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I have graduated in Aquatic Sciences in the University of Porto, 2010. I then acquired my master degree in marine nutrition in the University of Bergen, Norway, in a collaboration with the Institute of Marine Research and the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, in 2012. I was granted a PhD scholarship (FCT, SFRH/BD/89457/2012). My PhD studies were focused on functional amino acids in aquafeeds and were carried out in CIIMAR and the Faculty of Sciences (University of Porto,) from 2013 to 2017. During this time, I had the opportunity to work with several research groups and in different international laboratories. I applied and was granted an AquaExcel project funding as the principal investigator, and went to the Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) where my first arginine study was carried out, rendering a scientific publication in an open access journal. I was also involved in a DAAD-FCT project with Berlim, Germany, in which I had the opportunity to work at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, and from which collaboration 2 scientific papers were published. As part of my PhD study plan, I went to the Autonomous University of Barcelona to perform molecular biology analyses. During this time I enrolled in the Young Scientist Awards 2015 (Alltech) and was awarded the 1st place at the regional phase (Europe/Africa/Russia). I have been working as a post-doc researcher at CIIMAR, being involved in several projects, as listed in the appropriate section. I have published 25 scientific papers in high impact factor, and open access journals. Among them, I was the co-author of two review papers. I have attended 10 international and 6 national scientific meetings, in which I have 26 oral presentations (11 as the presenter). I am an auxiliary invited professor at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, from the University of Porto, teaching two disciplines in the framework of a bachelor and a master degree programme. I have experience in fish in vivo experiments, haematology, humoral immune parameter analysis, molecular biology, microbiology and primary cell culture techniques. My main interest is to develop functional diets to improve fish health in aquaculture, by studying amino acids and their immune-related benefits. Specifically, I am mostly interested in tryptophan and its immunomodulatory role in the teleost fish.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita Azeredo

Citation names

  • Azeredo, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D214-203E-A62D
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2486-595X
Scopus Author Id
56197820600

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/04 - 2017/03
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Amino acids as novel nutraceutics to modulate immune mechanisms and increase disease resistance in fish" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2015/02/09 - 2015/02/13
Concluded
 CURSO DE CIÊNCIAS EM ANIMAIS DE LABORATÓRIO – ORGANISMOS AQUÁTICOS (Diploma de especialização)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal
Approved
2010/08 - 2012/06
Concluded
 Nutrition (Mestrado)
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway

Universitetet i Bergen Institutt for Biologi, Norway
"Testosterone in feedback control of final maturation in female Atlantic cod" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A
2007/09 - 2010/08/04
Concluded
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 16/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/11/21 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/11/15 - 2018/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Research Trainee (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current MICROBOOST – Microalgae as fish health boosters via aquafeeds
PT- INNOVATION-0102
Researcher
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2023/05 - 2024/04 Fish gut-brain axis – a target for health-enhancing strategies
31687 - UIDB_(SEED) - Fish gut-brain axis
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
2021/11 - 2024/04 BreedFlat - New approaches on the dietary-effects in broodfish: the role of nutrition on sustainable production of flatfish
PT-INNOVATION-0080
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2017/11/15 - 2018/09/30 ALISSA - Bases para uma alimentação saudável e sustentável para peixes de aquaculture
ALG-01-0247- FEDER-3520
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Sparos Lda, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2016/07 - 2018/08 Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation of Marine Resources - INNOVMAR
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000035
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2017 - 2018 ALISSA - Bases para uma alimentação saudável e sustentável para peixes de aquaculture
ICBAS | 1 BPD | ALISSA
 European Regional Development Fund
2013/04/01 - 2017/03 AMINO ACIDS AS NOVEL NUTRACEUTICS TO MODULATE IMMUNE MECHANISMS AND INCREASE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN FISH
SFRH/BD/89457/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/06 - 2014/07 Immunomodulatory effect of arginine dietary supplementation on the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune response against vibriosis
0072/05/04/14b; 0072/05/04/14a
Principal investigator
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2008/11 - 2009/11 Respostas eco-fisiológicas de algas expostas a stress térmico: implicações num cenário de aquecimento global
CIIMAR/2008/BII/01-25
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/11 - 2027 IGNITION - IMPROVING GREEN INNOVATION FOR THE BLUE REVOLUTION: NEW TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL FARMING (IGNITION)
Project 10108465
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2022/11 - 2025 GRINNAQUA - Green innovation strategies for animal health management: towards sustainable Aquaculture
Project 101079467
Researcher
European Commission
Ongoing
2021/06 - 2024/05 IMMUNAA - Methionine and tryptophan as nutraceutical strategies to improve mucosal immunity and vaccine efficiency in fish
IMMUNAA/IA/2021-015
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
2022/01 - 2023/06 AquaVIP - Desvendando o papel da viperina nas respostas antivirais da truta e do pregado
EXPL/CVT-CVT/0458/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/11 - 2022/01 INFLAMMAA – Unraveling the neuro-endocrine/immune modulatory roles of tryptophan during inflammation
02/SAICT/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Sparos Lda, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2021/03/01 - 2024/06/01 NoSTRESS
ALG-01-0247-FEDER-047122
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2021 - 2024 LEEGATE- Parental immune priming and in ovo delivery of immunostimulants applied to aquaculture of fish larvae
PTDC/CVT-CVT/3205/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/09/30 ATLANTIDA
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Azeredo, Rita. "Dietary tryptophan supplementation modulates imune status and disease resistance in Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis, reared at low or high density". Paper presented in International Meeting of Marine Research, Peniche, 2016.
    Published • 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.04.00119
  2. Azeredo, Rita. "Susceptibility of meagre (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) to Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida.". Paper presented in International Meeting of Marine Research, Peniche, 2016.
    Published
  3. Azeredo, Rita. "Water acidification activates the innate immune system of Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis". Paper presented in International Meeting of Marine Research, Peniche, 2016.
    Published
  4. Azeredo, Rita. "Arginine or glutamine supplementation to culture media modulates innate immune mechanisms of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) head-kidney leukocytes". Paper presented in First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, Vigo, 2013 (ISFSI), Vigo, 2013.
    Published
  5. Azeredo, Rita. "Antinutrients alone or in combination modulate immune mechanisms in gilthead seabream". Paper presented in First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, Vigo, 2013 (ISFSI), Vigo, 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Azeredo, Rita. "Neuroendocrine and immune responses undertake different fates following tryptophan or methionine dietary treatment: tales from a teleost model". Paper presented in XI Congresso da Associação Ibérica de Endocrinologia Comparativa, Vigo, 2017.
    Published
  2. Azeredo, Rita. "Hypercapnia exposure modulates Senegalese sole innate immune system and oxygen consumption". Paper presented in 11º Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinología Comparada, Vigo, 2017.
    Published
  3. Azeredo, Rita. "A nutritional strategy to improve the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune status during winter thermal stress". Paper presented in 11º Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinología Comparada, Vigo, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Cunha, André; Hinzmann, Mariana; Ferreira, Inês; Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; Aires, Tiago; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Azeredo, Rita; Gonçalves, Ana Teresa; Costas, Benjamin. "Innate immune response and disease resistance of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles after Tetraselmis sp. extracts dietary supplementation". Paper presented in X Animal Science Doctoral Programme Workshop 2023, 2023.
  2. Tânia Pereira; Azeredo, Rita; Machado, Marina; Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; F. Nielsen; Diaz-Rosales, Patricia; Tafalla, Carolina; et al. "Grinnaqua: green innovation strategies for animal health management: towards sustainable aquaculture". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023 (AE23), 2023.
  3. Tânia Pereira; FERNANDEZ-BOO, SERGIO; Machado, Marina; Azeredo, Rita; Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; Roy Dalmo; T. Seternes; et al. "Ignition: improving green innovation for the blue revolution - news tools and opportunities for a more sustainable animal farming". 2023.
  4. Cunha, André; Hinzmann, Mariana; Ferreira, Inês; Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; Aires, Tiago; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Azeredo, Rita; Gonçalves, Ana Teresa; Costas, Benjamin. "European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune status and response after dietary supplementation with algae-derived compounds". Paper presented in 21st International Conference on DIseases of Fish and Shellfish, 2023.
  5. Felipe Bolgenhagen Schoninger; Azeredo, Rita; Sergio Fernández-Boo; Carolina Tafalla; Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; Machado, Marina. Corresponding author: Felipe Bolgenhagen Schoninger. "In vitro study with viperin as an antiviral effector in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cells". Paper presented in 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISEASES OF FISH AND SHELLFISH, 2023.
  6. AZEREDO,R; Peixoto, Diogo; DUARTE, INÊS; RICARDO, ANA; Aragão, Cláudia; Machado, Marina; Costas, Benjamin. "MOLECULAR PATTERNS OF A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN EUROPEAN SEABASS (DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX) FED A TRYPTOPHAN-SUPPLEMENTED DIET". Paper presented in EAS2023, 2023.
  7. Azeredo, Rita; Peixoto, D.; DUARTE, Inês; Ricardo, Ana; Aragão, Cláudia; Machado, Marina; Costas, Benjamin. "Tryptophan accelerates anti-inflammatory mechanisms in a teleost chronic inflammation model". Paper presented in EAFP23, 2023.
  8. Peixoto, Diogo; Carvalho, Inês; Machado, Marina; Aragão, Cláudia; Costas, Benjamin; Azeredo, Rita. "Dietary tryptophan supplementation mitigates stress- and inflammation-induced gene expression alterations in the HPI axis of a teleost fish". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  9. Peixoto, Diogo; Santos, Paulo; David Sánchez-Ruiz; Paula Simó-Mirabet; Anyell Caderno; Luis Molina-Roque; Sara Cartán; et al. "Alimentación con triptófano modula las respuestas metabólicas y endocrinas inducidas por procesos inflamatorios agudos en la lubina (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Paper presented in XIII Congresso Nacional de Aquicultura, 2022.
  10. FERNANDEZ-BOO, SERGIO; Machado, André; Azeredo, Rita; Castro, Filipe; Costas, Benjamin. "Identification of the immune genes of Paracentrotus lividus involved in response to Vibrio anguillarum challenge". Paper presented in European Association of Fish Pathologists, 2019.
  11. Azeredo, Rita; A. C. M. Rodrigues; A. P. L. Costa; M. Machado; L. E. C. Conceição; J. Dias; M. Castro-Cunha; R. J. M. Rocha; B. Costas. "Assessment of methionine and threonine dietary supplementation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to acute thermic stress". Paper presented in 31st European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Congress (ESCPB), 2018.
  12. M. Machado; Azeredo, Rita; A. Domingues; S. Fernández-Boo; L. E. C. Conceição; J. Dias; N. M. S. dos Santos. "Dietary tryptophan deficiency and supplementation compromises European seabass immune status, inflammatory mechanisms and disease resistance - a molecular approach". Paper presented in 31st European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Congress (ESCPB), 2018.
  13. Azeredo, Rita; A. C. M. Rodrigues; A. P. L. Costa; M. Machado; J. Dias; M. Castro-Cunha; R. J. M. Rocha; B. Costas. "Assessment of methionine and threonine dietary supplementation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to acute thermic stress". Paper presented in World Aquaculture Society (WAS) – 2018, 2018.
  14. J. Moura; Azeredo, Rita; A. C. M. Rodrigues; A. P. L. Costa; L. E. C. Conceição; J. Dias; M. Castro-Cunha; R. J. M. Rocha; B. Costas. "Synergistic effects of dietary methionine and threonine supplementation on the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) immune status submitted to thermic stress". Paper presented in World Aquaculture Society (WAS) – 2018, 2018.
  15. Azeredo, Rita; F. Fontinha; M. Machado; S. Fernández-Boo; L. E. C Conceição; J. Dias; N. M. S. dos Santos; B. Costas. "Arginine or citrulline supplementation in diets for European seabass deteriorates host immune condition and inflammatory response". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 2018 (ISFNF), 2018.
  16. B. Costas; M. Machado; Azeredo, Rita; L. E. C. Conceição; J. Dias; N. M. S. dos Santos. "Dietary methionine supplementation, but not tryptophan or arginine, improves disease resistance in the European seabass". Paper presented in International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF), 2018.
  17. Azeredo, Rita; F. Fontinha; M. Machado; L. E. C. Conceição; J. Dias; N. M. S. dos Santos; B. Costas. "Dietary arginine and citrulline-mediated impairment of immune condition and inflammatory response of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 17 - "Cooperation for Growth", 2017.
  18. Azeredo, Rita; M. Machado; F.A. Guardiola; R. Cerezuela; A. Afonso; H. Peres; A. Oliva-Teles; M.A. Esteban; B. Costas. "Tryptophan and methionine dietary supplementation evokes distinct responses of immune-related genes in the gut of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) following an inflammatory insult.". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 16 - "Food for thought", 2016.
  19. B. Costas; M. Machado; F. Fontinha; Azeredo, Rita; L. Ramos-Pinto; S. Fernández-Boo; F. A. Guardiola; L. E. C Conceição; J. Dias. "Dietary methionine supplementation increases white blood cells numbers whereas its deficiency does not compromise the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, health status.". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 16 - "Food for thought", 2016.
  20. F. Galhano; M. M. S. Cristóvão; B. Costas; J. Costa; M. Machado; Azeredo, Rita; H. Morais; et al. "Susceptibility of meagre (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) to Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida". Paper presented in International Meeting of Marine Research, 2016.
  21. Azeredo, Rita; M. Machado; J. Moura; H. Peres; A. Oliva-Teles; A. Afonso; B. Costas. "Dietary tryptophan supplementation increases disease resistance in Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 14 - "Adding Value", 2014.
  22. M. Machado; Azeredo, Rita; A. Afonso; P. Díaz-Rosales; H. Peres; A. Oliva-Teles; B. Costas. "Dietary methionine supplementation but not tryptophan improve cell mediated immunity of European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax.". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 14 - "Adding Value", 2014.
  23. B. Costas; Azeredo, Rita; M. Machado; A. Oliva-Teles; P. Enes. "Interactive effects of dietary prebiotics and fish meal replacement by plant ingredients on innate immune status of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in AQUACULTURE EUROPE 14 - "Adding Value", 2014.
  24. Azeredo, Rita; A. Afonso; A. Oliva-Teles; B. Costas. "Arginine or glutamine supplementation to culture media modulates innate immune mechanisms of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) head-kidney leukocytes". Paper presented in First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2013.
  25. B. Costas; A. Couto; Azeredo, Rita; A. Krogdahl; A. Oliva-Teles. "Antinutrients alone or in combination modulate immune mechanisms in gilthead seabream". Paper presented in First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Rita Azeredo; Diogo Peixoto; Paulo Santos; Inês Duarte; Ana Ricardo; Cláudia Aragão; Marina Machado; Benjamín Costas. "Dietary Tryptophan Plays a Role as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Juveniles during Chronic Inflammation". Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13050309.
    10.3390/biology13050309
  2. Azeredo, Rita. Corresponding author: Azeredo, Rita. "Dietary tryptophan intervention counteracts stress-induced transcriptional changes in a teleost fish HPI axis during inflammation". Scientific Reports 14 (2024):
    Open access • Published
  3. Carlos Fajardo; Paulo Santos; Ricardo Passos; Mariana Vaz; Rita Azeredo; Marina Machado; Sergio Fernández-Boo; Teresa Baptista; Benjamin Costas. "Early Molecular Immune Responses of Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) Following Infection with Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241612944.
    10.3390/ijms241612944
  4. Sven Wuertz; Filipa Beça; Eva Kreuz; Konrad M. Wanka; Rita Azeredo; Marina Machado; Benjamin Costas. "Two Probiotic Candidates of the Genus Psychrobacter Modulate the Immune Response and Disease Resistance after Experimental Infection in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus, Linnaeus 1758)". Fishes (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8030144.
    10.3390/fishes8030144
  5. Marina Machado; Diogo Peixoto; Paulo Santos; Ana Ricardo; Inês Duarte; Inês Carvalho; Cláudia Aragão; Rita Azeredo; Benjamín Costas. "Tryptophan Modulatory Role in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Immune Response to Acute Inflammation under Stressful Conditions". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232012475.
    10.3390/ijms232012475
  6. Diogo Peixoto; Marina Machado; Rita Azeredo; Benjamín Costas. "Chronic Inflammation Modulates Opioid Receptor Gene Expression and Triggers Respiratory Burst in a Teleost Model". Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11050764.
    10.3390/biology11050764
  7. Cláudia Aragão; Ana Teresa Gonçalves; Benjamín Costas; Rita Azeredo; Maria João Xavier; Sofia Engrola. "Alternative Proteins for Fish Diets: Implications beyond Growth". Animals 12 9 (2022): 1211-1211. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12091211.
    10.3390/ani12091211
  8. Carlos Fajardo; Paulo Santos; Ricardo Passos; Mariana Vaz; Rita Azeredo; Marina Machado; Sergio Fernández-Boo; Teresa Baptista; Benjamin Costas. "Functional and Molecular Immune Response of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Following Challenge with Yersinia ruckeri". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23063096.
    10.3390/ijms23063096
  9. Machado, Marina; Patricia Pereiro; Andre Barany; Juan Miguel Mancera; Costas, Benjamin. "Acute inflammation induces neuroendocrine and opioid receptor genes responses in the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax brain". MDPI - Biology (2022): https://doi.org/ 10.3390/biology11030364.
    Published • 10.3390/biology11030364
  10. Reis, B.; Ramos-Pinto, L.; Martos-Sitcha, J. A.; Machado, M.; Azeredo, R.; Fernández-Boo, S.; Engrola, S.; et al. "Health status in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles fed diets devoid of fishmeal and supplemented with Phaeodactylum tricornutum". Journal of Applied Phycology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02377-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s10811-021-02377-4
  11. Azeredo, Rita; Machado, Marina; Fontinha, Filipa; Fernández-Boo, Sergio; Conceição, Luis E.C.; Dias, Jorge; Costas, Benjamín. "Dietary arginine and citrulline supplementation modulates the immune condition and inflammatory response of European seabass". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 106 (2020): 451-463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2020.07.060.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.07.060
  12. L. Ramos-Pinto; Azeredo, Rita; Silva, Carlota; Conceição, L.E.C.; Dias, Jorge; Montero, Daniel; Torrecillas, Silvia; Silva, T.S.; Costas, Benjamín. "Short-term supplementation of dietary arginine and citrulline modulates gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune status". Frontiers in Immunology (2020): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01544/abstract.
    Open access • Published
  13. Machado, Marina; Arenas, Francisco; Svendsen, Jon C.; Azeredo, Rita; Pfeifer, Louis J.; Wilson, Jonathan M.; Costas, Benjamín. "Effects of Water Acidification on Senegalese Sole Solea senegalensis Health Status and Metabolic Rate: Implications for Immune Responses and Energy Use". Frontiers in Physiology 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00026.
    10.3389/fphys.2020.00026
  14. M. Machado; R. Azeredo; A. Domingues; S. Fernandez-Boo; J. Dias; L. E. C. Conceição; B. Costas. "Dietary tryptophan deficiency and its supplementation compromises inflammatory mechanisms and disease resistance in a teleost fish". Scientific Reports (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44205-3.
    10.1038/s41598-019-44205-3
  15. Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; Martos-Sitcha, Juan A.; Reis, Bruno; Azeredo, Rita; Fernandez-Boo, Sergio; Pérez-Sánchez, Jaume; Calduch-Giner, Josep Alvar; et al. "Dietary tryptophan supplementation induces a transient immune enhancement of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles fed fishmeal-free diets". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 93 (2019): 240-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.07.033.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2019.07.033
  16. Azeredo R; Machado M; Martos-Sitcha JA; Martínez-Rodríguez G; Moura J; Peres H; Oliva-Teles A; et al. "Dietary Tryptophan Induces Opposite Health-Related Responses in the Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis) Reared at Low or High Stocking Densities With Implications in Disease Resistance.". Frontiers in physiology (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31118899.
    10.3389/fphys.2019.00508
  17. F.A. Guardiola; M. Mabrok; M. Machado; R. Azeredo; A. Afonso; M.A. Esteban; B. Costas. "Mucosal and systemic immune responses in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup) bath challenged with Tenacibaculum maritimum: A time-course study". Fish & Shellfish Immunology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.02.015.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2019.02.015
  18. Machado M; Malheiro D; Couto A; Wilson JM; Guerreiro M; Azeredo R; Svendsen JC; et al. "Acute hyperoxia induces systemic responses with no major changes in peripheral tissues in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858).". Fish & shellfish immunology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29325709.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2018.01.008
  19. MacHado, M.; Azeredo, R.; Fontinha, F.; Fernández-Boo, S.; Conceição, L.E.C.; Dias, J.; Costas, B.. "Dietary methionine improves the european seabass (dicentrarchus labrax) immune status, inflammatory response, and disease resistance". Frontiers in Immunology 9 NOV (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057355431&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2018.02672
  20. Rita Azeredo; Cláudia R. Serra; Aires Oliva-Teles; Benjamín Costas. "Amino acids as modulators of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, innate immune response: an in vitro approach". Scientific Reports (2017): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18345-3.
    10.1038/s41598-017-18345-3
  21. Hoseini, Seyyed Morteza; Pérez-Jiménez, Amalia; Costas, Benjamin; Azeredo, Rita; Gesto, Manuel. "Physiological roles of tryptophan in teleosts: current knowledge and perspectives for future studies". Reviews in Aquaculture 11 1 (2017): 3-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12223.
    10.1111/raq.12223
  22. Rita Azeredo; Marina Machado; Eva Kreuz; Sven Wuertz; Aires Oliva-Teles; Paula Enes; Benjamín Costas. "The European seabass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) innate immunity and gut health are modulated by dietary plant-protein inclusion and prebiotic supplementation". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 60 (2017): 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2016.11.019.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2016.11.019
  23. Azeredo, R.; Machado, M.; Afonso, A.; Fierro-Castro, C.; Reyes-López, F.E.; Tort, L.; Gesto, M.; et al. "Neuroendocrine and immune responses undertake different fates following tryptophan or methionine dietary treatment: Tales from a teleost model". Frontiers in Immunology 8 SEP (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030178635&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2017.01226
  24. Azeredo, R.; Machado, M.; Guardiola, F.A.; Cerezuela, R.; Afonso, A.; Peres, H.; Oliva-Teles, A.; Esteban, M.A.; Costas, B.. "Local immune response of two mucosal surfaces of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, fed tryptophan- or methionine-supplemented diets". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 70 (2017): 76-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028951376&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2017.09.016
  25. Machado M; Azeredo R; Díaz-Rosales P; Afonso A; Peres H; Oliva-Teles A; Costas B. "Dietary tryptophan and methionine as modulators of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune status and inflammatory response.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25463296.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2014.11.024
  26. Azeredo R; Pérez-Sánchez J; Sitjà-Bobadilla A; Fouz B; Tort L; Aragão C; Oliva-Teles A; Costas B. "European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Immune Status and Disease Resistance Are Impaired by Arginine Dietary Supplementation.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26447480.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0139967
  27. Azeredo, Rita. "Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune responses are modulated after feeding with purified antinutrients". Fish & Shellfish Immunology (2014):
    10.1016/j.fsi.2014.05.032
  28. Janagap S; Azeredo R; Nguyen TT; Hamre K; Araujo P. "Development of an extraction method for the determination of prostaglandins in biological tissue samples using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: application to gonads of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23036466.
    10.1016/j.aca.2012.08.039
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Azeredo, Rita. "Amino acids as novel nutraceutics to modulate immune mechanisms and increase disease resistance in fish". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2017. https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/pub_geral.pub_view?pi_pub_base_id=317583.
  2. Azeredo, Rita. "Testosterone in feedback control of final maturation in female Atlantic cod – the effect of testosterone supplementation". Master, Universitetet i Bergen, 2012.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/05 CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND HUMORAL IMMUNE MARKERS IN THE EUROPEAN SEABASS (Dicentrarchus labrax) UNDER CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS EAS2021
EAS (Madeira, Portugal)
2021/07/23 NEUROENDOCRINE AND OPIOID RECEPTOR GENES IN A TELEOST BRAIN – RESPONSE TO ACUTE INFLAMMATION Animal Health Symposium - Online Event
CIIMAR
2021/07/23 Tryptophan dietary supplementation in European seabass juveniles - can this be a strategy to modulate the metabolic response under crowding and inflammatory conditions? Animal Health Symposium - Online Event
CIIMAR
2021/04/15 Neuroendocrine and opioid receptor genes in a teleost brain - response to acute inflammation EAS2020
(Cork, Ireland)
2021/04/15 Dietary tryptophan supplementation modulates the immune response to acute inflammation in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) juveniles under stressful conditions EAS2020
(Cork, Ireland)
2019/11/29 Dietary arginine and citrulline seems to be a good strategy to improve the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune status 4th AquaImprove – Aquaculture Research Workshop
CIIMAR (MA, Portugal)
2019/10/09 Evaluation of health status in European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax L. juveniles fed diets with partial replacement of fish meal by microalgae meal Aquaculture Europe (AE19)
European Aquaculture Society (Berlim, Germany)
2019/09/13 Dietary arginine and citrulline modulate the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune-related gene expression and plasma proteome signature Animal Science Doctoral Program - VI Workshop
ICBAS (Porto, Portugal)
2018/12/18 Methionine and tryptophan supplementation induce opposite effects on the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax immune response and disease resistance AquaImprove
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2018/12/18 Quantitative prediction of the effects of dietary factors in fish growth and disease susceptibility using molecular indicators of nutritional and immune status 3rd AquaImprove – Aquaculture Research Workshop
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2018/12/18 Short-term feeding with arginine and citrulline improves the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune status 3rd AquaImprove – Aquaculture Research Workshop
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2018/11/29 Implications of Vibrio anguillarum challenge in cellular and humoral parameters of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus Xornada da Mocidade Investigadora en Acuicultura
(Lugo, Spain)
2018/08/27 Methionine and tryptophan dietary supplementation induce opposite effects on the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax immune response and disease resistance Aqua 2018
World Aquaculture Society (WAS) (Montpellier, France)
2018/06/06 Dietary tryptophan deficiency and supplementation compromises European seabass immune status, inflammatory mechanisms and disease resistance 18th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
2018 Neuroendocrine and immune responses undertake different fates following tryptophan or methionine dietary treatment: tales from a teleost model. INSEAFOOD Workshop
CIIMAR
2017/10/18 Amino acids as modulators of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, innate immune response: an in vitro approach AQUACULTURE EUROPE 17 - "Cooperation for Growth"
European Aquaculture Society (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2017/10/18 Dietary methionine as modulator of the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax immune status, inflammatory response and disease resistance AQUACULTURE EUROPE 17 - "Cooperation for Growth"
European Aquaculture Society (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2017/07/14 Neuroendocrine and immune responses undertake different fates following tryptophan or methionine dietary treatment: tales from a teleost model 11º Congreso de la Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinología Comparada
Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinología Comparada (Vigo, Spain)
2016/09/23 Innate immune responses in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) challenged with Tenacibaculum maritimum AQUACULTURE EUROPE 16 - "Food for thought"
European Aquaculture society (Edimburgo, United Kingdom)
2016/09/22 Amino acids: from protein building blocks to powerful nutraceutics AQUACULTURE EUROPE 16 - "Food for thought" - snap presentation at the EAS-SG workshop
European Aquaculture society (Edimburgo)
2016/07/15 Dietary tryptophan supplementation modulates immune status and disease resistance in Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis, reared at low or high density International Meeting on Marine Research
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche, Portugal)
2016/07 Water acidification activates the innate immune system of Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis International Meeting on Marine Research
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Peniche, Portugal)
2016 Dietary tryptophan supplementation modulates immune status and disease resistance in Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis, reared at low or high density International Meeting on Marine Research
2016 Amino acids as novel nutraceutics to modulate immune mechanisms and increase disease resistance in fish. Neptune Series Seminar
CIIMAR
2015/10/28 “A Aquacultura em Portugal e no Mundo” Conversas de fim de tarde
Club Portuense (Porto, Portugal)
2015/10/22 Chronic stress mitigation in fish through improved amino acids availability: tales from the Senegalese sole Aquaculture Europe 2015
European Aquaculture Society (Roterdão, Netherlands)
2015/10/21 Dietary arginine compromises innate immunity and decreases disease resistance in European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax Aquaculture Europe 2015
European Aquaculture Society (Roterdão, Netherlands)
2015/04 Immunomodulatory effect of dietary arginine on the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune response IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas
Universidade da Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015 Methionine and tryptophan differentially regulate the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) inflammatory response Aquaimprove Workshop
NUTRIMU group - CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal)
2015 Dietary tryptophan supplementation modulates disease resistance and immune status in Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis, reared at low or high density AminoAqua Workshop
NUTRIMU group - CIIMAR (Porto, Portugal)
2014/10/16 High inclusion levels of soybean or sunflower meals induce an early inflammatory response in European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax AQUACULTURE EUROPE 14 - "Adding Value"
European Aquaculture Society (San Sebástian, Spain)
2014/10/15 Methionine and tryptophan differentially regulate the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) inflammatory response. AQUACULTURE EUROPE 14 - "Adding Value"
European Aquaculture Society (San Sebastián, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - Current Blue biotechnology and functional nutrition to boost immunity and disease resistance in fish early life stages
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/10/22 - Current The modulatory role of tryptophan on the neuroendocrine and immune crosstalk
Supervisor
 Ciência Animal (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/12 Modulatory effects of methionine dietary supplementation on the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) local and systemic immune responses against Tenacibaculum maritimum
Supervisor
 Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/12 Dietary tryptophan supplementation and its modulatory role in juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) during chronic inflammation
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Mar - Recursos Marinhos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Amino acids as modulators of cell-mediated immune responses
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/05/01 - 2021/07/23 Within the framework of the INFLAMMAA project (02/SAICT/2017/032349), an international online event was organised with both oral and poster scientific presentations on the aquaculture animal health theme. (2021/07/23 - 2021/07/23)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/09/09 - 2018/09/12 Attendance at the 31st European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Congress (ESCPB) – 2018, Porto, Portugal
Congress
 31st European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Congress
Skyros Congressos, Portugal
2018/08/25 - 2018/08/29 Attendance at the AQUA2018 Congress, Montpellier, FRANCE
Congress
 AQUA2018
World Aquaculture Society, United States
2018/06/03 - 2018/06/07 Attendance at the 18th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 2018 (ISFNF) – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Conference
 8th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
ISFNF committee, Spain
2017/10/17 - 2017/10/20 Attendance at the EAS2017, Dubrovnik, CROATIA
Conference
 EAS 2017
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2017/07/13 - 2017/07/15 Attendance at the XI CONGRESS OF THE IBERIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, Vigo, SPAIN
Conference
 XI CONGRESS OF THE IBERIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Asociación Ibérica de Endocrinología Comparada, Portugal
2016/09/21 - 2016/09/25 Attendance at the EAS2016, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
Conference
 EAS2016
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2016/07/14 - 2016/07/15 Attendance at the International Meeting on Marine Research 2016 – Peniche, Portugal
Conference
 IMMR2016
2015/10/21 - 2015/10/25 Attendance at the EAS 2015, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Conference
 EAS2015
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2015/05/15 - 2015/05/21 Participation on the "Young Scientist Awards" contest, launched by Alltech, in 2015. Submission of a scientific research manuscript. A global contest, with a first, regional phase, and a final, global phase, disputed in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Won the 1st place of the regional phase (Europe, Africa, Russia)
Conference
 Alltech Reb(v)elation Week
Alltech International, United States
2014/10/14 - 2014/10/17 Attendance at the European Aquaculture Society Conference, 2014, San Sebástian, SPAIN
Conference
 EAS2014
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2013/06 - 2013/06 Attendance at the First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, in Vigo, SPAIN
Conference
 First International Conference of Fish and Shellfish Immunology
International Society of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, Norway

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/12/12 “Evaluating effects of dietary tryptophan on growth performance, feed utilization, biochemical parameters, gene expression and behavior of zebrafish juveniles"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cláudia Alexandra da Mota Teixeira (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/05/01 - 2021/07/23 Animal Health Symposium - Online Event
2020/09/17 - 2020/09/17 Blue Think Conference - Share Science, Spread Knowledge Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02 - Current Biologia de Vertebrados I (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2022/11 - Current Ictiologia Aplicada (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2015/05/05 - 2015/05/05 Mentes que Brilham Aquacultura

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017/11/27 - Current Fish & Shellfish Immunology (1095-9947) Elsevier
Distinctions

Award

2015 Alltech Young Scientists Award - 1st regional prize (Europe/Africa/Russia)
Alltech International, United States
2014 Lindsay Laird Award 2014