Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Raquel Figueiredo
Citation names
- Figueiredo, Raquel
- Figueiredo, R.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C41E-ACAE-5CE0
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1029-6709
Email addresses
- raquel.figueiredo@fc.up.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 220402780 Ext.: 70780 (Professional)
Addresses
- Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2011/07/12
Concluded
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Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Plant Sciences
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Functions of Class III Peroxidases in higher plants: multiple approaches using the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus and
the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovada com Distinção |
2003
Concluded
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Plant Development and Reproduction (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
""Pepper ringspotvirus as expression vector and GFP expression in S. tuberosum L."" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom |
2000
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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14 valores |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/11/15 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal |
2015/08/01 - 2018/11/15 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Biologia, Brazil |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Brazil | ||
2012/01/02 - 2014/12/28 | Postdoc (Research) | University of California Berkeley College of Natural Resources, United States |
University of California Berkeley Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, United States |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2003/06/01 - 2004/09/01 | Bolseira Técnica de Investigação | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
2003/01/01 - 2003/06/01 | Estágio PRODEP III | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018 - 2018/11/15 | Estudo da hidrofobicidade da parede celular do caule de cana-de-açúcar: biossíntese da lamela de suberina
CNPq 104051/2018-3
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Biologia, Brazil
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico |
2015/08/01 - 2018/07/31 | Biopolímero da suberina na digestibilidade da parede celular de Cana Forrageira: estudos histoquímicos, bioquímicos e moleculares
FAPESP 2015/05437-3
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Biologia, Brazil
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Concluded
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2012/01/02 - 2014/12/28 | Molecular Basis of NLR-Mediated Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana
2R01 GM069680-05A1
Researcher
University of California Berkeley Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, United States
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National Institutes of Health
Concluded
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2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 | Functions of Class III Peroxidases in higher plants: multiple approaches using the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus and
the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
SFRH/BD/28941/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 | Male-female crosstalk towards fertilization - an intricate pathway of molecular wheels driving seed formation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027839
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2003/06/01 - 2004/05/31 | Biogenesis of cardosins: studies of expression & biosynthetic pathways
POCTI/BME/39765/2001
Research Technician Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Online resource |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/03 | A Parede Celular do Caule das Monocotiledóneas | Mestrado em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências (Porto, Portugal)
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2017 | O papel da suberina em plantas | BV882 – Fisiologia Vegetal-Ambiental do curso de Graduação em Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Biologia (Campinas, Brazil)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019 - 2020 | Obtenção e caracterização de um mutante knock-out/down quadruplo para as AGPs 6, 11, 40 e 23 no desenvolvimento do pólen de
Arabidopsis thaliana
Co-supervisor of Sara Foubert Mendes
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Caracterização da importância da âncora GPI para a função biológica
da JAGGER (AGP4) e obtenção de linhas marcadoras com GUS/GFP para
o promotor do gene AT3g45860 em Arabidopsis thaliana
Co-supervisor of Mariana Santos Rocha
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Localização da expressão subcelular de JAGGER (PROTEÍNA ARABINOGALACTÂNICA 4) e obtenção de uma linha marcadora GFP para o
seu interator OvR2
Co-supervisor of Carina Oliveira
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Clonagem do gene At5g03350 de Arabidopsis thaliana e respetiva fusão com o gene repórter GFP
Co-supervisor of Lucas da Silveira Pacheco
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2009 - 2010 | Study of the functions of class III peroxidases in Arabidopsis thaliana by functional genetics
Co-supervisor of Ana Luísa Guimarães e Ivo Dias
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Research Integration Grant (FCT, Ministry of Education and Science, Portugal) (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2014/06/09 - 2014/06/13 | QB3 Lab Fundamentals Bootcamp 2014 (2014/06/02 - 2014/06/20)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, United States |
2013 - 2013 | PMB Postdoc Lunches Foster Camaraderie, Professional Presentations (2013)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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University of California Berkeley Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, United States |
2010 - 2010 | Careers in Science: Life after a PhD (2010)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2015 - 2015 | Science Outreach Activity: communication about the Cell Wall Biology.
"Jornadas de Ciência de Arouca" are integrated in an educative program aiming to bring the science made in the laboratories
to the general public, with a particular focus in high-school students and teachers.
Seminar
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I Jornadas da Ciência de Arouca |
2014 - 2014 | QB3/GE Bioprocessing Course Summer 2014 - Separation and Purification Strategies for Biotechnology Products
Workshop
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California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, United States
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2010 - 2010 | Science Outreach Activity: participation in the play "As esferas"
Other
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Researcher’s Night '10, Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2006 - 2010 | Science Outreach Activity: Instructor of several workshops integrated in the program "Porto de Crianças", oriented to elementary
school students (1º ciclo).
Workshop
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Porto de Crianças
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | Introductory Programming for Bioinformatics (Python)
Workshop
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University of California Berkeley Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, United States
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2005 - 2005 | Science Outreach Activity: Instructor of the Course "Molecular Biology - protein expression in transgenic systems", oriented
to high-school students
Workshop
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Universidade Junior
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2004 - 2004 | Advanced Light Microscopy in Living Cells
Workshop
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
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2004 - 2004 | Science Outreach Activity: Instructor of the Course "Plant cell and tissue cultures in vitro ", oriented to high-school teachers
(Cursos de Formação Contínua de Professores)
Workshop
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2003 - 2003 | Science Outreach Activity: Instructor of the Course "Expression of aspartic proteases in plants" integrated in the program
"Scientific occupation for teenagers in summer vacation"
Workshop
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Scientific occupation for teenagers in summer vacation - Ciência Viva
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
Ciência Viva, Portugal |
1997 - 1997 | “Darwinism Heritage and its Today Expansions” por Stephen Jay Gould
Seminar
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2020/10/06 - 2020/10/20 | Journal of Experimental Botany (1460-2431) |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2019 - Current | International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction (IASPRR) |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2020 | Biologia Celular (Práticas Laboratoriais) | Biologia Celular (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |