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Eureka!

Âncora 1
Interests and
scope area

My main research interest is to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity, adaptation and vulnerability of marine ectotherms subjected to global change stressors (gradual warming, heatwaves and hypoxia), based on systems-biology and macroevolutionary approaches. Specifically, I aim to discover the genomic basis of adaptation and the role of epigenetics in phenotypic trait plasticity in marine animals from temperate and tropical latitudes.

keywords

molecular biology

multi-omics

global change

marine ecosystems

tropical biology

eco-physiology

biodiversity conservation

macroevolution

biotechnology

Recent 
positions
Current position

​2020 - present

 

​Researcher at the Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, UCIBIO (Life Sciences Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology), under the FCT/CEEC program, with the project Ecophysiological plasticity of marine fauna in temperate and tropical coastal wetlands: A systems biology approach to predict the consequences of extreme climatic events; Ref: CEECIND/01526/2018.

 

 

Previous position

​2019 - 2020

 

​Post-doctoral researcher at SeaTox Lab at NOVA School of Science and Technology (https://sites.fct.unl.pt/seatox/home). Responsible for the development of multi-omics approaches and data analysis (including transcriptomics and proteomics) to characterize complex marine venom mixtures, biotoxin cloning and annotation.

Skills

Kinetic assays

Immunoassays

Gas chromatography

Mass spectrometry

Blotting

PCR

Histology

Electrophoresis

Habitat surveys

Aquatic life support systems

Laboratory animal science

Computational statistics

Experience
Along my academic career, I had 4 funded schoolarships, 6 research grants, 1 national project as PI, 1 transnational cooperation project (PT-DE) as PI, 1 european project as task leader, and I participated in 14 other research projects and two research cruises. I was awarded 2 prizes and 3 merit awards.
 
Overall, I have 32 published research papers (1.72 < IF < 15.46; H-index = 17; 729 citations) with over 35 co-authors from more than 25 institutions, 2 published theses, 1 book chapter, 2 magazine outreach articles, 4 conference papers, 44 posters and 34 oral communications in national and international congresses, including 15 invited talks.​
 
Additionally, I am a referee for 19 international peer-reviewed scientific journals and I have edited two special issues at the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. I am an evaluator for four funding agencies. I have also been a conference session chair for the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM, 2019) and for the Society of Experimental Biology (SEB, 2024).

I have supervised/co-supervised 9 MSc theses (Master in Biotechnology, Master in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, Master in Biochemistry. Master in Computational Biology & Bioinformations and Master in Applied Biology), 9 BSc internships (Bachelor in Molecular and Cell Biology and Bachelor in Biochemistry), 3 Erasmus internships and I am now supervising a PhD thesis (PhD in Biology) and 2 post-docs. I also leacture Molecular & Cellular Toxicology, Cell Biology and Introduction to Molecular Genetics at NOVA School of Science and Technology.
 
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