Identificação
Identificação pessoal
- Nome completo
- Rodrigo da Silva Costa
Nomes de citação
- Costa, Rodrigo
Identificadores de autor
- Ciência ID
- 5917-D500-D251
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5932-4101
Telefones
- Telefone
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- 218417339 Ext.: 1339 (Profissional)
Moradas
- Av Rovisco Pais 1, Instituto Superior Técnico, Dep. de Bioengenharia, Alameda Campus, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Profissional)
Websites
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=poZe7rwAAAAJ&hl=en (Profissional)
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-4101 (Profissional)
- www.facebook.com/MicroEcoEvo/ (Rede social)
- https://ibb.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/RC.html (Profissional)
- https://publons.com/researcher/1323852/rodrigo-da-silva-costa/ (Profissional)
Domínios de atuação
- Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia
Idiomas
Idioma | Conversação | Leitura | Escrita | Compreensão | Peer-review |
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Português (Idioma materno) | |||||
Inglês | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) | Utilizador proficiente (C2) |
Alemão | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) |
Formação
Grau | Classificação | |
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2002 - 2006
Concluído
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Natural Sciences (Doctor)
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Alemanha
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Magna cum laude |
1999 - 2001
Concluído
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Ecology (Master)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Summa cum laude |
1995 - 1998
Concluído
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Biological Sciences (Bachelor)
Especialização em Ecology
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Cum laude (8.4 in 10) |
Percurso profissional
Ciência
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2014/10 - 2016/03 | Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2008/10 - 2013/09 | Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação) | Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal | ||
2006/08 - 2008/09 | Pós-doutorado (Investigação) | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Países Baixos |
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Países Baixos |
Docência no Ensino Superior
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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2020/08/01 - Atual | Professor Associado (Docente Universitário) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2016/04 - Atual | Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal |
Projetos
Bolsa
Designação | Financiadores | |
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2022/01/01 - Atual | ChicoBionts - Harnessing the catalyst power of host-microbe interactions: a quest for novel chitinases from octocoral symbionts
EXPL/BIA-MIC/0286/2021
Investigador
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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2019/10 - 2021/09 | “SymbioReactor: sustainable production of bioactive metabolites from microbial symbionts of marine sponges and corals”
FA_05_2017_032
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Direção-Geral de Política do Mar - Ministério do Mar
Em curso
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2018/08 - 2021/07 | MicroControl: Exploiting the healing capacity of nature´s microbiomes for improved fish larviculture"
031996
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal |
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Em curso
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2016/07 - 2020/06 | Harnessing the power of the microbial metamobilome: using marine sponges as models to uncover novel biotechnological appliances
from symbiont communities
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2015/01 - 2015/12 | Functional and taxonomic profiling of microbial communities in caves of the Algarve, Southern Portugal
Not applicable
Orientador
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National Speleological Foundation |
2014/08 - 2015/08 | Deciphering the codes of communication between marine sponges and their symbionts: an integrative metabolomics-transcriptomics
approach (additional support for Europe)
Investigador
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VolkswagenStiftung
Concluído
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2014/03 - 2015/08 | Illuminating the metabolism of foundational and elusive microbial symbionts in benthic ecosystems: a cultivation-independent
quest for Hahellaceae (Gammaproteobacteria, Oceanospirillales) genomes
EXPL/MAR-EST/1664/2013
Orientador
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Concluído
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2013/06 - 2015/05 | Single cell genomics and metagenomics-aided cultivation of the unculturable: uncovering the function and metabolic features
of Acidobacteria symbionts of marine sponges
Investigador responsável
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluído
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2011/06 - 2014/12 | Waterborne seaweed metabolites as a green solution for antimicrobial therapy in aquaculture
112792
Investigador
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Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) |
2014/06 - 2014/08 | Will an increase in extreme temperature anomalies limit the ability of marine organisms to adapt to long-term climate change
AdaptChange
Orientador
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Research Executive Agency
Concluído
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2012/01 - 2013/12 | Rules of attraction: unveiling bacterial behavior in a host-driven chemical sphere
daad130764425719792
Investigador responsável
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Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) |
2010/04 - 2013/10 | Global climate change and pollution: a synergy designed for disaster?
Investigador
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Universidade de Coimbra |
2011/09 - 2013/08 | SEAWEED AD: anaerobic digestion of seaweed for biofuels
274373
Investigador
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Research Executive Agency |
2010/01 - 2013/06 | Unlocking the bacterial diversity encrypted in the metagenomes of marine sponges
Investigador responsável
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Universidade de Coimbra |
Projeto
Designação | Financiadores | |
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2019/03 - 2024/02 | GEBA - Genomic Encyclopeadia of Bacteria and Archaea
GEBA - Genomic Encyclopeadia of Bacteria and Archaea
Investigador
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Estados Unidos
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DOE Joint Genome Institute
Em curso
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2020/08 - 2022/07 | Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project
Investigador
Wellcome Sanger Institute, Reino Unido
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Wellcome Sanger Institute
Em curso
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Outro
Designação | Financiadores | |
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2012 - 2014 | Sponge Microbiomes in Times of Global Change - A Contribution to the “Earth Microbiome Project"
DE-AC02-06CH11357
Investigador
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Concluído
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Produções
Publicações
Artigo em conferência |
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Artigo em revista |
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Artigo em revista (magazine) |
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Recurso online |
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Tese / Dissertação |
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Outros
Outra produção |
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Atividades
Apresentação oral de trabalho
Título da apresentação | Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento) |
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2019 | Functional signatures of the microbiomes of octocorals in health and disease. | Microbiotec19
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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2019 | The microbiome of keratose marine sponges: diversity, function and biotechnology. | Prokaryotic Research and Development Program Meeting, Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI)
Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC-Berkeley, USA (Estados Unidos)
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2019 | The MicroEcoEvo bacterial culture collection | Genomic Encyclopaedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA, edition VI) kick-off meeting
Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI), Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC-Berkeley, USA (Reino Unido)
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2019 | Functional signatures of the microbiomes of octocorals in health and disease | Science & Technology Seminar, Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI)
Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC-Berkeley, USA (Estados Unidos)
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2018 | Versatile nutrient exchange and host detoxification and chemical defence capacities in the cultivable microbial dark matter of marine sponges | 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology
(Leipzig, Alemanha)
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2018 | On the road towards predicting microbial systems: Is modelling guiding the right way? Round table panelist | 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME17)
(Alemanha)
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2018 | Exploring the depths of microbial diversity: Metagenomics | International Microorganism Day
Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)
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2018 | Metagenomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome – Illuminating the evolution and metabolism of symbiotic Alphaproteobacteria | Mini-Symposium “Networking and cooperation in Microbial Ecology”
Julius Kühn Institute (Braunschweig, Alemanha)
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2018 | The Microcontrol project: strategies and protocols for microbiome manipulation of fish | 1st Workshop on Beneficial Microorganisms for Marine Organisms (BMMO)
UFZ-Leipzig (Alemanha)
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2018 | The microbiome of keratose marine sponges: diversity, function and biotechnology | Encontro Ciência 2018
FCT (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2018 | Metagenomic insights into the marine sponge microbiome – Illuminating the evolution and metabolism of symbiotic Alphaproteobacteria | iBB seminar series
Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)
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2018 | The microbiome of keratose marine sponges: diversity, function and biotechnology | Elixir-Excelerate Workshop on Marine Metagenomics
Instituto Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal)
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2018 | The microbiome of keratose marine sponges: diversity, function and biotechnology | Seminar Series
Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores (Portugal)
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2017 | Multi-omics and laboratory-assisted evaluation of the chitin-degrading capacities of gorgonian coral-associated bacteria | Microbioec17
(Portugal)
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2017 | Comparative metagenomics reveals unique life strategies of the endosymbiotic consortium inhabiting the iconic bath sponge Spongia officinalis | 14th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology
(Reino Unido)
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2017 | Diversity, function and biotechnology of marine microbial communities - a metagenomics perspective | Ciclo de Conferências redeMAR - Qual o Potencial e o Impacto da Biotecnologia Marinha nas Ciências Médicas e Farmacêuticas?
University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2017 | Meeting the aliens: morphogenesis induction of the green alga Ulva mutabilis by bacterial symbionts of marine sponges | 1st AquaRio workshop on marine microbiome diversity and manipulation
Rio de Janeiro Federal University (Brasil)
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2017 | Use of an oligrotrophic culture medium enables captivation of diverse alphaprobacterial lineages from the marine sponge Spongia officinalis | 3rd Annual Conference of the interdisciplinary thematic network redeMAR - Ocean and Future(s)
University of Lisbon (Portugal)
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Orientação
Título / Tema Papel desempenhado |
Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização |
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2022/06/22 - Atual | Sustainable production of bioactive metabolites from octocoral symbionts. MIT-Portugal PhD programme.
Coorientador de Joana F. Couceiro
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Programa Doutoral em Biotecnologia e Biociências (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/05/01 - Atual | Microbiome therapy for improved coral health and reef resilience
Orientador
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Biotechnology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/01/01 - Atual | Deciphering the roles of the prokaryotic rare biosphere in the Arctic Ocean under climate change”. PhD Programme in Biology,
Faculty of Sciences, Porto University, Portugal.
Coorientador
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PhD Program in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2020/09 - Atual | Exploiting the healing capacity of nature´s microbiomes for improved fish well-being in aquaculture
Orientador de André Magalhães
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Microbiology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/03 - Atual | Cracking the code: exploring the virome of the marine sponge S. officinalis.
Orientador
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Molecular and Microbioal Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2020 - Atual | Chitin degradation capacities of synthetic microbial communities
Orientador
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Bioengineering (Doutoramento)
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bélgica
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2018 - Atual | Secondary metabolite biosynthesis by Aquimarina species: emerging properties and bioactivities from the rare marine biosphere
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018 - Atual | Astrobiology analyses of icy biomes as a proxy for extra-terrestrial life in icy moons
Coorientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - Atual | Deciphering the coding potential of mobile genetic elements (the “mobilome”) in the microbiomes of marine sponges and corals
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - Atual | Use of environmentally-sustainable procedures to prevent disease incidence in fish larviculture
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/02 - 2021/01 | Discovering the polar microbiome: structure and diversity of prokaryotic communities in ice and seawater along a salinity
gradient in the Subarctic.
Orientador de Joana Couceiro
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Bioengineering (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Assessment of antimicrobial activities of marine bacteria against human pathogens
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Assessment of anticancer activities in marine sponge- and coral- associated bacteria
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Tackling the diversity of the marine microbial rare biosphere: methodological challenges and ecological insights
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Addressing the relationship between Staphylococcus aureus abundance in the human skin microbiome and atopic dermatitis: a
metagenomics approach
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Chitinolytic activity of bacterial symbionts from the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Chitin breakdown by bacterial symbionts of marine sponges: integrating experimental and genomics approaches
Coorientador
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Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bélgica
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2017 - 2018 | Bacterial diversity of the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata: how much can we cultivate?
Orientador
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2013 - 2018 | Metagenomics and functional genomics of bacterial symbionts of Spongia (Porifera, Dictyoceratida) specimens from the Algarvian
shore (South Portugal)
Orientador
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | A bioinformatic approach to the pathogenic potential of Vibrio crassostreae in marine sponges and corals
Orientador
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Approaching the mutualistic versus pathogenic duality in symbiotic Vibrio species: a comparative genomics endeavor
Orientador
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2015 - 2016 | Diversity and specificity of the marine sponge microbiome inspected by next generation sequencing
Orientador
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2014 - 2015 | Worldwide diversity of sponge-associated Acidobacteria
Orientador
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2013 - 2014 | The potential of Asparagopsis armata to control the bacterial load associated to live feed to improve Seabream (Sparus aurata)
larvae performance
Coorientador
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2010 - 2014 | Microbiome diversity and composition in the phylogenetically related marine sponges Sarcotragus spinosulus and Ircinia variabilis
Orientador
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Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2012 - 2013 | Molecular characterization of microbial communities in marine sponges and green algae: structural and functional aspects
Orientador
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Organização de evento
Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) |
Instituição / Organização | |
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2019/05/26 - 2019/05/30 | Chair of the 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO15, https://www.bageco.org/). Lisbon, May 26-30, 2019. (2019/05/26 - 2019/05/30) |
Curso / Disciplina lecionado
Disciplina | Curso (Tipo) | Instituição / Organização | |
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2020 - Atual | Founder, coordinator and main teacher of the new Curricular Unit “Microbiomes” (6 ECTS, 2nd semester since 2019/20). | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2016 - Atual | Teaches theory and practicals in the Curricular Unit “Functional and Comparative Genomics”. | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2016 - Atual | Teaches theory in the Curricular Unit “Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics”. | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2016 - Atual | Teaches lab practicals in the Curricular Units “Molecular Biotechnology” and “Genetic Engineering”. | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2016 - Atual | Coordinator and main teacher of the Curricular Unit “Fundamentals of Ecology”. | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2016 - Atual | Teaches lab practicals in the Curricular Unit “Microbiology”. | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | |
2016 - Atual | Teaches lab practicals in the Curricular Unit “Molecular Biology and Biochemistry”. | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Membro de associação
Nome da associação | Tipo de participação | |
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2015 - Atual | Ambassador of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) in Portugal (since 2015 - https://www.isme-microbes.org/ambassadors). | Senior Ambassador |
Membro de comissão
Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação |
Instituição / Organização | |
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2019 - Atual | Invited Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (since 2019). |
Distinções
Prémio
2020 | Excellent Teacher, Curricular Unit Microbiomes, Class of 2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019 | “Excellent Teacher”, Fundamentals of Ecology Class of 2018/19
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2015 | Ambassador of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) in Portugal (since 2015 - https://www.isme-microbes.org/ambassadors). |
2015 | Independent Research Scientist Contract under the “FCT Investigator” Programme, Portugal (2015)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2008 | Independent Research Scientist Contract under the FCT “Ciência 2007” Programme, Portugal (2008-2013)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2006 | Magna cum laude mentioning on Ph.D. Diploma. Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany (2006)
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Alemanha
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2001 | “Excellent” (“A”) grade on M.Sc. studies. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2001)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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1998 | Cum laude mentioning on B.Sc. Diploma (grade: 8.4 in 10). Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1998)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Outra distinção
2019 | Rated “Excellent” in the last evaluation of performance of teaching staff at IST-ULisbon (2019).
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019 | Chair of the 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO15, https://www.bageco.org/). Lisbon, May 26-30, 2019. |
2019 | Invited affiliate (Research Scientist) of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Department of Energy of the USA, Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI), Berkeley, USA (since 2019). |
2019 | Invited Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (since 2019). |
2013 | Research Article Highlight (Editor Choice) in FEMS Microbiology Ecology, September 2013 Issue, for “Molecular richness and biotechnological potential of bacteria cultured from Irciniidae sponges in the Northeast Atlantic” (corresponding author). |
2009 | Supervisor of the PhD Grant proposal by Cristiane C.P. Hardoim, ranked #1 nationwide by the Biological Sciences evaluation panel of FCT |