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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andreia Filipa Ferreira Salvador

Citation names

  • Salvador, Andreia F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F518-8DE1-60B9
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6037-4248
Google Scholar ID
T3nhmBwAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
O-5503-2015
Scopus Author Id
26638456000

Addresses

  • Centro de Engenharia Biológica - Universidade do Minho. Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics

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 Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/04/01 - 2013/10/17
Concluded
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Functional Analysis of Syntrophic Lcfa-degrading Microbial Ecosystems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2010/05/13 - 2012/12/14
Concluded
 Proteomics and RNA-SIP experiments in the framework of the PhD thesis (Outros)
Irstea, France
2007/06/12
Concluded
 Advanced Biomolecular Methods (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Anaerobic Degradation of Oleic Acid/Degradação Anaeróbia do Ácido Oleico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2004/09/29
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"não aplicável" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/07/12 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/11/01 - 2021/07/11 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2019/06/30 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2017/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/05/11 - 2016/06/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) J Craig Venter Institute - West Coast Campus, United States
J Craig Venter Institute - West Coast Campus, United States
2013/11/01 - 2015/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2014/12/02 Visiting Researcher (Research) Irstea, France
Irstea, France
2013/07/15 - 2013/10/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2007/08/01 - 2009/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2004/01/01 - 2004/09/29 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/01 - Current Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - Current Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/01/29 - 2023/06/20 Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology Research Topic: "The Microbiology of the Biogas Process" Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/04/01 - 2013/10/17 PhD student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2007/06/12 Master Student Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/07/01 - 2017/03/31 Novel anaerobes for a biobased economy
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME/323009/EU
Post-doc Fellow
European Commission

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/02/12 - Current GIATEX - Intelligent Water Management at ITV
C644943052-00000050
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current Unravelling the role of conductive materials in the acceleration of methane production from waste in anaerobic digestion processes
PTDC/BTA-BTA/2249/2021
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/07/12 - Current GLOMICAVE - Global Omic Data Integration on Animal, Vegetal and Environment Sectors
ID: 952908
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - Current B3iS - Biodiversity and bioprospecting of biosurfactants in saline environments
PTDC/BII-BIO/5554/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - Current MarPlas-Evaluation and valorization of plastics and microplastics in marine environment
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000080
Collaborator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - Current Centre of Biological Engineering - University of Minho
UID/BIO/04469/2019
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado em Biotecnologia, Bioengenharia e Sistemas microELetromecânicos
LA/P/0029/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0029/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2025/07/01 Application of conductive carbon material in anaerobic digestion of waste
Contract no. 22230712200
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Tongji University, China

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Ongoing
2019/11/01 - 2021/07/11 iWATERMAP - Water Technology Innovation Roadmaps
PGI05062
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2017/04/01 - 2019/06/30 BioTecNorte-Underpinning Biotechnology to foster the north of Portugal bioeconomy
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2013/11/01 - 2015/06/30 BioEnv: Biotechnology and Bioengineering for a Sustainable World
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000048
Post-doc Fellow
European Regional Development Fund
2011/03/01 - 2014/08/31 Conversão anaeróbia de lípidos/AGCL em bioreactores: da ecofisiologia microbiana ao melhoramento da produção de biogás
PTDC/EBB-EBI/114364/2009
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/07/15 - 2013/10/31 OIL-Less - Processos microbianos para biorremediação in situ de locais contaminados com óleos
FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027917
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2013/10/17 Anaerobic lipids/LCFA conversion in bioreactors: from microbial ecophysiology to enhanced biogas production
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/114364/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/07/01 - 2009/03 Microbial monitoring of biomethane and biohydrogen production processes- BIOPOWER
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/69745/PT
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/02/01 - 2008/01/31 Development of a FED-BATCH process for anaerobic biodegradation and methanization of effluents with high lipidic content ---FAT-METHANE
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/46328/PT
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004/01/01 - 2004/09/29 FITOREM - Fitorremediação e Reactores de Biofilme para a Remoção de Poluentes de Águas Contaminadas: um Estudo Comparativo
POCTI/CTA/39111/01
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Alves, M. M.; Carballa, Marta; Pereira, M. A.; Cavaleiro, A. J.; Alves, Joana I.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira. ICBM-4 - 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (Book of Abstracts). 2022.
Book chapter
  1. Phadke, Sujal; Salvador, Andreia Filipa; Alves, Joana Isabel; Bretschger, Orianna; Alves, Maria Madalena; Pereira, Maria Alcina. "Harnessing the Power of PCR Molecular Fingerprinting Methods and Next Generation Sequencing for Understanding Structure and Function in Microbial Communities.". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 225-248. Springer, New York, NY, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-7060-5_16
Conference abstract
  1. Salvador, Andreia F.; Georges F. R. Radohery ; Giovanni Melandri; Sylvain Prigent; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Pierre Petriacq. Corresponding author: Salvador, Andreia F.. "Machine learning for predicting biomethane production from microbial communities’ composition in full scale anaerobic digesters". Paper presented in Proceedings of FEMS – 10th Congress of European Microbiologists, Hamburg, 2023.
    Published
  2. Sequeira, João C.; Pereira, Vítor; Alves, Maria Madalena; Rocha, Miguel; Salvador, Andreia F.. "A user-friendly bioinformatics pipeline for metaproteogenomics data analysis". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days 2023, Braga, 2023.
  3. Freitas, P José; Sequeira, João C.; Diogo Cachetas; Rocha, Miguel; Salvador, Andreia F.. "Prediction of plastic-degrading enzymes in omics data from marine environments". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days 2023, Braga, 2023.
  4. Silva, Soraia P.; Colunga, Alondra; Roupar, Dalila; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Nobre, Clarisse; Reis, S. F.; Freitas, V.; Coimbra, M. A.; Coelho, E.. "OC33 Chromatographic approaches to study pine nut skin: exploitation of its composition and bioactivities". Paper presented in Livro de Resumos do 12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia & XIV WARPA, Aveiro, 2022.
  5. Duarte, M. Salomé; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, A. J.; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Alves, Maria Madalena. "Oleate degradation in a continuous microaerophilic bioreactor by a syntrophic co-culture together with facultative anaerobic bacteria". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology, Braga, 2022.
  6. Sequeira, João C.; Rocha, Miguel; Alves, Maria Madalena; Salvador, Andreia F.. "Improving analysis of meta-omics data with the MOSCA framework". Paper presented in ICBM 2022 - 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology, Braga, 2022.
  7. Duarte, Maria Salomé Lira; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia Viana; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Pereira, M. A.; Alves, M. M.. "Oleate degradation in a continuous microaerophilic bioreactor by a syntrophic co-culture together with facultative anaerobic bacteria". Paper presented in ICBM 2022 - 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology, 2022.
  8. Sequeira, João Carlos Sequeira; Rocha, Miguel; Alves, M. M.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira. "Improving analysis of meta-omics data with the MOSCA framework". Paper presented in ICBM 2022 - 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology, 2022.
  9. Silva, Soraia Pires; Colunga, Alondra; ROUPAR, DALILA; Salvador, Andreia F.; Nobre, Clarisse; SF Reis; Freitas, Vítor; Coimbra, Manuel; Coelho, Elisabete. "Chromatographic approaches to study pine nut skin: exploitation of its composition and bioactivities". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia & XIV WARPA, Aveiro, 2022.
    Published
  10. Silva, Ana Rita; Costa, Joana Sofia Gomes; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Martins, Gilberto; Alves, Maria Madalena; Pereira, Luciana. "Anaerobic biological removal of pharmaceuticals: impact of these micropollutants towards different microbial groups in anaerobic communities". Paper presented in Microbiotec 21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Lisboa, 2021.
  11. Braga, Cátia Sofia Neves; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Martins, Gilberto; Pereira, Luciana; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. M.. "Pure cultures of hydrogenotrophic methanogens are affected by modified activated carbons, zeolite, sand and glass beads". Paper presented in Electromicrobiology 2021, Aarhus, 2021.
  12. Martins, Gilberto; Braga, Cátia Sofia Neves; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Pereira, Luciana; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. M.. "Zeolite stimulates the activity of microbial enrichments converting butyrate to methane". Paper presented in Electromicrobiology 2021, Aarhus, 2021.
  13. Braga, Cátia Sofia Neves; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Martins, Gilberto; Pereira, Luciana; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. M.. "Activated carbon and magnetite affect the methanogenic activity of acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens". Paper presented in DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering - 4th Symposium on Chemical and Biological Engineering, Porto, 2021.
  14. Braga, Cátia Sofia Neves; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Martins, Gilberto; Pereira, Luciana; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. M.. "Effects of conductive and non-conductive materials on the activity of a hydrogenotrophic methanogen". Paper presented in ISAM 2021 Online - International Symposium on Anaerobic Microbiology, Innsbruck, 2021.
  15. Costa, João Carlos Sequeira; Rocha, Miguel; Alves, M. M.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira. "UPIMAPI, reCOGnizer and KEGGCharter: three tools for functional annotation". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days 2021, University of Minho, Portugal, Braga, 2021.
  16. Braga, Cátia Sofia Neves; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Duarte, Maria Salomé Lira; Martins, Gilberto; Pereira, Luciana; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. M.. "Differential effects of carbon-based and iron-based conductive materials in anaerobic butyrate-degrading enrichments". 2021.
  17. Alves, Maria Madalena; Braga, Cátia S. N.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Stams, Alfons. "Conductive materials affect methanogenic activity of pure cultures of methanogens and syntrophic cocultures". Paper presented in Electromicrobioloqy 2019, Aarhus, 2019.
    Published
  18. Pereira, Luciana; Salvador, Andreia; Salvador, Andreia F.; Martins, Gilberto; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. A.; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Pereira, Manuel Fernando; Alves, M. M.. "Acceleration of anaerobic reactions by conductive carbon nanomaterials.". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, Porto, 2017.
    Published
  19. Salvador, Andreia F.; Martins, Gilberto; Melle-Franco, Manuel; Serpa, Ricardo; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. A.; et al. "Acceleration of methane production by carbon nanotubes.". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
    Published
  20. Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Paulo, Ana M. S.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Alves, J. I.; Castro, Rita; Langenhoff, A. A. M.; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Pereira, M. A.; Alves, M. M.. "Facts and challenges on hydrocarbons bioremediation.". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
    Published
  21. Martins, Gilberto; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Melle-Franco, Manuel; Serpa, Ricardo; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia Viana; Pereira, M. A.; Alves, M. M.. "Effect of carbon nanotubes on methane production in pure cultures of methanogens and in a syntrophic co-culture.". Paper presented in 3rd Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM3), Wageningen, 2017.
    Published
  22. Paulo, Ana Maria Silva; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Alves, Joana Isabel Ferreira; Castro, Rita; Alette Anna Maria Langenhoff; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Alves, M. M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia. "Addition of co-substrates stimulates hexadecene conversion to methane by an enriched microbial consortium.". Paper presented in 3rd Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM3), Wageningen, 2017.
    Published
  23. A.J. Cavaleiro, M.S. Duarte, S.A. Silva, A.F. Salvador, A.P. Guedes, J.A. Ribeiro, D.Z. Sousa, M.A. Pereira, A.J.M. Stam. "Energy production from lipids by novel anaerobes.". Paper presented in MicroBiotec15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
    Published
  24. A. F. Salvador, A. J. Cavaleiro, S. A. Silva, A. P. Guedes, M. A. Pereira, A. J. M. Stams, D. Z. Sousa, M. M. Alves. "Growth of sulfate reducing bacteria on the methanogenic inhibitor BES.". Paper presented in MicroBiotec15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
    Published
  25. A. J. Cavaleiro, J. I. Alves, A. F. Salvador, A. M. Paulo, R. Castro, C. Mateus, A. J. M. Stams, D. Z. Sousa, A. A. M. L. "Who is who in anaerobic oil biodegradation?". Paper presented in MicroBiotec15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
    Published
  26. Andreia F. Salvador, Nikolaos Strepis, Ariane Bize, Alfons J.M. Stams, Peter Schaap, M.Madalena Alves, Théodore Bouchez. "Proteomics of Syntrophomonas zehnderi and Methanobacterium formicicum growing on long-chain fatty acids". Paper presented in FEMS Microbiology Congress 2015 - 6th Congress of European Microbiologists, Maastricht, 2015.
    Published
  27. Alves JI, Salvador AF, Langenhoff AAM, Stams AJM, Alves MM, Sousa DZ, Cavaleiro AJ. "Novel Anaerobe Obtained From a Hexadecane-Degrading Consortium.". Paper presented in FEMS Microbiology Congress 2015 - 6th Congress of European Microbiologists, Maastricht, 2015.
    Published
  28. Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Salvador, Andreia F.; Alves, Joana Isabel; Langenhoff, Alette; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madal. "Unraveling who is who in methanogenic oil degradation.". Paper presented in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference., Houston, 2015.
    Published
  29. Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Bize, A.; Alves, M. M.; Bouchez, T.; Sousa, Diana Zita Machado. "Functional analysis of syntrophic LCFA-degrading microbial ecosystems.". Paper presented in 2nd Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM2), Uppsala, 2014.
  30. Sousa D. Z., van Gelder A.H., Pereira M.A., Salvador A. F., Sánchez-Andrea I., Strepis N., Jarzembowska M., Stams, A. J.. "Prospecting fat-degrading anaerobes for biotechnology". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM2), Uppsala, 2014.
    Published
  31. Ferreira C., Salvador A.F., Cereija T.B., Cerca N., Sousa D.Z. "Comparison of vaginal microbiota fingerprints from healthy and bacterial vaginosis-positive portuguese women.". Paper presented in Microbiotec’13-Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Aveiro, 2013.
    Published
  32. Salvador, Andreia. "Diversity and proteomic characterization of saturated and unsaturated LCFA anaerobic degrading communities.". Paper presented in ISME14 - 14th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Copenhagen, 2012.
    Published
  33. Cavaleiro, A. J., Salvador, A. F., Silva, S., Pereira, M. A., Sousa, D. Z., Alves, M. M.. "New strategies for optimal methane production from long chain fatty acids.". Paper presented in ecoSTP – EcoTechnologies for Wastewater Treatment, Technical, Environmental & Economic Challenges Conference, Santiago de Compostela, 2012.
    Published
  34. Salvador, Andreia F.. "Endurance of methanogenic archaea in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleate based wastewater.". Paper presented in Semana da Escola de Engenharia 2011 - Uma Escola a Reinventar o Futuro, Guimarães, 2011.
  35. Salvador, A. F., Pereira, M. A., Stams, A. J. M., Alves, M. M., Sousa D. Z.. "Microbial diversity and methanogen survival in anaerobic communities degrading long-chain fatty acids.". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM1), Leipzig, 2011.
    Published
  36. Salvador, A. F., Pereira, M. A., Alves, M. M., Sousa D. Z. 2011. "Assessment of methanogen survival in anaerobic enrichment cultures degrading long-chain fatty acids". Paper presented in FEMS 2011 – 4th Congress of European Microbiologists, Geneva, 2011.
    Published
  37. Salvador, Andreia F.. "Syntrophic LCFA-degrading microbial ecosystems". Paper presented in Semana de Engenharia 2010., Guimarães, 2010.
  38. Salvador, A. F., Cavaleiro, A. J., Pereira, M. A., Alves, M. M.. "Molecular profiling of microbial communities in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleic acid rich wastewater.". Paper presented in Microbiotec’09-Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vilamoura, 2009.
    Published
  39. Salvador, A. F., Cavaleiro, A. J., Pereira, M. A., Alves, M. M. 2009. "Molecular profiling of microbial communities developed in high-rate anaerobic treatment of oleic acid rich wastewater.". Paper presented in FEMS – 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists, Gothenburg, 2009.
    Published
  40. Cavaleiro, A. J., Salvador, A. F., Alves, M. M. "Efficient methane production from lipid-rich wastewater in high-rate anaerobic treatment.". Paper presented in IMEBE-3 Symposia, Palma de Maiorca, 2008.
    Published
  41. Salvador, A. F., Cavaleiro, A. J., Pereira, M. A., Alves, M. M.. "Anaerobic microbial community dynamics during discontinuous treatment of a synthetic dairy wastewater.". Paper presented in ISME-12 International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cairns, 2008.
    Published
  42. Cavaleiro, A. J.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Alves, M. M.. "Anaerobic digestion of oily wastewater as a valuable source of bioenergy.". Paper presented in International Conference and Exhibition on Bioenergy, Guimarães, 2008.
    Published
  43. Cavaleiro, A. J., Salvador, A. F., Alves, M. M. "Development under discontinuous operation of an anaerobic microbial community acclimated to high oleate loads.". Paper presented in Micro’07-Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG Congress, Lisboa, 2007.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Duarte, Maria Salomé Lira; Oliveira, João Vítor; Magalhães, Carla Isabel Pereira; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Carvalho, Ana Rita Castro; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. A.; Alves, M. M.. "Aerobic and facultative bacteria: working horses at the service of anaerobic digestion". Paper presented in AD16 - IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion. Delft, The Netherlands, Delf, 2019.
  2. Pereira, Luciana; Salvador, Andreia F.; Martins, Gilberto; Silva, A. R.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. A.; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Pereira, M. F. R.; Alves, M. M.. "A wide perspective of carbon materials as catalysts for bioremediation of emerging pollutants and methanogenesis". Paper presented in AD16 - IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion., Delft, 2019.
  3. Sequeira, J. C.; Rocha, Miguel; Alves, M. M.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira. "MOSCA: an automated pipeline for integrated metagenomics and metatranscriptomics data analysis". Paper presented in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 12th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Toledo, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-98702-6_22
  4. Holohan, B. C.; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Corbacho, M. A. Szabo; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Frijters, C.; Pacheco-Ruiz, S.; et al. "Perspectives in anaerobic digestion of lipid-rich wastewater.". Paper presented in AD15, Beijing, 2017.
    Published
  5. S. A. Silva, A. F. Salvador, A. J. Cavaleiro, M. A. Pereira, A. J. M. Stams, M. M. Alves and D. Z. Sousa. "Toxicity of unsaturated and saturated long chain fatty acids towards Methanosaeta concilii.". Paper presented in AD14, Viña del Mar, 2015.
    Published
  6. Sousa, D. Z.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Ramos, J.; Guedes, Ana P.; Barbosa, Sónia; Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria; Alves, M. M.; Pereira, M. A.. "Effect of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) on the prevalence and viability of hydrogenotrophic methanogens.". Paper presented in AD13, Santiago de Compostela, 2013.
    Published
  7. Salvador, A. F., Bize, A., Alves, M. M., Bouchez, T., Sousa, D. Z.. "Metaproteomics of anaerobic microbial communities degrading long-chain fatty acids". Paper presented in AD13, Santiago de Compostela, 2013.
    Published
  8. Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Pereira, M. A.; Alves, M. M.. "Anaerobic biodegradation of oleate by a highly loaded biomass before and after degrading the associated substrate.". Paper presented in AD11, Brisbane, 2007.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Silva, A. Catarina ; Braga, Cátia S. N.; Oliveira, Inês; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Pereira, Luciana; Salvador, Andreia F.; Martins, Gilberto. "Improving biomethane production by adding conductive nanomaterials". Paper presented in Microbiotec23 ¿ Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
  2. Braga, Cátia S. N.; Pereira, Luciana; Salvador, Andreia F.. Corresponding author: Salvador, Andreia F.. "(nano)Materials for accelerating methane production in engineered anaerobic systems". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal. Aveiro, Portugal, 5 - 7 julho, 2023, 2023.
  3. "Modulation of butyrate-degrading methanogenic communities by conductive materials". Paper presented in Electromicrobiology 2022, 2021.
  4. Costa, João Carlos Sequeira da; Alves, M.M; Rocha, M.; Salvador, Andreia F.. "Development of an automated pipeline for metagenomics and metatranscriptomics data analyses". Paper presented in Bioinformatics Open Days 2018, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 2018.
  5. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Sousa, Diana Z.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Breakthroughs in Anaerobic Digestion of fat, oil, and grease (FOG)". Paper presented in International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy (organized by NASA, ESA and C3P), 2016.
Journal article
  1. Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Alves, Joana I.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Editorial: The microbiology of the biogas process". Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1235624.
    Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1235624
  2. Holohan, B. Conall; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Szabo-Corbacho, Alejandra; Cavaleiro, A. J.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Pereira, M. A.; Ziels, Ryan M.; et al. "Principles, advances, and perspectives of anaerobic digestion of lipids". (2022): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/77170.
    10.1021/acs.est.1c08722
  3. Sequeira, J. C.; Rocha, Miguel; Alves, M. M.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira. "UPIMAPI, reCOGnizer and KEGGCharter: bioinformatics tools for functional annotation and visualization of (meta)-omics datasets". (2022): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/77193.
    10.1016/j.csbj.2022.03.042
  4. Carvalho, Ana Rita Castro; Martins, Gilberto; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Cavaleiro, A. J.. "Iron compounds in anaerobic degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: a review". (2022): https://hdl.handle.net/1822/80458.
    10.3390/microorganisms10112142
  5. Silva, R. M.; Abreu, A. A.; Salvador, A. F.; Alves, M. M.; Neves, I. C.; Pereira, M. A.. "Zeolite addition to improve biohydrogen production from dark fermentation of C5/C6-sugars and Sargassum sp. biomass". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95615-1.
    10.1038/s41598-021-95615-1
  6. Ana R. Silva; Ana J. Cavaleiro; O. Salomé G. P. Soares; Cátia S.N. Braga; Andreia F. Salvador; M. Fernando R. Pereira; M. Madalena Alves; Luciana Pereira. "Detoxification of Ciprofloxacin in an Anaerobic Bioprocess Supplemented with Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: Contribution of Adsorption and Biodegradation Mechanisms". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 6 (2021): 2932. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22062932.
    10.3390/ijms22062932
  7. Martins, Valdo R.; Freitas, C.; Castro, Rita; Silva, Ana Rita; Gudiña, Eduardo José; Sequeira, J. C.; Salvador, Andreia Filipa Ferreira; Pereira, M. A.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia. "Corksorb enhances alkane degradation by hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology 12 (2021): 618270. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/74010.
    10.3389/fmicb.2021.618270
  8. Ana Cavaleiro; Andreia Salvador; Gilberto Martins; Cláudia Oliveira; Yuchen Liu; Valdo Martins; Ana Castro; et al. "Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Enhance Methanogenesis from Diverse Organic Compounds in Anaerobic Sludge and River Sediments". Applied Sciences 10 22 (2020): 8184-8184. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10228184.
    10.3390/app10228184
  9. Ana Rita Silva; Joana Costa Gomes; Andreia Filipa Salvador; Gilberto Martins; Maria Madalena Alves; Luciana Pereira. "Ciprofloxacin, diclofenac, ibuprofen and 17a-ethinylestradiol differentially affect the activity of acetogens and methanogens in anaerobic communities". Ecotoxicology 296 (2020): 866-875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02256-7.
    10.1007/s10646-020-02256-7
  10. Ana J. Cavaleiro; Ana P. Guedes; Sérgio A. Silva; Ana L. Arantes; João C. Sequeira; Andreia F. Salvador; Diana Z. Sousa; Alfons J. M. Stams; M. Madalena Alves. "Effect of Sub-Stoichiometric Fe(III) Amounts on LCFA Degradation by Methanogenic Communities". Microorganisms 8 9 (2020): 1375-1375. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091375.
    10.3390/microorganisms8091375
  11. M. Salomé Duarte; Andreia F. Salvador; Ana J. Cavaleiro; Alfons J. M. Stams; M. Alcina Pereira; M. Madalena Alves. "Multiple and flexible roles of facultative anaerobic bacteria in microaerophilic oleate degradation". Environmental Microbiology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15124.
    10.1111/1462-2920.15124
  12. Fernandes, M.; Salvador, A.; Alves, M.M.; Vicente, A.A.. "Factors affecting polyhydroxyalkanoates biodegradation in soil". Polymer Degradation and Stability 182 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85093969355&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109408
  13. Alves, J.I.; Salvador, A.F.; Castro, A.R.; Zheng, Y.; Nijsse, B.; Atashgahi, S.; Sousa, D.Z.; et al. "Long-Chain Fatty Acids Degradation by Desulfomonile Species and Proposal of “Candidatus Desulfomonile Palmitatoxidans”". Frontiers in Microbiology 11 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098558169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmicb.2020.539604
  14. Salvador, A. F.; Cavaleiro, A. J.; Paulo, A. M. S.; Silva, S. A.; Guedes, A. P.; Pereira, M. A.; Stams, A. J. M.; Sousa, D. Z.; Alves, M. M.. "Inhibition Studies with 2-Bromoethanesulfonate Reveal a Novel Syntrophic Relationship in Anaerobic Oleate Degradation.". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85 2 (2019): e01733-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01733-18.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/aem.01733-18
  15. Martins, Gilberto; Salvador, Andreia F.; Pereira, Luciana; Alves, M. Madalena. "Methane Production and Conductive Materials: A Critical Review.". Environmental Science & Technology 52 18 (2018): 10241-10253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01913.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.est.8b01913
  16. Paulo, A. M. S.; Salvador, A. F.; Alves, J. I.; Castro, R.; Langenhoff, A. A. M.; Stams, A. J. M.; Cavaleiro, A. J.. "Enhancement of methane production from 1-hexadecene by additional electron donors.". Microbial Biotechnology 11 4 (2018): 657-666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12886. (equal contribution to the first author).
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/1751-7915.12886
  17. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, M. Alcina. "Insight into the Role of Facultative Bacteria Stimulated by Microaeration in Continuous Bioreactors Converting LCFA to Methane.". Environmental Science & Technology 52 11 (2018): 6497-6507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00894.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.est.8b00894
  18. Salvador, Andreia F.; Martins, Gilberto; Melle-Franco, Manuel; Serpa, Ricardo; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Carbon nanotubes accelerate methane production in pure cultures of methanogens and in a syntrophic coculture.". Environmental Microbiology 19 7 (2017): 2727-2739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13774.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/1462-2920.13774
  19. Pereira, R.A.; Salvador, A.F.; Dias, P.; Pereira, M.F.R.; Alves, M.M.; Pereira, L.. "Perspectives on carbon materials as powerful catalysts in continuous anaerobic bioreactors.". Water Research 101 (2016): 441-447. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.06.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.watres.2016.06.004
  20. Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Toxicity of long chain fatty acids towards acetate conversion by Methanosaeta concilii and Methanosarcina mazei.". Microbial Biotechnology 9 4 (2016): 514-518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12365.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/1751-7915.12365
  21. Guerreiro, Inês; Serra, Cláudia R.; Enes, Paula; Couto, Ana; Salvador, Andreia; Costas, Benjamín; Oliva-Teles, Aires. "Effect of short chain fructooligosaccharides (scFOS) on immunological status and gut microbiota of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) reared at two temperatures.". Fish & Shellfish Immunology 49 (2016): 122-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2015.12.032.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.12.032
  22. Sousa, D. Z.; Salvador, A. F.; Ramos, J.; Guedes, A. P.; Barbosa, S.; Stams, A. J. M.; Alves, M. M.; Pereira, M. A.. "Activity and Viability of Methanogens in Anaerobic Digestion of Unsaturated and Saturated Long-Chain Fatty Acids.". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 14 (2013): 4239-4245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00035-13. (equal contribution to the first author).
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/aem.00035-13
  23. Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Sousa, Diana Z.; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, M. Alcina. "Endurance of methanogenic archaea in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleate-based wastewater.". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 97 5 (2013): 2211-2218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4061-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-012-4061-9
  24. Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Alves, Joana I.; Alves, Madalena. "Continuous High Rate Anaerobic Treatment of Oleic Acid Based Wastewater is Possible after a Step Feeding Start-Up.". Environmental Science & Technology 43 8 (2009): 2931-2936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es8031264.
    Published • 10.1021/es8031264
Online resource
  1. José Freitas; Diogo Cachetas; Costa, João Carlos Sequeira da; Rocha, Miguel; Salvador, Andreia F.. M-PARTY - Mining Protein dAtasets foR Targeted EnzYmes. 2022. https://anaconda.org/bioconda/m-party/.
  2. Sequeira, JC; Rocha, M.; Alves, MM; Salvador, Andreia F.. UPIMAPI- API for UniProt ID Mapping. 2020. https://anaconda.org/bioconda/upimapi.
  3. Sequeira, JC; Rocha, M.; Alves, MM; Salvador, Andreia F.. Keggcharter - A bioinformatics tool for representing (meta)genomics potential and (meta)transcriptomic data in KEGG pathways. 2020. https://anaconda.org/bioconda/Keggcharter.
  4. Sequeira, JC; Rocha, M.; Alves, MM; Salvador, Andreia F.. ReCOGnizer - A bioinformatics tool for protein domain based annotation. 2020. https://anaconda.org/bioconda/recognizer.
  5. Sequeira, JC; Rocha, M.; Alves, MM; Salvador, Andreia F.. MOSCA - Meta-Omics Software for Community Analysis. 2019. https://anaconda.org/bioconda/mosca.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Salvador, Andreia. "Functional analysis of syntrophic LCFA-degrading microbial ecosystems". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2013.
  2. Salvador, Andreia. "Anaerobic biodegradation of oleic acid". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/4502.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/06/29 Anaerobic Digestion: generating bioenergy from organic waste (invited speaker) PhytoEnergy – Assessment of the ENERGY production potential from PHYTOremediation derived biomass
Catolica Faculty of Biotecnology (Porto, Portugal)
2021/05/17 Os micróbios que geram energia (invited speaker) Pint of Science Portugal
(Braga, Portugal)
2021/05/10 Waste conversion to Methane: Lessons from microbial communities (invited speaker) Biotechnology to build a brighter future - food, health and environmental applications
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/07/02 Functional modulation of microbial communities with conductive nanomaterials in biorefinery and bioremediation processes (presenting author) Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal 2018
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/11/10 Carbon materials improve the activity of methanogenic cultures (Invited Speaker) Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/07/06 Acceleration of methane production by carbon nanotubes (presenting author) CEB Annual Meeting 2017
(Braga, Portugal)
2017/05/01 Addition of co-substrates stimulates hexadecene conversion to methane by an enriched microbial consortium (presenting author) 3rd Conference on Biogas Microbiology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
(Wageningen, Netherlands)
2015/11/15 Toxicity of unsaturated and saturated long chain fatty acids towards Methanosaeta concilii (presenting author) AD14 - 14th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion
(Viña del Mar, Chile)
2014/06/10 Functional analysis of syntrophic LCFA-degrading microbial ecosystems (presenting author) ICBM 2014 – 2nd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology, Uppsala, Sweden
(Uppsala, Sweden)
2013/06/25 Metaproteomics of anaerobic microbial communities degrading long-chain fatty acids (presenting author) AD13 - 13th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion
(Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2011/06/26 Assessment of methanogen survival in anaerobic enrichment cultures degrading long-chain fatty acids (presenting author) FEMS 2011 – 4th Congress of European Microbiologists, Geneva, Switzerland
(Geneva, Switzerland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/10/27 - Current Development of a knowledgebase for plastics' biodegradation
Supervisor of Joana Marques Gabriel
 Master in Bioinformatics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10/27 - Current Development of Genome-Scale Metabolic Models for methanogens and syntrophic co-cultures
Co-supervisor of Mariana Sofia Gomes Coelho
 Master in bioinformatics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current Uncovering the role of conductive nanomaterials in anaerobic digestion
Supervisor of João Carlos Sequeira da Costa
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
2019/02/01 - 2023/12/19 Biodegradation of PHA-based packaging materials by soil: characterization and optimization
Supervisor of Miguel Ângelo Cavaleiro Fernandes
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/01 - 2023/12/18 Fabrication of nanoplastic particles in microdroplets
Supervisor of Ana Rita da Cruz Fonseca
 Master in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2022/11/02 - 2023/12/13 Comparative analysis of microbial communities from full scale anaerobic digesters
Supervisor of Ana Carolina Matos Inácio
 Master in Bioinformatics (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/02 - 2023/12/06 Bioenergy production from waste: metagenomics and metatranscriptomics analyses of full scale anaerobic digesters
Supervisor of Rodrigo Martinho Pereira Ribeiro
 Master in Bioinformatics (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2023/09/13 Nanomaterials for accelerating syntrophic fatty acids degradation to methane
Supervisor of Cátia Sofia Neves Braga
 Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/11/27 - 2022/12/13 Development of MOSGUITO: a user-friendly graphical interface for meta-omics data analyses. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/87252
Supervisor of José Henrique Lopes Pereira
 Master in Bioinformatics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10/27 - 2022/11/29 Mining metagenomics datasets for novel plastic-degrading enzymes. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/87218
Supervisor of José Pedro Silva Freitas
 Master in Bioinformatics (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2022/11/11 Biodegradation of synthetic and biodegradable plastics by leachate microbiomes. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/82428
Supervisor of Cristina Isabel Sousa Pires
 Master in Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Effect of carbon nanomaterials on the anaerobic treatment of wastewater containing pharmaceuticals
Co-supervisor of Joana Sofia Gomes da Costa
 Master in Biotecnology (Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho) (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Development of an automated pipeline for meta-omics data analysis
Supervisor of João Carlos Sequeira da Costa
 Master in Bioinformatics (Department of Informatics, University of Minho) (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016 New strategies for the conversion of waste organic matter to methane
Co-supervisor of Ricardo Fontes Serpa
 Master in Bioengineering (Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho). (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/07/05 - 2023/07/05 Ciência 2023-Sessão temática: Águas Residuais como Recurso:Recuperação de Água, Nutrientes e Energia (2023/07/05 - 2023/07/05)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/11/01 - 2022/05/31 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (Braga, Portugal) (2021/05/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/06/28 - Current Addressing Marine Pollution in the Atlantic Ocean: The role of interregional cooperation and EU leverages
Workshop
 Addressing Marine Pollution in the Atlantic Ocean: The role of interregional cooperation and EU leverages
Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte, Portugal
2016/02/05 - Current Volunteer at Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia (CEB, UMinho): Guided visits to the Centre of Biological Engineering. Target public: undergraduate students.
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/04/12 - 2023/04/14 Workshop on Microbiome Modeling
Workshop
 Workshop on Microbiome Modeling ELIXIR Systems Biology Community
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/03/16 - 2023/03/18 Session chair at Bioinformatics Open Days 2023
Conference
 Bioinformatics Open Days 2023
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/05/09 - 2022/05/11 Session chair at ICBM-4 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology
Conference
 ICBM-4 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology
2018/05/30 - 2018/05/30 Workshop "Plásticos e Ambiente" at Campus de Azurém, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães. Organized by the Department of Polymer Engineering.
Workshop
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia de Polímeros, Portugal
2018/01/25 - 2018/01/25 Workshop Sectorial do projeto FIT4RRI Fostering Improved Training Tools for Responsible Research and Innovation at Galeria da Biodiversidade - Centro Ciência Viva Porto. Organized by Ciência Viva, ISQ and University of Minho. (Invitation)
Workshop
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Ciência Viva, Portugal
2017/03/06 - 2017/03/10 Course on "Proteomics Data Analysis" (36 hours of intensive hands-on training) at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/12/14 - 2015/12/18 Course on "Introductory Bioinformatics" (35 hours hands-on training) at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.
Other
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2011/07/09 - 2011/07/23 Course on "Microbial Catalysts for the Environment" (Environmental Biotechnology Working Group of the EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research) (Lausanne, Switzerland) (15 days)
Other
Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
2010/06/14 - 2010/06/18 Course on Bioinformatics "Joint EBI-Wellcome Trust Summer School" (EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK) (5 days)
Other
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
2008/01/21 - 2008/01/25 Course on Molecular Methods to Study Complex Microbial Communities (35hr) (University of Aveiro)
Other
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2005/06/13 - 2005/06/17 Post-graduate course on "Biological sequence analysis" (35hr) (University of Aveiro)
Other
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/18 Fabrication of nanoplastic particles in microdroplets
Supervisor
 Ana Rita da Cruz Fonseca (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/12/13 Comparative analysis of microbial communities from full scale anaerobic digesters
Supervisor
 Ana Carolina Matos Inácio (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/12/06 Bioenergy production from waste: metagenomics and metatranscriptomics analyses of full scale anaerobic digesters
Supervisor
 Rodrigo Martinho Pereira Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/09/13 Nanomaterials for accelerating syntrophic fatty acids degradation to methane
Supervisor
 Cátia Sofia Neves Braga (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/07/31 Blueprint: Documenting the complexity of metabolic regulation by reconstruction of integrated metabolic-regulatory models
(Thesis) Arguer
 Fernando João Pereira da Cruz (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/29 Metagenomic wastewater and freshwater core resistome analysis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Macedo Cachetas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/29 Metagenomic wastewater and freshwater core
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Macedo Cachetas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/29 Mining metagenomics datasets for novel plastic-degrading enzymes
Supervisor
 José Pedro Silva Freitas (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/11/11 Biodegradation of synthetic and biodegradable plastics by leachate microbiomes
Supervisor
 Cristina Isabel Sousa Pires (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03/15 Metagenomics approach to unravel the potential of lignocellulosic residues towards the discovery of novel enzymes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Raquel Fernandes de Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03/15 Metagenomics approach to unravel the potential of lignocellulosic residues towards the discovery of novel enzymes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Raquel Fernandes de Sousa (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019/11/01 - Current 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (May 2022, Braga, Portugal)
Member
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02/14 - Current Métodos Instrumentais e Análise de Dados (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021/09/21 - Current Laboratórios de Bioinformática (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/04/13 - Current Invited lecturer for the seminary on the theme “Meta-omics analysis in complex microbial communities” in the framework of the curricular unit of Advanced Topics in Chemical and Biological Engineering II, from the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (University of Minho), Dates: 13 April 2016 (3 hrs); 11 April 2018 (3 hrs); 3 April 2019 (3 hrs) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/02/02 - Current iScience
2022/11/29 - Current PLOS ONE
2022/03/22 - Current Environmental Microbiology Reports
2021/04/03 - Current GCB Bioenergy
2021/03/02 - Current Processes
2021/02/04 - Current Bioengineering
2020/06/30 - Current Microorganisms
2018/04/24 - Current Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1098-5336) American Society for Microbiology
2017/08/30 - Current Microbial Ecology (1432-184X) Springer-Verlag
2020/07/08 - 2020/07/23 Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/01 BioEnergy Research (1939-1242) Springer-Verlag
2018/05/14 - 2018/05/14 Marine Drugs (1660-3397) MDPI AG
2017/11/03 - 2017/11/03 Water Research (0043-1354) Elsevier
2017/10/03 - 2017/10/03 Biotechnology for Biofuels (1754-6834) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2017/06/05 - 2017/06/05 Applied Sciences (2076-3417) MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/03/01 - Current Analysis of the gut microbiome modulation by dietary intervention Mariana Braguês (Master in Bioinformatics - project development)
2023/03/01 - Current Validation of protein datasets for finding novel polyethylene terephthalate – degrading enzymes Sérgio Mendes (Master in Bioinformatics - project development)
2019/02/25 - 2019/07/02 Development of a Graphical User Interface for MOSCA (Master in Bioinformatics (Project development)) Mário Varela
2019/02/25 - 2019/07/02 Optimization of metaproteomics bioinformatics analyses (Master in Bioinformatics (Project development)) Tiago Oliveira
2014/01/01 - 2018/11/23 Microbial Interactions in the Transformation of Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Anaerobic Reactors (PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Minho) Maria Salomé Lira Duarte