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My scientific activity currently focuses on Ectomycorrhizal fungi, Molecular biology, Forestry and Environmental Biotechnology. For the past years (2017-2019) I worked as a research grant at ESB of UCP in the European project UrbanMycoServe which focused in the improvement of urban trees’ health using ectomycorrhizal fungi. Currently I’m a PhD student (2020-now) in Biotechnology at ESB of UCP, and my project focus in the improvement of the health status of Portuguese autochthonous trees in urban context, using innovative techniques of inoculation of ectomycorrhizal fungi.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cindy Serafim

Citation names

  • Serafim, Cindy

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5C16-E3DB-C1D6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7625-7131

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31
Ongoing
 Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Fungos ectomicorrízicos ; árvores urbanas ; biologia molecular
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
"Análise do efeito da Cetamina no desenvolvimento embrionário de peixe-zebra (Danio rerio) por avaliação da expressão génica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2012
Concluded
 Genética e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal
"Estudo do polimorfismo da região ITS do DNA ribossomal em Pinus sylvestris L." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/05/01 - 2019/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/05/01 - 2019/12/31 Urbanmycoserve - Understanding and Managing Urban Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Communities to Increase the Health and Ecosystem Service Provisioning of Urban Trees
BIODIVERSA/0009/2015
Research Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2013/08/01 - 2015/01/01 Zebrafish (Danio rerio) anaesthesia and potential implications in research - reduction, replacement and refining techniques/procedures.
PTDC/CVT-WEL/4672/2012
Other
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências da Vida e do Ambiente, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2012/01/01 - 2012/05/01 Pinheiro-silvestre em Portugal: o extremo sudoeste ou apenas o fim?
PTDC/AGR-CFL/110988/2009
Other
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Van Geel, Maarten; Yu, Kang; Peeters, Gerrit; van Acker, Kasper; Ramos, Miguel; Serafim, Cindy; Kastendeuch, Pierre; et al. "Soil organic matter rather than ectomycorrhizal diversity is related to urban tree health". PLOS ONE 14 11 (2019): e0225714. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225714.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0225714
  2. Félix, L.M.; Vidal, A.M.; Serafim, C.; Valentim, A.M.; Antunes, L.M.; Monteiro, S.M.; Matos, M.; Coimbra, A.M.. "Ketamine induction of p53-dependent apoptosis and oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos". Chemosphere 201 (2018): 730-739. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043517573&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.049
  3. Yu, K.; Van Geel, M.; Ceulemans, T.; Geerts, W.; Ramos, M.M.; Serafim, C.; Sousa, N.; et al. "Vegetation reflectance spectroscopy for biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution in urban soils". Environmental Pollution 243 (2018): 1912-1922. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054572907&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.053
  4. Van Geel, M.; Yu, K.; Ceulemans, T.; Peeters, G.; van Acker, K.; Geerts, W.; Ramos, M.A.; et al. "Variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa) within and across urban areas". FEMS microbiology ecology 94 12 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056272104&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/femsec/fiy207
  5. Félix, L.M.; Serafim, C.; Valentim, A.M.; Antunes, L.M.; Matos, M.; Coimbra, A.M.. "Apoptosis-related genes induced in response to ketamine during early life stages of zebrafish". Toxicology Letters 279 (2017): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85025172761&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.07.888
  6. Félix, L.M.; Serafim, C.; Martins, M.J.; Valentim, A.M.; Antunes, L.M.; Matos, M.; Coimbra, A.M.. "Morphological and behavioral responses of zebrafish after 24 h of ketamine embryonic exposure". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 321 (2017): 27-36. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013752088&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.taap.2017.02.013
  7. Félix, L.M.; Vidal, A.M.; Serafim, C.; Valentim, A.M.; Antunes, L.M.; Campos, S.; Matos, M.; Monteiro, S.M.; Coimbra, A.M.. "Ketamine-induced oxidative stress at different developmental stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos". RSC Advances 6 66 (2016): 61254-61266. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84976869545&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c6ra08298j
  8. Félix, L.M.; Serafim, C.; Valentim, A.M.; Antunes, L.M.; Campos, S.; Matos, M.; Coimbra, A.M.. "Embryonic Stage-Dependent Teratogenicity of Ketamine in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)". Chemical Research in Toxicology 29 8 (2016): 1298-1309. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982279770&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00122
Distinctions

Other distinction

2016 Merit-based Grant diploma
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal