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After a degree in Biology from the University of Lisbon (1995, average grade 18/20), I did an extra-curricular research internship (ERASMUS program) in France (Univ Paris 6 and Univ Montpellier 2) on "Evolutionary Ecology", under the supervision of Dr. Y Michalakis and Prof. I Olivieri. In 1996, I was selected for the "Biology and Biomedicine" Ph.D. Program of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), and, after one year of classes, I started my Ph.D. research work on "Evolutionary and Developmental Biology" at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands (FCT fellowship), under the supervision of Prof. PM Brakefield. I graduated in 2002 with cum laude honors, corresponding to the thesis being judged by an international panel to be in the top 5%. For my thesis work, I was awarded a prize from Leiden University (Kok prize) and one from the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB; John Maynard-Smith prize). In 2002, I started a post-doc with Prof. AD Long at the University of California at Irvine (EMBO fellowship and NSF grant) on "Evolutionary Genomics". I was appointed tenure-track Assistant Prof. at the Institute of Biology Leiden University in 2005, was tenured in 2009, and was promoted to Associate Prof. in 2010. In 2012, I chose to leave my Leiden University position to return to my home country, Portugal, and become a resident PI at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC). My salary was obtained via competitive calls sponsored by the Portuguese funding agency FCT: programs Ciência (2009-2014) and Investigador FCT (2014-2019). In Feb 2016, after a maternity leave, I started a position as a researcher with the French Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and I was tenured in 2017. I continued to work at the IGC, a CNRS "international associated lab", while awaiting for conditions to establish my research program in France. For personal reasons, the move to France was compromised and in Apr 2019, I started a position as an Assistant Prof. at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), where I continue my research along teaching duties (amounting to ca. 200 contact hours per year). In Feb. 2020, I integrated FCUL's research unit cE3c (Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Changes) but remained associated to the IGC awaiting for the transfer of my research program to FCUL. The installation of my research animals and research program at FCUL, which was delayed by constraints due to the covid-19 pandemics and limitations of FCUL's logistics, was completed in early 2023. My tenure-track period was recently evaluated positively and my tenured contract will start in Apr 2024. ............................................................................................. My research combines concepts and approaches from evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as ecology, to explore the genetic basis of intra-specific variation and inter-species diversity in complex traits. As a PI, I have obtained competitive funding for my research projects and salary, and have supervised a number of researchers at different levels, including six post-doctoral fellows (one current), nine PhD theses (two on-going; list in CiênciaVitae), and over 20 MSc theses (list in FCT-Sig cv). My publications include research and (invited) review papers, book chapters and book reviews, as well as published protocols and abstracts presented in international congresses. This work has been highlighted in the scientific press (e.g. Faculty 1000, eLife) and generalist media (e.g. Público, TSF), and has earned her recognition from the scientific community (e.g. integration in scientific committees and journal editorial panels, invited seminars and PhD/promotion jury duties, awards by scientific societies). ............................................................................................. My detailed cv is made available as a PDF uploaded with applications for funding from FCT.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE

Citation names

  • Beldade, Patrícia
  • Beldade P

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B316-D86C-9869
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7831-979X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ryupG8IAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
E-1970-2011

Telephones

Telephone
  • 962390212 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Dutch Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
1997/10 - 2002/04
Concluded
 Evolutionary Biology (Doktor (PhD))
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
 cum laude
1995
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 18 (of 20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2009/11 - 2020 Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2019/01/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France
2002/10 - 2005/05 Postdoc (Research) University of California Irvine, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2010/01 - 2011/12 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2005 - 2009 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - Current Phenotypic plasticity in multifactorial environments
PTDC/BIA-EVL/0321/2021
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/03/01 - 2021/12/31 Promoting Sustainable Science Education and Research Development
NA
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2020/01/31 Adaptive developmental plasticity: genetic and environmental components of phenotypic variation
PTDC/BIA-EVF/0017/2014
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Integrating multiple environmental conditions with developmental programs to alter body size and developmental timing
PTDC/BEX-BID/5340/2014
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/07/01 - 2015/12/31 Genetic basis of variation and diversity: characterization of a hotspot locus for pigmentation evolution
PTDC/BIA-EVF/2170/2012
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/03/01 - 2014/02/28 Embryos, wounds and eyespots: co-option of shared pathways and evolutionary diversification of novel traits
VIDI 864.08.010
Principal investigator
Universiteit Leiden Instituut Biologie Leiden, Netherlands
 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
2010/02/01 - 2013/07/31 Coping with changing environments: genetic and physiological mechanisms of adaptive plasticity
PTDC/BIA-BDE/100243/2008
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2013/07/31 The contribution of novel genes to the formation of evolutionary novelties
PTDC/BIA-BDE/099808/2008
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/03/01 - 2011/08/31 Evolutionary diversification: genetic basis and adaptive significance of variation in butterfly wing patterns
PTDC/BIA-BDE/65295/2006
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/05/01 - 2008/04/30 Generating phenotypic variation: evolution, development, and genomics of butterfly wing patterns
VENI 863.04.013
Principal investigator
Universiteit Leiden Instituut Biologie Leiden, Netherlands
 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
2003 - 2007 Candidate Gene-Based Dissection of Butterfly Eyespot Evolution
DEB-0235697
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
University of California Irvine Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, United States
 National Science Foundation
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 CHANGE - Instituto para as Alterações Globais e Sustentabilidade
LA/P/0121/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0121/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
UID/Multi/04555/2019
Researcher
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Beldade, P.; Saenko, S.V.. "Conserved developmental processes and the evolution of novel traits: Wounds, embryos, veins, and butterfly eyespots". 2009.
    10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549429.003.0017
Journal article
  1. E. Lafuente; D.F. Duneau; P. Beldade. "Genetic basis of variation in thermal developmental plasticity for Drosophila melanogaster body pigmentation". Molecular Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17294.
    10.1111/mec.17294
  2. Ana T Eugénio; Marta S P Marialva; Patrícia Beldade; Andrea Betancourt. "Effects of Wolbachia on Transposable Element Expression Vary Between Drosophila melanogaster Host Genotypes". Genome Biology and Evolution (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad036.
    10.1093/gbe/evad036
  3. Ana Rita Amaro Mateus; Patrícia Beldade. "Developmental Plasticity in Butterfly Eyespot Mutants: Variation in Thermal Reaction Norms across Genotypes and Pigmentation Traits". Insects (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111000.
    10.3390/insects13111000
  4. Caroline M. Nieberding; Patrícia Beldade; Véronique Baumlé; Gilles San Martin; Alok Arun; Georges Lognay; Nicolas Montagné; et al. "Mosaic Evolution of Molecular Pathways for Sex Pheromone Communication in a Butterfly". Genes (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13081372.
    10.3390/genes13081372
  5. Posnien, Nico; Beldade, Patrícia; Casares, Fernando. "Evolution of Postembryonic Development". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.859670.
    10.3389/fevo.2022.859670
  6. Beldade, Patrícia; Monteiro, Antónia. "Eco-evo-devo advances with butterfly eyespots". Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 69 (2021): 6-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2020.12.011.
    10.1016/j.gde.2020.12.011
  7. Yara Katia Rodrigues; Erik Bergen; Filipa Alves; David Duneau; Patrícia Beldade. "Additive and non-additive effects of day and night temperatures on thermally plastic traits in a model for adaptive seasonal plasticity". Evolution (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14271.
    10.1111/evo.14271
  8. Elvira Lafuente; Filipa Alves; Jessica G. King; Carolina M. Peralta; Patrícia Beldade. "Many ways to make darker flies: Intra- and interspecific variation in Drosophila body pigmentation components". Ecology and Evolution 11 12 (2021): 8136-8155. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7646.
    10.1002/ece3.7646
  9. Rodrigues, Yara Katia; Beldade, Patrícia. "Thermal Plasticity in Insects' Response to Climate Change and to Multifactorial Environments". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00271.
    10.3389/fevo.2020.00271
  10. Lafuente, Elvira; Beldade, Patrícia. "Genomics of Developmental Plasticity in Animals". Frontiers in Genetics 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00720.
    10.3389/fgene.2019.00720
  11. Erik van Bergen; Patrícia Beldade; Patricia Beldade. "Seasonal plasticity in anti-predatory strategies: Matching of color and color preference for effective crypsis". Evolution Letters (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.113.
    10.1002/evl3.113
  12. Elvira Lafuente; David Duneau; Patrícia Beldade. "Genetic basis of thermal plasticity variation in Drosophila melanogaster body size". PLOS Genetics 14 9 (2018): e1007686-e1007686. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007686.
    10.1371/journal.pgen.1007686
  13. Beldade, P.; Peralta, C.M.. "Developmental and evolutionary mechanisms shaping butterfly eyespots". Current Opinion in Insect Science 19 (2017): 22-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84996549461&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cois.2016.10.006
  14. Silva-Soares, N.F.; Nogueira-Alves, A.; Beldade, P.; Mirth, C.K.. "Adaptation to new nutritional environments: Larval performance, foraging decisions, and adult oviposition choices in Drosophila suzukii". BMC Ecology 17 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020187290&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12898-017-0131-2
  15. Mateus, A.R.A.; Marques-Pita, M.; Oostra, V.; Lafuente, E.; Brakefield, P.M.; Zwaan, B.J.; Beldade, P.. "Adaptive developmental plasticity: Compartmentalized responses to environmental cues and to corresponding internal signals provide phenotypic flexibility". BMC Medicine 12 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964312581&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12915-014-0097-x
  16. Keller, R.A.; Peeters, C.; Beldade, P.. "Evolution of thorax architecture in ant castes highlights trade-off between flight and ground behaviors". eLife 2014 3 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892185780&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7554/eLife.01539
  17. Oostra, V.; Mateus, A.R.A.; van der Burg, K.R.L.; Piessens, T.; van Eijk, M.; Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. "Ecdysteroid hormones link the juvenile environment to alternative adult life histories in a seasonal insect". American Naturalist 184 3 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903937929&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1086/677260
  18. De Jong, M.A.; Collins, S.; Beldade, P.; Brakefield, P.M.; Zwaan, B.J.. "Footprints of selection in wild populations of Bicyclus anynana along a latitudinal cline". Molecular Ecology 22 2 (2013): 341-353. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872034623&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/mec.12114
  19. Shirai, L.T.; Saenko, S.V.; Keller, R.A.; Jeránimo, M.A.; Brakefield, P.M.; Descimon, H.; Wahlberg, N.; Beldade, P.. "Evolutionary history of the recruitment of conserved developmental genes in association to the formation and diversification of a novel trait". BMC Evolutionary Biology 12 1 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857022702&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2148-12-21
  20. Saenko, S.V.; Jerónimo, M.A.; Beldade, P.. "Genetic basis of stage-specific melanism: A putative role for a cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase in insect pigmentation". Heredity 108 6 (2012): 594-601. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861340556&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/hdy.2011.127
  21. Beldade, P.; Mateus, A.R.A.; Keller, R.A.. "Evolution and molecular mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity". Molecular Ecology 20 7 (2011): 1347-1363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953065671&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05016.x
  22. Saenko, S.V.; Marialva, M.S.P.; Beldade, P.. "Involvement of the conserved Hox gene Antennapedia in the development and evolution of a novel trait". EvoDevo 2 1 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955469738&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/2041-9139-2-9
  23. ConceiçãoInê, I.C.; Long, A.D.; Gruber, J.D.; Beldade, P.. "Genomic sequence around butterfly wing development genes: Annotation and comparative analysis". PLoS ONE 6 8 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855389479&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0023778
  24. Saenko, S.V.; Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.. "Single locus affects embryonic segment polarity and multiple aspects of an adult evolutionary novelty". BMC Biology 8 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956814744&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1741-7007-8-111
  25. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. "The African butterfly Bicyclus anynana: A model for evolutionary genetics and evolutionary developmental biology". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 4 5 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68349118955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/pdb.emo122
  26. Beldade, P.; Van'T Hof, A.E.; JerÓnimo, M.A.; Long, A.D.. "Microsatellite markers associated with genes expressed in developing wings of Bicyclus anynana butterflies". Molecular Ecology Resources 9 6 (2009): 1487-1492. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349909315&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02691.x
  27. Wittkopp, P.J.; Beldade, P.. "Development and evolution of insect pigmentation: Genetic mechanisms and the potential consequences of pleiotropy". Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 20 1 (2009): 65-71. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-62149133491&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.10.002
  28. Beldade, P.; Saenko, S.V.; Pul, N.; Long, A.D.. "A gene-based linkage map for Bicyclus anynana butterflies allows for a comprehensive analysis of synteny with the lepidopteran reference genome". PLoS Genetics 5 2 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61449157815&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pgen.1000366
  29. Olivieri, Isabelle; Singer, Michael C.; Magalhães, Sara; Courtiol, Alexandre; Dubois, Yvain; Carbonell, David; Justy, Fabienne; et al. "Genetic, ecological, behavioral and geographic differentiation of populations in a thistle weevil: implications for speciation and biocontrol". Evolutionary Applications 1 1 (2008): 112-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2007.00010.x.
    10.1111/j.1752-4571.2007.00010.x
  30. Saenko, S.V.; French, V.; Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.. "Conserved developmental processes and the formation of evolutionary novelties: Examples from butterfly wings". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363 1496 (2008): 1549-1555. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-40549114566&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1098/rstb.2007.2245
  31. Beldade, P.; French, V.; Brakefield, P.M.. "Developmental and genetic mechanisms for evolutionary diversification of serial repeats: Eyespot size in Bicyclus anynana butterflies". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 310 2 (2008): 191-201. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38949178384&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jez.b.21173
  32. Allen, C.E.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.; Brakefield, P.M.. "Differences in the selection response of serially repeated color pattern characters: Standing variation, development, and evolution". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 1 (2008): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42249083243&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2148-8-94
  33. Beldade, P.; McMillan, W.O.; Papanicolaou, A.. "Butterfly genomics eclosing". Heredity 100 2 (2008): 150-157. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38549149194&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/sj.hdy.6800934
  34. Long, A.D.; Beldade, P.; Macdonald, S.J.. "Estimation of population heterozygosity and library construction-induced mutation rate from expressed sequence tag collections". Genetics 176 1 (2007): 711-714. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548583570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1534/genetics.106.063610
  35. Beldade, P.; Rudd, S.; Gruber, J.D.; Long, A.D.. "A wing expressed sequence tag resource for Bicyclus anynana butterflies, an evo-devo model". BMC Genomics 7 (2006): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747104517&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2164-7-130
  36. Beldade, P.; Brakefield, P.M.; Long, A.D.. "Generating phenotypic variation: Prospects from "evo-devo" research on Bicyclus anynana wing patterns". Evolution and Development 7 2 (2005): 101-107. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-15544382010&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05011.x
  37. Beldade, P.; Brakefield, P.M.. "The difficulty of agreeing about constraints". Evolution and Development 5 2 (2003): 119-120. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0141685934&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03018.x
  38. Beldade, P.; Brakefield, P.M.. "Concerted evolution and developmental integration in modular butterfly wing patterns". Evolution and Development 5 2 (2003): 169-179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0141797656&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03025.x
  39. Beldade, P.; Koops, K.; Brakefield, P.M.. "Modularity, individuality, and evo-devo in butterfly wings". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99 22 (2002): 14262-14267. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037195079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.222236199
  40. Beldade, P.; Brakefield, P.M.; Long, A.D.. "Contribution of distal-less to quantitative variation in butterfly eyespots". Nature 415 6869 (2002): 315-318. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037122803&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/415315a
  41. Beldade, P.; Brakefield, P.M.. "The genetics and evo-devo of butterfly wing patterns". Nature Reviews Genetics 3 6 (2002): 442-452. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036275020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  42. Beldade, P.; Koops, K.; Brakefield, P.M.. "Developmental constraints versus flexibility in morphological evolution". Nature 416 6883 (2002): 844-847. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037171795&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/416844a
Manual
  1. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Fixation and dissection of embryos from the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5206
  2. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. In situ hybridization of embryos and larval and pupal wings from the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5208
  3. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Hemolymph extraction from various developmental stages of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5214
  4. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Immunohistochemistry staining of wing discs from the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5210
  5. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Fresh weight, dry weight, and fat content of adult African butterflies Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5212
  6. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Culture and propagation of laboratory populations of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5203
  7. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Constant volume respirometry in the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5213
  8. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Extraction and gas chromatography analysis of adult pheromones from the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5211
  9. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Dissection of larval and pupal wings from the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5207
  10. Brakefield, P.M.; Beldade, P.; Zwaan, B.J.. Injection of chemicals into pupae of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. 2009.
    10.1101/pdb.prot5215
Preprint
  1. Erik van Bergen; Guilherme Atencio; Marjo Saastamoinen; Patricia Beldade. "Thermal plasticity in protective wing pigmentation is modulated by genotype and food availability in an insect model of seasonal polyphenism.". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.26.582119.
    10.1101/2024.02.26.582119
  2. E Lafuente; D Duneau; P Beldade. "Genetic basis of variation in thermal developmental plasticity for Drosophila melanogaster body pigmentation". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.03.556093.
    10.1101/2023.09.03.556093
  3. Ana T. Eugénio; Marta S. P. Marialva; Patrícia Beldade. "Effects of Wolbachia on transposable element activity largely depend on Drosophila melanogaster host genotype". 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.21.500779.
    10.1101/2022.07.21.500779
  4. Rodrigues YK; van Bergen E; Alves F; Duneau D; Beldade P. "Complex effects of day and night temperature fluctuations on thermally plastic traits in a seasonal plasticity model". 2017. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR20044.
    10.1101/207258

Other

Other output
  1. Many ways to make darker flies: Intra- and inter-specific variation in Drosophila body pigmentation components. 2020. Elvira Lafuente; Filipa Alves; Jessica G King; Carolina M Peralta; Patrícia Beldade. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.26.268615.
    10.1101/2020.08.26.268615
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/07 Invited speaker for Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE (Sep 07 2023) Seminar at Department of Zoology
Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
2023/05 Invited speaker at Conference "Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology", Collége de France & Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, PT (22-23 May 2023) "Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology"
Collége de France & Institut Jacques Monod (Paris, France)
2023/05 Invited speaker at "Zoology 2023": Congress from the Dutch and Belgian Zoological Societies (KNDV and RBZS, respectively). Celebrating the 150 years of the KNDV. Theme: “Evolution, development and plasticity in a changing world” – “Distinguished zoologist lecture”. Leiden, NL (30-31 May 2023) "Zoology 2023: Evolution, development and plasticity in a changing world”
Dutch and Belgian Zoological Societies (Leiden, Netherlands)
2023/04/13 Invited speaker for the Seminar series of the Society of Developmental Biologists of Singapore, National University Singapore, SG (Apr 13 2023 – via zoom) Seminar series of the Society of Developmental Biologists of Singapore
Society of Developmental Biologists of Singapore (held remotely) (Singapore, Singapore)
2023/03 Invited speaker at Conference "13émes journées du réseau André Piccard", Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Université de Sorbonne, Paris, PT (27-28 Mar 2023) “13émes journées du réseau André Piccard”
Université de Sorbonne (Paris, France)
2022/10 Invited speaker at Symposium "Robustness & plasticity" within the Congress of the International Society of Developmental Biology (ISDB), Faro, PT (16-20 Oct 2022) Symposium “Robustness & plasticity” within the Congress of the International Society of Developmental Biology
International Society of Developmental Biology (Faro, Portugal)
2022/08 Invited speaker at the symposium "Rapid evolution of color patterns" within the Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Prague, CK (14-19 Aug 2022) symposium “Rapid evolution of color patterns” within the Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Prague, Czech Republic)
2022/05/10 Invited speaker at Conference "Cell, Developmental and Evolutionary biology meets Environmental Change: Lessons and Impacts” organized by AVIESAN (Alliance Nationale por les Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé), Paris, FR (10 May 2022) "Cell, Developmental and Evolutionary biology meets Environmental Change: Lessons and Impacts”
Alliance Nationale por les Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé (Paris, France)
2022/03/24 Invited speaker at the 19th Portugaliæ Genetica Conference: Genetic and environmental basis of phenotypic variation. 19th Portugaliæ Genetica Conference on "Phenotypic Manifestation of Genetic Heterogeneity”
i3S (conference held remotely; 24-25 Mar 2022) (Porto, Portugal)
2022 Invited speaker at Congress of the International Society of Developmental Biology (ISDB), Faro, PT (16-20 Oct)
(Faro)
2021/11/04 Invited speaker at the seminar series of Biology Department, Lund University, SE (Nov 4 2021 – via zoom) seminar series of Biology Department, Lund University
Lund University (held remotely) (Lund, Sweden)
2021/10 Invite speaker at the Annual meeting of research done at Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, FCUL, "Dia da Investigação 2021", Lisboa, PT (27 Oct 2021) “Dia da Investigação 2021”
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/03/21 Invited speaker of institutional seminar series of the Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), FR (Mar 21 2021 – via zoom) seminar series of the Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL) (Lyon, France)
2020/02 Invited speaker at Congress of the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology (SESBVII), Seville, ES (5-7 Feb)
2019/09 Invited speaker at Göettingen Symposium on "Frontiers in Molecular Zoology", Göettingen, DE (19-20 Sep)
2018/11 Invited speaker at Joint Meeting of Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, SPBD|SEBD|SFBD, Porto, PT (7-10 Nov)
2017/06 Invited speaker at Annual Meeting on Population Genetics and Evolution (Petit Pois Deridé), Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, FR (Jun 6-9 2017) Annual Meeting on Population Genetics and Evolution (Petit Pois Deridé)
University Paris-Saclay (Paris, France)
2017/05 Invited speaker at Seminars of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, PRBB-CRG “Women in Evolution”, Barcelona, ES (May 30)
2016/08 Invited speaker at International meeting on "Integrative Approach to Understanding the Diversity of Butterfly Wing Patterns", Chubu University, Nagoya, JP (Aug 1-3 2016) "Integrative Approach to Understanding the Diversity of Butterfly Wing Patterns"
Chubu University (Nagoya, Japan)
2014/02 Invited speaker representing the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) in Turkish Evolution Conference, Ankara, TR (Feb 21-22)
2014/02 Invited speaker at Lausanne Genomics Day 2014 Symposium. Lausanne, CH (Feb 12-14)
2014 Invited oral presentations in scientific congresses before 2014 available in FCT's previous cv platform (SiG) and detailed in CV attached as PDF to applications submitted to FCT.

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Supervision of post-doctoral fellows, technical staff, and MSc and BSc students: list available in FCT's previous cv platform (SiG, last update 2017) and detailed in CV uploaded to FCT grant applications (as supplementary file).
Supervisor
2021/10 - 2023/10 Environmental regulation of eyespot development
Supervisor of Júlio Joel Laia Henriques
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017 - 2023 Effects of Wolbachia on transposable element dynamics and on fitness traits in Drosophila melanogaster.
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/10 - 2020/10 Seasonal plasticity in insect models: effect of variable temperatures on developmental outcome
Supervisor of Yara K Rodrigues
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2013 - 2018 Understanding adaptation to new ecological niches – the case of Drosophila suzukii.
Co-supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Evolution and regulation of developmental plasticity: body size and pigmentation in Drosophila.
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Effects of environmental and genetic factors on transposable element activity.
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2011 - 2015 The origin and development of novelty: eyespots and immunity.
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Morphological diversification through the evolution of developmental hierarchies.
Supervisor
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008 - 2012 Temperature effects on genetic and physiological regulation of adaptive plasticity.
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2005 - 2009 The genetic basis of butterfly colour patterns.
Supervisor
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/08 Understanding evolutionary novelty through female-limited polymorphisms.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Kalle Tunström (PhD)
Stockholms universitet Centrum för evolutionär kulturforskning, Sweden
2023/07/19 Shifting gears: insight into the head to trunk transition: exploring the regulatory changes underlying the head to trunk developmental transition.
Thesis Member
 Patrícia Duarte (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/12/16 Evolution of tails in Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae, Lepidoptera): macro-evolutionary and experimental approaches.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ariane Chotard (PhD)
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
2020/07/07 Oxytocinergic modulation of social information use in threat perception.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ibukun Akinrinade (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/06/11 Mécanismes moléculaires de la résistance au stress chez une espèce invasive, Drosophila suzukii.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pierre Marin (PhD)
École normale supérieure de Lyon Département des sciences de la Terre, France
2019 Genetic basis of extra-ocular pigmentation in semi-aquatic embryos. Adamalia Vargas-Lowman (PhD)
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, France
2019 Gdf11/Smad2 signaling and Hox gene regulation during patterning of the mouse axial skeleton. (URL of defense notice: https://www.itqb.unl.pt/events/phd-thesis/phd-thesis-in-biology-irma-varela-lasheras) Irma Varela Lasheras (PhD)
2018 Functional characterization of rib-repressing activity of Hox PG10 proteins. Özlem Aybüke Isik (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018 Evolução experimental em D. melanogaster em função do tamanho populacional. Marta Santos (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 Rôle de bric-à-brac dans la plasticité phénotypique de la pigmentation et la régulation de tan chez Drosophila melanogaster. Sandra de Castro (PhD)
Sorbonne Université UFR de Biologie, France
2016 Homology protein evolutionary trajectory. Jaroslaw Surkont (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 Molecular interactions regulating the process of axial extension during vertebrate development. Rita Aires (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016 Genetic basis of eyespot color pattern development in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Nesibe Ozsu (PhD)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
2013 Bricolage évolutif chez des Drosophiles à pois noirs. Laurent Arnoult (PhD)
Aix-Marseille Université, France
2012 Molecular basis of a novel pigment trait in cichlid fishes. Emília Santos (PhD)
Universität Basel Forschungsgruppen Zoologie, Switzerland
2011 Towards understanding the architecture of the Bicyclus anynana genome. Arjen van’t Hof (PhD)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2010 Newts in time and space: the evolutionary history of Triturus newts at different temporal and spatial scales. Gonçalo Themudo (PhD)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2010 Geographical variation and thermal adaptation in Bicyclus anynana. Maaike de Jong (PhD)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
2008 The effects of rearing conditions on sexual traits and preferences in zebra finches. Marie-Jeanne Holveck (PhD)
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current LepEU member of international consortium to sample and characterize natural populations of local butterfly species across Europe
2018 - Current DrosEU (http://droseu.net/variation-development-and-selection-2/)
2011 - 2015 European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) - elected member of scientific council Elected member of the Scientific Council
2012 - 2014 Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (APBE) - elected vice-president Elected Vice-President

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Member of a two-person Scientific Committee to select and guide student fellows in the area of Biology, for the "Novos Talentos" program from "Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian" (FGC) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Member of a three-person ESEB committee in charge of nominating candidates for ESEB President and Vice-President next elections

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28 3rd Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Genetics (SPG), Faro, Portugal
2018 - 2018/08 2nd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology Montpellier, France
2014 - 2014/08 7th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies University of Turku, Finland
2013 - 2013/08 14th congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology University of Lisbon, Portugal
2012 - 2012/07 4th meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology University of Lisbon, Portugal
2006 - 2006/06 7th International Workshop on Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera Kolympari, Crete, Greece

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current M.Sc.-level Evolution and Development, 6 ects, 2nd semester; my role: course coordinator & teacher; contact hours: 56h/year Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 - Current B.Sc.-level Evolution, 2nd year students, 2nd semester; my role: teacher ; contact hours: 32 hr/year Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023 - Current B.Sc.-level Applied Genetics, 3rd year students, 1st semester; my roles: course coordinator and teacher; contact hours: 38hr/year
2020 - Current M.Sc.-level Evolutionary Medicine, 3 ects, 1st semester; my roles: course developer, coordinator, and teacher contact hours: lectures and theoretical practical classes (10 x 4 hrs) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2023 M.Sc.-level Evolution and Development, 6 ects, 2nd semester; my role: teacher ; contact hours: lectures (T classes 6 x 2 hrs; P classes: 30 hr)
2019 - 2023 B.Sc.-level Evolution, 2nd year students, 2nd semester; my role: teacher contact hours: TP classes (4 classes x 2 hrs x 8 shifts) + T lecture (1 class x 1.5 hr)
2022/05 - 2022/05 Guest lecture for B.Sc. in Biology (Univ Coimbra), Evolution course (1st year students), zoom lecture on "Eco-evo-devo" [invited by Prof. Paulo Gama Mota] Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2022 B.Sc.-level Applied Animal Genetics, 3rd year students, 1st semester; my roles: course coordinator and teacher contact hours: TP classes (9 classes x 2 hrs x 2 groups) and T lectures (9 classes x 1.5hr) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/10 - 2021/10 Guest lecture for Ph.D. program Biodiv (cE3c and CiBIO), lecture and discussion on “Genetics of developmental plasticity” [invited by Prof. Margarida Matos] Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/02 Guest lecture for M.Sc. program in Molecular Biology and Genetics (FCUL), lecture on “Genetic mapping” [invited by Prof. Francisco Dionísio] Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/11 - 2020/11 Guest lecture for M.Sc. program in Paleontology (FCT-UNL), zoom lecture on "Evo-Devo" [invited by Prof. Octávio Mateus] Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2006 - 2019 List of lectures and courses taught available detailed in CV available as PDF on grant applications: includes BSc- and MSc-level courses as Prof at Leiden Univ (2006-2011) and as Prof at Lisbon Univ (starting in 2019), as well as invited courses at different levels and in different institutions.

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Frontiers (Research Topic: Evolution of Postembryonic development")
2019 - Current Development
2014 - Current Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2296-701X) Frontiers Media SA
2013 - Current Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution (1552-5015) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2010 - Current EvoDevo (2041-9139) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2022/01 - 2023/11 eLife
2007 - 2012 Molecular Biology and Evolution (1537-1719) Oxford University Press
2008 - 2011 Journal of Evolutionary Biology (1420-9101) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016 - Current Scientific coordinator of Graduate Program PGCD (http://pages.igc.gulbenkian.pt/pgcd/pt/people/index)
Distinctions

Award

2023 Teaching prize 2022/2023 - best teacher of 2nd semester, awarded by MSc students (FCUL, Evo-Devo MSc)
2023 "Distinsguished Zoologist" award from the Dutch Zoological Society, KNDV
2022 Teaching prize 2021/2022 - best teacher of 2nd semester, awarded by MSc students (FCUL, Evo-Devo MSc)
2020 Teaching prize 2019/2020, 2nd place - MSc students (FCUL, Evo-Devo MSc)
2019 Teaching prize 2019/2020, best teacher of 1st semester - 3rd year BSc students (FCUL, Biology - Evo-Devo branch)
2002 John Maynard-Smith Prize
European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Netherlands
2002 Kok Prize
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands