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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Aladje Balde

Citation names

  • Balde, Aladje
  • A. Balde
  • Balde A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9217-CDDD-0902
ORCID iD
0009-0008-3315-6067

Email addresses

  • reitor@unipiaget-gb.org (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 960221247 (Personal)
  • (245) 955169137 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Campus de Unipiaget de Antula, Bissau, 4913-123, BISSAU, SAB, Guinea-Bissau (Professional)
  • Praceta Gustavo Matos Sequeira N4-3B, 2745-786, Massamá, Sintra, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

  • http://guine-bissau.unipiaget.org/ (Scholar)
Education
Degree Classification
2008/09/01 - 2012/10/31
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular de Plantas (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Biologia Molecular de Plantas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2005/10/31
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Biologia Molecular de Plantas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
1997/10/03 - 2002/04/22
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Doutoramento em Biotecnologia
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Distinção e louvor
1997/10/02 - 1997/12/20
Attended
 Medical Microbiology (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Post-graduate course in Medical Microbiology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
1988/09/01 - 1992/06/30
Concluded
 Biology (Licence)
Major in Entomologia
Universitatea de Stat din Moldova Facultatea de Chimie si Tehnologie Chimica, Moldova
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2005/05/04 - 2013/09/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2002 - 2004 Science and Technology Management Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Russian State Agricultural University Timiryazevskaya, Russia
2000/02/02 - 2002/09/25 Research Trainee (Research) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Cornell University Department of Horticulture, United States
1999/08/06 - 2000/03/25 Research Trainee (Research) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/06/03 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Piaget, Portugal
Universidade Jean Piaget da Guiné-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/01/02 - 2012/11/04 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Inerterra, Mozambique
2005/04/05 - 2008/06/16 Assistente Principal (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) Plan International USA Inc, Guinea-Bissau
Plan International USA Inc, Guinea-Bissau
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/09/05 - Current MITIGAÇÃO DA RESISTÊNCIA DO VIH AOS ARVS ENTRE MULHERES GRÁVIDAS E SEUS RECÉM- NASCIDOS NA ÁFRICA OCIDENTAL (ESTUDO HIPWAN2)
WANECOV
Researcher
2023/09/01 - Current Étude de la séroprévalence du SARS-CoV-2 chez les patients infectés par le VIH en Afrique de l’Ouest. WANECOV
WANECOV
Researcher
2022/03/09 - Current ENDING COVID-19 VARIANTS OF CONCERN THROUGH COHORT STUDIES
END-VOC
Researcher
2021/03/29 - 2022/03/25 Produção de Álcool Gel para Hospitais e Centros de Saúde na Guiné-Bissau
BKUJPG2 21121GN B-2690R2
Researcher
2016/06/10 - 2018/06/10 Governação Integrada na Guiné-Bissau
EuropeAid/137145/DD/ACT/GW
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Monteiro, Filipa; Diniz, Inês; Pena, Ana Rita; Catarino, Luís; Baldé, Aladje; Romeiras, Maria M.; Batista, Dora. "Diversity of the Botryosphaeriaceae family in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa): the beginning of a tale in cashew". 2020.
  2. Diniz, Inês; Catarino, Luís; Baldé, Aladje; Pena, Ana Rita; Duarte, Maria Cristina; Romeiras, Maria M.; Batista, Dora; Monteiro, Filipa. "Integrating field surveys and molecular data to assess the phytosanitary status of cashew in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)". 2020.
  3. Monteiro, F.; Barnabé, J.; Guterres, L.; Charrua, A.B.; Pena, A.R.; Baldé, A.; Catarino, Luíz; Batista, Dora; Romeiras, Maria M.. "Molecular assessment of cashew diversity unravels distinctive differentiation routes in CPLP countries". 2020.
Journal article
  1. .E. Bollom. "Equality of opportunity: Social determinants of university expectation amongst school attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". International Journal of Educational Research 117 102129 (2022):
  2. Bancessi, Aducabe; Teodósio, Rosa; Duarte, Elizabeth; Baldé, Aladje; Catarino, Luís; Nazareth, Teresa. "Moringa as a household water purification method". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/160187.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14344-w
  3. Bancessi, Aducabe; Teodósio, Rosa; Duarte, Elizabeth; Baldé, Aladje; Catarino, Luís; Nazareth, Teresa. "Moringa as a household water purification method – community perception and pilot study in Guinea-Bissau". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39270.
    10.1186/s12889-022-14344-w
  4. Bancessi, Aducabe; Teodósio, Rosa; Duarte, Elizabeth; Baldé, Aladje; Catarino, Luís; Nazareth, Teresa. "Moringa as a household water purification method – community perception and pilot study in Guinea-Bissau". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/55622.
    10.1186/s12889-022-14344-w
  5. Geir Gunnlaugsson, et al. "Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". International Journal of Educational Research 109 101851 (2021):
  6. Bollom, Jon Edmund; Baldé, Aladje; Jandi, Zeca; Boiro, Hamadou; Einarsdóttir, Jónína; Gunnlaugsson, Geir. "Social Determinants of Narcotics Use Susceptibility among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A Cross-Sectional Analysis". Adolescents 1 3 (2021): 306-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1030023.
    10.3390/adolescents1030023
  7. Bollom, Jon Edmund; Baldé, Aladje; Jandi, Zeca; Boiro, Hamadou; Einarsdóttir, Jónína; Gunnlaugsson, Geir. "Social Determinants of Narcotics Use Susceptibility among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A Cross-Sectional Analysis". Adolescents 1 3 (2021): 306-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1030023.
    10.3390/adolescents1030023
  8. Diniz, Inês; Batista, Dora; Pena, Ana Rita; Rodrigues, Ana Sofia B.; Reis, Pedro; Baldé, Aladje; Indjai, Bucar; Catarino, Luis; Monteiro, Filipa. "First Report of Dieback Caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum in Cashew in Guinea-Bissau". Plant Disease 105 4 (2021): 1215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-10-20-2308-pdn.
    10.1094/pdis-10-20-2308-pdn
  9. Aladje Baldé; Maria Salomé S. Pais; Alfredo Cravador. "Innate Immunity of Phlomis purpurea against Phytophthora cinnamomi: A Transcriptomic Analysis". Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.17265/2161-6256/2021.01.002.
    10.17265/2161-6256/2021.01.002
  10. Diniz, Inês; Batista, Dora; Pena, Ana Rita; Rodrigues, Ana Sofia B.; Reis, Pedro; Baldé, Aladje; Indjai, Bucar; Catarino, Luís; Monteiro, Filipa. "First report of dieback caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum in cashew in Guinea-Bissau". (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21402.
    https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-20-2308-PDN
  11. Gunnlaugsson, Geir; Baboudóttir, Fatou N´dure; Baldé, Aladje; Jandi, Zeca; Boiro, Hamadou; Einarsdóttir, Jónína. "Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". International Journal of Educational Research 109 (2021): 101851. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101851.
    10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101851
  12. Gunnlaugsson, Geir; Baboudóttir, Fatou N´dure; Baldé, Aladje; Jandi, Zeca; Boiro, Hamadou; Einarsdóttir, Jónína. "Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". International Journal of Educational Research 109 (2021): 101851. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101851.
    10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101851
  13. Gunnlaugsson, Geir; Whitehead, Thomas Andrew; Baboudóttir, Fatou N’dure; Baldé, Aladje; Jandi, Zeca; Boiro, Hamadou; Einarsdóttir, Jónína. "Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 23 (2020): 8937. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238937.
    10.3390/ijerph17238937
  14. Gunnlaugsson, Geir; Whitehead, Thomas Andrew; Baboudóttir, Fatou N’dure; Baldé, Aladje; Jandi, Zeca; Boiro, Hamadou; Einarsdóttir, Jónína. "Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 23 (2020): 8937. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238937.
    10.3390/ijerph17238937
  15. Monteiro, Filipa; Diniz, Inês; Pena, Ana Rita; Baldé, Aladje; Catarino, Luís; Batista, Dora. "First Report of Three Lasiodiplodia Species (L. theobromae, L. pseudotheobromae, and L. caatinguensis) Causing Cashew Gummosis in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)". Plant Disease 104 9 (2020): 2522-2522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-01-20-0167-pdn.
    10.1094/pdis-01-20-0167-pdn
  16. Diniz, Inês; Batista, Dora; Pena, Ana Rita; Rodrigues, Ana S. B.; Reis, Pedro; Baldé, Aladje; Bucar, Indjai; Catarino, Luís; Monteiro, Filipa. "First Report of Dieback Caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum in Cashew in Guinea-Bissau". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/45520.
    10.1094/PDIS-10-20-2308-PDN
  17. Bancessi, A.; Bancessi, Q.; Baldé, A.; Catarino, Luis. "Present and potential uses of Moringa oleifera as a multipurpose plant in Guinea-Bissau". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/45589.
    10.1016/j.sajb.2019.06.013
  18. Baldé, Aladje; Neves, Dina; García-Breijo, Francisco J; Pais, Maria S; Cravador, A.. "De novo assembly of Phlomis purpurea after challenging with Phytophthora cinnamomi". (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10085.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4042-6
  19. Cardoso, Hélia; Peixe, A.; Figueiredo, A.; Baldé, A.; Pais, M.S.. "Genetic Transformation of V. vinifera - Two Alternative Systems under Evaluation". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7156.
  20. Soglio, V.; Costa, F.; Molthoff, J. W.; Weemen-Hendriks, W. M. J.; Schouten, H. J.; Gianfranceschi, L.. "Transcription analysis of apple fruit development using cDNA microarrays". Tree Genetics & Genomes 5 4 (2009): 685-698. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11295-009-0219-8.
    10.1007/s11295-009-0219-8
  21. Sebastiana, Mónica; Figueiredo, Andreia; Acioli, Bartolomeu; Sousa, Lisete; Pessoa, Fernando; Baldé, Aladje; Pais, Maria Salomé. "Identification of plant genes involved on the initial contact between ectomycorrhizal symbionts (Castanea sativa – European chestnut and Pisolithus tinctorius)". European Journal of Soil Biology 45 3 (2009): 275-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.02.001.
    10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.02.001
  22. Acioli-Santos, Bartolomeu; Sebastiana, Mónica; Pessoa, Fernando; Sousa, Lisete; Figueiredo, Andreia; Fortes, Ana Margarida; Baldé, Aladje; Maia, Leonor C.; Pais, Maria S.. "Fungal Transcript Pattern During the Preinfection Stage (12 h) of Ectomycorrhiza Formed Between Pisolithus tinctorius and Castanea sativa Roots, Identified Using cDNA Microarrays". Current Microbiology 57 6 (2008): 620-625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-008-9253-2.
    10.1007/s00284-008-9253-2
  23. Figueiredo, Andreia; Baldé, Aladje; Cardoso, Hélia; Pais, Maria Salomé. "Cost effective method for construction of high quality cDNA libraries". Biomolecular Engineering 24 4 (2007): 419-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioeng.2007.05.004.
    10.1016/j.bioeng.2007.05.004
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Jorge, José Lopes Zinga. "Genotipagem do VIH e análise da resistência à droga dos seropositivos da Guiné-Bissau". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/22637.
  2. Folgado, André João Cardinho Alexandre, 1988-. "Desenvolvimento de um protocolo de transformação genética de Jatropha curcas". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/8019.

Other

Invention
  1. Serrazina S, Fonseca SC, Pais MS, Aladje Baldé, A. PT 102979-S. Patent required by CASTANIA Sociedade Agroflorestal SA. Castanea sativa Mill. genes codifying for Aliene Oxide Cyclase, Cystatin, G-1,3-Glucanase and Thaumatin-Like Protein and their use. (2004). 2004. Serrazina S; Aladje Baldé; Maria Salomé Pais.
  2. PT 102979-S. S.C. Portuguese Patent required by CASTANIA SOCIEDADE AGROFLORESTAL, S.A. Genes codifying Aleno oxide Ciclase, Cistatina, G-1,3-Glucanase and Thaumatin-like Protein isolated from Castanea sativa Mill. (2003). 2003. Serrazina S; Aladje Baldé; Maria Salomé Pais.
  3. US Patent (PCT/US02/11803). A Method to Control the Ripening of Papaya Fruit and Confer Disease Resistance to Papaya Plan (2002). 2002. Aadje Balde; Maria Salomé S. Pais; Denis Gonsalves; Manuela Gouveia.
  4. Patent (PCT/US02/11804). (A2) Nucleic Acid Molecules Relating to Papaya Ripening (2002). 2002. Aladje Baldé; Maria Salomé S. Pais; Denis Gonsalves; C-H Chiang.
  5. WO 02/16613-A 31: Pear genes codifying for G-(b)- galactosidase, pectin methylesterase, polygalacturonase, expansins and their use (2002). 2002. Fonseca S; Aladje Baldé; Maria Salomé Pais.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/11/18 Smoking and drinking behaviour of Bissau-Guinean adolescents aged 15-16 compared to European peers. In IAAH 12th World Congress on Adolescent Health. Meeting the Challenge of Global Change. Virtual Conference, 18-21 12th World Congress on Adolescent Health. Meeting the Challenge of Global Change. Virtual Conference, 18-21
2021/10/29 Cigarette smoking and usage of waterpipe among school attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. I
University of Iceland, (Reykjavík, )
2021/10/06 Narcotics engagement and criminality among school-attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A cross-sectional analysis. In Löggæsla og samfélagið - Policing and Society Annual Conference,,
University of Akureyri
2021/06/04 Narcotics engagement and criminality among school-attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A cross-sectional analysis. In: Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
2021/06/02 Narcotics engagement and criminality among school-attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A cross-sectional analysis. 20th Biomedical and Health Sciences Conference,
(Iceland)
2020/11/21 Access of adolescents to digital technology in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. In IAAH 12th World Congress on Adolescent Health. Meeting the Challenge of Global Change. Virtual Conference, 18-21 November, 2021. https://iaah2020congress.org/about/scientific-programme/en In IAAH 12th World Congress on Adolescent Health. Meeting the Challenge of Global Change.
2020/10/30 Narcotics engagement and criminality among adolescents in secondary schools in Bissau: cross-sectional analysis.
University of Akureyri (Iceland)
2020/07/03 Tropical cash crop in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa): a central driver for agriculture-based economy at what cost? 11o Congresso Ibérico de Estudos Africanos – CIEA11, 2-4 July 2020,
(Portugal)
2020/07/03 Tropical cash crop in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa): a central driver for agriculture- based economy at what cost? 11o Congresso Ibérico de Estudos Africanos – CIEA11,
(Portugal)
2020/02/18 Diversity of the Botryosphaeriaceae family in West Africa (Guinea-Bissau): the beginning of a tale in cashew. 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics,
Roma
2019/09/28 Access of Adolescents to digital technology in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. In Children in Armed Conflict: Rights, Health and Wellbeing, 2019 ISSOP Annual Meeting
2019/09/27 Access of adolescents to school in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. In Children in Armed Conflict: Rights, Health and Wellbeing, 2019 I SSOP Annual Meeting, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University Beirut (AUB),
Londres (United Kingdom)
2019/09/27 Access of Adolescents to digital technology in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. In Children in Armed Conflict: Rights, Health and Wellbeing, ISSOP Annual Meeting, Faculty of Health Sciences,
(Lebanon)
2019/09/19 Smoking and drinking behaviour of Bissau-Guinean adolescents aged 15–16 compared to European peers. I
(United Kingdom)
2019/09/17 “Education for All” in the era of SDGs? Adolescents in schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. .
(United Kingdom)
2019/07/29 Unravelling fungal diversity through unconventional DNA barcoding and metagenomics: implications for cashew agroecosystem sustainability in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).
(Portugal)
2019/07/29 Agriculture-based SDGs: how to achieve sustainability in West Africa. 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress - Lisbon, Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals,
Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon, 29 July-2 August 2019. (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/02 Unravelling fungal diversity through unconventional DNA barcoding and metagenomics: implications for cashew agroecosystem sustainability in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress - Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals,
(Portugal)
2019/01/04 Smoking and drinking behaviour of Bissau-Guinean adolescents aged 15-16 compared to European peers. 19th Scientific Conference of Health Sciences
University of Iceland (Iceland)
2018/10/26 Gunnlaugsson G, Baldé A, Jandi Z, Boiro H, Butiam Có JR. Smoking and drinking behaviour of Bissau- Guinean adolescents aged 15-16 compared to European peers. In “Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum XIX. Ágrip erinda flutt á ráðstefnu 26. október 2018” (p. 130). Researchers in the social sciences XIX. Abstract of a paper presented at a conference
Reykjavík: Institute of Social Sciences, University of Iceland (Iceland)
2018/09/27 Smoking and drinking behaviour of Bissau-Guinean adolescents aged 15-16 compared to European peers. International Society for Social Pediatrics & Child Health (ISSOP) in collaboration with the German Society for Social Pediatrics (DGSPJ),
(Bona)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
1998/10/03 - 2001/09/06 Study of control of the ripening of the fruit of Pyrus communis L. Cv. Rocha.
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Molecular (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal