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I finished my BSc in Biology at the University of Porto, Portugal (2011) and a MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal (2013). Before I started my PhD, I worked for a few years in the topics of protein sorting to the plant vacuole, and the plant endomembrane system. I was also deeply invested in supervising 3 undergraduate students and was involved in the teaching of practical classes for the MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology’s Bioimaging (2012-2015) and bioinformatics (2014) modules. I obtained my PhD in Plant Science (2021) from University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal (2021), in a collaborative project between the Gulbenkian Science Institute (PI: Elena Baena-Gonzalez) and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (PI: Mark Stitt), after having secured funding from the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT). I have multiple oral and poster presentations in both national and international meetings and have been awarded a best poster presentation (EMBO workshop Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signalling in photosynthetic organisms, 2021). I am currently a postdoctoral research assistant at the Department of Biology, University of Oxford, UK (2022-2025), and have been an invited lecturer for the ITQB/NOVA Plants for Life PhD Programme (Metabolic Regulation curricular unit, 2023) and the FCUP MSc in Functional Plant Biology and Biotechnology (Development and Signalling curricular unit, 2024). I have recently been successful in my application to a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will allow me to continue my work in Oxford until late 2026. During my professional career I have worked in multiple areas of molecular plant science, from protein sorting to energy signalling and metabolism. I have published 5 international peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters, receiving a total of 87 citations (h-index 4, Google Scholar). I have been invited to peer-review multiple papers for Planta.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno Alexandre Teixeira Peixoto

Citation names

  • Peixoto, B.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C31D-0E6D-CCEE
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1022-3908

Email addresses

  • bruno.teixeirapeixoto@biology.ox.ac.uk (Professional)

Addresses

  • Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd, OX1 3RB, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Japanese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/03 - 2021/07/27
Concluded
 Plants for Life (Doutoramento)
Major in Fisiologia Vegetal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2013
Concluded
 Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The Plant Specific Insert and Its Molecular Role in Protein Sorting" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"NA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) University of Oxford Department of Biology, United Kingdom
2021/07 - 2022/10 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/03/01 - 2021/07/21 PhD Student in the Plants for Life PhD Programme BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
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2013/07/08 - 2016/02/28 Maintained ties with MSc tutors in both Porto (Plant Trafficking and Development Lab) and Coimbra (Molecular Biotechnology Lab), working full-time in research projects spanning both labs. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
(...)
2011 - 2013 Intern at the Protein Trafficking and Development Lab (FCUP/BioISI) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
(...)
2010/09/01 - 2011/07/31 BSc Internship at the Plant Sexual Reproduction Lab (FCUP/BioISI) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Peixoto, Bruno. "Vacuolar Sorting Determinants: Isolation and Study". 2018.
    10.1007/978-1-4939-7856-4_3
  2. Peixoto, Bruno. "Plant Vacuolar Sorting: An Overview". 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-49490-6
  3. Peixoto, Bruno. "Studying Recombinant Protein Production and Regulation of Gene Expression in Genetic Transformed Bacteria using Fluorescent Reporter Protein mCherry: Molecular Tools and Procedures". Portugal, 2015.
Conference poster
  1. Margalha, L.; Elias, A.; Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Baena-González, E.. "Nuclear Pore function regulates SnRK1 kinase distribution and plant stress tolerance". Paper presented in New Phytologist Next generation scientists, 2019.
  2. Claudia, P.; Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); De Sousa Vieira, V.; Pereira, S.; Pissarra, J.. "The Plant Specific Insert as an unconventional signal in the route to plant vacuoles". Paper presented in Botanical Microscopy Meeting 2019, 2019.
  3. Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Höhne, M.; Alexandre Moraes, T.; Stitt, M.; Lunn, J.; Baena-González, E.. "Connections between the SnRK1 carbon sensor and carbon metabolism". Paper presented in 9th ITQB Nova PhD Students’ Meeting, Oeiras, Portugal, 2018.
  4. Sousa, M.; Alves, P.; Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Pereira, S.; Abreu, I.. "Characterization of Potentially Allergenic Proteins of Acer negundo pollen – molecular cloning, expression and purification". Paper presented in 8th Meeting of Young Researchers at the University of Porto (8th ijUP), 2015.
  5. Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Costa, M.; Vanessa, V.; Susana, P.; Pissarra, J.. "Dissecting PSI-mediated sorting – the soy Aspartic Protease Case". Paper presented in XVIII ENPER Meeting, Leeds, UK, 2015.
  6. Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Vieira, V.; Pereira, C.; Pereira, S.; Pissarra, J.. "The Plant Specific Insert as a Key Modulator of Protein Processing and Vacuolar Sorting". Paper presented in XVII ENPER Meeting, Lecce (Italy), 2014.
  7. Ribeiro, R.; Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Vieira, V.; Pereira, S.; Pissarra, J.. "Development of novel tools for Cynara cardunculus L. transformation and the study of protein intracellular trafficking". Paper presented in 6th Meeting of Young Researchers at the University of Porto (6th ijUP), 2013.
  8. Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Figueiredo, M.; Pereira, S.; Pereira, C.; Pissarra, J.. "Plant Specific Insert Domains as Modulators of Protein Sorting and Maturation". Paper presented in MAP Joint Doctoral Programme in Plant Biology – BioPlant, 3rd Annual Workshop, 2012.
  9. Peixoto, B. (C31D-0E6D-CCEE); Silva, N.; Oliveira, A.; Pereira, C.; Pereira, S.; Pissarra, J.. "Mutant cardosin A constructs and their expression in Nicotiana tabacum for the study of the Plant Specific Insert". Paper presented in 4th Meeting of Young Researchers at the University of Porto (4th ijUP), 2011.
Journal article
  1. Leonor Margalha; Alexandre Elias; Borja Belda-Palazón; Bruno Peixoto; Ana Confraria; Elena Baena-González. "HOS1 promotes plant tolerance to low-energy stress via the SnRK1 protein kinase". The Plant Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16250.
    10.1111/tpj.16250
  2. Bruno Peixoto; Elena Baena-González; Rossana Henriques. "Management of plant central metabolism by SnRK1 protein kinases". Journal of Experimental Botany (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac261.
    10.1093/jxb/erac261
  3. Thiago Alexandre Moraes; Virginie Mengin; Peixoto, B.; Beatrice Encke; Nicole Krohn; Melanie Höhne; Ursula Krause; Mark Stitt. Corresponding author: Thiago Alexandre Moraes. "The circadian clock mutant lhy cca1 elf3 paces starch mobilization to dawn despite severely disrupted circadian clock function". Plant Physiology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac226.
    10.1093/plphys/kiac226
  4. Bruno Peixoto; Thiago A Moraes; Virginie Mengin; Leonor Margalha; Rubén Vicente; Regina Feil; Melanie Höhne; et al. "Impact of the SnRK1 protein kinase on sucrose homeostasis and the transcriptome during the diel cycle". Plant Physiology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab350.
    10.1093/plphys/kiab350
  5. Vanessa Vieira; Bruno Peixoto; Mónica Costa; Susana Pereira; José Pissarra; Cláudia Pereira. "N-Linked Glycosylation Modulates Golgi-Independent Vacuolar Sorting Mediated by the Plant Specific Insert". Plants 8 9 (2019): 312-312. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8090312.
    10.3390/plants8090312
Preprint
  1. Leonor Margalha; Alexandre Elias; Borja Belda-Palazón; Bruno Peixoto; Ana Confraria; Elena Baena-González. "HOS1 promotes plant tolerance to low-energy stressviathe SnRK1 protein kinase". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525711.
    10.1101/2023.01.26.525711
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Peixoto, Bruno. "The Plant Specific Insert (PSI) and its Molecular Role in Protein Sorting". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/24619.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2013 The Plant Specific Insert and Its Molecular Role in Protein Sorting MAP Joint Doctoral Programme in Plant Biology – BioPlant, 4th Annual Workshop
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2015 - 2016 Chlapsin's PSI domain - novel functions for a novel fold? - Establishing the tools for transient expression of fluorescent-fusion PSIs in higher plants
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/10 - 2015/06 Unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind PSI-mediated protein sorting
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09 - 2013/06 Cynara cardunculus L. as a Model system to Study Protein Sorting
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2011 - 2011 Preparation and presentation of a workshop of basic molecular biology techniques at the high school Padrão da Légua. This workshop was part of the programme "Um dia com... Ciência na ESPL" (2011 - 2011)
Workshop (Other)
 Escola Básica e Secundária do Padrão da Légua, Portugal
2010 - 2010 XII Cell Wall Meeting -- International congress focused on cell wall biology (2010/07/25 - 2010/07/30)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/06/03 - 2019/06/07 Course on "Analysis of differential expression with RNAseq data", taught at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, as part of the Gulbenkian Bioinformatics Training Programme (GBTP)
Workshop
 ADER19F - Analysis of differential expression with RNAseq Data (first course of 2019)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017/03/06 - 2017/03/10 Course on "Proteomics Data Analysis", taught at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, as part of the Gulbenkian Bioinformatics Training Programme (GBTP).
Workshop
 PDA17 - Proteomics Data Analysis
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/10/17 - 2016/10/19 Course in "Quantitative Proteomics using Bioinformatics", taught at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, as part of the Gulbenkian Bioinformatics Training Programme (GBTP)
Workshop
 QPB16 - Quantitative Proteomics using Bioinformatics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Present in the XII ENEB (Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia), having participated in the workshop entitled “Plantas Aromáticas e Medicinais: Aplicação, Bioprodutos e Biotecnologia”.
Workshop
 Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2012 - 2015 Advanced Microscopy Techniques Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Shared prize for best poster presentation