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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Igor Tiago

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B81A-5E63-0CCC
Education
Degree Classification
2011/03/24
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Microbial diversity in a low saline alkaline environment: the heterotrophic aerobic populations, the uncultivable populations and, the autotrophic carbon fixation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com Distinção e Louvor
2003/04/10
Concluded
 Mestrado em Biologia Celular (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Diversidade Microbiana num Ambiente Alcalino Raro:as populações heterotróficas aeróbias cultiváveis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1999/07/23
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Caracterização de bactérias alcalifílicas." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/11/01 - 2021/10/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2020/03/31 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2011 - 2015/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2006 - 2010 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2005 - 2006 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/08/01 - 2024/07/31 Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes TimeUp, Lda, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2004 - 2005 Research fellowship for project “Microbial diversity in a rare alkaline groundwater environment” POCTI/BSE/42732/2001 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2001 - 2004 Research fellowship for project “Desenvolvimento de estratégias conducentes à erradicação de bactérias do género Legionella em estâncias termais” POCTI/ESP/35761/1999 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/09/01 - Current Mining for novel plant-cellulosic-biomass degrading enzymes from Porcellio (Crustacea: Isopoda) hindguts – Biotechnology contribution for efficient use of forest resources.
SFRH/BD/148270/2019
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Ongoing
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30 Caracterização de fenómenos de biodeterioração em monumentos esquecidos em calcário da Região Centro de Portugal - culpados com soluções
UI/BD/150843/2021
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/09/01 - 2022/12/20 Limestone biodeterioration by photoautotrophic organisms within the UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia’: Biocides disclosure and its assessment as novel control strategies.
SFRH/BD/139720/2018
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Concluded
2017/11/01 - 2021/09/13 The role of fungi on monumental stone biodeterioration within the UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia
SFRH/BD/132523/2017
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Ongoing
2006/09 - 2011/03/24 Microbial diversity in a low saline alkaline environment The heterotrophic aerobic populations, the uncultivable populations and, the autotrophic carbon fixation
SFRH/BD/30688/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/04 - 2024/03 TUBOLAN - DISCOVERING SUBSURFACE MICROBIOTA AND BIOMINEROGENESIS IN LAVA TUBES FROM LANZAROTE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
PID2019-108672RJ-I00
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Università di Bologna, Italy

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29 Biocenose microbiana de ilhas vulcânicas prístinas: potencial para a astrobiologia, biotecnologia e reconstrução paleo-ambiental
PTDC/CTA-AMB/0608/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/08/01 - 2023/12/31 NTMENACE - Mycobacteria from drinking water: beyond the lung disease epidemic
PTDC/BIA-MIC/0122/2021
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Ongoing
2015/04 - 2020/03 Metagenomics unveils Deep Biosphere: life sustainability in the dark, and biothecnological solutions for the future.
IF/01061/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Ongoing
2016 - 2020 The toxinogenic gut microbiome in sporadic Parkinson’s Disease: a quest for “antiPDbiotics"
Prémio Neurociências Mantero Belard MB-40-2016
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre for Functional Ecology
UID/BIA/04004/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/07/01 - 2019/07/01 Estudo da biodeterioração da pedra em monumentos do Património Mundial UNESCO "Universidade de Coimbra - Alta e Sofia" (MYCOSTONE)
PTDC/EPH-PAT/3345/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Concluded
2017 - 2019/02/28 Microcare - Microbiome of diabetic ulcers: early diagnosis, prognosis and therapy
FIS-2015-01_DIA_20150630-144
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP
Concluded
2014/12 - 2015/12 Quantificação de bactérias neutrofílicas oxidantes de enxofre, acidofílicas oxidantes de enxofre e bactérias oxidantes de ferro na área da exploração mineira Neve Corvo.
IPN/NRC/2014/0002-P(1.0)
 Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo SA
2014/06 - 2015/12 Determinação da Diversidade Microbiana na Zona da Exploração Mineira de Neves-Corvo
GRANT_NUMBER: UC 219218
 Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo SA
2014/05 - 2015/12 Acompanhamento das Condições de Funcionamento da ETAM da Exploração Mineira de Neves-Corvo
GRANT_NUMBER: UC 219260
 Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo SA
2014/05 - 2015/12 Quantificação de Bactérias Neutrófilas Oxidantes de Enxofre, Acidofílicas Oxidantes de Enxofre e Bacterias Oxidantes de Ferro na Zona da Exploração Mineira de Neves-Corvo
GRANT_NUMBER: UC 219258
 Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo SA
2013/05/01 - 2015/09/30 Bioprospecção de enzimas com capacidade de degradar biomassa vegetal no metagenoma do sistema divestivo de Porcellio dilatatus Crustacea,Isopoda.
PTDC/AGR-TEC/3789/2012
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/06 - 2015/05 Bioprospecting metagenome from Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea,Isopoda) guts for plant biomass hydrolytic enzymes
PTDC/AGR-TEC/3789/2012
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/04/01 - 2015/03/31 SUBSURFACE LITHOAUTOTROPHIC MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS SLIMES: A QUEST FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE IN THE DARK
SFRH/BPD/75296/2010
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01 - 2015/03 Quantificação de bactérias neutrofílicas oxidantes de enxofre, acidofílicas oxidantes de enxofre e bactérias oxidantes de ferro durante a campanha de testes piloto, no Reservatório Cerro da Mina (RCM) na zona de extração mineira de Neves-Corvo.
IPN/NRC/2014/0001-P(1.0)
 Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo SA
2010/06/01 - 2013/11/30 HotMetal-Estratégias de resistência a metais pesados e disseminação de resistência a antibióticos nas fontes marinhas hidrotermais
PTDC/MAR/109057/2008
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 1 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/SAU/LA0001/2011
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/10/01 - 2010/09/30 MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN DEEP AQUIFERS
SFRH/BD/30688/2006
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2014/07/01 - Current Evaluation of Sample Collection and DNA Extraction Procedures for Characterizing Bacterial Diversity in Ultrabasic Groundwaters - CoDL Option 1
11121/1947-8584-9627-6128-CC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31 Going Places - Unsuspicious Biomes as Sources of Innovative Biomolecules
2022.12620.BD
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Ongoing
2023/04/01 - 2025/09/30 Exploring bacterial interactions to find novel molecules to combat the antimicrobial resistance catastrophe
2022.06809.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT
Ongoing
2017/09 - 2018/09 Deep Biosphere: Microbial Populations as Source of Biotechnological Solutions
IF/01061/2014
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Concluded
2016/02 - 2017/09 Impacte da bactéria patogénica - Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae no microbioma de actinídia
I9Kiwi
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Concluded
2016/05 - 2016/12 Geoecology of serpentinization driven deep aquifers in Peninsula Iberica – energetic pathways - CoDL Option2
11121/5467-2722-5135-6660CC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Ongoing
2015/06 - 2016/06 Unveiling energetic pathways in three serpentinization driven deep aquifers in Peninsula Iberica - CoDL Option 2
11121/5467-2722-5135-6660-CC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Ongoing
2014/01 - 2014/12 Unveiling Carbon Fixation in Three Deep Serpentinization-Driven Hyper-Alkaline Springs
11121/5467-2722-5135-6660-CC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Alfred P Sloan Foundation
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mesquita, N.; Soares, F.; de Carvalho, H. Paiva; Trovão, J.; Pinheiro, A.C.; Tiago, I.; Portugal, A.. "Air and wall mycobiota interactions: A case study in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra". In Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi in the Built Environment, 101-125. Elsevier, 2022.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-85206-7.00011-3
  2. Luciana Albuquerque (C417-FAB7-4A5C); Tiago, Igor; António Veríssimo Pires; da Costa, Milton. "Salirhabdus". In Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology, edited by Whitman WB. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Springer New York, 2019.
    Accepted • 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01444
  3. Costa, J.; Oliveira, R.S.; Tiago, I.; Ma, Y.; Galhano, C.; Freitas, H.; Castro, P.. "Soil microorganisms". 457-482. 2018.
  4. A.C. Pinheiro; N. Mesquita; A. Portugal; J. Trovão; F. Soares; Tiago, Igor; C. Coelho; et al. "Limestone Biodeterioration: Examples from Portugal". In Biodeterioration and Preservation In Art, Archaeology and Architecture, edited by Ralph Mitchell and Archana Vasanthakumar Publisher. United Kingdom: Archetype Publications, 2018.
    Published
  5. Veríssimo, António; Tiago, Igor. "Bacterial Diversity in a Nonsaline Alkaline Environment". In Encyclopedia of Metagenomics, 1-5. Springer New York, 2013.
    10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_469-1
Conference abstract
  1. Munoz Pinto, Mario; Esteves, Ana Raquel; Magalhaes, Joao; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Candeias, Emanuel; Silva, Diana; Alarico, Susana; et al. "Parkinson's disease neurodegeneration is mediated by the gut microbiome". Paper presented in European journal of Clinical Investigation, 2021.
Conference poster
  1. Pereira-Santos, AR.; Candeias, Emanuel; Esteves, Ana Raquel; João Duarte Magalhães; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Tiago, Igor; Madeira, Nuno; Empadinhas, Nuno; Sandra Morais Cardoso. "THE PSYCHOBIOME: Unveiling the role of Gut-Immune-Brain axis in Schizophrenia". Paper presented in ESN-ISN Neurochemistry School 2023, 2023.
  2. Pereira-Santos, AR.; Candeias, Emanuel; Esteves, Ana Raquel; Magalhães, João Duarte; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Tiago, Igor; Madeira, Nuno; Empadinhas, Nuno; Cardoso, Sandra Morais. "Unveiling the role of Gut-Immune-Brain axis in Schizophrenia". 2023.
  3. Pereira-Santos, AR.; Candeias, Emanuel; Magalhães, João; Esteves, Ana Raquel; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Tiago, Igor; Madeira, Nuno; Empadinhas, Nuno; Cardoso, Sandra Morais. "Unveiling the role of gut dysbiosis in Schizophrenia pathology". Paper presented in FENS-Hertie Winter School: Neuro-immune interactions in health and disease (Obergurgl, Austria), 2023.
  4. Matos, Gabriella Araújo; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Pinto, Daniel Vieira; Dias, Ronaldo Pereira; Lopes, Synara Cavalcante; Silva, Janayne Luihan; Nunes, Paulo Iury Gomes; et al. "Effects of methylmercury intoxication on gut microbiota, intestinal barrier, and oxidative stress in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet". Paper presented in 8th World Congress on Targeting Microbiota, 2021.
  5. S. Alarico; D. Machado; A. Maranha; M. Costa; I. Cravo-Roxo; I. Tiago; R. Duarte; N. Empadinhas. "Nontuberculous mycobacteria from domestic water of infected patients". Paper presented in II Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal, 2020.
  6. C. Coelho; N. Mesquita; J. Trovão; F. Soares; I. Costa; F. Gil; L. Catarina; A. Portugal; I. Tiago. "Structural and functional diversity of biodeteriorated stone biofilms samples collected from four chapels of the old cathedral of Coimbra". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
  7. D. Figueira; E. Garcia; A. Aires; I. Tiago; A. Veríssimo; J. Costa. "Genetic diversity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae: seasonal and spatial population dynamics.". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
  8. I. Costa; C. Coelho; B. Urresti-Estala; P. Jimenéz-Gavilán; J. Benavente-Herrera; G. Etiope; I. Vadillo; A. Veríssimo; I. Tiago. "Deep Biosphere: Aerobic Microbial Populations as Source of Biotechnological Solutions.". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
  9. C. Coelho; I. Tiago; A. Veríssimo. "Porcellio dilatatus guts as a potential hot-spot of plant-cellulosic-biomass degrading enzymes". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
  10. I. Costa; C. Coelho; N. Mesquita; J. Trovão; F. Soares; F. Gil; L. Catarino; A. Portugal; I. Tiago. "Biodegraded walls bacterial isolates as a tool to develop target specific preservation and conservation methodologies: The OLD CATHEDRAL OF COIMBRA case study". Paper presented in Microbiotec19, 2019.
    10.1109/digitalheritage.2015.7419500
  11. A. Lázaro; I. Tiago; L.M. Nogueira; C. Ribeiro; A. Veríssimo; F.J. Regateiro; F.J. Oliveira; H.C. Silva. "Gut microbiota variation in obese patients submitted to bariatric surgery". Paper presented in 23rd Annual Meeting SPGH - Sociedade Portuguesa Genética Humana, 2019.
  12. F. Soares; A. Portugal; J. Trovão; C. Coelho; N. Mesquita; F. Gil; L. Catarino; S.M. Cardoso; I. Tiago. "Diversity and distribution of microalgae and cyanobacteria within the limestone walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra (UNESCO World Heritage Site).". Paper presented in Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Algologia Aplicada, Matosinhos, Portugal, 2019.
  13. E. Candeias; A.R. Esteves; J.D. Magalhães; D. Silva; H. Costa; S. Alarico; I. Ferreira; et al. "The Microbiome-Mitochondria Dance in Prodromal Parkinson's Disease". Paper presented in 1st CIBB Neuroscience and Disease-Retreat, 2019.
  14. Magalhães, João D.; Candeias, Emanuel; Esteves, Raquel; Alarico, Susana; Tiago, Igor; Empadinhas, Nuno; Cardoso, Sandra Morais; et al. "Intensive antibiotic administration generates motor deficits and neuronal mitochondrial impairment". Paper presented in 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  15. A. Maranha; S. Alarico; I. Tiago; O. Cardoso; S.G. Pereira; N. Empadinhas. "Microbiome signatures of diabetic skin and ulcers: combining drug resistance with culture and NGS approaches". Paper presented in 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2019.
  16. J. Trovão; F. Soares; N. Mesquita; C. Coelho; H. Paiva de Carvalho; A.C. Pinheiro; L. Catarino; et al. "Fungal diversity in the Old Cathedral of the UNESCO World Heritage site "University of Coimbra-Alta and Sofia". Paper presented in 18th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress, 2018.
  17. J. Trovão; Tiago, Igor; F. Soares; D.S. Paiva; N. Mesquita; C. Coelho; A.C. Pinheiro; et al. "Bringing light into the darkness: uncovering new fungal taxa from a deteriorated limestone monument in the UNESCO World Heritage site of "University of Coimbra-Alta and Sofia". Paper presented in 18th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress, 2018.
  18. Tiago, Igor; F. Soares; J. Trovão; C. Coelho; C. Pinheiro; N. Mesquita; F. Gil; et al. "Photoautotrophic diversity within the show caves of National Museum Machado de Castro". Paper presented in 18th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress, 2018.
  19. S. Alarico; S.G. Pereira; A. Maranha; I. Tiago; D. Reis; D. Nunes-Costa; O. Cardoso; et al. "Rare mycobacteria isolated from a hospital environment and from the skin of dibetic patients: profiling antimicrobial resistance". Paper presented in 1º Simpósio de Investigação em Tuberculose e Micobactérias Não Tuberculosas em Portugal, 2018.
  20. Alarico, Susana; Pereira, Sónia Gonçalves; Maranha, Ana; Tiago, Igor; Reis, Diogo; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Cardoso, Olga; Empadinhas, Nuno. "Antimicrobial resistance in rare mycobacteria from hospital environment and diabetic foot ulcers". Paper presented in International Conference on Antimicrobial Research - ICAR2018, 2018.
  21. C. Coelho; Tiago, Igor; L.O. Martins; A. Veríssimo. "Bioprospecting metagenome from Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea, Isopoda) guts for plant biomass hydrolytic enzymes". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17, Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, 2017.
  22. C. Coelho; A. Veríssimo; Tiago, Igor. "Deep-biosphere metagenome mining: Finding biotechnological solutions for the future in Cabeço de Vide deep-aquifer". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17, Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, Porto, Portugal, 2017.
  23. N. Mesquita; A.C. Pinheiro; J. Trovão; F. Soares; C. Coelho; H. Paiva de Carvalho; F. Gil; Tiago, Igor; A. Portugal. "Biodeterioration of Limestone by oxalic acid producers in the UNESCO site ‘University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia’.". Paper presented in International Conference “Natural stone for cultural heritage: local resources with global impact”, 2017.
  24. N. Mesquita; A.C. Pinheiro; C. Coelho; F. Soares; H. Paiva de Carvalho; F. Gil; L. Catarino; et al. "Bacterial and fungal diversity from the air and limestone surfaces within the Old Cathedra of Coimbra, a monument from the UNESCO site of ‘University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia". Paper presented in 17th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium. Manchester, UK, 2017.
  25. A.C. Pinheiro; N. Mesquita; C. Coelho; H. Paiva de Carvalho; F. Gil; L. Catarino; G. Piñar; et al. "Coupling air and surface samples: input on the study of biodeteriorated limestone and public health analyses". Paper presented in 3th Technoheritage International Congress, Cádiz, Spain., 2017.
  26. Tiago, Igor; M.O. Schrenk; A. Veríssimo. "Cabeço de Vide metagenome, a work in progress.". Paper presented in Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) International Science Meeting, Munich, Germany., 2015.
  27. I. Tiago; A. Maranha; V. Mendes; S. Alarico; P.J. Moynihan; A.J. Clarke; S. Macedo-Ribeiro; P.J.B. Pereira; N. Empadinhas. "Genome sequence of Mycobacterium hassiacum, an exceptional source of heat stable mycobacterial proteins toward structure-guided drug discovery". Paper presented in ICAR 2012: II International Conference on Antimicrobial Research, 2012.
  28. M.J.G. Santos; I. Tiago; M.F. Lemos; A. Veríssimo; Sousa, José Paulo Filipe Afonso de. "The use of ARDRA and BIOLOG Ecoplate¿ to detect changes in hindgut bacterial populations of Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea: Isopoda)". Paper presented in 15th SETAC Europe Meeting, 2005.
  29. M.J.G. Santos; I. Tiago; M.F. Lemos; A. Veríssimo; Sousa, José Paulo Filipe Afonso de. "Será que a exposição a metais pesados e pesticidas afecta as populações bacterianas do tracto intestinal do isópode terrestre Porcellio dilatatus?". Paper presented in 9º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2004.
  30. M.J.G. Santos; M.F. Lemos; I. Tiago; A. Veríssimo; Sousa, José Paulo Filipe Afonso de. "Changes in gut microbial populations of Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea: Isopoda) after exposure and post-exposure periods to contaminated food". Paper presented in 5th Iberian Congress and 2nd Iberoamerican on Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Palma, Vera; González-Pimentel, José L.; Jimenez-Morillo, Nicasio T.; Sauro, Francesco; Gutiérrez-Patricio, Sara; De la Rosa, José M.; Tomasi, Ilaria; et al. "Connecting molecular biomarkers, mineralogical composition, and microbial diversity from Mars analog lava tubes". Science of The Total Environment 913 (2024): 169583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169583.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169583
  2. Paiva, Diana S.; Trovão, João; Fernandes, Luís; Mesquita, Nuno; Tiago, Igor; Portugal, António. "Expanding the Microcolonial Black Fungi Aeminiaceae Family: Saxispiralis lemnorum gen. et sp. nov. (Mycosphaerellales), Isolated from Deteriorated Limestone in the Lemos Pantheon, Portugal". Journal of Fungi 9 9 (2023): 916. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9090916.
    10.3390/jof9090916
  3. Addesso, Rosangela; Baldantoni, Daniela; Cubero, Beatriz; De La Rosa, José Maria; González Pérez, José Antonio; Tiago, Igor; Caldeira, Ana Teresa; De Waele, Jo; Miller, Ana Z.. "A multidisciplinary approach to the comparison of three contrasting treatments on both lampenflora community and underlying rock surface". Biofouling (2023): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2023.2202314.
    10.1080/08927014.2023.2202314
  4. Diana S. Paiva; Luís Fernandes; Emília Pereira; João Trovão; Nuno Mesquita; Igor Tiago; António Portugal. "Exploring Differences in Culturable Fungal Diversity Using Standard Freezing Incubation—A Case Study in the Limestones of Lemos Pantheon (Portugal)". Journal of Fungi (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9040501.
    10.3390/jof9040501
  5. Soares, Fabiana; Trovão, João; Tiago, Igor; Cardoso, Susana M.; Gil, Francisco; Catarino, Lídia; Portugal, António. "Phototrophic Colonization in Dolomitic Limestone: Comparison between Single vs Artificial Multispecies". Geomicrobiology Journal (2023): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2023.2192211.
    10.1080/01490451.2023.2192211
  6. Catarina Coelho; Igor Tiago; António Veríssimo. "Guts Bacterial Communities of Porcellio dilatatus: Symbionts Predominance, Functional Significance and Putative Biotechnological Potential". Microorganisms (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10112230.
    10.3390/microorganisms10112230
  7. Diana S. Paiva; Luís Fernandes; João Trovão; Nuno Mesquita; Igor Tiago; António Portugal. "Uncovering the Fungal Diversity Colonizing Limestone Walls of a Forgotten Monument in the Central Region of Portugal by High-Throughput Sequencing and Culture-Based Methods". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app122010650.
    10.3390/app122010650
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  11. Soares, Fabiana; Trovão, João; Ahn, Anne-Catherine; Wilmotte, Annick; Cardoso, Susana M.; Tiago, Igor; Portugal, António. "Introducing Petrachlorosaceae fam. nov., Petrachloros gen. nov. and Petrachloros mirabilis sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) Isolated from a Portuguese UNESCO monument". Journal of Phycology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13241.
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  13. Trovão, João; Soares, Fabiana; Tiago, Igor; Portugal, António. "Talaromyces saxoxalicus sp. nov., isolated from the limestone walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005175.
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  15. Fabiana Soares; João Trovão; Francisco Gil; Lidia Catarino; Igor Tiago; António Portugal; Susana M. Cardoso. "Potential Use of Carrageenans against the Limestone Proliferation of the Cyanobacterium Parakomarekiella sesnandensis". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10589.
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  16. João Trovão; Fabiana Soares; Igor Tiago; Lídia Catarino; António Portugal; Francisco Gil. "A contribution to understand the Portuguese emblematic Ançã limestone bioreceptivity to fungal colonization and biodeterioration". Journal of Cultural Heritage (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2021.04.003.
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  17. Coelho, Catarina; Mesquita, Nuno; Costa, Inês; Soares, Fabiana; Trovão, João; Freitas, Helena; Portugal, António; Tiago, Igor. "Bacterial and Archaeal Structural Diversity in Several Biodeterioration Patterns on the Limestone Walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra". Microorganisms 9 4 (2021): 709. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9040709.
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  18. Aitana Ares; Joana Pereira; Eva Garcia; Joana Costa; Igor Tiago. "The Leaf Bacterial Microbiota of Female and Male Kiwifruit Plants in Distinct Seasons: Assessing the Impact of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae". Phytobiomes Journal (2021): https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-09-20-0070-R.
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  21. Soares, Fabiana; Trovão, João; Coelho, Catarina; Costa, Inês; Mesquita, Nuno; Gil, Francisco; Catarino, Lídia; et al. "High-Quality Draft Genome Sequences of Three Cyanobacteria Isolated from the Limestone Walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal". Microbiology Resource Announcements 9 26 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00575-20.
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  35. Etiope, G.; Vadillo, I.; Whiticar, M.J.; Marques, J.M.; Carreira, P.M.; Tiago, I.; Benavente, J.; Jiménez, P.; Urresti, B.. "Abiotic methane seepage in the Ronda peridotite massif, southern Spain". Applied Geochemistry 66 (2016): 101-113. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957867870&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  38. Chung, A.P.; Tiago, I.; Nobre, M.F.; Veríssimo, A.; Morais, P.V.. "Glaciimonas singularis sp. nov., isolated from a uranium mine wastewater treatment plant". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63 PART6 (2013): 2344-2350. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878828711&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  39. Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.. "Microbial and functional diversity of a subterrestrial high pH groundwater associated to serpentinization". Environmental Microbiology 15 6 (2013): 1687-1706. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878633275&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  40. Albuquerque, L.; Tiago, I.; Nobre, M.F.; Veríssimo, A.; da Costa, M.S.. "Cecembia calidifontis sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring runoff, and emended description of the genus Cecembia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63 PART4 (2013): 1431-1436. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876094441&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  41. Pereira, S.G.; Albuquerque, L.; Nobre, M.F.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; Pereira, A.; da Costa, M.S.. "Pullulanibacillus uraniitolerans sp. nov., an acidophilic, U(VI)-resistant species isolated from an acid uranium mill tailing effluent and emended description of the genus Pullulanibacillus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63 1 (2013): 158-162. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872484788&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  42. Tiago, I.; Maranha, A.; Mendes, V.; Alarico, S.; Moynihan, P.J.; Clarke, A.J.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Empadinhas, N.. "Genome sequence of Mycobacterium hassiacum DSM 44199, a rare source of heat-stable mycobacterial proteins". Journal of Bacteriology 194 24 (2012): 7010-7011. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870688429&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  44. Santos, M.J.G.; Sousa, J.P.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis as a routine tool to assess toxicant driven changes in hindgut bacterial populations of Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea: Isopoda)". Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13 8 (2011): 2102-2104. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961153199&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  45. Costa, J.; Tiago, I.; da Costa, M.S.; Veríssimo, A.. "Molecular evolution of Legionella pneumophila dotA gene, the contribution of natural environmental strains". Environmental Microbiology 12 10 (2010): 2711-2729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957303142&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  46. Albuquerque, L.; Rainey, F.A.; Pena, A.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; Fernanda Nobre, M.; da Costa, M.S.. "Tepidamorphus gemmatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 33 2 (2010): 60-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950370586&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  47. Taborda, M.; Antunes, A.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; Nobre, M.F.; da Costa, M.S.. "Description of Idiomarina insulisalsae sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a sea salt evaporation pond, proposal to transfer the species of the genus Pseudidiomarina to the genus Idiomarina and emended description of the genus Idiomarina". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 32 6 (2009): 371-378. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67651161839&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  48. Albuquerque, L.; Ferreira, C.; Tomaz, D.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; da Costa, M.S.; Nobre, M.F.. "Meiothermus rufus sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic red-pigmented species and emended description of the genus Meiothermus". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 32 5 (2009): 306-313. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67650407657&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  49. Albuquerque, L.; Tiago, I.; Taborda, M.; Nobre, M.F.; Veríssimo, A.; da Costa, M.S.. "Bacillus isabeliae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 1 (2008): 226-230. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-40449123530&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  50. Bae, H.-S.; Rash, B.A.; Rainey, F.A.; Nobre, M.F.; Tiago, I.; da Costa, M.S.; Moe, W.M.. "Description of Azospira restricta sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from groundwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 7 (2007): 1521-1526. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547398433&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  51. Albuquerque, L.; Tiago, I.; Rainey, F.A.; Taborda, M.; Nobre, M.F.; Veríssimo, A.; da Costa, M.S.. "Salirhabdus euzebyi gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a sea salt evaporation pond". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 7 (2007): 1566-1571. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547413912&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  52. Tiago, I.; Pires, C.; Mendes, V.; Morais, P.V.; da Costa, M.S.; Veríssimo, A.. "Bacillus foraminis sp. nov., isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 11 (2006): 2571-2574. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33751208027&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  53. Tiago, I.; Morais, P.V.; da Costa, M.S.; Veríssimo, A.. "Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 10 (2006): 2313-2316. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750015288&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  54. Albuquerque, L.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; da Costa, M.S.. "Tepidimonas thermarum sp. nov., a new slightly thermophilic betaproteobacterium isolated from the Elisenquelle in Aachen and emended description of the genus Tepidimonas". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 29 6 (2006): 450-456. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747062490&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  55. Nunes, I.; Tiago, I.; Pires, A.L.; Da Costa, M.S.; Veríssimo, A.. "Paucisalibacillus globulus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive bacterium isolated from potting soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 8 (2006): 1841-1845. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747876678&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  56. Bae, H.-S.; Moe, W.M.; Yan, J.; Tiago, I.; da Costa, M.S.; Rainey, F.A.. "Brooklawnia cerclae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionate-forming bacterium isolated from chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 8 (2006): 1977-1983. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747872586&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  57. Bae, H.-S.; Moe, W.M.; Yan, J.; Tiago, I.; da Costa, M.S.; Rainey, F.A.. "Propionicicella superfundia gen. nov., sp. nov., a chlorosolvent-tolerant propionate-forming, facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 29 5 (2006): 404-413. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745649371&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  58. Cunha, S.; Tiago, I.; Pires, A.L.; Da Costa, M.S.; Veríssimo, A.. "Dokdonella fugitiva sp. nov., a Gammaproteobacterium isolated from potting soil". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 29 3 (2006): 191-196. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645229098&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  60. Da Silva, M.F.; Tiago, I.; Veríssimo, A.; Boaventura, R.A.; Nunes, O.C.; Manaia, C.M.. "Antibiotic resistance of enterococci and related bacteria in an urban wastewater treatment plant". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 55 2 (2006): 322-329. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644955416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  62. Tiago, I.; Mendes, V.; Pires, C.; Morais, P.V.; Veríssimo, A.. "Phenylobacterium falsum sp. nov., an Alphaproteobacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 28 4 (2005): 295-302. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-19444383811&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Inês Oliveira. "Deep Biosphere: Microbial Populations as Source of Biotechnological Solutions". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/86131.

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Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/03/17 Bioinformática como Ferramenta Transversal Course: advance course of “Microbiologia: Um Mundo Dentro de Outro”
Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC) (Águeda, Portugal)
2021/08/02 Estudos funcionais de genes envolvidos em processos de biomineralização. Presentation of Project Microceno at the Town Hall of Funchal, Madeira
(Funchal, Portugal)
2019/12/19 Parkinson's disease: a symptom of latent infection? Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB) Meeting 2019
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/12/05 Structural and functional diversity of biodeteriorated stone biofilms samples collected from four chapels of the old cathedral of Coimbra (Flash Oral Presentation) Microbiotec19
Portuguese Microbiology Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/05 Structural bacterial diversity of biodeteriorated stone in four chapels of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress
International Biodeterioration Biodegradation Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/05 Next-generation-sequencing technologies applied to cultural heritage biodeterioration scenarios: critical steps in mycota data analysis 18th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress
The International Biodeterioration Biodegradation Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/09/05 Structural diversity of cyanobacteria and microalgae on the UNESCO site ‘Old Cathedral of Coimbra’ (Portugal): combining culture-dependent and culture-independent methodologies. 18th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Congress
International Biodeterioration Biodegradation Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/05/24 Metagenomic in Deep biosphere: biotechnological solutions for the future VIII International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2018
(Torremolinos, Spain)
2018/05/16 The hidden microbiome in Parkinson’s Disease 9th Annual World Congress NeuroTalk-2018
(Bangkok, Thailand)
2017/09/06 Bacterial diversity in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra (UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia’): correlation between air and biodeteriorated stone populations 17th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2017/09/04 Mycostone: A comprehensive approach on the study of limestone biodeterioration 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity
European Structural Integrity Society (Funchal, Portugal)
2017/07/03 A multi-analytical approach to study Limestone Biodeterioration and Biological colonization in the Old Cathedral (Sé Velha) of the UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia’ Ciência 2017- Encontro com a ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/05/21 A multi-analytical approach to study Limestone Biodeterioration and Biological colonization in the Old Cathedral (Sé Velha) of the UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia’ TechnoHeritage 2017 - 3rd International Congress Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
(Cádiz, Spain)
2015/05/06 Metagenomic studies in a serpentinization-driven subterrestrial aquifer in Southeast Portugal. Deep Life Community, DLC meeting
Deep carbon Observatory - Deep Life Community (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/11/07 Microbiological clues to carbon flow through the serpentinite subsurface biosphere. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
(Charlotte, NC, United States)
2012/09 Microbiological clues to carbon flow through the serpentinite subsurface biosphere. Serpentine Days.
Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie (Porquerolles, France)
2011 Molecular assessment of microbial diversity and carbon fixation pathways present in a low saline high pH groundwater environment Seventh International Conference on Serpentine Ecology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2009/10/13 Molecular evolution of dotA gene in Legionella pneumophila: contribution of natural environmental isolates. Legionella 2009
Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
2004/07 Will exposure to pesticides and heavy metals induce changes in the gut microbial populations of Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea: Isopoda)? 6th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/09 - Current Caracterização de fenómenos de biodeterioração em monumentos esquecidos em calcário da Região Centro de Portugal - culpados com soluções
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento Biociências, especialização em Microbiologia (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current Mining for novel plant-cellulosic-biomass degrading enzymes from Porcellio (Crustacea: Isopoda) hindguts Biotechnology contribution for efficient use of forest resources. SFRH/BD/148270/2019
Supervisor
 Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2022/12/20 Limestone biodeterioration by photoautotrophic organisms within the UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia’: Biocides disclosure and its assessment as novel control strategies. SFRH/BD/139720/2018.
Co-supervisor
 Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/09/16 Novel bacteria taxa isolated from kiwi fruit leaves phenotypic and genomic attributes - http://hdl.handle.net/10316/103119
Supervisor
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/09 The microbiome of the deadly mushroom Amanita phalloides - https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/103010
Co-supervisor
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2021/09/13 “The role of fungi on monumental stone biodeterioration within the UNESCO World Heritage site ‘University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia’”. SFRH/BD/132523/2017.
Co-supervisor
 Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018 Deep Biosphere: Microbial Populations as Source of Biotechnological Solutions
Supervisor
 Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/02 - 2017/09 Impacte da bactéria patogénica - Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae no microbioma de actinídia
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/08 Determination of the microbial diversity and characterization of it's enzymatic industrial potential using culturing dependent and independent approaches - Alfaguara spring from Ronda peridotite massive, Málaga, Spain.
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/27 Bioinformática como ferramenta transversal Microbiologia: Um Mundo Dentro de Outro, (Ensino secundário) Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal
2021/03/13 - 2021/03/13 Microbiome Profiling Microbiologia: Um Mundo Dentro de Outro, (Ensino secundário) Instituto de Educação e Cidadania (IEC), Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2017/11 - 2018/06 From the environment to the laboratory: isolation, selection and characterization of bacterial isolates Manuel Dominguez Becerra
2017/11 - 2018/06 Isolation, selection and characterization of bacterial isolates: establishing methodologies workflow Belén Lanchazo
2010/09 - 2011/07 Luísa Lopes
2009/09 - 2010 Gabriel Paiva
2003/09 - 2009/06 Vitor Mendes
2005/09 - 2007 Inês Nunes
2005/09 - 2007 Sofia Cunha
2003/09 - 2004/06 Carlos Pires

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/07/30 - 2021/08/03 Exploratory expedition to the Selvagens Island Nature Reserve (Madeira, Portugal) MICROCENO research project funded by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). For the first time, the microbiology and mineralogy of the terrestrial and marine volcanic caves of the Selvagens Islands, were explored to understand which microorganisms grow in these pristine ecosystems and what are their interactions with minerals. Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/05/04 - 2021/05/11 Exploratory expedition to the Lanzarote Island Nature Reserve (Canarias, Spain) TUBOLAN research project funded by Ministerio de Ciência e Innovación from Spain. The microbiology and mineralogy of the terrestrial volcanic caves of the Lanzarote Island, were explored to understand which microorganisms grow in these pristine ecosystems and what are their interactions with minerals. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca, Spain

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Pfizer Award of Basic Research (Team member)
2019 EIT Health Innostars Award 2019 (Team member)
EIT Health, Germany
2019 Caixa Impulse 2019 with TimeUp (Team member)
EIT Health, Germany

"La Caixa" Banking Foundation, Spain
2016 Prémio Neurociências Mantero Belard 2016
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Honorable Mention at ARRISCA C - Concurso de Ideias e Planos de Negócios (10ª Edição) with TimeUp
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal