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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia de Castro Lavrador

Citation names

  • Lavrador, Ana S.
  • Lavrador, A. S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FB18-2E76-4D2E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1825-1564

Email addresses

  • aslavrador@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/12/01 - 2024/12/01
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Biologia Molecular e Ambiental (Doutoramento)
Major in Evolução, Biodiversidade e Ecologia
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
"Optimization of DNA metabarcoding for the early detection and improved monitoring of non-indigenous species (NIS) in Portuguese coastal ecosystems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/12/13
Concluded
 Mestrado em Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Molecular tools for labelling and monitoring Bacillus subtilis probiotics in vivo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2016/02/12
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Application of cross-species microsatellite markers in sexual selection studies with Gammarus locusta L. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/03/01 - 2020/11/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2019/05/15 - 2019/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2016/04 - 2016/08 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/04 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/03/01 - 2020/09/01 Deteção precoce e monitorização de espécies não-indígenas (NIS) em ecossistemas costeiros baseadas em ferramentas de sequenciação de alto débito
PTDC/BIA-BMA/29754/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/05/15 - 2019/12/31 Do peixe-zebra à corvina: o uso de macro- e microalgas como alimentos funcionais
PTDC/CVT-WEL/5207/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02 - 2018/12 Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) as fish meal substitute in diets for meagre (Argyrosomus regius): growth, digestibility and gut health
PP-IJUP2017-SOJA DE PORTUGAL-33
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Lavrador, Ana S.; João Tadeu Silva Fontes; Pedro Emanuel Ferreira dos Reis Vieira; Filipe José Oliveira Costa; Duarte, Sofia. "Compilation, revision, and annotation of DNA barcodes of marine invertebrate non-indigenous species (NIS) occurring in European coastal regions". Paper presented in I Simpósio PHDBIO, 2023.
  2. Lavrador, Ana S.; Fábio G. Amaral; Jorge Moutinho; Pedro E. Vieira; Filipe O. Costa; Duarte, Sofia. "Detection and monitoring of non-indigenous invertebrate species in recreational marinas through DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton communities in the north of Portugal". Paper presented in MetaZooGene Symposium, 2022.
  3. Lavrador, Ana S.. "NIS-DNA: Early detection and monitoring of non-indigenous species (NIS) in coastal ecosystems based on high-throughput sequencing". Paper presented in 2022 Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award, 2022.
  4. Fábio Amaral; Ana Sofia Lavrador; Sofia Duarte; Filipe Costa; Pedro Vieira. "Detection and monitoring of invertebrate non-indigenous species through DNA metabarcoding in a recreational marina of the Northwest of Portugal". Paper presented in International Conference on DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity, 2022.
    10.3897/aca.5.e87557
  5. Jorge Moutinho; Ana S. Lavrador; Pedro E. Vieira; Filipe O. Costa; Sofia Duarte. "Assessing the seasonal dynamics of zooplankton in a recreational marina of the northwest of Portugal through multi-marker DNA metabarcoding". Paper presented in International Conference on DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity, 2022.
    10.3897/aca.5.e87492
  6. Lavrador, Ana S.; Fábio G. Amaral; Pedro E Vieira; Filipe O. Costa; Duarte, Sofia. "Surveillance of non-indigenous invertebrate species through DNA metabarcoding in recreational marinas in the North and Center of Portugal". Paper presented in 1st DNAQUA International Conference, 2021.
    10.3897/aca.4.e64900
  7. Lavrador, Ana; Monteiro, Marta; Rangel, F.; Couto, Ana; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Taffala, C.; Enes, Paula ; Díaz Rosales, P.. "In vitro cytotoxic, antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of micro and macroalgae extracts". Paper presented in 4th AquaImprove Workshop, 2019.
  8. Lavrador, Ana S.; Santos, Rafaela; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Ana Couto; Cláudia Alexandra Reis Serra. "Molecular tools for Bacillus probiotics monitoring in fish gut". Paper presented in IMMR, 2018 – International Meeting on Marine Research, 2018.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2018.06.00130
  9. Santos, Rafaela; Couto, André; Lavrador, Ana S.; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Enes, Paula ; Serra, Cláudia. "Snack for fish: sporeformers and their natural antimicrobial compounds as a knowledgeable approach to control fish diseases". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2016 Conference, 2016.
  10. Lavrador, Ana; Vânia Costa; Neuparth, Teresa; Monteiro, Nuno (7613-2F98-AF89). "Application of Cross-Species Microsatellite Markers in Sexual Selection Studies with Gammarus locusta L.". Paper presented in IJUP - Encontro Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Lavrador, Ana S.; Fontes, João T.; Vieira, Pedro E.; Costa, Filipe O.; Duarte, Sofia. "Compilation, Revision, and Annotation of DNA Barcodes of Marine Invertebrate Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Occurring in European Coastal Regions". Diversity 15 2 (2023): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020174.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/d15020174
  2. Couto, A.; Serra, C.R.; Guerreiro, I.; Coutinho, F.; Castro, C.; Rangel, F.; Lavrador, A.S.; et al. "Black soldier fly meal effects on meagre health condition: gut morphology, gut microbiota and humoral immune response". Journal of Insects as Food and Feed (2022): 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/jiff2021.0082.
    Published • 10.3920/jiff2021.0082
  3. Monteiro, Marta; Lavrador, Ana S.; Oliva-Teles, Aires; Couto, Ana; Carvalho, António Paulo; Enes, Paula; Díaz-Rosales, Patricia. "Macro- and microalgal extracts as functional feed additives in diets for zebrafish juveniles". Aquaculture Research 52 12 (2021): 6420-6433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.15507.
    10.1111/are.15507
  4. Vieira, Pedro E.; Lavrador, Ana S.; Parente, Manuela I.; Parretti, Paola; Costa, Ana C.; Costa, Filipe O.; Duarte, Sofia. "Gaps in DNA sequence libraries for Macaronesian marine macroinvertebrates imply decades till completion and robust monitoring". Diversity and Distributions 27 10 (2021): 2003-2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13305.
    10.1111/ddi.13305
  5. Monteiro, M.; Lavrador, A. S.; Santos, R.; Rangel, F.; Iglesias, P.; Tárraga, M.; Couto, A.; et al. "Evaluation of the Potential of Marine Algae Extracts as a Source of Functional Ingredients Using Zebrafish as Animal Model for Aquaculture". Marine Biotechnology 23 4 (2021): 529-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-021-10044-5.
    10.1007/s10126-021-10044-5
  6. Duarte, Sofia; Vieira, Pedro E.; Lavrador, Ana S.; Costa, Filipe O.. "Status and prospects of marine NIS detection and monitoring through (e)DNA metabarcoding". Science of The Total Environment 751 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141729.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141729
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ana Sofia de Castro Lavrador. "Molecular tools for labelling and monitoring Bacillus subtilis probiotics in vivo". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/118663.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/19 Seasonal variation of non-indigenous invertebrate species in recreational marinas in the Northwest of Portugal using DNA metabarcoding: impact of sample type IV International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics (IMPSG)
Portuguese Society of Genetics (Braga, Portugal)
2023/09 Seasonal variation of non-indigenous invertebrate species in recreational marinas in the north of Portugal using DNA metabarcoding: impact of sample type ICES Annual Science Conference 2023
ICES
2020/12/11 Deteção de espécies de invertebrados não-indígenas na marina de Viana de Castelo através do uso de DNA metabarcoding XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
2020/12/09 Surveillance of non-indigenous invertebrate species in recreational marinas in the North and Center of Portugal through DNA metabarcoding 10th edition of TiBE - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution
2019 Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) meal as a fish meal substitute in diets for meagre (Argyrosomus regius): effects on gut microbiota 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto
2018 Molecular tools for labelling and monitoring Bacillus subtilis probiotics in vivo 3rd AquaImprove Workshop

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/12/18 - 2018/12/18 3 rd AquaImprove - Aquaculture Research Workshop: The AQUAIMPROVE Workshop aims to promote the presentation and debate of recent research advances in aquaculture-related topics in Portugal and is directed to students, researchers, academic community, and stakeholders. (2018/12/18 - 2018/12/18)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/02 - Current ECUM's (School of Sciences of the University of Minho) young scientists (master's or doctoral students in the development phase of their theses, or post-docs), will travel to schools, where they will make a presentation to secondary school students, talking about the research they carry out: how it is their daily life in the laboratory, their basic training, personal trajectory and perspectives for the future. Students will also have the opportunity to ask questions to researchers and learn more about ECUM's educational offer.
Other
 Investigadores voltam à escola
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 R Sessions - With the raise of bioinformatic and ecological tools, knowing some degree of programming languages is essential for any researcher in life sciences. R (https://www.r-project.org/about.html), a programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, is heavily used in biological and ecological sciences, and therefore, a must have in any researcher portfolio.
Other
 R Sessions
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Course in Analysing Data generated from Molecular Techniques - E-learning program to learn how to analyse DNA, RNA and protein sequences through various computer programs and online software widely used during research in molecular biology, genetics, genomics, ecology, biodiversity and taxonomy.
Other
 Course in Analysing Data generated from Molecular Techniques
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/07/01 - 2017/07/15 Monitora da Universidade Júnior na Universidade do Porto: ensinar estudantes do 9º ao 11º ano durante o Verão em Projeto na Atividade “Bactérias, antibióticos e resistência: Vamos descobrir o que os liga?” (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 1st Place in the 2018 Edition of the Business Ignition Programme (BIP)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência Center for Research in Advanced Computing Systems, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Honorable Mention in the 2022 Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award