Michael Viegas (AC1C-93D9-7A83)

Curriculum Vitae

Michael Viegas

Michael Viegas. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Biologia Molecular e Microbiana in 2012 by Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Doutoramento in Ciência Animal in 2020/06/01 by Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar and Licenciatura in Bioquímica in 2007 by Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas. Is Contracted Researcher in S2AQUAcoLAB. Published 11 articles in journals. Co-supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Other in 2 project(s), PhD Student Fellow in 2 project(s), Research Technician Fellow in 3 project(s) and Researcher in 8 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Cell Biology, Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Fishery and Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Nutrition, Dietetics. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Microbiologia; Aquacultura; Ácidos gordos; Células; Ossos; Ciência animal e dos lacticínios; Animal and Dairy science; Ciências agrárias::Ciência animal e dos lacticínios; Agrarian Sciences::Animal and Dairy science; BMP-signaling; BMP2/4/16 subfamily; Bone morphogenetic proteins; Evolution; Gene expression; Retinoic acid; Manganese; Growth; Zinc; Post larvae; Solea senegalensis .; Malformations; Osteotoxicity; Zebrafish Danio rerio; Operculum growth; Skeletal deformities; Caudal fin regeneration; Signaling pathways; Polyunsaturated; Cell proliferation; Trace minerals; Vitamins; Cell culture; Mineralization; Gilthead seabream; Fish nutrition; Dietary lipid sources; Prostaglandin E2; Bone metabolism; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Michael Viegas

Citation names

Viegas, Michael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AC1C-93D9-7A83
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0152-213X
Scopus Author Id: 36505309900

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nutrition, Dietetics
Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/06/01 Concluded	Ciência Animal (Doutoramento) Major in Área de especialidade: Nutrição Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "Fine tuning the nutrition of marine fish larvae and juveniles for enhanced growth and skeletal development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012 Concluded	Biologia Molecular e Microbiana (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal "Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the proliferation and extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression of gilthead seabream skeletal cell lines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007 Concluded	Bioquímica (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal "Characterization of a bone derived cell culture, Xl1, with in vitro mineralization capability" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
	S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/12/31	Researcher (Research)	Sparos Lda, Portugal
	Sparos Lda, Portugal
2008/08 - 2014/12	Research Assistant (Research)	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019/11 - 2021/10	Smart Feeding Systems for Hatcheries 863709 Researcher Sparos Lda, Portugal	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2019/09/30	LARVAMIX- Development of a micronutrient premix to optimize marine fish larvae diets ALG-01-0247-FEDER-017925 PhD Student Fellow Sparos Lda, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31	Optimal trace minerals nutrition in fish larvae and juveniles for enhanced growth and immune status PDE/BDE/113672/2015 PhD Student Fellow Sparos Lda, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/02 - 2014/06	AQUATOX - Assessment of mineralogenic toxicity of aquatic pollutants PTDC/MAR/112992/2009 Research Technician Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/10 - 2012/01	Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories 227799 Research Technician Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Research Infrastructures Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30	Innovative tools for contracted research in aquaculture nutrition ALG-01-0247-FEDER-047175 Researcher Sparos Lda, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2019/09 - 2021/11	Microalgae As a Green source for Nutritional Ingredients for Food/Feed and Ingredients for Cosmetics by cost-Effective New Technologies 745754 Researcher Sparos Lda, Portugal	European Union Concluded
2019/09 - 2021/04	Creating nutritious, safe and sustainable seafood for consumers of tomorrow 773400 Researcher Sparos Lda, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Concluded
2008/08/01 - 2011/12/31	Dietary fatty acids as modulators of bone metabolism in gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata - FATTYBONE PTDC/MAR/70855/2006 Research Technician Fellow Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022 - 2026	MISSÃO INTERFACE 01/C05-i02/2022.P148 Researcher	Ongoing
2022 - 2025	REALM - Desbloquear o potencial das algas para uma próspera bioeconomia azul europeia HORIZONTE-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-09 Researcher	Ongoing
2022 - 2025	Vertical Algas SP5 - ALGAFEED - Functional Foods Derived from Algae for Improved Performance and Health in Aquaculture C644915664-00000026 Researcher
2022 - 2025	BIOBANCOS - BLUE BIOECONOMY INNOVATION PACT. C644915664-00000026 Researcher
2024 - 2024	CAPTAQUA - Technical Training in Aquaculture PT-INNOVATION-0110 Trainer	Concluded
2023 - 2023	BLUE ROUTE - Preparing the new ocean economy 2030 EEA.BG.CALLS5.022.2020 Trainer S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Machado, Marina; Fernández-Boo, Sergio; Teixeira, Carla; Viegas, Michael; Serradeiro, Renata; Dias, Jorge; Costas, Benjamín; Masagounder, Karthik. "DL-Methionyl-DL-Methionine (AQUAVI® Met-Met)- an efficient additive in promoting zootechnical performance, antioxidant response and methionine-related pathways in whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)". Paper presented in Animal Health Symposium, Matosinhos, 2021. Almeida, Catarina S.; Castanho, Sara; Silva, Anaisa; Mendes, Ana C.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Viegas, Michael; Dias, Jorge; Baptista, Teresa M. C.; Laura Ribeiro. "Antioxidant enzymes activities in the liver of sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, juveniles fed diets with different levels of vitamins.". Paper presented in IMMR'18 \| International Meeting on Marine Research, 2018. 10.3389%2Fconf.FMARS.2018.06.00041
Conference paper	Silva, Nadia; Roberto, Vania; Viegas, Michael. "Using the zebrafish as a screening tool for Senegalese sole Aquaculture Nutrition: Insights from macroalgae ethanolic extracts as a natural source of Vitamin K1". Paper presented in 5th AquaImprove Aquaculture Research Workshop, 2020. Roberto, Vania; Martins, Gil; Mata, Leonardo; Viegas, Michael; Miguel, Graça; Gavaia, P. "Zebrafish dietary supplementation as a screening tool for Aquaculture Nutrition and Human disease: Insights from macroalgae ethanolic extracts as a natural source of Vitamin K1". Paper presented in 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2020. Roberto, Vania; Martins, Gil; Viegas, Michael; Gavaia, P. "DNA methylation signatures of Vitamin K-related genes as Cancer Biomarkers: lessons from the Zebrafish". Paper presented in 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2020. Dias, J.; Colen, Rita; Rodrigues, V.; Aragão, C.; Engrola, S.; Viegas, Michael; Laizé, Vincent; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Cancela, Leonor. "Effect of variable levels of dietary cholesterol and plant sterols on the growth performance and bone metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles". 2012. Dias, J.; Rodrigues, V.; Colen, Rita; Rosa, Joana; Viegas, Michael; Cardeira Da Silva, João; Cancela, Leonor; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Laizé, Vincent. "Dietary lipid quality regulates bone composition and metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles". 2011.
Conference poster	Castanho, Sara; Laura Ribeiro; Margarida Gamboa; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; Rocha, Mafalda; Freitas, Inês; Viegas, Michael; et al. Corresponding author: Castanho, Sara. "Feeding different marine fish larvae species in aquaculture". Paper presented in 46 Larval fish conference, 2023. Rocha, Rui; Laranjeira, A; Sardinha, Manuel; Viegas, Michael; Dias, Jorge. "REFINED GLYCEROL IN FEEDS FOR WHITELEG SHRIMP (Penaeus vannamei)". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021. Silva, Nádia; Roberto, Vânia P.; Oliveira, Catarina; Mata, Leonardo; Viegas, Michael; Cabrita, Elsa; Gavaia, Paulo. "Implementation of macroalgae supplemented feed for Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) rearing". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe (EAS) 2021, 2021. Silvia, Nádia; Roberto, Vania; oliveira, catarina; Mata, Leonardo; Viegas, Michael; Cabrita, Elsa; Gavaia, P. Corresponding author: Silvia, Nádia. "Implementation of a macroalgae supplemented feed for Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) rearing". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021. Silva, Nádia; Sousa, R; Roberto, Vania; Viegas, Michael; Soares, F; Marques, Cátia L.; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Gavaia, P. "Effect of macroalgae dietary supplementation on the resistance to pathogens in Solea senegalensis". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021. Pereira, Gabriella; Gonçalves, Ana Teresa; Viegas, Michael; Teixeira, Carla; Paulo Rema; Dias, Jorge. Corresponding author: Pereira, Gabriella. "Growth and microbiome modulation in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed diets with variable protein sources". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021. Henriques, João; Valente, Afonso; Santos, André; Viegas, Michael; Morais, Maria; Pinto, Wilson; Dias, Jorge; Conceição, Luís Eugénio Castanheira da. "Improving Senagalese sole growth performance through low leaching microdiets.". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 21, 2021. "Dietary supplementation of organic trace minerals in commercially valuable marine fish larvae microdiets: effects on growth performance and bone status.". Paper presented in 31st Congress New European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018. "Effect of dietary manganese and zinc supplementation on growth and bone status of Senegalese sole post-larvae.". Paper presented in 18th edition of the International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF), 2018. Viegas, Michael; Pinto, Wilson; Aguiar, Carla; Salgado, M. A.; Almeida, A; Gavaia, P; Dias, Jorge. "Dietary manganese and zinc supplementation levels modulate growth and bone status of Senegalese sole post-larvae.". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2018. "Inorganic and organic dietary trace elements: effect on Solea senegalensis larvae growth and bone status". Paper presented in 7th Fish & shellfish larviculture symposium, 2017. "Dietary fluorochromes as a tool to assess mineral apposition rate in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae". Paper presented in 10th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2017. "Dietary trace elements in Solea senegalensis: effect of inorganic Vs. organic forms on fish larvae growth". Paper presented in SANFEED Animal science doctoral programme – III Workshop, 2016. "Using multiple fluorescent stains to assess bone growth in fish larvae.". Paper presented in SANFEED Animal science doctoral programme – I Workshop, 2015. "Osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants in zebrafish". Paper presented in 8th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2013. "Fish systems to assess osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2013. "BMP2, 4 and 16: A new evolutionary perspective". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2013. "Effect of variable levels of dietary cholesterol and plant sterols on the growth performance and bone metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles". Paper presented in XV International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 2012. "Essential fatty acids regulate cell proliferation, extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression in gilthead seabream pre-osteoblastic cells". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2011. "Effect of essential fatty acids on the proliferation and mineralization of gilthead seabream bonederived cell lines". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, 2010. "Comparative promoter analysis and its application in analysis of cartilage-expressed genes regulation". Paper presented in Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, 2009. "Computational identification of regulatory motifs in cartilage-expressed genes using zebrafish as an in vivo model". Paper presented in 16th National Congress of Biochemistry, 2008. "Characterization of a Xenopus laevis bone derived cell line, X1, capable of mineralizing in vitro". Paper presented in National congress Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, 2007.
Journal article	Viegas, Michael N.; Salgado, Maria A.; Aguiar, Carla; Almeida, Agostinho; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Dias, Jorge. "Effect of Dietary Inorganic and Chelated Trace Mineral Supplementation on the Growth Performance and Skeletal Deformities of European Seabass and Senegalese Sole Post-larvae". Biological Trace Element Research (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12011-023-03581-8. Published • 10.1007/s12011-023-03581-8 Machado, Marina; Fernández-Boo, Sergio; Teixeira, Carla; Viegas, Michael; Serradeiro, Renata; Dias, Jorge; Costas Refojos, Benjamín; Masagounder, Karthik. "DL-methionyl-DL-methionine as an efficient methionine source for promoting zootechnical performance and methionine-related pathways in the whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)". British Journal of Nutrition (2023): 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114522003579. Published • 10.1017/s0007114522003579 Viegas, Michael N.; Laizé, Vincent; Salgado, Maria A.; Aguiar, Carla; Dias, Jorge. "Effect of trace minerals and B vitamins on the proliferation/cytotoxicity and mineralization of a Gilthead Seabream bone–derived cell line". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14622. 10.1007/s12011-019-01939-5 Viegas, Michael N.; Salgado, Maria Antonia; Aguiar, Carla; Almeida, Agostinho; Gavaia, Paulo; Dias, Jorge. "Effect of dietary manganese and zinc levels on growth and bone status of Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis) Post-Larvae". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14658. 10.1007/s12011-020-02307-4 Tarasco, Marco; Cardeira Da Silva, João; Viegas, Michael; Caria, Joana; Martins, Gil; Gavaia, Paulo; Cancela, M. Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Anti-osteogenic activity of cadmium in zebrafish". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14538. 10.3390/fishes4010011 Laizé, V.; Gavaia, P.J.; Tarasco, M.; Viegas, M.N.; Caria, J.; Luis, N.; Cancela, M.L.. "Osteotoxicity of 3-methylcholanthrene in fish". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 161 (2018): 721-728. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048982079&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.06.035 Marques, Cátia L.; Fernández, Ignacio; Viegas, Michael N.; Cox, Cymon J.; Martel, Paulo; Rosa, Joana; Cancela, M. Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Comparative analysis of zebrafish bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4 and 16: molecular and evolutionary perspectives". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 73 4 (2015): 841-857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-015-2024-x. 10.1007/s00018-015-2024-x Marques, C.L.; Fernández, I.; Rosa, J.; Viegas, M.N.; Cancela, M.L.; Laizé, V.. "Spatiotemporal expression and retinoic acid regulation of bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4 and 16 in Senegalese sole". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30 4 (2014): 713-720. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904901749&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/jai.12539 Conceição, N.; Viegas, M.; Fidalgo, J.; Cancela, M.L.. "Development and characterization of Xl1, a Xenopus laevis chondrocyte-like cell culture". Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 373 1-2 (2013): 41-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871780280&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s11010-012-1473-x Viegas, M.N.; Dias, J.; Cancela, M.L.; Laizé, V.; Viegas, Michael; Cancela, Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Polyunsaturated fatty acids regulate cell proliferation, extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression in a gilthead seabream skeletal cell line". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28 3 (2012): 427-432. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861319375&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01994.x Conceição, N.; Cox, C.J.; Simões, B.; Viegas, M.; Cancela, M.L.. "Comparative promoter analysis and its application to the identification of candidate regulatory factors of cartilage-expressed genes". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26 2 (2010): 245-250. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954196316&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01415.x
Magazine article	Viegas, Michael; Dias, Jorge; Conceição, L.E.C.; Gavaia, Paulo; Laizé, Vincent. "Dietary B vitamins supplementation in microdiets for marine fish larvae: Can it bring advantages to performance and bone malformations?", Hatchery Feed and Management, 2020 Pinto, Wilson; Engrola, Sofia; Viegas, Michael; Dias, Jorge; Conceição, Luís Eugénio Castanheira da. "Trends in micro diets for fish larvae", HATCHERY Feed & Management, 2018, http://www.aquacase.org/other_information/docs/Hatcheryfeed%20vol%206%20issue%202%202018.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation	Michael Nogueira Viegas. "Fine tuning the nutrition of marine fish larvae and juveniles for enhanced growth and skeletal development". PhD, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127825. Viegas, Michael. "Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the proliferation and extracellular matrix mineralization and gene expression of gilthead seabream skeletal cell lines". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5597.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/03/14	How can nutrition impact skeletal malformations of fish larvae	ForLARVA 2023 Workshop SPAROS Lda. (Olhão, Portugal)
2022/09/30	IMPROVING MINERAL AND VITAMIN NUTRITION IN SENEGALESE SOLE	Aquaculture Europe 2022 (Rimini, Italy)
2021	Micronutrients	Fish Nutrition Course 2021 SPAROS Lda. (Olhão, Portugal)
2019/01	Novel ingredients to improve skeletal quality in Aquaculture	Workshop Current Perspectives In Aquaculture (Norway)
2018/09	Modulation of growth and bone status by dietary trace mineral supplementation in early stage Solea senegalensis	Animal science doctoral programme – V Workshop University of Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) (Porto, Portugal)
2017/09	Inorganic and organic dietary trace elements: effect on Dicentrarchus labrax larvae growth and bone status	Animal science doctoral programme – IV Workshop University of Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) (Porto)
2013/05	In vivo and in vitro fish systems to assess osteotoxicity of environmental pollutants	Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO) (Faro, Portugal)
2011/04	Dietary lipid quality regulates bone composition and metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles	Workshop in Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology (Portugal)
2008/04	Retinoic acid as an inhibitor of mineralization in a Xenopus laevis bone derived cell line	3rd International meeting of the portuguese society for stem cells and cellular therapy (SPCE-TC) (Portugal)
2007/11	Characterization of a Xenopus laevis bone derived cell line, X1, capable of mineralizing in vitro	National congress Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG (Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021	Investigating the correlation of microdiet physical properties with fish post-larvae performance Co-supervisor	Aquaculture, Environment and Society (Master)
2021 - 2021	Optimizing the nutritional composition of commercial diets for flatfish larvae Co-supervisor	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/02/16	Effect of Antioxidant and Pro-oxidant on Bone mineralization and Remodelling (Thesis) Arguer	Sunil Poudel (PhD) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2007	Honourable mention for oral communication National congress Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, Portugal