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Dr Tina Keller-Costa is a research scientist at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) and invited assistant professor at the Department of Bioengineering (DBE), at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon (UL), whereby her teaching activities were honoured 5x with ISTs Excellent Teacher Award. She obtained her Masters-degree in Biology from the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany, in 2009 and completed her European Doctorate in Biology in 2014 at the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) and the University of Évora (UE), Portugal. She received the highest mentioning, Excellent with Distinction, and the faculty prize as Best Student of the Year for her studies on animal-microbe symbioses in freshwater habitats from the FSU, and the Summa Cum Laude mentioning for her doctorate on the chemical identification of fish pheromones from the UE. Her masters and doctoral studies were marked by research stays at internationally recognized institutions, such as the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE. From 2014 to 2016, Tina worked as post-doctoral researcher at CCMAR, investigating marine sponge and coral microbiomes using metagenomics and genomics combined with microbial cultivation. This period included a research stay at the Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the FSU. After the birth of her second child, Tina joined iBB in 2017, to seek for novel biotechnological appliances from marine symbiotic communities. In 2019, Tina was awarded one of the highly competitive 6-year, individual research contracts (CEECIND) for junior investigators from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), to develop her own research line on octocoral-microbe symbiosis and the sustainable exploitation of secondary metabolites from octocoral-associated microbes. In summer 2023, she was an invited visiting scientist at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia), setting up aquarium experiments to study climate change effects in octocorals and their microbiomes. Tina authored 47 scientific publications (13 as first, 7 as last and 13 as corresponding author), encompassing research articles in international journals (42), conference proceedings (1), book chapters (2) and theses (2) and accomplished 33 publications independently from her PhD and MSc advisors. The work was published in high-rank, multidisciplinary and specialized Journals (e.g., Nature Microbiology, Microbiome, Annual Reviews of Animal Biosciences, Current Biology, Science of the Total Environment). She further authored/co-authored 44 oral (13 invited) and 68 poster contributions at scientific conferences. Tina currently supervises/co-supervises 3 PhD students and 3 MSc students, while 2 PhD students and over 26 MSc, BSc and student internships have successfully completed their training under her supervision. Tina is part of the 1.5M€ PRR-project Blue Bioeconomy Pact, co-leading work package WP5 Vertical Algae and WP9 Portuguese Blue Biobank at IST. She successfully led as PI a 50K€ research project financed by the FCT on the production of recombinant chitinases from yet unculturable coral symbionts, and as Co-PI a 178K€ funded project from the Fundo Azul program of DGPM, focusing on antimicrobial metabolites from sponge and coral symbionts. She was member in 3 more research projects, including 1 internationally funded (Volkswagen-foundation) project. Tina served as guest editor for Marine Drugs, is review-editor for Frontiers in Microbiology, and regularly engages in public outreach and science communication. She is active member of the International Coral Reef Society, the German Association for General and Applied Microbiology , and the Portuguese Society for Microbiology, having served on the scientific council of Cartoons de Microbiologia. She is also elected member of the Seminar of the Young Scientists of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tina Keller-Costa
Date of birth
1985/02/01
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Keller-Costa, Tina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9319-A7D5-5335
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3702-9192
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=le_QoEAAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
M-6165-2013
Scopus Author Id
55334712400

Email addresses

  • tinakellercosta@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • tinakellercosta@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Personal)

Addresses

  • Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB). Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
German (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/07 - 2014/07
Concluded
 Programa de Doutoramento em Biologia 2009/2013 (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Chemical identification of dominance pheromones in Mozambique tilapia males" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 'summa cum laude'
2003/10 - 2009/05
Concluded
 Biology (Master)
Major in 5 years of study (Diplom)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
"Bacterial diversity in and cytotoxic potential of Pseudomonas spp. associated with the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 1.0 excellent with distinction
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2023/08 - 2023/09 Invited Principal Investigator (Research) Red Sea Research Centre (RSA), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Red Sea Research Centre (RSA), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
2017 - 2019 Postdoc (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015/10 - 2015/11 Visiting Researcher (Research) Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Germany
Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Germany
2009/07 - 2014/07 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Research Trainee (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie, Germany
2006 - 2009 Research Trainee (Research) Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena Biologisch-Pharmazeutische Fakultat, Germany
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut für Ökologie, Germany
2008 - 2008 Research Trainee (Research) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - Current C632741873-00467082 Blue Bioeconomy Pact (PBA) (https://inovamar.pt/en/blue-bioeconomy-pact) - Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR); Active on Work Packages WP5 - Vertical Algae (https://www.algaevertical.com/) and WP9 - Portuguese Blue Biobank (https://wp9.biobancoazulportugues.pt/)
C632741873-00467082
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 European Union - NextGenerationEU
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 ChiCoBionts - Harnessing the catalyst power of host-microbe interactions: a quest for novel chitinases from octocoral symbionts
EXPL/BIA-MIC/0286/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2022 Symbioreactor - Sustainable production of bioactive metabolites from microbial symbionts of marine sponges and corals. Co-PI
FA05-2017-032
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Direção-Geral de Política do Mar (DGPM)
Concluded
2017 - 2020 MicroMetaMobil - Harnessing the power of the metamobilome: using marine sponges as models to uncover novel biotechnological appliances from symbiotic communities
PTDC/MARBIO/1547/2014
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2016 Deciphering the codes of communication between marine sponges and their symbionts: an integrative metabolomics-transcriptomics approach
Az. 81 040-2
Post-doc Fellow
VolkswagenStiftung
2014 - 2015 Illuminating the metabolism of foundational and elusive microbial symbionts in benthic ecosystems: a cultivation-independent quest for Hahellaceae (Gammaproteobacteria, Oceanospirillales) genomes
EXPL/MAR-EST/1664/2013
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/07 - 2013/11 Identification of dominance pheromones in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) males
SFRH/BD/46192/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008 - 2008 Bacterial diversity in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
FEMS Research Fellowship II-2008
Research Fellow
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Couceiro, Joana; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina. Corresponding author: Keller-Costa, Tina. "Chapter 16. Beyond restoration: Coral Microbiome Biotechnology". In Coral Reef Microbiome, edited by Peixoto, Raquel; Voolstra, Christian. Springer, 2025.
    In press
  2. Olesya Kutsyna; Zélia Velez; Adelino V. M. Canário; Tina Keller-Costa; Peter C. Hubbard. "Variation in urinary amino acids in the Mozambique tilapia: a signal of dominance or individuality?". In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13, 189-203. Springer International Publishing, 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-22026-0_14
Conference abstract
  1. Peter C. Hubbard; Vasco C. Mota; José Paulo da Silva; Tina Keller-Costa; Adelino V.M. Canario. "Chemical communication in tilapia: No pheromone differentiation in closely related allopatric species". Paper presented in 10th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, 2012.
Conference paper
  1. Isabel Sá-Correia; Keller-Costa, Tina; Pais, Salomé. "Microrganismos na Década das Ciências do Oceano". Paper presented in International Microorganism Day 2025 - Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  2. Academia das Ciências de Lisboa; Correia, Isabel; Sá Freitas, Helena; Andreote, Fernando Dini ; Keller-Costa, Tina; Portugal, António Nina; Nina, Jaime ; Pedrosa, Jorge ; Rappuoli, Rino. "A vida no nosso planeta depende dos microrganismos". Paper presented in International Microorganism Day 2023, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Keller-Costa, Tina; Almeida, J.F.; da Silva, D.M.G.; Pedrosa, F.R.; Nunes da Rocha, U.; Taipa, M.Â.; Costa, R.. "The temperate octocoral microbiome: from community structure and function to novel chitinases for the circular blue bioeconomy". Paper presented in International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME19) Cape Town, South Africa, 2024.
  2. Marques, M.; Militão, R.; Santos, E.; Baylina, N.; Peixoto, R.; Keller-Costa, Tina; Costa, R.. "Insights into the culturable community and symbiosis-related traits of bacteria from long-term aquarium and Red Sea tropical octocorals". Paper presented in Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) Congress, Würzburg, Germany, 2024.
  3. da Silva, D.M.G.; Pedrosa, F.R.; Taipa, M.Â.; Costa R.; Keller-Costa, Tina. "Widespread occurrence of chitinase-encoding genes suggests the Endozoicomonadaceae family as a key player in chitin processing in the marine benthos". Paper presented in Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) Congress, Würzburg, Germany, 2024.
  4. Silva, S.G.. "Homsi, M.N., Keller-Costa, T., Nunes da Rocha, U., and Costa, R.* Natural product biosynthetic potential reflects macroevolutionary diversification within a widely distributed bacterial taxon". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiotec 2023, Covilhã, Portugal, 2023.
  5. Fernandes, A.M.*. "Couceiro, J.F., Keller-Costa., T., and Costa, R. Exploring the potential of co-cultures to enhance secondary metabolites production in the marine bacterium Aquimarina sp. Aq135". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiotec 2023, Covilhã, Portugal, 2023.
  6. Almeida, J.*. "Leitão, M., Borges, N., Costa, R., Taipa, A., and Keller-Costa, T. Heterologous expression and characterisation of novel chitinases from a yet unculturable, highly abundant bacterial symbiont of octocorals". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiotec 2023, Covilhã, Portugal, 2023.
  7. Couceiro, J.F.*. "Costa, R., and Keller-Costa, T. Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Applications of the Coral Microbiome". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiotec 2023, Covilhã, Portugal, 2023.
  8. da Silva, D.M.G.*. "Pedrosa, F.R., Taipa, M.Â., Costa R., and Keller-Costa, T. Widespread occurrence of chitinase-encoding genes suggests the Endozoicomonadaceae family as a key player in chitin processing in the marine benthos". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiotec 2023, Covilhã, Portugal, 2023.
  9. Marques, M.. "Santos, E., Baylina, N., Peixoto, R., Keller-Costa, T.* and Costa, R. Insights into the culturable bacterial community of long-term aquarium tropical octocorals". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiotec 2023, Covilhã, Portugal, 2023.
  10. da Silva, D.M.G.*. "Pedrosa, F.R., Taipa, M.Â., Costa R., and Keller-Costa, T. Widespread occurrence of chitinase-encoding genes suggests the Endozoicomonadaceae family as a key player in chitin processing in the marine benthos". Paper presented in 2nd MicrobiomePT Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
  11. Couceiro, J.F.*. "Costa, R., and Keller-Costa, T. Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Applications of the Coral Microbiome". Paper presented in 2nd MicrobiomePT Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
  12. Keller-Costa, T.*. "Lago-Lestón, A., Saraiva, J.P., Toscan, R., Silva, S.G. , Gonçalves, J., Cox, C.J., Kyrpides, N., Nunes da Rocha, U., and Costa, R. Insights into metabolic specialization, niche partitioning and chitin turnover in the octocoral microbiome". Paper presented in 2nd MicrobiomePT Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
  13. Couceiro, J.F.*. "Costa, R., and Keller-Costa, T. Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Applications of the Coral Microbiome". Paper presented in MIT Portugal Annual Conference, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  14. Silva, R.. "Silva, S.G., Gonçalves, J., Cox, C., Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R.* Genome-resolved metagenomics suggests an unanticipated role of Rhodothermales symbionts of marine sponges in benthic biogeochemistry and chitin degradation". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  15. Almeida, J. F.. "Marques, M., Oliveira, V. Egas, C., Mil-Homens, D. Cleary, D. F. R., Huang, Y. M., Fialho, A. M., Teixeira, M. C., Gomes, N. C. M., Costa, R.,* and Keller-Costa, T. Marine Sponge and Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Show Versatile Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential and Antimicrobial Activities against Human Pathogens". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  16. Marques, M.. "Santos, E., Baylina, N., Peixoto, R., Keller-Costa, T., and Costa, R.* Insights into the culturable bacterial community of long-term aquarium tropical octocorals". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  17. Keller-Costa, T.. "Lago-Lestón, A., Saraiva, J.P., Toscan, R., Silva, S.G., Gonçalves, J., Cox, C.J., Kyrpides, N., Nunes da Rocha, U., and Costa, R.* Insights into metabolic specialization, niche partitioning and chitin turnover in the octocoral microbiome". Paper presented in Ciência 2023, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  18. Silva, R.. "Silva, S.G., Gonçalves, J., Cox, C., Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R*. Genome-resolved metagenomics suggests an unanticipated role of Rhodothermales symbionts of marine sponges in benthic biogeochemistry and chitin degradation". Paper presented in 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023.
  19. Marques, M.*. "Santos, E., Baylina, N., Peixoto, R., Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R. Insights into the culturable bacterial community of long-term aquarium tropical octocorals". Paper presented in 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023.
  20. Couceiro, J.F.*. "Marques, M., Silva, S.G., Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R. Aquimarina aquimarinae sp. nov. and Aquimarina spinosulus sp. nov., new bacterial species with versatile natural product biosynthesis potential isolated from marine sponges". Paper presented in 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023.
  21. Almeida, J.F.*. "Marques, M., Oliveira, V., Egas, C., Mil-Homens, D., Cleary, D., Huang, Y., Fialho, A., Teixeira, M., Gomes, N., Costa, R. and Keller-Costa, T. Marine Sponge and Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Show Versatile Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential and Antimicrobial Activities against Human Pathogens". Paper presented in 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology, BAGECO, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023.
  22. Meunier, L.*. "Costa, R., Keller-Costa, T., Cannella, D., and George, I. Selection of marine bacterial consortia efficient at degrading chitin leads to the discovery of new potential chitin degraders". Paper presented in 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023.
  23. Keller-Costa, T.. "Lago-Lestón, A., Saraiva, J.P., Toscan, R., Silva, S.G. , Gonçalves, J., Cox, C.J., Kyrpides, N., Nunes da Rocha, U., and Costa, R.* Insights into metabolic specialization, niche partitioning and chitin turnover in the octocoral microbiome". Paper presented in 16th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023.
  24. Almeida, João F.. "Marques, M., Oliveira, V., Egas, C., Mil-Homens, D., Cleary, D., Huang, Y., Fialho, A., Teixeira, M., Gomes, N., Costa, R. and Keller-Costa, T.* Marine Sponge and Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Show Versatile Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential and Antimicrobial Activities against Human Pathogens". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Culture Collections, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  25. Couceiro, Joana F.*; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina. "Sustainable Production of Bioactive Metabolites from Octocoral Symbionts". Paper presented in SymbNET Metabolomics Workshop for Biologists: Metabolite-data driven stories on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2023.
  26. Almeida, João F.*; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina. "From chitin degradation to antibiotics production: leveraging the marine bacterial genus Aquimarina for the blue circular economy". Paper presented in SymbNET Metabolomics Workshop for Biologists: Metabolite-data driven stories on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2023.
  27. Silva, Sandra G.* ; Keller-Costa, Tina; Costa, Rodrigo. "Genome-wide and phenotypic assays reveal versatile secondary metabolite biosynthesis capacities and antimicrobial activities by Aquimarina species. Poster Prize Winner - First author Sandra Silva was my PhD student.". Paper presented in 2nd iBB workshop 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.
  28. Keller-Costa T.*. "MicroEcoEvo team, Costa R. Octocoral Microbiome Research @iBB: From Diversity & Function to Biotechnological Application & Reef Restoration Opportunities". Paper presented in 2nd iBB workshop 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.
  29. Couceiro, Joana F.*; Keller-Costa, Tina; Costa, Rodrigo. "Aquimarina aquimarinae sp. nov. and Aquimarina spinosulus sp. nov., new bacterial species with versatile natural product biosynthesis potential isolated from marine sponges. Short-listed for Poster Award - First author Joana Couceiro is my PhD student.". Paper presented in MIT Portugal 2022 Annual Conference, Aveiro, Portugal, 2022.
  30. Meunier, Laurence*; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina; George, Isabelle. "Artificial selection of chitin degrading bacterial communities from natural marine habitats". Paper presented in ISME18 - International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2022.
  31. "Marques, M.*, Keller-Costa, T., Lago-Lestón, A. Nunes da Rocha, U., Kyrpides, N., Páez-Espino, D. and Costa, R. Functional and comparative metagenomics of viral communities in healthy and diseased octocoral tissue and seawater. International Coral Reef Symposium 2022 (03-08.07.2022).". 2022.
  32. "Couceiro, J.*, Keller-Costa, T., Marques, M., Kyrpides, N., Woyke, T., Whitman, W.B. and Costa, R. The Roseibium album (Labrenzia alba) pangenome reveals multiple symbiosis factors likely underpinning host-microbe relationships in the marine benthos. Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology - Microbiotec 2021 (online event) (23-26.11.2021) Lisbon, Portugal". 2021.
  33. "Marques, M.*, Almeida, J., Mil-Homens, D., Fialho, A., Oliveira, V., Cleary D., Huang Y., Gomes, N. C. M., Costa, R. and Keller-Costa, T. Bioprospecting bacterial symbionts of marine animals: sponge and coral-associated Gammaproteobacteria inhibit growth of notorious human and aquaculture pathogens. Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology - Microbiotec 2021 (online event) (23-26.11.2021) Lisbon". 2021.
