Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Eunice Miguel Azevedo Ferreira
Citation names
- Ferreira, Eunice A
- Ferreira, EA
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D914-179F-CEC6
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6923-5551
Email addresses
- eferreira@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 223401800 (Professional)
Addresses
- CIIMAR - Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões. Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www2.ciimar.up.pt/team.php?id=1002 (Professional)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eunice_Ferreira (Social media)
- https://leaolab.wixsite.com/leaolab (Professional)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/eunice-ferreira (Social media)
- https://bb4f.ciimar.up.pt/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
English | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
German | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2022/01/12
Concluded
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Biotecnologia Molecular e Celular Aplicada as Ciencias da Saude (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Production of compatible solutes using the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as photoautotropic chassis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014
Concluded
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Evaluation and improvement of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 tolerance to temperature and development of Synthetic Biology tools" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2012
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Polymerase chain reaction as a tool for diet studies of Carcinus maenas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/01/01 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
2017/02/01 - 2021/05/31 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal | ||
2019/04/01 - 2019/05/31 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain | ||
2016/01/06 - 2016/03/28 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Tokyo Noko Daigaku - Koganei Campus, Japan |
Tokyo Noko Daigaku - Koganei Campus, Japan | ||
2016 - 2016 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Doctoral Programme on Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Applied to Health Sciences, Portugal | ||
2014/11/01 - 2015/11/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal | ||
2013/09 - 2014/11 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal | ||
2011/09 - 2012/06 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
2011/03 - 2011/12 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Técnica de Investigação | Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal | ||
2021/09/01 - 2021/11/30 | Prestação de serviços - Organização da Workshop final do projeto PhotoBioCat, ITN | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2016/01/01 - 2016/03/31 | The Cyanofactory - Sustainable production of biofuel-related compounds based on synthetic cyanobacterial processes with minimal
energy and waste
Invited Scientist Fellow
Tokyo Noko Daigaku - Koganei Campus, Japan
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Japan Science and Technology Agency Kagaku Gijutsu Shinko Kiko Moonshotgata Kenkyu Kaihatsu Jigyo
Concluded
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2014/11/01 - 2015/11/30 | CyanoFactory - Design, construction and demonstration of solar biofuel production using novel (photo)synthetic cell factories
FP7-ENERGY-2012-1-2STAGE
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
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European Commission
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/10/01 - Current | BlueBio4Future – Blue Biotechnology and Bioengineering for the Current and Future Development of a Blue Bioeconomy in Portugal
952374
Technical development
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2023/04/01 - 2024/09/30 | CYAmoeba - Chemical-mediated interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae
2022.04572.PTDC
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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2023 - 2024 | Cyano4Feed - Cyanobacteria as a novel green route for maximizing the utilization of insect meals as feed ingredient for fish
in Aquaculture
CIIMAR Out of the Box
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
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2023 - 2024 | EVModulator
CIIMAR Out of the Box
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/10/30 | "Cyanobacteria: the promising biotechnology factories." | 10th Birthday BiotechHealth
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2022/11/02 | Turning the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 into an on-demand biotechnology factory | Oceanus Seminar Series
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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2021/04/27 | Cyanobacteria as green synthetic biology platforms | Apresentação na unidade curricular "Engenharia Genética" dos alunos do mestrado de Engenharia Biomédica
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2021/04/23 | Cyanobacteria as green synthetic biology platforms: Generation and characterization of Synechocystis-based chassis for the production of compatible solutes | BioSynBio – 1st One-Day Meeting on Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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2020/06/30 | Development and characterization of Synechocystis-based chassis for the production of compatible solutes | VII BiotechHealth Symposium, BiotechHealth Doctoral Programme (virtual)
(Porto, Portugal)
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2019/09/22 | Production of added-value compounds using a cyanobacterial chassis | EMBO Workshop: Creating is Understanding: Synthetic Biology Masters Complexity
EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany)
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2019/07/01 | Production of added-value compounds using a cyanobacterial chassis | VI BiotechHealth Symposium, BiotechHealth Doctoral Programme
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar and i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade
do Porto (porto, Portugal)
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2018/07/02 | Expanding the toolbox for the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Aiming at producing compatible solutes | V BiotechHealth Symposium, BiotechHealth Doctoral Programme
ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar and i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade
do Porto. (Porto, Portugal)
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2017/11/09 | Expanding the synthetic biology toolbox for the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | i3S Annual Meeting 2017
i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
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2017/07/17 | Expanding the toolbox for the "green" E. coli - Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 4th International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School – SSBSS 2017
Robinson College, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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2012/02/22 | Polymerase chain reaction as a tool for diet studies of crustaceans | IJUP’12 – V Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto. Rectory of University of Porto.
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/09/01 - 2024/11 | CyanoEV4Fish - Engineering of Cyanobacterial Extracellular Vesicles for promoting Fish Health in Aquaculture
Co-supervisor of Francisco Ramos
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Aplicações em Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2023/09 - 2024/07 | Expressão heteróloga de genes biossintéticos de cianobactérias da coleção de culturas LEGE-CC
Supervisor of Inês Campos Neves
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Biologia (Degree)
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2023/02 - 2023/07 | Mutagenesis in Filamentous Cyanobacteria for Discovery of Natural Compounds
Co-supervisor of Mariana Gonçalves
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Bioquímica, FCUP/ICBAS (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal |
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09/13 - 2023/09/13 | 4th edition "Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge" organized by CIIMAR PhD Committee. Evaluation of abstracts
to select projects to be presented orally or by poster. This conference offers all students and fellows of CIIMAR the opportunity
to share their scientific achievements. (2023/09/13 - 2023/09/13)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
2023/09/12 - 2023/09/12 | International Conference on Marine Biotechnology (2023/09/12 - 2023/09/12)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
2023/02/02 - 2023/05/31 | "Short Course in Synthetic Biology" in the scope of BlueBio4Future ERA CHAIR project. (2023/05/29 - 2023/05/31)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27 | 3rd edition of the "Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge" organized by CIIMAR PhD Committee. Evaluation
of abstracts to select projects to be presented orally or by poster. This conference offers all students and fellows of CIIMAR
the opportunity to share their scientific achievements. (2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal |
2021/11/10 - 2021/11/11 | Workshop of the doctoral programme of ITN (Innovative Training Networks from Marie Curie) PhotoBioCat (2021/11/10)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
2021/04/23 - 2021/04/23 | BioSynBio - 1st One-Day Meeting on Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology (2021/04/23 - 2021/04/23)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
2020/02/10 - 2020/02/14 | Workshop of the doctoral programme of ITN (Innovative Training Networks from Marie Curie) “PhotoBioCat” (2020/02/10 - 2020/02/14)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
2018/01/02 - 2018/07/05 | V BiotechHealth Symposium - Science & Co.: Bridging the Gap. BiotechHealth Doctoral Programme (2018/07/02 - 2018/07/03)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/09/17 - 2023/09/17 | Dia Aberto CIIMAR 2023 - 14ª edição do Dia do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos
Exhibition
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Dia Aberto CIIMAR 2023 - 14ª edição do Dia do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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2022/09/18 - 2022/09/18 | Dia Aberto CIIMAR 2022 - 13ª edição do Dia do Porto de Leixões, Matosinhos
Exhibition
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Dia Aberto CIIMAR 2022
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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2017/09/29 - 2017/09/29 | Bactérias: as farmácias do futuro
Exhibition
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Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2017
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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2016/09/30 - 2016/09/30 | Cianobactérias como biofábricas
Exhibition
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Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2016
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2019/10/10 | Investigadora do i3S premiada pela Organização Europeia de Biologia Molecular | Notícias Universidade do Porto |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme fellowship
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
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