Mariana Girão (A21F-9FE8-5C6E)

Curriculum Vitae

BSc in Aquatic Sciences (2013-2016) (ICBAS - University of Porto, Portugal) MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology (2017-2018) (FCUP - University of Porto, Portugal) PhD student in Biomedical Sciences (2020- ) (ICBAS - University of Porto, Portugal), bioprospecting marine Actinobacteria for the discovery of novel biotechnologically relevant molecules.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mariana Girão

Citation names

Girão, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A21F-9FE8-5C6E
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1193-9967

Email addresses

mariana.martins@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Avenida General Norton de Matos S/N, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www2.ciimar.up.pt/team.php?id=544 (Professional)
www.linkedin.com/in/marianagirao (Professional)
https://twitter.com/mariana__girao (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Ongoing	Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento) Major in Biomedical Sciences Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/09/08 - 2021/09/10 Concluded	Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds (Outros) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/08 Concluded	High Throughput Screening and Safety Course (Outros) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Fundación Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Spain
2016/09/01 - 2018/11/07 Concluded	Cellular and Molecular Biology (Mestrado) Major in Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Endophytic Actinobacteria from Laminaria ochroleuca: a new source of bioactive compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2018/06/25 - 2018/06/28 Concluded	Marine Natural Products: Discovery and Structure Elucidation Course (Outros) Major in Biotecnologia Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
2017/11/13 - 2017/11/16 Concluded	Bioactivities Course: Cellular effects of marine natural compounds Course (Outros) Major in Biotecnologia Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
2013/09/01 - 2016/07/15 Concluded	Aquatic Sciences (Licenciatura) Major in Marine Biology Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/02/15 - 2019/12/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01/01 - Current	PhD Student	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal (...)
2016/09/01 - 2018/10/01	Master Student	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2016/07/01	Internship - Blue Young Talent (BYT)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/02/15 - 2019/12/31	ACTINODEEPSEA PTDC/BIA-MIC/31045/2017 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031045 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/10/01 - 2023/07/01	ATLANTIDA NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040 PhD Student Fellow Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, Inês; Carvalho, Maria de Fátima. "Actinobacteria from Marine Environments: A Unique Source of Natural Products". In Natural Products from Actinomycetes, 1-45. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. 10.1007/978-981-16-6132-7_1
Conference poster	Girão, Mariana; Santos, Matilde; Pinto, Nuno; Fujikura, Juliana; Gomes, Maria Salomé; Silva, Tânia; Costa, Isabel; et al. Corresponding author: Girão, Mariana. "Seaweed-associated Actinobacteria: a hotspot for biotechnology-relevant compounds discovery". Paper presented in XVII International Symposium on Marine Natural Products \| XIII European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2023. Girão, Mariana; Urbatzka, Ralph; Leão, Pedro N.; Carvalho, Maria F.. Corresponding author: Girão, Mariana. "Mining seaweed-associated Actinobacteria secondary metabolism to uncover novel bioactive compounds". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology (BIOPROSP’21), 2023. Girão, Mariana. "Unlocking the diversity and bioactive potential of seaweedassociated Actinobacteria". Paper presented in FEMS Conference on Microbiology, 2022. Girão, Mariana. "Evaluation of antifungal activities of Actinobacterial extracts isolated from deep sea and Laminaria ochroleuca against pathogenic fungi ”". Paper presented in 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics Drugs for Superbugs : Antibiotic Discovery , Modes of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance (ECA), 2022. Girão, Mariana. "Antimicrobial activity of marine Actinobacteria extracts against Candida, Cryptococcus and Aspergillus species". Paper presented in XIV Biochemistry Journeys, 2022. Girão, Mariana. "Atividade contra fungos patogénicos de extratos de Actinobactérias marinhas isoladas de águas profundas e de Laminaria ochroleuca". Paper presented in XIV Biochemistry Journeys, 2022. Girão, Mariana. "Actinobacteria as new probiotics for preventing fish diseases in aquaculture". Paper presented in 2nd Iberian Congress on Medicinal Biotechnology (ICMB); 5th Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology (EBTM), 2022. "Unraveling the diversity and biotechnological potential of ascidianassociated Actinobacteria". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC, 2021. "Mining seaweed-associated Actinobacteria for biotechnologically-relevant compound discovery". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC, 2021. "Bioactivity screening of bacteria isolated from extreme environments". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference Share Science, Spread Knowledge, 2021. "Exploring the diversity and metabolic potential of deep-sea Actinobacteria from Macaronesia archipelagos". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference Share Science, Spread Knowledge, 2021. "Actinobacteria from seaweeds: Unveiling their diversity and bioactive potential". Paper presented in Blue Think Conference Share Science, Spread Knowledge, 2021. "Mining deep-sea actinobacteria for new natural products". Paper presented in XII European Conference On Marine Natural Products, Ireland, 2021. Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, I; Rego, A; Ribeiro, C; Branco, F; Almeida, E; Mucha, AP; et al. "Isolation and bioactivity screening of deep-sea Actinobacteria from the Madeira archipelago". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products \|XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, Peniche, Portugal, 2019. Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, I; Rego, A; Almeida, E; Ribeiro, C; Branco, F; Braga-Henriques, A; Mucha, AP; Carvalho, MF. "Deep-sea Actinobacteria from Azores: diversity and investigation of their bioactive potential". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products \|XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2019. Ribeiro, I; Rego, A; Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, C; Branco, F; Almeida, E; Braga-Henriques, A; et al. "Isolation and biotechnological potential of actinobacteria from Portuguese deep-sea waters". Paper presented in Science and Technology Summit in Portugal, Portugal, 2019. Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, I; Ribeiro, T; Mucha, AP; Azevedo, IC; Pereira, F; Urbatzka, R; Leão, PN; Carvalho, MF. "Unlocking the potential of kelp-associated Actinobacteria to produce novel bioactive compounds". Paper presented in 4th Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Ribeiro, I; Rego, A; Ribeiro, C; Branco, F; Almeida, E; Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, T; et al. "Identification and bioactivity screening of actinobacteria isolated from deep-sea environments". Paper presented in 4th Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Ribeiro, I; Rego, A; Ribeiro, C; Branco, F; Almeida, E; Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, T; et al. "Bioprospection of Deep-Sea Actinobacteria for the Production of Novel Antimicrobial and Anticancer Compounds". Paper presented in International Conference on Marine Bioprospecting and Biotechnology (BIOPROSP 2019), Tromsø, Norway, 2019. Rego, A; Almeida, E; Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, I; Urbatzka, R; Carvalho, MF; Leão, PN. "Deep-sea marine life molecules: assessing bioactivity potential of deep-sea microorganisms". Paper presented in 30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, 2018. Rocha, R; Neves, MP; Girão, Mariana; Carvalho, MF; Oliveira, RS; Santos, J. "Occupational exposure to fungi: a case study in the cork industry". Paper presented in International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2018. Assistant staff Rocha, D; Novais, AR; Girão, Mariana; Carvalho, MF; Oliveira, RS; Matos, ML; Santos, J. "Exposure to biological agents: a case study in portuguese buses". Paper presented in International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene - SHO2018, 2018. Assistant staff Ribeiro, I; Almeida, E; Rego, A; Girão, Mariana; Urbatzka, R; Leão, PN; Mucha, AP; Carvalho, MF. "Exploring the Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Deep-Sea Actinobacteria". Paper presented in 31st Congress New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (ESCPB 2018), 2018. Girão, Mariana; Oliveira, J; Lopes, T; Ferraz, T; Dias, T; Almeida, D; Amorim, M; Lage, O. "Study of the potential antimicrobial activity of hypersaline bacteria isolated from two Portuguese salterns and their phylogenetic characterization". Paper presented in 10th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Portugal, 2017. Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, I; Mucha, AP; Azevedo, IC; Pereira, F; Carvalho, MF. "Study of the diversity of endophytic actinobacteria associated with the seaweed Laminaria ochroleuca". Paper presented in 10th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Portugal, 2017.
Journal article	Eroldogan, Orhan Tufan; Glencross, Brett; Novoveska, Lucie; Gaudêncio, Susana P.; Rinkevich, Buki; Varese, Giovanna Cristina; de Fátima Carvalho, Maria; et al. "From the sea to aquafeed: A perspective overview". Reviews in Aquaculture (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12740. Published • 10.1111/raq.12740 Ribeiro, Inês; Girão, Mariana; Alexandrino, Diogo A. M.; Ribeiro, Tiago; Santos, Chiara; Pereira, Filipe; Mucha, Ana P.; et al. "Diversity and Bioactive Potential of Actinobacteria Isolated from a Coastal Marine Sediment in Northern Portugal". Microorganisms 8 11 (2020): 1691. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111691. 10.3390/microorganisms8111691 Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, Inês; Ribeiro, Tiago; Azevedo, Isabel C.; Pereira, Filipe; Urbatzka, Ralph; Leão, Pedro N.; Carvalho, Maria F.. "Actinobacteria Isolated From Laminaria ochroleuca: A Source of New Bioactive Compounds". Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00683. Open access • 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00683
Thesis / Dissertation	Girão, Mariana. "Actinobacteria isolated from Laminaria ochroleuca: a new source of bioactive compounds". Master, Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, 2018.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09/13	Seaweed-associated Actinobacteria: a hub of diversity and bioactive metabolites	CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2022	Extratos de Streptomyces sp. isolados de ambientes marinhos com atividade contra Candida albicans	Microbiologia 2022 – Congresso Internacional de Microbiologia em Língua Portuguesa Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (SPM) (Portugal)
2022	Exploring seaweed-associated Actinobacteria for the discovery of novel bioactive compounds	Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE Young Scientists’ Meeting Phytochemical Society of Europe (Chania, Greece)
2021/08/30	Seaweed-associated Actinobacteria: a hotspot for biotechnology-relevant compounds discovery	XII European Conference On Marine Natural Products, Ireland (Galway, Ireland)
2021/03/10	Macroalgae-associated Actinobacteria: a hotspot for the discovery of clinically-relevant compounds	BIOPROSP_21 - 10th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology BIOPROSP_21 - 10th International Conference on Marine Biotechnology (Norway)
2020/09/17	Algae associated Actinobacteria: unveiling their diversity and potential to produce novel bioactive compounds	Blue Think Conference Share Science, Spread Knowledge CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (Porto, Portugal)
2019/12/20	Bioprospecion of deep-sea Actinobacteria from Macaronesia archipelagos (NE Atlantic)	II Meeting PhD in Biomedical Sciences - Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/11/15	Bacteria from the sea	Final Workshop INNOVMAR, Porto, Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
2018/03	Diversity and Bioactive Potential of Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated From The Seaweed Laminaria ochroleuca	VI AEICBAS Biomedical Congress Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS) (Porto, Portugal)
2018/02	Diversity and Bioactive Potential of Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated From The Seaweed Laminaria ochroleuca	11th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/08 - 2024/06/15	Bioprospecting and Application of Novel Biosurfactants Co-supervisor of Marília Berezuk	Genética e Biotecnologia (Degree) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/01	Characterization of a potential new Actinomycetota genus isolated from the macroalgae Codium tomentosum Co-supervisor	Biology (Degree) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/01/02 - 2022/06/02	Actinobacteria as new probiotics for preventing fish diseases in aquaculture Co-supervisor	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Degree) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/01/02 - 2022/06/02	Resistance of actinobacteria and rhizobia from wild saharan plants to environmental stresses and their phosphate solubilization capacity Co-supervisor	Biotecnologia Medicinal (Degree) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/01/02 - 2017/06/30	Isolation of culturable endophytic Actinobacteria associated with the medicinal plant Ruta graveolens Co-supervisor	Saúde Ambiental (Degree) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - 2022/09/30	Member of the organizing commitee of the 3rd Edition Of The Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge (BTC) (2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/12/01 - 2018/04/30	Member of the technical team of the exposition “Marine Microbes: Why Do We Need Them?” at Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental of Matosinhos, Portugal. (2017/12/01 - 2018/04/30) Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/09/21 - Current	Participation in the anual event “Open day” organized by CIIMAR, under the scope of the National Science and Technology Week.	Open Day CIIMAR Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022/01/01 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2023/09/01	Member of the PhD Students Committee of CIIMAR-UP Member	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/05/25 - 2023/05/25	Graphic design & Illustration for scientific visual communication	(Outros)	Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2019/04/10	On the news in channel SIC (Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, Portugal), presenting the work developed during my master thesis about Actinobacteria from macroalgae and their biotechnological potential.	SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019/09/01 - 2020/06/01	Isolation and Bioprospection of Actinonacteria isolated from Solea solea	Nuno Sousa

Distinctions

Award

2023	Travel bursary to PhD students for the BIOPROSP_23 conference The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals (TEKNA), Norway
2023	Short-Term Scientific Missions grant (STSM) at Fundación Medina (Granada, Spain) European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Association), Belgium
2022	Travel bursary to PhD oral speakers in the “Trends in Natural Products Research: A PSE Young Scientists’ Meeting” Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE), United Kingdom
2021	Best communication in the 3rd edition of the contest "Comunicação de ciência em microbiologia", Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2020	Best oral presentation at the Blue Think Conference, Porto, Portugal
2019	Best Poster at 4th Meeting of Medicinal Biotechnology, Porto, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015	Blue Young Talent Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal