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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Usié Chimenos

Citation names

  • Usié, Ana
  • Usié, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0514-DE42-4619
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3364-9434

Email addresses

  • ana.usie@cebal.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 284314399 Ext.: 01107 (Professional)

Addresses

  • CEBAL -Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo. Rua Pedro Soares, s.n. - Campus IPBeja / ESAB. Apartado 6158, 7801-908, Beja, Beja, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Catalan (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
English Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/03/03 - 2023/03/31
Concluded
 Train the trainer (Outros)
Elixir UK , United Kingdom
2022/02/21 - 2022/11/17
Concluded
 Ready for BioData Management?: Data Stewardship for Life Sciences Training Program (Outros)
Major in Data stewerdship
BioData.pt, Portugal
2014/01/28
Concluded
 Programa de Doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde. (Doutoramento)
Major in Bioinformática
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
"Development of computational tools to assist in the reconstruction of molecular networks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum Laude
2010 - 2011
Concluded
 Teacher of leisure activities for children and young people (Outros)
Escola de formació de minyons escoltes i guies de Catalunya, Spain
2010
Concluded
 Master's degree in Engineering of Free Software (Master)
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
"Biblio-MetReS: A bibliometric network reconstruction application and server" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 8.44 over 10
2010
Concluded
 Senior Computer Engineering degree (Master)
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
"Aproximaciones distribuidas para problemas de satisfactibilidad" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 8.08 over 10
2007/09 - 2008/01
Concluded
 Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude (CAP) (Outros)
Major in Docência
Institut de Ciencies de l'Educació (ICE), Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2007
Concluded
 Technical Engineering in Computer Management degree (Graduado)
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
"Diseño e implementación de una aplicación para informatizar la empresa Tot Hivern S.L." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 6.9 over 10
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/03/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2020/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2020/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2015/11/01 - 2016/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2015/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - Current Integrated Researcher MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
2017 - Current Collaborative Research Member Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida), Spain
Systems biology and statistical methods for biomedical research, Spain
2014/03 - Current Administration and management of the website of CEBAL Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2014/03 - Current Administration and management of the technical computer service Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2016/12/20 - 2019/12/31 Integrated Researcher Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2008/01/01 - 2015/04/30 Administration and management of the website for the Master of Integrated Production of Crops (PIC) Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2009/10/15 - 2014/01/31 Ph.D Student in Bioinformatics. Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2011/07/01 - 2011/12/31 Short Stay as a Ph. D student. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Spain
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/12 - Current SOS Prodehesa Montado - MODELOS DE SOSTENIBILIDAD INTEGRAL Y RESILENCIA DE LA DEHESA-MONTADO FRENTE A LAS AMENAZAS CLIMÁTICAS.
0086_SOS_Prodehesamontado_4_E
Researcher
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ongoing
2022/04 - Current CEEC Institucional - Contrato Programa
DOI:10.54499/CEECINST/00100/2021/CP2774/CT0001
CEECINST/00100/2021/CP2774/CT0001
Researcher
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 ARIES - The variation of Iberian sheep under domestication: an archaeogenetics study
2022.04843.PTDC
Researcher
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 CHANGE - Instituto para as Alterações Globais e Sustentabilidade
LA/P/0121/2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/09/01 - 2022/03/31 Programa de Potenciação de Transferência de Tecnologia do CEBAL-Reforço de Capital Humano Altamente Qualificado de Interface
ALT20-05-3559-FSE-000076
Researcher
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2021/03/01 - 2021/06/30 Link Me Up - 1000 ideas - Co-creation Project: Local & Digital
Local & Digital
01/SIAC/2020
Mentor & Stakeholder representative
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Concluded
2020/02/01 - 2020/08/31 SelectPinea - Development of genetic markers for traits of interest in Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000041
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2016/09/01 - 2020/01/31 SelectPorAl - Genomic selection and improvement of productive traits in the Alentejo Pig
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000032
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas
UID/AGR/00115/2019
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/11/01 - 2016/08/31 Genomics and Bioinformatics applied to Portuguese plant and animal genetic resources.
IF/01015/2013/CP1209/CT0001
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/03/01 - 2015/06/30 GenoSuber – sequencing cork oak’s genome
ALENT-57-2011-20
Researcher
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
 Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2010 - 2014/01/28 METRES (METABOLIC RECONSTRUCTION SERVER DESARROLLO Y APLICACION EN EN ESTUDIO DE PRINCIPIOS DE DISEÑO BIOLOGICO
BFU2010-17704
PhD Student Fellow
España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
2009/10/15 - 2010 Desarrollo y aplicacion de metodologias computacionales integradas para Biologia Molecular de Sistemas.
BFU2007-62772/BMC
PhD Student Fellow
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
 España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Gaspar, Daniel; Halpin, Aine; Mattiangeli, Valeria; Silvia de Lima Guimaraes Chiarelli; Sarmento, Cindy; Daly, Kevin; Usié, A.; et al. "An archaeogenetics study of Iberian sheep from the Roman Period (Poster presentation)". Paper presented in 10th ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics & Morphometrics Group Meeting. https://agpm2023.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/ICAZ_AGPM_Munich_book_FINAL_4.pdf, Munich, 2023.
  2. Gaspar, D.; Bruno-de-Sousa, C.; Dias-de-Oliveira, A.; Oliveira, F.; Guerreiro, F.; Guerreiro, R.; Pires, Ana Elisabete; et al. "Genomic Study of the Portuguese Native Curra Algarvia Sheep Breed (Oral communication)". Paper presented in XXIV Simposio Iberoamericano Conbiand| I SIMPOSIO REZGEN-IBA. https://conbiand.site/?page_id=3234, Veracruz, 2023.
    Published
  3. Gaspar, Daniel; Ginja, C.; Leão, C.; Monteiro, H.; Tábuas, L.; Branco, S.; Padre, L.; et al. "Genome-wide association study of footrot in Portuguese native Merino (Poster presentation)". Paper presented in 39th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference. https://www.isag.us/2023/, Cape Town, 2023.
    Published
  4. Gaspar, Daniel; Gonzalez-Prendes, R.; Usié, A.; Silvia de Lima Guimaraes Chiarelli; Pires, Ana Elisabete; Bruno de Sousa, C.; Makgahlela, M.L.; et al. "Genomic characterization of the Portuguese Mertolenga cattle". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP). September 5th to 9th. (Oral communication), Porto, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-937-4
  5. Gaspar, Daniel; Usié, A.; Leão, C.; Matos, Claudino António Pereira de ; Ramos, António Marcos; Ginja, C.. "Whole-genome analysis of diversity and population structure in Portuguese native sheep breeds". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP). September 5th to 9th. (Oral communication), Porto, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-937-4
  6. Gaspar, Daniel; Magalhães, H.; Usié, A.; Ginja, Catarina; Leão, C.; Matos, C.; Ramos, A.M.. "Genomic characterisation of Portuguese native sheep breeds". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production - EAAP (Poster presentation), 2020.
    Published
  7. Ramos, António Marcos; Gaspar, Daniel; Leão, Célia; Antunes, M; Magalhães, H; Usié, Ana. "Whole genome sequencing analysis as a powerful tool to dissect the genomic architecture of indigenous Portuguese pig and sheep breeds". Paper presented in IV Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura, Évora, 2019.
  8. Brígida Meireles; Gaspar, Daniel; Usié, A.; Pedro Barbosa; Paula Scotti; José Semedo; Pais, I; et al. "The wheat non-coding transcriptome during the response to heat stress". Paper presented in Workshop Seleção genómica em trigo, Santarém, 2018.
  9. Cachucho, L.; Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Albuquerque, A.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; Gaspar, D.; et al. "Characterization of carcass composition and meat quality traits of Alentejano pigs finished under free-range conditions - Preliminary results". Paper presented in 4th Fatty Pig Science & Utilization International Conference, Badajoz, 2017.
    Published
  10. Karathia, H.; Usié, Ana; VIlaprinyó, E.; Solsona, F.; Teixidó, I.; Sorribas, A.; Alves, R.. "Homol-MetReS: A web application for integration between molecular systems biol-ogy and evolutionary biology". Paper presented in XI Jornadas de Bioinformática, Barcelona, 2012.
    Published
  11. Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Teixidó, I.; Karathia, H.; Alves, R.; Solsona, F.. "Biblio-MetReS: A bibliomic network reconstruction application and server". Paper presented in XI Jornadas de Bioinformática, Barcelona, 2012.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Usié, A.; Mendes, B.; Antunes, M.; Leão, C; Marum, L.; Ramos, A.M.. Corresponding author: Usié, A.. "Transcriptome Characterization of Different Tissues of Stone Pine (Pinus pinea L.): de novo Assembly". Paper presented in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Plant Sciences-10th Anniversary of Journal Plants, 2021.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/IECPS2021-11937
  2. Mendes, B.; Usié, A.; Capote, T.; Meireles, B.; Almeida, T.; Marum, L.; Gonçalves, S.; Ramos, A.M.. Corresponding author: Usié, A.. "Quercus suber transcriptome analyses: identification of genes and SNPs related to cork quality". Paper presented in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Plant Sciences - 10th Anniversary of Journal Plants, 2021.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/IECPS2021-11916
  3. Cachucho, L.; Albuquerque, A.; Usié, A.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; Gaspar, D.; et al. "Composição da carcaça e caracterização físico-química de músculo de porco Alentejano acabado em montanheira – resultados preliminares". Paper presented in XX Congresso de Zootecnia, Vila Real, 2018.
    Published
  4. Chaves, I.; Genosuber Consortium. "The Genosuber project: initial sequencing and annotation of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.) genome". Paper presented in IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference “Forests: the importance to the planet and society”, Florence, 2015.
    Published
  5. Usié, A.; Cruz, J.; Comas, J.; Solsona, F.; Alves, R.. "A tool for the identification of chemical entities (CheNER-BioC)". Paper presented in IV BioCreative Challenge Evaluation Workshop., Bethesda, MD, 2013.
  6. Teixidó, Ivan; Usié, Anabel; Lérida, Josep Ll.; Solsona, Francesc; Comas, Jorge; Torres, Nestor; Karathia, Hiren; Alves, Rui. "P-Biblio-MetReS, a parallel data mining tool for the reconstruction of molecular networks". Paper presented in 20th European MPI Users' Group Meeting, Madrid, 2013.
    10.1145/2488551.2488586
  7. Abdelli, O.; Usié, A.; Karathia, H.; Vilaplana, J.; Solsona, F.; Alves, R.. "Parallelizing Biblio-MetReS, a data mining tool". Paper presented in XXII Jornadas de Paralelismo, La Laguna (Tenerife), 2011.
  8. Blanco, H.; Lérida, J.L.; Guirado, F.; Usié, A.. "Modelo de asignación de tareas en entornos multicluster heterogéneos y no dedicados". Paper presented in XX Jornadas del paralelismo, A Coruña, 2009.
Conference poster
  1. Gaspar, D.; Silvia de Lima Guimaraes Chiarelli; Usié, A.; Fonseca, A.; Valera, António Carlos; Fernández-Rodríguez, C.; Bruno de Sousa, Carolina; et al. "ARIES - The variation of Iberian sheep under domestication: an archaeogenetics study". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology. https://enbe2023.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/, 2023.
  2. Paulino, A.; Fernandes, I.; Usié, A.; Pires, R.C.; Santos, J.; Faustino, Ana; Brás, T.; et al. "RNA-Seq analysis at two different developmental stages of Cynara cardunculus". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  3. Gaspar, D.; Halpin, A.; Mattiangeli, V.; Guimarães, S.; Sarmento, C.; Daly, K.; Usié, A.; et al. Corresponding author: Ginja, C.. "An archaeogenetics study of Iberian sheep from the Roman Period". Paper presented in 10th ICAZ AGPM Working Group Meeting, 2023.
  4. Gaspar, D.; Ginja, C.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Monteiro, H.; Tábuas, L.; Branco, S.; Padre, L.; et al. Corresponding author: Usié, A.. "Genome-wide insights on footrot resistance in Portuguese native Merino". Paper presented in ISAG – 39th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference, 2023.
  5. Gaspar, D.; Magalhães, H.; Mendes, B.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; Cachucho, L.; et al. Corresponding author: Usié, A.. "Role of different “omics” as powerful tools to face climate change and enhance breeding programs". Paper presented in Science Changing Policy, 2023.
  6. Costa Pires, R.; Usié, A.; Ferro, A.; Capote, T.; Marum, L.. "RNA-Seq analysis of laser capture microdissected tissues of the cork oak". Paper presented in XII Bioinformatics Open Days, 2023.
  7. Barros, Pedro M.; Chaves, Inês; Costa, Bruno Vasques; Faria, Daniel; Marum, Liliana; Miguel, Célia M.; Saibo, Nelson; et al. "Data management in Plant Sciences: update on the BioData.pt Plant Sciences community". Paper presented in 1st All Hands / 3rd Technical Meeting of BIODATA.PT | ELIXIR PT, 2022.
    10.5281/zenodo.10467148
  8. Pires, R.C.; Usié, A.; Ferro, A.; Capote, T.; Marum, L.. "Quercus suber tissues laser microdissection followed by RNA Seq analysis". Paper presented in III International Meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics, 2022.
  9. Gaspar, D.; Usié, A.; Magalhães, H.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Matos, C.; Ramos, A.M.; Ginja, C.. "Unravelling the genetic diversity and population structure of four Portuguese native sheep breeds". Paper presented in EEDAA 2021 - VI Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura., 2021.
  10. Gaspar, D.; Usié, A.; Magalhães, H.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Matos, C.; Ramos, A.M.; Ginja, C.. "Genome-wide diversity and population structure analysis of four Portuguese native sheep breeds". Paper presented in XXII Congresso Nacional de Zootecnia, 2021.
  11. Gaspar, D.; Usié, A.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Matos, C.; Padre, L.; Dias, C.; Ginja, C.; Ramos, A.M.. "Unveiling genomic regions that underlie footrot resistance in Portuguese sheep Merino". Paper presented in ISAG 2021 – 38th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference, 2021.
  12. Gaspar, D.; Magalhães, H.; Usié, A.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Ginja; Matos, C.; A.M. Ramos. "Genomic characterization of Portuguese native sheep breeds". Paper presented in 71st Anual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science, 2020.
  13. Antunes, M.; Mendes, B.; Magalhães, H.; Usié, A (0514-DE42-4619); Sampaio, T.; Simões, F.; Almeida, H.; Ramos, AM. "Identification of genetic markers for traits of economic importance in cork oak using high throughput SNP genotyping". Paper presented in IX Bioinformatics open days, 2020.
  14. Mendes, B.; Sampaio, T.; Antunes, M.; Magalhães, H.; Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Simões, F.; Almeida, H.; Ramos, AM.. "Kinship analysis and Pedigree Reconstruction of a Self-Regenerating Cork Oak Population". Paper presented in IX Bioinformatics open days, 2020.
  15. Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Magalhães, H.; Antunes, M.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Gaspar, D.; Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; et al. "Whole genome resequencing analysis of Alentejano pigs reveals differences associated with meat quality phenotypes". Paper presented in IX Bioinformatics open days, 2020.
  16. Mendes, B.; Antunes, M.; Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Ramos, AM.. "Characterization of the stone pine (Pinus pinea) needle transcriptome: de novo assembly and SNP identification". Paper presented in IX Bioinformatics open days, 2020.
  17. Usié, Ana; Magalhães, Hugo; Leão, Célia; Gaspar, Daniel; Meireles, Brígida; Barbosa, Pedro; Cachucho, Lili; et al. "Whole Genome Analysis of Alentejano Pigs with Contrasting Meat Quality Phenotypes". Paper presented in Plant an Animal Genómics, PAG XXVIII, 2020.
  18. Cachucho, L.; Alburquerque, A.; Guerreiro, O.; Alves, S.P.; Bessa, R.J.B.; Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Gaspar, D.; et al. "Fatty acids composition of Longissimus lumborum muscle from Alentejano pigs finished under free-range conditions". Paper presented in 17th Euro Fed Lipid Congress, 2019.
  19. Barros, P.M.; Usié, A.; Barbosa, P.; Arias-Baldrich, C.; Silva, M.C. ; Faria, D.; Chaves, I.; Simões, F.; Ramos, A.M.. "The cork oak genome assembly project". Paper presented in IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2019, 2019.
  20. Leão, Célia; Usié, Ana; Antunes, Marta; Magalhães, Hugo; Ramos, Antonio Marcos. "Identification and characterization of SNPs in the stone pine (Pinus pinea) transcriptome". Paper presented in XVIII Bioinformatics open days, 2019.
  21. Cachucho, L.; Usié, A.; Alburqueque, A.; Leão, C.; Meireles, B.; Barbosa, P.; Gaspar, D.; et al. "Characterization of carcass composition and meat quality traits of Alentejano pigs finished under free-range conditions - Preliminary results.". Paper presented in 4th Fatty Pig Science & Utilization International Conference, 2017.
  22. Gaspar, D.; Meireles, B; Usié, Ana; Barbosa, Pedro; Scotti, P.; Semedo, J.; Pais, I.; et al. "Comparative analysis of transcriptional response to heat stress in two Triticum durum varieties". Paper presented in VI Bioinformatics open days, 2017.
  23. Meireles, B; Gaspar, D.; Usié, Ana; Barbosa, P.; Scotti, P.; Semedo, J.; Pais, I.; et al. "Identification of miRNAs related with the response to heat stress in two Triticum durum varieties.". Paper presented in VI Bioinformatics open days, 2017.
  24. Barros, P.M.; Barbosa, P.; Usié, A.; Oliveira, M.M.; Pesquita, C.; Ramos, A.M.. "Alternative splicing detection across different tissues in cork oak". Paper presented in VI Bioinformatics open days, 2017.
  25. Leão, C.; Barbosa, P.; Usié, A.; Chaves, I.; Amaro, A.; Botelho, A.; Pinto, C.; et al. "Molecular characterization of a rare pigmented Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type C strain". Paper presented in 13th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, 2016.
  26. Usié, A.; Simões, F.; Barbosa, P.; Meireles, B.; Chaves, I.; Almeida, M.H.; Matos, J.; Ramos, A.M.. "Comprehensive analysis of the cork oak (Quercus suber) transcriptome involved in the regulation of bud sprouting and foliar development". Paper presented in V Bioinformatics open days, 2016.
  27. Barbosa, P.; Leão, C.; Usié, A.; Chaves, I.; Amaro, A.; Botelho, A.; Pinto, C.; et al. "Genome wide comparison between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis non-pigmented and pigmented isolates". Paper presented in V Bioinformatics open days, 2016.
  28. Gaspar, D.; Trinidade, C.; Usié, A.; Barbosa, P.; Fortes, A.; Pesquita, C.; Costa, R.; Ramos, A.M.. "Characterization of the maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) transcriptome in the response to infection with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the causal agent of pine wilt disease.". Paper presented in V Bioinformatics open days, 2016.
  29. Varela, M.C.; Genosuber Consortium. "Controlled pollination in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) to support its genome sequencing project". Paper presented in 23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, 2014.
  30. Gonçalves, S.; Genosuber Consortium. "GENOSUBER – Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Genome Sequencing Project". Paper presented in 2nd Plant Genomics Congress, 2014.
  31. Usié, A.; Cruz, J.; Comas, J.; Solsona, F.; Alves, R.. "A tool for the identification of chemical entities (CheNER-BioC)". Paper presented in IV BioCreative Challenge Evaluation Workshop., 2013.
  32. Usié, A.; Teixidó, I.; Karathia, H.; Solsona, F.; Alves, R.. "Biblio-MetReS: A Bibliometric Network Reconstruction Server". Paper presented in Student Symposium of the XIth Spanish Symposium on Bioinformatics, 2012.
    10.1109/incos.2014.31
  33. Karathia, H.; Usié, A.; Vilaprinyo, E.; Sorribas, A.; Solsona, F.; Alves, R.. "Proteome-MetReS: Network Reconstruction Based on Whole Proteome Comparisons". Paper presented in The XII internation Congress on Molecular Systems Biology: Biological Desing Principle, 2011.
  34. Usié, A.; Karathia, H.; Solsona, F.; Alves, R.. "Biblio-MetReS: A Bibliometric Network Reconstruction Server". Paper presented in The XII internation Congress on Molecular Systems Biology: Biological Desing Principle, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Silveira, L.; Usié, A.; Gião, J.; Clemente, L.; Themudo, P.; Amaro, A.; Pista, A.. "Genetic Diversity of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Enteritidis from Human and Non-Human Sources in Portugal". Pathogens 13 2 (2024): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13020112.
    10.3390/pathogens13020112
  2. Gaspar, D.; Ginja, C.; Carolino, N.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Monteiro, H.; Tábuas, L.; Branco, S.; et al. Corresponding author: Usié, A.. "Genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants underlying footrot in Portuguese Merino sheep". BMC Genomics 25 100 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09844-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12864-023-09844-x
  3. Usié, A.; Serra, O.; Barros, Pedro M.; Barbosa, P.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Capote, Tiago; Almeida, Tânia; et al. "An improved reference genome and first organelle genomes of Quercus suber". Tree Genetics & Genomes 19 6 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11295-023-01624-8.
    10.1007/s11295-023-01624-8
  4. Usié, A.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Gaspar, D.; Monteiro, H.; Tábuas, L.; Bettencourt, E.; Caetano, P.; et al. Corresponding author: Usié, A.. "A metagenomics approach to characterize the footrot microbiome in Merino sheep". Veterinary Microbiology 281 (2023): 109745. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109745.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109745
  5. Gaspar, D.; Usié, A.; Leão, C. (0C19-EC39-BE7C); Guimarães, S.; Pires, A.E.; Matos, C.; Ramos, A.M.; Ginja, C.. "Genome-wide assessment of the population structure and genetic diversity of four Portuguese native sheep breeds". Frontiers in Genetics 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1109490.
    Published • 10.3389/fgene.2023.1109490
  6. Pires, Rita Costa; Ferro, Ana; Capote, Tiago; Usié, Ana (0514-DE42-4619); Correia, Bárbara; Pinto, Glória; Menéndez, Esther; Marum, Liliana. "Laser Microdissection of Woody and Suberized Plant Tissues for RNA-Seq Analysis". Molecular Biotechnology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12033-022-00542-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s12033-022-00542-9
  7. Guerreiro, Olinda; Francisco, Alexandra E.; Alves, Susana. P.; Soldado, David; Cachucho, Liliana; Usié, Ana (0514-DE42-4619); Duarte, Fátima; et al. "Inclusion of the aerial part and condensed tannin extract from Cistus ladanifer L. in lamb diets – Effects on rumen microbial community and fatty acid profile". Animal Feed Science and Technology (2022): 115398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2022.115398.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2022.115398
  8. Mendes, Bruna; Sampaio, Teresa; Antunes, Marta A; Magalhães, Hugo; Costa e Silva, Filipe Costa e; Borges, Carla; Simões, Fernanda; et al. Corresponding author: Usié, Ana. "Kinship Analysis and Pedigree Reconstruction of a Natural Regenerated Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Population". Forests 13 2 (2022): 226. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13020226.
    Published • 10.3390/f13020226
  9. Albuquerque, Catarina; Cavaco, Sandra; Caetano, Pedro; Branco, Sandra; Monteiro, Helena; Ramos, Marcos; Usié Chimenos, Anabel; Leão, Célia; Botelho, Ana. "Ovine footrot in Southern Portugal: detection of Dichelobacter nodosus and Fusobacterium necrophorum in sheep with different lesion scores". Veterinary Microbiology (2022): 109339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109339.
    Published • 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109339
  10. Gomes-dos-Santos, André; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Machado, André M; Marcos Ramos, António; Usié, Ana; Bolotov, Ivan N; Vikhrev, Ilya V; et al. "The Crown Pearl: a draft genome assembly of the European freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)". DNA Research 28 2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsab002.
    10.1093/dnares/dsab002
  11. André Gomes-dos-Santos; Manuel Lopes-Lima; Andre M. Machado; António Marcos Ramos; Usié, A.; Ivan N. Bolotov; Ilya V. Vikhrev; et al. "The Crown Pearl: a draft genome assembly of the European freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)". BioRxif (2020): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.06.413450v1.full.
    Open access • Published
  12. Gaspar, D.; Trindade, C.; Usié, A. (0514-DE42-4619); Meireles, B.; Fortes, M.; Guimarães, J.; Simões, F.; Costa, R.; Ramos, AM.. "Comparative Transcriptomic Response of Two Pinus Species to Infection with the Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus". Forests 11 2 (2020): 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11020204.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/f11020204
  13. Capote, Tiago; Usié, Anabel; Barbosa, Pedro; Ramos, Marcos; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor; Gonçalves, Sónia. "Transcriptome dynamics of cork oak (Quercus suber) somatic embryogenesis reveals active gene players in transcription regulation and phytohormone homeostasis of embryo development". Tree Genetics & Genomes 15 4 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11295-019-1353-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s11295-019-1353-6
  14. Capote, Tiago; Barbosa, Pedro; Usié, Ana; Ramos, António Marcos; Inácio, Vera; Ordás, Ricardo; Gonçalves, Sónia; Morais-Cecílio, Leonor. "ChIP-Seq reveals that QsMYB1 directly targets genes involved in lignin and suberin biosynthesis pathways in cork oak (Quercus suber)". BMC Plant Biology 18 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1403-5.
    10.1186/s12870-018-1403-5
  15. Ramos, António Marcos; Usié, Ana; Barbosa, Pedro; Barros, Pedro M.; Capote, Tiago; Chaves, Inês; Simões, Fernanda; et al. "The draft genome sequence of cork oak". Scientific Data 5 (2018): 180069. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.69.
    10.1038/sdata.2018.69
  16. Meireles, Brígida; Usié, Ana; Barbosa, Pedro; Fortes, Ana Margarida; Folgado, André; Chaves, Inês; Carrasquinho, Isabel; et al. "Characterization of the cork formation and production transcriptome in Quercus cerris×suber hybrids". Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 24 4 (2018): 535-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12298-018-0526-3.
    10.1007/s12298-018-0526-3
  17. Usié, Ana; Simões, Fernanda; Barbosa, Pedro; Meireles, Brígida; Chaves, Inês; Gonçalves, Sónia; Folgado, André; et al. "Comprehensive Analysis of the Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Transcriptome Involved in the Regulation of Bud Sprouting". Forests 8 12 (2017): 486. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f8120486.
    10.3390/f8120486
  18. Barbosa, Pedro; Leão, Célia; Usié, Anabel; Amaro, Ana; Botelho, Ana; Pinto, Carlos; Inácio, João; Stevenson, Karen; Ramos, António Marcos. "Draft Genome Sequence of a Rare Pigmented Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type C Strain". Genome Announcements 5 41 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.01066-17.
    10.1128/genomea.01066-17
  19. Gaspar, Daniel; Trindade, Cândida; Usié, Ana; Meireles, Brígida; Barbosa, Pedro; Fortes, Ana; Pesquita, Cátia; Costa, Rita; Ramos, António. "Expression Profiling in Pinus pinaster in Response to Infection with the Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus". Forests 8 8 (2017): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f8080279.
    10.3390/f8080279
  20. Krallinger, Martin; Rabal, Obdulia; Leitner, Florian; Vazquez, Miguel; Salgado, David; Lu, Zhiyong; Leaman, Robert; et al. "The CHEMDNER corpus of chemicals and drugs and its annotation principles". Journal of Cheminformatics 7 S1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-2946-7-s1-s2.
    10.1186/1758-2946-7-s1-s2
  21. Usié, Anabel; Cruz, Joaquim; Comas, Jorge; Solsona, Francesc; Alves, Rui. "CheNER: a tool for the identification of chemical entities and their classes in biomedical literature". Journal of Cheminformatics 7 Suppl 1 (2015): S15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-2946-7-s1-s15.
    10.1186/1758-2946-7-s1-s15
  22. Usie, Anabel; Karathia, Hiren; Teixidó, Ivan; Alves, Rui; Solsona, Francesc. "Biblio-MetReS for user-friendly mining of genes and biological processes in scientific documents". PeerJ 2 (2014): e276. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.276.
    10.7717/peerj.276
  23. Vilaplana, Jordi; Solsona, Francesc; Teixido, Ivan; Usié, Anabel; Karathia, Hiren; Alves, Rui; Mateo, Jordi. "Database Constraints Applied to Metabolic Pathway Reconstruction Tools". The Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/967294.
    10.1155/2014/967294
  24. Usié, Anabel; Alves, Rui; Solsona, Francesc; Vázquez, Miguel; Valencia, Alfonso. "CheNER: chemical named entity recognizer". Bioinformatics 30 7 (2013): 1039-1040. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btt639.
    10.1093/bioinformatics/btt639
  25. Salvado, Baldiri; Karathia, Hiren; Chimenos, Anabel Usie; Vilaprinyo, Ester; Omholt, Stig; Sorribas, Albert; Alves, Rui. "Methods for and results from the study of design principles in molecular systems". Mathematical Biosciences 231 1 (2011): 3-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2011.02.005.
    10.1016/j.mbs.2011.02.005
  26. Usié, Anabel; Karathia, Hiren; Teixidó, Ivan; Valls, Joan; Faus, Xavier; Alves, Rui; Solsona, Francesc. "Biblio-MetReS: A bibliometric network reconstruction application and server". BMC Bioinformatics 12 1 (2011): 387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-387.
    10.1186/1471-2105-12-387
Magazine article
  1. Usié, A.; Gaspar, D.. "A utilização da genómica no estudo da peeira ovina no Alentejo.", Voz do campo, 2024
  2. Usié, A.; Guerreiro, O.; FERNANDES, M. C.; Martins, Rita; Marum, L.; Jeronimo, E.; Duarte, M. F.. Corresponding author: Guerreiro, O.. "Programa de Potenciação de Transferência de Conhecimento e Tecnologia do CEBAL: Uma estratégia promotora de Inovação, Sustentabilidade e Competitividade no Alentejo", Voz do Campo, 2022
Online resource
  1. Usié, A.. Genomics and bioinformatics applied to Alentejo's endogenous species. 2023. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10451472.
    10.5281/zenodo.10451472
  2. Usié, A.. Characterization of the footrot microbiome in Portuguese sheep breeds through metagenomics. 2022. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10444408.
    10.5281/zenodo.10444408
  3. Usié, A.. Kinship Analysis and Pedigree Reconstruction of a Natural Regenerated Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Population. 2022. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10444651.
    10.5281/zenodo.10444651
  4. Usié, A.. Caracterização do microbiomada peeira através da utilização de novas tecnologias de sequenciação. 2022. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10444894.
    10.5281/zenodo.10444895
Preprint
  1. Eleiwa, A.; Nadal, J.; VIlaprinyó, E.; Marin-Sanguino, A.; Sorribas, A.; Basallo, O.; Lucido, A.; et al. "An almost chromosome-level assembly and annotation of the Alectoris rufa genome". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.11.575009.
    10.1101/2024.01.11.575009
  2. "The Crown Pearl: a draft genome assembly of the European freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)". 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.06.413450.
    10.1101/2020.12.06.413450
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Usié, Ana. "Development of computational tools to assist in the reconstruction of molecular networks". PhD, 2014.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/28 Centro de Competências da Lã: Contributos do CEBAL para o Plano de Ação Ciclo de webinars às terças
Direção Regional da Conservação da Natureza e Florestas do Alentejo (Online)
2023/11/24 Utilização da genómica no estudo da peeira ovina no Alentejo OviCapri - V Simpósio de Ovinos e Caprinos
IAAS-UTAD- Associação Internacional de Estudantes de Agricultura da Universidade (Vilareal, Portugal)
2023/10 Estudio genómico de la raza ovina autóctona portuguesa churra algarvia XXIV Simposio Iberoamericano CONBIAND sobre conservación y utiliación de recursos zoogenéticos
(Veracruz, Mexico)
2023/05/16 Genome-wide diversity and population structure analysis of four Portuguese native sheep breeds International Seminar on Climate Change and Animal Genetic Improvement
(Online)
2022/12/01 Charactericacion of the footrot micobiome in portuguese sheep breeds through metagenomics. Congreso Hispano-luso de Ganadería Extensiva y Desarrollo Rural. "Sostenibilidad Garantizada"
(Cáceres, Spain)
2022/09/30 Caracterização do microbioma da peeira através da utilização de novas tecnologias de sequenciação Do diagnóstico clínico da peeira à bioinformática: desafios e oportunidades; Patrimónios do Sul
CEBAL - Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo (Beja, Portugal)
2022/07/12 Inovação no Montado: "Do ADN à rolha" Ciclo de webinars às terças
Direção Regional da Conservação da Natureza e Florestas do Alentejo (Online, Portugal)
2022/05/26 Kinship Analysis and Pedigree Reconstruction of a Natural Regenerated Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Population Conselho Geral do Centro de Competências do Sobreiro e da Cortiça
Centro de Competências do Sobreiro e da Cortiça (Coruche, Portugal)
2022/04/01 Whole genome analyses as a tool for improvement and valorisation of local livestock breeds XIV Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia /IV Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética e Biotecnologia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal) & universidade de León (Spain) (Vila Real, Portugal)
2021/10/29 Identification of high quality SNPs for traceability purposes in the pig using whole genome resequencing analyses. XXII Congresso de Zootecnia
(Portugal)
2021/07/26 Unveiling genomic regions that underlie footrot resistance in Portuguese sheep Merino ISAG 2021 – 38th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference
2020/12/01 Analysis of the sheep footrot microbiome using whole-metagenome sequencing 71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science
2020/02/20 Characterization of genomic variation in Portuguese sheep breeds using whole genome resequencing IX Bioinformatics Open Days
(Braga, Portugal)
2019/11/11 Whole genome sequencing analysis as a powerful tool to dissect the genomic architecture of indigenous Portuguese pig and sheep breeds IV Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura (EEDAA)
(Évora, Portugal)
2019/06/27 Genoma do sobreiro JORNADAS MED
Universidade de Évora, ICAAM (Évora, Portugal)
2016/10/07 Sequenciação do genoma do sobreiro: projecto Genosuber Simpósio Internacional do Montado
(Beja, Portugal)
2016/02/18 The draft assembly and annotation of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.) genome V Bioinformatics Open Days
(Braga, Portugal)
2015/06/14 The draft assembly and annotation of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.) genome XXI Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Physiology, XIV Iberian Meeting of Plant Physiology
Spanish Society of Plant Physiology (Toledo, Spain)
2012/01/23 Homol-MetReS: A web application for integration between molecular systems biol-ogy and evolutionary biology. XI Jornadas de Bioinformática
(Barcelona, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10 - Current Identification and characterization of long-non-coding RNAs in heat stress response in two Portuguese durum wheat (Triticum durum) varieties
Supervisor of Miguel Graça
 Mestrado em Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional (Master)
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Comparative analysis of transcriptional response to heat stress in two Portuguese durum wheat (Triticum durum) varieties.
Supervisor of Pedro Sequeira
 Mestrado em Bioinformática e Biologia Computacional (Master)
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/08/01 - Current Genomic and bioinformatics methodologies for the identification of genetic markers in sheep
Co-supervisor of Daniel Gaspar
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/05/19 - 2023/07/14 Bioinformática através da análise de dados de sequenciação do tipo RNA-Seq em Triticum durum
Supervisor of Yole José Albino
 Tecnologias Bioanalíticas (Degree)
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2021/03/22 Variation detection in organelle genomes of Quercus species
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Moreira Ferreira
 Mestrado em Bioinformática e Aplicações às Ciências da Vida (Master)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Biblio-MetReS: Contribucions per a la implantació de la precompilació
Co-supervisor of David Terés Carrillo
 Technical Engineering in Computer Management degree (Degree)
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2011 - 2011 Disseny i implementació de l'aplicació Protein-MetReS
Co-supervisor of Adrià Ramirez Trallero; Silvia Massot Esteve
 Technical Engineering in Computer Management degree (Degree)
Universitat de Lleida, Spain

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/04/28 - 2023/04/28 QUIZZ "À descoberta do montado: quem sabe mais?". Este evento foi realizado no contexto da feira anual "OviBeja" de Beja. (2023/04/28)
Other (Other)
 Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 Seminário "Do diagnóstico clínico da peeira à bioinformática: desafios e oportunidades". Este seminário foi realizado no contexto da feira anual "Patrimónios do Sul" de Beja. (2022/09/30)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Colaboration in the organization of the institutional stand at the 36th OviBeja for the science outreaching of CEBAL’s projects and main intervention areas. (2019/04/24 - 2019/04/28)
Exhibition
2018/02 - 2018/05/18 Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of CEBAL "Semana Aberta do CEBAL – Comemoração do 10º aniversário do CEBAL". Organization of scientific activities for children, visits to experimental fields, talks with researchers, technological demonstrations, technical scientific events. (2018/05/14 - 2018/05/18)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Colaboration in the organization of the institutional stand at the 35th OviBeja for the science outreaching of CEBAL’s projects and main intervention areas. (2018/04/27 - 2018/05/01)
Exhibition
2017 - 2017 Colaboration in the organization of the institutional stand at the 34th OviBeja for the science outreaching of CEBAL’s projects and main intervention areas. (2017/04/27 - 2017/05/01)
Exhibition
2015/02 - 2015/03/18 Workshop InovAgro: Inovação e Qualidade na Transformação de Produtos Agroalimentares (2015/03/18)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015/02/25 Workshop NewVal: Novas valorizações de matérias-primas e resíduos agro-industriais e agro-florestais (2015/02/25)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2016 Design principles in Two component Systems and His-Asp Phosphorelays
(Thesis) Arguer
 Baldiri Salvadó (PhD)
Universitat de Lleida, Spain

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28 III International Meeting of Portuguese Society of Genetics Évora

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2024/01 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Bachelor's degree Biomedical Sciences Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2023/09 - 2024/01 Bioinformatics Bachelor's degree Biotecnology Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2022/09 - 2023/01 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Bachelor's degree Biomedical Sciences Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2022/09 - 2023/01 Bioinformatics Bachelor's degree Biotecnology Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2013 - 2014 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Bachelor's degree Biomedical Sciences Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2013 - 2014 Bioestadistics Bachelor's degree Medicine Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2013 - 2014 Bioinformatics Bachelor's degree Biotecnology Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2012 - 2013 Bioinformatics Bachelor's degree Biotecnology Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2012 - 2013 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Bachelor's degree Biomedical Sciences Universitat de Lleida, Spain

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/09/01 - Current Forests (1999-4907) MDPI
2023/09/01 - Current Plants (2223-7747) MDPI
2023/09/01 - Current Animals (2076-2615) MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/01 - Current Mentor - Bioinformatics research trainee. Catarina Macedo
2018/04/01 - 2019/03/31 Mentor - Bioinformatics research trainee. Bruna Mendes
2017/02/01 - 2018/01/31 Mentor - Bioinformatics research trainee. Célia Leão
2015/10 - 2016/04 Mentor - Bioinformatics research trainee. Daniel Gaspar
2015/10 - 2016/04 Mentor - Bioinformatics research trainee. Brigida Meireles
2013/03 - 2013/10 Mentor - Rotatorium Task - Bioinformatics. Jorge Comas
2013/01 - 2013/10 Mentor - Rotatorium Task - Bioinformatics. Joaquim Cruz

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21 Member of the Jury at the Annual Monitoring & Evaluation Session of Ph. D. Students of the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Bioinformatics of the Catalan University System; M. D. - (3rd year student); M. G. - (1st year student); S. S. - (1st year student); P. F. - (4th year student) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Universitat de Girona, Spain

Universitat de Lleida, Spain

Universitat de Vic, Spain

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2016 Extraordinary award of Best Ph.D Thesis
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2015 Empreendedorismo e Inovação do Crédito Agrícola, na categoria “Projetos de Elevado Potencial Promovido por Associado do Crédito Agrícola” - Projecto Genosuber
2015 Vida Rural Alqueva na categoria “Investigação e Desenvolvimento – Floresta” - Projecto Genosuber

Other distinction

2023 Tenure lecturer acreditation for teaching staff
Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Cataluna, Spain