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Telma Fernandes is a postdoctoral researcher in the BELIS project (Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability) at ITQB NOVA. She graduated with honors in Biochemistry (2011, 91% percentile, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro) and completed an MSc in Bioinformatics (2013, University of Minho), earning an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to conduct her thesis at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. She integrated the international PhD program “Plants for Life” and joinded the PRPlants lab at ITQB NOVA. Her research spans plant molecular biology and bioinformatics, with experience in omics data analysis. She has contributed to diverse projects, including developing molecular tools to protect olive trees from pests (ProtectOlive and EndoBio), exploring antibiotic resistance in wastewater (StARE), protect rice against abiotic stresses (FilliGRAIN-PROTECT) and uncovering powdery mildew resistance in Lathyrus sativus (Lat-E(asy) pisi). During her career, she trained students, collaborated across disciplines, and advanced research on rice DELLA regulation. Telma has co-authored 13 publications (5 as first author, including 1 book chapter) in Q1 journals and actively participated in 7 research projects at national and European levels. She has presented her work at 16 conferences, earning awards for “Best Oral” (2022) and “Best Poster” (2023). Her outreach activities, including "ITQB Open Days" and "Fascination of Plants Day," demonstrate her commitment to public science communication and inspiring future researchers. With her multidisciplinary expertise in plant molecular biology, bioinformatics and plant physiology Telma is dedicated to advancing sustainable agriculture through innovative research.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Telma Cristina Oliveira Fernandes

Nomes de citação

  • Fernandes, Telma

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
A41C-5189-7E46
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5954-5609

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • tfernandes@itqb.unl.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

  • Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB-NOVA), 2480-157, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia Molecular
  • Ciências Agrárias - Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas - Produção e Proteção de Plantas

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2018/03/01 - 2024/03/26
Concluído
 International PhD program in Plant Sciences - Plants for Life (Doutoramento)
Especialização em Plants Sciences
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
"Regulation of DELLA rice protein interactors and their influence on plant development" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2011/10/01 - 2013/10/31
Concluído
 Bioinformatics (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Analysis of Subpopulation Proteomics and principal stress investigation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 as a step towards deciphering population heterogeneities under varying environmental conditions" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 16
2008/09/01 - 2011/07/31
Concluído
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Evaluation of the effect of anesthesia with Propofol in rats on oxidative stress hepatic enzymes" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 16
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2024/08/26 - Atual Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/01/02 - 2018/02/28 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2016/01/31 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2023/10/15 - 2023/11/15 Exchange period at IAS-CSIC Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Espanha
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/08 - 2017/09/22 Exchange period at the Pruden Laboratory Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Estados Unidos
Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2024/08/26 - 2025/08/27 BELIS - Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability
101081878-2
Investigador Pós-doutorado
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Agence Europe SA
Em curso
2023/10/01 - 2024/08/16 Lat-E(asy) pisi Durable resistance against the causal agent of powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.): Exploring transcriptomic variation to develop molecular breeding tools for legumes
064/BI/2023
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2022/08/01 - 2023/08/30 FilliGRAIN-PROTECT Using the power of plant signal-integration to protect grain filling from stress
PTDC/ASP-PLA/1920/2021
10.54499/PTDC/ASP-PLA/1920/2021
Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação
BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2017/01/01 - 2018/02/28 STARE Stopping Antibiotic Resistance Evolution
PTCRIS: 138542
WaterJPI/0001/2013
Bolseiro de Investigação
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Joint Programming Initiative Water Challenges for a Changing World
Concluído
2014/02/01 - 2016/01/31 PROTECTOLIVE Olive crop protection in sustainable production under global climatic changes: Linking ecological infrastructures to ecosystem functions¿
EXCL/AGR-PRO/0591/2012
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Funcional de Plantas, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluído
2014/01/01 - 2015/01/01 EndoBio - Isolation and selection of endophytic fungi from olive tree for the biological control of Colletotrichum acutatum and Verticillium dahlia
PTDC/AGR-PRO/4354/2012
Colaborator
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Fernandes, Telma; Gonçalves, Nuno M.; Matiolli, Cleverson C.; Rodrigues, Mafalda A. A.; Barros, Pedro M.; Oliveira, M. Margarida; Abreu, Isabel A.. "SUMOylation of rice DELLA SLR1 modulates transcriptional responses and improves yield under salt stress". Planta 260 6 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-024-04565-1.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s00425-024-04565-1
  2. Costa, Daniela; Fernandes, Telma; Martins, Fátima; Pereira, José A.; Tavares, Rui M.; Santos, Pedro M.; Baptista, Paula; Lino-Neto, Teresa. "Illuminating Olea europaea L. endophyte fungal community". Microbiological Research 245 (2021): 126693. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2020.126693.
    10.1016/j.micres.2020.126693
  3. Marano, Roberto B.M.; Fernandes, Telma; Manaia, Célia M.; Nunes, Olga; Morrison, Donald; Berendonk, Thomas U.; Kreuzinger, Norbert; et al. "A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants". Environment International 144 (2020): 106035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106035.
    Aceite para publicação • 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106035
  4. Grehs, Bárbara W.N.; Lopes, Ana Rita; Moreira, Nuno F.F.; Fernandes, Telma; Linton, Maria A.O.; Silva, Adrián M.T.; Manaia, Célia M.; Carissimi, Elvis; Nunes, Olga C.. "Removal of microorganisms and antibiotic resistance genes from treated urban wastewater: A comparison between aluminium sulphate and tannin coagulants". Water Research 166 (2019): 115056. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115056.
    10.1016/j.watres.2019.115056
  5. Rocha, Jaqueline; Fernandes, Telma; Riquelme, Maria V.; Zhu, Ni; Pruden, Amy; Manaia, Célia M.. "Comparison of Culture- and Quantitative PCR-Based Indicators of Antibiotic Resistance in Wastewater, Recycled Water, and Tap Water". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 21 (2019): 4217. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214217.
    10.3390/ijerph16214217
  6. Iakovides, I.C.; Michael-Kordatou, I.; Moreira, N.F.F.; Ribeiro, A.R.; Fernandes, T.; Pereira, M.F.R.; Nunes, O.C.; et al. "Continuous ozonation of urban wastewater: Removal of antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and antibiotic resistance genes and phytotoxicity". Water Research 159 (2019): 333-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.025.
    10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.025
  7. Fernandes, Telma; Vaz-Moreira, Ivone; Manaia, Célia M.. "Neighbor urban wastewater treatment plants display distinct profiles of bacterial community and antibiotic resistance genes". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 11 (2019): 11269-11278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04546-y.
    10.1007/s11356-019-04546-y
