Farzana Sabir (A218-C968-9172)

Curriculum Vitae

Farzana Sabir

Farzana Sabir received her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR) and Integral University, Lucknow, India, in 2011. She got her Master´s degree in Biotechnology (2002) and Bachelor´s degree in Biological Sciences (1999) by Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gorakhpur University, India. After finishing the Ph.D., she moved to Portugal as a Post-doctoral researcher and became part of the research group ¿Microbiology and Wine Science¿ with the platform ¿Vineyard and Wine Platform¿ , and a member of the Research Centre Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Portugal. Currently, she is associated as a contracted Researcher with Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture, and Food (LEAF), a member of Group III- ¿Eco-novel Food and Feed¿ and to ¿Grapevine and Wine¿ platform in ISA. During this period, she has also been associated with Research Institute for Medicines (iMED.ULisboa), a member of Biological Transport Group, which is a part of ¿Metabolism and Genetics MetGen,¿ group. Since 2011, she has been developing the research work in the area of water channels, aquaporins. Her scientific interests are focused on understanding the membrane water transport mechanisms and their regulation in plants, especially under stress. Grapevine and cork oak, the two high economic important plants for Portugal, are her main plants to explore the relevance of aquaporins. She has been utilizing the yeast as an expression system to characterize individual plants aquaporins with particular emphasis on their regulation and gating. On the other hand, her Ph.D. dissertation was mainly centered on medicinal plants to understand the biosynthesis of pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites, their accumulation, and physiological significance in plants, especially under stress. Her work contributed to understanding the metabolic pathway of the secondary metabolite synthesis in a medicinal plant Withania somnifera. With the background of Plant Biotechnology and the acquired knowledge in the area of aquaporins and Membrane Biophysics of plants and yeast, she has developed her own scientific topics with an integrated approach, together with other members of the research group. She has been involved in 8 funded projects, in which she bagged 3 individual grants. Works accomplished in these themes were published as 2 book chapters, 24 indexed peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals, 18 communications in international and national conferences. She has an h-index of 12, with 429 citations (self-citations excluded). Sabir has supervised 10 Master´s/bachelor´s thesis, besides informal supervision of many Ph.D. and Post-doctoral fellows.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Farzana Sabir

Citation names

Sabir, Farzana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A218-C968-9172
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0181-989X
Researcher Id: A-7319-2014
Scopus Author Id: 24482101700

Email addresses

fsabir@isa.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Fax

213653195 (Professional)

Telephone

213653100 (Professional)
213653100 (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://imed.ulisboa.pt/cv/farzana-sabir/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)
Urdu	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
Hindi (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2011/01/15 Concluded	Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento) Major in Biotechnology Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India Integral University, India "Metabolic and Biochemical Studies of in-vitro Raised Tissue Systems of Medicinal Plant: Withania somnifera Dunal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved unanimously
2002 Concluded	Master of Science (Mestrado) Major in Biotechnology Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gorakhpur University, India "A Short Project on Plant Tissue Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	First Division, Excellent
1999 Concluded	Bachelor of Science (Bacharelato) Major in Biological Sciences Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gorakhpur University, India "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	First Division, very good

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/04/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2013 - 2019	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

2011/03/01 - 2013/02/28	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

2008/04/02 - 2011/01/31	Researcher (Research)	Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India

2005/04/01 - 2008/03/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India

2003/02/17 - 2005/03/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India
	Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019 - Current	Improving biological control of industrial bioethanol production processes by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae's own weapons PTDC/BII-BIO/31761/2017 Researcher Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/07/01 - 2023/06/30	Identifying the role of aquaporins in the challenging ecosystem of cork oak woodland: A molecular device to balance the water and nutrient status in plants CORKWATERCHANNEL Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem Ongoing
2022/06 - 2023/05	Multifunctional microbial inoculum development for vineyards with elevated concentration of copper in the soil SOILVITIMICROBES Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem Ongoing
2022 - 2023	A study of the role of miRNAs in the regulation of Aquaporins in grapevine berries: potential impacts on berry water relations AquaGrape Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem Ongoing
2022 - 2023	Functional characterization of a sugar transporter from the group early-responsive to dehydration 6-like (ERDL6) from Coffee hybrid Kawisari involved in the resistance to Hemilea vastatrix Coffee&Sugar Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2022/06/30	Exploring the functional relevance of aquaporins for water and other crucial molecules transport in cork oak and grapevine 6321-7 Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2013/03 - 2019/03	Characterization of nine Vitis vinifera aquaporins upon heterologous expression in yeast. Transport activity and regulation SFRH/BPD/89427/2012 Post-doc Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, Portugal) Concluded
2011/04 - 2014/09	Wine Yeast Genes- In search of genes behind the amazing performance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during the late stages of wine fermentation PTDC/AGR-ALI/112795/2009 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2013/09	AQUAVITIS - Understanding water transport in Vitis vinifera: biochemical characterization of aquaporins upon their heterologous expression in yeast Provided by PTCRIS: 99154 PTDC/AGR-AAM/099154/2008 Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. Concluded
2008/04/02 - 2011/01/31	Understanding of metabolic pathway of Withania somnifera targeting at squalene epoxidase step 6/1868/2008-M.P. (Admn.) PhD Student Fellow	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group Concluded
2005 - 2008	Pharmacological and genomic investigations on Withania somnifera CSIR/NIMITLI Research Fellow	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group Concluded
2003 - 2005	Using Functional Genomics in Ashwagandha for Gene Expression Modulation/ Pharmacology and Genomic investigations of Ashwagandha CSIR/NMITLI Research Fellow Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/04 - Current	Study of role of NIP aquaporins of Vitis vinifera in transport of water, glycerol and other atypical substrates (nutrients and metalloids) through their heterologous expression in aqy-null S. cerevisiae DL 57/2016/CP1382/CT0012 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2010/02/01 - 2013/09/30	AQUAVITIS - Compreender o transporte de água em Vitis vinifera: caracterização bioquímica de aquaporinas através da sua expressão heteróloga em leveduras PTDC/AGR-AAM/099154/2008 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Sabir, Farzana. "Biotechnological approaches for the production of immunomodulating phytomolecules". In Plants and phytomolecules for Immunomodulation - Recent trends and advances, edited by Dr. Neelam Singh Sangwan (Central Institute of Medicinal and aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR) Lucknow, India); M A Farag; L V Modolo. Springer Nature, ISBN: 978-981-16-8116-5, 2022. In press Sabir, Farzana; Prista, Catarina; Madeira, Ana; Moura, Teresa; Loureiro-Dias, Maria C.; Soveral, Graça. "Water Transport in Yeasts". In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 107-124. Springer International Publishing, 2016. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-25304-6_5
Conference abstract	Zarrouk, Olfa; García-Tejero, Ivan; Pinto, Clara; Genebra, Tânia; Sabir, Farzana; Prista, Catarina; David, Teresa Soares; Loureiro Dias, C; Chaves, Maria Manuela. "Aquaporin isoforms in cv. Touriga Nacional grapevine under water stress and recovery - its role in leaves and roots hydraulic dynamics". Paper presented in XII Portuguese-Spanish Symposium on Plant Water Relations: Water to Feed the World, Évora, 2014. Published
Conference paper	Sabir, Farzana; L. Leitao; C. Prista; Graça Soveral. "Aquaporins as sensors for turgor and cell volume regulation". Paper presented in FEBS congress, Prague, 2018. Sabir, Farzana; M Jose Leandro; Ana Paula Martins; teresa F moura; Graça Soveral; Catarina Prista; Maria C. Loureiro-Dias; Maria José Leandro; Teresa F. Moura. "Functional characterization of PIP and TIP grapevine aquaporins through heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Paper presented in 26th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, Frankfurt, 2013. Published
Conference poster	Farzana Sabir, Graça Soveral and Catarina Prista. "Role of Aquaporins For Water and Nutrients Balance in Cork Oak and Grapevine plants.". Paper presented in Plants in Changing Environment, Ljubljana, Slovenia, organized by Slovenian society of Plant Biology, 2022. Sabir, Farzana; MC Loureiro-Dias; Graça Soveral; C Prista. "Transport of water, glycerol and atypical substrates through grapevine aquaporins in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae.". Paper presented in 4th Annual Conference, Foster Innovation through Resilient and Efficient Agro Food & Forestry Systems, Lisboa, 2017. Sabir, Farzana; Maria C. Loureiro-Dias; Catarina Prista. "Yeast aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins: sequences, polymorphisms and topologies". Paper presented in PYFF6 - 6th Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, 2016. Branco, Patricia; Sabir, Farzana; Carvalho, Luisa ; Albergaria, Helena; Prista, Catarina. Corresponding author: Branco, Patricia. "Expression of the GAPDH-derived AMPs on S. cerevisiae and evaluation of their biopreservative potential on wine fermentations". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2016, 2016. Sabir, Farzana; MJ Leandro; MC Loureiro-Dias; TF Moura; Graça Soveral; C Prista. "Functional characterization of putative PIPs and TIPs aquaporins of Vitis vinifera through heterologous expression in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae.". Paper presented in XX JORNADAS DE BIOLOGIA DE LEVEDURAS “PROFESSOR NICOLAU VAN UDEN, Lisboa, 2014. Sabir, Farzana; Leandro, MJ; Martins, AP; Moura, TF; Soveral, Graça; Prista, Catarina (3C19-C25A-182D); Loureiro-Dias, MC. "Functional characterization of PIP and TIP grapevine aquaporins by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Paper presented in 26th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, 29 August-3 September, 2013, Frankfurt, Germany., 2013. Sabir, Farzana; Maria José Leandro; AP Martins; MC Loureiro-Dias; Teresa F. Moura; Graça Soveral; Catarina Prista. "Heterologous expression of grapevine aquaporins for functional characterization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Paper presented in 30th Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), 2012. Sabir, Farzana; Dr. Neelam Singh Sangwan (Central Institute of Medicinal and aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR) Lucknow, India); AK Srivastava; RS Sangwan. "An efficient protocol for micro-propagation of Withania somnifera Dunal. accessions from axillary meristem and withanolide productivity". Paper presented in Current Status and Opportunities in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, AROMED-2010, 2010. Sabir, Farzana; A Khalid; J Singh; AK Srivastava; NS Sangwan. "Changes in enzymatic and non-enzymatic anti-oxidant system as affected by salt stress in the cultures of Withania somnifera Dunal.". Paper presented in Current Status and Opportunities in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, AROMED-2010, 2010. Sabir, Farzana. "Isolation of UDP glycosyltransferase gene involved in secondary metabolism from Catharanthus roseus". Paper presented in Current Status and Opportunities in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, AROMED-2010, 2010. Sabir, Farzana; NS Sangwan; ND Chaurasiya; SK Mishra; RS Sangwan. "Potentiality of different organ and cellular tissue system of W. somnifera for in vitro withanolide biosynthesis". Paper presented in National Interactive Meet (NIM)-2008, Lucknow, India, 2008.
Journal article	Farzana Sabir; Olfa Zarrouk; Henrique Noronha; Maria C. Loureiro-Dias; Graça Soveral; Hernâni Gerós; Catarina Prista. "Grapevine aquaporins: Diversity, cellular functions, and ecophysiological perspectives". Biochimie (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2021.06.004. 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.06.004 Farzana Sabir; Antonella Di Pizio; Maria C. Loureiro-Dias; Angela Casini; Graça Soveral; Catarina Prista. "Insights into the Selectivity Mechanisms of Grapevine NIP Aquaporins". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186697. 10.3390/ijms21186697 Henrique Noronha; Angélica Silva; Namiki Mitani-Ueno; Carlos Conde; Farzana Sabir; Catarina Prista; Graça Soveral; et al. "The grapevine NIP2;1 aquaporin is a silicon channel". Journal of Experimental Botany (2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa294. 10.1093/jxb/eraa294 Sabir, Farzana; Gomes, Sara; Loureiro-Dias, Maria C.; Soveral, Graça; Prista, Catarina. "Molecular and Functional Characterization of Grapevine NIPs through Heterologous Expression in aqy-Null Saccharomyces cerevisiae". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 2 (2020): 663. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21020663. Published • 10.3390/ijms21020663 Sabir, Farzana. "Biocontrol of Brettanomyces/Dekkera bruxellensis in alcoholic fermentations using saccharomycin-overproducing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-09657-7. 10.1007/s00253-019-09657-7 Sabir, Farzana. "Molecular Basis of Aquaporin-7 Permeability Regulation by pH". Cells (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells7110207. 10.3390/cells7110207 Sabir F; Loureiro-Dias MC; Soveral G; Prista C. "Functional relevance of water and glycerol channels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28430948. 10.1093/femsle/fnx080 Zarrouk, O.; Garcia-Tejero, I.; Pinto, C.; Genebra, T.; Sabir, F.; Prista, C.; David, T.S.; Loureiro-Dias, M.C.; Chave, M.M.. "Aquaporins isoforms in cv. Touriga Nacional grapevine under water stress and recovery-Regulation of expression in leaves and roots". Agricultural Water Management 164 (2016): 167-175. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952861270&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.08.013 Sabir, F.; Loureiro-Dias, M.C.; Prista, C.. "Comparative analysis of sequences, polymorphisms and topology of yeasts aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins". FEMS Yeast Research 16 3 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964507151&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1093/femsyr/fow025 Molina-Hidalgo, F.J.; Medina-Puche, L.; Gelis, S.; Ramos, J.; Sabir, F.; Soveral, G.; Prista, C.; et al. "Functional characterization of FaNIP1;1 gene, a ripening-related and receptacle-specific aquaporin in strawberry fruit". Plant Science 238 (2015): 198-211. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84936765509&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.06.013 Singh, J.; Sabir, F.; Sangwan, R.S.; Narnoliya, L.K.; Saxena, S.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Enhanced secondary metabolite production and pathway gene expression by leaf explants-induced direct root morphotypes are regulated by combination of growth regulators and culture conditions in Centella asiatica (L.) urban". Plant Growth Regulation 75 1 (2014): 55-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939875275&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10725-014-9931-y Sangwan, N.S.; Sabir, F.; Mishra, S.; Bansal, S.; Sangwan, R.S.. "Withanolides from Withania somnifera dunal: Development of cellular technology and their production". Recent Patents on Biotechnology 8 1 (2014): 25-35. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925229792&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.2174/1872208307666131218125300 Tiwari, P.; Sangwan, R.S.; Asha; Mishra, B.N.; Sabir, F.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Molecular Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of a Recombinant Sterol 3-O-Glucosyltransferase from Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. Catalyzing Biosynthesis of Steryl Glucosides". BioMed Research International 2014 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930885811&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1155/2014/934351 Sabir, F.; Leandro, M.J.; Martins, A.P.; Loureiro-Dias, M.C.; Moura, T.F.; Soveral, G.; Prista, C.. "Exploring three PIPs and three TIPs of grapevine for transport of water and atypical substrates through heterologous expression in aqy-null yeast". PLoS ONE 9 8 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905837084&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1371/journal.pone.0102087 Yadav, R.K.; Sangwan, R.S.; Sabir, F.; Srivastava, A.K.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Effect of prolonged water stress on specialized secondary metabolites, peltate glandular trichomes, and pathway gene expression in Artemisia annua L.". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 74 (2014): 70-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888044201&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.10.023 Mishra, B.; Sangwan, R.S.; Mishra, S.; Jadaun, J.S.; Sabir, F.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Effect of cadmium stress on inductive enzymatic and nonenzymatic responses of ROS and sugar metabolism in multiple shoot cultures of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal)". Protoplasma 251 5 (2014): 1031-1045. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905678699&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00709-014-0613-4 Sabir, F.; Mishra, S.; Sangwan, R.S.; Jadaun, J.S.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Qualitative and quantitative variations in withanolides and expression of some pathway genes during different stages of morphogenesis in Withania somnifera Dunal". Protoplasma 250 2 (2013): 539-549. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875374054&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00709-012-0438-y Sabir, F.; Sangwan, R.S.; Kumar, R.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Salt Stress-induced Responses in Growth and Metabolism in Callus Cultures and Differentiating In Vitro Shoots of Indian Ginseng (Withania somnifera Dunal)". Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 31 4 (2012): 537-548. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868339242&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00344-012-9264-x Chaurasiya, N.D.; Sangwan, N.S.; Sabir, F.; Misra, L.; Sangwan, R.S.. "Withanolide biosynthesis recruits both mevalonate and DOXP pathways of isoprenogenesis in Ashwagandha Withania somnifera L. (Dunal)". Plant Cell Reports 31 10 (2012): 1889-1897. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866456071&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s00299-012-1302-4 Kumar, R.; Sangwan, R.S.; Mishra, S.; Sabir, F.; Sangwan, N.S.. "In silico motif diversity analysis of the glycon preferentiality of plant secondary metabolic glycosyltransferases". Plant OMICS 5 3 (2012): 200-210. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861920841&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Sabir, F.; Sangwan, R.S.; Singh, J.; Misra, L.N.; Pathak, N.; Sangwan, N.S.. "Biotransformation of withanolides by cell suspension cultures of Withania somnifera (Dunal)". Plant Biotechnology Reports 5 2 (2011): 127-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79954706260&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s11816-011-0165-4 Sabir, F.; Sangwan, N.S.; Kumar, A.; Tiwari, P.; Pathak, N.; Sangwan, R.S.; Bhakuni, R.S.. "Bioconversion of artemisinin to its nonperoxidic derivative deoxyartemisinin through suspension cultures of Withania somnifera dunal". Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences 65 C 9-10 (2010): 607-612. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78549237425&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Sabir, F.; Sangwan, N.S.; Chaurasiya, N.D.; Misra, L.N.; Sangwan, R.S.. "In vitro withanolide production by Withania somnifera L. cultures". Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences 63 5-6 (2008): 409-412. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48249107091&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Sabir, F.; Sangwan, N.S.; Chaurasiya, N.D.; Misra, L.N.; Tuli, R.; Sangwan, R.S.. "Rapid micropropagation of withania Somnifera L. accessions from axillary meristems". Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 13 4 (2008): 123-133. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67650269890&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/10496470801946166
Online resource	Sabir, Farzana; Gomes, S;; Loureiro-Dias, MC; Soveral, Graça; Prista, Catarina (3C19-C25A-182D). Sequences obtained in the study were submitted to NCBI database. Molecular and Functional Characterization of Grapevine NIPs through Heterologous Expression in aqy-Null Saccharomyces cerevisiae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020;21(2):663.. 2020. Sabir, Farzana; Leandro, MJ; Martins, AP; Loureiro-Dias, MC; Moura, TF; Soveral, Graça; Prista, Catarina. Sequences obtained in the studie were submitted at public repository like NCBI GenBank to be available for the researchers. "Exploring three PIPs and three TIPs of grapevine for transport of water and atypical substrates through heterologous expression in aqy-null yeast. PLoS ONE 9(8): e102087.". 2014.
Thesis / Dissertation	Sabir, Farzana. "Metabolic and Biochemical Studies of in vitro Raised Tissue Systems of Medicinally Important Plant: Withania somnifera". PhD, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, 2011. Sabir, Farzana. "A Short Project on Plant Tissue Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction". Master, Banaras Hindu University Department of Bio-Technology, 2002.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09/27	Understanding the role of aquaporins in the challenging ecosystem of cork oak woodland: a molecular device to balance the cellular water and nutrient status in plants	2nd International Conference on Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (ICPSBB), 24-27th September, 2023, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
2021/05/29	Role of aquaporins under the challenging ecosystem of cork oak woodland for water and nutrients balance.	II Plant Abiotic Stress Forum – “An integrative lens over plant adaptation" conference Plant Stress lab (GreenUPorto) and Integrative Biology and Biotechnology lab (iB2, LAQV-REQUIMTE)
2019/09/18	Understanding the role of cork oak aquaporins in transport of water, glycerol and atypical substrates in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae	World Congress Plant Science and Molecular Biology September 17-19, 2019 Valencia, Spain (Valencia, Spain)
2018/07/11	Aquaporins as sensors for turgor and cell volume regulation FEBS congress, Prague, Czech Republic 9-12 July, 2018	The 43rd FEBS congress (Prague, Czech Republic)
2018/06/08	Understanding the role of grapevine NIPs aquaporins in transport of water, glycerol and atypical substrates in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae	XXI JORNADAS DE BIOLOGIA DE LEVEDURAS “PROFESSOR NICOLAU VAN UDEN”, (Braga, Portugal)
2016/08/29	Grapevine aquaporins mediate transport of water, glycerol and atypical substrates in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae	34th Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE). 29.8.2016 - 1.9.2016), Crete, Greece. (Crete, Greece)
2015/07/21	Functional characterization and co-expression studies of grapevine aquaporins through heterologous expression in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae	33rd Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE), (21-24 July, 2015), Lisboa, Portugal. Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/07/11	Functional characterization of putative PIPs and TIPs aquaporins of Vitis vinifera through heterologous expression in aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae	XX JORNADAS DE BIOLOGIA DE LEVEDURAS “PROFESSOR NICOLAU VAN UDEN” Instituto Superior de Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2010/02/21	Changes in enzymatic and non-enzymatic anti-oxidant system as affected by salt stress in the cultures of Withania somnifera Dunal	International Symposium, “Current Status and Opportunities in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, AROMED-2010". CIMAP-CSIR (lucknow, India)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02 - 2022/06	Effect of drought stress and boron toxicity on the physiological parameters and aquaporin expression in grapevine. Supervisor	Bachelor´s degree in Biology (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/06	Functional characterization of Cork oak aquaporins Supervisor	Bachelor´s degree in Biology (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/06	Caracterização da aquaporina TIP1;1 de Quercus suber L. por expressão heteróloga em Saccharomyces cerevisiae para o transporte de água e outros substratos Supervisor of Rita Baptista	Bachelor´s Degree in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/06	Exploring the functional relevance of aquaporins for water and boron transport in grapevine Supervisor	Bachelor´s Degree in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2020/03/02 - 2021	Characterization of NIP1;2 aquaporin from Quercus suber L. Supervisor	Bachelor´s Degree in Biological Sciences (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Caracterização da atividade da aquaporina PIP2;4 A2 de Quercus suber L. através da sua expressão heteróloga em leveduras aqy-null: gating e regulação Supervisor	Bachelor´s degree in Biological Sciences Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Characterization of NIP6;1 aquaporin of Quercus suber L. on heterologous expression in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transport activity and regulation Supervisor	Bachelor´s degree in Biological Sciences Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Characterization of two Quercus suber L. aquaporins upon heterologous expression in yeast. Transport activity and regulation Supervisor	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Desenvolvimento e Caracterização de uma estirpe aqy-null fps1-null de S. cerevisiae. Uma ferramenta para estudos da expressão de aquaglicerolporinas Supervisor	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Caraterização molecular e fisiológica de aquaporinas de videira do tipo NIP por expressão heteróloga numa estirpe aqy-null de S. cerevisiae Supervisor	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Functional characterization of NIPs from Vitis vinifera CV. Touriga nacional using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as heterologous expression system Supervisor	Bachelor´s degree in Biology (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Study of the physiological role of aquaporins and aquaglyceroporins from Vitis vinifera, mammals and yeast in the tolerance to abiotic stresses, using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism Supervisor	Bachelor´s degree in Biology (Degree) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2021/12 - Current	Delivered invited lecture at Advanced Viticulture of the "European Master of Sciences of Viticulture and Enology" (9th December, 2021), LEAF, ISA/ULisboa. Title of the talk was "Grapevine aquaporins: understanding the water, glycerol and atypical substrates transport in Vitis vinifera through heterologous expression in a aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain". (2021/12) Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2020/12/10 - 2020/12/10	Delivered invited lecture at Advanced Viticulture of the "European Master of Sciences of Viticulture and Enology" (10th December, 2020), LEAF, ISA/ULisboa. Title of the talk was "Grapevine aquaporins: understanding the water, glycerol and atypical substrates transport in Vitis vinifera through heterologous expression in a aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain". (2020/12/10) Workshop	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Delivered invited lecture at Advanced Viticulture of the "European Master of Sciences of Viticulture and Enology" (12th December, 2019), LEAF, ISA/ULisboa. Title of the talk was "Grapevine aquaporins: understanding the water, glycerol and atypical substrates transport in Vitis vinifera through heterologous expression in a aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain". (2019) Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Delivered invited lecture at Advanced Viticulture of the "European Master of Sciences of Viticulture and Enology" (13th December, 2018), LEAF, ISA/ULisboa. Title of the talk was "Grapevine aquaporins: understanding the water, glycerol and atypical substrates transport in Vitis vinifera through heterologous expression in a aqy-null Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain". (2018) Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Delivered invited lecture at Advanced Viticulture of the "European Master of Sciences of Viticulture and Enology" , (3rd November, 2016) LEAF, ISA/ULisboa. Title of the talk “Exploring the roles of grapevine aquaporins in water and atypical substrate transport through heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." (2016 - 2016) Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Organization of “Gastronomia com uma Pi-tada de ciencia”, and consultancy related with eastern foods. (2015 - 2015) Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Delivered invited seminar at LEAF, ISA/ULisboa about “Understanding the Pathway of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis In Medicinal Plant Withania somnifera Dunal (Indian ginseng).” (2015) Seminar (Other)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015	Participated in the realization of the cycle of lectures " Fins de Tarde na Antiga Biblioteca" (2015). The cycle was composed of 4 lectures that had the objective of promoting cultural aspects related to ISA activities. Each lecture included gastronomic notes related to the theme performed by M.C. Loureiro-Dias and C. Prista, with the support of CookLab, Lda. Exhibition	Fins de Tarde na Antiga Biblioteca Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Participated in Researchers' Night (2014). Actions carried out at the Museu de História Natural da Faculdade de Ciências/ULisboa with the aim of disseminating various ISA research. Presentation of fermented products developed in the Laboratory of Microbial Bioenergetics, ISA. Exhibition	Researchers' Night Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021 - Current	Toxics
2021 - Current	International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021 - Current	Environmental and Experimental Botany
2021 - 2022	Forests
2021/01 - 2021/02	Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X; CODE)	MDPI
2021/01 - 2021/02	BMC Plant Biology
2019 - 2021	Scientific Reports (2045-2322)	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020 - 2020	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology (0717-3458)	Elsevier
2019 - 2019	Industrial Crops and Products (0926-6690)	Elsevier
2019 - 2019	BioMetals (1572-8773)	Springer-Verlag
2016 - 2016	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology (0717-3458)	Elsevier
2014 - 2015	PLoS ONE (1932-6203)	Public Library of Science

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2015 - 2015	33rd Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics	instituto superior de agronomia, Lisbon and UMinho, Braga

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021 - 2022	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2013 - 2013	AQUAVITIS - AQUAVITIS - Understanding water transport in Vitis vinifera: biochemical characterization of aquaporins upon their heterologous expression in yeast	Patricia Sofia Dias
2009 - 2009	Evaluation of anti-oxidant activities in Withania somnifera, Centella asiatica and Bacopa monnieri under salt stress	Anupama Singh
2008 - 2008	Isolation and purification of gluco-hydrolases from the shoots of Centella asiatica	Shikha Goel
2008 - 2008	Comparative metabolic and enzymological studies in shoots of Centella asiatica and in the callus & shoots of Withania somnifera plant	Rashmi Yadav
2006 - 2006	In vitro production of alkaloids and partial purification of ß-glucosidase from Rauwolfia species	Sadhna Maurya
2006 - 2006	Effect of water stress on physiological and biochemical characterization in Bacopa monnieri and isolation and purification of ß-galactosidae from Withania somnifera plant	Shikha Singh

Distinctions

Award

2015	CSIR-Technology Award Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group, India

Other distinction

2010	Best poster presentation prize Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CSIR, India
2008	Senior Research Fellowship Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group, India
2003	Qualified, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) India Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
2003	Junior Research Fellowship Indian Council of Medical Research, India