6 are suppressors of RNA silencing and their silencing confers resistance against OMMV
Conference
 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq).
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
2018/10/15 - 2018/10/19 A Real-time PCR method for detection of the main viruses present in olive orchards
Conference
 6th International Conference on the Olive tree and Olive products (OliveBioteq)
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/09 Vírus na oliveira: qPCR, uma nova ferramenta para a sua deteção
Conference
 VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura
Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura (APH), Portugal
2018/06/07 - 2018/06/09 Alternariosis - a new disease to consider in the olive grove
Conference
 VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura
Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura (APH), Portugal
2010/01/29 - 2010/01/29 European Researchers' Night. Sr. de Chimpanzé (Theater performance)
Exhibition
 European Researchers' Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/01/28 - 2010/01/28 European Researchers' Night. Sr. de Chimpanzé (Theater performance)
Exhibition
 European Researchers' Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09/26 - 2009/09/26 European Researchers' Night. Sr. de Chimpanzé (Theater performance)
Exhibition
 European Researchers' Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09/25 - 2009/09/25 European Researchers' Night. Sr. de Chimpanzé (Theater performance)
Exhibition
 European Researchers' Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/02/15 - 2009/09/24 European Researchers' Night. Sr. de Chimpanzé (Theater Rehearsals)
Exhibition
 European Researchers' Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/07/03 Papel da proteína da planta Dicer-like 4 nas infeções por OMMV e OLV-1 simples e mistas
Supervisor
 Beatriz Castanho (Other)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022/07/12 Development of an environmentally safe tool to control Olive Tuberculosis
Supervisor
 Carlos Sousa (Other)
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Química, Portugal
2018/11/22 Pesquisa de fungos endofíticos presentes em videira (Vitis vinifera L.) com capacidade antagonista contra os principais agentes causadores da doença do lenho da videira no Alentejo
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rute Emanuel Pita Pimenta (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/03/25 - 2024/03/25 Management Committee Meeting of the COST Action CA20110
Member
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2023/01/16 - 2023/01/16 Management Committee Meeting (Cost action CA20110)
Member
 The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2022/06/15 - 2022/06/16 RNA communication across kingdom: aligning research questions and approaches (Cost action CA20110)
Member
 Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Italy

European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/03/01 - 2019/07/31 Optimization and execution of diagnostic tests for phytopathogenic agents Bayer CropScience Portugal Produtos para a Agricultura Lda, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2019/01/01 Optimization and execution of diagnostic tests for phytopathogenic fungi in corn Corteva Inc, United States
2017/05/01 - 2017/09/01 Optimization and execution of diagnostic tests of Phytophthora cinnamomi associated with the cork oak Corticeira Amorim, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 Detection of the plant parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in pine wood samples Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF) , Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/11/11 - 2025/05/31 Dissertation Seminar Course - Unidade curricular: Seminário de Dissertação Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica (Mestrado) Universidade de Évora Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica , Portugal
2021/02/15 - 2025/05/01 Virology course - Unidade curricular: Virologia Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Human biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/06/01 Management and Conservation of Estuarine Ecosystems Master in Natural Resources Management and Conservation (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2013/05/01 - 2016/05/01 Nematodes fitoparasitas e bentónicos - Escola Secundária Rainha Santa Isabel (Estremoz) (Ensino secundário) Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2016/04/01 - 2016/04/01 Crop Protection and Phytonematology EUMAINE: European Master in Nematology (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidad de Jaén, Spain

Universität Bielefeld, Germany

Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2015/08/01 - 2015/08/01 Crop Protection and Phytonematology EUMAINE: European Master in Nematology (Master) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidad de Jaén, Spain

