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João Morais. Completed the Mestrado in Biologia e Gestão da Qualidade da Água in 2009/12/14 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências and Licenciatura in Biologia in 2007/07/19 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências. Is Consultant | Project Manager in Innovation Services SA. Published 29 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Has 1 patent(s) registered. Supervised 1 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Has received 2 awards and/or honors. Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences with emphasis on Environmental Sciences and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Microbiology. In their professional activities interacted with 494 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Morais
Date of birth
1983/07/02
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Morais, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F715-FBCE-B4C1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4190-0959
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=BczLPLwAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
7102340160

Email addresses

  • joaopmorais@gmail.com (Professional)
  • jmorais@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 223401837 (Professional)

Addresses

  • CIIMAR - Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/12/14
Concluded
 Biologia e Gestão da Qualidade da Água (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Avaliação do Risco de Ocorrência de Cianobactérias Tóxicas nos Lagos do Parque da Cidade do Porto" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2007/07/19
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Científico-Tecnológico Biologia Animal Aplicada
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/04/15 - Current Consultant | Project Manager Innovation Services SA, Portugal
2017/08/17 - 2023/12/31 Técnico Superior - Blue Biotechnology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2009/12/01 - 2017/08/16 Research Technician - Support to the culture collection of cyanobacteria, organization and maintenance of the collection; Support to services and research developed in the laboratory Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2009/12/01 - 2017/08/16 Laboratory Manager - Laboratory management and organization Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2017/08/01 Research Fellow - “NoMorFilm - Novel marine molecules against biofilm- Application to medical devices” - Project Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2015/06/01 Research Fellow - NOVOMAR - Consolidação do Centro Multipolar de Valorização de Recursos Marinhos visando Novos Usos do Mar¿ Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2007/07/01 - 2009/12/01 Mestrando - Mestrado em Biologia e Gestão da Qualidade de Água tendo como tema de tese : “Avaliação do Risco de Ocorrência de Cianobactérias Tóxicas nos Lagos do Parque da Cidade do Porto” Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2005/09/01 - 2006/10/01 Estagiário - Projecto no âmbito da Investigação Científica na Pré-graduação realizado pela Universidade do Porto. Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/03 - 2022/02 Emergent Marine Toxins in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean: New Approaches to Assess their Occurrence and Future Scenarios in the Framework of Global Environmental Changes.
778069
 European Commission
2015/07 - 2017/08 NOMORFILM - Novel marine biomolecules against biofilm. Application to medical
634588
 European Commission
2014/03 - 2015/06 NOVOMAR “Consolidação do Centro Multipolar de Valorização de Recursos Marinhos visando novos usos do mar”
0687_NOVOMAR_1_P
 n/a

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/07 - 2021/06 CYANCAN - Uncovering the cyanobacterial chemical diversity: the search for novel anticancer compounds
PTDC/MED-QUI/30944/2017
 NORTE 2020, Portugal 2020 e União Europeia através do FEDER, e pela FCT
2017/10 - 2020/09 EBB - European Marine Biological Resource Centre Biobank
EAPA_501/2016
 Interreg Atlantic Area
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Morais, João; Romeu, M.J.; Alves, P.; Morais, J.; Ramos, V.; Vasconcelos, V.; Mergulhão, F.J.. "Biofilm formation by a cyanobacterium strain belonging to a distinct leptolyngbya phylotype: Surface effect". 2016.
Conference paper
  1. Leonor Ferreira; Maria Ligía Sousa; Tiago Ribeiro; João Morais; Abel Forero; Raquel Castelo-Branco; Pedro N. Leão; et al. "Uncovering the Cyanobacterial Chemical Diversity: The Search for Novel Anticancer Compounds". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014049
  2. Leonor Ferreira; João Morais; Vitor Vasconcelos; Mariana Reis. "Discovery of a Novel Potent Cytotoxic Compound from Leptothoe sp.". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014046
  3. Raquel Silva; João Morais; Flávio Oliveira; Brahim Sabour; Vitor Vasconcelos. "Sampling Campaign along Moroccan Atlantic Coast: Cyanobacteria Isolation and Molecular Screening of Cyanotoxins". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014040
  4. Flavio Luis de Oliveira; Raquel Silva; João Morais; Pedro Cruz; Vitor Vasconcelos. "Cyanobacterial Toxins—An Update of Toxins from Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC)". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022014039
Conference poster
  1. Morais, João; Silva, Raquel; Flavio Oliveira; Hentschke, Guilherme; Cruz, Pedro; Cruz, Diogo; Vasconcelos, Vitor. "Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC): A whole new world to explore and discover". Paper presented in Microbiotec’19 Congress,, 2019.
  2. Martins, Joana; Morais, João; Neves, Jorge; Oliveira, Flavio; Ramos, Vitor; Leão, Pedro N.; Vasconcelos, Vitor. "Molecular screening of the potential production of cyanotoxins and cyanobacterial natural products in environmental samples from Cabo Verde Islands". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria, 2019.
  3. Cruz, Pedro; Martins, Alexandra; Azevedo, Joana; Pacheco, Alexandre; Morais, João; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Guilhermino, Lúcia. "Toxicity of Mixtures of cyanobacteria extracts and microplastics to Daphnia Magna". Paper presented in IJUP, 2019.
  4. Barreiros dos Santos, M; Queirós, R.B; Dieguez, L; Geraldes, Á; Paz,E; Ferreira, R; Morais, João; et al. "Integrated system for sample processing and detection of Microcystin-LR in freshwaters". Paper presented in 28th World Congress on Biosensors, 2018.
  5. Barreiros dos Santos, M; Queirós, R.B; Dieguez, L; Geraldes, Á; Paz, E; Ferreira, R; Morais, João; et al. "Towards Microcystin-LR remote monitoring in freshwater: integrated system for sample processing and detection". Paper presented in 43RN International Conference on Micro and Nanoengineering., 2017.
  6. Fernandez, A.V; Castelo-Branco, R; Morais, João; Tineo, M.V; Morel, L.F; Gerrero, O.N; Ramirez, M; Infante, M.I; Vasconcelos, V. "First data on the biodiversity and potential toxicity of cyanobacteria from Dominican Republic ecosystems". Paper presented in INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "Extreme Ecosystems & Extremophile Organisms: Biodiversity, Physiology, Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2016.
  7. Ramos, V; Morais, João; Castelo-Branco, R; Leão, P. N; Vasconcelos, V. "Cyanobacterial diversity as a promising biotechnological asset: reflection on outcomes from the usage of LEGE Culture Collection’ strains". Paper presented in PHYCONET – High Value Products from Microalgae, Annual Conference. PHYCONET (BBSRC NIBB), Centre for Process Innovation, 2016.
  8. Romeu, M; Alves, P; Morais, João; Vasconcelos, V; Mergulhão , F. "Biofilm formation by Leptolyngbya mycoidea LEGE 06118: surface effect.". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art., 2016.
  9. Morais, João; Ramos, V; Castelo-Branco, R.; Barreiro, A; Vasconcelos, V. "Testing and improving simple cryopreservation methods for biotecnhological-important cyanobacterial strains from a Culture Collection". Paper presented in International Congress BioIberoamérica – Biotecnologia Integrando Continentes, 2016.
  10. Hassouani, M; Sabour, B; Reani, A; Morais, João; Ramos, V; Urbatzka, R; Preto, M; Silva, M; Vasconcelos, V. "Diversity and toxicity of marine cyanobacterial species harvested from the Atlantic coast of Morocco". Paper presented in 4º Congresso Ibérico de Cianotoxinas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), 2015.
  11. Ramos V; Morais, João; Vasconcelos V. "LEGE Culture Collection and its cyanobacterial diversity: valuing an increasingly important biological resource". Paper presented in ECCO XXXIV - European Culture Collections as Tools in Research and Biotechnology, 2015.
  12. Morais, João; Martins, A; Vale, M; Vasconcelos, V. "Avaliação do Risco de Ocorrência de Cianobactérias Tóxicas nos Lagos do Parque da Cidade do Porto". Paper presented in 2º Congresso Ibérico de Cianotoxinas, 2011.
  13. Vasconcelos V; Morais, João; Vale, M. "Microcystins and cyanobacteria trends in a 14 year monitoring of a temperate eutrophic reservoir (Aguieira, Portugal)". Paper presented in CICTA 2010- V Congreso Iberoamericano de Contaminacion y Toxicologia Ambiental, 2010.
  14. Morais, João; Augusto, M; Vale, M; Carvalho, A.P; Vasconcelos, V.M. "Effects of Environmental Conditions on the Bioavailability of Microcystins Accumulated by Mussels". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, 2007.
  15. Morais, João; Augusto, M.; Botelho, S; Cardoso, D; Carvalho A.P.; Vasconcelos, V.M. "Efeito de condições ambientais e de enzimas digestivas na biodisponibilidade de cianotoxinas acumuladas por mexilhões". Paper presented in Investigação Científica na pré-graduação, 2006.
Journal article
  1. Janaína Morone; Graciliana Lopes; João Morais; Jorge Neves; Vítor Vasconcelos; Rosário Martins. "Cosmetic Application of Cyanobacteria Extracts with a Sustainable Vision to Skincare: Role in the Antioxidant and Antiaging Process". Marine Drugs (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/md20120761.
    10.3390/md20120761
  2. Maria J. Romeu; Luciana C. Gomes; Francisca Sousa-Cardoso; João Morais; Vítor Vasconcelos; Kathryn A. Whitehead; Manuel F. R. Pereira; Olívia S. G. P. Soares; Filipe J. Mergulhão. "How do Graphene Composite Surfaces Affect the Development and Structure of Marine Cyanobacterial Biofilms?". Coatings (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12111775.
    10.3390/coatings12111775
  3. Fares Boudjouan; Walid Zeghbib; João Carneiro; Raquel Silva; João Morais; Vitor Vasconcelos; Graciliana Lopes. "Comparison Study on Wild and Cultivated Opuntia sp.: Chemical, Taxonomic, and Antioxidant Evaluations". Agriculture (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12111755.
    10.3390/agriculture12111755
  4. Maria J. Romeu; Marta Lima; Luciana C. Gomes; Ed. D. de Jong; João Morais; Vítor Vasconcelos; Manuel F. R. Pereira; et al. "The Use of 3D Optical Coherence Tomography to Analyze the Architecture of Cyanobacterial Biofilms Formed on a Carbon Nanotube Composite". Polymers (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14204410.
    10.3390/polym14204410
  5. Maria J. Romeu; Dany Domínguez-Pérez; Daniela Almeida; João Morais; Mário J. Araújo; Hugo Osório; Alexandre Campos; Vítor Vasconcelos; Filipe J. Mergulhão. "Hydrodynamic conditions affect the proteomic profile of marine biofilms formed by filamentous cyanobacterium". npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00340-w.
    10.1038/s41522-022-00340-w
  6. Cepas, Virginio; Gutiérrez-Del-Río, Ignacio; López, Yuly; Redondo-Blanco, Saúl; Gabasa, Yaiza; Iglesias, María José; Soengas, Raquel; et al. "Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Strains as Producers of Lipids with Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activity". Marine Drugs 19 12 (2021): 675. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19120675.
    10.3390/md19120675
  7. Ferreira, Leonor; Morais, João; Preto, Marco; Silva, Raquel; Urbatzka, Ralph; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Reis, Mariana. "Uncovering the Bioactive Potential of a Cyanobacterial Natural Products Library Aided by Untargeted Metabolomics". Marine Drugs 19 11 (2021): 633. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19110633.
    10.3390/md19110633
  8. Donis, Daphne; Mantzouki, Evanthia; McGinnis, Daniel F.; Vachon, Dominic; Gallego, Irene; Grossart, Hans-Peter; Senerpont Domis, Lisette N.; et al. "Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll-a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer". Limnology and Oceanography (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11963.
    10.1002/lno.11963
  9. M.J. Romeu; D. Domínguez-Pérez; D. Almeida; J. Morais; M.J. Araújo; H. Osório; A. Campos; V. Vasconcelos; F.J. Mergulhão. "Quantitative proteomic analysis of marine biofilms formed by filamentous cyanobacterium". Environmental Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111566.
    10.1016/j.envres.2021.111566
  10. Faria, Sara I.; Teixeira-Santos, Rita; Romeu, Maria J.; Morais, João; Jong, Ed de; Sjollema, Jelmer; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Mergulhão, Filipe J.. "Unveiling the Antifouling Performance of Different Marine Surfaces and Their Effect on the Development and Structure of Cyanobacterial Biofilms". Microorganisms 9 5 (2021): 1102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051102.
    10.3390/microorganisms9051102
  11. Faria, Sara I; Teixeira-Santos, Rita; Morais, João; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Mergulhão, Filipe J. "The association between the initial adhesion and cyanobacterial biofilm development". FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab052.
    10.1093/femsec/fiab052
  12. Sara I. Faria; Luciana C. Gomes; Rita Teixeira-Santos; João Morais; Vítor Vasconcelos; Filipe J. M. Mergulhão. "Developing New Marine Antifouling Surfaces: Learning from Single-Strain Laboratory Tests". Coatings 11 1 (2021): 90-90. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11010090.
    10.3390/coatings11010090
  13. Faria, Sara I.; Teixeira-Santos, Rita; Gomes, Luciana C.; Silva, Elisabete R.; Morais, João; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Mergulhão, Filipe J. M.. "Experimental Assessment of the Performance of Two Marine Coatings to Curb Biofilm Formation of Microfoulers". Coatings 10 9 (2020): 893. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/coatings10090893.
    10.3390/coatings10090893
  14. Romeu, Maria João Leal; Domínguez-Pérez, Dany; Almeida, Daniela; Morais, João; Campos, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Mergulhão, Filipe J. M.. "Characterization of planktonic and biofilm cells from two filamentous cyanobacteria using a shotgun proteomic approach". Biofouling (2020): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2020.1795141.
    10.1080/08927014.2020.1795141
  15. Gutiérrez-del-Río, Ignacio; Brugerolle de Fraissinette, Nelly; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Oliveira, Flavio; Morais, João; Redondo-Blanco, Saúl; Villar, Claudio J.; et al. "Chlorosphaerolactylates A–D: Natural Lactylates of Chlorinated Fatty Acids Isolated from the Cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis sp. LEGE 00249". Journal of Natural Products 83 6 (2020): 1885-1890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00072.
    10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00072
  16. Oliveira, Flavio; Diez-Quijada, Leticia; Turkina, Maria V.; Morais, João; Felpeto, Aldo Barreiro; Azevedo, Joana; Jos, Angeles; et al. "Physiological and Metabolic Responses of Marine Mussels Exposed to Toxic Cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa and Chrysosporum ovalisporum". Toxins 12 3 (2020): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12030196.
    10.3390/toxins12030196
  17. Faria, Sara I.; Teixeira-Santos, Rita; Romeu, Maria J.; Morais, João; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Mergulhão, Filipe J.. "The Relative Importance of Shear Forces and Surface Hydrophobicity on Biofilm Formation by Coccoid Cyanobacteria". Polymers 12 3 (2020): 653. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12030653.
    10.3390/polym12030653
  18. Bavithra; Azevedo; Oliveira; Morais; Pinto; Ferreira; Vasconcelos; Campos; Almeida. "Assessment of Constructed Wetlands’ Potential for the Removal of Cyanobacteria and Microcystins (MC-LR)". Water 12 1 (2019): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12010010.
    10.3390/w12010010
  19. Barreiros dos Santos, Marília; Queirós, Raquel B.; Geraldes, Álvaro; Marques, Carlos; Vilas-Boas, Vânia; Dieguez, Lorena; Paz, Elvira; et al. "Portable sensing system based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for the simultaneous quantification of free and total microcystin-LR in freshwaters". Biosensors and Bioelectronics 142 (2019): 111550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.111550.
    10.1016/j.bios.2019.111550
  20. Morais, João. "Biofilm formation behaviour of marine filamentous cyanobacterial strains in controlled hydrodynamic conditions". Environmental Microbiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14807.
    10.1111/1462-2920.14807
  21. Virginio Cepas Lopez; Yuly López; Yaiza Gabasa; Clara B. Martins; Joana D. Ferreira; Maria J. Correia; Lília M.A. Santos; et al. "Inhibition of Bacterial and Fungal Biofilm Formation by 675 Extracts from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria". Antibiotics (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/8/2/77.
    10.3390/antibiotics8020077
  22. DE OLIVEIRA, ELANE D. CUNHA; DA CUNHA, ALAN C.; DA SILVA, NATALINA B.; CASTELO-BRANCO, RAQUEL; MORAIS, JOÃO; SCHNEIDER, MARIA PAULA C.; FAUSTINO, SILVIA M. M.; RAMOS, VITOR; VASCONCELOS, VITOR. "Morphological and molecular characterization of cyanobacterial isolates from the mouth of the Amazon River". Phytotaxa 387 4 (2019): 269. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.387.4.1.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.387.4.1
  23. Mantzouki, Evanthia; Lürling, Miquel; Fastner, Jutta; de Senerpont Domis, Lisette; Wilk-Wo´zniak, Elzbieta. "Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins". Toxins 10 4 (2018): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins10040156.
    10.3390/toxins10040156
  24. Mantzouki, E.; Campbell, J.; van Loon, E.; Visser, P.; Konstantinou, I.; Antoniou, M.; Giuliani, G.; et al. "A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins". Scientific data 5 (2018): 180226-180226. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85055198053&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/sdata.2018.226
  25. Ramos, V.; Morais, J.; Castelo-Branco, R.; Pinheiro, Â.; Martins, J.; Regueiras, A.; Pereira, A.L.; et al. "Cyanobacterial diversity held in microbial biological resource centers as a biotechnological asset: the case study of the newly established LEGE culture collection". Journal of Applied Phycology (2018): 1-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040077018&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10811-017-1369-y
  26. Ramos V; Morais J; Vasconcelos VM. "A curated database of cyanobacterial strains relevant for modern taxonomy and phylogenetic studies.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28440791.
    10.1038/sdata.2017.54
  27. Morais, J.; Martins, A.; Vale, M.; Vasconcelos, V.. "Assessment of cyanobacterial toxinogenic genotypes and estimation of toxin content in urban lakes". Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 23 8 (2014): 1867-1873. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906508130&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  28. Vasconcelos, V.; Morais, J.; Vale, M.. "Microcystins and cyanobacteria trends in a 14 year monitoring of a temperate eutrophic reservoir (Aguieira, Portugal)". Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13 3 (2011): 668-672. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952531445&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c0em00671h
  29. Morais, J.; Augusto, M.; Carvalho, A.P.; Vale, M.; Vasconcelos, V.M.. "Cyanobacteria hepatotoxins, microcystins: Bioavailability in contaminated mussels exposed to different environmental conditions". European Food Research and Technology 227 3 (2008): 949-952. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44949219509&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00217-007-0779-5
Manual
  1. Morais, João. Manual para a avaliação da qualidade biológica da água. Guia de utilização da tabela de valores-guia normalizados de biovolumes e determinação do biovolume através de procedimentos laboratoriais. Portugal: Instituto da Água, I.P.. 2011.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Morais, João. "Avaliação do Risco de Ocorrência de Cianobactérias Tóxicas nos Lagos do Parque da Cidade do Porto". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2009.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Morais, João. 2021. "HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS, PROCESS AND USES THEREOF".

Other

Other output
  1. Chlorosphaerolactylates A-D: The Natural Chlorinated Lactylates Isolated from the Portuguese Cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis Sp. LEGE 00249. 2020. Ignacio Gutiérrez-del-Río; Nelly B. de Fraissinette; Raquel Castelo-Branco; Flavio Oliveira; João Morais; Saúl Redondo-Blanco; Claudio J. Villar; et al. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.11619873.v1.
    10.26434/chemrxiv.11619873.v1
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/01 Atividade bioestimulante de microalgas e cianobactérias para fins agrícolas
Supervisor of Ana Azevedo Freire da Silva
 Mestrado em Aplicações em Biotecnologia e Biologia Sintética (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021 - 2021 Vogal of the evaluation commission for the attribution of one (1) work contract vacancy to a Technician ( MIRRI Polo Norte TS 2021-051) in the framework of Projeto MIRRI Polo Norte - Consórcio do Norte da infraestrutura portuguesa para a investigação em Recursos Microbianos com a referência 84445 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal European Union

NORTE 2020, Portugal 2020 e União Europeia através do FEDER, e pela FCT

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - 2020 Awakening the sleeping beauty: OSMaC strategies for the production of new compounds Beatriz Maria Dias Ramos
2017 - 2018 Manipulation of cyanobacterial culture conditions to increase the production of bioactive compounds for the treatment of obesity and related diseases David Duarte Costa Fernandes
Distinctions

Award

2020 Toxins 2020 Best Paper Award
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2015 Scholarship for the CYANOCOST and NETLAKE Training School 2015. Evian Les Bains, France, 10-14 May