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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sandra Cristina Lopes Pereira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9C1D-D956-0E30
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2024/03/31
Ongoing
 Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2012
Concluded
 Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Otimização do cultivo da esponja marinha Hymeniacidon perlevis para estudos toxicológicos: Evidências da influência da luminosidade em associações de esponjas e cianobactérias" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2009
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - Current PhD Scholarship in Marine Biotechonogy and Aquaculture Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Fellow on the project - "NASCEM: Novel eco-friendly antifouling strategies based on cyanobacterial bioactive metabolites Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/03/31 Research Fellow on the project - "CyanoTox: Assessment of cyanobacterial toxins in aquatic systems: environmental impacts and development of new methodologies for their early detection" Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/03/31 Researcher Fellow on "Overcoming environmental problems associated to anti-fouling agents: synthesis of non-toxic biocides inspired on Nature and immobilization in polymeric coatings" Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2016/02/01 Volunteer on the project PTDC/MAR/099642/2008 - "Phylogeny and Chemodiversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria on marine sponges" Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/12/31 Research Fellow on the project PTDC/MAR/099642/2008 - "Phylogeny and Chemodiversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria on marine sponges" Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2011/09/01 - 2012/10/25 Master's thesis on "Culture optimization of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis for toxicological studies: Evidences of light influence on the associations between sponges and cyanobacteria" Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2009/02/01 - 2009/09/22 Collaborator on a "Study about the competition for the marine habitat between Pirellula sp. and Synechocystis sp." Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/04/01 - 2019/12/31 NASCEM - Novel eco-friendly antifouling strategies based on cyanobacterial bioactive metabolites
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31422/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2019/03/31 CyanoTox - Assessment of cyanobacterial toxins in aquatic systems: environmental impacts and development of new methodologies for their early detection
PTDC/AAG-GLO/2317/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2018/03/31 “Superando problemas ambientais associados aos agentes anti-incrustantes: síntese de biocidas não tóxicos inspirados na Natureza e imobilização em revestimentos poliméricos”
PTDC/AAG-TEC/0739/2014-BI-2017-004
Research Fellow
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Sustainable antifouling agents: from grape wastes to the sea with the green chemistry leading the way.
PTDC/CTA-AMB/0853/2021
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário CRL, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/03/16 - 2022/09/15 Anti-incrustantes sustentáveis: dos desperdícios da uva para o Mar, com a Química Verde a liderar o caminho.
PTDC/CTA-AMB/0853/2021
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31 Novel eco-friendly Antifouling Strategies based on Cyanobacterial bioactivE Metabolites
PTDC/BTA-BTA/31422/2017
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2020/09 - 2023 ATLANTIDA - Platform for the monitoring of the North Atlantic Ocean and tools for the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Development Fund
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Pereira, S.; Ferreira, Leonor; Gonçalves, Catarina; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana; Almeida, J.R.. "Cyanobacterial bioactive nucleosides with antifouling properties". Paper presented in 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengineering and 5th Peruvian Congress Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Arequipa, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Pereira, S.; Ferreira, Leonor; Gonçalves, Catarina; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana; Almeida, J.R.. Corresponding author: Almeida, J.R.. "Cyanobacteria as a Source of New Antifouling Sustainable Solutions". Paper presented in 7CIC, 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014037
  2. Gonçalves, Catarina; Pereira, S.; Marco A. C. Preto; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Elisabete R. Silva; Almeida, J.R.. Corresponding author: Almeida, J.R.. "Cyanobacteria as a Source of Eco-Friendly Bioactive Ingredients for Antifouling Marine Coatings". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014015
Conference poster
  1. Gomes, Ana Sara; Claúdia Nunes; Pereira, S.; Cravo, Sara; Almeida, J.R.; Correia-da-Silva, Marta. "Structure-membrane interaction relationship to unveil the non-toxic antifouling mechanism of action of synthetic compounds". Paper presented in 11th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium (EFMC-YMCS), 2024.
  2. Gonçalves, Catarina; Pereira, S.; Semedo, Miguel; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Elisabete R. Silva; Almeida, J.R.. "Exploring bioactive cyanobacterial natural products as biofilm modulating antifouling technologies". 2024.
  3. Pereira, S.; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Pinto, Madalena; Correia-da-Silva, Marta; Almeida, J.R.. Corresponding author: Almeida, J.R.. "Exploring Cyanobacterial and Synthetic Antifouling Agents: Sharing Insights on their Molecular Targets". Paper presented in ISAP 2024, 2024.
  4. Gonçalves, Catarina; Pereira, S.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Elisabete R. Silva; Almeida, J.R.. Corresponding author: Almeida, J.R.. "Nature-based solutions for sustainable marine antifouling applications". Paper presented in Nature Based Solutions NBS Sumit 2024, 2024.
  5. Pereira, S.; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Pinto, Madalena; Emilia Sousa; Correia-da-Silva, Marta; Almeida, J.R.. "Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of nature-inspired xanthones as promising alternative antifouling agents". Paper presented in 4th BTC 2023, 2023.
  6. Pereira, S.; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Pinto, Madalena; Emilia Sousa; Correia-da-Silva, Marta; Almeida, J.R.. "Insights on the molecular targets of nature-inspired xanthones as promising alternative antifouling agents". Paper presented in 11th BIOPROSP2023, 2023.
  7. Pereira, S.; Ferreira, Leonor; Gonçalves, Catarina; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana; Almeida, J.R.. "Cyanobacterial potential for new antifouling sustainable solutions". Paper presented in Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE young Scientists´Meeting, 2022.
  8. Gonçalves, Catarina; Pereira, S.; Preto, Marco; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Elizabete Silva; Almeida, J.R.. "Antifouling potential of a natural bioative ingredient from cyanobacteria in marine coatings". Paper presented in 3rd Ibero-American Biotechnology Congress, 2022.
  9. Pereira, S.; Ferreira, Leonor; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana; Almeida, J.R.. "A bioguided approach on the discovery of nucleosides with antifouling properties". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2021, 2021.
  10. Pereira, S.; Ferreira, Leonor; Gonçalves, Catarina; Vitor Vasconcelos; Reis, Mariana; Almeida, J.R.. "Antifouling bioactive nucleosides from marine cyanobacteria". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2021.
  11. Pereira, S.; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Preto, Marco; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Almeida, J.R.. "Nocuolin A: a promising natural solution to prevent mussel bioadhesion". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2021.
  12. Diogo Lopes; Gonçalves, Catarina; Pereira, S.; Preto, Marco; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Almeida, J.R.. "Exploring microalgal derivatives for antifouling application". Paper presented in 14th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 2021.
  13. Pereira, S.; Gonçalves, Catarina; Preto, Marco; Reis, Mariana; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Almeida, J.R.. "Cyanobacterial bioprospecting for natural marine antifouling agents – the story so far". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2020, 2020.
  14. Pereira, S.; Ribeiro, Tiago; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Almeida, J.R.. "Evidences of portoamides mechanisms of action as a natural antifouling agent from cyanobacteria". Paper presented in Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Health, 2019.
  15. Almeida, J.R.; Pereira, S.; Antunes, Jorge T.; Ribeiro, Tiago; Vasconcelos, Vitor. "Antifouling potential of portoamides isolated from cyanobacteria". Paper presented in The 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, 2018.
  16. Almeida, J.R.; E. R. SILVA; Pereira, S.; O. FERREIRA; Emilia Sousa; Pinto, Madalena; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Correia-da-Silva, Marta. "New bioinspired antifouling products: Bio-guided activity from synthesis to the incorporation in paints". Paper presented in The 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Pereira, S.; Oliveira, Isabel Benta; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Gonçalves, Catarina; Marco A. C. Preto; Maria V. Turkina; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Campos, Alexandre; Almeida, J.R.. Corresponding author: Almeida, J.R.. "Antifouling activity and ecotoxicological profile of the cyanobacterial oxadiazine nocuolin A". Chemosphere (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143318.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143318
  2. Vilas-Boas, Cátia; Neves, Ana Rita; Carvalhal, Francisca; Pereira, S.; Calhorda, Maria José; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Pinto, Madalena; et al. "Multidimensional characterization of a new antifouling xanthone: Structure-activity relationship, environmental compatibility, and immobilization in marine coatings". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 228 (2021): 112970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112970.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112970
  3. Resende, Diana I. S. P.; Almeida, J.R.; Pereira, S.; Campos, Alexandre; Agostinho Lemos; Jeffrey E. Plowman; Ancy Thomas; et al. "From Natural Xanthones to Synthetic C-1 Aminated 3,4-Dioxygenated Xanthones as Optimized Antifouling Agents". Marine Drugs 19 11 (2021): 638-638. https://doi.org/10.3390/md19110638.
    10.3390/md19110638
  4. Sawssen Bel Mabrouk; Reis, Mariana; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Ribeiro, Tiago; Almeida, J.R.; Pereira, S.; Antunes, Jorge T.; et al. "The Marine Seagrass Halophila stipulacea as a Source of Bioactive Metabolites against Obesity and Biofouling". Marine Drugs 18 2 (2020): 88-88. https://doi.org/10.3390/md18020088.
    10.3390/md18020088
  5. Neves, Ana Rita; Almeida, J.R.; Carvalhal, Francisca; Amadeu Câmara; Pereira, S.; Antunes, Jorge T.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; et al. "Overcoming environmental problems of biocides: Synthetic bile acid derivatives as a sustainable alternative". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109812.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109812
  6. Antunes, Jorge T.; Pereira, S.; Ribeiro, Tiago; Jeffrey E. Plowman; Ancy Thomas; Stefan Clerens; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Almeida, J.R.. "A Multi-Bioassay Integrated Approach to Assess the Antifouling Potential of the Cyanobacterial Metabolites Portoamides". Marine Drugs (2019): http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/2/111.
    10.3390/md17020111
  7. Regueiras, A.; Alex, A.; Costa, M.S.; Pereira, S.; Vasconcelos, V.. "Diversity of intertidal marine sponges from the western coast of Portugal (North-east Atlantic)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99 6 (2019): 1253-1265. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067008705&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0025315419000420
  8. Almeida, J.R.; Moreira, J.; Pereira, Daniela; Pereira, S.; Antunes, Jorge T.; Palmeira, Andreia; Vasconcelos, Vitor; et al. "Potential of synthetic chalcone derivatives to prevent marine biofouling". Science of The Total Environment 643 (2018): 98-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.169.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.169
  9. Regueiras, Ana; Pereira, Sandra; Costa, Maria; Vasconcelos, Vitor. "Differential Toxicity of Cyanobacteria Isolated from Marine Sponges towards Echinoderms and Crustaceans". Toxins 10 7 (2018): 297. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10070297.
    Published • 10.3390/toxins10070297
  10. Regueiras, A; Alex, A; Pereira, S; Costa, MS; Antunes, A; Vasconcelos, V. "Cyanobacterial diversity in the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis from a temperate region (Portuguese coast, Northeast Atlantic)". Aquatic Microbial Ecology 79 3 (2017): 259-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01830.
    10.3354/ame01830
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira, Sandra. "Otimização do Cultivo da Esponja Marinha Hymeniacidon perlevis Para Estudos Toxicológicos : Evidências da Influência da Luminosidade em Associações de Esponjas e Cianobactérias". Master, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2012.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "Bioactive compounds obtained from the cyanobacteria Leptothoe sp. LEGE 181152".
    Disclosed
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/08 Cyanobacterial bioactive nucleosides with antifouling properties 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengineering and 5th Peruvian Congress Biotechnology and Bioengineering
(Arequipa, Peru)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27 3rd Edition of the Blue Think Conference (BTC2022) (2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
2021/09/23 - 2021/09/24 2nd Edition of the Blue Think Conference (BTC2021) (2021/09/23 - 2021/09/24)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/12/03 - 2024/12/06 Uncovering molecular targets of promising antifouling compounds - an untargeted proteomic approach
Workshop
 Principles of High-throughput Proteomics Research Course
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Materiais, Portugal

Linköpings universitet, Sweden
2023/09/17 - 2023/09/17 With a variety of scientific and recreational activities focused on the aquatic environment, CIIMAR researchers will have the opportunity to share their experiences, their enthusiasm and their knowledge about this environment with the general population.
Exhibition
 CIIMAR Open Day 2023
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/10 - 2022/10 Organization several events for the CIIMAR community, such as donations, mental health seminars, future after PhD seminars, social and seasonal events to integrate new members of the institute, planning and promote a trip to attend the 2022 Ocean Conference , Biotoolkit Workshop, and of course organizing the annual conference Blue Think Conference, which receives renowned international keynote speakers from relevant areas of the expertise of the institute.
Member
 PhD Student Committee, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Poster Presentation at XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products
2021 Best Oral Communication at 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengeneering V COPEBIOT 2021