Universität Bielefeld, Germany

Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2015/07/01 - 2015/07/01 Management and Conservation of Estuarine Ecosystems Master in Natural Resources Management and Conservation (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2014/10/04 - 2014/10/04 Management and Conservation of Estuarine Ecosystems Master in Natural Resources Management and Conservation (Mestrado) Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/11/04 - 2013/11/04 Estuarine Nematodes as Ecological Indicators Master in Natural Resources Management and Conservation (Mestrado) Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/02/21 - 2022/05/01 National Fellowship Program of Graduate Women In Science (GWIS)
Evaluator
 Graduate Women In Science (GWIS), United States Graduate Women In Science (GWIS)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01/01 - Current Review Editor for Microbe and Virus Interactions with Plants in Frontiers in Microbiology Frontiers
2020/11/23 - 2020/12/14 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12121448 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2020/10/30 - 2020/11/23 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12121350 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2020/10/12 - 2020/11/17 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12111324 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2020/09/30 - 2020/11/04 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12111266 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2020/09/18 - 2020/10/14 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12101172 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2020/07/23 - 2020/09/30 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12101122 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2020/02/21 - 2020/03/15 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12040451 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2019/12/11 - 2020/01/03 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12010070 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2019/11/07 - 2019/11/19 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v12111338 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2019/08/02 - 2019/09/05 Viruses - Academic Editor - paper: doi.org/10.3390/v11090854 (1999-4915) MDPI AG
2018/02/20 - 2018/02/27 Diversity - Reviewer (1424-2818) MDPI AG
2017/01/01 - 2017/01/19 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology - Reviewer (0022-0981) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/09/11 - 2022/09/16 Program Erasmus + Teaching Mobility staff (Post-Doc) Professor Krissana Ruangrit
2022/09/11 - 2022/09/16 Program Erasmus + Teaching Mobility staff (Professor) Stella Lovelli
2022/04/01 - 2022/07/02 Program Erasmus + Teaching Mobility Staff (PhD Student) Teerajet Laohasatian
2020/04/01 - 2020/08/01 Master fellowship - Control of olive anthracnose through gene silencing and gene expression using a plant virus vectors with the references (PTDC/ASP-PLA/28263/2017) Vanessa Pires
2019/11/12 - 2020/03/11 Master fellowship - Development of a new virus-based vector to control TSWV in tomato plants with the references (PTDC/ASP-PLA/28266/2017) Vanessa Pires
2018/09/01 - 2020/02/16 Master degree in Agronomy (mentoring statistical analysis and molecular biology) Luis Caeiro
2018/10/10 - 2020/01/05 Master degree in Agronomy (statistical analysis mentoring) Inês Marques
2018/09/01 - 2019/12/17 Master degree in Viticulture and Oenology (statistical analysis mentoring) Angela Bilar de Almeida
2017/09/01 - 2018/10/26 Master degree in Agronomy (mentoring statistical analysis and molecular biology) Rute Pimenta
2017/09/01 - 2018/09/02 Master degree in Biological Engineering (mentoring statistical analysis and molecular biology) Mariana Patanita
2015/07/03 - 2017/07/31 PhD student - University of Monastir (Tunisia) (mentoring statistical analysis) Mohamed Salem Zellama
2016/07/01 - 2017/07/01 PhD student - Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy) (molecular biology) Jonathan Concas
2015/08/03 - 2016/09/05 Master Degree in Biology of the Conservation (Mentoring morphological identification of estuarine nematodes) Marco Daniel Silveira Machado
2015/09/02 - 2016/09/02 Master degree in Agronomy (mentoring statistical analysis) Francisca Sezões
2015/07/01 - 2016/03/05 Master degree in Agronomy (fungi molecular identification) Maria Grácio

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/12/12 - 2023/12/27 Jury of Master's fellowship - Criação de Polo no ALentejo para a VIgilância GENómica de Doenças na Agricultura (ALVIGEN) (PD21-00081) InnovPlantProtect CoLAB, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2023/05/06 Jury of Master's fellowship - Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation (Vine&Wine) (B6.3 PPP4Vine, ref.a cand67-ACC02/CO5-i01/2022) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/10/28 - 2022/11/14 Jury of Master's fellowship - Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation (Vine&Wine) (B6.3 PPP4Vine, ref.a cand67-ACC02/CO5-i01/2022) Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2020/05/25 - 2020/05/25 Jury of Master's fellowship (EDITAL N.º 015/2020)- Control of olive anthracnose through gene silencing and gene expression using a plant virus vector (GAFAPROTECT) (PTDC/ASP-PLA/28263/2017) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/11/02 - 2019/11/03 Jury of Master's fellowship (EDITAL N.º 089/2019) - Development of a new virus-based vector to control TSWV in tomato plants (TOMVIRPROTECT) (PTDC/ASP-PLA/28266/2017) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/02 Jury of Master's fellowship - Valorização das Variedades de Oliveira Portuguesas (OLEAVALOR) (ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000014) Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Exhibition - II MED Meeting: Healthy soils, for food, for life and for the future.
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2023 Best Poster - 1º International meeting, Applied Agro-Biotechnology.
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2022 Best Poster - VII Meeting of PhD Students in Environment and Agriculture (EEDAA)
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2020 Best Oral Communication - V Meeting of PhD Students in Environment and Agriculture (EEDAA)
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2020 Best Science Innovation Pitch (People's Choice)
Gabinete de Apoio à Inovação, Transferência, Empreendedorismo e Cooperação (GAITEC), Portugal
2013 Swedmark Grant for Young Scientists - Best Oral presentation
Fifteenth International Meiofauna conference (FifthIMCO), South Korea

International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM), New Zealand
2008 Premium Santander Universities to the best Master's thesis for young scientists
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Banco Santander International, United States

Other distinction

2025 Selected through a public competitive process for a permanent position as an Assistant Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2021 Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC), Assistant Researcher (2021.01553.CEECIND) - 8% of applications approved
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT), Portugal
2018 Grant - Principal Investigator - 10% of applications approved
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT), Portugal

Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo, Portugal
2010 PhD student scholarship - 10% of applications approved
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal (FCT), Portugal