Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- RITA CARINA SARAIVA SILVA BICHO ALVES
- Date of birth
- 1981/12/24
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Bicho, Rita Carina
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D713-7184-1AFD
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3105-5883
- Researcher Id
- B-5918-2014
Email addresses
- ritabicho@ua.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 968409272 (Personal)
- Telephone
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- 234370790 (Professional)
Addresses
- CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3105-5883 (Professional)
- http://www.cesam.ua.pt/index.php?tabela=pessoaldetail&menu=200&user=863 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015/02/01 - 2020/04/24
Concluded
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Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Ecotoxicologia e Biologia Ambiental
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark "longINg - nano: Efeitos de exposição longa e multigeracionais de nanomateriais em invertebrados terrestres" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2006 - 2009/04/09
Concluded
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Mestrado em Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Efeito do hipoclorito de sódio no esqueleto e no eixo – tiróide da tilápia moçambicana (Oreochromis mossambicus)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Bom |
1999 - 2005/12/13
Concluded
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Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Níveis de metais, enzimas antioxidantes e peroxidação lipídica na tartaruga verde (Chelonia mydas) no Sultanato de Omã (Mar
Arábico). " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/11/02 - 2028/10/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
2020/12/01 - 2022/05/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/08 - 2020/03 | NM-OREO: using a NM-(bio)molecule cOrona approach to undeRstand the mEchanisms of tOxicity - a systems biology environment
impact study
4084
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2014 - 2015 | SUN- SUstainable Nanotecnologies
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development International Cooperation
Concluded
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2012 - 2013 | FUBIA: Soil Function-Biodiversity relationship And regional variation
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2009 - 2011 | LAB-PET - Lacertid Lizards As Bioindicators of Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity in intensive market garden agriculture
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/12/01 - 2021/11/30 | NANORIGO - Establishing a Nanotechnology Risk Governance Framework
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/03/23 - 2024/03/28 | BEAUTY: Big gEnome wide Applications for an ecotoxicology soil model – a knowledge base to Unravel mechanisms (nanopesTY_cides)
PTDC/CTA-AMB/3970/2020
Researcher
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/05 | Multigenerational exposure to CuO NMs with Enchytraeus crypticus – nanomaterials and epigenetics? | SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting
(Helsinki, Finland)
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2015/05 | Novel endpoints for the Enchytraeid Reproduction Test - hatching, growth, full life cycle - to estimate population dynamics | SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting
(Barcelona, Spain)
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2014/05 | Non-avoidance behaviour to boric acid can be related with the GABAergic mechanism in soil invertebrates | SETAC Europe 24th Annual Meeting Basel
(Basel, Switzerland)
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2011/05 | Effects of field-exposure to agricultural pesticides on thyroid and on testis in the lizard, Podarcis bocagei: A histopathological study | SETAC Europe 21st Annual Meeting
(Milan, Italy)
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2006/06 | Levels of metals, antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation in the green turtle, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Sea | Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
(Island of Crete, Greece)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2022/10/01 - 2023/06/30 | Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta) espécie modelo para em ecotoxicologia de solo - ferramentas histológicas
Co-supervisor
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Licenciatura (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/10/01 - 2022/06/30 | Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta) espécie modelo para epigenética em ecotoxicologia de solo – desenvolvimento de ferramentas
de expressão génica
Co-supervisor
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Licenciatura (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/10/01 - 2022/06/30 | Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta) espécie modelo para epigenética em ecotoxicologia de solo – desenvolvimento de ferramentas
de expressão de proteínas
Co-supervisor
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Licenciatura (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2021/10/01 - 2022/01/31 | Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta) espécie modelo para epigenética em ecotoxicologia de solo
Co-supervisor
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Licenciatura (Degree) |
2016/09/01 - 2017/06/30 | Macro and Microscopic effects of CuONMs and CuCl2 in a full life cycle in Enchytraeus crypticus
Co-supervisor of Cláudia Peixoto
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Licenciatura em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
2013/10/01 - 2014/06/30 | "Life cycle test with E. crypticus : toxicity of silver nitrate (AgNO3) versus silver nanoparticle (AgNP-330k)"
Co-supervisor of Tânia Ribeiro
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2013/09/01 - 2014/06/30 | Development of an embryotoxicity test for Enchytraeus crypticus – the effect of Cd
Co-supervisor of Michael Gonçalves
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Licenciatura em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
2012/10/01 - 2013/06/30 | "Enchytraeid Reproduction Test (ERT): proposal for a full life cycle test using Enchytraeus crypticus."
Co-supervisor of Fátima Santos
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within the the course of “Pesquisa”, Biology Degree (Licenciatura/Bacharelato) (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2012/10/01 - 2013/06/30 | "Enchytraeus crypticus (Enchytraeidae): Inclusion of the growth test as a parameter for evaluation of toxicity. "
Co-supervisor of Micael Gonçalves
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2011/10/01 - 2012/06/30 | "Avaliação histopatológica e imunohistoquímica do fígado e das brânquias do Danio rerio exposto ao Hipoclorito de Sódio"
Supervisor of Carla Teixeira
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2014/04/07 - 2014/04/11 | Participation as lecturer in the advanced course "Ecotoxciology of amphibians and reptiles: from theory to practice"
Other
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2012/07/15 - 2012/07/19 | Scientific monitor in the activity in the activity "Academia de Verão 2012 " Dissemination of scientific activity in the area
of soil ecotoxicology for high school students
Other
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Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2016/06/27 - 2016/07/01 | Participation, as an attendee in the advanced course on: "Scientific writing and communication" | (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2009/07/20 - 2009/07/25 | Participation, as an attendee in the advanced course: "Natural Patterns obtained by Regression Techniques" | (Especialização pós-licenciatura) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
2009/06/29 - 2009/07/03 | Participation, as an attendee in the advanced course in: "Practical Approach to Ecotoxicogenomics" | (Especialização pós-licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2009/06/15 - 2009/06/19 | Participation, as an attendee in the advanced course in: "Topics on Environmental Mixture Toxicity" | (Especialização pós-licenciatura) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
2006/08/01 - 2006/08/31 | Participation, as an attendee in the advanced course in: "Marine Conservation and Conservation and Biology of Sea Turtles" | Summer Course (Postgraduate Certificate) | Duke University, United States |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2018/05/01 - 2018/09/30 | Erasmus for traineeship on the topic "Histology and immunohistochemistry as tools for toxicity evaluation on Enchytraeus crypticus". Within the FCT funded project NM-OREO (PTDC/AAG-MAA/4084/2014) | Anna Ammendola |
Distinctions
Award
2018 | best poster award, 13th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae, França |
2016 | best poster award
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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