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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

Other

Designation Funders
2021/09/01 - Current NIAF - Sustainable antifouling agents: From grape wastes to the sea with the green chemistry leading the way
PTDC/CTA-AMB/0853/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/09 - Current 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. SandraPereira; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana Almeida. "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. Sandra Pereira; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana R. Almeida. "Cyanobacteria as a Source of New Antifouling Sustainable Solutions". Paper presented in 7CIC, 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014037
  2. Catarina Gonçalves; Sandra Pereira; Marco Preto; Vítor Vasconcelos; Elisabete R. Silva; Joana R. Almeida. "Cyanobacteria as a Source of Eco-Friendly Bioactive Ingredients for Antifouling Marine Coatings". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014015
Conference poster
  1. Pereira, Sandra; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana Reis de Almeida. "Cyanobacterial potential for new antifouling sustainable solutions". Paper presented in Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE young Scientists´Meeting, 2022.
  2. Gonçalves, Catarina; Sandra Pereira; Marco Preto; Vitor Vasconcelos; Elizabete Silva; Joana Almeida. "Antifouling potential of a natural bioative ingredient from cyanobacteria in marine coatings". Paper presented in 3rd Ibero-American Biotechnology Congress, 2022.
  3. Sandra Pereira; Leonor Ferreira; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana Almeida. "A bioguided approach on the discovery of nucleosides with antifouling properties". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2021, 2021.
  4. Sandra Pereira; Leonor Ferreira; Catarina Gonçalves; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis; Joana Almeida. "Antifouling bioactive nucleosides from marine cyanobacteria". Paper presented in XII European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2021.
  5. Pereira, S.; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Marco Preto; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Joana Reis de Almeida. "Nocuolin A: a promising natural solution to prevent mussel bioadhesion". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, 2021.
  6. Diogo Lopes; Catarina Gonçalves; Sandra Pereira; Marco Preto; Vitor Vasconcelos; Joana Almeida. "Exploring microalgal derivatives for antifouling application". Paper presented in 14th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, 2021.
  7. Pereira, S.; Gonçalves, Catarina; Marco Preto; Reis, Mariana; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Joana Reis de Almeida. "Cyanobacterial bioprospecting for natural marine antifouling agents – the story so far". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference 2020, 2020.
  8. Sandra Pereira; Tiago Ribeiro; Alexandre Campos; Vítor Vasconcelos; Joana Reis de Almeida. "Evidences of portoamides mechanisms of action as a natural antifouling agent from cyanobacteria". Paper presented in Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Health, 2019.
  9. J.R. ALMEIDA; S. PEREIRA; J. ANTUNES; T. RIBEIRO; V. VASCONCELOS. "Antifouling potential of portoamides isolated from cyanobacteria". Paper presented in The 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, 2018.
  10. J.R. ALMEIDA; E. R. SILVA; S. PEREIRA; O. FERREIRA; E. SOUSA; M. PINTO; V. VASCONCELOS; M. CORREIA DA SILVA. "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. Vilas-Boas, Cátia; Neves, Ana Rita; Carvalhal, Francisca; Pereira, Sandra; 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
  2. Diana I. S. P. Resende; Joana R. Almeida; Sandra Pereira; Alexandre Campos; 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
  3. Sawssen Bel Mabrouk; Mariana Reis; Maria Lígia Sousa; Tiago Ribeiro; Joana R. Almeida; Sandra Pereira; Jorge Antunes; 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
  4. Pereira, S.. "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
  5. Jorge Antunes; Sandra Pereira; Tiago Ribeiro; Jeffrey E. Plowman; Ancy Thomas; Stefan Clerens; Alexandre Campos; Vitor Vasconcelos; Joana Almeida. "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
  6. 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
  7. Almeida, J.R.; Moreira, J.; Pereira, D.; Pereira, S.; Antunes, J.; Palmeira, A.; Vasconcelos, V.; 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
  8. 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
  9. 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)

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