  8. Krzeminski, Pawel; Tomei, Maria Concetta; Karaolia, Popi; Langenhoff, Alette; Almeida, C. Marisa R.; Felis, Ewa; Gritten, Fanny; et al. "Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance spread: A review". Science of The Total Environment 648 (2019): 1052-1081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.130.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.130
  9. Rodríguez-Chueca, Jorge; Giustina, Saulo Varella della; Rocha, Jaqueline; Fernandes, Telma; Pablos, Cristina; Encinas, Ángel; Barceló, Damià; et al. "Assessment of full-scale tertiary wastewater treatment by UV-C based-AOPs: removal or persistence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes?". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26043.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.223
  10. Félix, Luís M.; Correia, Fernando; Pinto, Pedro A.; Campos, Sónia P.; Fernandes, Telma; Videira, Romeu; Oliveira, M.M.; Peixoto, Francisco P.; Antunes, Luís M.. "Propofol affinity to mitochondrial membranes does not alter mitochondrial function". European Journal of Pharmacology 803 (2017): 48-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.03.044.
    10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.03.044
  11. Rejili, M.; Fernandes, T.; Dinis, A.M.; Pereira, J.A.; Baptista, P.; Santos, S.A.P.; Lino-Neto, T.. "A PCR-based diagnostic assay for detecting DNA of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, in the gut of soil-living arthropods". Bulletin of Entomological Research 106 5 (2016): 695-699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000748531600050x.
    Publicado • 10.1017/s000748531600050x
Capítulo de livro
  1. Fernandes, Telma; Melo, Fredilson; Vieira, Maria Beatriz; Lourenço, Tiago F.; Pucciariello, Chiara; Saibo, Nelson J. M.; Abreu, Isabel A.; Oliveira, M. Margarida. "Screening for Abiotic Stress Response in Rice". In Environmental Responses in Plants, 161-194. Springer US, 2022.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_12
Poster em conferência
  1. Fernandes, Telma; Belo, Joana; 031A-1146-2A2A; Pereira, Vanessa; Valente, Carina; Escórcio, Rita. "Assessing Single-Use Plastic Consumption in a Multidisciplinary Research Institute for a More Sustainable Science". Trabalho apresentado em Green Labs Portugal Symposium: Promoting sustainability in Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 2023.
  2. Fernandes, Telma; Flores-Tornero, María; Sapeta, Helena; Becker, Jorg D.; Isabel A. Abreu. Autor correspondente: Isabel A. Abreu. "OsSLR1 interactors OsbHLH089 and OsbHLH094 are crucial for rice pollen development". Trabalho apresentado em Iberian Plant Biology meeting, Braga, Portugal, 2023.
  3. Fernandes, Telma; Nuno Gonçalves; Isabel A. Abreu. Autor correspondente: Isabel A. Abreu. "Novel putative interactors for OsSLR1 and the effect of OsSLR1 SUMOylation". Trabalho apresentado em Plant Biology Worldwide Summit. Virtual Meeting., 2021.
  4. Simões, Alexandra S; Almeida, Sónia T; Valente, Carina; Tiago Touret; Lança, João; Ana R. Cruz; Queirós, Miguel; Sá-Leão, Raquel; Rafic Nordin. "Preventing COVID-19 outbreaks through active screening of civil servants - A partnership between local government, a primary-care center and a research institute". Trabalho apresentado em Microbiotec Symposium, 2021.
    Pessoal de suporte
  5. Simões, Alexandra S; Almeida, Sónia T; Valente, Carina; Tiago Touret; Lança, João; Ana R. Cruz; et al. "A partnership between local government, a primary-care center and a research institute to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks through active screening of civil servants in a Portuguese municipality". Trabalho apresentado em ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID) - ESCMID COVID-19 Webinar, 2020.
    Pessoal de suporte
  6. Fernandes, Telma; Nuno Gonçalves; Isabel A. Abreu. "Rice only DELLA protein interacts with OsbHLH089 and OsbHLH094 to modulate JA signaling". Trabalho apresentado em 10th ITQB NOVA Ph.D. Students' Meeting., 2020.
  7. Fernandes, Telma; Vaz-Moreira, Ivone; Célia M. Manaia. "Microbial community and antibiotic resistance genes distribution in different urban wastewater treatment plants effluents". Trabalho apresentado em Microbiotec Symposium, Porto, Portugal, 2017.
  8. Fernandes, Telma; Daniela Costa; Diogo Mina; Teresa Gomes; Fátima Martins; Rui Tavares; José Alberto Pereira; Paula Baptista; Lino-Neto, Teresa. Autor correspondente: Lino-Neto, Teresa. "The endophytic microbiome of distinct cultivars presents different susceptibilities to the most common Olea europaea diseases". Trabalho apresentado em miCROPe (Microbe-assisted crop production – Opportunities, challenges & needs) International Symposium, Vienna Austria, 2015.
  9. Fernandes, Telma; Ana M Dinis; Mokhtar Rejil; José A Pereira; Baptista, Paula; Sonia AP Santos; Lino-Neto, Teresa. Autor correspondente: Lino-Neto, Teresa. "Digestion profiles of olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) by predators using qPCR". Trabalho apresentado em International Plant Protection Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2015.
  10. Costa, Daniela; Fernandes, Telma; Martins, Fátima; Baptista, Paula; Lino-Neto, Teresa. "Identification of endophytic microorganisms from Olea europaea L. for the biological control of Colletotrichum acutatum and Verticillium dahliae". Trabalho apresentado em International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC) 2015, Berlin (Germany), 2015.
  11. Costa, Daniela; Fernandes, Telma; Lino-Neto, Teresa. "Detection of endophytic fungus in different cultivars of Olea europaea L.". Trabalho apresentado em XXXIX Portuguese Genetics Conference, 2015.
  12. Fernandes, Telma; Ana M Dinis; Daniela Costa; José A Pereira; Paula Baptista; Sónia AP Santos; Lino-Neto, Teresa. Autor correspondente: Lino-Neto, Teresa. "Detection of olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) DNA for designing a biocontrol strategy.". Trabalho apresentado em XXXIX Portuguese Genetics Conference, Braga, Portugal, 2015.
  13. Mokhtar Rejil; Ana M Dinis; Fernandes, Telma; José A. Pereira; Paula Batista; Sonia AP Santos; Lino-Neto, Teresa. Autor correspondente: Lino-Neto, Teresa. "Diagnostic PCR for detecting DNA of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi)". Trabalho apresentado em XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society, Coimbra, Portugal, 2014.
Pré-impressão
  1. Marques, Rita Maravilha; Fernandes, Telma; Barros, Pedro M; Leitäo, Susana T.; Rubiales, Diego; Vaz Patto, Maria Carlota; Santos, Carmen. "Comparative transcriptomics of Lathyrus sativus reveals accession-specific resistance responses against Erysiphe pisi". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.23.624375.
    10.1101/2024.11.23.624375
  2. Fernandes, Telma; Barros, Pedro M; Flores-Tornero, Maria; Carvalho, Pedro; Sapeta, Helena; Becker, Jörg D; Abreu, Isabel A. "OsbHLH089 and OsbHLH094 Modulate OsSLR1 Levels to Maintain Male Reproductive Fitness in Rice". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.24.624999.
    10.1101/2024.11.24.624999
Tese / Dissertação
  1. "Regulation of DELLA rice protein interactors and their influence on plant development". Doutoramento, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, 2024.
  2. Fernandes, Telma. "Analysis of Subpopulation Proteomics and principal stress investigation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 as a step towards deciphering population heterogeneities under varying environmental conditions". Mestrado, Universidade do Minho, 2013.
  3. Fernandes, Telma. "Evaluation of the effect of anesthesia with Propofol in rats on oxidative stress hepatic enzymes". Licenciatura, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 2011.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2022/04/21 Novel putative OsSLR1 interactors: OsbHLH089 and OsbHLH094 and their possible implication on reproduction and embryo development 12th ITQB NOVA PhD Students' Meeting
ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal)
2014 Detection of predation of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) by field-caught arthropods using PCR analysis XVIII Congress of the Portuguese Biochemical Society
Portuguese Biochemical Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014 Analysis of Subpopulation Proteomics and principal stress investigation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 as a step towards deciphering population heterogeneities under varying environmental conditions VII Biochemistry Conference
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
2018/04/01 - 2018/11/09 Organizing committee member of the 9th ITQB NOVA Ph.D. Students' Meeting. This meeting allow all PhD students from ITQB NOVA to share their PhD work. We also invited speakers to share their experience with all ITQB NOVA community. (2018/11/07 - 2018/11/09)
Encontro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2019/10/26 - Atual Volunteer ITQB NOVA Open Day 2019 - ITQB NOVA opens its doors for a day full of activities for people of all ages to share our science and bring together the scientific community and the general public
Exposição
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/05/18 - Atual Volunteer at the Fascination of Plants Day 2019 - Share with the general public about the importance of plant science for agriculture, in sustainability producing food, as well as for horticulture and forestry.
Exposição
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2024/06/19 - 2024/06/21 Participation on the genome-wide association study course
Oficina (workshop)
2024/05/18 - 2024/05/18 Volunteer at the Fascination of Plants Day 2024 - Share with the general public about the importance of plant science for agriculture, in sustainability producing food, as well as for horticulture and forestry.
Exposição
 Fascination of Plants Day 2024
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/05/23 - 2023/05/23 Volunteer ITQB NOVA Open Day 2023 - ITQB NOVA opens its doors for a day full of activities for people of all ages to share our science and bring together the scientific community and the general public
Exposição
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/07/18 - 2022/07/18 Invited speaker in a round table about “Life in the Lab” . This event aimed to approach undergraduate students from Portugal and abroad about the research activities that are developed at the institute.
Oficina (workshop)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/06/22 - 2022/06/30 ITQB NOVA COVID-19 Volunteer Working Group
Outro
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/02 Volunteer ITQB NOVA COVID-19 saliva tests for Oeiras schools
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Volunteer at the European Researchers' Night 2021, Oeiras.
Exposição
 European Researchers' Night 2021
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/04/20 - 2021/04/30 Volunteer in Conversation with Scientists: Decades of Science for vaccine days – Online Sessions promoted by Ciência Viva
Oficina (workshop)
 Conversation with Scientists: Decades of Science for vaccine days – Online Session
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Participation on the MaxQuant Summer School 2021 online course
Oficina (workshop)

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2023/08 - Atual NOVA Green Lab - aims to connect NOVA laboratories to share the vision of sustainable research and implement eco-friendly practices in the laboratory
2022/06 - Atual Green Labs - Portugal - Bringing together laboratories across Portugal to share sustainable laboratory practices to drive changes in the Portuguese research community, towards more environmentally aware research practices.
2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31 InteraQB member. InteraQB is a group within ITQB NOVA with the mission to promote interaction between researchers from different fields in the scientific community.
2020/01 - 2022/09 Ph.D. representative in the Pedagogical Council at ITQB NOVA

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2023/11/01 - 2024/01/31 BSc student Marta Rodrigues
2021/05 - 2022/06 MSc student Rita Henriques
2019 - 2019 MSc student Alice Martins
2017 - 2017 PhD student Ian Zammit
2017 - 2017 PhD student Iakovos C. Iakovides
2017 - 2017 PhD student Bárbara Grehs
2016 - 2016 MSc student Daniela Costa
Distinções

Prémio

2023 Best poster presentation - Iberian Plant Biology 2023. Braga, Portugal
2022 Best oral presentation - 12th ITQB NOVA PhD Students' Meeting, Oeiras, Portugal