Aitana Ares Yebra (BB15-DC11-A608)

Curriculum Vitae

Aitana Ares is a researcher at Center for Functional Ecology from the University of Coimbra (UC) and invited Assistant Research in the Life Sciences Department of researcher invited in the University of Coimbra in the project IN1061.01.B-CULTIVAR. In parallel, she’s scientific coordinator in the area of bacteriology and virus in the laboratory of FitoLab – phytopathology laboratory form Instituto Pedro Nunes, devoted to the detection of and research into plant pests and diseases to improve plant health in agriculture and forestry. Fitolab is recognized by the Portuguese Authorities for the detection of several quarantine organisms the A1 or A2 List proposed by European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). Her research field of interest in plant disease area includes: characterization of environmental microbial communities (plant; soil and water) that shape the plant health in agriculture and forestry using culture-dependent (culture media) and culture-independent (NGS) approaches; Assessment of disease impact into microbiota diversity and function; Identification of potential microorganisms involved in plant defence which could be biocontrol agents; genetic barcoding and genomic comparative analyses of bacterial of agroecosystems. Inline, Aitana Ares collaborate as research in several projects in the course: Cultivar (Development skills network sustainable and innovation in the agrifood sector ), I9K-InovKiwi (Development of strategies aimed at the sustainability of the kiwi row by creating a value-added product) and EcoStack (Stacking of ecosystem services: mechanisms and interactions for the optimal crop). She is a researcher in the Ibero-American Network for the surveillance of Xylella fastidiosa (CYTED IBERXYFAS). Aitana Ares was a Member of the Scientific early-career investigators (ECI) for the EuroXanth COST Action CA16107: " Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe"(2019).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Aitana Ares Yebra

Citation names

Yebra, Aitana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: BB15-DC11-A608

Email addresses

uc43739@uc.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/02/11 - 2021/02/17 Concluded	NORMA NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 Requisitos Gerais de Competência para laboratórios de ensaio e calibração. (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
2017/09/15 - 2018/12/12 Concluded	Analisis Bioinformático Avanzado (Master) Major in Bioinformática Universidade Pablo Olavide de Sevilla, Spain "Using AnABlast algorithm for the identification of coding genes or fossil regions in genome complete of strain Pr8x of Xylella fastidiosa " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/11/12 - 2018/11/16 Concluded	Las enfermedades de los vegetales causadas por Xylella fastidiosa: Detección, Identificación, Seguimiento y Control (Postgraduate Certificate) Instituto Agronómico Mediterráneo , Spain
2018/02/12 - 2018/02/16 Concluded	Prognosis & Advanced Diagnosis on Xanthomonadaceae (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Major in Plant Protection/ Diagnostics Aarhus Universitet Science and Technology, Denmark, Greece
2011/09/15 - 2016/11/30 Concluded	Programa de Doutoramento en Investigación Agraria e Forestal (Doctor) Major in Fitossanidade, Bacteriologia, Protecção de cultivos Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain "Detección, Identificación y Caracterización de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae en Actinidia spp. en Galicia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Cum laude
2015/09/15 - 2016/10/17 Concluded	Diploma de Especialización en Análisis Bioninformático (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Bioinformática Universidade Pablo Olavide de Sevilla, Spain
2015 - 2015 Concluded	Novedades normativas en la aplicación y uso sostenible de productos fitosanitarios (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2014 - 2014 Concluded	• Implantación de un Sistema de Gestión de Calidad según la norma UNE-EN ISO: 9001:2008 En “El Laboratorio de la Estación Fitopatológica do Areeiro”. (Postgraduate Certificate) Deputación de Pontevedra, Spain
2013 - 2013 Concluded	• Nuevos métodos de Diagnóstico, Detección e Identificación de Bacterias Fitopatógenas de Cuarentena y Emergentes (Postgraduate Certificate) Deputación de Pontevedra, Spain
2013 - 2013 Concluded	• Validación y Cálculo de la Incerteza de Métodos Físico-químicos (Postgraduate Certificate) Deputación de Pontevedra, Spain
2011 - 2011 Concluded	• Técnicas de Histología y Citología Molecular para el Estudio de la Estructura y Biología de Organismos Fitopatógenos (Postgraduate Certificate) Deputación de Pontevedra, Spain
2009/09/15 - 2010/08 Concluded	Bioloxía Molecular, Celular e xenética (Master) Major in Bioloxía molecular Universidade da Coruña, Spain "“Evaluación de dos métodos analíticos para la determinación de la producción de ácido linoleico conjugado por microorganismos aislados de quesos gallegos de leche cruda”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003/09/15 - 2009/02/04 Concluded	Licenciatura en Biologia (Licence) Major in Biologia Universidade da Coruña, Spain

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02/16 - Current	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

2017/05/15 - 2020/02/14	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/04/16 - 2015/04/15	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Deputación de Pontevedra, Spain
	Estación Fitopatolóxica do Areeiro, Spain

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010 - 2011	Technical trade	R.Costoya S.L., Spain

2010/04/25 - 2010/06/30	External Technical Assistance	Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de Mabegondo, Spain

2008/11/01 - 2009/09/30	External Technical Assistance	Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de Mabegondo, Spain

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/05/15 - 2020/02/14	ReNature-Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000007-Valorization of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Centro Region DPA 17-331 Post-doc Fellow Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/02/16 - Current	Cultivar-Network of competencies for sustainable development and innovation in the agro food sector CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000020 Researcher	Ongoing
2019 - Current	Rede CYTED IBER-XYFAS-Red Iberoamericana para la vigilancia de Xylella fastidiosa Red 119RT0569 Researcher	Ongoing
2018 - Current	EcoStack - Stacking of ecosystem services: mechanisms and interactions for optimal crop protection, productivity, and pollination enhancement H2020-773554 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2017/05/15 - Current	I9Kiwi - Desenvolvimento de estratégias que visem a sustentabilidade da fileira do kiwi através da criação de um produto de valor acrescentado PDR2020-101-031204 Researcher Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Ongoing
2017/05/15 - Current	ReNATURE-CENTRO-1-0145-FEDER-000007-Valorization of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Centro Region Centro-45-2015-01 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Obtención de Tepe para plantas tapizantes con substratos elaborados a partir de residuos de serrerías PGIDT07MRU020E Researcher
2008/11/01 - 2009/09/30	Formación de ácido linoleico conjugado y asimilación de colesterol por microorganismos obtenidos de productos lácteos tradicionales gallegos RTA2008-00117 Technical development Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de Mabegondo, Spain
2008/09/01 - 2009/07/31	Caracterización y mejora de líneas de pimientos resistentes a especies de Phytophthora RTA2007_00062-C02-00 Researcher Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de Mabegondo, Spain	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

Yebra, Aitana. "Characterization of the olive xylem microbiome community composition by metabarcoding greatly depends on the matrix used to extract DNA and 16S universal bacterial PCR primers". Paper presented in 2ndConference on Xylella fastidiosa, 2019.
Yebra, Aitana. "Endophytic bacteria on strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.): orchards vs. wild populations". Paper presented in Microbiotec, 2019.
Yebra, Aitana. "Genetic diversity of Psa: seasonal and spatial population dynamics". Paper presented in Microbiotec, 2019.
Yebra, Aitana. "The microbiome of xylem sap associated with almond leaf scorch disease caused by Xylella fastidiosa in South-East Spain". Paper presented in Microbiotec, 2019.
Pasalodos-Tato, M.; Pukkala, T.. "The impact of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in kiwifruit orchards in Galicia (NW Spain)". Paper presented in II International Symposium on Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit, 2015.
10.2495/fiva080101
Yebra, Aitana. "Siderophore production of virulent and low virulent strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae". Paper presented in II International Symposium on Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit, 2015.
Makarova, L.E.; Morits, A.S.; Sokolova, N.A.; Nesterkina, I.S.. "Looking for Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in asymptomatic kiwi plants in Spanish nurseries and orchards". Paper presented in II International Symposium on Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit, 2015.
10.31255/978-5-94797-319-8-488-491
Yebra, Aitana. "Método de deteção de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae en ramos assintomáticos de actinídea". Paper presented in . 1º Simposio da Sociedade de Ciências Agrárias de Portugal (SCAP) e 7º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatología (SPF), 2014.
Verma, Arun Kumar; Singh, Bhim. "Distribution, detection protocols and characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae from Kiwifruit in Galicia (Northwest Spain)". Paper presented in 1st International Symposium on Bacterial canker of Kiwifruit (Psa), 2013.
10.1109/icpes.2016.7584244
Yebra, Aitana. "Survival of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in leaf litter of Actinidia deliciosa in Galicia (NW Spain)". Paper presented in 1st International symposium on Bacterial canker of Kiwifruit (Psa), 2013.
Yebra, Aitana. "Molecular Identification of Neofusicoccum parvum/ribis complex species from vineyards in Spain". Paper presented in 8th International Workshop on Grapevine Trunk diseases, 2012.
Yebra, Aitana. "Prospección de suelos y aguas de riego de Galicia y detección de Phytophthora capsici y Phytophthora nicotianae por PCR". Paper presented in XV Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Fitopatología, 2010.

Journal article

Yebra, Aitana. "Effect of Low-Input Organic and Conventional Farming Systems on Maize Rhizosphere in Two Portuguese Open-Pollinated Varieties (OPV), “Pigarro” (Improved Landrace) and “SinPre” (a Composite Cross Population)". Microbe and Virus Interactions with Plants, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology (2021):
Published
Yebra, Aitana. "Identification and characterization of Arbutus unedo L. endophytic bacteria isolated from wild and cultivated trees for the biological control of Phytophthora cinnamomi". Phytopathology (2021):
Submitted
Yebra, Aitana. "Draft genome resources sequences of six Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae 2 strains isolated from Actinidia chinensis cv. deliciosa leaves in Portugal". Phytopathology 111 (2020): 237-239.
Published
Yebra, Aitana. "Genetic diversity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae: seasonal and spatial population dynamics". Microorganisms (2020):
Under revision
Yebra, Aitana. "The impact of pathogenic bacteria on plant microbiome ¿ Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, a case study". Frontiers in PlantScience (2020):
Submitted
Yebra, Aitana. "Diversity of Pseudomonas sp. isolated from Portuguese kiwi orchards and possible phytosanitary implications". Phytopathology.". Phytopathology (2020):
Under revision
Yebra, Aitana. "The microbiome of xylem sap associated with almond leaf scorch disease caused by Xylella fastidiosa in South Spain". Microbiome (2020):
Submitted
Garcia, E.; Paiva, D.; Costa, J.; Portugal, A.; Ares, A.. "First Report of Fusarium Wilt Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae on Passion Fruit in Portugal". Plant Disease 103 10 (2019): 2680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-01-19-0134-pdn.
10.1094/pdis-01-19-0134-pdn
Ares-Yebra, Aitana; Garabal, J. Ignacio; Carballo, Javier; Centeno, Juan A.. "Formation of conjugated linoleic acid by a Lactobacillus plantarum strain isolated from an artisanal cheese: Evaluation in miniature cheeses". International Dairy Journal 90 (2019): 98-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2018.11.007.
10.1016/j.idairyj.2018.11.007
Yebra, Aitana. "Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar3 on kiwifruit in north-west Portugal". 125 4 (2018): 1147-1161.
Yebra, Aitana. "Detectcion and Characterization of Pseduomonas syringae pv. actinidiofoliorum in kiwifruit in Spain". Journal of Applied Microbiology 119 (2015): 1659-1671.
Aguín, O.; Ares, A.; Abelleira, A.; Mansilla, P.. "SURVIVAL OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. ACTINIDIAE IN LEAF-LITTER OF ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA IN GALICIA (NORTHWEST SPAIN)". Acta Horticulturae 1095 (2015): 111-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2015.1095.13.
10.17660/actahortic.2015.1095.13
Abelleira, A.; Ares, A.; Aguín, O.; Mansilla, P.; López, M.. "DISTRIBUTION, DETECTION PROTOCOLS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. ACTINIDIAE FROM KIWIFRUIT IN GALICIA (NORTHWEST SPAIN)". Acta Horticulturae 1095 (2015): 49-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2015.1095.5.
10.17660/actahortic.2015.1095.5
Yebra, Aitana. "Método de detecção de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) em ramas assintomáticas de Actinidia spp.". 38 (2015): 206-212.
Fiorentini, L.; Donati, I.; Cellini, A.; Buriani, G.; Vanneste, J.; Spinelli, F.. "Identificação e caracterização de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) na Região do Entre Douro e Minho (Portugal)". Revista de Ciências Agrárias 38 (2015): 196-205. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2019.1243.14.
10.17660/actahortic.2019.1243.14
Abelleira, A.; Ibarra, N.; Aguín, O.; Mosquera, P.; Abelleira-Sanmartín, A.; Sorolla, A.; Ares, A.; Mansilla, P.. "First report ofBursaphelenchus mucronatus kolymensis(Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) onMonochamus sutor(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Spain". (2014):
10.1111/efp.12139
Yebra, Aitana. "Enfermedades y plagas de kiwi en Galicia: bacterias y nemátodos (II)". Phytoma-España 259 (2014): 28-35.
Yebra, Aitana. "Current situation and strain characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae on kiwi in Galicia (Northwest Spain)". Plant Pathology 63 (2014): 379-389.
Dudnik, A.; Dudler, R.. "Complete genome sequences of six Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae isolated from leaves of Actinidia chinensis cv. deliciosa in Portugal". Genome Announcements 1 4 (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00610-13.
10.1128/genomea.00610-13
Yebra, Aitana. "Incidence, severity and causal fungal species of Mycosphaerella and Teratosphaeria diseases in Eucalyptus stands in Galicia (NW Spain)". Forest Ecology and Management 302 (2013): 379-389.
Pintos Varela, C.; Rial Martínez, C.; Mansilla Vázquez, J. P.; Aguín Casal, O.. "First Report of Phytophthora Rot on Alders Caused by Phytophthora alni subsp. alni in Spain". Plant Disease 96 4 (2012): 589. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-94-2-0273a.
10.1094/pdis-94-2-0273a
Jung, Jae-Sung; Han, Hyo-Shim; Jo, Youn-Seob; Koh, Young-Jin. "Comparative genomics allowed to found genotypic differences between strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae isolated from Portugal". Research in Plant Disease 9 3 (2003): 116-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.5423/rpd.2003.9.3.116.
10.5423/rpd.2003.9.3.116

Other

Technical standard

Diagnostics PM 7/20 (3) Erwinia amylovora. This standard describes a diagnostic protocol for Erwinia amylovora. 2020. Yebra, Aitana.
2020. PM 7/120 (2) Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. This Standard describes a diagnosticprotocol for Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. 2020. Yebra, Aitana.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2015	Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae strains with low virulence and P. syringae pv. actinidiae look-alike strains of new types from kiwi plants cultivated in Spain	II International Symposium on Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit (Bologna, Italy)
2015	An integrated approach of diagnostic to detect inter and intraespecific diversity in Erwinia, Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas	9th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae and related pathogens
2015	Prospecciones para la detección de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae en plantaciones y viveros de kiwi	II Reunión del grupo especializado en detección, diagnóstico e identificación de la Sociedad Española de Fitopatología (GEDDISEF) (Sevilla, Spain)
2015	Protocolo de detección de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae en plantas asintomáticas de kiwi y resultados de prospecciones en Galicia, Asturias y Comunidad Valenciana	II Reunión del grupo especializado en detección, diagnóstico e identificación de la Sociedad Española de Fitopatología (GEDDI-SEF) (Sevilla, Spain)
2014	Molecular tools allow the description of new taxons at species and infraspecific levels among plant pathogenic bacteria	11th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) (Cracow, Poland)
2014	Identificação e caracterização de Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) na Região do Entre Douro e Minho	1º Simposio da Sociedade de Ciências Agrárias de Portugal (SCAP) e 7º Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatología (SPF) (Oeiras, Portugal)
2010	Estudio de la producción de ácido linoleico conjugado (CLA) por aislados microbianos obtenidos de quesos de leche cruda	XVII Congreso Nacional de Microbiología de los Alimentos (Valladolid, Spain)
2010	Selección preliminar de aislados microbianos obtenidos de quesos gallegos de leche cruda con capacidad para asimilar colesterol y/o producir ácido linoleico conjugado (CLA), empleando métodos espectrofotométricos	III Congreso de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología Microbiana (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - Current	Coordenação do trabalho do estágio profissionalizante do Grado em Biotecnologia da aluna Carolina Alexandra dos Santos Joaquim: “Analyses of the rhizosphere microbiota in three different crop systems using different maize populations” Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra. Co-external advisor: 15 de novembro de 2019 Co-supervisor
2019 - 2020	Coordenação do projeto de Biologia Aplicada do grado em Biologia da aluna Vitória Fabricia de Morais Zwirchmayr: “Fitossanidade aplicada ao Ensino Básico no âmbito do Ano Internacional da Fitossanidade” Universidade de Coimbra. Orientadora: 31 de janeiro de 2020. Supervisor	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017	Organização de Conferência Internacional 1ª Conferência Anual da Ação COST EuroXanth. “Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe”. Coimbra de 13 a 15 de dezembro, 2017 (2017 - 2017) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020	Participação em júris de Bolsa de Investigação (Mestre) No âmbito do projeto "I9K - InovKiwi - Desenvolvimento de estratégias que visem a sustentabilidade da fileira do kiwi através da criação de um produto", Candidatura nº - PDR2020-101-031204 (Líder), Parceria nº - 301 / Iniciativa n.o – 160, no âmbito da operação 1.0.1.” (Grant Agreement IPN/FITOLAB/2019/CON2/CAN1).
2019 - 2019	Participação em júris de Bolsa de Investigação (Licenciatura) No âmbito do projeto “Ecostack-Stacking of Ecosystem services: Mechanisms and interactions for optimal crop protection, pollination enhancement, and productivity” (Grant Agreement Nº 773554).
2019 - 2019	Participação em júris de mestrado Bichitra Paul. “Characterization of the biocontrolled activity mediated by Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii cytokines against Pseudomonas syringae in tobacco and analysis of its potential as a biostimulant”. Mestrado Internacional em Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade de Coimbra. Arguente. Aprovado com
2017 - 2017	Participação em júris de mestrado Daniela Filipa Pereira Nunes. A multilevel characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae infection. Mestrado em Biotecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra. Arguente. Aprovado com 19 valores. 21 de setembro de 2017.