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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nelson José Madeira Saibo

Citation names

  • Saibo, Nelson
  • Saibo, Nelson J.M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E41E-1D43-A746
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6679-3811

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2003/11/20
Concluded
 Sciences - Plant Biotechnology (Doutoramento)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
"Hormonal Effects on Hypocotyl Growth and Cytoskeletal Organization in Higher Plants" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1997/11/14
Concluded
 Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Isolation, Structure and Expression of LA-ACS1 Gene of the ACC Synthase Multigene Family of Lupinus albus Plant" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
1994/01/04
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Effects of calcium or phosphorus deficiency and toxicity on sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) primary productivity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/07/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2008/02/01 - 2013/01/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2008/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2026/12 CRISPit - Bridging fundamental knowledge and novel technology to increase rice heat tolerance
101086293
Principal investigator
European Commission
2020/04/01 - 2025/03/31 PHOTOBOOST - A holistic approach to improve the photosynthetic performance and productivity of C3 crops under diverse environmental conditions.
862127
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2022/03/01 - 2025/02/28 FILLIGRAIN PROTECT - Using the power of plant signal-integration to protect grain filling from stress
PTDC/ASP-PLA/1920/2021
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/10/12 - 2021/10/11 Building new regulatory networks governing plant growth under stress
PTDC/BIA-FBT/31211/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 How do Phytocrome Interacting Factors mediate the cross-talk between light and temperature signalling in rice?
PTDC/BIA-FBT/31070/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09/15 - 2021/09/14 Fostering High Throughput Plant Phenotyping by an Interdisciplinary Approach
PTDC/ASP-PLA/28726/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/07/01 - 2021/06/30 BIODATA:PT - Portuguese distributed e-infrastructure for biological data
022231
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2012/01/01 - 2017/06/30 3to4: Converting C3 to C4 photosynthesis for sustainable agriculture
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/289582/EU
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2014/03/01 - 2017/02/28 Control of abiotic stress responses by the plant DELLAs and chemicals stabilizing these repressors
P-KBBE/0001/2012
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03/21 - 2015/09/20 An integrated approach to identify stress-related regulatory genes in cork oak (SuberStress)
PTDC/AGR-GPL/118505/2010
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/11/29 Breeding for salinity tolerance in rice and identification of key genes/proteins affecting seed set under salt stress
PTDC/AGR-AAM/099234/2008
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Phellogen Activity
PTDC/AGR-GPL/098369/2008
Researcher
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/09/30 Transgeneration evaluation of rice transcriptomic/proteomic alterations caused by genetic modifications and other stresses
PTDC/EBB-BIO/098983/2008
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/07/31 Functional analysis of new transcriptional regulators involved in abiotic stress responses in rice.
PTDC/BIA-BCM/099836/2008
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2013/06/30 Identification of genes responsible for drought tolerance in Jatropha curcas, an emerging biodiesel plant
PTDC/AGR-GPL/101435/2008
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/02/15 - 2012/02/14 Chromatin remodelling and abiotic stresses responses in rice.
PTDC/BIA-BCM/64215/2006
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 Analysis of the natural variability in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) through EcoTILLING in salt and cold tolerance genes
PTDC/AGR-GPL/70920/2006
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/10/01 - 2010/12/31 Cork oak ESTs consortium - Abiotic stress: Heat and cold stresses
SOBREIRO/0035/2009
Researcher
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/08/01 - 2009/09/30 Transcription factors regulating abiotic stress responses in rice (Oryza sativa L.): a transgenic approach to improve tolerance, and search for novel players.
POCI/BIA-BCM/56063/2004
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Evaluating roots mechanosensing response in rice". In Methods in Molecular Biology - Environmental Responses in Plants. 2022.
    In press
  2. "Screening for Abiotic Stress in Rice". In Environmental Responses in Plants - Methods and Protocols. Springer Nature, 2022.
    In press
  3. Fernandes, T.; Melo, F.; Vieira, M.B.; Lourenço, T.F.; Pucciariello, C.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Abreu, I.A.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Screening for Abiotic Stress Response in Rice". 161-194. 2022.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_12
  4. Lourenço, T.F.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Frazão, J.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Evaluating Root Mechanosensing Response in Rice". 25-35. 2022.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_3
  5. Lourenço, Tiago Filipe; Cordeiro, André M.; Frazão, João; Saibo, Nelson; Oliveira, M Margarida. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Tiago Filipe. "Evaluating root mechanosensing in rice". In Environmental responses in plants - Methods and Protocols, edited by Duque, Paula; Szarkonyi, Dóra. United States: Springer, 2022.
    In press
  6. Almeida, D.M.; Almadanim, M.C.; Lourenço, T.; Abreu, I.A.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Screening for abiotic stress tolerance in rice: Salt, cold, and drought". In Methods in Molecular Biology - Plant Physiology. 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-3356-3_14
  7. Lourenço, T.F.; Barros, P.M.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Abreu, I.A.; Santos, A.P.; Antínio, C.; Pereira, J.S.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Genomics of drought". In Methods in Molecular Biology - Environmental Responses in Plants. 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-3536-9_5
  8. Chaves, M.M.; Miguel Costa, J.; Madeira Saibo, N.J.. "Recent Advances in Photosynthesis Under Drought and Salinity". In Plant Physiology. 2011.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-387692-8.00003-5
Conference paper
  1. Fonseca, Cátia; Planchon, Sébastien; Serra, Tânia; Chander, Subhash; Saibo, Nelson; Renaut, Jenny; Oliveira, M.Margarida; Batista, Rita. "In vitro culture is the major contributing factor for transgenic vs. non-transgenic proteomic plant differences". 2013.
  2. Fonseca, Cátia; Planchon, Sébastien; Serra, Tânia; Chandler, Subhash; Saibo, Nelson; Renaut, Jenny; Oliveira, Margarida; Batista, Rita. "Selection of the best comparator for the risk assessment of GM plants- conventional counterpart vs. negative segregant". 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Lourenço, Tiago Filipe; Sarria, Joan; Duarte, Vanessa; Saibo, Nelson J.M. ; Oliveira, M.Margarida. "Functional characterization of an E3-ubiquitin ligase involved in drought response through hormonal regulation in rice". Paper presented in Iberian Plant Biology 2023, 2023.
  2. Gomes, Célia; Carvalho, Pedro; Langdale, Jane; Ludwig, Martha; Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "Understanding the role of OsTCP5 regulating the Setaria viridis PEPC1 gene promoter in rice". Paper presented in CO2 Assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome ¿ Gordon Research Conference, 2023.
  3. Barros, Pedro M.; Chaves, Inês; Costa, Bruno Vasques; Faria, Daniel; Marum, Liliana; Miguel, Célia M.; Saibo, Nelson; et al. "Data management in plant sciences: update on the BioData.pt Plant Sciences community". Paper presented in 1st All Hands / 3rd Technical Meeting of BIODATA.PT | ELIXIR PT, 2022.
    10.5281/zenodo.10467148
  4. Lourenço, Tiago Filipe; Vanessa Duarte; Melo, Fredilson Veiga; Saibo, Nelson J.M. ; Oliveira, M.Margarida. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Tiago Filipe. "Functional characterization of E3-ubiquitin ligases for improved drought tolerance ¿ the case study of a rice ABA-responsive gene". Paper presented in International Conference on Plant Proteostasis 2022, 2022.
  5. Cordeiro, A.M.; Luís Andrade; Vicente Thiago Candido Barros Alencar; Catarina C. Monteiro; Sofia Neves; Ayrton Markos da Silva; Yunlong Lu; et al. "Phytochromes and Phytochrome Interacting Factors regulate rice development from seed to seed". Paper presented in I Ibero-latinamerican Congress of Plant Biology, 2022.
  6. Catarina C. Monteiro; Cordeiro, André M.; Sofia Neves; Guilherme Leitão; João Costa; Lourenço, Tiago Filipe; Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "OsPIL15 and OsPIL16 are cooperative regulators of rice coleoptile elongation under dark". Paper presented in 12th ITQB PhD meeting, 2022.
  7. Catarina C. Monteiro; Cordeiro, A.M.; Sofia Neves; Guilherme Leitão; João Costa; Lourenço, Tiago; Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "OsPIL15 and OsPIL16 cooperate to modulate rice coleoptile elongation". Paper presented in Young Researchers Symposium on Plant Photobiology 2022 (YRSPP22), 2022.
  8. Lourenço, Tiago; Melo, Fredilson Veiga; Saibo, Nelson; Oliveira, M.Margarida. "Identification and functional characterization of abiotic stress-responsive RING E3-Ubiquitin ligases in rice". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics, 2021.
  9. Catarina C. Monteiro; Cordeiro, A.M.; Sofia Neves; Guilherme Leitão; João Costa; Lourenço, Tiago; Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "OsPIL15 and OsPIL16 are key regulators of the etiolated coleoptile growth". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (ISRFG2021), 2021.
  10. Cordeiro, A.M.; Catarina C. Monteiro; Guilherme Leitão; João Costa; Barros, Pedro; Lourenço, Tiago; Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "OsPIL15 and OsPIL16 are key inducers of coleoptile growth in rice". Paper presented in Plant Biology Europe 2021, 2021.
  11. Elias da Silva, Gonçalo; Joachim Forner; Saibo, Nelson J.M. ; Ralph Bock. "¿B.Y.O.R.¿ ¿ Bring Your Own Rubisco - A Nicotiana sylvestris Rubisco system recipient line". Paper presented in 10th PhD Meeting, 2020.
  12. Lourenço, Tiago; Melo, Fredilson; Vieira, Maria Beatriz; Serra, Tânia S.; Cordeiro, André M.; Saibo, Nelson J.M. ; Oliveira, M.Margarida. "Degrading to build: aiming to understand how E3-ubiquitin ligases can modulate rice responses to abiotic stress". Paper presented in 17th International Symposium of Rice Functional Genomics (Taipei, Taiwan), 2019.
  13. Alexandre, Bruno; FARINHA, ANA PAULA; Oliveira, M.Margarida; Saibo, Nelson; Abreu, Isabel Alexandra; Farinha, Ana Paula; Luis, Inês. "Identification of New Phosphorylation Sites in Key C4 Maize Enzymes - A Proteomics Approach". Paper presented in Plant Biology Europe FESPB/EPSO Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 2014.
  14. FARINHA, ANA PAULA; Alexandre, Bruno; Rodrigues, S.; Oliveira, M.Margarida; Saibo, Nelson; Coelho, Ana Varela. "Post-translational modifications in key C4 maize enzymes- analysis of PEP1, PPDK and NADH-ME phosphorylation". Paper presented in The 2013 International Symposium on C4 and CAM Plant Biology, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Pedro Carvalho; Célia Gomes; Ivan Gonçalves; Tiago F. Lourenço; Daniela Vlad; Jane A. Langdale; Nelson J. M. Saibo. "The bHLH transcription factor OsPRI1 activates the Setaria viridisPEPC1 promoter in rice". New Phytologist (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19556.
    10.1111/nph.19556
  2. Carvalho, Pedro; Gomes, Célia; Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "C4 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase: Evolution and transcriptional regulation". Genetics and Molecular Biology 46 3 suppl 1 (2024): e20230190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2023-0190.
    Open access • 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2023-0190
  3. Saibo, Nelson; Andrade, Luis; Cordeiro, André M.; Carvalho, Pedro; Blasquez, Miguel; Catarino, Bruno. "Light and temperature signals are integrated through a phyB-dependent gene regulatory network in rice". Journal of Experimental Botany (2024):
    Accepted
  4. Usié, A.; Serra, Octávio; Barros, Pedro M.; Barbosa, Pedro; Leão, Célia; Capote, Tiago; Almeida, Tânia; et al. Corresponding author: Barros, Pedro M.. "An improved reference genome and first organelle genomes of Quercus suber". Tree Genetics & Genomes 19 54 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-023-01624-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s11295-023-01624-8
  5. Ana Rita Borba; Ivan Reyna-Llorens; Patrick J Dickinson; Gareth Steed; Paulo Gouveia; Alicja M Górska; Celia Gomes; et al. "Compartmentation of photosynthesis gene expression in C4 maize depends on time of day". Plant Physiology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad447.
    10.1093/plphys/kiad447
  6. Douglas Jardim-Messeder; Andreia Caverzan; Natalia Balbinott; Paloma K. Menguer; Ana L. S. Paiva; Moaciria Lemos; Juliana R. Cunha; et al. "Stromal Ascorbate Peroxidase (OsAPX7) Modulates Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa)". Antioxidants (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/2/387.
    10.3390/antiox12020387
  7. Luis Andrade; Yunlong Lu; André Cordeiro; João M. F. Costa; Philip A. Wigge; Nelson J. M. Saibo; Katja E. Jaeger. "The evening complex integrates photoperiod signals to control flowering in rice". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122582119.
    10.1073/pnas.2122582119
  8. André M Cordeiro; Luis Andrade; Catarina C Monteiro; Guilherme Leitão; Philip A Wigge; Nelson J M Saibo; John Lunn. "PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS: a promising tool to improve crop productivity". Journal of Experimental Botany (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac142.
    10.1093/jxb/erac142
  9. "Evolutionary conservation of a transcriptional regulatory network that integrates light and temperature signals in angiosperms". Plant Physiology (2022):
    Under revision
  10. Górska, Alicja M.; Gouveia, Paulo; Borba, Ana Rita; Zimmermann, Anna; Serra, Tânia S.; Carvalho, Pedro; Lourenço, Tiago F.; et al. "ZmOrphan94 Transcription Factor Downregulates ZmPEPC1 Gene Expression in Maize Bundle Sheath Cells". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.559967.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpls.2021.559967
  11. Melo, Fredilson Veiga; Oliveira, M. Margarida; Saibo, Nelson J. M.; Lourenço, Tiago Filipe. "Modulation of Abiotic Stress Responses in Rice by E3-Ubiquitin Ligases: A Promising Way to Develop Stress-Tolerant Crops". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.640193.
    Open access • 10.3389/fpls.2021.640193
  12. Ortolan, F.; Fonini, L.S.; Pastori, T.; Mariath, J.E.A.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Margis-Pinheiro, M.; Lazzarotto, F.. "Tightly controlled expression of OsbHLH35 is critical for anther development in rice". Plant Science 302 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85094154015&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110716
  13. Cirenia Arias-Baldrich; Marta Contreiras Silva; Filippo Bergeretti; Inês Chaves; Célia Miguel; Nelson J M Saibo; Daniel Sobral; Daniel Faria; Pedro M Barros. "CorkOakDB—The Cork Oak Genome Database Portal". Database 2020 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baaa114.
    10.1093/database/baaa114
  14. Lilay, Grmay H; Castro, Pedro Humberto; Guedes, Joana G; Almeida, Diego M; Campilho, Ana; Azevedo, Herlander; Aarts, Mark G M; Saibo, Nelson J M; Assunção, Ana G L. "Rice F-bZIP transcription factors regulate the zinc deficiency response". Journal of Experimental Botany (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa115.
    10.1093/jxb/eraa115
  15. Leila Spagnolo Fonini; Fernanda Lazzarotto; Pedro M. Barros; Caroline Cabreira-Cagliari; Marcelo Affonso Begossi Martins; Nelson J.M. Saibo; Andreia Carina Turchetto-Zolet; Marcia Margis-Pinheiro. "Molecular evolution and diversification of the GRF transcription factor family". Genetics and Molecular Biology 43 3 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2020-0080.
    10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2020-0080
  16. Ferreira, Liliana J.; Donoghue, Mark T. A.; Barros, Pedro; Saibo, Nelson J.; Santos, Ana Paula; Oliveira, M. Margarida. "Uncovering Differentially Methylated Regions (DMRs) in a Salt-Tolerant Rice Variety under Stress: One Step towards New Regulatory Regions for Enhanced Salt Tolerance". Epigenomes 3 1 (2019): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes3010004.
    10.3390/epigenomes3010004
  17. Rodrigues, J.; Inzé, D.; Nelissen, H.; Saibo, N.J.M.. "Source–Sink Regulation in Crops under Water Deficit". Trends in Plant Science 24 7 (2019): 652-663. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065801319&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tplants.2019.04.005
  18. Górska, A.M.; Gouveia, P.; Borba, A.R.; Zimmermann, A.; Serra, T.S.; Lourenço, T.F.; Margarida Oliveira, M.; Peterhänsel, C.; Saibo, N.J.M.. "ZmbHLH80 and ZmbHLH90 transcription factors act antagonistically and contribute to regulate PEPC1 cell-specific gene expression in maize". Plant Journal 99 2 (2019): 270-285. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065700835&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/tpj.14323
  19. Jardim-Messeder, D.; Caverzan, A.; Rauber, R.; Cunha, J.R.; Carvalho, F.E.L.; Gaeta, M.L.; da Fonseca, G.C.; et al. "Thylakoidal APX modulates hydrogen peroxide content and stomatal closure in rice (Oryza sativa L.)". Environmental and Experimental Botany 150 (2018): 46-56. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043469847&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.02.012
  20. Chander, S.; Almeida, D.M.; Serra, T.S.; Jardim-Messeder, D.; Barros, P.M.; Lourenço, T.F.; Figueiredo, D.D.; et al. "OsICE1 transcription factor improves photosynthetic performance and reduces grain losses in rice plants subjected to drought". Environmental and Experimental Botany 150 (2018): 88-98. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044649688&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.02.004
  21. Almadanim, M.C.; Gonçalves, N.M.; Rosa, M.T.G.; Alexandre, B.M.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Rodrigues, M.; Saibo, N.J.M.; et al. "The rice cold-responsive calcium-dependent protein kinase OsCPK17 is regulated by alternative splicing and post-translational modifications". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research 1865 2 (2018): 231-246. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85034061926&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.10.010
  22. Ramos, A.M.; Usié, A.; Barbosa, P.; Barros, P.M.; Capote, T.; Chaves, I.; Simões, F.; et al. "The draft genome sequence of cork oak". Scientific Data 5 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047644050&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/sdata.2018.69
  23. Borba, A.R.; Serra, T.S.; Górska, A.; Gouveia, P.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Reyna-Llorens, I.; Knerová, J.; et al. "Synergistic binding of bHLH transcription factors to the promoter of the maize NADP-ME gene used in C 4 photosynthesis is based on an ancient code found in the ancestral C 3 state". Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 7 (2018): 1690-1705. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052576478&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/molbev/msy060
  24. Rosa, M.T.G.; Almeida, D.M.; Pires, I.S.; da Rosa Farias, D.; Martins, A.G.; da Maia, L.C.; de Oliveira, A.C.; et al. "Insights into the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of the rice SUMOylation machinery and into the role of two rice SUMO proteases". BMC Plant Biology 18 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058435629&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12870-018-1547-3
  25. Barros, P.M.; Cherian, S.; Costa, M.; Sapeta, H.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "The identification of almond GIGANTEA gene and its expression under cold stress, variable photoperiod, and seasonal dormancy". Biologia Plantarum 61 4 (2017): 631-640. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011286681&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10535-017-0711-1
  26. Almeida, D.M.; Gregorio, G.B.; Oliveira, M.M.; Saibo, N.J.M.. "Five novel transcription factors as potential regulators of OsNHX1 gene expression in a salt tolerant rice genotype". Plant Molecular Biology 93 1-2 (2017): 61-77. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991760605&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11103-016-0547-7
  27. Almeida, D.M.; Margarida Oliveira, M.; Saibo, N.J.M.. "Regulation of Na+and K+homeostasis in plants: Towards improved salt stress tolerance in crop plants". Genetics and Molecular Biology 40 1 (2017): 326-345. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018254866&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2016-0106
  28. Lourenço, T.F.; Serra, T.S.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Swanson, S.J.; Gilroy, S.; Saibo, N.J.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Rice root curling, a response to mechanosensing, is modulated by the rice E3-ubiquitin ligase HIGH EXPRESSION OF OSMOTICALLY RESPONSIVE GENE1 (OsHOS1)". Plant signaling & behavior 11 8 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031790977&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/15592324.2016.1208880
  29. Cordeiro, A.M.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Tepperman, J.; Borba, A.R.; Lourenço, T.; Abreu, I.A.; Ouwerkerk, P.B.F.; et al. "Rice phytochrome-interacting factor protein OsPIF14 represses OsDREB1B gene expression through an extended N-box and interacts preferentially with the active form of phytochrome B". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1859 2 (2016): 393-404. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954289973&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.12.008
  30. Lourenço, T.F.; Serra, T.S.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Swanson, S.J.; Gilroy, S.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Rice e3-ubiquitin ligase high expression of osmotically responsive gene1 modulates the expression of root meander curling, a gene involved in root mechanosensing, through the interaction with two ethylene-response factor transcription factors". Plant Physiology 169 3 (2015): 2275-2287. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946206034&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1104/pp.15.01131
  31. Fonseca, C.; Planchon, S.; Serra, T.; Chander, S.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Renaut, J.; Oliveira, M.M.; Batista, R.. "In vitro culture may be the major contributing factor for transgenic versus nontransgenic proteomic plant differences". Proteomics 15 1 (2015): 124-134. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920599796&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pmic.201400018
  32. 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
  33. Lourenço, T.; Sapeta, H.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Rodrigues, M.; Cordeiro, A.; Abreu, I.A.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Isolation and characterization of rice (Oryza sativa L.) E3-ubiquitin ligase OsHOS1 gene in the modulation of cold stress response". Plant Molecular Biology 83 4-5 (2013): 351-363. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884906752&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11103-013-0092-6
  34. Serra, T.S.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Almeida, D.M.; Lourenço, T.; Abreu, I.A.; Sebastián, A.; et al. "OsRMC, a negative regulator of salt stress response in rice, is regulated by two AP2/ERF transcription factors". Plant Molecular Biology 82 4-5 (2013): 439-455. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879163041&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11103-013-0073-9
  35. Abreu, I.A.; Farinha, A.P.; Negrão, S.; Gonçalves, N.; Fonseca, C.; Rodrigues, M.; Batista, R.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Coping with abiotic stress: Proteome changes for crop improvement". Journal of Proteomics 93 (2013): 145-168. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888030942&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jprot.2013.07.014
  36. Barros, P.M.; Gonçalves, N.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Cold acclimation and floral development in almond bud break: Insights into the regulatory pathways". Journal of Experimental Botany 63 12 (2012): 4585-4596. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866427070&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jxb/ers144
  37. Barros, P.M.; Gonçalves, N.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Margarida Oliveira, M.. "Functional characterization of two almond C-repeat-binding factors involved in cold response". Tree Physiology 32 9 (2012): 1113-1128. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866390475&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/treephys/tps067
  38. Figueiredo, D.D.; Barros, P.M.; Cordeiro, A.M.; Serra, T.S.; Lourenço, T.; Chander, S.; Oliveira, M.M.; Saibo, N.J.M.. "Seven zinc-finger transcription factors are novel regulators of the stress responsive gene OsDREB1B". Journal of Experimental Botany 63 10 (2012): 3643-3656. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863699966&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jxb/ers035
  39. Negrão, S.; Courtois, B.; Ahmadi, N.; Abreu, I.; Saibo, N.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Recent updates on salinity stress in rice: From physiological to molecular responses". Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 30 4 (2011): 329-377. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961060267&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/07352689.2011.587725
  40. Lourenço, T.; Saibo, N.; Batista, R.; Ricardo, C.P.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Inducible and constitutive expression of HvCBF4 in rice leads to differential gene expression and drought tolerance". Biologia Plantarum 55 4 (2011): 653-663. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054033831&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10535-011-0164-x
  41. Santos, A.P.; Serra, T.; Figueiredo, D.D.; Barros, P.; Lourenço, T.; Chander, S.; Oliveira, M.M.; Saibo, N.J.M.. "Transcription regulation of abiotic stress responses in rice: A combined action of transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms". OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology 15 12 (2011): 839-857. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84055193729&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/omi.2011.0095
  42. Saibo, N.J.M.; Lourenço, T.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Transcription factors and regulation of photosynthetic and related metabolism under environmental stresses". Annals of Botany 103 4 (2009): 609-623. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-59849097652&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/aob/mcn227
  43. Batista, R.; Saibo, N.; Lourenço, T.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Microarray analyses reveal that plant mutagenesis may induce more transcriptomic changes than transgene insertion". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 9 (2008): 3640-3645. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42149146089&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1073/pnas.0707881105
  44. Kodad, O.; Sánchez, A.; Saibo, N.; Oliveira, M.; Sociasi I Company, R.. "Identification and characterization of new S-alleles associated with self-incompatibility in almond". Plant Breeding 127 6 (2008): 632-638. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56849125462&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1439-0523.2008.01541.x
  45. Saibo, N.J.M.; Vriezen, W.H.; De Grauwe, L.; Azmi, A.; Prinsen, E.; Van Der Straeten, D.. "A comparative analysis of the Arabidopsis mutant amp1-1 and a novel weak amp1 allele reveals new functions of the AMP1 protein". Planta 225 4 (2007): 831-842. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33847263073&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00425-006-0395-9
  46. Santos, A.M.; Oliver, M.J.; Sanchez, A.M.; Payton, P.; Saibo, N.; Oliveira, M.M.. "Adventitious shoot regeneration in prunus dulcis - A molecular approach to the regeneration process". Acta Horticulturae 738 (2007): 663-668. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71049181815&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.738.87
  47. Kodad, O.; Sánchez, A.; Saibo, N.; Alonso, J.M.; Oliveira, M.M.; Socias I Company, R.. "Short communication. Cloning and sequencing of partial genomic DNA fragments corresponding to the S11and S12alleles of the Spanish almond cultivar 'Marcona'". Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 4 4 (2006): 331-335. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34248357140&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5424/sjar/2006044-5340
  48. Chaerle, L.; Saibo, N.; Van Der Straeten, D.. "Tuning the pores: Towards engineering plants for improved water use efficiency". Trends in Biotechnology 23 6 (2005): 308-315. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-19444373587&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tibtech.2005.04.005
  49. Saibo, N.J.M.; Van Der Straeten, D.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "Lupinus albus ¿-tubulin: MRNA and protein accumulation during development and in response to darkness". Planta 219 2 (2004): 201-211. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4344592421&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00425-004-1218-5
  50. Saibo, N.J.M.; Vriezen, W.H.; Beemster, G.T.S.; Van Der Straeten, D.. "Growth and stomata development of Arabidopsis hypocotyls are controlled by gibberellins and modulated by ethylene and auxins". Plant Journal 33 6 (2003): 989-1000. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037356781&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01684.x
  51. Vandenbussche, F.; Smalle, J.; Le, J.; Saibo, N.J.M.; De Paepe, A.; Chaerle, L.; Tietz, O.; et al. "The Arabidopsis mutant alh1 illustrates a cross talk between ethylene and auxin". Plant Physiology 131 3 (2003): 1228-1238. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037355629&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1104/pp.010850
  52. Werbrouck, S.P.O.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Dhuyvetter, H.; De Schepper, S.; Van Der Straeten, D.; Debergh, P.C.. "Physiological and morphological evidence of brassinosteroid-biosynthesis inhibition by the fungicide imazalil". Physiologia Plantarum 119 1 (2003): 69-77. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0141746293&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00155.x
  53. Bekman, E.P.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Di Cataldo, A.; Regalado, A.P.; Ricardo, C.P.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "Differential expression of four genes encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase in Lupinus albus during germination, and in response to indole-3-acetic acid and wounding". Planta 211 5 (2000): 663-672. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033788073&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  54. Bekman, E.P.; Saibo, N.J.M.; Ricardo, C.P.; Rodrigues-Pousada, C.. "Characterization of three members of the acc synthase gene family in Lupinus albus". FASEB Journal 11 9 (1997): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750128210&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Online resource
  1. Miguel, Célia; Arias-Baldrich Cirenia; Bergeretti, Filippo; Chaves, Inês; Saibo, Nelson; Sobral, Daniel; Faria, Daniel; Barros, Pedro. CorkOakDB. 2020. http://corkoakdb.org.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "Hormonal Effects on Hypocotyl Growth and Cytoskeletal Organization in Higher Plants. PhD Thesis". PhD, Universiteit Gent, 2003.
  2. Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "Isolation, Structure and Expression of LA-ACS1 Gene of the ACC Synthase Multigene Family of Lupinus albus Plant". Master, 1997.
  3. Saibo, Nelson J.M.. "Effects of calcium or phosphorus deficiency and toxicity on sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) primary productivity". Degree, Universidade de Aveiro, 1993.

Other

Other output
  1. Compartmentation of photosynthesis gene expression between mesophyll and bundle sheath cells of C4 maize is dependent on time of day. 2023. Borba, A.R.; Reyna-Llorens, I.; Dickinson, P.J.; Steed, G.; Gouveia, P.; Górska, A.M.; Gomes, C.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85159838254&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2023.04.21.537465
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/03 Different strategies towards improving photosynthesis in rice. International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
(Bangalore, India)
2023/04/25 Phytochromes and Phytochrome Interacting Factors regulate rice development: from coleoptile elongation to flowering. International Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Applied Bioinformatics.
Sharda University (Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India)
2023/02/07 Phytochromes and Phytochrome Interacting Factors regulate rice development from seed germination to flowering UK Rice Research Consortium meeting
University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2022/11/04 Molecular mechanisms underlying rice responses to light: from seed germination to flowering. International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics.
(Phuket)
2022/01/28 Phenotyping model plants: water status and irrigation XV Portuguese-Spanish Plant Water Relations Symposium
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/01/28 Functional characterization of E3-ubiquitin ligases for improved drought response in rice XV Portuguese-Spanish Plant Water Relations Symposium
2021/11/03 Functional characterisation of rice transcription factors regulating C4 PEPC promoters 11th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
(Barcelona, Spain)
2021/06/16 New insights into the gene regulatory networks in rice and maize: towards crop improvement.
Ceará University (Fortaleza, Brazil)
2021/05/29 Insights into the gene regulatory networks involved in rice response to abiotic stress. II Plant Abiotic Stress Forum at Porto University
(Porto)
2021/03/11 Gene regulatory networks underlying plant growth under different environmental conditions
Porto University (Porto)
2020/02/21 Regulatory networks controlling plant responses to environmental cues and C4 photosynthesis Jornadas Ibericas de Genética e Biotecnologia.
UTAD (Vila Real Trás os Montes, Portugal)
2019/12/18 New insights into different regulatory networks controlling plant responses to environmental cues and C4 photosynthesis
Budapest University (Budapest, Hungary)
2019/12/16 New insights into different regulatory networks controlling plant responses to environmental cues and C4 photosynthesis
Szeged University (Szeged, Hungary)
2018/10/05 Phytochrome-Interacting Factor 14 (OsPIF14) links light and jasmonic acid signalling Young Researchers Symposium on Plant Photobiology (YRSPP)
(cologne, Germany)
2018/09/11 Insights into the regulation of the C4 Photosynthesis International Congress of Genetics
International Genetics Society (Foz Iguaço, Brazil)
2017/07/04 Gene regulatory mechanisms to improve crop productivity Ciência 2017
FCT (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017 Keep it balanced: can an E3-ubiquitin ligase modulate abiotic stress responses and root mechano-sensing in rice? Scientific Symposium Career Opportunities for POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS in Life Sciences
2017 Fostering plant phenomics: Integrating data from molecular to whole-plant phenotyping Annual Congress of the SFBBM
(Barcelone, Spain)
2017 Maize bHLH128 transcription factor activates ZmC4-NADP-ME gene expression XV Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology
(Barcelone, Spain)
2016 New post-tranlational level regulation for key enzymes in maize C4 photosynthesis: PEPC, PPDK and NADP-ME 17th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research
(Maastricht, Netherlands)
2016 New post-tranlational level regulation for key enzymes in maize C4 photosynthesis: PEPC, PPDK and NADP-ME C4 Photosynthesis meeting
(Dusseldorf, Germany)
2016 Transcriptional regulators of the key C4 photosynthesis enzyme PEPC1 in maize. C4 Photosynthesis meeting
(Dusseldorf, Germany)
2016 Identification and functional characterization of transcription factors regulating ZmPEPC1 in maize. Plant Biology Europe, EPSO/FESPB 2016 congress
EPSO/FESPB (Prague, Czech Republic)
2016 Regulation of C4 photosynthesis by post-translation modifications in key enzymes – PEPC and PPDK. C4 Photosynthesis Conference 2016: Present, Past and Future
(Camberra, Australia)
2015/10/26 New insights into the abiotic stress response network in rice International Plant Molecular Biology Congress
Plant Molecular Biology society (Foz Iguaço, Brazil)
2015 Assessing the role of a Quercus suber Omega-3 fatty acid desaturase in the response to biotic and abiotic stresses. XI Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Fisiología Vegetal / XIV Congreso Hispano-Luso de Fisiología Vegetal,
(Toledo)
2015 Optimizing the protein extraction method for phosphoproteome analysis in a C4-photosynthetic plant. IX Annual Congress of European Proteomics Association
(Milan, Italy)
2015 Optimizing the protein extraction method for phosphoproteome analysis in maize leaf “Summer meeting of “3to4: Converting C3 to C4 photosynthesis for sustainable agriculture” consortium
(Florence, Italy)
2014 New Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms underlying Rice Responses to Abiotic Stress. FESPB/ EPSO Congress on Plant Biology
(Dublin, Ireland)
2014 SUMOylation in Plant Drought Stress: Who Is Regulating the Regulator? FESPB/ EPSO Congress on Plant Biology
(Dublin, Ireland)
2014 An Integrated Approach to Identify Regulatory Genes in the Crosstalk between Abiotic and Biotic Stress Response in Cork Oak (Quercus suber). FESPB/ EPSO Congress on Plant Biology
(Dublin, Ireland)
2013/11/22 Novel regulators involved in rice response to abiotic stress. 11th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
(New Deli, India)
2013 Unravelling the molecular network regulating zinc content in plants: from arabidopsis to rice. XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal.
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2013 SuberStress – An integrated approach to identify stress-related regulatory genes in cork oak. XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal.
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2013 Rice OsEREBP1 and OsEREBP2 transcription factors regulate the expression of the salt-stress responsive gene OsRMC. XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/08/02 Fascination of Plants Day - A great enthusiasm across Portugal Plant Biology Congress
EPSO (Freiburg, Germany)
2012 Interactions between ethylene and auxins with gibberellins in the control of growth and differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nato advanced research workshop on biology and biotechnology of the plant hormone ethylene
(Murcia, Spain)
2011/11/08 Functional characterisation of new players involved in rice responses to abiotic stress International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
(Taipei)
2011/06/23 New players modulating the rice responses to adverse environmental conditions. XII Congreso Luso-Hispano de Fisiologia Vegetal
SEFV (Castelló, Spain)
2011/04/11 Unveiling the transcriptional network underlying abiotic stress responses in rice. Symposium on Plant Molecular Genetics
Brazilian Genetics Society (Ilhéus)
2011 The OsEREBP1 functional characterization provides new insights into the mechanism of salt stress response in rice. XII Congreso Luso-Hispano de Fisiologia Vegetal
(Castelló, Spain)
2011 Two cold-responsive CBF transcription factors are repressed in flower buds from early blooming almond trees during winter. XXXVI Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2011 New gene regulators of rice response to abiotic stress. 9th PlantGEM Plant Genomics Meeting
(Istambul, Turkey)
2010 New insights into the abiotic stress signalling network in rice. 8th International Symposium Rice Functional Genomics
(Bento Gonçalves, Brazil)
2009 The role of OsHOS1 in the modulation of abiotic and biotic stress. PlantGEM 2009
(lisbon, Portugal)
2009 Addressing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa) – an integrative approach . XI Congreso Hispano-Luso de Fisiología Vegetal
(Zaragoza, Spain)
2008 Novel transcription factors regulating abiotic stress tolerance in rice. XVI National Congress of Biochemistry
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2008 Identification of candidate genes involved in the response to biotic and abiotic stress in almond. XIV Meeting of the Mediterranean Research Group for (GREMPA)
(Athens, Greece)
2007 An integrative approach to study the role of transcription factors in abiotic stress tolerance in rice 1st Meeting of the Portuguese Plant Functional Genomics Platform
2007 An integrative approach to study the role of transcription factors in abiotic stress tolerance in rice. 1st Meeting of the Portuguese Plant Functional Genomics Platform
(Faro, Portugal)
2007 Functional genomics in almond and rice at ITQB/IBET. 1st Meeting of the Portuguese Plant Functional Genomics Platform
(Faro, Portugal)
2002 Interactions between ethylene and auxins with gibberellins in the control of growth and differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nato advanced research workshop on biology and biotechnology of the plant hormone ethylene
(Murcia, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/05/01 - Current Deciphering the signalling pathways involved in rice development mediated by light and temperature
Supervisor of Catarina Costa Monteiro
 Plant Biology (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2020/12/01 - Current Exploring the role of bHLHs transcription factors regulating C4 photosynthesis – a way to crop yield improvement?
Supervisor of Célia Gomes
 PhD d (PhD)
2018/08 - Current Pos Doc - The role of the Phytochrome Interacting Factors mediating rice responses to light and temperature
Supervisor of André Cordeiro
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2018/06/01 - Current Improving photosynthesis: genetic engineering of ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase based on natural sequence variation
Supervisor of Gonçalo Emanuel Elias da Silva
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2018/01/01 - Current Pos Doc - Data Management
Supervisor of Inês Chaves
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2017/09/01 - Current Functional characterisation of the Ubiquitin E3 ligases responsive to drought in rice
Supervisor of Fredilson Melo
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2016/05/01 - Current Identification of strategies for improving salt stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana through integration of omics data and mathematical modelling
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015/06/01 - Current Studying the link between C4 metabolism and growth in maize leaves
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2023/11/20 How do Phytochrome Interacting Factors modulate temperature stress responses in rice?
Supervisor of Luis Andrade
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2023/09/15 C4 PEPC1 promoter driven cell-specific gene expression in rice: unveiling the regulatory mechanism
Supervisor of Pedro Daniel Santos de Carvalho
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015/03 - 2019/09 Pos Doc - Ubiquitin E3 ligases in rice responses to adverse environmental conditions
Co-supervisor of Tiago Lourenço
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2019/04/22 Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms controlling key genes involved in C4 photosynthesis in maize
Supervisor of Ana Rita Borba
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2018/09/25 Understanding the transcriptional network regulating ZmPEPC1 gene expression
Supervisor of Alicja Marta Gorska
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2017/09/10 The rice Phytochrome-Interacting Factor 14 – a regulator of cold, jasmonic acid and light related genes
Supervisor of André Miguel Henriques Cordeiro
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2014/07 - 2017/03 Pos Doc - Characterisation of transcription factors regulating C4 photosynthesis
Supervisor of Paulo Gouveia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2010/07/01 - 2016/09/12 Regulation of the OsNHX1 gene expression: identification and characterisation of novel transcription factors
Supervisor of Diego Melo Almeida
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/09/04 Functional characterisation of TFs regulating C4 gene expression
Supervisor of Anna Zimmermann
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/11/04 Regulação epigenética de um gene de resposta a stress de frio em arroz (OsDREB1B)
Co-supervisor of Sebastião Costa Ravasco
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2012/08 - 2014/03 Pos Doc - Characterisation of transcription factors regulating C4 photosynthesis
Supervisor of Tânia Serra
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2007/01/01 - 2012/09/04 Regulation of the rice gene OsRMC under salt stress: identification and functional characterisation of novel transcription factors
Supervisor of Tânia Sofia Lobato Paulo Serra
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2007/09/01 - 2012/05/05 Insights into the role of almond CBF transcription factors in the environmental control of cold acclimation and dormancy break
Co-supervisor of Pedro Miguel Rodrigues de Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2006/10/01 - 2012/01/12 Novel Transcripion Factors Regulating the Expression of the Rice Gene OsDREB1B
Supervisor of Duarte Dionisio Figueiredo
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2009 - 2011 Pos Doc - Unveiling the transcription factors mediating photosynthesis responses to adverse environmental conditions
Supervisor of Subhash Chander
2007 - 2009 Pos Doc - Transcription factors regulating OsDREB1A, a cold inducible gene in rice
Supervisor of Subhash Chander
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2012/07/10 - 2012/07/10 Functional characterization of new players involved in rice responses to abiotic stress.
Seminar
 Seminar Series
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/10 Genetic variation and trait plasticity in plant defence suppression
(Thesis) Arguer
 • Jéssica Filipa Teodoro Paulo (PhD)
2023/10 Characterization of candidate microRNAs involved in the regulation of conifer embryogenesis
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Cristina da Silva Alves (PhD)
2022/12 Triazolylidene Manganese and Rhenium Complexes: Synthesis and Reactivity
President of the jury
 Sofia Manuela Pinto Friães (PhD)
2022/03 Movement-dependent central processing of visual feedback for self-motion estimation in Drosophila melanogaster
President of the jury
 Mert Erginkaya (PhD)
2021/07/27 The SnRK1 kinase: novel regulatory mechanisms and its role in metabolic homeostasis
President of the jury
 Bruno Alexandre Teixeira Peixoto (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2021/03/12 Decoding the molecular mechanisms controlling graft success in Vitis spp
President of the jury
 Maria Saraiva Mendes Assunção (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2019/12/09 The Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of membrane transporters: Uncovering novel determinants of plant abiotic stress tolerance
(Thesis) Arguer
 María Fernanda Niño González (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/04 Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms controlling key genes involved in C4 photosynthesis in maize
Supervisor
 Ana Rita Borba (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2018/09 Understanding the transcriptional network regulating ZmPEPC1 gene expression
Supervisor
 Alicja Marta Gorska (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2018/05 Quercus suber MYB1 transcription factor – an in vitro approach for the elucidation of its regulatory networks
(Thesis) Arguer
 Tiago Capote (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2017/09 The rice Phytochrome-Interacting Factor 14 – a regular of cold, jasmonic acid and light related genes
Supervisor
 André Cordeiro (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2016 Regulation of the OsNHX1 gene expression: identification and characterization of novel transcription factors
Supervisor
 Diego Melo Almeida (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2013 microRNAs and target genes involved in E. globulus xylogenesis: in silico prediction and experimental validation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Clara Susana Marques Graça (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2013 The role of auxin in the initiation of seed coat development in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rita Adriano Batista (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 Regulation of the rice gene OsRMC under salt stress: identification and functional characterization of novel transcription factors
Supervisor
 Tânia Serra (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2012 Insights into the role of almond CBF transcription factors in the environmental control of cold acclimation and dormancy break
Supervisor
 Pedro Barros (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2012 Novel transcription factors regulating the expression of the rice gene OsDREB1B
Supervisor
 Duarte Figueiredo (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2012 Saccharomyces cerevisiae como biossensor de arsénio na água: caso de estudo da Ribeira do Bodelhão e do Rio Zêzere
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Filipa Nunes Leitão Alegre (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010 Responses of higher plants to boron deficiency
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marta Alves (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2010 Proteomic and Transcriptomic Approaches to Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativaL.)” (201
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Paula Farinha (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2010 Characterisation of the molecular interaction between MYB-like transcription factors in the establishment of floral dorsoventral asymmetry in Antirrhinum majus.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rómulo Sacramento Sobral (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 Addressing abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) through a transgenic approach
(Thesis) Arguer
 Tiago Lourenço (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2008 Caracterização de germoplasma de arroz (Oryza sativa L.) - análise da diversidade alélica e níveis de expressão de genes envolvidos na tolerância ao sal (crk5 e salT)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Miguel de Sousa Babo (Master)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2014/04/01 - Current Professional association of the Portuguese Biologists Secretary of the fiscal council
2010 - Current Global Plant Council Member
2010 - Current European Plant Science Organization Member
2008 - Current Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology Member
1995 - Current Portuguese Society of Biochemistry Member
1995 - Current Portuguese Society of Plant Physiology Member of the Direction since 2008

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/04/20 - Current Vice Dean ITQB NOVA
Other
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2021/01/01 - Current Editor of the scientific Journal "Rice"
Member
2016/07/01 - Current ITQB NOVA representative for BIODATA.PT - the Portuguese distributed e-infrastructure for biological data and the Portuguese ELIXIR node.
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015 - Current Editorial Board member of the journal Plant Sciences
Other
2014/10/01 - Current Director of the International PhD programme in Plants Sciences - Plants for Life
Director
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2014 - Current Head of the Plant Sciences Division at ITQB NOVA
Coordinator
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2014 - Current Representative (elected) of the Plant Division at the ITQB NOVA Scientific Council
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2014 - Current President of the Plants for Life PhD program (ITQB NOVA) Executive (and Selection) Committee
President / Vice-president
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2014 - Current President of the Plants for Life PhD program (ITQB NOVA) Directive Board
President / Vice-president
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2013 - Current Member of the Executive Committee of the PhD program Molecular Biosciences (ITQB NOVA)
Member
2013 - 2015 Member of the Selection Committee of the PhD program Molecular Biosciences (ITQB NOVA)
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2009 - 2013 Substitute representative (elected) of the Plant Division at the ITQB NOVA Scientific Council
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/11/03 - 2023/11/05 International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
2022/11/04 - 2022/11/07 International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics
2022/01/26 - 2022/01/28 XV Portuguese-Spanish Symposium on Plant Water Relations
2016 - 2016 International Scientific committee member for the EPSO/FESPB meeting “Plant Biology Europe 2016"
2013 - 2013 FV2013 - XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Fisiologia Vegetal
2009 - 2009 PlantGEM 2009

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/10/01 - Current Plant Stress Biology MSc Biotechnology for Sustainability Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015/05/01 - Current Research Project International PhD programme in Plant Sciences - Plants for Life (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2015/03/25 - Current Eco-physiology and Plant Interactions PhD programme Plants for Life (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Portugal
2006/03/01 - 2008/03/31 Molecular Genetics Biotechnology (Bacharelato) Grupo Lusófona, Portugal
2006/03/01 - 2008/02/28 Genetic Engineering Biotechnology (Bacharelato) Grupo Lusófona, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/01/01 - Current RICE (1939-8433) Springer
2019 - Current PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (0032-0889) American Society of Plant Biologists
2018 - Current The Plant Cell (1532-298X) American Society of Plant Biologists
2015 - Current Plant Science (0168-9452) Elsevier
2014 - Current Planta (1432-2048) Springer-Verlag
2017 - 2017 The Plant Journal (1365-313X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2015 - 2017 Plant Cell & Environment (1365-3040) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2008 - 2015 Functional Plant Biology (1445-4408) CSIRO Publishing
2013 - 2013 Molecular Plant (1674-2052) Elsevier
Distinctions

Other distinction

2006 Post-Doc Fellowship
2003 Post-Doc fellowship
2002 PhD fellowship
1998 PhD fellowship
1995 MSc Fellowship