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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Graça

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E211-395B-0D05
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0019-0847

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2004
Concluded
 N/A (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Cortiça: composição e estrutura das paredes celulares" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 N/A
1998
Concluded
 n/A (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"A suberina da cortiça: Lípidos macromoleculares estruturais das paredes celulares suberificadas da cortiça de Quercus suber L. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Louvor e distinção
1984
Concluded
 n/A (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Canais de resina: as estruturas secretoras de oleoresina" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito bom
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1998/10/15 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
1998/10/15 - 2020/12/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
1998/10/15 - 2020/12/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
1998/10/10 - 2020/12/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
1998/01/01 - 2003/12/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
1990 - 1998 Assistant (University Teacher) Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
1986 - 1990 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2004/01/01 - 2020/09/11 Professor auxiliar com Agregação Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021 - 2024 EpiCork – Unveiling the role of DNA methylation in periderm and lenticel formation
PTDC/ASP-SIL/1717/2020
Researcher
Ongoing
2016 - 2019 Hybridoak - Charaterisation of cork formation and reproductive biology in a cork oak hybrids population
PTDC/AGR-FOR/3356/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Concluded
2013/05 - 2014/11 IsoCork - Climate effects on cork growth assessed by isotope fingerprinting
Provided by PTCRIS: 129792
129792
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/06 - 2013/12 SUIT_Engineer SUberin biopolyester production in potato to Improve stress Tolerance
111410
Provided by PTCRIS: 111410
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/03 - 2013/11 Valorization of the Mediterranean energy crops giant reed and cardoon by integrated bio-chemical conversion to dissolving grade pulps, fuel ethanol, xylitol and lignin-based products - a complex LCF biorefinery concept.
103840
Provided by PTCRIS: 103840
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/03 - 2013/09 Genetic and epigenetic changes associated with cork quality
Provided by PTCRIS: 104197
104197
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/01 - 2013/06 SuberGen - Genomics of Cork Formation: an integrated approach of cork quality
101785
Provided by PTCRIS: 101785
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/01 - 2012/06 The Macromolecular Structure of Suberin
70589
Provided by PTCRIS: 70589
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2007/06 - 2011/05 Phytopathological applications of NIR spectroscopy. - Detection and identification of rice pests and coffee leaf rust as case studies.
Provided by PTCRIS: 68939
68939
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2007/05 - 2010/12 Calibration of NIR to assess lignin of soft - and hardwood to investigate the within- and between-tree variation of the lignin composition and content, and its influence on the pulping process
Provided by PTCRIS: 72606
72606
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2009/10 - 2010/05 TransCorkQ - Transcriptomic analysis of cork quality and cambial differentiation in Quercus suber
Provided by PTCRIS: 109234
109234
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2005/01 - 2007/12 Forest products chemical composition analysis as a proxy for their technological properties
CONC-REEQ/204/2001
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.
2003/09 - 2007/05 Characterisation of cork powders aimed to its use as a source for speciality chemicals
Provided by PTCRIS: 46419
46419
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2000/12 - 2003/12 Poliglyceryl and polyaromatic biopolymers of cork and other protective plant tissues
33411
Provided by PTCRIS: 33411
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Alves, Ana; Graça, José; Rodrigues, José. "Analytical Pyrolysis as a Tool to Assess Residual Lignin Content and Structure in Maritime Pine High-Yield Pulp". Forests 13 12 (2022): 2169. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13122169.
    10.3390/f13122169
  2. Augusta Costa; José Graça; Inês Barbosa; Heinrich Spiecker. "Effect of climate on cork-ring width and density of Quercus suber L. in Southern Portugal". Trees (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-022-02321-0.
    10.1007/s00468-022-02321-0
  3. Augusta Costa; Inês Barbosa; Célia Miguel; José Graça. "Variation of cork porosity along the stem in harvested cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees". Annals of Forest Science (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01068-x.
    10.1007/s13595-021-01068-x
  4. Inácio, Vera; Martins, Madalena T.; Graça, José; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor. "Cork Oak Young and Traumatic Periderms Show PCD Typical Chromatin Patterns but Different Chromatin-Modifying Genes Expression". Frontiers in Plant Science 9 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01194.
    Published • 10.3389/fpls.2018.01194
  5. Inácio, V.; Barros, P.M.; Costa, A.; Roussado, C.; Gonçalves, E.; Costa, R.; Graça, J.; Oliveira, M.M.; Morais-Cecílio, L.. "Differential DNA methylation patterns are related to phellogen origin and quality of Quercus suber cork". PLoS ONE 12 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008186367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0169018
  6. Costa, A.; Barbosa, I.; Roussado, C.; Graça, J.; Spiecker, H.. "Climate response of cork growth in the Mediterranean oak (Quercus suber L.) woodlands of southwestern Portugal". Dendrochronologia 38 (2016): 72-81. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962385209&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dendro.2016.03.007
  7. Guzmán-Delgado, P.; Graça, J.; Cabral, V.; Gil, L.; Fernández, V.. "The presence of cutan limits the interpretation of cuticular chemistry and structure: Ficus elastica leaf as an example". Physiologia Plantarum 157 2 (2016): 205-220. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960192733&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ppl.12414
  8. Fernández, V.; Guzmán-Delgado, P.; Graça, J.; Santos, S.; Gil, L.. "Cuticle structure in relation to chemical composition: Re-assessing the prevailing model". Frontiers in Plant Science 7 MAR2016 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964258865&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpls.2016.00427
  9. Graça, J.; Cabral, V.; Santos, S.; Lamosa, P.; Serra, O.; Molinas, M.; Schreiber, L.; Kauder, F.; Franke, R.. "Partial depolymerization of genetically modified potato tuber periderm reveals intermolecular linkages in suberin polyester". Phytochemistry 117 (2015): 209-219. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84935923361&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.06.010
  10. Graça, J.. "Suberin: The biopolyester at the frontier of plants". Frontiers in Chemistry 3 OCT (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969584438&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fchem.2015.00062
  11. Costa, A.; Catelanunes, L.; Spiecker, H.; Graça, J.. "Insights into the responsiveness of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) to Bark Harvesting | Compreender a capacidade de resposta do sobreiro (Quercus suber L.) ao descortiçamento". Economic Botany 69 2 (2015): 171-184. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943365450&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12231-015-9305-z
  12. Pereira-Leal, J.B.; Abreu, I.A.; Alabaça, C.S.; Almeida, M.H.; Almeida, P.; Almeida, T.; Amorim, M.I.; et al. "A comprehensive assessment of the transcriptome of Cork oak (Quercus suber) through EST sequencing". BMC Genomics 15 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901651648&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1471-2164-15-371
  13. Santos, S.; Graça, J.. "Stereochemistry of C18 monounsaturated cork suberin acids determined by spectroscopic techniques including 1H-NMR multiplet analysis of olefinic protons". Phytochemical Analysis 25 3 (2014): 192-200. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898781663&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pca.2491
  14. Rios, P.; Cabral, V.; Santos, S.; Mori, F.; Graça, J.. "The chemistry of Kielmeyera coriacea outer bark: A potential source for cork". European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 72 4 (2014): 509-519. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903314940&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00107-014-0811-y
  15. Guzmán, P.; Fernández, V.; Graça, J.; Cabral, V.; Kayali, N.; Khayet, M.; Gil, L.. "Chemical and structural analysis of Eucalyptus globulus and E. camaldulensis leaf cuticles: A lipidized cell wall region". Frontiers in Plant Science 5 SEP (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908192706&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fpls.2014.00481
  16. Santos, S.; Cabral, V.; Graça, J.. "Cork suberin molecular structure: Stereochemistry of the C18 epoxy and vic-diol ¿-hydroxyacids and a,¿-diacids analyzed by nmr". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61 29 (2013): 7038-7047. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880838523&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jf400577k
  17. Ramos, M.; Rocheta, M.; Carvalho, L.; Inácio, V.; Graça, J.; Morais-Cecilio, L.. "Expression of DNA methyltransferases is involved in Quercus suber cork quality". Tree Genetics and Genomes 9 6 (2013): 1481-1492. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888137077&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11295-013-0652-6
  18. Vaz, M.; Cochard, H.; Gazarini, L.; Graça, J.; Chaves, M.M.; Pereira, J.S.. "Erratum to Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings acclimate to elevated CO 2 and water stress: Photosynthesis, growth, wood anatomy and hydraulic conductivity (Trees, 10.1007/s00468-012-0691-x)". Trees - Structure and Function 26 4 (2012): 1159-1160. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864341764&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00468-012-0707-6
  19. Vaz, M.; Cochard, H.; Gazarini, L.; Graça, J.; Chaves, M.M.; Pereira, J.S.. "Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings acclimate to elevated CO 2 and water stress: Photosynthesis, growth, wood anatomy and hydraulic conductivity". Trees - Structure and Function 26 4 (2012): 1145-1157. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864327665&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00468-012-0691-x
  20. Ramos, M.; Rocheta, M.; Carvalho, L.; Graça, J.; Morais-Cecilio, L.. "Expression analysis of DNA methyltransferase and co-repressor genes in Quercus suber phellogen: An attempt to correlate with cork quality". BMC Proceedings 5 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907855179&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1753-6561-5-S7-P169
  21. Graça, J.. "Hydroxycinnamates in suberin formation". Phytochemistry Reviews 9 1 (2010): 85-91. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949918288&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11101-009-9138-4
  22. Sen, A.; Miranda, I.; Santos, S.; Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "The chemical composition of cork and phloem in the rhytidome of Quercus cerris bark". Industrial Crops and Products 31 2 (2010): 417-422. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-76449105815&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.01.002
  23. Frade, J.C.; Ribeiro, I.; Graça, J.; Vasconcelos, T.; Rodrigues, J.. "Chemotaxonomic application of Py-GC/MS: Identification of lacquer trees". Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 89 1 (2010): 117-121. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955557766&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaap.2010.06.006
  24. Graça, J.; Lamosa, P.. "Linear and branched poly(¿-hydroxyacid) esters in plant cutins". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58 17 (2010): 9666-9674. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956261720&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jf1015297
  25. Chaves, I.; Pinheiro, C.; Paiva, J.A.P.; Planchon, S.; Sergeant, K.; Renaut, J.; Graça, J.A.; et al. "Proteomic evaluation of wound-healing processes in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber tissue". Proteomics 9 17 (2009): 4154-4175. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69949110850&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pmic.200700649
  26. Frade, J.C.; Ribeiro, M.I.; Graça, J.; Rodrigues, J.. "Applying pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to the identification of oriental lacquers: Study of two lacquered shields". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 395 7 (2009): 2167-2174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71449107918&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00216-009-3043-y
  27. Esteves, B.; Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "Extractive composition and summative chemical analysis of thermally treated eucalypt wood". Holzforschung 62 3 (2008): 344-351. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44949143293&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/HF.2008.057
  28. Paiva, J.A.P.; Garnier-Géré, P.H.; Rodrigues, J.C.; Alves, A.; Santos, S.; Graça, J.; Le Provost, G.; et al. "Plasticity of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) wood-forming tissues during a growing season". New Phytologist 179 4 (2008): 1080-1094. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-49249124004&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02536.x
  29. Santos, S.; Schreiber, L.; Graça, J.. "Cuticular waxes from ivy leaves (Hedera helix L.): Analysis of high-molecular-weight esters". Phytochemical Analysis 18 1 (2007): 60-69. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846434457&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pca.952
  30. Graça, J.; Santos, S.. "Suberin: A biopolyester of plants' skin". Macromolecular Bioscience 7 2 (2007): 128-135. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947499050&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/mabi.200600218
  31. Graça, J.; Santos, S.. "Linear aliphatic dimeric esters from cork suberin". Biomacromolecules 7 6 (2006): 2003-2010. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745630972&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/bm060174u
  32. Graça, J.; Santos, S.. "Glycerol-derived ester oligomers from cork suberin". Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 144 1 (2006): 96-107. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749581754&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.08.001
  33. Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "The periderm development in Quercus suber". IAWA Journal 25 3 (2004): 325-335. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4444252987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  34. Graça, J.; Schreiber, L.; Rodrigues, J.; Pereira, H.. "Glycerol and glyceryl esters of ¿-hydroxyacids in cutins". Phytochemistry 61 2 (2002): 205-215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037072496&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00212-1
  35. Rodrigues, J.; Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "Influence of tree eccentric growth on syringyl/guaiacyl ratio in Eucalyptus globulus wood lignin assessed by analytical pyrolysis". Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 58-59 (2001): 481-489. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035310353&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0165-2370(00)00121-2
  36. Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "Diglycerol alkenedioates in suberin: Building units of a poly(acylglycerol) polyester". Biomacromolecules 1 4 (2000): 519-522. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034570783&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/bm005556t
  37. Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "Methanolysis of bark suberins: Analysis of glycerol and acid monomers". Phytochemical Analysis 11 1 (2000): 45-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033970713&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(200001/02)11:1<45::AID-PCA481>3.0.CO;2-8
  38. Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "Suberin structure in potato periderm: Glycerol, long-chain monomers, and glyceryl and feruloyl dimers". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48 11 (2000): 5476-5483. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033662088&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jf0006123
  39. Graca, J.; Pereira, H.. "Feruloyl esters of ¿-hydroxyacids in cork suberin". Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 18 2 (1998): 207-217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032068121&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/02773819809349577
  40. Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. "Cork suberin: A glyceryl based polyester". Holzforschung 51 3 (1997): 225-234. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0001356901&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/hfsg.1997.51.3.225
  41. Pereira, H.; Lopes, F.; Graça, J.. "The evaluation of the quality of cork planks by image analysis". Holzforschung 50 2 (1996): 111-115. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030353112&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/hfsg.1996.50.2.111

Other

Other output
  1. Glycerol-¿-hydroxyacid-ferulic acid oligomers in cork suberin structure. 2006. Santos, S.; Graça, J.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644892537&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/HF.2006.028
  2. Glyceryl-Acyl and Aryl-Acyl Dimers in Pseudotsuga menziesii Bark Suberin. 1999. Graça, J.; Pereira, H.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0002959542&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Distinctions

Other distinction

2010 Prémio do Concurso Nacional de Inovação do BES na área da Biotecnologia e Agro-Industrial
2000 Menção Honrosa do Prémio Vieira Natividade