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André Albuquerque completed his PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 2023/01/11 at the Universidade de Évora in association with the Universidade do Algarve. His thesis focused on exploring transcriptomics in Portuguese local pig breeds, establishing a link between gene expression and characterized phenotypes. In early 2018, completed ADER18F, a training programme in Bioinformatics, followed by a six-month internship at INIA (Madrid) under the guidance of Dr. Cristina Óvilo to further develop his skills. Coming from a background in Biochemistry and Biology, the opportunity to take a PhD programme in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences broadened his perspectives on the emerging issues regarding agricultural systems. In the past three years, he cumulatively held a temporary position as a senior technician in the Plant Virology and Mycology laboratories of MED and has been providing diagnostic services to various crop industry stakeholders including local farmers using microscopic and molecular tests to identify potential pathogens. This is also complemented with the effort of granting technical support and suggesting preventive measures for plant disease control. André has authorship of 17 peer-reviewed publications in journals indexed in the most common scientific databases and published two book chapters, translating into an h-index of 8 in Scopus and 9 in Scholar. Between ongoing and concluded, he participated in a total of 14 projects, has ad hoc reviewed eight article publications for six different journals and is currently guest editor for a special issue in one of these. Throughout the years, he engaged in both national and international meetings with 12 oral and 37 poster presentations and has contributed to the submission of two patents that are currently awaiting approval. Furthermore, he participated in six transfer of knowledge activities with dynamic public presentations and has received a total of four awards, two for best poster presentations (2022 and 2023), one for best exhibition (2023) and one for Applied R&D (2022). Finally, André is currently supervising one master student, co-supervising two others, has one co-supervision successfully concluded.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Albuquerque
Date of birth
1991/05/27
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Albuquerque, André
  • Albuquerque, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E517-EE05-6977
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1189-9803
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=02CJdCQAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
57191863030

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Animal and Dairy Science
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01/11
Concluded
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (in association) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Transcriptomics in Portuguese local pig breeds: an approach to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism and muscle growth" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Unanimously approved with distinction and praise
2014/12/03
Concluded
Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Isolation and molecular characterization of the fatty acid synthase gene from an obese pig breed" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2012/09/01
Concluded
Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/04/01 - 2024/06/30 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/07/01 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
(...)
2021/04/01 - 2024/03/31 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
(...)

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/04/07 - 2023/06 Member of the University's Taskforce that regularly tested the community for COVID19 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2023/01/11 PhD student Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2018/07 - 2018/12 Scientific intership in the Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal under the guidance of Dr. Cristina Óvilo. The training explored the area of next generation sequencing, particularly RNA-seq analysis Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Spain
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Master fellowship under the project SelectPorAl - Seleção e melhoramento genómico de características produtivas do Porco Alentejano (ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000032) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2016/12/31 Scientific internship in the laboratories of Metabolism and Nutrition and Plant Virology. Meat quality studies of the Portuguese autochthonous Alentejano breed, applying methods of molecular biology. Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2012/02/01 - 2012/06/01 Scientific internship in the laboratories of Palinology e Aerobiology. Monitoring spores of Alternaria spp. and Cladosporium spp. in air samples collected by volumetric air samplers. Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - Current AltF4
SUBMITTED
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2023/01/11 Biochemical and molecular bases of the lipid metabolism of Alentejano and Bísaro pig breeds
SFRH/BD/132215/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/04/01 - 2022/09/30 Molecular basis of resistance/susceptibility of Vitis vinifera L. to wood infection by fungal trunk pathogens in Alentejo region
04_2019
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute
LA/P/0121/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development
UIDB/05183/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas
UID/AGR/00115/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 SelectPorAl
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000032
Master Student Fellow
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Union
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current SUMO - Sustentabilidade do Montado
PRR-C05-i03-I-000066
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Union
Ongoing
2024/01/01 - Current TID4AGRO
0100_TID4AGRO_4_E
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidad de Extremadura, Spain

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
European Union
Ongoing
2023/08/28 - Current AlmondProtect
PD23-00014
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
BPI

Fundação 'la Caixa'
Ongoing
2023/07/01 - Current Protecting Mediterranean almond orchards: preventive based approach using innovative portable technologies to reduce disease incidence
semreferencia
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas
Ongoing
2023/06/01 - Current INOVCIRCOLIVE - Inovação e Circularidade no Setor Oleícola
PRR-C05-i03-I-000208
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Union
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - Current Vine and Wine Portugal - Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation (sub-projecto - B6.3PPP4Vine)
AAC02/C05-i01/2022
Other
European Union
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - Current Criação de polo no ALentejo para a VIgilância GENómica de doenças na agricultura (ALVIGEN)
PD21-00081
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
BPI

Fundação 'la Caixa'

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2023/06/30 PRO.VITA - Programa para a Valorização, Inovação e Transferência de Tecnologia no Alentejo
POCI-01-0246-FEDER-181308
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Union
Concluded
2021/04/01 - 2023/06/30 BIOPROTOMATE
ALT20-03-0246-FEDER-000056
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Union

Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
2021/01/02 - 2023/06/30 ECO-PIG
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30 Alentejo Region Applied Research for COVID-19 (ARCO)
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
2021/04/01 - 2023/03/27 GESCERTOLIVE
ALT20-03-0246-FEDER-000058
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
European Union

Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
2021/11/01 - 2022/12/31 TECOLIVE
PDR2020-101-031764
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
2021/04/01 - 2022/10/14 GAFAPROTECT
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-028263
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

European Union

Governo da República Portuguesa
Concluded
2021/04/01 - 2022/10/14 TOMVIRPROTECT
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-028266
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2019/03/31 TREASURE
Other
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2015/09/30 MITTIC - Modernización e Innovación Tecnológica con base TIC en sectores estratégicos y tradicionales
0606_MITTIC_4_E
Technical and scientific support
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Joana A. Ribeiro; Carla M. R. Varanda; Materatski, Patrick; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Mariana Patanita; Albuquerque, André; Nicolás Garrido; et al. "CRISPR/Cas13 for the control of plant viruses". In CRISPR and Plant Functional Genomics, 271-288. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Patanita, Mariana; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Joana A. Ribeiro; Varanda, Carla; Albuquerque, André; Materatski, Patrick; Garrido, Nicolás; Campos, Maria Doroteia. "Insights into Grapevine Defence Response Against Fungal and Oomycete Diseases Towards a Sustainable Plant Breeding". In Plant Pathogen Interaction, 119-160. Springer, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Varanda, Carla; Castanho, Beatriz; Albuquerque, André; Joana A. Ribeiro; Mariana Patanita; Nicolás Garrido de la Osa; Campos, M. Doroteia; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Role of Dicer-like 4 plant protein in OMMV and OLV-1 mixed infections". Paper presented in Impact Science 23, Santarém, 2023.
  2. Varanda, Carla; Materatski, Patrick; Albuquerque, André; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Patanita, Mariana; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Proteção da oliveira contra vírus utilizando OMMV como vetor de silenciamento". Paper presented in IX Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura, Oeiras, 2021.
  3. Mariana Patanita; Albuquerque, André; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Materatski, Patrick; Carla M. R. Varanda; Joana A. Ribeiro; Campos, Maria Doroteia; et al. "Grapevine responses to trunk pathogens: potential genes involved in plant-pathogen interactions". Paper presented in VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, Évora, 2021.
  4. Patanita, M.; Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, A.; Varanda, Carla; Materatski, Patrick; M.R. Félix. "Metagenomic analysis of fungal microbiota associated to grapevine trunk diseases in Alentejo region". Paper presented in V PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture, Évora, Évora, 2020.
    Published
  5. Cachucho, Liliana; Albuquerque, André; Guerreiro, Olinda; Alves, Susana P.; Bessa, Rui J. B.; Usié, Ana; Gaspar, Daniel; et al. "Fatty acids composition of Longissimus lumborum muscle from Alentejano pigs finished under free-range conditions". Paper presented in 17th Euro Fed Lipid Congress and Expo, Sevilha, 2019.
    Published
  6. Charneca, Rui; Martins, J.M.; Albuquerque, A.; Fialho, R.; Neves, J.; Freitas, A.; Nunes, J.T.; et al. Corresponding author: Martins, José Manuel. "Alentejano and Bísaro pigs and their crosses: genotype effect on loin traits". Paper presented in X International Symposium on Mediterranean Pig, 2019.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Cachucho, L.; Albuquerque, André; Usié, A.; Leão, C.; Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; Gaspar, D.; et al. "Composição da carcaça e caracterização físico-química de músculo de porco Alentejano acabado em montanheira ¿ resultados preliminares". Paper presented in XX Congresso de Zootecnia, Vila Real, 2018.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Monteiro, Tomás; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Ribeiro, Joana A. ; Santos, Filipa; Albuquerque, André; Patanita, Mariana; Catarina Campos; et al. "Effects of Alternaria disease on olive cultivars: Preliminary insights of pathogen prevalence across cultivars, organs and growth stages". Paper presented in IX PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2024.
  2. Santos, Filipa; Campos, M. Doroteia; Maria Teresa Carvalho; Albuquerque, André; Patanita, Mariana; Joana A. Ribeiro; Monteiro, Tomás; Margarida Basaloco-Fonseca ; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Molecular and phylogenetic relationships between Colletotrichum species and related fungi based on partial DNA gene analysis". 2024.
  3. Inácio, Diogo; Monteiro, Tomás; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Campos, Catarina; Patanita, Mariana; Ribeiro, Joana Amaro; Albuquerque, André; et al. "Olive Endochitinase EP3-Like Gene Mediates Plant Responses against Colletotrichum nymphae Infection". Paper presented in The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Plant Sciences (IECPS), 2024.
  4. da Rosa, Augusto; Patanita, M.; Albuquerque, A.; Campos, M.D.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Santos, Filipa; Monteiro, Tomás; Félix, M.R.. "Quick and accurate diagnostic test for field detection of anthracnose and brown rot diseases in almond trees". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  5. Santos, Filipa; Campos, M.D.; Carvalho, M.T.; Albuquerque, A.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Monteiro, Tomás; da Rosa, Augusto; Félix, M.R.. "A new tool to protect olive trees against Collectotrichum spp., the causal agents of olive anthracnose". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  6. Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, A.; Carvalho, M.T.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Santos, Filipa; Monteiro, Tomás; et al. "A new approach to detect Alternaria spp., an emerging pathogen on olive groves". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  7. Monteiro, Tomás; Félix, M.R.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Santos, Filipa; Albuquerque, A.; da Rosa, Augusto; Patanita, M.; Campos, M.D.. "Conventional vs organic agriculture farming: are there stress responsive genes linked to grapevine trunk diseases in different vine varieties?". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  8. Patanita, M.; Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, A.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Santos, Filipa; Monteiro, Tomás; da Rosa, Augusto; Félix, M.R.. "Transcriptomic profiling of grapevine cultivars reveals candidate genes associated with trunk diseases symptomatology". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  9. Patanita, M.; Campos, M. Doroteia; Ribeiro, Joana Amaro; Albuquerque, André; Varanda, Carla; Materatski, P.; Garrido, N.; Félix, M.R.. "Fungos Endofíticos Associados às Doenças do Lenho: uma Informação Promissora para uma Viticultura Sustentável". Paper presented in 12º Simpósio da Vitivinicultura do Alentejo, 2023.
  10. Patanita, Mariana; Félix, M.R.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Albuquerque, A.; Varanda, C.; Materatski, P.; Garrido, N.; Campos, M.D.. "Doenças do Lenho da Videira: Novas Estratégias Sustentáveis de Mitigação". Paper presented in 12º Simpósio da Vitivinicultura do Alentejo, 2023.
  11. Gaspar, Daniel; Magalhães, H.; Mendes, B.; Leão, C.; Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; Cachucho, Liliana; et al. "Role of different "omics" as powerful tools to face climate change and enhance breeding programs". 2023.
  12. Joana A. Ribeiro; Varanda, Carla; Materatski, P.; Campos, Maria Doroteia; Albuquerque, A.; M. Patanita; Garrido, Nicolas; et al. "CRISPR/Cas13 system: A technology for the successful control of plant viruses". Paper presented in Science CHANGing Policy, 2023.
  13. Campos, M. Doroteia; Varanda, Carla; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, Joana; Campos, Catarina; Materatski, P.; Albuquerque, A.; Osa, Nicolás; Félix, M.R.. "qPCR as a sensitive tool for detecting Fusarium spp. in tomato plants". Paper presented in Science CHANGing Policy, 2023.
  14. Diogo Inácio; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Catarina Campos; Mariana Patanita; Joana A. Ribeiro; Varanda, Carla; Materastki, Patrick ; et al. "Identification of Candidate genes involved in olive response to anthracnose for a sustainable disease management". Paper presented in I Applied Agro-Biotechnology International Meeting, 2023.
  15. Teresa Carvalho; Materatski, P.; Nicolas Garrido; M. Patanita; Carla M. R. Varanda; Joana A. Ribeiro; Albuquerque, A.; Campos, M. Doroteia; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Alternaria alternata an emerging pathogen with great impact on olive groves.". Paper presented in I Applied Agro-Biotechnology International Meeting, Alentejo Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and Agro-Food, 2023.
  16. Patanita, M.; Campos, M. D.; Albuquerque, André; Carla M. R. Varanda; Materatski, P.; Ribeiro, J. A.; Ramiro, R. S.; Pimentel, D.; Félix, M. R.. "An overview of grapevine defence mechanisms and associated biological pathways during fungal and oomycete infections towards a sustainable management strategy". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  17. Patanita, M.; Campos, M.D.; Albuquerque, André; Materatski, P.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Ramiro, R.; Pimentel, D.; Félix, M.R.. Corresponding author: Patanita, M.. "Grapevine molecular responses to trunk diseases infection in the Alentejo region.". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  18. Campos, M.D.; Cordeiro, A.; Patanita, M.; Materatski, P.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Albuquerque, André; Ribeiro, J.A.; Félix, M.R.. "Assessment of Fusarium spp. and Magnaporthiopsis maydis in maize in the Iberian Peninsula.". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  19. Varanda, C.M.R.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Félix, M.R.; Albuquerque, André; Materatski, P.; Campos, M.D.. "Detection and quantification of Fusarium spp., the causal agents of tomato root rot and wilt diseases.". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  20. Albuquerque, André; Patanita, M.; Varanda, C.M.R.; Campos, M.D.; Materatski, P.; Ribeiro, J.A.; Dias, A.B.; Félix, M.R.. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Metabarcoding of the fungal and bacterial communities present in a compost of olive pruning residues.". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  21. Martins, J. M.; Charneca, R.; Varino, R.; Albuquerque, André; Freitas, A.; Neves, J.; Costa, F.; et al. "The ECO-PIG project: use of a new high fibre feed for outdoor finishing of intact male local pigs". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2022.
  22. Martins, J. M.; Charneca, R.; Varino, R.; Albuquerque, André; Freitas, A.; Neves, J.; Marmelo, C.; et al. "Effect of a new fibre feed on blood biochemistry of outdoor finished male local pigs.". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2022.
  23. Martins, J. M.; Charneca, R.; Varino, R.; Albuquerque, André; Freitas, A.; Neves, J.; Costa, F.; et al. "Outdoor finishing of intact male pigs of local breed on a high fibre diet: effects on growth, carcass, and some meat quality traits". Paper presented in XI International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, 2022.
  24. Osa, Nicolás; Albuquerque, André; Charneca, R.; Costa, F.; Marmelo, C.; Martin, L.; Ramos, A.; Martins, J. M.. "Backfat transcriptome of castrated and intact Alentejano pigs fed commercial and fibre-rich experimental diets.". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  25. Ribeiro, J. A.; Varanda, C. M. R.; Materatski, P.; Campos, M. D.; Albuquerque, André; Patanita, M.; Félix, M. R.. "An innovative tool based on CRISPR/Cas13 to protect tomato plants against ToBFRV". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  26. Albuquerque, André; Patanita, M.; Garrido, N.; Varanda, C.; Materatski, P.; Ribeiro, J. A.; Campos, M. D.; Félix, M. R.. "Bacterial and fungal communities associated to almond decline.". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  27. Campos, M. D.; Varanda, C.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J. A.; Materatski, P.; Albuquerque, André; Félix, M. R.. "Establishment of a sensitive Taqman-based approach to monitor Fusarium spp. in tomato plants.". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  28. Inácio, D.; Félix, M. R.; Campos, C.; Patanita, M.; Ribeiro, J. A.; Varanda, C.; Materatski, P.; et al. "New tools to protect olive plants against anthracnose for a sustainable disease management: I. Candidate genes for new sources of resistance.". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  29. Correia, A.C.; Varanda, C.; Materatski, P.; Campos, M. D.; Patanita, M.; Albuquerque, André; Ribeiro, J. A.; et al. "Evaluation of the susceptibility of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi strains to different antimicrobial peptides (AMPs).". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2022.
  30. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Félix, M.R.; Patanita, M.; Materatski, P.; Albuquerque, André; Ribeiro, J.; Carla M. R. Varanda. Corresponding author: Campos, Maria Doroteia. "Tomato transcription factors regulate defence response against biotic stress.". Paper presented in VI Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, 2021.
  31. Usié, A.; Magalhães, H.; Antunes, M.; Leão, C.; Gaspar, D.; Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; et al. "Whole genome resequencing analysis of Alentejano pigs reveals differences associated with meat quality phenotypes". Paper presented in IX Bioinformatics open days, 2020.
  32. Chimenos, Ana Usié; Magalhães, H.; Leão, Célia; Gaspar, Daniel; B. meireles; Albuquerque, André. "Whole genome Analysis of Alentejano Pigs with Contrasting Meat Quality Phenotypes". Paper presented in International Plant & Animal Genome Conference XXVIII (PAGXXVIII), 2020.
  33. Albuquerque, André; Cristina Óvilo; Yolanda Núñez; Rita Benítez; Adrián López-Garcia; Jaime Ballesteros; Fabián García; et al. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Identification of differentially expressed key genes of Longissimus lumborum samples from Portuguese Alentejano and Bísaro local pig breeds". Paper presented in X International Symposium on Mediterranean Pigs, 2019.
  34. Albuquerque, André; Óvilo, Cristina; Núñes, Yolanda; Benítez, Rita; Adrián López-Garcia; Fabián García; Laranjo, Marta; Charneca, Rui; Martins, José Manuel. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Comparative transcriptomic analysis of dorsal subcutaneous fat from Portuguese local pig breeds". Paper presented in 37th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference, 2019.
  35. Martins, José Manuel; David Silva; Albuquerque, André; Neves, José Alberto; Charneca, Rui; Amadeu Freitas. "Effects of physical activity on blood, growth and carcass parameters of the Alentejano pig". Paper presented in 5th Fatty Pig International conference, 2019.
  36. Martins, José Manuel; Neves, José Alberto; Serrano, A.; Abecasis, Inês; Albuquerque, André; Freitas, Amadeu; J. L. Tirapicos Nunes; Charneca, Rui. Corresponding author: Martins, José Manuel. "The Ribatejano Pig: a cross based on a fatty pig". Paper presented in 4th Fatty Pig Science & Utilization International Conference, 2017.
  37. Cachucho, Liliana; Chimenos, Ana Usié; Albuquerque, André; Leão, Célia; Meireles, B; Barbosa, P.; Gaspar, Daniel; et al. Corresponding author: Jerónimo, Eliana. "Characterization of carcass composition and meat quality traits of Alentejano pigs finished under free-range conditions - Preliminary results.". Paper presented in 4th Fatty Pig Science & Utilization International Conference, 2017.
  38. Albuquerque, André; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Laranjo, Marta; Martins, José Manuel. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Transcriptomic analysis of genes involved in the lipid metabolism of the Alentejano pig". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, 2016.
  39. Neves, José Alberto; Martins, José Manuel; Serrano, A.; Abecasis, Inês; Albuquerque, André; Freitas, Amadeu; J. L. Tirapicos Nunes; Charneca, Rui. Corresponding author: Charneca, Rui. "The Ribatejano pig – rebirth of a local pig population? First results.". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, 2016.
  40. Albuquerque, André; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Laranjo, Marta; Neves, José Alberto; Martins, José Manuel. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Fatty acid synthase gene sequence from Alentejano pig, an autochthonous obese breed". Paper presented in MicroBiotec15, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Mariana Patanita; Campos, M. Doroteia; Albuquerque, André; Joana A. Ribeiro; Pimentel, Diana; Ramiro, Ricardo; Monteiro, Tomás; et al. "Transcriptome profiling of symptomatic vs. asymptomatic grapevine plants reveals insights for plant improvement against trunk diseases". BMC Plant Biology (2025):
    Open access • Submitted
  2. Albuquerque, André; Patanita, Mariana; Garrido, Nicolás; Campos, M. Doroteia; Ribeiro, Joana A. ; Santos, Filipa; Monteiro, Tomás; Margarida Basaloco-Fonseca ; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "Microbial populations associated with dieback and decline in the new Almond trees of Portugal". Scientific Reports - Nature (2025):
    Open access • Submitted
  3. Tomás Monteiro; Mariana Patanita; Maria do Rosário Félix; André Albuquerque; Joana A. Ribeiro; Filipa Santos; Margarida Basaloco; Augusto Maria da Rosa; Maria Doroteia Campos. "Organic vs. Integrated-Production Agriculture Farming: Which Grapevine Stress-Responsive Genes Are Affected by the Application of Resistance Inducers and Elicitors?". Agronomy (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14050892.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy14050892
  4. André Albuquerque; Nicolás Garrido; Rui Charneca; Conceição Egas; Luísa Martin; Amélia Ramos; Filipa Costa; Carla Marmelo; José Manuel Martins. "Influence of Sex and a High-Fiber Diet on the Gut Microbiome of Alentejano Pigs Raised to Heavy Weights". Veterinary Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10110641.
    10.3390/vetsci10110641
  5. Martins, José Manuel; Charneca, Rui; Garrido, Nicolás; Albuquerque, André; Jerónimo, Eliana; Guerreiro, Olinda; Lage, Patrícia; et al. "Influence of Sex on Meat and Fat Quality from Heavy Alentejano Pigs Finished Outdoors on Commercial and High Fiber Diets". Animals 13 19 (2023): 3099. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13193099.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/ani13193099
  6. Nicolás Garrido de la Osa; Albuquerque, André; Rui Charneca; Filipa Costa; Carla Marmelo; Maria Amelia Ramos; Luísa Martin; J.M. Martins. "Transcriptomic Profiling of Subcutaneous Backfat in Castrated and Intact Alentejano Pigs Finished Outdoors with Commercial and Fiber-Rich Diets". Genes (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/9/1722.
    Published • 10.3390/genes14091722
  7. José Manuel Martins; Ricardo Varino; Rui Charneca; André Albuquerque; Nicolás Garrido; José Neves; Amadeu Freitas; et al. "Outdoor Finishing of Intact Male Portuguese Alentejano Pigs on a Sustainable High-Fiber Diet: Impacts on Blood, Growth, Carcass, Meat Quality and Boar Taint Compounds". Animals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132221.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.3390/ani13132221
  8. Campos, Maria Doroteia; Varanda, Carla; Patanita, Mariana; Amaro Ribeiro, Joana; Campos, Catarina; Materatski, Patrick; Albuquerque, André; Félix, Maria do Rosário. "A TaqMan® Assay Allows an Accurate Detection and Quantification of Fusarium spp., the Causal Agents of Tomato Wilt and Rot Diseases". Biology 12 2 (2023): 268. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12020268.
    Open access • 10.3390/biology12020268
  9. Joana A. Ribeiro; Albuquerque, André; Patrick Materatski; Mariana Patanita; Carla M. R. Varanda; Maria do Rosário Félix; Maria Doroteia Campos. "Tomato Response to Fusarium spp. Infection under Field Conditions: Study of Potential Genes Involved". Horticulturae 8 5 (2022): 433-433. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050433.
    Open access • 10.3390/horticulturae8050433
  10. Mariana Patanita; Albuquerque, André; Maria Doroteia Campos; Patrick Materatski; Carla M. R. Varanda; Joana A. Ribeiro; Maria do Rosário Félix. "Metagenomic Assessment Unravels Fungal Microbiota Associated to Grapevine Trunk Diseases". Horticulturae 8 4 (2022): 288-288. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8040288.
    Open access • 10.3390/horticulturae8040288
  11. Maria Doroteia Campos; Maria do Rosário Félix; Mariana Patanita; Patrick Materatski; Albuquerque, André; Joana A. Ribeiro; Carla Varanda. "Defense Strategies: The Role of Transcription Factors in Tomato–Pathogen Interaction". Biology 11 2 (2022): 235-235. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020235.
    Open access • 10.3390/biology11020235
  12. Albuquerque, André; Cristina Ovilo; Yolanda Núñez; RITA BENITEZ; Adrián López-Garcia; Fabián García; Maria do Rosário Félix; et al. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Transcriptomic Profiling of Skeletal Muscle Reveals Candidate Genes Influencing Muscle Growth and Associated Lipid Composition in Portuguese Local Pig Breeds". Animals (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1423.
    Open access • 10.3390/ani11051423
  13. José Manuel Martins; David Silva; Albuquerque, André; José Neves; Rui Charneca; Amadeu Freitas. Corresponding author: José Manuel Martins. "Physical Activity Effects on Blood Parameters, Growth, Carcass, and Meat and Fat Composition of Portuguese Alentejano Pigs". Animals (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010156.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.3390/ani11010156
  14. José Manuel Martins; Rita Fialho; Albuquerque, André; José Neves; Amadeu Freitas; José Tirapicos Nunes; Rui Charneca. Corresponding author: José Manuel Martins. "Portuguese Local Pig Breeds: Genotype Effects on Meat and Fat Quality Traits". Animals 10 5 (2020): 905-905. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050905.
    Open access • 10.3390/ani10050905
  15. Albuquerque, André; Cristina Óvilo; Yolanda Núñez; Rita Benítez; Adrián López-Garcia; Fabián García; Maria do Rosário Félix; et al. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, André. "Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue from Local Pig Breeds". Genes (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11040422.
    10.3390/genes11040422
  16. J. M. Martins; R. Fialho; Albuquerque, André; J. Neves; A. Freitas; J. T. Nunes; R. Charneca. Corresponding author: J. M. Martins. "Growth, blood, carcass and meat quality traits from local pig breeds and their crosses". animal (2019): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1751731119002222.
    Published • 10.1017/s1751731119002222
  17. Charneca, Rui; Martins, José; Freitas, Amadeu; Neves, José; Elias, Miguel; Laranjo, Marta; Albuquerque, André. "Porco Ribatejano - um estudo inovador no projeto TREASURE". Revista Portuguesa de Zootecnia 4 2 (2019): 43-50. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26918.
  18. Martins, J.M.; Neves, J.; Serrano, A.; Abecasis, I.; Albuquerque, André; Freitas, A.; Nunes, J.T.; Charneca, R.. "The ribatejano pig: Rebirth of a local population? First results on growth, and carcass parameters,O porco Ribatejano: Renascimento de uma população autóctone? Primeiros dados de crescimento e de carcaça". Archivos de Zootecnia 2018 (2018): 127-130. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042021760&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.21071/az.v67iSupplement.3222
  19. J. M. Martins; A. Albuquerque; J. A. Neves; A. B. Freitas; R. Charneca; J. L. Tirapicos. "Influence of outdoor rearing and oleic acid supplementation on lipid characteristics of muscle and adipose tissues from obese Alentejano pigs". Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 102 2 (2017): e578-e590. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjpn.12799.
    10.1111/jpn.12799
  20. A. Albuquerque; José A. Neves; M. Redondeiro; M. Laranjo; M.R. Félix; Amadeu Freitas; José L. Tirapicos; José M. Martins. "Long term betaine supplementation regulates genes involved in lipid and cholesterol metabolism of two muscles from an obese pig breed". Meat Science 124 (2017): 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.meatsci.2016.10.012.
    10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.10.012
Journal issue
  1. Albuquerque, André; Nicolás Garrido de la Osa. "Impact of Genetics and Feeding on Growth Performance of Pigs". Animals (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/HGNQ69N292.
    Published • Invited editor
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Transcriptomics in Portuguese local pig breeds: an approach to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism and muscle growth". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2023.
  2. Albuquerque, André Filipe Barreto. "Isolation and molecular characterization of the fatty acid synthase gene from an obese pig breed". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/13044.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "Construct for inducing silencing in plants and method for protecting them against tomato spotted wilt virus".
  2. 2022. "Construct for inducing silencing in plants and method for protecting them against anthracnose disease".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Developing a RfxCas13d system for viral RNA interference against ToBRFV. IX PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2023/05/30 Olive Viruses: Plant pathogens or plant protect agents? I Applied Agro-Biotechnology International Meeting
Alentejo Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and Agro-Food (CEBAL) (Beja, Portugal)
2022/11/16 Avaliação da variabilidade genética em suínos autóctones portugueses utilizando uma análise transcriptómica MED às 4as
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (Évora, Portugal)
2022/06/27 Development of a OMMV-based vector for gene expression in plants. III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2022/05/17 An RNA-based vaccine for tomato plants against Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) Encontro Ciência ‘22
FCT (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/05/03 Transcriptomics in Portuguese local pig breeds: an approach to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism and muscle growth. EFFAB & FABRE TP Annual General Meeting 2022
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2022/04/26 Utilização de vírus modificados para proteção de plantas contra a Colletotrichum spp. e contra Xylella fastidiosa. Programa de Empreendedorismo Qualificado Startup PhD
Parque do Alentejo de Ciência e Tecnologia (PACT) (Portugal)
2022/04/22 Certificação e Proteção fitossanitária de material vegetal de variedades de oliveira portuguesa. 38th OVIBEJA
(Beja, Portugal)
2021/10 Proteção da oliveira contra vírus através do desenvolvimento de OMMV como vetor de silenciamento IX Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura
INIAV (Oeiras, Portugal)
2020/12/09 Differentially expressed genes involved in lipid metabolism in the muscle tissue of Alentejano and Bísaro pig breeds V Encontro de estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura
(Évora, Portugal)
2020/12/09 Metagenomic analysis of fungal microbiota associated to grapevine trunk diseases in Alentejo region V Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura
(Évora, Portugal)
2019/11/11 Comparative RNAseq analysis of backfat tissue from local pig breeds IV Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura (EEDAA)
MED - Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (Évora, Portugal)
2019/06/28 Innovative studies on Alentejano, Bísaro and Ribatejano genotype pigs Jornadas MED
Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (Évora, Portugal)
2018/11/08 Influence of the genetic background on the meat quality of autochthonous pig breeds Seminarios del Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) (Madrid, Spain)
2018/04/05 Composição da carcaça e caracterização físico-química de músculo de porco Alentejano acabado em montanheira - resultados preliminares XX Congresso de Zootecnia
Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Zootécnica (Vila Real, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Composição química da carne e gordura de machos de raça suína Alentejana castrados e sujeitos a imunocastração pré- e pós-púbere
Supervisor
Engenharia Zootécnica (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/11/11 - Current Effect of sex and diet on the regulation of genes involved in lipid metabolism and muscle of Alentejano pigs raised in extensive.
Supervisor
Engenharia Zootécnica (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/11/11 - Current Comparison of growth, carcass, and meat characteristics of castrated and pre- and post-puberty immunocastrated Alentejano pig males.
Co-supervisor
Engenharia Zootécnica (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018/09/30 - Current Caracterização do perfil em ácidos gordos dos lípidos totais em diferentes tecidos de dois genótipos de raças suínas autóctones portuguesas e seus cruzamentos
Co-supervisor
Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/11/13 - 2023/06/19 Efeito da utilização de machos inteiros e de uma mistura alimentar com inclusão de subprodutos agroindustriais nos parâmetros de carcaça e qualidade de carne da raça suína Alentejana
Co-supervisor
Engenharia Zootécnica (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/11/07 - 2024/11/07 Participation in the webinar entitled “Maximizing Genomic Insights: An In-Depth Look at Long Read Sequencing”, presented by Dr. Ruihan Bai.
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2024/10/16 - 2024/10/17 17 Hour workshop in NGS with Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
Workshop
VWR International LLC, United States

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc, United Kingdom

Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Exhibition organized by the lab members entitled “Fitodiagnosis: let’s diagnose plant diseases!”, in which the participants were invited to identify fungal pathogens present in different plants based on the visual symptoms and microscopic characteristics. The exhibition was performed in the event the European Researchers' Night (ERN), which is a science communication event that takes place annually in several European cities, with the aim of promoting awareness and the population's involvement in science, bringing researchers and civil society close
Exhibition
European Researchers Night
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2024/05/27 - 2024/05/30 Participation in the “1st course of R for population genetics and animal breeding”, organized and presented by professors Andreia Amaral and Nicolò Macciotta
Workshop
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy
2024/05/23 - 2024/05/23 Participation in the online seminar entitled “Multiplex em qPCR e dPCR”, organized by Thermo Fisher and presented by Rui Baptista (PhD).
Seminar
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, United States
2024/05/15 - 2024/05/15 Participation in the I Technical Conference of olive groves entitled “Olival : Um setor em contínua transformação”
Conference
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agriterra, France

Induglobal, Unipessoal Lda, Portugal
2024/04/02 - 2024/04/02 Hands-on Digital PCR workshop, organized by Thermo Fisher Scientific and presented by Rui Baptista (PhD).
Workshop
QuantStudio Absolute Q Digital PCR SmartStart Orientation
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, United States
2024/03/25 - 2024/03/25 Participation in the Alltech seminar entitled: “Avanços em Biotecnologia para Nutrição, Proteção e Rendimento das Culturas”, presented by the engineer Rui Amante under the course unit “Agricultura em Modo de Produção Biológico”.
Seminar
Alltech Inc, United States
2024/03/06 - 2024/03/06 Participation in the CERTIS seminar entitled: “CERTIS, constituição, estrutura e funções de um organismo de controlo e certificação para a agricultura biológica”, presented by the engineer João Nuno Vaz-Freire under the course unit “Agricultura em Modo de Produção Biológico”
Seminar
CERTIS - Controlo e Certificação, Unipessoal, Lda, Portugal
2024/01/19 - 2024/01/19 Demonstration/Workshop by Xloora about precision agriculture and the potential functionalities of the Baco equipment in detecting diseases in the fields, 5-hour hands-on course, 19, 2024 (Évora, Portugal)
Workshop
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/11/23 - 2023/11/23 Visit to the Plant Virology Laboratory (MED/UÉvora) for winegrowers, to demonstrate the main techniques for diagnosing grapevine diseases and new technologies for controlling them.
Other
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/10/30 - 2023/10/30 Demonstration/Workshop by STABvida of the potential functionalities of the Doctor Vida equipment, Lamp PCRs and molecular diagnostics: a 5-hour hands-on course, October 30, 2023 (Évora, Portugal)
Workshop
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/10/26 - 2023/10/26 Webinar entitled “A Beginner's Guide to DNA Sequencing”, presented by Dr. Armaan Mehra.
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2023/10/11 - 2023/10/11 Event to raise awareness of the Smart Farm Hub Project and promote the Anipla Smart Farm Virtual Platform.
Seminar
Tecnologia e Informação na Agricultura – Smart Farm Virtual
Anipla - Associação Nacional da Indústria para a Proteção das Plantas, Portugal
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/21 Webinar entitled “Long Read Sequencing: Expanding Horizons in Genomic Research”, presented by Dr. Shiqi An.
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/04 Exhibition organized by the lab members entitled "Molecular Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens in Mediterranean Crops" in the event "II MED Meeting - Healthy soils, for food, for life and for the future" that occurred between 3-4 July 2023. In this demonstration, the participants were invited to identify fungal pathogens present in olive trees, almond orchards and vineyards, based on the visual symptoms and microscopic characteristics.
Meeting
II MED Meeting - Healthy soils, for food, for life and for the future
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/01 Webinar entitled “Enhancing NGS Applications: Exploring Novogene's Pre-made Library Sequencing Service and Illumina's NovaSeq™ X Plus System”, presented by Dr. Salah Azzi and Dr. Shiqi An.
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2023/04/27 - 2023/04/27 Workshop in the 38th OVIBEJA entitled "Da Investigação aos Mercados - A Ação da Universidade de Évora".
Festival
Da Investigação aos Mercados - A Ação da Universidade de Évora
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19 Day of the School of Science and Technology. Open lab to high school students and demonstration of common activities regarding plant protection. Activity named "Os agrónomos também curam plantas". In this activity, students were taken through the process of visual recognition of common symptoms and microscopic and molecular diagnostics to correctly identify the responsible plant pathogen and act accordingly.
Festival
Festival da Ciência 2023
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/01/19 - 2023/01/19 Webinar entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Next Generation Sequencing: Principles & Recent Developments”, presented by Dr. Raed Hmadi
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/11/24 - 2022/11/24 Webinar entitled "Introducing NovoMagic – Novogene’s Online RNA-seq Bioinformatics Analysis Tool", presented by Yue Zhou.
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/07/21 - 2022/07/21 Webinar entitled "ncRNA-seq Results Explained: What you can explore with non-coding RNA data?", presented by Carolina Jiang Zheng.
Seminar
Novogene Co Ltd, China
2022/05/18 - 2022/05/18 Demonstration of the work of diagnosis of pathogenic agents in plants carried out by the Laboratories of Plant Virology, Mycology and Nematology of the University of Évora. Diagnosis of pathogens in diseased plants.
Meeting
Encontro Ciência ‘22
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/11/23 - 2021/11/23 Laboratório aberto à comunidade ‘Doenças em plantas, como diagnosticar’
Meeting
Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/11/14 - 2018/11/16 15 hour intensive course of AWK and SHELL scripting.
Workshop
AWK y SHELL Script
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Spain
2018/04/09 - 2018/04/12 This course covered practical aspects of the analysis of differential gene expression by RNAseq. Participants were presented with real world examples and work with them in the training room, covering all the steps of RNAseq analysis, from planning the gathering of sequence data to the generation of tables of differentially expressed gene lists and visualization of results. 28 Hours of lectures and pratical exercises of intensive hands-on training.
Workshop
Analysis of Differential Expression with RNAseq (ADER18F), The Gulbenkian Trainning Programme in Bioinformatics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013/04/29 - 2013/05/03 Molecular Biotechnology by professor Bernard Glick from Waterloo University (Canada) - 10 hour theoretical course
Seminar
Molecular Biotechnology
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2013/02/18 - 2013/02/22 Technology of monoclonal antibodies - 40 hour intensive course
Workshop
Tecnologia de anticorpos monoclonais
Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Centro de Investigação de Engenharia Química e Biotecnologia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Avaliação da susceptibilidade de estirpes de Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi a diferentes péptidos microbianos (AMPs)
(Thesis) Main arguer
Alice Correia (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/07/03 Papel da proteína de planta Dicer-like 4 nas infeções por OMMV e OLV-1 simples e mistas
(Thesis) Main arguer
Beatriz Castanho (Other)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/09/05 - Current Microbiome BMC Part of Springer Nature
2023/09/16 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1422-0067) MDPI
2023/07/28 - Current Meat Science (0309-1740) Elsevier
2022/07/01 - Current Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology (2049-1891) BioMed Central Ltd.
2021/04/09 - Current Animals (2076-2615) MDPI
2020/12/01 - Current PEERJ (2167-8359) PeerJ
2020/04/19 - Current Genes (2073-4425) MDPI

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/04/01 - Current Optimization and performance of molecular diagnostic tests for the detection of phytopathogenic fungi and viruses in maize Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc Waimea, United States

Corteva Agriscience LLC, United States

Bayer CropScience Portugal Produtos para a Agricultura Lda, Portugal
2021/04/01 - Current Provided services of identification of almond pathogens using several microbiological and molecular tests. Technical support and prescription of preventive and control measures. Duck River Agriculture, Portugal

TREEMOND SA, Portugal

Moragri-Sociedade Agricola S.A., Portugal

Bolschare Agriculture Unipessoal Lda, Portugal
2021/04/01 - Current Provided services of identification of grapevine pathogens using several microbiological and molecular tests. Technical support and prescription of preventive and control measures. Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Portugal

Sociedade Agrícola de Pias - Vinhos Margaça, Portugal

Herdade da Malhadinha Nova - Relais & Châteaux, Portugal
2021/04/01 - Current Provided services of identification of olive pathogens using several microbiological and molecular tests. Technical support and prescription of preventive and control measures. Olivais Do Sul - Sociedade Agro-Pecuária Lda, Portugal

De Prado Portugal, SA, Portugal

Bolschare Agriculture Unipessoal Lda, Portugal

Innoliva, Spain

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/06/05 - Current Transcriptomics of grapevipes produced in organic and integrated strategies and microbial composition of soils Tomás Monteiro
2023/06/05 - Current Molecular and filogenetic analysis between different species of collectotrichum isolated from several olive orchards Filipa Santos
2021/04/01 - Current Using RNA-seq and microbiome composition analysis to assess the intricate mechanisms ocurring in grapevine trunk diseases Mariana Patanita
2023/10/01 - 2024/07/31 Lamp technology to rapid in field diagnose of antrachnose and moniliose diseases Augusto da Rosa
2024/04 - 2024/05 Applications of Real-Time PCR quantification in plant diagnostics Arnaud Wargnies
2023/01/02 - 2023/10/31 Isolation and molecular characterization of Colletotrichum species from olive orchards and study of several potential fungicides against them Nicolás Garrido de la Osa
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/31 Real time PCR to assess the infection by Collectotrichum nymphae and main plant defence response genes Diogo Inácio
2023/01/10 - 2023/03/31 Statistical analysis of real time data Roukaya Ben Gaied
2022/06/01 - 2022/10/31 Assessment of the incidence of Fusariosis disease in tomato fields through qPCR Joana Ribeiro
2022/09/11 - 2022/09/16 Program Erasmus + Teaching Mobility staff Stella Lovelli
2022/05/01 - 2022/07/13 Development of an OMMV-based viral expression vector Teerajet Laohasatian
2022/04/11 - 2022/04/30 Biological control using Bacillus sp. Krissana Ruangrit
2017/09/20 - 2018/05/31 Physical and chemical characterization of subcutaneous fat and three economically important muscles of Alentejano and Bisaro pigs Rita Fialho

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/10 - 2024/11 Jury of a Master's fellowship in Agricultural Sciences regarding the project ALVIGEN: Criação de polo no ALentejo para a VIgilância GENómica de doenças na agricultura”, ref.ª nº PD21-00081, financed by Promove Program 2020 by Fundação “La Caixa”, in collaboration with BPI and in partnership with Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, within the scope of the ‘Mobilising R&D Projects Competition’. Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/05 Jury of a Master's fellowship in Agricultural Sciences regarding the project AlmondProtect - Diagnóstico, epidemiologia, monitorização e previsão das principais doenças que afetam o amendoal: Uma proposta sustentável e integrada, ref. PD23-00014, financed by national funds through Fundação “la Caixa” Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Exhibition award
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2023 Best Poster award
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2022 Prémio I&D Aplicada 2021
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022 Best Poster Award
Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Other distinction

2017 Individual research grant to complete a PhD program in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (SFRH/BD/132215/2017)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal