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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francisco João Baptista Pinto da Cunha
Date of birth
1997/04/10
Gender
Male

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
471B-BDBD-5319
Education
Degree Classification
2025/10 - 2025/11
Concluded
 Introduction to R for Data Analysis (Post-Bachelor's Specialization)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 18
2024/03/05 - 2024/03/26
Concluded
 Biostatistics (Post-Bachelor's Specialization)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/12
Concluded
 Marine Sciences - Marine Resources (Master's Degree)
Major in Aquaculture and Fisheries
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Understanding the effects of intensive production systems on Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) mucosal health" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2023/05
Concluded
 Certification of Handling and Use of Animal Models in Science (Post-Bachelor's Specialization)
Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2017/09 - 2020/06
Concluded
 Marine Biology (Licenciate Degree)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/11/18 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2025/02/11 - 2025/08/11 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
2024/01/13 - 2025/01/13 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/07/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2022/12/15 - 2023/05/15 Master's Internship Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Aquacria Arousa S.L. (SeaEight), Spain
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Pimentel, Christopher; Reis, Bruno; Pinto-Cunha, Francisco; Silva-Brito, Francisca; Azeredo, Rita; Costas, Benjamin. "Chronic thermal stress compromises innate immunity in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a comparative analysis of plasma and molecular markers". Paper presented in National Aquaculture Meeting CIMAR-LA (ENAQUA25), 2025.
  2. Peixoto, Diogo; Saraiva, M.; Pinto-Cunha, Francisco; FERNANDEZ-BOO, SERGIO; Costas, Benjamin. Corresponding author: Peixoto, Diogo. "Dynamics of Yersinia ruckeri infection by cohabitation in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): influence of inoculation route and shedders-to-cohabitant ratios". Paper presented in European Aquaculture Society, 2025.
  3. Pimentel, Christopher; Reis, Bruno; Pinto-Cunha, Francisco; Silva-Brito, Francisca; Azeredo, Rita; Costas, Benjamin. "Assessing how transport induced acute stress in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss juveniles may reveal potential welfare biomarkers". Paper presented in European Aquaculture Society 2025, 2025.
  4. Peixoto, MJ; Pinto-Cunha, Francisco; Espregueira Themudo, Gonçalo; Reis, Bruno; Barreto, André; Rui J. M. Rocha; Costas, Benjamin. "Evaluating Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Assessing Responses to Acute Transport Stress In Atlantic Salmon Salmo Salar Smolts". Paper presented in World Aquaculture Society Meetings - AQUA 2024, 2024.
  5. Espregueira Themudo, Gonçalo; Reis, B.; Pinto-Cunha, Francisco; Pimentel, Christopher; Barreto, André; Rui J. M. Rocha; Simó-Mirabet, Paula; Martos-Sitcha, Juan Antonio; Costas, Benjamin. "Comparative transcriptomics across Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Smolts, European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax and Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss undergoing acute stress induced by transport". Paper presented in World Aquaculture Society Meetings - AQUA 2024, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Cabano, Miguel; Richard, Nadège; Schulthess, Julie; Ramos-Pinto, Lourenço; Pinto-Cunha, Francisco; Peixoto, MJ; Aragão, Cláudia; Costas, Benjamin. "Dietary 1.3-1.6 Yeast ß-Glucans Enhance Immune Response and Disease Resilience in European Seabass Challenged with Tenacibaculum maritimum". Frontiers in Immunology, section Nutritional Immunology 17 (2026):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1798375
  2. Tiago da Santa Lopes; Benjamin Costas; Lourenço Ramos-Pinto; Christopher Pimentel; Francisco Pinto-Cunha; Patrick Reynolds; Albert K.D. Imsland; Cláudia Aragão; Jorge M.O. Fernandes. "Can lysine and branched-chain amino acids improve lumpfish health and stress resilience?". Aquaculture Reports (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2025.103235.
    10.1016/j.aqrep.2025.103235
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Understanding the effects of intensive production systems on Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) mucosal health". Master, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2023.

Other

Dataset
  1. Miguel Cabano; Nadège Richard; Julie Schulthess; Lourenço Ramos-Pinto; Francisco Pinto-Cunha; Maria João PEIXOTO; Cláudia Aragão; Benjamin Costas. Dietary 1.3-1.6 Yeast ß-Glucans Enhance Immune Response and Disease Resilience in European Seabass Challenged with Tenacibaculum maritimum. 2026.
    10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.31852756