  34. "Marques, M.*, Keller-Costa, T., Lago-Lestón, A. Nunes da Rocha, U., Kyrpides, N., Páez-Espino, D. and Costa, R. Functional and comparative metagenomics of viral communities in healthy and diseased octocoral tissue and seawater. Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology - Microbiotec 2021 (online event) (23-26.11.2021) Lisbon, Portugal. Poster Prize Winner.". 2021.
  35. "Marques, M.*, Keller-Costa, T., Peixoto, R. and Costa, R. Microbiome therapy for improved octocoral health and reef resilience. 2021 MIT Portugal Annual Conference (20.09.2021). Porto, Portugal.". 2021.
  36. Coelho, L.F.*; Couceiro, J.F.; Keller-Costa, Tina; Valente, S.; Ramalho, T.; Carneiro, J.; Comte, J.; et al. "Structural shifts revealed for seawater and ice microbiomes across a salinity gradient in the high Subarctic. World Microbe Forum Virtual Event (20-24.06.21). iPoster.". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum, 2021.
  37. Silva, S.G.*; Homsi, M.N.,; Keller-Costa, Tina; Nunes da Rocha, U.; Costa, R.. "High throughput mining of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters across thousands of Flavobacteriaceae genomes. World Microbe Forum Virtual Event (20-24.06.21). iPoster.". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum, 2021.
  38. Silva, Ruben. "Silva, R.*, Raimundo, I., Meunier, L., Valente, S.M., Lago-Lestón, A., Keller-Costa, T., Costa, R. Functional metagenomics reveals differential chitin degradation and utilization features across free-living and host-associated marine microbiomes. 1st Microbiome PT Summit. BioData.pt Online event (04.02.2021).". 2021.
  39. Silva, Sandra G. "Silva, S.G.*, Homsi, M.N., Keller-Costa, T., Nunes da Rocha, U., Costa, R. Hidden treasures - High throughput mining of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters in the Flavobacteriaceae family. 1st Microbiome PT Summit. BioData.pt Online event (04.02.2021).". 2021.
  40. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T.*, Lago-Lestón, A., Saraiva, J.P., Toscan, R., Silva, S.G. , Gonçalves, J., Cox, C.J., Kyrpides, N., Nunes da Rocha, U., Costa, R. Functional and Taxonomic Signatures of the Microbiomes in Healthy versus Diseased Octocoral Tissue. 1st Microbiome PT Summit. BioData.pt Online event (04.02.2021).". Paper presented in 1st Microbiome PT Summit - BioData.pt - Elixier, 2021.
  41. Paula, Patricia. "Paula, P., Silva S.G.*, Mil-Homens, D., Galocha, M., Teixeira, M.N.P.C., Fialho, A., Keller-Costa, T., Costa, R. Aquimarina species (Flavobacteria, Bacteroidetes) possess antimicrobial activity towards human pathogens and opportunistic marine bacteria. MICROBIOTEC'19. Coimbra, Portugal. (05-07-12.2019.).". 2019.
  42. Marques, Matilde. "Marques, M., Silva, S.G.*, Bernardes, N., Fialho, A., Keller-Costa, T., Costa, R. Extracellular metabolites from Aquimarina (Bacteroidetes) species possess promising anticancer activity. MICROBIOTEC'19. Coimbra, Portugal. (05-07.12.2019.)". 2019.
  43. Coelho, Ligia, F. "Coelho, L.F.*, Ramalho, T., Esquível, G., Keller-Costa, T., Blais, M.A., Matveev, A., Vincent, W., Pilote, M., Canário, J., Costa, R. and Martins. Z. Field work at the Canadian Subarctic – a terrestrial analogue of the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Ciência 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. (08-10.07.2019).". 2019.
  44. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller, Costa, T.*, Toscan, R., Saraiva, J.P., Lago-Leston, A., Gonçalves, J. Nunes da Rocha, U. and Costa, R. Functional signatures of the microbiomes of soft corals in health and disease states. 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Lisbon, Portugal (26¿30.05.2019).". 2019.
  45. Raimundo, Inês. "Raimundo, I., Silva, S.G., Costa, R.* and Keller-Costa, T. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Octocoral-Associated Microbes—New Chances for Blue Growth. 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Lisbon, Portugal (26–30.05.2019).". 2019.
  46. Silva, Sandra G. "Silva, S.G.*, Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R. Comparative genomics reveals complex natural product biosynthesis potential across host-associated and free-living Aquimarina species. 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Lisbon, Portugal (26–30.05.2019).". 2019.
  47. Silva, Sandra G. "Silva, S.G.*, Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R. Comparative genomics reveals complex carbon metabolims and natural product biosynthesis potential across host-associated and free-living Aquimarina species. Copenhagen Bioscience Conference – Natural Products, Copenhagen, Denmark (05–09.05.2019).". 2019.
  48. Silva, Ruben. "Silva, R.*, Raimundo, I., Meunier, L., Keller-Costa, T. and Costa, R. Chitin-degrading capacities of sponge and octocoral microbiomes. 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Lisbon, Portugal (26–30.05.2019).". Paper presented in 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology BAGECO, 2019.
  49. Karimi, Elham. "Karimi, E., Keller-Costa, T., Slaby, B., da Rocha, U.N., Cox, C.J., Hentschel, U.H. and Costa, R*. Versatile nutrient exchange and host detoxification and chemical defence capacities in the cultivable microbial dark matter of marine sponges. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME17). Leipzig, Germany (12-17.08.2018).". 2018.
  50. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T.*, Silva, R., Raimundo, I., Meunier, L., and Costa, R. Multi-omics and laboratory-assisted evaluation of chitin-degrading capacities in sponge and coral microbiomes. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME17). Leipzig, Germany (12-17.08.2018).". 2018.
  51. Silva, Ruben. "Silva, R.*, Califano, G., Wichard, T., Pohnert, G., Costa, R. and Keller-Costa, T. (Un)Attractive host metabolites - coral and sponge associated bacterial symbionts show chemotactic behaviour and metabolic changes under host extract exposure. 14th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Aberdeen, Scotland, (4¿8.06.2017).". 2017.
  52. Silva, Ruben. "Silva, R.*, Califano, G., Wichard, T., Pohnert, G., Costa, R. and Keller-Costa, T. (Un)Attractive host metabolites - coral and sponge associated bacterial symbionts show chemotactic behaviour and metabolic changes under host extract exposure. 3.ª Conferência Anual da redeMAR, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (08.05.2017).". 2017.
  53. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller Costa, T., Eriksson, D., Gonçalves, J.M.S., Gomes, N.C.M., Lago-Lestón, A. and Costa, R*. The gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata hosts a distinct prokaryotic consortium amenable to cultivation. MICROBIOTEC'17, Porto, Portugal (7-9.12.2017". 2017.
  54. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T.*, Gonçalves, J., Lago-Lestón, A. and Costa, R. Bacterial diversity in the non-calcified temperate gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata: how much of it can we cultivate? 14th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Aberdeen, Scotland (4¿8.06.2017).". 2017.
  55. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T.*, Gonçalves, J., Lago-Lestón, A. and Costa, R. Bacterial diversity in the non-calcified temperate gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata: how much of it can we cultivate? 3.ª Conferência Anual da redeMAR, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (08.05.2017).". 2017.
  56. Lago-Lestón, Asuncion. "Lago-Lestón, A.*, Keller-Costa, T., Gonçalves, J.M.S and Costa, R. Taxonomic and functional characterization of microbiomes associated to three gorgonian species from the Algarve Coast. 6th Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Evora, Portugal (10-12.12.2015).". 2015.
  57. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T., Franco, T., Lago-Leston, A. and Costa, R. Retrieval of bacterial symbionts from the temperate soft coral Eunicella labiata using an alternative cultivation approach. 6th European Conference on Prokaryotic and Fungal Genomics, Göttingen, Germany (29.09-02.10.2015).". 2015.
  58. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T., Jousset, A., van Overbeek, L., van Elsas, J.D. and Costa, R*. The freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis habours diverse Pseudomonas spp. with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. 2nd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (26-28.10.2014).". 2014.
  59. Paetz, Christian. "Paetz, C.*, Keller-Costa, T., Hubbard, P.C., Nakamura, Y., da Silva, J.P., Rato, A., Barata, E.N., Schneider, B. and Canário, A.V.M. Identification and function of a male tilapia sex pheromone. 22nd Conference on Isoprenoids, Prague, Czech Republic, (07-10.09.2014).". 2014.
  60. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T., Canário, A.V.M. and Hubbard, P.C. Olfactory sensitivity to steroids in tilapia suggests two distinct receptor mechanisms: detecting a male sex pheromone and a putative social cue from females. International Society of Chemical Ecology and Chemical Signals in Vertebrates Meeting ISCE-CSiV 2014, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (08.-12.07.2014).". 2014.
  61. Saraiva, João L. "Saraiva, J.*, Keller-Costa, T., Hubbard, P., Rato, A. and Canário, A.V.M. Steroid levels of male tilapia in the mirror challenge are independent of behaviour but dependent on chemical information. Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), Annual Main Meeting, Valencia, Spain (03.07.-06.07.2013).". 2013.
  62. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller-Costa, T., Hubbard, P.C., Barata, E.N. and Canário, A.V.M. Olfactory sensitivity to urinary steroids in the Mozambique tilapia suggests two distinct receptor mechanisms. Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), Annual Main Meeting, Salzburg, Austria (29.06.-02.07.2012).". 2012.
  63. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller, T., Iacovella, A., Hubbard, P.C., Canário A.V.M. and Barata, E.N. Olfactory response of male and female Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus, Peters 1852) to a putative urinary pheromone that signals social dominance. Annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE), Tours, France (31.07.-04.08.2010).". 2010.
  64. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller, T., Costa, R., Jousset, A., van Overbeek, L., and van Elsas, J.D. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. isolated from the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona, Spain (20.–24.09.2010).". 2010.
  65. Costa, Rodrigo. "Costa, R.*, Keller, T., Nunes da Rocha, U., Xavier, J., van Overbeek, L. and van Elsas, J.D. 16S rRNA genebased analysis of bacterial diversity and composition in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona, Spain (20.–24.09.2010).". 2009.
  66. Costa, Rodrigo. "Costa, R.*, Keller, T., van Overbeek, L. and van Elsas, J.D. Bacterial diversity in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis. 10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Uppsala, Sweden. (15.19.06.2009).". 2009.
  67. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Keller, T., Costa, R., van Overbeek, L., Jousset, A., Küsel, K. and van Elsas, J.D. Diversity and antagonistic potential of Pseudomonas spp. associated with the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis. 10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Uppsala, Sweden (15.-19.06.2009).". 2009.
  68. Costa, Rodrigo. "Costa, R.*, van Aarle, I., Mendes, R., Keller, T., Spoelder, J. and van Elsas, J.D. Phylogeny of the pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic loci prnA and prnD: high levels of homology detected among diverse soil-derived pyrrolnitrinproducing bacteria. 9th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO), Wernigerode, Germany (23.-27.06.2007).". 2007.
Journal article
  1. da Silva, D.M.G.*; Marques, M.; Couceiro, J.F.; Santos, E.; Baylina, N.; Costa, R.; Keller-Costa, Tina. "Endozoicomonas lisbonensis sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the soft coral Litophyton sp. at Oceanário de Lisboa in Portugal". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology IJSEM-D-24-00545 (2025):
    Open access • Under revision
  2. Marques, M.; da Silva, D.; Santos, E.; Baylina, N.; Peixoto, R.; Kyrpides, N.; Woyke, T.; et al. "Genome sequences of four novel Endozoicomonas strains associated with a tropical octocoral in a long-term aquarium facility.". Microbiology Resource Announcements MRA00833-24R1 (2024):
    Open access • In press
  3. Keller-Costa, Tina; Madureira, Selene; Fernandes, Ana S.; Kozma, Lydia; Gonçalves, Jorge M.S.; Barroso, Cristina; Egas, Conceição; Costa, Rodrigo. "Genome sequence of the marine alphaproteobacterium Lentilitoribacter sp. EG35 isolated from the temperate octocoral Eunicella gazella". Microbiology Resource Announcements 13 11 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00872-24.
    10.1128/mra.00872-24
  4. Meunier, Laurence; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina; Cannella, David; Dechamps, Etienne; George, Isabelle F.. "Selection of marine bacterial consortia efficient at degrading chitin leads to the discovery of new potential chitin degraders". Microbiology Spectrum 12 11 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00886-24.
    10.1128/spectrum.00886-24
  5. Couceiro, Joana F.; Marques, Matilde; Silva, Sandra G.; Keller-Costa, Tina; Costa, Rodrigo. "Aquimarina aquimarini sp. nov. and Aquimarina spinulae sp. nov., novel bacterial species with versatile natural product biosynthesis potential isolated from marine sponges". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 74 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006228.
    10.1099/ijsem.0.006228
  6. Silva, Sandra Godinho; Nabhan Homsi, Masun; Keller-Costa, Tina; Rocha, Ulisses; Costa, Rodrigo. "Natural product biosynthetic potential reflects macroevolutionary diversification within a widely distributed bacterial taxon". mSystems 8 6 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00643-23.
    10.1128/msystems.00643-23
  7. Rocha, Ulisses; Coelho Kasmanas, Jonas; Kallies, René; Saraiva, Joao Pedro; Toscan, Rodolfo Brizola; Štefanic, Polonca; Bicalho, Marcos Fleming; et al. "MuDoGeR: Multi-Domain Genome recovery from metagenomes made easy". Molecular Ecology Resources 24 2 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13904.
    10.1111/1755-0998.13904
  8. da Silva, Daniela M. G.; Pedrosa, Filipa R.; Ângela Taipa, M.; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina. "Widespread occurrence of chitinase-encoding genes suggests the Endozoicomonadaceae family as a key player in chitin processing in the marine benthos". ISME Communications 3 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00316-7.
    10.1038/s43705-023-00316-7
  9. Avila Santos, Anderson Paulo; Kabiru Nata’ala, Muhammad; Kasmanas, Jonas Coelho; Bartholomäus, Alexander; Keller-Costa, Tina; Jurburg, Stephanie D.; Tal, Tamara; et al. "The AnimalAssociatedMetagenomeDB reveals a bias towards livestock and developed countries and blind spots in functional-potential studies of animal-associated microbiomes". Animal Microbiome 5 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00267-3.
    10.1186/s42523-023-00267-3
  10. Rosado, Phillipe M.; Cardoso, Pedro M.; Rosado, João G.; Schultz, Júnia; Nunes da Rocha, Ulisses; Keller-Costa, Tina; Peixoto, Raquel S.. "Exploring the Potential Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions between a Probiotic Consortium and Its Coral Host". mSystems 8 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00921-22.
    10.1128/msystems.00921-22
  11. Almeida, João F.; Marques, Matilde; Oliveira, Vanessa; Egas, Conceição; Mil-Homens, Dalila; Viana, Romeu; Cleary, Daniel F. R.; et al. "Marine Sponge and Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Show Versatile Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential and Antimicrobial Activities against Human Pathogens". Marine Drugs 21 1 (2022): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21010034.
    10.3390/md21010034
  12. Oliveira, Vanessa; Polónia, Ana R.M.; Cleary, Daniel F.R.; Huang, Yusheng M.; de Voogd, Nicole J.; Keller-Costa, Tina; Costa, Rodrigo; Gomes, Newton C.M.. "Assessing the genomic composition, putative ecological relevance and biotechnological potential of plasmids from sponge bacterial symbionts". Microbiological Research 265 (2022): 127183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2022.127183.
    10.1016/j.micres.2022.127183
  13. Nata’ala, Muhammad Kabiru; Avila Santos, Anderson P.; Coelho Kasmanas, Jonas; Bartholomäus, Alexander; Saraiva, João Pedro; Godinho Silva, Sandra; Keller-Costa, Tina; et al. "MarineMetagenomeDB: a public repository for curated and standardized metadata for marine metagenomes". Environmental Microbiome 17 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40793-022-00449-7.
    10.1186/s40793-022-00449-7
  14. Couceiro, Joana Fernandes; Keller-Costa, Tina; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Whitman, William B.; Costa, Rodrigo. "Genome Sequencing Suggests Diverse Secondary Metabolism in Coral-Associated Aquimarina megaterium". Microbiology Resource Announcements 11 11 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00620-22.
    10.1128/mra.00620-22
  15. Keller-Costa, Tina; Kozma, Lydia; Silva, Sandra G.; Toscan, Rodolfo; Gonçalves, Jorge; Lago-Lestón, Asunción; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Nunes da Rocha, Ulisses; Costa, Rodrigo. "Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome". Microbiome 10 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01343-7.
    10.1186/s40168-022-01343-7
  16. Coelho, Lígia F.; Blais, Marie-Amélie; Matveev, Alex; Keller-Costa, Tina; Vincent, Warwick F.; Costa, Rodrigo; Martins, Zita; Canário, João. "Contamination analysis of Arctic ice samples as planetary field analogs and implications for future life-detection missions to Europa and Enceladus". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16370-5.
    10.1038/s41598-022-16370-5
  17. Peixoto, Raquel S.; Voolstra, Christian R.; Sweet, Michael; Duarte, Carlos M.; Carvalho, Susana; Villela, Helena; Lunshof, Jeantine E.; et al. "Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss". Nature Microbiology 7 11 (2022): 1726-1735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01173-1.
    10.1038/s41564-022-01173-1
  18. Silva, Sandra Godinho; Paula, Patrícia; da Silva, José Paulo; Mil-Homens, Dalila; Teixeira, Miguel Cacho; Fialho, Arsénio Mendes; Costa, Rodrigo; Keller-Costa, Tina. "Insights into the Antimicrobial Activities and Metabolomes of Aquimarina (Flavobacteriaceae, Bacteroidetes) Species from the Rare Marine Biosphere". Marine Drugs 20 7 (2022): 423. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md20070423.
    10.3390/md20070423
  19. Coelho, Lígia Fonseca; Couceiro, Joana Fernandes; Keller-Costa, Tina; Valente, Sara Martinez; Ramalho, Tiago Pereirinha; Carneiro, Joana; Comte, Jérôme; et al. "Structural shifts in sea ice prokaryotic communities across a salinity gradient in the subarctic". Science of The Total Environment 827 (2022): 154286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154286.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154286
  20. Sanches-Fernandes, Gracinda M. M.; Califano, Gianmaria; Keller-Costa, Tina; Castanho, Sara; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Mata, Leonardo; Costa, Rodrigo. "Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio jasicida 20LP, an Opportunistic Bacterium Isolated from Fish Larvae". Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 44 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00813-21.
    10.1128/mra.00813-21
  21. Sanches-Fernandes, Gracinda M. M.; Califano, Gianmaria; Keller-Costa, Tina; Castanho, Sara; Soares, Florbela; Ribeiro, Laura; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Mata, Leonardo; Costa, Rodrigo. "Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio chagasii 18LP, Isolated from Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Larvae Reared in Aquaculture". Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 37 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00658-21.
    Open access • 10.1128/mra.00658-21
  22. Couceiro, Joana Fernandes; Keller-Costa, Tina; Marques, Matilde; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Whitman, William B.; Costa, Rodrigo. "The Roseibium album (Labrenzia alba) Genome Possesses Multiple Symbiosis Factors Possibly Underpinning Host-Microbe Relationships in the Marine Benthos". Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 34 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00320-21.
    Open access • 10.1128/mra.00320-21
  23. Sweet, Michael; Villela, Helena; Keller-Costa, Tina; Costa, Rodrigo; Romano, Stefano; Bourne, David G.; Cárdenas, Anny; et al. "Insights into the Cultured Bacterial Fraction of Corals". mSystems 6 3 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01249-20.
    Open access • 10.1128/msystems.01249-20
  24. Keller-Costa, T.; Lago-Lestón, A.; Saraiva, J. P.; Toscan, R.; Silva, S. G.; Gonçalves, J.; Cox, C. J.; et al. "Metagenomic insights into the taxonomy, function, and dysbiosis of prokaryotic communities in octocorals". Microbiome 9 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01031-y.
    Open access • 10.1186/s40168-021-01031-y
  25. Borges, Nuno; Keller-Costa, Tina; Sanches-Fernandes, Gracinda M.M.; Louvado, António; Gomes, Newton C.M.; Costa, Rodrigo. "Bacteriome Structure, Function, and Probiotics in Fish Larviculture: The Good, the Bad, and the Gaps". Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 9 1 (2021): 423-452. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-062920-113114.
    Published • 10.1146/annurev-animal-062920-113114
  26. Raimundo, I.; Silva, R.; Meunier, L.; Valente, S. M.; Lago-Lestón, A.; Keller-Costa, T.; Costa, R.. "Functional metagenomics reveals differential chitin degradation and utilization features across free-living and host-associated marine microbiomes". Microbiome 9 (2021): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00970-2.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40168-020-00970-2
  27. Matilde Marques; Nuno Borges; Sandra G. Silva; Ulisses Nunes da Rocha; Asunción Lago-Lestón; Tina Keller-Costa; Rodrigo Costa. "Metagenome-assembled genome sequences of three uncultured Planktomarina sp. strains from the North-East Atlantic Ocean". Microbiology Resource Announcements 9 (2020): e00127-20. https://mra.asm.org/content/9/12/e00127-20.
    Open access • Published
  28. Elham Karimi; Tina Keller-Costa; Beate M. Slaby; Cymon J. Cox; Ulisses N. da Rocha; Ute Hentschel; Rodrigo Costa. "Genomic blueprints of sponge-prokaryote symbiosis are shared by low abundant and cultivatable Alphaproteobacteria". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38737-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-38737-x
  29. Sandra G. Silva; Jochen Blom; Tina Keller-Costa; Rodrigo Costa. "Comparative genomics reveals complex natural product biosynthesis capacities and carbon metabolism across host-associated and free-living Aquimarina ( Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteriaceae ) species". Environmental Microbiology 21 11 (2019): 4002-4019. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14747.
    Published • 10.1111/1462-2920.14747
  30. Inês Raimundo; Sandra Silva; Rodrigo Costa; Tina Keller-Costa. "Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Octocoral-Associated Microbes—New Chances for Blue Growth". Marine Drugs 16 12 (2018): E485. https://doi.org/10.3390/md16120485.
    Open access • 10.3390/md16120485
  31. Gisele Rodrigues; Asuncion Lago-Lestón; Rodrigo Costa; Tina Keller-Costa. "Draft genome sequence of Labrenzia sp. strain EL143, a coral-associated alphaproteobacterium with versatile symbiotic living capability and strong halogen degradation potential". Genome Announcements 6 10 (2018): e00132-18.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/genomeA.00132-18
  32. Sandra G. Silva; Asunción Lago-Lestón; Rodrigo Costa; Tina Keller-Costa. "Draft genome sequence of Sphingorhabdus sp. strain EL138, a metabolically versatile alphaproteobacterium isolated from the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata.". Genome Announcements 6 9 (2018): e00142-18.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/genomeA.00142-18
  33. Tina Keller-Costa; Dominik Eriksson; Jorge M.S. Gonçalves; Newton C. M Gomes; Asuncion Lago-Lestón; Rodrigo Costa. "The gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata hosts a distinct prokaryotic consortium amenable to cultivation.". FEMS microbiology ecology 93 12 (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29069352.
    Published • 10.1093/femsec/fix143
  34. João Saraiva; Tina Keller-Costa; Peter C. Hubbard; Ana Rato; Adelino Canário. "Chemical diplomacy in male tilapia: urinary signal increases sex hormone and decreases aggression.". Scientific reports 7 (2017): 7636. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28794413.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-017-07558-1
  35. Tina Keller-Costa; João Saraiva; Peter C. Hubbard; Eduardo Barata; Adelino Canário. "A multi-component pheromone in the urine of dominant male tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) reduces aggression in rivals.". Journal of Chemical Ecology 42 2 (2016): http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10886-016-0668-0.
    Published • 10.1007/S10886-016-0668-0
  36. Tina Keller-Costa; Ruben Silva; Asuncion Lago-Lestón; Rodrigo Costa. "Genomic insights into Aquimarina sp. EL33, a bacterial symbiont of the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata.". Genome Announcements 4 4 (2016): e00855-16.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/genomeA.00855-16
  37. Tina Keller-Costa; Adelino Canário; Peter C. Hubbard. "Chemical communication in cichlids: A mini-review". General and Comparative Endocrinology 15 221 (2015): 64-74. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648015000039.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.01.001
  38. Tina Keller-Costa; Adelino Canário; Peter C. Hubbard. "Olfactory sensitivity to steroid glucuronates in Mozambique tilapia suggests two distinct and specific receptors for pheromone detection". The Journal of Experimental Biology 217 Pt 23 (2014): 4203-4212.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.111518
  39. Tina Keller-Costa; Peter C. Hubbard; Christian Paetz; Yoko Nakamura; José Paulo da Silva JP; Ana Rato; Eduardo N. Barata; Bernd Schneider; Adelino V.M. Canario. "Identity of a Tilapia Pheromone Released by Dominant Males that Primes Females for Reproduction.". Current Biology 24 18 (2014): 2130-2135. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25155507.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.049
  40. Peter C. Hubbard; Vasco C. Mota; Tina Keller-Costa; José Paulo da Silva; Adelino V.M. Canario. "Chemical communication in tilapia: a comparison of Oreochromis mossambicus with O. niloticus.". General and Comparative Endocrinology 207 (2014): 13-20. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24979336.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.06.022
  41. Tina Keller-Costa; Alexander Jousset; Leo van Overbeek; Jan Dick van Elsas; Rodrigo Costa. "The freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis harbours diverse Pseudomonas species (Gammaproteobacteria, Pseudomonadales) with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity.". PLoS ONE (2014): 0088429. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24533086.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0088429
  42. Rodrigo Costa; Tina Keller-Costa; Newton C.M. Gomes; Ulisses Nunes da Rocha; Leo van Overbeek; Jan Dirk van Elsas. "Evidence for Selective Bacterial Community Structuring in the Freshwater Sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis". Microbial Ecology 65 1 (2013): 232-244.
    Published • 10.1007/s00248-012-0102-2
  43. Tina Keller-Costa; Orlando S. Lopes; Olinda Almeida; Peter C. Hubbard; Adele Iacovella; Monica Lima; Eduardo N. Barata; Adelino V.M. Canario. "Muscular hypertrophy of urinary bladders in dominant tilapia facilitates the control of aggression through urinary signals". Behaviour 149 9 (2012): 953-975.
    Published • 10.1163/1568539X-00003023
Magazine article
  1. Keller-Costa, Tina. "Healthy Corals - Healthy Oceans", Àgora, 2021, https://www.paperturn-view.com/?pid=MTQ147168&v=2.
Online resource
  1. da Silva, Daniela; Pedrosa, Filipa R.; M. Ângela Taipa; Keller-Costa, Tina. Chitin degradation pathways in bacterial symbionts of marine animals. 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD9pY5jBL0c.
  2. Keller-Costa, T. et al.,. Scientific Outreach Video Understanding the symbiotic bacterial community found in octocorals. Research Square. 2022. https://youtu.be/iQrVdXdYTTY.
  3. Keller-Costa, Tina; Silva, Sandra G.; Silva, Ruben; Marques, Matilde; Coelho, Ligia, F; Costa, Rodrigo. The wonders and promises of marine microbiomes from probiotics to the search for novel drugs. 2021. https://youtu.be/hGLEmItRe4c.
  4. Keller-Costa, T. et al.,. Scientific Outreach Video New metagenomic insights into the octocoral microbiome. Research Square. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuyYAluAg8.
  5. Raimundo et al.,. Scientific Outreach Video Uncovering the chitin degradation and utilization potential of marine microbiomes. Research Square. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrCFYL56NPI.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Tina. "Chemical identification of dominance pheromones in Mozambique tilapia males | Doctoral thesis". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2014. http://dspace.uevora.pt/rdpc/handle/10174/12266.
  2. Costa, Tina. "Bacterial diversity in and cytotoxic potential of Pseudomonas spp. associated with the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis | Master thesis". Master, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 2009.
Translation
  1. Marques, Matilde; Joana Couceiro; Keller-Costa, Tina. Corresponding author: Keller-Costa, Tina. Coral Heroes - Coordinator of the translation of the International Comic Magazine -Coral Heroes - into Portuguese. This comic magazine for children and adolescents is published for educational purposes to provide information on the value, importance, and the threats to coral reefs around the world.. SECORE Int. 2023.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/17 Marine Microorganisms: Pillars of Ocean and Coral Reef Health International Microorganism Day 2024/Microorganisms in the Decade of Ocean Science
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/07/05 The temperate octocoral microbiome: from community structure and function to novel chitinases for the circular blue bioeconomy. European Coral Reef Symposium (ECRS)
(Napoli, Italy)
2024/06/07 The octocoral microbiome: from ecology to novel chitinases and Blue Biotech opportunities Institute Seminar - Hentschel Lab at GEOMAR
GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (Kiel, Germany)
2024/06/03 The octocoral microbiome: from community structure and function to novel chitinases for the circular blue bioeconomy Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) Congress
(Würzburg, Germany)
2023/12/07 The Microbiome of Octocorals: From Community Structure, Function and Metabolic Interaction to Blue Biotech Opportunities. Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology.
(Covilhâ, Portugal)
2023/09/18 Os microorganismos e a sáude do oceano. Watch my seminar (in Portuguese) here (starts at 1h32min): https://youtu.be/hOQqn-G8I18. The corresponding abstract (in English and in Portuguese) can be found here: https://doi.org/10.58164/qvp9-dq06 "Life on our planet depends on microorganisms" - Commemoration of the International Microorganism Day
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09/13 The Microbiome of Octocorals: From Diversity, Function and Metabolic Interaction to Blue Biotech Opportunities Institute Seminar at the Red Sea Research Centre, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Red Sea Research Centre, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2023/06/13 Genome-resolved metagenomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome. 15th International conference on culture collections.
(Braga, Portugal)
2022/05/19 The Microbiome of Octocorals: Community structure, Function, and possible Metabolic Interactions. You may watch my seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdGtP1XvaAA SymbNET Seminar Series
SymbNET and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC)
2022 Functional signatures of the microbiomes of octocorals in health and disease. International Coral Reef Symposium - ICRS 2022
International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) (Bremen, Germany)
2021/01/22 The Microbiome of Octocorals: Metagenomic Insights into Diversity, Function and Dysbiosis IGC Seminar Series
Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021 Functional signatures of the microbiomes of octocorals in health and disease. International Coral Reef Symposium - ICRS 2021 Online Event
International Coral Reef Society (Germany)
2019/09/17 What is microbial dark matter and why can we not live without it? International Microorganisms Day 2019
Institute for Bioegineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/05/13 Bioactive secondary metabolites from soft coral microbiomes - new chances for blue growth? iBB-IST Spring Seminar Series
Institute for Bioegineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/17 Diversity, function and biotechnological potential of the octocoral microbiome. Beneficial Microbes for Marine Organisms network workshop II
IASP/INCOBRA EU-BR Bilateral Cooperation Networks (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2018/08/18 Diversity and cultivability of the microbiome from the octocoral Eunicella labiata. Beneficial Microbes for Marine Organisms (BMMO) network workshop
IASP/INCOBRA EU-BR Bilateral Cooperation Networks (Leipzig, Germany)
2017/06/19 The gorgonian coral microbiome: diversity, cultivability and function. iBB-IST Spring Seminar Series
Institute for Bioegineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/05/08 Bacterial diversity in the non-calcified temperate gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata: how much of it can we cultivate? 3rd Annual redeMAR Conference
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/07/09 Chemical communication in tilapia: State of the art. International Society of Chemical Ecology and Chemical Signals in Vertebrates Meeting ISCE-CSiV 2014
International Society of Chemical Ecology (Urbana-Champaign, United States)
2014/05/25 Chemical communication in tilapia. State of the Art Lecture. 10th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) (Olhão, Portugal)
2013/07/05 The evocative scent of male urine: identification of the tilapia sex pheromone. Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Annual Main Meeting
Society for Experimental Biology (Valencia, Spain)
2012/04/12 Dominance pheromone(s) in Mozambique tilapia males. 9th National Congress of Ethology (SPE)
Portuguese Society of Ethology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2011/09/15 Dominance pheromone(s) in the Mozambique tilapia. International Workshop on Bioactive Waterborne Chemicals: Pheromones and Welfare indicators
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) (Faro, Portugal)
2011/08/29 Dominance pheromone(s) in fish social hierarchies: the case of the Mozambique tilapia. Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XII
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) (Berlin, Germany)
2011/02/17 Dominance pheromones in fish social hierarchies: the case of the Mozambique tilapia. Institute seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (Jena, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Diversity, cultivability and biotechnological potential of the prokaryotic community associated with the temperate octocoral Eunicella gazella
Supervisor of Raquel Veloso
 Master in Biological Engineering and Nanosystems (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Chasing the enemy: Isolation and characterization of epiphytes of commercial Atlantic nori produced in aquaculture.
Supervisor of Natalia Rodrigues
 Master in Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Uncovering the Porphyra dioica microbiome - a quest for bacterial symbionts to promote sustainable production of algal biomass in aquaculture facilities
Co-supervisor of Guilherme Chaves
 Master in Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/05 - Current From chitin degradation to antibiotics production: leveraging the marine bacterial genus Aquimarina for the blue circular economy
Supervisor of João F. Almeida (FCT grantee)
 Biotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/06 - Current Sustainable production of bioactive metabolites from octocoral symbionts.
Supervisor of Joana Couceiro (MIT Portugal PhD grantee)
 Biotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/03 - Current Microbiome therapy for improved octocoral health and reef resilience
Co-supervisor of Matilde Marques (MIT Portugal grantee)
 Biotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/12/05 Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable bacteria associated with the octocoral Leptogorgia sarmentosa
Supervisor of Mariana Nunes
 Master in Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/12/04 Ecogenomics and Biotechnological Potential of Alphaproteobacteria spp. Associated with the Octocoral Eunicela gazella
Supervisor of Selene Madureira
 Master in Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/11/29 Heterologous Expression and Kinetic Characterization of a Novel Chitinase from a Dominant but Unculturable Coral Symbiont
Supervisor of Filipa R. Pedrosa
 Master in Biological Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/11/22 Unveiling the diversity and function of cultivatable bacteria in the macroalga Porphyra umbilicalis: a quest for microbiome engineering approaches to improve algal aquaculture
Co-supervisor of Francisco Cortez
Master in Biological Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/11/15 A Genome-Centric Perspective on the Endozoicomonadaceae Family in Marine Symbioses, and Description of Endozoicomonas lisbonensis sp. nov., a Novel Bacterium Associated with Octocorals
Supervisor of Daniela da Silva
 Master in Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12 Cross-feeding as a mechanism for pathogen biocontrol
Co-supervisor of Smilla Adler
 Master in Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena Institut für Mikrobiologie, Germany
2023/02 - 2023/07 Beneficial microbes for octocorals: Assessment of symbiosis related traits in coral associated bacteria.
Supervisor of Rita Rocha Pinto dos Reis Militão
 Bachelor in Biological Engineering, 1st cycle integrated project. (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Production and characterization of new recombinant chitinases from uncultured coral bacterial symbionts
Supervisor of Mafalda Noronha Gameiro Neves Leitão
 Bachelor in Biological Engineering, 1st cycle integrated project (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2023 Secondary metabolite biosynthesis by Aquimarina species: emerging properties and bioactivities from the rare marine biosphere. Completed with distinction and honour
Supervisor of Sandra G. Silva
 Biotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2017 - 2023 Chitin-degrading enzymes from bacterial symbionts of octocorals and marine sponges
Co-supervisor of Ruben Silva
Biotechnology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/12 Lingulodinum and Protoceratium dinoflagellate blooms at the coast of Portugal: Ecology and toxin profiles
Co-supervisor of Miguel Luís Marques Barbosa
Masters in Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/07 Chitin degradation pathways in bacterial symbionts of marine animals
Supervisor of Daniela Marina Gonçalves da Silva and Filipa Rodrigues Pedrosa
Bachelor in Biological Engineering (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/02 Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthesis Capacities and Antifungal Activities in Marine Bacteria
Supervisor of João Manuel Romano Fragoso de Almeida
 Molecular Biology and Genetics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/07 Molecular assessment of unculturable and culturable bacterial symbionts of temperate gorgonian corals
Supervisor of Lydia Kozma
 Masters in Life Sciences (Master)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2020/02 - 2021/01/20 Discovering the polar microbiome: structure and diversity of prokaryotic communities in ice and seawater along a salinity gradient in the Subarctic
Supervisor of Joana Couceiro
 Biological Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Assessment of anticancer activities in marine sponge- and coral- associated bacteria
Supervisor of Matilde Marques
 Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Assessment of antimicrobial activities of marine bacteria against human pathogens
Supervisor of Patricia Paula
 Microbiology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/09 Chitinolytic activity of bacterial symbionts from marine sponges. Training in the frame of Master thesis.
Co-supervisor of Laurence Meunier
 Master in Biological Engineering (Master)
Université Libre de Bruxelles Campus de la Plaine, Belgium
2017/10 - 2018/02 Uncovering novel bioactive gene clusters from microbial symbionts of marine sponges.
Supervisor of Catarina Pinto
 Chemical Engineering (CoLabs Internship) (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Chitinolytic activity of bacterial symbionts from the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata
Supervisor of Inês Raimundo
 Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Can coral symbionts move? Assessing the in-vitro motility of bacterial symbionts from gorgonian corals
Supervisor of Carlos Clara
 Biological Engineering (CoLabs Internship) (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/02 In-vitro screening of cultured bacterial symbionts for chitinase activity
Supervisor of Cátia Pereira
 Biological Engineering (CoLabs Internship) (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Bacterial diversity of the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata: how much can we cultivate?
Co-supervisor of Dominik Eriksson
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Riqueza e composição taxonómica de bactérias cultiváveis associadas ao coral Eunicella labiata
Supervisor of Isabel C.S. Correia
 Biology (Bachelor)
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Taxonomic composition of culturable bacterial symbionts associated with the temperate soft coral Eunicella labiata
Supervisor of Nadja Vanessa Rosa Velez
Experimental Work in Marine Biology / Masters in Marine Biology (2015/2016) (Specialization course)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Member of the organization committee of the monthly institute seminars at Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) (2022)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2024/09/17 - 2024/09/17 Co-coordinator of the event ‘Microorganisms in the Decade of Ocean Science’ to commemorate the International Microorganism Day at the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (ACL) (2024/09/17 - 2024/09/17)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/05/26 - 2019/05/30 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO 15) - Ecosystem drivers in a changing planet Chair of the session: Microbial adaptation, functioning and biodiversity in a changing planet; Chair of the roundtable: Microbiome manipulation using Beneficial Microbes (2019/05/25 - 2019/05/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2014/05/25 - 2014/05/30 International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish (2014/05/25 - 2014/05/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/11/04 - 2024/11/05 Exhibitor of the 'Blue Bioeconomy Pact of Portugal' at the 1st Técnico Innovation Summit
Symposium
 1st Técnico Innovation Summit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/09/17 - 2024/09/17 Speaker at the event ‘Microorganisms in the Decade of Ocean Science’
Symposium
 International Microorganism Day 2024
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/05/16 - 2024/05/16 MICRODIA’24 – Engagement with secondary school children (Colégio José Álvaro Vidal) showing them 'The microscopic world in a water droplet'
Exhibition
 MICRODIA’24
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/04/20 - 2024/04/20 Exhibitor around the theme Microscopic life in the ocean and inside corals
Exhibition
 Técnico Open Day 2024
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 European Researchers’ Night (Noite Europeia dos Investigadores) 2023, exhibitor at the National Museum of Natural History and Science in Lisbon (29.09.2023)
Exhibition
 European Researchers’ Night
Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Portugal
2018/09/17 - 2023/09/17 International Microorganism Day - IMD, yearly since 2018 exhibitor, speaker and/or organization committee member
Exhibition
 International Microorganism Day
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/05/23 - 2023/05/23 Dia do Técnico exhibitor; yearly since 2019 engagement with the public and school classes, showcasing 'The wonderful world of marine bacteria' 'The symbionts of corals and sponges' and 'Life in a drop of water'
Exhibition
 Dia do Técnico / Técnico Open Day
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/05/09 - 2023/05/09 Introduction into R Course
Workshop
 OLISIPPO | EMBL Training Courses
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2022/03/28 - 2022/04/01 Moderator of session: "Marine Biotechnology: applications in biotechnology and medicine"
Symposium
 VII Semana da Bioengenharia
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/01/31 - 2020/01/31 Crash Course in Microbiome visualization with Biome-Shiny by Biodata.pt
Workshop
 Crash Course in Microbiome visualization with Biome-Shiny
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/12/16 - 2019/12/16 Introduction to Data Management Plans and FAIR principles by Elixir-Excelerate and Biodata.pt
Workshop
 Introduction to Data Management Plans
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/11/16 - 2019/11/16 "Dia National do Mar" (National Day of the Sea), exhibitor at the "Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência" (National Museum of Natural History and Science), representing BSRG/iBB-IST
Exhibition
 "Dia National do Mar" (National Day of the Sea)
2019/10/28 - 2019/10/30 Advanced Training - Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Methods in Marine Sciences
Workshop
 Advanced Training - Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Methods in Marine Sciences
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/06 - 2019/06 Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) – 2014, 2015 & 2019 sampling site participant for the “Faro Island” and “Ria Formosa lagoon” sites in the framework of the global network initiative “Ocean Sapling Day” (OSD, https://www.microb3.eu/osd) within the EU 7FP-funded project MicroB3 (21.06.2014 and 21.06.2015)
Other
 Ocean Sampling Day (OSD)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/05/04 - 2019/05/11 European Union Science Olympiad - EUSO 2019, provision of biological material for the experimental Marine Biology part.
Other
 European Union Science Olympiad - EUSO 2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22 “20 anos Expo – O Mar de Alto a Baixo” event - 2018 exhibitior at the at Pavilhão de Conhecimento/Centro de Ciências Viva in Lisbon. Topic shown to the public: “O marvilhoso mundo das bacteria marinhas” (22.05.2018), representing BSRG-IBB/IST
Exhibition
 “20 anos Expo – O Mar de Alto a Baixo”
2018/05/07 - 2018/05/11 Marine Metagenomics data analysis workshop by Elixir-Excelerate and Biodata.pt
Workshop
 Marine Metagenomics data analysis workshop
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014/07/08 - 2014/07/08 RNA-Seq workshop by Dr Radhika Khetani
Workshop
 RNA-Seq workshop
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
2014/06/23 - 2014/06/25 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy workshop by Prof Helena Gaspar
Workshop
 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopy workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2013/02/04 - 2013/02/05 Scientific writing course by Shirley Ellis (Jane Fraser Associates)
Workshop
 Scientific writing course
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2012/06/11 - 2012/06/13 SPE, HPLC and GC-MS course by ShareBiotech, Tecnochroma
Workshop
 SPE, HPLC and GC-MS course
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/05 Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable bacteria associated with the octocoral Leptogorgia sarmentosa
Supervisor
 Mariana Nunes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/12/04 Ecogenomics and Biotechnological Potential of Alphaproteobacteria spp. Associated with the Octocoral Eunicella gazella
Supervisor
 Selene Madureira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/11/29 Heterologous Expression and Kinetic Characterization of a Novel Chitinase from a Dominant but Unculturable Coral Symbiont
Supervisor
 Filipa R. Pedrosa (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/11/15 A Genome-Centric Perspective on the Endozoicomonadaceae Family in Marine Symbioses, and Description of Endozoicomonas lisbonensis sp. nov., a Novel Bacterium Associated with Octocorals
Supervisor
 Daniela Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/07 Red Sea coral-associated bacteria and their potential for enhancing the health and resilience of coral reefs.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Gonçalves Raimundo (PhD)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
2024/04 Ecology and genetics of marine microbial symbionts
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marina Rafaela Santos Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/01 Effects of macro- and micro-nutrient availability on tropical coral physiology
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alice Blanckaert (PhD)
Association Sorbonne Université, France

Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco
2022/07 Marine bacteria associated with Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Nannochloropsis oceanica: Identification, characterization and biotechnological potential
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Bertrand (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/07 Getting to know a barley population's stomata: on how AI algorithms can improve stomatal density analysis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Miguel José Vaz Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/02 Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthesis Capacities and Antifungal Activities in Marine Bacteria
Supervisor
 João Manuel Romano Fragoso de Almeida (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/07 Molecular assessment of unculturable and culturable bacterial symbionts of temperate gorgonian corals
Supervisor
 Lydia Kozma (Master)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2019 Comparison of bacterial communities in sponge, sediment and water biotopes in the Indo-Pacific region
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Cecília da Cruz Pires (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 Assessment of antimicrobial activities of marine bacteria against human pathogens
Supervisor
 Patrícia Lobato Calafate Paula (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Tackling the diversity of the marine microbial rare biosphere: methodological challenges and ecological insights
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco Daniel de Oliveira Pascoal (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Assessment of anticancer activities in marine sponge- and coral-associated bacteria
Supervisor
 Matilde Sangreman Proença Maia Marques (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Addressing the relationship between Staphylococcus aureus abundance in the human skin microbiome and Atopic Dermatitis: a metagenomics approach
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafaela Zoé Carvalho Tavares (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Deep-sea bacteria: a quest for sulfur and manganese oxidizers
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Marta Rodrigues Lourenço (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Chitinolytic activity of bacterial symbionts from the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata
Supervisor
 Inês Gonçalves Raimundo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Long-term survival and phenotypic variation of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria in saline solutions with or without benzalkonium and direct molecular detection of these bacteria
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariya Kozak (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/04 - Current Vereinigung fuer Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM), Germany Member and part of its specialist group ‘Symbiotic Interactions’
2021/02/04 - Current Biodata.pt (Elixier) Marine Metagenomics Community Member
2020 - Current International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) http://coralreefs.org/ Member and part of the European Chapter (ECRS)
2018 - Current International Research Network “Beneficial Microbes for Marine Organisms" (BMMO) http://bmmo.microbe.net/sample-page/ Member
2017 - Current Portuguese Society for Microbiology (SPM) https://spmicrobiologia.wordpress.com/ Member
2010 - 2015 Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), United Kingdom Member
2010 - 2014 International Society for Chemical Ecology (ISCE), USA Member
2008 - 2010 Vereinigung fuer Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM), Germany Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - 2024 Editor and Member of the Scientific Counsel of ‘Cartoons de Microbiologia’ of the ‘Portuguese Society for Microbiology SPM’ https://cartoonmicrobiologia.com/conselho-cientifico-do-site/
Member
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2020 - 2024 Part of the PhD Thesis accompanying committee of Laurence Meunier - Deciphering artificially selected marine bacterial communities for enhanced chitinous waste biodegradation
Member
 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
2020 - 2024 Part of the PhD Thesis accompanying committee of Tamara Stuij - Composition and function of benthic prokaryotic communities in tropical coral reef environments
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/08 - 2024/09 Reviewer for the Doctoral Competition in Academic Environment – 2024 of the ‘Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia’ (FRCT) of the Government of the Azores, Portugal. Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Reviewer for the Just’us Postdoctoral Fellowship Program from the Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/04/21 - Current Lectures on Coral Microbiomes, Data Management and FAIR Data Principles in the Discipline Microbiomes (Microbi) (DBE-IST) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycle Students from Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Microbiology, among others Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - Current Lectures and Hands-On Sessions in Microbial Metagenomics in the Discipline Functional and Comparative Genomics (GFC577) (DBE-IST) Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, among others (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/03 - Current Lectures on Microbial Metagenomics at the ATHENS International Microbial Multi-Omics Course (DBE-IST) International students with diverse backgrounds and degree subjects (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

ATHENS Programme - for Advanced Technology Higher Education Network/Socrates, France
2019 - Current Lecture on Microbial Metagenomics in the Discipline Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics (GFB364511132646) (DBE-IST) Biological Engineering (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Microbial diversity which surrounds us - Practical Class Introduction into Biological Sciences’ ICB Laboratory (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2022 Microbiology Laboratory on the Cultivation and Isolation of Microorganisms (TP2) (Mic364511132646) (DBE-IST) Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/11 - 2021 Lecture on Coral Microbiomes and Chemical Communication in the Discipline General Ecology (EG25179577) (DBE-IST) Environmental Enginneering (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2014/11/03 Newspaper Interview for the National Geographic article "Male Tilapia Use Pee to Attract Females; Could It Help Fish Farms?" National Geographic

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/04 - Current Radio TSF The impact of climate change on coral reefs

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Frontiers in Microbiology - Symbiosis section - Review Editor Frontiers
2021 - 2022/12/31 Marine Drugs Special Issue - Reef Ecology and Marine Drug Discovery - Guest Editor MPDI
Distinctions

Award

2016 International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Travel Award (to give a poster presentation at BAGECO'14, Aberdeen, Scotland)
International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Netherlands
2014 Summa Cum Laude Mentioning (European Doctorate in Biology)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014 Company of Biologists (COB) Travel Award (to give an oral presentation at the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XIII meeting in Urbana-Champaign, USA)
The Company of Biologists, United Kingdom
2014 International Society for Chemical Ecology Travel Award (to give a poster presentation at the ISCE meeting in Urbana-Champaign, USA)
International Society for Chemical Ecology, United States
2013 Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Travel Award (to give an oral presentation at the SEB meeting in Valencia, Spain)
Society for Experimental Biology, United Kingdom
2012 Best Young Scientist Oral Presentation (9th National Congress for Ethology (SPE 2012), Lisbon)
Portuguese Society for Ethology, Portugal
2011 Company of Biologists (COB) Travel Award (to give an oral presentation at the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates XII meeting in Berlin, Germany)
The Company of Biologists, United Kingdom
2009 Excellent with Distinction mentioning & Best Student of the Year Award (Master in Biology)
Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena Biologisch-Pharmazeutische Fakultat, Germany
2008 FEMS Research Fellowship II-2008 (to conduct research at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, United Kingdom

Title

2023 PADI Open Water Scuba Diver
Coastline CCL - KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Other distinction

2024 Elected into the 4th edition of the Seminar of the Young Scientists / Seminário de Jovens Cientistas (SJC) (2024-2026) of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 Excellent Teacher Curricular Unit: Microbiomes, 2023/2024
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024 Excellent Teacher Curricular Unit: Functional & Comparative Genomics, 2023/2024
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 Excellent Teacher Curricular Unit: Functional & Comparative Genomics, 2021/2022
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 Excellent Teacher, Curricular Unit "Functional and Comparative Genomics", Class of 1ºst Semester 2020/2021
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 Excellent Teacher Curricular Unit"Microbiology", Class of 2nd Semester 2020/2021
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Junior Investigator individual research contract (CEECIND/00788/2017)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal