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Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa graduated in Biochemistry in 1993 at the University of Lisbon. She conducted her PhD research at the John Innes Centre (Norwich, UK) in George Coupland´s lab, where she studied the role of a transcription factor in the control of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana, and obtained her PhD in Plant Molecular Genetics in 2000 by the University of East Anglia. Her postdoctoral studies were conducted at the John Innes Centre in the labs of Robert Sablowski and Enrico Coen, and then at the University of Edinburgh in the lab of Andrew Hudson. During this time, she was involved in the characterization of molecular mechanisms that regulate different aspects of plant development. Manuela became an Assistant Professor at the University of Minho in 2007 and since then, her lab has been involved in studying different transcriptional networks of genes that regulate floral development and how some of these genes have contributed for the establishment of novel morphologies during evolution She has published her work in high-ranking journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution, Development, Plant Journal). Manuela has secured funding for her lab as principal investigated in 4 FCT-funded projects, and has participate in 12 others. She supervised 11 PhD thesis, 18 MSc dissertations and over 20 BSc completion course work. She has given several invited oral presentations in several conferences and institutions and her lab has present their work both orally and as posters in several national and international conferences. Her lab strongly supports and organizes outreach activities (e.g Fascination of Plants Day, Summer on Campus, UMinho -Open Weekend). Manuela lectures several subjects (Gene Expression, Plan Development, Omics) in multiple BSc/MSc courses and she is the Director of MSc in Molecular Genetics. She was the external examiner of 26 PhD theses, 14 MSc dissertations and participated as president of juri more than 25 MSc dissertations. Manuela has also organized several workshops and participated in the organizing/ scientific Committees of several national and international conferences. Manuela has reviewed form many international journal and is a Guest Associated and Review for Plant Development and EvoDevo in Frontiers in Plant Science.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, M. Manuela R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A311-B5F0-57EF
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9032-5690

Email addresses

  • manuela.costa@bio.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Minho. Departamento de Biologia, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agronomy
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Education
Degree Classification
2000
Concluded
 Plant Molecular Genetics (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
"Functional Analysis of CONSTANS, a transcription factor that regulates flowering time of Arabidopsis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1993
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Estudos de desenvolvimento em raizes de Lupinus albus através da análise da sua constituição em polipéptidos e glicopolipéptidos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/03/01 - 2007/09/17 Postdoc (Research) The University of Edinburgh Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, United Kingdom
2002/04/01 - 2006/01/31 Postdoc (Research) John Innes Centre Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, United Kingdom
2001/03/01 - 2002/03/31 Postdoc (Research) John Innes Centre Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, United Kingdom
2000/01/01 - 2001/02/28 Postdoc (Research) John Innes Centre Molecular Biotechnology Unit, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1995/06/16 - 1999/12/31 PhD student John Innes Centre Department of Molecular Genetics, United Kingdom
1993/06/06 - 1995/05/30 Post-graduate researcher Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30 GreenPalm- Development of sustainable date palm-based agro systems by preserving their biodiversity
PRIMA/0001/2019
Researcher
Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area
2020/07 - 2023/06 GreenPalm- Development of sustainable date palm-based agro systems by preserving their biodiversity
PRIMA/0001/2019
 Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area
2018/10/20 - 2021/10/19 FlowerCAST- Characterization of genetic and and environmental determinants involved in reproductive development of Castanea sativa.
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027980
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/25 - 2021/07/24 Influence of endosphere microbiome to control diseases in cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
PTDC/ASP-SIL/28635/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Ongoing
2016/06/01 - 2019/05/31 EvoMod- Origin and Evolutionary establishment of a transcriptional module controlling flower asymmetry
Provided by PTCRIS: 140027
Provided by PTCRIS: 130409
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2019/05/31 Charaterisation of cork formation and reproductive biology in a cork oak hybrids population
PTDC/AGR-FOR/3356/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, Portugal)
Concluded
2012/04/01 - 2015/09/30 Characterization of Reproductive Development of Quercus suber
Provided by PTCRIS: 118508
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2015/08/31 SUMOdulator - Investigando a modulação por SUMO da resposta ao stresse abiótico em plantas.
PTDC/BIA-PLA/3850/2012
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2015/04/30 VitisSEX- Genetic control of sex evolution in grapevine.
Provided by PTCRIS: 119298
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2010/05/01 - 2013/10/31 AsyFlower - Evolution of the gene regulatory network controlling flower dorsoventral asymmetry.
Provided by PTCRIS: 98873
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/03/31 Effect of the fungus Hypholoma fasciculare on the sustainability of Castanea sativa orchards
Provided by PTCRIS: 99556
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2011 - 2011 “Hands-on Science” (H-Sci) network
SIS-CP-2011-289081
Other
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2009 - 2011 Evolution of gene regulatory networks controlling flower zygomorphy
International Joint Project 2008/R2
Researcher
John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
The Royal Society
Concluded
2009/11/01 - 2010/12/31 Cork oak ESTs Consortium - Male and female gametophyte development
Provided by PTCRIS: 109238
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2009/12/23 - 2010/12/22 Cork oak ESTs Consortium - Abiotic stress: drought, salt and oxidative stresses
Provided by PTCRIS: 109252
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2010 - 2010 PriSciNet ”Networking Primary Science Educators as a means to provide training and professional development in Inquiry Based Teaching (PriSciNet)”
SiS-2010-2.2.1.1,CSA-GA-266647
Other
University of Malta, Malta

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Biodiversity and DNA Barcoding of Plants: the Importance of Botanical Collections
Treaty of Windsor Programme 2009/10 – U21
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom

University of Reading, United Kingdom
British Council Portugal
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Biodiversity and DNA Barcoding of Plants: the Importance of Botanical Collections
Treaty of Windsor Programme 2009/10 U21
 British Council Portugal

Other

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Regulação da expressão gênica de SCI1 pelos fatores de transcrição AGAMOUS e WUSCHEL
Wushel
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
iUMinho
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Almeida, Mário; Sobral, Rómulo; Romão, Célia; Costa, Maria. "Establishment and evolution of a gene regulatory network controlling flower asymmetry". Paper presented in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Lisbon, 2018.
  2. Raimundo, J.; Sobral, Rómulo; Coen, E.; Costa, M. Manuela R.. "Flower asymmetry is established by a molecular antagonism involving three MYB-like proteins". Paper presented in Special Issue:22nd IUBMB & 37th FEBS Congress, Seville, 2012.
    10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.08705.x
Conference poster
  1. Alves S., Cavallo A., Braga Â., Alhinho A.T., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L. "Epigenetic regulators show different expression patterns during bud development of Castanea sativa Mill.". Paper presented in Iberian Plant Biology 2023, 9-12 July, 2023, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  2. Silva J, Sampaio M, Pereira C, Dupree P, Costa M, Coimbra S.. "AGP O-glycosylation: where does it begin?". Paper presented in 23rd Meeting of the European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research (ENPER), September 18-20, 2023, Konstanz, Germany, 2023.
  3. Silva J, Ferreira MJ, Pinto S, Tucker M, Dupree P, Costa M, Coimbra S.. "ß-glucuronosyltransferases involved in AGP glycosylation are expressed in A. thaliana reproductive tissues.". Paper presented in Iberian Plant Biology, July 9-12, 2023, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  4. Silva J, Ferreira MJ, Pinto S, Mendes S, Lopez-Hernandez F, Tucker M, Dupree P, Costa M, Coimbra S.. "Calcium binding by AGPs is required for successful double fertilization in Arabidopsis.". Paper presented in XVI Plant Cell Wall Meeting, June 18-22, 2023 Málaga, Spain, 2023.
  5. Moreira D, Silva J, Pereira AM, Ferreira MJ, Pinto S, Mendes S, Kaur D, Lopez-Hernandez F, Held MA, Tucker M, Showalter. "Type II arabinogalactans play important roles in pollen – pistil interactions.". Paper presented in 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR), June 5-9, 2023, Chiba, Japan, 2023.
  6. Afonso H, Alhinho AT, Rosas J, Gomes-Laranjo J, Sobral R, Costa MMR.. "The role of MADS-Box transcription factors in unisexual floral identity: a Fagaceae case study.". Paper presented in IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, October 19-20, 2023, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  7. 3rd PhD Meeting in Plant Science (Iberian Plant Biology 2023), July 9-12, Braga, Portugal. "Unveil the ancestral function of MYB-like genes in Marchantia polymorpha.". Paper presented in 3rd PhD Meeting in Plant Science (Iberian Plant Biology 2023), July 9-12, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  8. Marques A, Sobral R, Cunha AM, Laranjeira S, Singh S, Raimundo J, Costa M.. "AtDRIF genes involvement in apical hook development of Arabidopsis thaliana.". Paper presented in Iberian Plant Biology Congress, from 9th to 12th of July 2023, at University of Minho, Braga, Portugal., 2023.
  9. Falcão, L, Castro, PH, Costa, MM.R.. "DIV and RAD Interacting Factor (DRIF) roles in the development of the tomato plant.". Paper presented in 2023 Iberian Plant Biology, July 9 12, 2023, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  10. Cunha AM , Raimundo J, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Costa MMR.. "The role of AtDRIFs in the promotion of flowering under long days.". Paper presented in 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR23), June 5-9, Chiba, Japan, 2023.
  11. Cunha AM, Raimundo J, Rebocho A, Coen E, Costa MMR.. "The shaping of the Antirrhinum majus flower.". Paper presented in Iberian Plant Biology (IPB2023), July 9-12, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  12. Joelma O Cruz, Greice Lubini, Fernanda M Nogueira, Vitor F Pinoti, Pedro B Ferreira, Vanessa Thomé, Edward J Strini, And. "SCI1 is transcriptionally regulated by Nicotiana tabacum AINTEGUMENTA (NtANT) and stimulated by auxin.". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Florianópolis – SC, Brazil, 30 de maio a 2 de junho, 2023.
  13. Alves S., Cavallo A., Braga Â., Parreira D., Alhinho A.T., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L.. "Epigenetic regulation mechanisms in the development of Chestnut (Castanea sativa) buds.". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência, 5-7 July, 2023, Aveiro, Portugal, 2023.
  14. Afonso H, Alhinho AT, Rosas J, Gomes-Laranjo J, Sobral R, Costa MMR.. "The role of MADS-Box transcription factors in unisexual floral identity: a Fagaceae case study. FLASH PRESENTATION.". Paper presented in 3rd EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting, November 20-21, Porto, Portugal, 2023.
  15. Falcão, L, Castro, PH, Costa, MM.R.. "Unravelling Tomato Transcription Factor SlDRIF5: Insights into its Function and Evolutionary Path in Solanaceae DRIF Genes.". Paper presented in 3 rd EUGLOH P lant Science Meeting, November 20, Porto, Portugal, 2023.
  16. Afonso H, Alhinho AT, Rosas J, Gomes-Laranjo J, Sobral R, Costa MMR.. "Unisexual floral identity in Fagaceae species: a molecular approach.". Paper presented in Iberian Plant Biology, July 9-12, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  17. Silva, Jessy; Ferreira, Maria João; Pinto, Sara Cristina; Dupree P; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Arabidopsis thaliana GLCATs involved in AGP biosynthesis are localized to the Golgi apparatus". Paper presented in Plant Cell Biology International (PCBI), 2022.
  18. Silva, Jessy; Ferreira, Maria João; Pinto, Sara Cristina; Lopez-Hernandez F; Dupree P; Tucker M; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Coimbra, Sílvia. "The AGP-Ca2+ interaction is necessary to the reproductive success of Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in Plant Calcium Signaling (PCS), 2022.
  19. Silva, Jessy; Ferreira, Maria João; Pinto, Sara Cristina; Lopez-Hernandez F; Dupree P; Tucker M; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Unraveling the role of methyl glucuronic acid of arabinogalactan proteins during Arabidopsis sexual reproduction". Paper presented in 26th International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction (26th ICSPR), 2022.
  20. Silva, S.,Ferreira, M.J., Pinto, S., Dupree, P., Costa, M.M.R., Coimbra, S.. "Arabidopsis thaliana GLCATs involved in AGP biosynthesis are localized to the Golgi apparatus". Paper presented in PLANT CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Crete, Greeve August 1st-5th, 2022.
  21. Silva, S., Lopez-Hernandez, F., Dupree, P., Tucker, M., Costa, M.M.R., Coimbra, S.. "Identification of the role of methyl glucuronic acid of arabinogalactan proteins during Arabidopsis sexual reproduction.". Paper presented in The 26th International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Prague, Czech Republic , June 20-24, 2022.
  22. Alves S., Braga Â., Parreira D., Alhinho A.T., Silva H., Ramos M., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L.. "Identification and characterization of Fagaceae SET-domain proteins (Fagaceae SET-domain proteins)". Paper presented in IV Simpósio da Castanha, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal , 7-9 July, 2022.
  23. Alves S., Braga Â., Parreira D., Alhinho A.T., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L.. "DNA Methylation associated genes in the three most representative genera of Fagaceae family.". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2022, Lisboa, Portugal. May 16-18,, 2022.
  24. Alhinho, A.T., Laranjo, J.G., Sobral, R., Costa, M.M.R.C.. "Bud dormancy and flowering regulation mechanisms in Castanea sativa Mill.". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics. Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal. 27-28th June– Awarded “Best Poster Communication”, 2022.
  25. Falcão, L., Castro, P.H., Costa, M.M.R.. "Evolutionary path of DRIF transcription factors in Solanaceae.". Paper presented in XVIII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, UMinho, Braga, Portugal 15 – 16 December, 2022.
  26. Afonso, H.R.B., Alhinho, A.T., Costa, M.M.R.. "Unisexual flower development in Fagaceae species: an evolutionary perspective.". Paper presented in XVIII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, UMinho, Braga, Portugal 15 – 16 December, 2022.
  27. Alhinho, A.T., Afonso, H., Rosas, J. Laranjo, J.G., Sobral, R., Costa, M.M.R.. "Bud dormancy and flowering regulation mechanisms in Castanea sativa Mill.". Paper presented in XVIII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, UMinho, Braga, Portugal 15 – 16 December,, 2022.
  28. "Alhinho, A.T.A., Ramos, Alves, S., M.J.N., Rocheta, M., Alves, S., Morais-Cecílio, L., Laranjo, J.G., Sobral, R., Costa, M.M.R. - The dynamics of flower development in Castanea sativa Mill– Awarded “Best Flash Poster Communication". Paper presented in XX National Congress of Biochemistry, 2021.
  29. "Werner T, Coelho S, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Costa MMm- Studying the evolution of a MYB-LIKE gene network through Marchantia polymorpha and comparative genomics.". Paper presented in III Simpósio de Bioquímica Aplicada, 2021.
  30. "Sobral R, Alhinho A, Silva H, Laranjeira S, Costa MRR. Unisexual flowering in the Fagaceae, a molecular approach". Paper presented in Congresso Hipano-Luso de Biologia de Plantas 2021, 2021.
  31. "Ana Marques, Rómulo Sobral, Ana Cunha, Sweta Singh, João Raimundo, Sara Laranjeira and Manuela Costa-Functional analysis of AtDRIF genes during the development of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings- Extended Elevator Pitch". Paper presented in Plant Biology Europe – PBE 2021, 2021.
  32. "Cunha A, Marques A, Singh S, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Raimundo J, Costa M - The role of AtDRIF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana developmental processes.". Paper presented in II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2021.
  33. Sofia Alves. "Sofia Alves, Ângelo Braga, Carolina Soares, Manuela Ribeiro Costa, Leonor Morais-Cecílio, “DNA methylation associated genes help to tell the evolutionary history of Castanea genus". Paper presented in Epicatch conference, 2021.
  34. "Alhinho, A.T., Sobral, R., Silva, H.G., Laranjeira, S., Magalhães, J., Andrade, L., Laranjo, J.G, Costa, M.M.R. - Unisexual flower development in two Fagaceae species: a molecular approach". Paper presented in Plant Biology Europe 2021, 2021.
  35. Ramos, Miguel J. N.; Silva, D. F.; Coito, J.L.; Cunha, J.; Costa, Maria M. R.; Rocheta, M.. "Characterization of Vitis sex determination mechanisms". Paper presented in National Science Summit Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
  36. Coelho, Sara; Laranjeira, Sara; Sobral, Rómulo; Costa, Maria M. R.. "Unravelling the ancestral function of MYB-like genes in Marchantia polymorpha". Paper presented in XXIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology/XVI Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology, 2019.
  37. Sobral, Rómulo; Singh, Shweta; Cunha, Ana M.; Laranjeira, Sara; Coelho, Sara; Araújo, Paulo; Raimundo, João; Costa, Maria M. R.. "Functional analysis of DRIF transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in XXIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology/XVI Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology, 2019.
  38. Coelho, Sara; Laranjeira, Sara; Costa, Maria. "Study of ancestral genes in Marchantia polymorpha using the CRISPR/Cas9 system". Paper presented in IV PDBMA Symposium University of Minho, 2018.
  39. Singh, Shweta; Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Laranjeira, Sara; Almeida, Mário; Cunha, Ana Maria; Costa, Maria. "Establishment of protein interactions during the evolution of a regulatory module that controls flower asymmetry". Paper presented in 12th International Plant Molecular Biology Congress Montepellier, France, 2018.
  40. Cunha, Ana Maria; Laranjeira, Sara; Singh, Shweta; Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Costa, Maria. "Unravelling the role of DRIF transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in 19th SFRRI Biennial Meeting Lisbon, Portugal, 2018.
  41. Cunha, Ana Maria; Laranjeira, Sara; Singh, Shweta; Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Costa, Maria. "Understanding the function of DRIF transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in IX Jornadas da Bioquímica Braga, Portugal, 2018.
  42. Almeida, Mário; Sobral, Rómulo; Romão, Célia; Costa, Maria. "Characterization of the protein protein interactions from a Gene Regulatory Module controlling flower asymmetry". Paper presented in IX Jornadas da Bioquímica Braga, Portugal, 2018.
  43. Silva, Helena; Sobral, Rómulo; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor; Costa, Maria. "Molecular regulator mechanisms associated with bud dormancy in Quercus suber". Paper presented in Plant Biology Europe 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018.
  44. Valoroso, M.C.; Sobral, R.; Costa, Maria; Aceto, S.. "Interaction of three MYB transcription factors involved in the establishment of bilateral symmetry in the orchid Orchis italica". Paper presented in Congresso Associazione Genetica Italiana Cortona, Italy, 2017.
  45. Sobral, Rómulo; Silva, Helena; Costa, Maria. "A molecular approach to study flower development in the monoecious Quercus suber L.". Paper presented in Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development Padua, Italy, 2017.
  46. Ramos, Miguel; Coito, J.L.; Fino, J.; Silva, H.; Costa, Maria; Paulo, O.; Rocheta, M.. "Deep analysis of wild Vitis transcriptome". Paper presented in National Science Summit Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.
  47. Coito, J.L.; Ramos, Miguel; Cunha, J.; Amâncio, S.; Costa, Maria; Rocheta, M.. "VviAPRT3 and VviFSEX: two genes involved in sex specification able to distinguish different flower types in Vitis". Paper presented in National Science Summit Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.
  48. Levchuk, K.; Lyakh, V.; Costa, Maria. "The overcoming of self-incompatibilty in heterostyled species Linum perenne L. using lectins". Paper presented in EMBO Conference-Signalling in plant development Brno, Czech Republic, 2015.
  49. Levchuck, K.; Lyakh, V.; Costa, Maria. "The purification of lectins in different species of genum Linum L.". Paper presented in IV International scientific - practical conference "Modern problems of biology, ecology and chemistry ", Zaporizhzhya National University, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 2015.
  50. Levchuk, K.; Lyakh, V.; Costa, Maria. "The overcoming of self-incompatibilty by androecium and gynoecium lectins of Linum perenne L.in intraspecific and interspecific crosses". Paper presented in 8th International scientific conference on Regulation of growth, development and productivity of plants Minsk, Belarus, 2015.
  51. Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria. "Origin and evolution of a versatile plant transcriptional module by rearrangement of a MYB domain". Paper presented in EMBO Conference on Genetic Control of Development and Evolution Paris, France, 2015.
  52. Sobral, Rómulo; Magalhães, J.; Coimbra, S.; Costa, Maria. "Sex identity in Quercus suber: a MAD(S) business?". Paper presented in XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society Coimbra, Portugal, 2014.
  53. Silva, H.G.; Ramos, M.; Coito, J.L.; Rocheta, M.; Costa, Maria. "Patterns of ABCDE gene expression in unisexual flowers of Vitis sylvestris". Paper presented in XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society Coimbra, Portugal, 2014.
  54. Magalhães, J.; Sobral, Rómulo; Rocheta, M.; Pinheiro, M.; Egas, C.; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor; Costa, M. Manuela R. "A comparative transcriptome analysis of Quercus suber flower development". Paper presented in 3rd Forest Genomics Meeting: Regulation of genome expression dynamics in forest trees Oeiras, Portugal, 2014.
  55. Magalhães, J.; Sobral, Rómulo; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor; Coimbra, Sílvia; Costa, Maria. "The ABCDE model in Quercus suber flower type specification". Paper presented in 23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction Porto, Portugal, 2014.
  56. Raposo, A.C.; Ribeiro, T.; Inácio, V.; Costa, Maria; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor. "Writers and erasers of chromatin marks during reproductive development in Quercus suber". Paper presented in 23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction Porto, Portugal, 2014.
  57. Ramos, M.; Coito, J.L.; Silva, H.G.; Cunha, J.; Costa, Maria; Rocheta, M.. "Transcriptomic analysis of Vitis flower development and sex specification". Paper presented in 23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction Porto, Portugal, 2014.
  58. Sobral, Rómulo; Magalhães, J.; Coimbra, S.; Costa, Maria. "Characterization of Quercus suber flower identity". Paper presented in ICREA Workshop: From model system to crops, challenges for a new era in plant biology Barcelona, Spain, 2014.
  59. Silva, H.G.; Ramos, M.; Coito, J.L.; Cunha, J.; Costa, Maria; Rocheta, M.. "Transcriptomic analysis of wild grapevine flower development and sex specification". Paper presented in ICREA Workshop: From model systems to plants, challenges for a new era in plant biology Barcelona, Spain, 2014.
  60. Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria. "A Genetic Triangle: How three MYB proteins determine flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum". Paper presented in New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists Norwich, UK, 2014.
  61. Magalhães, J.F.; Sobral, Rómulo; Rocheta, M.; Pinheiro, M.; Egas, C.; Morais, L.; Costa, Maria. "Quercus suber flower development: a comparative transcriptome analysis". Paper presented in XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal Lisboa, Portugal, 2013.
  62. Costa, Maria; Pereira, E.. "Floral symmetry: the role of the transcription factor TCP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in XIV Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada Braga, Portugal, 2013.
  63. Sobral, Rómulo; Raimundo, João; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria. "Flower asymmetry is established by a molecular antagonism involving three MYB-like proteins". Paper presented in IUBMB-FEBS Congress Seville, Spain, 2012.
  64. Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria. "MYB-like proteins mediate a molecular antagonism involved in flower dorsoventral asymmetry". Paper presented in EvoDevo Lisbon, Portugal, 2012.
  65. Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria. "Characterisation of the molecular mechanism involved in flower dorsoventral asymmetry". Paper presented in CNRS - Jacques Monod Conference “Evolution of plant developmental regulatory mechanisms" Roscoff, France, 2011.
  66. Sobral, Rómulo; Raimundo, João; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria. "Analysis of the molecular interactions between MYB-Like transcription factors in A. majus". Paper presented in XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética Coimbra, Portugal, 2011.
  67. Pereira, E.; Costa, Maria. "The role of TCP1 transcription factor in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética Coimbra, Portugal, 2011.
  68. Rocheta, M.; Costa, Maria; Amorim, M.I.; Cecílio, L.. "Transcriptome sequencing of male and female gametophyte development in Quercus suber". Paper presented in Worshop Present and Future of Cork Oak in Portugal Oeiras, Portugal, 2011.
  69. Oliveira, R.; Costa, Maria; Lino-Neto, T.. "Characterisation of HZF, a heat stress determinant in Arabidopsis thaliana". Paper presented in XXXV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, Braga, Portugal, 2010.
  70. Sobral, Rómulo; Raimundo, João; Costa, Maria. "Analysis of the molecular antagonism between MYB-Like transcription factors in A. majus". Paper presented in XXXV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética Braga, Portugal, 2010.
  71. Langlade, N.B.; Feng, X.; Costa, Maria; Hudson, A.; Coen, E.. "Natural variation and genetic control of leaf and flower allometry". Paper presented in Plant Biology & Botany joint Congress, Chicago, USA, 2007.
  72. Costa, Maria; Fox, S.; Baxter, C.; Coen, E.. "Molecular evolution of floral dorsoventral asymmetry". Paper presented in XVII International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, 2005.
  73. Gómez-Mena, C.; de Folter, S.; Costa, Maria; Lawrenson, T.; Angenent, G.C.; Sablowski, R.. "Genes and functions activated by the homeotic gene AGAMOUS during floral organ initiation in Arabidopsis". Paper presented in XVII International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, 2005.
  74. Costa, Maria; Baxter, C.; Corley, S.; Cubas, P.; Carpenter, R.; Coen, E.. "Dorsoventral asymmetry in the Arabidorrhinum thalimajus flower". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Madison, USA, 2003.
  75. Gómez-Mena, C.; Costa, Maria; Sablowski, R.. "Transcriptional network controlled by AGAMOUS during early stamen and carpel development". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Madison, USA., 2003.
  76. Gómez-Mena, C.; Costa, Maria; Sablowski, R.. "Identification of AG targets during early stages of stamen and carpel development". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Seville, Spain., 2002.
  77. Valverde, F.; Suárez-López, P.; Costa, Maria; Coupland, G.. "Pattern of expression of CONSTANS protein". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Madison, USA., 2000.
  78. Costa, Maria; Simon, R.; Coupland, G.. "Does CO-protein bind DNA?". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Norwich, UK, 1996.
  79. Costa, Maria; Costa, J.; Ricardo, C.P.P.. "IAA effect on the composition in glycosylated and non-glycosylated polypeptides of Lupinus albus roots". Paper presented in 9th Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology Brno, Czech Republic., 1994.
  80. Costa, Maria; Costa, J.; Ricardo, C.P.P.. "Study of a 17 kDa polypeptide from the differentiated zone of Lupinus albus roots". Paper presented in 4th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology Amsterdam, Netherlands., 1994.
Journal article
  1. Helena Gomes Silva; Rómulo Sobral; Ana Teresa Alhinho; Hugo Ricardo Afonso; Teresa Ribeiro; Patrícia M. A. Silva; Hassan Bousbaa; Leonor Morais-Cecílio; Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa. "Genetic and epigenetic control of dormancy transitions throughout the year in the monoecious cork oak". Physiologia Plantarum (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14620.
    10.1111/ppl.14620
  2. Silva, Helena Gomes; Sobral, Rómulo; Alhinho, Ana Teresa; Afonso, Hugo Ricardo; Ribeiro, Teresa; Silva, Patrícia M. A.; Bousbaa, Hassan; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor; Costa, Maria Manuela Ribeiro. "Genetic and epigenetic control of dormancy transitions throughout the year in the monoecious cork oak". Physiologia Plantarum 176 6 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14620.
    Published • 10.1111/ppl.14620
  3. Alves, Sofia; Braga, Ângelo; Parreira, Denise; Alhinho, Ana Teresa; Silva, Helena; Ramos, Miguel Jesus Nunes; Costa, Maria Manuela Ribeiro; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor. "Genome-wide identification, phylogeny, and gene duplication of the epigenetic regulators in Fagaceae". Physiologia Plantarum 174 5 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13788.
    10.1111/ppl.13788
  4. Pabón-Mora, Natalia; Goldman, Maria Helena S.; Smyth, David R.; Muschietti, Jorge; Costa, Maria Manuela R.. "Editorial: Molecular Mechanisms of Flowering Plant Reproduction". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.828136.
    10.3389/fpls.2021.828136
  5. Ana Teresa Alhinho; Miguel Jesus Nunes Ramos; Sofia Alves; Margarida Rocheta; Leonor Morais-Cecílio; José Gomes-Laranjo; Rómulo Sobral; Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa. "The Dynamics of Flower Development in Castanea sativa Mill.". Plants 10 8 (2021): 1538-1538. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081538.
    10.3390/plants10081538
  6. Cruz, J.O.; San Martin, J. A.; Lubini, G.; Strini, E. J.; Sobral, R. S.; Francisco Madueño; Pinoti, V. F.; et al. "SCI1 Is A Direct Target Of AGAMOUS And WUSCHEL And Is Specifically Expressed In The Floral Meristematic Cells". Frontiers in Plant Science (2021):
    Accepted
  7. Ramos, Miguel J. N.; Coito, João L.; Faísca-Silva, David; Cunha, Jorge; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Amâncio, Sara; Rocheta, Margarida. "Portuguese wild grapevine genome re-sequencing (Vitis vinifera sylvestris)". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76012-6.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-76012-6
  8. Rómulo Sobral; Helena Gomes Silva; Sara Laranjeira; Joana Magalhães; Luís Andrade; Ana Teresa Alhinho; Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa; Heinz Rennenberg. "Unisexual flower initiation in the monoecious Quercus suber L.: a molecular approach". Tree Physiology 40 9 (2020): 1260-1276. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa061.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/treephys/tpaa061
  9. Helena G. Silva; Rómulo S. Sobral; Alexandre P. Magalhães; Leonor Morais-Cecílio; M. Manuela R. Costa. "Genome-Wide Identification of Epigenetic Regulators in Quercus suber L.". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 11 (2020): 3783-3783. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21113783.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ijms21113783
  10. Martins, Viviana; Garcia, Ana; Alhinho, Ana T.; Costa, Pedro; Lanceros-Méndez, Senentxu; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Gerós, Hernâni. "Vineyard calcium sprays induce changes in grape berry skin, firmness, cell wall composition and expression of cell wall-related genes". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 150 (2020): 49-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.033.
    Published • 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.033
  11. Ramos, Miguel J. N.; Faísca-Silva, David; Coito, João L.; Cunha, Jorge; Silva, Helena G.; Viegas, Wanda; Costa, Maria M. R.; Amâncio, Sara; Rocheta, Margarida. "RNA editing in inflorescences of wild grapevine unveils association to sex and development". BioRxiv (2020): https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.03.974626.
    Open access • 10.1101/2020.03.03.974626
  12. "Portuguese wild grapevine genome re-sequencing (Vitis vinifera sylvestris)". [] (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.19.955781.
    10.1101/2020.02.19.955781
  13. "Unisexual flower initiation in the monoecious Quercus suber L., a molecular approach". [] (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.13.945295.
    10.1101/2020.02.13.945295
  14. Coito, João L.; Silva, Helena G.; Ramos, Miguel J.N.; Cunha, Jorge; Eiras-Dias, José; Amâncio, Sara; Costa, Maria M.R.; Rocheta, Margarida. "Vitis flower types: from the wild to crop plants". PeerJ 7 (2019): e7879. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7879.
    Open access • Published • 10.7717/peerj.7879
  15. Valoroso, M.C.; Sobral, R.; Saccone, G.; Salvemini, M.; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Aceto, S.. "Evolutionary Conservation of the Orchid MYB Transcription Factors DIV, RAD, and DRIF". Frontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85075257041&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2019.01359
  16. Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Laranjeira, Sara; Costa, M Manuela R. "Successive domain rearrangements underlie the evolution of a regulatory module controlled by a small interfering peptide". Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 12 (2018): 2873-2885. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy178.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/molbev/msy178
  17. Coito, J.L.; Silva, H.; Ramos, M.J.N.; Montez, M.; Cunha, J.; Amâncio, S.; Costa, M.M.R.; Rocheta, M.. "Vitis flower sex specification acts downstream and independently of the ABCDE model genes". Frontiers in Plant Science 9 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050865800&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpls.2018.01029
  18. Coito, João L.; Ramos, Miguel J. N.; Cunha, Jorge; Silva, Helena G.; Amâncio, Sara; Costa, Maria M. R.; Rocheta, Margarida. "VviAPRT3 and VviFSEX: Two Genes Involved in Sex Specification Able to Distinguish Different Flower Types in Vitis". Frontiers in Plant Science 8 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00098.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2017.00098
  19. Sobral, R.; Costa, M.M.R.. "Role of floral organ identity genes in the development of unisexual flowers of Quercus suber L". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028742643&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-017-10732-0
  20. Ramos, Miguel Jesus Nunes; Coito, João Lucas; Fino, Joana; Cunha, Jorge; Silva, Helena; de Almeida, Patrícia Gomes; Costa, Maria Manuela Ribeiro; et al. "Deep analysis of wild Vitis flower transcriptome reveals unexplored genome regions associated with sex specification". Plant Molecular Biology 93 1-2 (2016): 151-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11103-016-0553-9.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s11103-016-0553-9
  21. Lopes, Ana Lúcia; Costa, Mário Luís; Sobral, Rómulo; Costa, Maria Manuela; Amorim, Maria Isabel; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Arabinogalactan proteins and pectin distribution during female gametogenesis in Quercus suber L.". Annals of Botany 117 6 (2016): 949-961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw019.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcw019
  22. Sobral, Rómulo; Silva, Helena G.; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor; Costa, Maria M. R.. "The Quest for Molecular Regulation Underlying Unisexual Flower Development". Frontiers in Plant Science 7 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00160.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2016.00160
  23. Barroca, Mario; Rodrigues, Paulo; Sobral, Romulo; Costa, M. Manuela R.; Chaves, Susana R.; Machado, Raul; Casal, Margarida; Collins, Tony. "Antibiotic free selection for the high level biosynthesis of a silk-elastin-like protein". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000389972500001&KeyUID=WOS:000389972500001.
    10.1038/srep39329
  24. Costa, Mário Luís; Sobral, Rómulo; Costa, Maria Manuela Ribeiro; Amorim, Maria Isabel; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Evaluation of the presence of arabinogalactan proteins and pectins during Quercus suber male gametogenesis". Annals of Botany 115 1 (2014): 81-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu223.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcu223
  25. Rocheta, Margarida; Sobral, Rómulo; Magalhães, Joana; Amorim, Maria I.; Ribeiro, Teresa; Pinheiro, Miguel; Egas, Conceição; Morais-Cecí­lio, Leonor; Costa, Maria M. R.. "Comparative transcriptomic analysis of male and female flowers of monoecious Quercus suber". Frontiers in Plant Science 5 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00599.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2014.00599
  26. Ramos, Miguel Jesus; Coito, João; Silva, Helena; Cunha, Jorge; Costa, Maria Manuela; Rocheta, Margarida. "Flower development and sex specification in wild grapevine". BMC Genomics 15 1 (2014): 1095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1095.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1095
  27. Pereira-Leal, José B; Abreu, Isabel A; Alabaça, Cláudia S; Almeida, Maria; Almeida, Paulo; Almeida, Tânia; Amorim, Maria; et al. "A comprehensive assessment of the transcriptome of cork oak (Quercus suber) through EST sequencing". BMC Genomics 15 1 (2014): 371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-371.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/1471-2164-15-371
  28. Raimundo, João; Sobral, Rómulo; Bailey, Paul; Azevedo, Herlânder; Galego, Lisete; Almeida, Jorge; Coen, Enrico; Costa, Maria Manuela R.. "A subcellular tug of war involving three MYB-like proteins underlies a molecular antagonism in Antirrhinumflower asymmetry". The Plant Journal 75 4 (2013): 527-538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12225.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/tpj.12225
  29. Costa, M. Manuela R.; Yang, Suxin; Critchley, Joanna; Feng, Xianzhong; Wilson, Yvette; Langlade, Nicolas; Copsey, Lucy; Hudson, Andrew. "The genetic basis for natural variation in heteroblasty in Antirrhinum". New Phytologist 196 4 (2012): 1251-1259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04347.x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04347.x
  30. Raimundo, J.; Sobral, R.; Coen, E.; Costa, M. M. R.. "Flower asymmetry is established by a molecular antagonism involving three MYB-like proteins". Febs Journal 279 (2012): 75-75. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000308128601076&KeyUID=WOS:000308128601076.
  31. Costa, Maria Manuela R.; Hilliou, Frederique; Duarte, Patrícia; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Almeida, Iolanda; Leech, Mark; Memelink, Johan; Barceló, Alfonso Ros; Sottomayor, Mariana. "Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Vacuolar Class III Peroxidase Involved in the Metabolism of Anticancer Alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus". Plant Physiology 146 2 (2007): 403-417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.107.107060.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.107.107060
  32. Baxter, Catherine E. L.; Costa, Maria Manuela R.; Coen, Enrico S.. "Diversification and co-option of RAD-like genes in the evolution of floral asymmetry". The Plant Journal 52 1 (2007): 105-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03222.x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03222.x
  33. Stevenson, Clare E. M.; Burton, Nicolas; Costa, Maria M. R.; Nath, Utpal; Dixon, Ray A.; Coen, Enrico S.; Lawson, David M.. "Crystal structure of the MYB domain of the RAD transcription factor from Antirrhinum majus". Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 65 4 (2006): 1041-1045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.21136.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/prot.21136
  34. Costa, M. M. R.; Fox, S.; Hanna, A.I.; Baxter, C.; Coen, E.. "Evolution of regulatory interactions controlling floral asymmetry". Development 132 22 (2005): 5093-5101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.02085.
    Open access • Published • 10.1242/dev.02085
  35. Stevenson, Clare E. M.; Burton, Nicolas; Costa, Manuela; Nath, Utpal; Dixon, Ray A.; Coen, Enrico S.; Lawson, David M.; et al. "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the RAD protein fromAntirrhinum majus". Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 61 10 (2005): 885-888. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1744309105027168.
    Open access • Published • 10.1107/s1744309105027168
  36. Gomez-Mena, C.; de Folter, S; Costa, Maria M. R.; Angenent, Gerco; Sablowski, R. "Transcriptional program controlled by the floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS during early organogenesis". Development 132 3 (2005): 429-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.01600.
    Open access • Published • 10.1242/dev.01600
  37. Costa, MMR; Fox, S; Hanna, AI; Baxter, C; Coen, E. "Evolution of regulatory interactions controlling floral asymmetry (vol 132, pg 5093, 2005)". Development 132 23 (2005): 5341-5341. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000234409000018&KeyUID=WOS:000234409000018.
  38. Robson, Frances; Costa, M. Manuela R; Hepworth, Shelley R; Vizir, Igor; Pin˜eiro, Manuel; Reeves, Paul H; Putterill, Joanna; Coupland, George. "Functional importance of conserved domains in the flowering-time gene CONSTANS demonstrated by analysis of mutant alleles and transgenic plants". The Plant Journal 28 6 (2002): 619-631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.01163.x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.01163.x
  39. Hilliou, F.; Costa, Maria; Almeida, I.; Lopes-Cardoso, I.; Leech, M.; Ros Barceló, A.; Sottomayor, M.. "Cloning of a peroxidase enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of pharmaceutically active terpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus (L.)". Proceedings of the VI International Plant Peroxidase Symposium (2002): 152-158.
    Open access • Published
  40. Coupland, G.; Igeño, M.I.; Simon, R.; Schaffer, R.; Murtas, G.; Reeves, P.; Robson, F.; et al. "The regulation of flowering time by daylength in Arabidopsis.". Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology 51 (1998): 105-110. https://europepmc.org/article/med/10645431.
    Published
  41. Manuela Ribeiro Costa, M.; Costa, Julia; Pinto Ricardo, Candido P.. "A Lupinus albus root glycoprotein homologous to the polygalacturonase inhibitor proteins". Physiologia Plantarum 99 2 (1997): 263-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.1997.tb05411.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1997.tb05411.x
  42. Costa, MMR; Costa, J; Ricardo, CPP. "A Lupinus albus root glycoprotein homologous to the polygalacturonase inhibitor proteins". Physiologia Plantarum 99 2 (1997): 263-270. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:A1997WH89500008&KeyUID=WOS:A1997WH89500008.
  43. Costa, M.M.R.; Costa, J.; Ricardo, C.P.P.. "A Lupinus albus root glycoprotein homologous to the polygalacturonase inhibitor proteins". Physiologia Plantarum 99 2 (1997): 263-270. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031049218&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990208.x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Maria; Coupland, G.. "Functional analysis of CONSTANS, a transcription factor that regulates flowering time in Arabidopsis". PhD, University of East Anglia, 2000.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/20 Coelho S, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Costa M.M.R. Unravelling the evolution of gene regulatory networks through Marchantia polymorpha. IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, October 19-20, 2023, Braga, Portugal
2023/09/12 Coelho S, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Costa M.M.R. Unveil the ancestral function of MYB-like genes in Marchantia polymorpha. Iberian Plant Biology 2023, July 9-12, Braga
(Portugal)
2023/07/26 MMRCosta. (Invited Speaker) Flower asymmetry and the co-option of a genetic module during evolution.
RDP, Lyon, France (France)
2023/05/30 Alves S., Parreira D., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L. Distribution of epigenetic marks in different development stages of buds from Castanea sativa Mill. 3rd EPI-CATCH CONFERENCE- ECIMA: Epigenetics in Crop Improvement, from Mechanisms to Applications
(Bulgaria)
2022/12/15 Coelho S., Laranjeira S., Sobral R., Costa M.M.R. Unravelling the ancestral function of MYB-like genes involved in plant development. XVIII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva
XVIII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, UMinho, Braga (Portugal)
2022/11/30 Costa MMR. (Invieted Speaker) Mecanismos moleculares que controlam a formação de uma flor.
Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (Brazil)
2022/07/12 Alves S., Braga Â., Parreira D., Alhinho A.T., Silva H., Ramos M.J.N., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L. Fagaceae Histone Methyltransferases and Demethylases. MAICH, Chania, 2nd EPI-CATCH COST CA19125 Conference
(Greece)
2022/07/07 Bettencourt B., Alhinho A.T., Caetano H., Costa, M.M.R., Pinto T., Gomes-Laranjo J. Characterization of the environmental determinants involved in reproductive development of Castanea sativa Mill. (Cultivar ‘Judia’) IV Simpósio da Castanha, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal , 7-9 July
(Portugal)
2022/07/07 Alhinho, A.T.A., Ramos, Alves, S., M.J.N., Rocheta, M., Morais-Cecílio, L., Laranjo, J.G., Sobral, R., Costa, M.M.R. The dynamics of flower development in Castanea sativa Mill. (and why does climate matter) IV Simpósio da Castanha, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal , 7-9 July
(Portugal)
2022/06/27 Alves S., Braga Â., Parreira D., Alhinho A.T., Silva H., Ramos M.J.N., Costa M.M.R., Morais-Cecílio L. Identification and characterization of Histone acetylation associated proteins in Fagaceae. III International Meeting of Portuguese Society of Epigenetics, University of Évora
(Portugal)
2022/06/20 Cruz, JO, San Martin, JAB, Lubini, G, Strini, EJ, Sobral, R, Pinoti, VF, Ferreira, PB, Thomé, V, Quiapim, AC , Dornelas, MC , Pranchevicius, MCS, Madueno, F, Costa, MMR, Goldman, MHS. “SCI1 is expressed at the Nicotiana tabacum floral meristem and is a direct target of key flower development transcription factors” 26th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction
(Czech Republic)
2021/11/18 Alhinho, A.T.A., Ramos, Alves, S., M.J.N., Rocheta, M., Alves, S., Morais-Cecílio, L., Laranjo, J.G., Sobral, R., Costa, M.M.R. - The molecular dynamics of flower development in Castanea sativa Mill. – why does climate matter?” (18-19 November 2021) XII Jornadas de Transferencia Técnica y Científica de Biocastanea, El Bierzo, Spain. XII Jornadas de Transferencia Técnica y Científica de Biocastanea
(Spain)
2021/11/18 Bettencourt B., Alhinho A.T., Caetano H., Costa, M.M.R., Pinto T., Gomes-Laranjo J. (2021) -Influence of pollinators in fruit development of Castanea sativa Mill. (Cultivar ‘Judia’)- (18-19 November 2021) XII Jornadas de Transferencia Técnica y Científica de Biocastanea, El Bierzo, Spain. XII Jornadas de Transferencia Técnica y Científica de Biocastanea,
2021/11/18 Bettencourt B., Alhinho A.T., Caetano H., Costa, M.M.R., Pinto T., Gomes-Laranjo J. (2021) -Characterization of the environmental determinants involved in reproductive development of Castanea sativa Mill. (Cultivar ‘Judia’)- (18-19 November 2021) XII Jornadas de Transferencia Técnica y Científica de Biocastanea, El Bierzo, Spain. XII Jornadas de Transferencia Técnica y Científica de Biocastanea
(Spain)
2021/11/12 Manuela Costa (Invited Speaker) The whens and hows of flower making. The whens and hows of flower making
Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca (salamanca)
2021/09/04 Workshop on-line integrated in the conference Jornadas da Ciência III, entitled -Gene expression tecnhiques - 9 de Abril de 2021, Manuela Costa, Ana Maria Cunha, Ana Alhinho Jornadas da Ciência III
Universidade do Minho
2021/07/01 Tomás Werner, Sara Coelho, Sara Laranjeira, Rómulo Sobral, M. Manuela R. Costa (2021) Studying the evolution of gene networks through Marchantia polymorpha. Plant Biology Europe – PBE 2021. Bologna, Italy, 28th June - 1st July 2021. Plant Biology Europe – PBE 2021
(Italy)
2021/07/01 Alhinho, A.T., Sobral, R., Laranjo, J.G., Costa, M.M.R. (1st July, 2021) -The dynamics of flower development in Castanea sativa Mill. II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics. UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal. II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
2021/07/01 Cunha A, Marques A, Singh S, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Raimundo J, Costa MMR. 2021. The role of AtDRIF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana developmental processes.C, UTAD, Vila Real. 1-2 July. Awarded Best presentation in the Plant Genetics session. Cunha A, Marques A, Singh S, Laranjeira S, Sobral R, Raimundo J, Costa MMR. 2021. The role of AtDRIF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana developmental processes. II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, UTAD, Vila Real. 1-2 July. Awarded Best presentation in the Plant Genetics sessi
2021/06/24 Manuela Costa (Invited Speaker). The whens and hows of flower making Seminário SCAN
ITQB NOVA (Portugal)
2021/06/17 Manuela Costa (Invited Speaker). A flower in the making: a molecular approach Seminário LEAF
instituto superior de agronomia (Portugal)
2021/06/04 Manuela Costa (Invited Speaker). Como se formam as flores? Uma abordagem genética e molecular para compreender os mecanismos da floração Ciclo de seminários- Geneticamente falando com.....
Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética (Portugal)
2021/01/08 Costa MMR. (Invited Speaker) WHEN and HOW do plants make flowers? l, 1 agosto. 2021 XIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica, Vila Real
2020/11/26 Genome-Wide identification of epigenetic regulators in Quercus suber L. BioISI Day
BioISI (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/11/26 Manuela costa (invited speaker). Genome-Wide identification of epigenetic regulators in Quercus suber L. BioISI Day. Portugal.
2019/10 Manuela Costa (Invited Speaker). The making of a flower: a molecular approach 3º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas
FCUP (Porto, Portugal)
2019/07 Control of flower initiation in the monoecious Quercus suber L. SEB Meeting
(Sevilla, Spain)
2019/06 Unravelling the ancestral function of MYB-like genes in Marchantia polymorpha. XXIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology/XVI Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology
(Pamplona, Spain)
2018/07 Chromatin Remodelling During the Progamic Phase of Quercus suber L. Advances in plant reproduction – from gametes to seeds
(Florence, Italy)
2018/07 A molecular approach to strudy flower development of the monoecious Quercus suber L. SEB Annual Meeting
(Florence, Italy)
2018/06 Successive domain rearrangements underlie the establishment of protein interactions in the evolution of a new regulatory module EMBO workshop “New shores in land plant evolution
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/05 Manuela Costa (Invited Speaker). The evolution of gene interactions that shape the asymmetry of the flower Seminars in Biodiversity and Evolution
CIBIO (Vairão, Portugal)
2018 Molecular regulator mechanisms associated with bud dormancy in Quercus suber Plant Biology Europe 2018
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
2018 Unveiling miRNA role on Vitis flowering, through transcriptomics Bioinformatic Open Days
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/09 Evolution of a versatile plant regulatory module composed by three MYB-like proteins Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development
(Padua, Italy)
2017/05 Mecanismos que controlam a floração
Universidade de Cabo Verde (Praia, Cape Verde)
2017/02/01 Molecular Mechanisms that Shape the Flower
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/01/23 Establishment of molecular interactions underlying flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum
University of Onesbruek (Onesbruek, Germany)
2016 Establishment of molecular interactions underlying flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum
University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2016 Characterisation and expression analysis of Quercus suber DNA methyltransferases during bud dormancy XIX Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2015/05 The sex of the plants XXXIX Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2015 Evolution of regulatory interactions controlling floral asymmetry Annual Science Meeting of the John Innes and Sainsbury Laboratory
(Norwich, United Kingdom)
2014/12 A Genetic Triangle: How three MYB proteins determine flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/07 A Genetic Triangle: How three MYB proteins determine flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists
(Norwich, United Kingdom)
2014/07 Three MYB-like proteins are involved in a subcellular tug-of-war underlying flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum 23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/04/11 Flower development: from induction to sex determination Opening Cerimony Doctoral Program Agrichains
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2014 The evolution of gene interactions that shape the flower VI Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2013/07 A molecular antagonism that shapes the flower 4ª Workshop Anual BioPlant
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2013/07 A subcellular tug of war involving three MYB proteins underlies a molecular antagonism in Antirrhinum flower asymmetry XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/07 The evolution of a multifunctional MYB-like genetic triangle SEB Annual Main Meeting
(Valencia, Spain)
2013/07 Characterization of reproductive development of Quercus suber Traning School on ‘’Genetic, ecological properties of marginal populations and their importance for conservation and use under climate change’’ of Cost Action FP1202
(Chania, Greece)
2013/04 Transcriptomic analysis of flower development of Quercus suber BioFig Norte Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
2012/12 A Genetic Triangle: How three MYB proteins determine flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum 3rd annual BioPlant workshop
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2012/09 A molecular antagonism involving three MYB-like proteins is essencial for determining flower asymmetry 5th International PhD school in Plant Development
(Pontignano, Italy)
2012/02 Molecular Charaterization of the transcription factor TCP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana BioFIG Norte Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
2012 Molecular analysis of flower dorsoventral asymmetry Ciclo de seminarios “Ciência Falada”
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute - University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2012 Evolution of gene interactions involved in flower asymmetry XIII Jornadas Biologia Aplicada
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2011/06 Molecular Analysis of Flower Bilateral Symmetry XII Congreso Hispano Luso de Fisiología Vegetal
(Castellon, Spain)
2011/06 The role of a new MYB-like gene family in the control of flower asymmetry development International Workshop In "Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development”
(Maratea, Italy)
2011/04 Characterisation of a new family of MYB-like transcription factors and its role in flower asymmetry 2nd Annual Workshop BioPlant
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2011/03 Characterization of molecular interactions in the establishment of A. majus flower dorsoventral asymmetry Workshop BioPlant UM 2011- From Gene to Biotechnology
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2010/03 Functional genomics in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana 1º Workshop Anual BioPlant
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2009/12 Evolution of flower dorsoventral asymmetry BioFIG General Meeting
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009 Characterization of gene interactions responsible for dorsoventral asymmetry of flower XXXIV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2006 Evolution of gene networks controlling floral asymmetry
Consorci CSIC-IRTA (Barcelona, Spain)
2005 Molecular analysis of floral dorsoventral asymmetry Plant Frontier Meeting
Society Experimental Biology (Shefield, United Kingdom)
2004 Molecular analysis of floral dorsoventral asymmetry 15th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
(Berlin, Germany)
2003 Dorsoventral asymmetry in Arabidorrhinum thalimajus XIII International Antirrhinum Meeting
(Cartagena, Spain)
1997 Functional analysis of CONSTANS, a putative transcription factor that promotes flowering 5th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology
(Singapore)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/01/01 - Current Molecular mechanisms that control flower development in Quercus species of the Portuguese forest
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/01/01 - Current Characterization of molecular interactions involving DRIFs during Arabidopsis thaliana seedling development
Supervisor of Ana Catarina da Silva Marques
 PhD in Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/04/01 - Current Unravelling the ancestral function of MYB-like transcription factor families involved in plant development
Supervisor of Sara Filipa Pinto Coelho
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2020/09/01 - Current Use of Microbial Bioprotectants to protect olive trees from anthracnose and olive fly attack
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Amaral
 Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2020/09/01 - Current Study of genetic networks via ancestral plant species
Supervisor of Tomás Werner
 Molecular Genetics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2020/08 - Current The epigenetic signatures regulating annual cycles of bud dormancy and growth restart in Castanea sativa Mill
Co-supervisor of Sofia Graça Barbosa Alves
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2020 - Current Arabinogalactan proteins: deciphering their function while looking at the sugars
Co-supervisor of Jessy Ariana Faria da Silva
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/12/01 - Current Characterization of molecular interctions involved in flower asymmetry and co-option in other plant developmental processes.
Supervisor of Ana Maria Relvas da Silva Cunha
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal

John Innes Centre, United Kingdom
2018 - Current Caracterização fenológica e molecular de cultivares de Castanea sativa
Co-supervisor of Jorge Fernando Enes Ribeiro
 Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2016 - Current Small but important: the role of small RNA in Vitis sex specification
Co-supervisor of Miguel de Jesus Nunes Ferreira Ramos
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2024/04/12 The study of the molecular mechanisms that control flowering in Quercus
Supervisor of Hugo Ricardo Bento Afonso
MSc in Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2024/02/01 DIV-DRIF-RAD complex role in the development of the tomato plant.
Supervisor of Lucas Falcão Peixoto
 MSc in Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2019/04 - 2023/11/14 Study of flower induction an frutification mechanisms in Castanea sativa Mill
Supervisor of Ana Teresa Talhinhas Barata Alhinho
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/11/09 Abiotic stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of Luiza Motter Catarino
 MSc in Molecular Genetics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2023/06/04 Genetic mechanisms involved in dormancy and flower induction of Fagacea trees
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/12/19 Molecular interactions within an antagonistic module of proteins involved in plant developmental processes.
Supervisor
 MSc in Molecular Genetics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/02/07 Functional analysis of AtDRIF genes in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings
Supervisor of Ana Catarina da Silva Marques
Biologia molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/02/07 Functional analysis of AtDRIF genes in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings.
Co-supervisor of Ana Catarina da Silva Marques
 Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (ECUM) (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2022 The unveiling of the ancestral function of MYB-LIKE genes in Marchantia polymorpha.
Co-supervisor of Tomás Werner
 Mestrado em Genética Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2020/07/15 Estudo de mecanismos de desenvolvimento floral de Castanea sativa
Supervisor of Mariana Dias Pereira
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2020/07/15 A função dos genes RAD, DIV, DRIF e DIVL em Arabidopsis thaliana.
Supervisor of Tânia Filipa Gomes Castro
 Applied Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2015 - 2020/01 Functional analysis of a gene regulatory network involved in flower zygomorphy
Supervisor of Shweta Singh
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2015 - 2019/12 Characterization of flower induction and fertilization of Quercus suber
Supervisor of Helena Sofia Gomes da Silva
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2017 - 2019/02 Establishment and Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks
Supervisor of Mário Jorge Barbosa de Almeida
 Genética Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Análise fenotípica de linhas de sobrexpressão de Marchantia polymorpha
Supervisor of Diogo Henrique Félix Costa
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Estudo de mutantes de Marchantia polymorpha obtidos por CRISPR/Cas9
Supervisor of Daniel Pereira da Cunha
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Study of ancestral genes in Marchantia polymorpha
Supervisor of Sara Filipa Pinto Coelho
 Molecular Genetics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2018 - 2018 The epigenetic signatures regulating annual cycles of bud dormancy and growth restart in Castanea sativa Mill
Co-supervisor of Fábio António Gouveia Ferreira Martins
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Functional characterization of DRIF-like genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of Ana Maria Relvas da Silva Cunha
 Molecular Genetics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Projecto final da Licenciatura em Bioquímica
Supervisor of Claúdia Marinho
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Projecto final da Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada
Supervisor of Andreia Machado
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Molecular characterization of flower development of Quercus suber L.
Supervisor of Rómulo Sacramento Sobral
 Ciências (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Post-doctoral fellow- Unraveling miRNAs involved in male carpel specification in wild grapevine.
Co-supervisor of Margarida Rocheta
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2015 - 2015 A conservação in vitro como técnica de conservação (ex situ) para as espécies vegetais ameaçadas. O caso da Mentha cervina L.
Supervisor of Sara Isabel da Costa Teixeira
 Ciências do Ambiente (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Caracterização funcional de genes envolvidos no desenvolvimento floral de Vitis vinifera
Supervisor of Sara da Silva Ribeiro
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Relatório de Atividade Profissional
Supervisor of Frederica Helena D´Assa Castel-Branco Sampaio
 Ciências - Formação Contínua de Professores (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Molecular regulation of flower induction in Quercus suber
Supervisor of Luís Andrade
 Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Evolution of the gene regulatory network controlling flower dorsoventral asymmetry
Supervisor of João Alexandre Pereira Raimundo
 Biologia de Plantas (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2010 - 2015 Post-doctoral fellow- Genes that control sex determination and evolution of monoeicy in grapevine: the role of flower meristem and organ identity genes
Co-supervisor of Margarida Rocheta
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Expressão de fatores de transcrição de Arabidopis thaliana em sistema heterólogo
Supervisor of Ana Filipa Carneiro
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Projecto final da Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada
Supervisor of Luís Cadilhe
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Projecto final da Licenciatura em Bioquímica
Supervisor of Ana Carolina Almeida
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Genetic Control of Sex in Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera and Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris
Supervisor of Helena Silva
 Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Regeneration and Transformation of Eucalyptus grandis
Co-supervisor of Leila Esteki
 Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Characterisation of a set of newly identified proteins
Co-supervisor of Rosana Maria Abreu Alves
 Bioquímica Aplicada (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Molecular divergence of TCP transcription factors in floral asymmetry evolution
Supervisor of Eduarda Pereira
 Ciências (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Análise de genes diferencialmente expressos durante o desenvolvimento floral de Quercus suber
Supervisor of Pedro José Pereira da Silva
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Construção de sondas para análise de expressão de genes por hibridação in situ durante o desenvolvimento floral de Quercus suber.
Supervisor of Hélder Ricardo Cardoso Pereira
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Estudos de mecanismos moleculares envolvidos na assimetrial floral
Supervisor of Inês de Oliveira Rodrigues e Vaz da Cunha
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Study on Sugar Transport in Root of Arabidopsis
Supervisor of Siti Nur Azizah Fauziyati Rahma
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2011 The role of TCP1 transcription factor in Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of Eduarda Pereira
 Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Análise funcional do factor de transcrição TCP1 de Arabidopsis
Supervisor of Sandra Carvalho
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Exploração de ferramentas avançadas de biologia molecular de plantas e a sua potencial integração em aulas laboratoriais no ensino superior
Supervisor of Vânia Santos
 Biologia e Geologia (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Characterization of molecular interactions conferring flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum majus
Supervisor of João Alexandre Pereira Raimundo
 Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Caracterização de interações moleculares entre factores de transcrição do tipo Myb em Antirrhinum majus
Supervisor of Rómulo Sacramento Sobral
 Genética Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Functional characterisation of HZF and LZF genes in heat stress response of Arabidopsis thaliana
Co-supervisor of Rute Oliveira
 Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2008 - 2010 Estudo da função do gene TCP1 em Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of Sandra Carvalho
 Bioquímica (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Análise funcional do factor de transcrição TCP1 de Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of Eduarda Pereira
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Análise funcional dos genes RIP-like de Arabidopsis
Supervisor of António Pinheiro
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Métodos de extracção de RNA de Q. suber
Supervisor of Rui Rocha
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Estudo funcional de factores de transcrição no desenvolvimento de Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of António Pinheiro
 Biologia Aplicada (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Evolution of gene regulatory networks: bioinformatics approach
Supervisor of José Pedro Lopes Faria
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Evolution of gene regulatory networks: gene expression approach
Supervisor of João Alexandre Pereira Raimundo
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Como e quando as plantas mudam de sexo
Supervisor of Pedro Filipe da Costa Pereira
 Biologia Aplicada (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/10/19 - 2023/10/20 Organising Committee of International meeting PSG responsible for Plant Genetics session (2023/10/19 - 2023/10/20)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/12 Organizing Committee of 2023 Iberian Plant Biology (2023/07/09 - 2023/07/12)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/07 - 2021/09/08 III Simposium in Applied Biochemistry (2021/09/07 - 2021/09/08)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/05/18 - 2021/05/18 Organization of a Criative Competition for schools entitled -Who does flower better?- integrated in Fascination of Plant day and on-line activity with a video prodution “Boys vs. Girls: how to study genes that determine flower sex- participation of all lab members. (2021/05/18 - 2021/05/18)
Festival (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/03/25 - 2020/04/17 Advanced Course on Plant Molecular Biology (6ECTS). Workshop aimed at the students of different MSc courses and PhD programmes of the Department of Biology (UMinho) and UTAD. (2020/04/17)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15 Organization of the worshop "Analysis of Gene Expression in Plants at the I Jornadas da Ciência (2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/02 II Jornadas UM Future with Science – Contributions of Vocational Psychology (clarifications about university courses and professional areas, directed to Education Psycology professionals) (2019/02)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/03/05 - 2018/04/23 Advanced Course on Plant Molecular Biology (6ECTS). Workshop aimed at the students of different MSc courses and PhD programmes of the Department of Biology (UMinho) and UTAD. (2018/03/05 - 2018/04/23)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2016/10/11 - 2016/10/14 Second International Legume Society Conference: Legumes for a sustainable world (2016/10/11 - 2016/10/14)
Congress
2015/04/24 - 2015/05/08 Advanced Course on Plant Molecular Biology (6ECTS). Workshop aimed at the students of different MSc courses and PhD programmes of the Department of Biology (UMinho) and UTAD. (2015/04/24 - 2015/05/08)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2014/03/03 - 2014/03/15 Advanced Course on Plant Molecular Biology (6ECTS). Workshop aimed at the students of different MSc courses and PhD programmes of the Department of Biology (UMinho) and UTAD. (2014/03/03 - 2014/03/15)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2013/04/29 - 2013/05/10 Advanced Course on Plant Molecular Biology (6ECTS). Workshop aimed at the students of different MSc courses the Department of Biology (UMinho) and Doctoral Programme MAP-BIOPlant (Universities Minho, Aveiro and Porto). (2013/04/29 - 2013/05/10)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2012/05/17 - 2012/05/18 Organization of the 1st International "Fascination of Plants Day" at University of Minho, that included several talks and workshops (2012/05/17 - 2012/05/18)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2012/04/16 - 2012/04/27 Advanced Course on Plant Molecular Biology (6ECTS). Workshop aimed at the students of different MSc courses the Department of Biology (UMinho) and Doctoral Programme MAP-BIOPlant (Universities Minho, Aveiro and Porto). (2012/04/16 - 2012/04/27)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/11/24 - 2021/11/24 Organization and delivey of 2 workshops for 25 secondary students year 8 entitled -Shine a Light" - the light in the live of plants. Ana Alhinho, Sara Coelho e Ana Maria Cunha and Manuela Costa
Workshop
 Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia 2021
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/07/20 - 2021/07/23 Participation in the activity "Summer on Campus" with the activity Manipulation of plant genomes, in which the PhD students Ana Alhinho, Sara Coelho e Ana Maria Cunha hosted in the lab students from secondary schools and showed them how techniques in molecular biology used in research in Plant Biology
Other
 Verão no Campus
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/11/27 - 2020/11/27 How to prepare plants for a changing world? Preparation of a video to promote the research performed in the lab as part of an activity prepared for European Night of Researchers 2020
Festival
 European Night of Researchers
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
2019/12/18 - 2019/12/20 Best Student in UMinho 6th Edition "Vem conhecer as técnicas laboratoriais moleculares aplicadas no estudo de plantas" (for high school students)
Workshop
 Best Student in UMinho 6th Edition
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/04/20 - 2018/04/21 Open Weekend 2nd Edition "Plantas, uma história Evolutiva" (Reception of students and general public in the lab)
Other
 Open Weekend 2nd Edition
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/03/27 - 2018/03/31 "Mulheres na Ciência/Women in Science", included in the week "Ler + Ciência" organized by High School of Abação
Other
 Ler + Ciência
2017/05/22 - 2017/05/22 Speaker at meeting organized by Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Universidade do Minho (NEBQUM)
Other
2017/04/28 - 2017/04/28 Open Weekend (Reception of students and general public in the lab with activities and demonstrations)
Other
 Open Weekend
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Science and Tecnology Week (Reception in the labs of high school students and the public)
Other
 Science and Tecnology Week
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/11/26 - 2015/11/26 Visit to the National Germoplasm Bank (INIAV, Merelim, Braga) by the Highschool of Barcelinhos within the projet "My Science School"
Other
 My Science School
2015/03/27 - 2015/03/31 XVIII ENEB Workshop "Arabidopsis thaliana no laboratório de Biologia Molecular"
Workshop
 XVIII ENEB
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/03/30 - 2015/03/30 Speaker at "À conversa com um Bioquímico" organized by Núcleo de Estudantes de Bioquímica da Universidade do Minho (NEBQUM)
Round table
 À conversa com um Bioquímico
2015/03/23 - 2015/03/26 Best Student in UMinho "Utilização de Arabidopsis thaliana como modelo biológico no estudo funcional de genes" (for highs chool students)
Workshop
 Best Student in UMinho
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/03/19 - 2015/03/19 Activity to elucidate the High School students Escola Secundária Martins Sarmento, Guimarães, in future carreers in Sciences
Round table
2015 - 2015 Science and Tecnology Week (Reception in the labs of high school students and the public)
Other
 Science and Tecnology Week
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/06/11 - 2014/06/11 Talk “O mundo fascinante das plantas" within the initiative “Jardins com(s)Ciência" at Escola D. Maria II Vila Nova de Famalicão
Other
 Jardins com(s)Ciência
2014/04/07 - 2014/04/10 Best Student in UMinho "O dia-a-dia num laboratório de biologia e fisiologia molecular de plantas" (for high school students)
Workshop
 Best Student in UMinho
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/02/04 - 2014/02/10 Workshop "PlantLab" within the project "Projecto Biozoom - Descobrir a vida para inspirar o futuro ao abrigo do programa Escolher Ciência - Ciência Viva"
Workshop
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2013/03/06 - 2013/03/06 "Speed Dating with researchers"within the activity "I Biochemistry Sessions" organized by Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Meeting
 I Biochemistry Sessions
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Workshop "Técnicas essenciais em Arabidopsis thaliana" XIII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
Workshop
 XIII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Workshop “Técnicas essenciais em Arabidopsis thaliana” XIII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
Workshop
 XIII Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/06/07 - 2010/06/16 Caraterização da expressão de um gene utilizando genes repórter" within the project "UMa Biologia no Verão- projeto Ciência Viva” promoted by the Biology Department Verão no Campus
Workshop
 UMa Biologia no Verão
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2009/11/24 - 2009/11/24 “De Darwin aos nossos dias: novas perspetivas no estudo da evolução” talk within the initiative "Darwin à Moda do Minho" at the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum, Braga
Other
 Darwin à Moda do Minho
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009/03/20 - 2009/03/20 "Conhecimento científico e senso comum. Conflito ou complementaridade?" at the Cabreiros High school, Barcelos
Round table

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/24 From ovule to seed development by AGP and CKX SEEDSTICK target genes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Lúcia Gonçalves Lopes (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Botânica, Portugal
2023/12/14 Dissecting the transcriptional program of Prrxl1 transcription factor in the development of dorsal root ganglion nociceptors
President of the jury
 Maria Manuel Moura Cabral (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/12/13 The therapeutical potential of TUDCA against stress-related brain pathologies
President of the jury
 Rita Nóbrega Amaral Martins (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/12/12 The impact of Spinal Cord Injury in the spleen innervating sympathetic postganglionic neurons
President of the jury
 Maria Moreira Teixeira Alves de Moura (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/11/29 Use of an engineered exosome-like delivery platform towards colorectal cancer therapy
President of the jury
 Henrique José Ferreira Fontes (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/11/03 The Role of Cks Proteins in the DNA Damage Response
President of the jury
 Vasco de Castro Lobato (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/09/15 Unveilling the promoter regulatory network in Rice
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Daniel Santos de Carvalho (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/04/23 Evolución y Caracterización Funcional de los genes HEC3 en el Desarrollo de Flores y Fruto de Nicotiana benthamiana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Clara Inés Ortiz-Ramírez (PhD)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2023/03/03 Characterization of a Cis-regulatory Element in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 37 (SCA37) Locus
President of the jury
 Catarina Carmo da Rocha Martinho Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/01/10 Autophagy and alpha-synuclein toxicity during aging
President of the jury
 Ehsan Omidvar (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023/01/09 The role of carboxylic acids in pathogencity of Candida albicans 9 de janeiro de 2023
President of the jury
 Faezeh Ghasemi (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2022/12/20 Effect of brown algae extracts in macrophage polarization and immune response modulation
President of the jury
 Pedro Miguel Rodrigues Durães (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2022/12/16 Functional characterization of putative Arabidopsis thaliana iodide peroxidases to understand iodine regulation in plants
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Leandro Miguel Bastos Pires (Master)
2022/12/12 The grape berry microbiota - molecular approaches to understand the contribution of the cultivar to its diversity
President of the jury
 Carolina Silva Moreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2022/09/12 SR Proteins and Pre-mRNA Splicing in ABA Signaling and Metabolism”, , 12th September 2022
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rui Filipe dos Reis Mata Albuquerque Martins , (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/02/08 Heterologous expression of mammalian phospholipase D1 and D2 in the yeast model
President of the jury
 Inês Paula Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/02/03 Enhancing the protein engineering toolbox: In vivo recombination in E. coli for multi site directed mutagenesis
President of the jury
 Diogo Henrique Félix Costa (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01/17 Abordagens bioquímicas e moleculares para compreender o efeito do cálcio na qualidade do bago da uva (Vitis vinifera L.) e na sua comunidade microbiana
President of the jury
 Luís Carlos Moreira Costa (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01/14 Expression and internalization analysis of nutrient transporters in mammalian cells
President of the jury
 Rafaela Alves de Oliveira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 Unveiling the role of several AGPs during pollen development in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Foubert Mendes (Master)
2021/12/10 Quercus suber embryo development and characterization: a molecular and cellular functional approach
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mário Luís da Costa (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/10/27 Development of an experimental vaccine against neosporosis in cattle
President of the jury
 Anna Clara Maria Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/19 Discovery of new cyanobacterial natural products with bioactivity
President of the jury
 Gabriela Alves Moreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/19 Discovery of new cyanobacterial natural products with bioactivity
President of the jury
 Gabriela Alves Moreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/10/13 Quantificação de cell-free DNA presente no fluido folicular de mulheres submetidas a tratamentos de procriação medicamente assistida (PMA) e avaliação da relação com fatores de infertilidade e sucesso do tratamento
President of the jury
 Luísa Cunha Oliani (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/22 Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of African lineages
President of the jury
 Luísa Carolina Azevedo de Sá (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/07/29 Transcriptome Dynamics in the Arabidopsis thaliana Male Germ Unit: From Mature Pollen Grain to Pollen Tube
(Thesis) Arguer
 Chandra Shekhar Misra (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/07/27 “ MtSUPERMAN controls the number of flowers per inflorescence and floral organs in the inner three whorls of Medicago truncatula”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Lucía Rodas Méndez (PhD)
Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Spain
2021/05/26 The putative role of Oryza sativa calcium-dependent protein kinase 17 in rice central metabolism
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rafael Cavém Soares (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/04/13 Development and implementation of laboratory methodologies to study microbial multicellular communities
President of the jury
 Coralie da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03/31 Survey of antifungal activity of plant extracts for the development of natural products for agriculture
President of the jury
 Cláudia Sofia de Sá Ferreira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/02/21 The impact of Extracellular Matrix density on Acute Myeloid Leukemia cell proliferation and response to chemotheraphy
President of the jury
 Inês Guedes Lameira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021 Identificación de dianas e interactores de TFL1, un regulador clave en la floración y la arquitectura de la inflorescencia
Thesis Member
 Marina Silvestre Vañó (PhD)
Universitat de València, Spain
2020/12 STK target genes crosstalk in Arabidopsis thaliana ovules and seed development
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ricardo André Campos Ferraz (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 Unveiling the integration of redox and bioelectric phenomena in vertebrate regeneration
Thesis Member
 Fernando Ricardo da Silva Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 Functional analysis of a gene regulatory network involved in flower zygomorphy
Supervisor
 Sweta Singh (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 Biotic stress in grapevine – elucidation of the role of the newly identified SWEET transporters on plant-pathogen interaction
Thesis Member
 Richard Maykel Gonçalves Breia (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/03 Development of a cell factory for the production of Tyrosol and its derivatives from Shikimate pathway
President of the jury
 Joana Margarida Silva Gomes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/03 Anti- and anti- oligomers for controlling filamentation under different body fluids
President of the jury
 Ana Teresa Moutinho Barbosa (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/02 Is Saccharomyces cerevisiae the only yeast capable of producing wine? Exploitation of Torulaspora delbrueckii for winemaking
President of the jury
 Ticiana Barbosa Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/01/27 Endo- and epiphytic bacteria from olive tree phyllosphere with biocontrol abilities against olive knot
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Diogo Calado Martins Mina (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/12 Arabinogalactan proteins: deciphering their function while looking at the sugars
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jessy Ariana Faria da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11 Study of ancestral genes in Marchantia polymorpha
Supervisor
 Sara Filipa Pinto Coelho (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/05 Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms controlling key genes involved in C4 photosynthesis in maize
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Andrade Borba (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/02 Establishment and evolution of gene regulatory networks
Supervisor
 Mário Jorge Barbosa de Almeida (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 Characterizantion of flower induction and fertilization of Quercus suber
Supervisor
 Helena Sofia Gomes da Silva (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/11 AGP25, AGP26 e AGP27: a tríade de Proteínas Arabinogalactânicas envolvida na reprodução sexuada em A. thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diana Filipa Viana Moreira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/11 Functional characterization of AtDRIFs in Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor
 Ana Maria Relvas da Silva Cunha (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/09 Understanding the transcriptional network regulating ZmPEPC1 gene expression
(Thesis) Arguer
 Alicja Marta Górska (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/05 Effect of mycorrhization on Quercus suber L. tolerance to drought
Thesis Member
 Francisca Rodrigues dos Reis (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/02 Genetic basis of ABA-GA hormonal cross-talk in the control of flowering time In Arabidopsis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Raquel Azevedo Silva (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/01 Vitis vinifera sex genes: from the wild to the domesticated varieties
Thesis Member
 João Lucas Fidalgo Oliveira Coito (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017/11 Mining and characterization of the candidate genes for distorted segregation in chromosome 4 of tomato
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gonçalo Emanuel Elias da Silva (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/11 Functional characterization of the abiotic stress-related rice gene OsCPK17 through physiologic, genomic and proteomic approaches
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Cecília Pina (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/10 Involvement of STK and REM24 in cellular specification during ovule formation in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Cristina Mendes Pinto (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/09 The rice Phytochrome-Interacting Factor 14 – a regulator of cold, jasmonic acid and light related genes
Thesis Member
 André Miguel Henriques Cordeiro (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/07 Efeitos de análogos de colesterol na composição de lipid rafts e na sinalização de morte em células de cancro
President of the jury
 Nina Marisa Ramos Antunes (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 Functional expression of transportes in yeast
President of the jury
 Ana Carolina Gomes Almeida (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/12 Ex situ collection of Limonium spp.: cytogenetic and reproductive characterization for the conservation of rare species
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sofia Isabel Rodrigues da Conceição (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/11 Introducing resistance genes against ToMV, TYLCV and TSWV infections in two tomato varieties (Muchamiel and De la Pera)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Margarida Novais de Sampaio (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/04 Identification and functional analysis of AGP genes related to pollen tube guidance into the embryo sac in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Marta Brandão de Almeida Cardoso Pereira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015 Comparative transcriptome analysis in the moss Physcomitrella patens and the genetic basis of key reproductive innovations
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marcela Hernández Coronado (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2013/12 Uncovering abiotic stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sara Isabel de Oliveira Freitas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 Functional analysis of the SUMO conjugation/deconjugation system during the development and stress response of Arabidopsis thaliana
Thesis Member
 Pedro Humberto Araújo Ramos Fernandes Castro (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 Insights into the role of almond CBF transcription factors in the environment control of cold acclimation and dormancy break
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Barros (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2011/12 Molecular characterisation of the transcription factor TCP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Thesis Member
 Eduarda Pereira (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/10 Stress-related genes in Arabidopsis thaliana: investigating the role of squalene epoxidases in sterol biosynthesis and EGY3 as a putative plastidial heat stress determinant
Thesis Member
 Sara Catarina Costa Laranjeira (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/10 Detecção de Quantificação de Milho Geneticamente Modificado em Alimentos Comerciais e em Broas de Milho ao Longo da Produção
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Telmo José Rodrigues Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2011/09 Identification of components of ultrapetala1 regulatory pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Helena Ribeiro Pires (PhD)
University of California Berkeley Division of Biological Sciences Marian Koshland Bioscience and Natural Resources Library, United States

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 Functions of Class III Peroxidases in higher plants: multiple approaches using the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Raquel Santos Figueiredo (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/12 Optimisation of transient expression procedures in Catharanthus roseus and Arabidopsis thaliana for subcellular localisation studies
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diana Margarida da Costa Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/12 Characterisation of the molecular interaction between MYB-like transcription factors in the establishment of floral dorsoventral asymmetry in Antirrhinum majus
Supervisor
 Rómulo Sacramento Sobral (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/12 Functional Characterisation of HZF and LZF genes in heat stress response of Arabidopsis
Thesis Member
 Rute Patrícia Martins Barbosa de Oliveira (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/09 Characterization of Arabidopsis TETRASPANIN8 gene: from evolution to molecular roles
Thesis Member
 Óscar Luis da Costa Oliveira (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 Functional Characterisation of a new class of MYB-like genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and Antirrhinum majus
Supervisor
 João Alexandre Pereira Raimundo (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009/06 Molecular Mechanisms Associated to Thermotolerance in Plants
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Catarina da Silva Correia (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013/01/01 - Current Society of Experimental Biology

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Director of the MSc of Molecular Biology
Director
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - Current Directive Committee Department of Biology
Member
 Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2011/09 - 2018/09 Course Committee BSc Applied Biology
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Scientific Commitee Doctoral Programe The Agricultural Production Chains – From Fork to Farm (AgriChains)
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Course Committee BSc in Biochemistry
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Commission Directive MSc Applied Biochemistry
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2013 Director of the MSc of Applied Biochemistry
Director
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2008/12 - 2011/06 Course Committee BSc Biochemistry
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Coordinator 3rd curricular year BSc Applied Biology
Coordinator
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Committee responsible for the creation of the MSc in Applied Biochemistry
Member
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Coordinator 2nd curricular year BSc Applied Biology
Coordinator
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2010 Coordinator 2nd curricular year BSc Biochemistry
Coordinator
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Coordinator 1st curricular year BSc Applied Biology
Coordinator
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/12 2023 Iberian Plant Biology, July 9 12 University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
2019/06/26 - 2019/06/28 XXIII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology and the XVI Hispano-Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology
2016/12/16 - 2016/12/20 XIX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica
2014/12/16 - 2014/12/20 XVIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/09 - Current Plant Genetic Engeneering and Bioinformatics MSc Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Mecanismos de Regulação Celular MSc in Molecular Genetics (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Omics and Genetic Approches in Model Organisms MSc in Molecular Genetics (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012/09 - Current Laboratories of Biochemistry I Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/09 - Current Cell Biology and Regulation MSc in Applied Biochemistry (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009/02 - Current Laboratories of Biochemistry II Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008/09/01 - Current Applied Plant Biology Applied Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008/09 - Current Development and Differentiation Applied Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/04/14 - 2023/04/14 Invited lecturer in the UC Plant Cell and Developmental Biology in PhD Programme Plants for Life. (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/02/17 - 2023/02/17 Invited talk for MSc in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants MSc in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/04/19 - 2021/04/19 Invited leturer in the UC Plant Cell and Developmental Biology (7h) PhD Plants for Life ITQB (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Invited talk for Master in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants Master in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Invited professor in for the curricular unit "Plant Cell and Developmental Biology" of the PhD Plants for Life in ITQB Plants for Life (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/09 - 2018/02 Signalling, Gene Expression and Post-transcriptional Regulation MSc in Molecular Genetics Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Invited talk for Master in FunctionalBiology and Biotechnology of Plants Master in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/09/29 - 2017/09/29 Invited talk for Master in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants Master in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/05/02 - 2017/05/06 Post-Graduation Program Science for Development Programa de Pós-Graduação Ciência para o Desenvolvimento Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2014/09 - 2015/02 Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology MSc in Molecular Genetics (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/09 - 2015/02 Molecular Biotechnology MSc in Applied Biochemistry (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/02 Biochemistry MSc in Biomedical Engeneering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013/11/02 - 2013/11/23 Trainer at "Ciência dos 3 aos 11 - Atividades experimentais de Biologia e Ambiente" (for highschool teachers) integrated in the project "Networking Primary Science Educators as a means to provide training and professional development in Inquiry Based Teaching (PriSciNet)" (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007/02 - 2013/07 Gene Expression Applied Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013/03/02 - 2013/03/09 Trainer at "Ciência dos 3 aos 11 - Atividades experimentais de Biologia e Ambiente" (for highschool teachers) integrated in the project "Networking Primary Science Educators as a means to provide training and professional development in Inquiry Based Teaching (PriSciNet)2 (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013/02/16 - 2013/03/09 Trainer at "Ciência dos 3 aos 11 - Atividades experimentais de Biologia e Ambiente" (for pre-school and Elementary teachers) integrated in the project "Networking Primary Science Educators as a means to provide training and professional development in Inquiry Based Teaching (PriSciNet)" (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012/02 - 2012/07 Methods of Cell and Biomolecular Analysis II MSc in Applied Biochemistry (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/09 - 2011/02 Tools of Genetic Engineering MSc in Biotechnology and Bio-entrepreneurship in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (Mestrado)
2007/09 - 2011/02 Hereditery and Evolution Applied Biology Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009/09 - 2010/02 Analysis and Regulation of Gene Expression MSc in Plant Molecular Physiology (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/07 Botany Applied Plant Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - Current Evaluator Research Grant awards for Human Frontier Science Program
Evaluator
 Human Frontier Science Program, France Human Frontier Science Program
2019 - 2020 Operational Program FEDER FSE and RIS3 Açores Projects corresponding to Warning nº Açores-45-2018-03
Evaluator
 European Regional Development Fund

European Social Fund
2018 - 2018 Applications for Researcher at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) of University of Lisboa, n.º12467/2018
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Projects Evaluator for USIAS (University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study)
Evaluator
 Université de Strasbourg, France
2017 - 2017 Admission Comission for the Doctoral program Agrichains. Evaluation and serialization of applications to FCT Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal 		Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016 - 2016 HFSP Career Development Award
Other
 Human Frontier Science Program, France Human Frontier Science Program
2014 - 2014 HFSP Career Development Award
Other
 Human Frontier Science Program, France Human Frontier Science Program

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Genes (0378-1119) Elsevier
2016 - Current Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) Frontiers Media S.A.

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - 2019 International Biology Olympiad and Iberoamerican Biology Olympiad Portuguese Olympiad Team
2017/04/18 - 2018/07 PhD student University of Naples Federico II (April-July 2017 and May-July 2018) Maria Carmen Valoroso
2018 - 2018 International Biology Olympiad Portuguese Olympiad Team
2014/12/01 - 2015/10/31 PhD student Erasmus Mundus ELECTRA project Faculty of Biology of Zaporirhrhya National Ukraine Hanna Levchuk

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/01 - Current External evaluator of PhD thesis of Marina Silvestre Vaño, “Identificación de dianas e interactores de TFL1, un regulador clave en la floración y la arquitetura de la inflorescencia” , Programa de Doutorado em Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Valência Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Spain
Distinctions

Other distinction

2009 Prémio Prof. Doutor Miguel Pereira Coutinho