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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Alexandra Teixeira Rosa
Date of birth
1984/05/06
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Rosa, JT
  • Rosa, J
  • Rosa, Joana Teixeira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0B18-8AEC-875C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7947-2681

Email addresses

  • joana.t.rosa@gmail.com (Professional)
  • jtrosa@ualg.pt (Professional)
  • joana.rosa@s2aquacolab.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 289800057 Ext.: 7057 (Professional)
  • (+351) 289 715 34 (Professional)

Addresses

  • S2AQUA - Laboratório Colaborativo, Associação para uma Aquacultura Sustentável e Inteligente, Av. Parque Natural da Ria Formosa s/n, 8700-194, Olhão, Olhão, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Information Science
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Fishery

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/02/01 - 2023/06/30
Concluded
 Ignition Programme: Science-based Businesses for a Sustainable World (112 h) (Outros)
Major in Biopolis Framework organized in collaboration with the University of California and Berkeley Innovation Group
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
 Approved
2020/09/28 - 2020/10/02
Concluded
 Animal experimentation FELASA cat. B (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Approved
2009/05 - 2015/12
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Major in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fish" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good with Highest Distinction and Honors
2006/09 - 2007/12
Concluded
 Graduation project (Licenciatura)
Major in Molecular Biology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
"Seabream SDR-like gene and protein expression: evidences for a role in mineralization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19/20
2002/09 - 2007/12
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 16/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2022/02 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) S2AQUA - Laboratório Colaborativo, Associação para uma Aquacultura Sustentável e Inteligente, Portugal
2018/09 - 2022/01 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2017/03 - 2018/08 Postdoc (Research) Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2016/07 - 2017/02 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
2015/01 - 2015/12 Science and Technology Management Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal
2009/05 - 2014/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2007/12 - 2009/04 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/01 - 2017/01 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Private School Revolução das Letras , Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2009/05 - 2014/12 Identification of novel molecular determinants associated with tissue mineralization in fish (53 960 euros)
SFRH/BD/47433/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/05 - 2013/04 ROLE OF A SHORT CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE IN TISSUE MINERALIZATION
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/47433/2008
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/08 - 2011/12 Modulação do metabolismo ósseo na dourada Sparus aurata através dos ácidos gordos alimentares - FATTYBONE
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/MAR/70855/2006
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2027/12/31 INOVACEL (350 077 euros) Sustentabilidade e Inovação na Aquacultura Celular: uma abordagem circular com microalgas
17404
Principal investigator
European Commission
Ongoing
2024/09/01 - 2027/09/01 AQUA4ALL (250 630 euros) Microalgas para biorremediação de efluentes de sistemas de recirculação de aquacultura e desenvolvimento de produtos de valor acrescentado
14423
Researcher
European Commission
Ongoing
2023/11 - 2026/10 FEASTS (276 438 euros) Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions
101136749
Principal investigator
S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2022 - 2026 Missão Interface
RE-C05-i02
Researcher
Governo da República Portuguesa
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/10 - 2025/12 Portuguese Blue Biobank (374 551 euros) - Pacto da BIOECONOMIA AZUL
RE-C05-i01.01 – Agendas/Alianças mobilizadoras para a Inovação Empresarial
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2022/11 - 2024/10 µCELLAQUA (100 000 euros) Microalgae hydrolysates to replace animal serum in media for cellular aquaculture
32702593
32702593
Principal investigator
S2AQUAcoLAB, Portugal
 Good Food Institute

European Institute of Innovation & Technology
Concluded
2022/02/01 - 2024/01/31 REALM (223 541 euros ¿)- Reusing effluents from agriculture to unlock the potential of microalgae
HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-09
Researcher
S2AQUA - Laboratório Colaborativo, Associação para uma Aquacultura Sustentável e Inteligente, Portugal
 Horizon Europe Food Bioeconomy Natural Resources Agriculture and Environment
Ongoing
2019/09 - 2022/01 OSTEOMAR (269 449 euros) - New marine compounds as a nutritional source to improve the quality and well-being of aquaculture fish
16-02-01-FMP-0057
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2018/09 - 2022/01 BLUEHUMAN (125 789 euros) - BLUE biotechnology as a road for innovation on HUMANs health aiming smart growth in Atlantic Area
EAPA/151/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2019/01 - 2020/11 AQUAMYC (300 000 NOK) - Tolerance of Atlantic salmon to novel feed mycotoxins- Implications on fish performance and nutrient interactions
ES 610802
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Norges forskningsråd
Ongoing
2018/09 - 2020/11 ALGARED+ ( 485 412 euros) - RED transfronteriza para el desarrollo de productos innovadores con microALGAs
ALGARED+
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2020/03/31 Centre for Biomedical Research
UID/BIM/04773/2019
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre of Marine Sciences
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CCMAR Base funding
UIDB/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve
UID/Multi/04326/2019
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/03 - 2018/08 Outside in or inside out? Exploring the evolutionary origin of vertebrate teeth (95 000 euros)
BOF01J05815
Post-doc Fellow
Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
 Universiteit Gent
Concluded
2016/07 - 2017/02 Identification and characterization of redox regulatory proteins involved in cancer progression ( 50 000 euros)
IF/00614/2014/CP1234
Post-doc
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/01 - 2015/12 Saúde4Tempos: science and health literacy (20 000 euros)
Literacia da Saúde 2014
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2011/07 - 2013/06 AQUATOX (113 000 euros) - Assessment of mineralogenic toxicity of aquatic pollutants
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/112992/PT
Researcher
Bioskel Lab, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/08 - 2009/04 FATTYBONE (191 450 euros) - Dietary fatty acids as modulators of bone metabolism in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/70855/PT
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Laizé, Vincent; Rosa, JT; Tarasco, Marco; Cancela, M. Leonor. "Status, challenges, and perspectives of fish cell culture—Focus on cell lines capable of in vitro mineralization". In Cellular and Molecular Approaches in Fish Biology, 381-404. Elsevier, 2022.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-822273-7.00004-5
Conference abstract
  1. T. Castro, Daniela; Martins, G; Diogo, P; Rodrigues, A; Rosa, JT; del Pino, V; Navalho, J; Pereira, H; Gavaia, P. "Functional environmental enrichment improves zebrafish (Danio rerio) reproduction and egg quality". Paper presented in Animal Health Symposium – Unlocking Aquaculture Potential, 2021.
    Published • 10.3389/978-2-88971-010-2
  2. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Varela, T; Gavaia, P; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of bone anabolic compounds of marine origin using a zebrafish pipeline". Paper presented in 48th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress, 2021.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bonr.2021.100985
  3. Varela, D; Varela, T; Rosa, JT; Nunes, A; Conceição, N; Cancela, ML. "Zebrafish as a model to assess the effects of thalidomide in limb development". Paper presented in 48th European Calcifi ed Tissue Society Congress, 2021.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bonr.2021.100990
  4. Rosa, JT; Orálova, V; Eisenhoffer, GT; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "Periderm Invasion Contributes to the Epithelial Lining of the Teleost Pharynx". Paper presented in 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 2019.
    Published • 10.1002/jmor.21003
  5. Oralova, V; Rosa, JT; Larionova, D; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "A New Paradigm for Pharyngeal Tooth Formation?". Paper presented in 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 2019.
    Published • 10.1002/jmor.21003
  6. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Lopes, G.; Vasconcelos, V.; Cancela, M. L.; Laizé, V.. "Cyanobacteria as a source for bone anabolic compounds (P093)". Paper presented in 46th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress, Budapest, 2019.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-019-00541-0
  7. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fish". Paper presented in 22nd IUBMB & 37th FEBS Congress, 2012.
    Published • DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.08705.x
Conference poster
  1. Pousão-Ferreira, P; Rosa, J; Moreira, M; Lourenço-Marques, C. "Evaluating Microalgal Extracts for Sustainable Aquaculture Feeds: An In Vitro Screening Approach Using Fish Cell Cultures". Paper presented in AFRAQ24, 2024.
  2. Rosa, JT; Varela, D; Fong, E; Rodrigues, C; Pousão-Ferreira, P; Lourenço-Marques, C; Laizé, V. "Establishment of meagre cell lines for cell-based seafood production". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture, Lisboa, Portugal, 2024.
  3. Varela, D; Carvalho, B; Rodrigues, A; Navalho, J; Pousão-Ferreira, P; Lourenço-Marques, C; Pereira, H; Laizé, V; Rosa, JT. "Cultivation of mouse myoblast C2C12 cell line using microalgae hydrolysates instead of animal serum". Paper presented in Cultivation of mouse myoblast C2C12 cell line using microalgae hydrolysates instead of animal serum, 2024.
  4. Rosa, JT; Carvalho, B.; Rodrigues, A.; Rodrigues, C.; Navalho, João; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pereira, H.; Laizé, Vincent. "Microalgae bring sustainability to cell-based food production and circularity to bio-based economy". Paper presented in International Scientific Conference on Cultured Meat, October 15-17, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2023.
  5. Rosa, JT; Carvalho, B.; Rodrigues, A.; Rodrigues, C.; Navalho, João; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Lourenço-Marques Cátia; Pereira, H.; Laizé, Vincent. "Microalgae at the crossroad of sustainable cell-based food production and circular economy". Paper presented in 1st International Cellular Agriculture conference, June 14-15, Helsinki, Finland, 2023.
  6. Rosa, JT; Carletti, Alessio; Varela, T.; Gavaia, Paulo J; Cancela, M. Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Screening of marine osteoactive extracts using a zebrafish pipeline". Paper presented in 6th Meeting on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, November 9-12, Olhão, Portugal, 2022.
  7. Laizé, Vincent; Fjelldal, P.G.; Rosa, JT; Gavaia, Paulo J; Berntssen, M.H.G.; Lie, Kai Kristoffer. "Mycotoxins in vegetable based aquafeeds decrease mineralization in vitro and increase skeletal deformities in vivo". Paper presented in 6th Meeting on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, November 9-12, Olhão, Portugal, 2022.
  8. Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Dellacqua, Z.; Rosa, JT; Kumar, N; Tarasco, M; Marques, CL; Barata, M; et al. "Dietary supplementation with osteogenic extracts during the pre-ongrowing phase improves skeletal quality of gilthead seabream at the ongrowing phase". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, Rimini, Italy, 2022.
  9. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Marques, CL; Ringeard, H; Barata, M; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Gavaia, P; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Microalgae-supplemented diet improves the skeletal health of Gilthead seabream Sparus Aurata juveniles". Paper presented in World Aquaculture 2021, Mérida, México, 2022.
  10. Carletti, Alessio; Dellacqua, Z.; Rosa, JT; Kumar; Tarasco, M.; Marques, Cátia L.; Barata, M.; et al. "Dietary supplementation with osteogenic extracts during the pre-ongrowing phase improves skeletal quality of gilthead seabream at the ongrowing phase". Paper presented in XX International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, June 6-10, Sorrento, Italy, 2022.
  11. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Marques, CL; Ringeard, H; Borges, I; Barata, M; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; et al. "Microalgae-supplemented diet improves the skeletal health of Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata juveniles". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, October 4-7, 2021.
  12. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Pes, K; Borges, I; Engrola, S; Serra, V; Colen, R; et al. "Microalgae extracts as a dietary supplement to improve skeletal status in zebrafish Danio rerio and gilthead seabream Sparus aurata". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe, October 4-7, 2021.
  13. T. Castro, Daniela; Martins, G; Diogo, P; Rodrigues, A; Rosa, JT; del Pino, V; Navalho, J; Pereira, H; Gavaia, P. "Functional environmental enrichment improves zebrafish reproduction and egg quality". Paper presented in Animal Health Symposium, 2021.
  14. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Varela, T; Gavaia, PJ; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of bone anabolic compounds of marine origin using a zebrafish pipeline (P163)". Paper presented in 48th European Calcifi ed Tissue Society Congress, 2021.
  15. Varela, D; Varela, T; Rosa, JT; Nunes, A; Conceição, N; Cancela, ML. "Zebrafish as a model to assess the effects of thalidomide in limb development (P173)". Paper presented in 48th European Calcifi ed Tissue Society Congress, 2021.
  16. Poudel, S; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Laizé, V; Cancela, ML; Gavaia, PJ. "Isolation of primary cell culture from medaka to study cell pluripotency and differentiation". Paper presented in Organoids Witouth Borders, 2020.
  17. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Marques, CL; Barata, M; Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro; Gavaia, PJ; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Microalgae-supplemented diet to improve skeletal status of gilthead Seabream juveniles". Paper presented in 5th AquaImprove - Aquaculture Research Workshop, 2020.
  18. Rosa, JT; Carletti, A (BE18-E938-C489); Varela, T; Gavaia, P; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Zebrafish screening pipeline to identify osteoactive compounds in marine extracts". Paper presented in 11th European Zebrafish Virtual Meeting 2020, 2020.
  19. Orálova, V; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Larionova, D; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "What does it take to make a pharyngeal tooth?". Paper presented in Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration - Gordon Research Conference, 2020.
  20. Varela, D; Varela, T; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Nunes, A; Conceição, N; Cancela, ML. "The effect of thalidomide on phenotype and gene expression in zebrafish". Paper presented in International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics - IMPSG2020, 2020.
  21. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Lopes, G; Vasconcelos, V; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Cyanobacteria as a source for bone anabolic compounds". Paper presented in 46th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress #LEE19-00122, 2019.
  22. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "scpp5 expression as a tool to unravel the enigmatic origin of tooth attachment bone in teleosts". Paper presented in 5th Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2018.
  23. Larionova, D; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Huysseune, A. "Manipulating Hedgehog signaling during zebrafish tooth development: ultrastructural investigations". Paper presented in 5th Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2018.
  24. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "Unravelling the enigmatic origin of tooth attachment bone in zebrafish". Paper presented in Craniofacial Development and Disease: From Molecules to Patients - Gordon Research Conference, Tuscany, Italy, 2018.
  25. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Larionova, D; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "Dual composition of the zebrafish pharynx epithelium". Paper presented in Craniofacial Development and Disease: From Molecules to Patients - Gordon Research Conference, Tuscany, Italy, 2018.
  26. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Mira, S; Rodrigues, LA. "Saúde a 4 Tempos". Paper presented in SciCom PT 2015, Lagos, Portugal, 2015.
  27. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of a fish cartilage-specific S100 protein". Paper presented in 3rd Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2013.
  28. Marques, CL; Fernández, I; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Viegas, MN; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "BMP2, 4 and 16: A new evolutionary perspective". Paper presented in 3rd Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2013.
  29. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fish". Paper presented in 22nd IUMBM – 37th FEBS Congress, Seville, Spain, 2012.
  30. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in fish associated with tissue mineralization". Paper presented in 2nd Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2011.
  31. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Role of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in fish skeletogenesis and tissue mineralization". Paper presented in European calcified tissue society”, PhD training course, Berlin, Germany, 2010.
  32. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Role of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in tissue mineralization". Paper presented in Seminários Mar e Ambiente, University of Algarve, Portugal, 2009.
  33. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Tiago, DM; Dias, J; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Serum-specific stimulation of proliferation and mineralization of fish bone-derived". Paper presented in 1st Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology, Tavira, Portugal, 2009.
  34. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in fish associated with mineral formation". Paper presented in Marine genomics final general assembly, Faro, Portugal, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Carletti, Alessio; Rosa, JT; Pes, Katia; Borges, Inês; Santos, Tamára; Barreira, Luísa; Varela, João; et al. "The osteogenic and mineralogenic potential of the microalgae Skeletonema costatum and Tetraselmis striata CTP4 in fish models". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 80 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-023-04953-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s00018-023-04953-y
  2. Cardeira-da-Silva, João; Bensimon-Brito, Anabela; Tarasco, Marco; Brandão, Ana S.; Rosa, JT; Borbinha, Jorge; Almeida, Paulo J.; et al. "Fin ray branching is defined by TRAP osteolytic tubules in zebrafish". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 48 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209231119.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.2209231119
  3. Rosa, JT; Tarasco, Marco; Gavaia, Paulo J.; Cancela, M. Leonor; Laizé, Vincent. "Screening of Mineralogenic and Osteogenic Compounds in Zebrafish - Tools to Improve Assay Throughput and Data Accuracy". Pharmaceuticals 15 8 (2022): 983. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph15080983.
    Published • 10.3390/ph15080983
  4. T. Castro, Daniela; Martins, Gil; Diogo, P; Santos, T; Maia, IB; Rosa, JT; Pereira, H; Gavaia, P. "New strategy to improve Zebrafish reproductive performance through dietary supplementation with rotifers enriched with microalgae". Animals (2022):
    Submitted
  5. Rosa, JT; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "Cells at the Edge: The Dentin–Bone Interface in Zebrafish Teeth". Frontiers in Physiology 12 (2021): 723210. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.723210.
    Published • 10.3389/fphys.2021.723210
  6. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Laizé, V; Gavaia, PJ; Cancela, ML. "Fish models of induced osteoporosis". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology | Special issue - Zebrafish Models for Human Disease Studies 9 672424 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.672424.
    Open access • Published
  7. Oralova, V; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Larionova, D; P. Eckhard Witten; Huysseune, A. "Multiple epithelia are required to develop teeth deep inside the pharynx". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 21 (2020): 11503-11512. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000279117.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.2000279117
  8. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Oralova, V; Larionova, D; Eisenhoffer, GT; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "Periderm invasion contributes to epithelial formation in the teleost pharynx". Scientific Reports 9 (2019): 10082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46040-y.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-46040-y
  9. Oralova, V; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Soenens, M; Bek, JW; Willaert, A; Witten, PE; Huysseune, A. "Beyond the whole-mount phenotype: high-resolution imaging in fluorescence-based applications on zebrafish". Biology Open 8 bio042374 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.042374.
    Open access • Published • 10.1242/bio.042374
  10. Castaldo, S; Ajime, T; Serrão, G; Anastácio, F; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Giacomantonio, C; Howarth, A; Hill, R; Madureira, P. "Annexin A2 Regulates AKT Upon H2O2-Dependent Signaling Activation in Cancer Cells (issue cover)". Cancers 11 4 (2019): 492. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers11040492.
    Published • 10.3390/cancers11040492
  11. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cox, CJ; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Identification of a fish short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase associated with bone metabolism". Gene 645 (2018): 137-145.
    Published • 10.1016/j.gene.2017.12.021
  12. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Tiago, DM; Marques, CL; Vijayakumar, P; Fonseca L; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Central role of betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase 3 in chondral ossification and evidence for sub-functionalization in neoteleost fish". Biochimica et biophysica acta 1860 (2016): 1373-1387.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.03.034
  13. Marques, CL; Fernández, I; Viegas, MN; Cox, CJ; Martel, P; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Comparative analysis of zebrafish bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4 and 16: molecular and evolutionary perspectives". Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 73 (2016): 841-857.
    Published • 10.1007/s00018-015-2024-x
  14. Marques, CL; Fernández, I; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Viegas, MN; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Spatiotemporal expression and retinoic acid regulation of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 2, 4 and 16 in Senegalese sole". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30 (2014): 713-720.
    Published • 10.1111/jai.12539
  15. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Ets1 regulates the transcription of a cartilage-specific S100 protein in gilthead seabream". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30 (2014): 707-712.
    Published • 10.1111/jai.12534
  16. Cavaco, S; Williamson, MK; Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Roberto, V; Cordeiro, O; Price, PA; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V; Simes, DC. "Teleost fish osteocalcin 1 and 2 share the ability to bind the calcium mineral phase". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 40 (2013): 731-738.
    Published • 10.1007/s10695-013-9880-9
  17. Fonseca VG*; Rosa, JT* (0B18-8AEC-875C); Laizé, V; Gavaia, PJ; Cancela, ML. "Identification of a new cartilage-specific S100-like protein up-regulated during endo/perichondral mineralization in gilthead seabream". Gene Expression Patterns 11 7 (2011): 448-455.
    Published • 10.1016/j.gep.2011.07.003
  18. Rosa, JT (0B18-8AEC-875C); Tiago, DM; Dias, J; Cancela, ML; Laizé, V. "Serum-specific stimulation of proliferation and mineralization of fish bone-derived cells". Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26 2 (2010): 251-256.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01414.x
Online resource
  1. 'CiênSeries'. 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzwhRtsubg&t=1s.
  2. 'Café Ciêntifico'. 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Ygo07iPU8.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rosa, Joana. "Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fish". PhD, Universidade do Algarve, 2015.
  2. Rosa, Joana. "Expressão e regulação do gene da proteína SDR-like de dourada: evidências para um papel na mineralização". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2007.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/04/10 Harnessing microalgae to enhance sustainability in cell-based food production 1st International Ongress on Algae Biotechnology
ProAlga, GreenCoLab (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/03/06 Sustainability and innovation in cellular aquaculture: a circular approach with microalgae Necton Seminars
Necton SA (Portugal)
2024/12/11 Microalgae: Driving the green revolution in cell-based food production AlgaeEurope2024
EABA (Atenas, Greece)
2024/10/05 From Waste to Resource: Enhancing Cellular Agriculture Sustainability using Microalgae 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture
Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/09/24 S2AQUAcoLab’s and IPMA's biobank collection: a sea of opportunities LACQUA 2024
(Medellín, Colombia)
2024/07/06 Using in vitro cell culture assays to access nutrient digestibility and absorption Workshop: Setting the standards for in vitro fish digestion metholodgies
Aquadigest Project (EEA Grants) (Olhão, Portugal)
2024/06/25 Bringing the Ocean to the Table: Circular Cellular Aquaculture for Sustainable Future Food FoodHack Lisbon
FoodHack (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/03/06 Training School: Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds Final OCEAN4BIOTECH Workshop
(Riga, Latvia)
2023/09/07 Microalgae, the green revolution applied to cell-based food production 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture
(Braga, Portugal)
2023/05/03 In vitro fish cell systems as tools to boost aquaculture research and development SPAROS15: Aqua Nutrition Workshop
(Olhão, Portugal)
2022/11/09 Microalgae extracts stimulate mineralogenesis during zebrafish development and regeneration 6th International Meeting on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
(Olhão, Portugal)
2022/10 Ethanolic extracts of Tetraselmis striata and Skeletonema costatum as dietary supplements to improve the skeletal health of gilthead seabream 6th International Meeting on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
(Olhão, Portugal)
2022/09/27 Microalgae extracts with osteoprotective properties for aquaculture nutrition Aquaculture Europe 2022
(Rimini, Italy)
2022/09/11 Fin ray branching is defined by TRAP+ osteolytic tubules in zebrafish 6th International Meeting on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
(Olhão, Portugal)
2022/05/18 Applications of in vitro fish cell systems as tools to boost aquaculture research and development: the S2AQUAcoLAB approach Encontro Ciência 2022
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/12/14 Diets supplemented with ethanolic extracts of microalgae improve the skeletal health of gilthead seabream larvae and juveniles Workshop Mar2020 Aquacultura sustentável de espécies emergentes
(Olhão, Portugal)
2021/12/13 Ethanolic extracts of marine microalgae induce pro-osteogenic effects in zebrafish ontogenetic and regenerative models Workshop Mar2020 Aquacultura sustentável de espécies emergentes, December 13-14, Olhão, Portugal
(Olhão, Portugal)
2021/11/24 Status, challenges, and perspectives of fish cell culture Focus on cell lines capable of in vitro mineralization BIOMEDAQU Summer School, November 24-26
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2021/10/04 Effect of dietary supplementation of microalgae extracts on the skeletal health of zebrafish Danio rerio and gilthead seabream Sparus aurata larval stages: a comparative study Aquaculture Europe, October 4-7
(Funchal, Portugal)
2021/05/20 Identification of bone anabolic compounds of marine origin using a zebrafish pipeline - Non Mammalian Models 48th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress - ECTS@Home
2021/05/20 Innovative and wide biotechnological applications of Planctomycetes Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia and Chlamydiae (PVC) Webinar, May 20-21, online
2020/02 Development of in vivo zebrafish systems for identification of molecules with pro/anti osteogenic properties and bone regenerative capacities Ocean4Biotech
CA18238 - European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology (Piran, Slovenia)
2019/09 Endoderm alone in conjunction with mesenchyme cannot produce pharyngeal teeth (keynote lecture) Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
2019/07 Periderm Invasion Contributes to the Epithelial Lining of the Teleost Pharynx International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
(Prague, Czech Republic)
2019/07 A New Paradigm for Pharyngeal Tooth Formation? International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
(Prague, Czech Republic)
2018/04 Mixed peridermal-endodermal character of the zebrafish pharyngeal epithelium 5th Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology
(Tavira, Portugal)
2018/04 Contribution of the germ layers to the zebrafish pharyngeal teeth 5th Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology
(Tavira, Portugal)
2016/05 Falar de saúde mental usando a arte SciCom PT 2016
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/10 Saúde a 4 Tempos I Jornadas do ACeSAlgarve II- Barlavento - Género e Violência ao longo do Ciclo de Vida
(Vila do Bispo, Portugal)
2015/04 O sol, a cor, a pele SciCom PT 2015
(Lagos, Portugal)
2013/03 Uncovering new markers for bone and cartilage studies Seminars of Biomedical Sciences
University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2012/12 Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue Mineralization in fish Jornada Anual dos Doutorandos
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine (Faro, Portugal)
2012/07 Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fish FEBS 12th Young Scientist Program
(Costa Ballena, Spain)
2011/10 Novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization: SDR, S-100 and BHMT3 expression profiles Seminars of Biomedical Sciences, University of Algarve
(Faro, Portugal)
2011/04 Dietary lipid quality regulates bone composition and metabolism in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles 2nd Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology
(Tavira, Portugal)
2010/12 Identification of a short chain dehydrogenase/reductase in fish associated with tissue mineralization Seminários Mar e Ambiente
University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2010/09 Role of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in fish skeletogenesis and tissue mineralization ECTS PhD Training Course 2010
European Calcified Tissue Society (Berlin, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - Current Characterization and optimization of meagre cell lines for cellular aquaculture applications
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/09/01 - Current Characterization of a fish cell line for cellular aquaculture
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/10 - 2034/07 Characterization of four cell lines from the meagre Argyrosomus regius
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/03/01 - 2034/05 Analysis of the effects of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida infection on immunological and hematological parameters
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Medicina e Ciências Biomédicas, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/12 Microalgae-based solutions for the replacement of animal serum in primary cell cultures and the recycling of cell spent medium
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/09 - 2024/10 Zebrafish as a model to assess the effects of thalidomide in limb development
Supervisor
 Biologia Molecular e Microbiana (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2023/10 - 2024/01 Evaluating the impact of the cell booster CityMix on VSa13 cells (internship)
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/11 - 2023/02 Characterization of tissue-specific cell lines from the meagre Argyrosomus regius (internship)
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/04 Identification of marine osteoactive extracts using in vitro and in vivo fish systems
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/04 Assessment of the osteoactivity of marine derived compounds using in vitro and in vivo fish systems
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/03 Overexpression of RANKL in zebrafish to create a piscine model of osteoporosis
Supervisor of Adam Pantelis Galatoulas
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/09 Identification of marine osteoactive extracts using zebrafish in vivo systems
Supervisor of Daniela Luz
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/09 Conservation of core features of RANKL throughout vertebrate evolution
Supervisor of Mariana Grenhas
 Ciências Biomédicas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/09 Screening of compounds with osteogenic activity using in vivo and in vitro fish models
Supervisor of Gonçalo Costa
 Biologia Marinha (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2018/11 - 2019/02 Screening of marine extracts for osteogenic compounds using zebrafish operculum system
Supervisor of Ariane Palhares Barros
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/06 Establishment of a methodology for actin staining in zebrafish embryos
Supervisor of Aina Navarro Bargallo
 Biology (Master)
Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2017/09 - 2018/06 The development of pharyngeal pouches in Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Supervisor of Tania Gil
 Biology (Degree)
Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2017/05 - 2017/09 The formation of pharyngeal teeth and of the mouth in zebrafish
Supervisor of Ronan Brouazin
 Biology (Degree)
Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/01/01 - Current 3rd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture (2025/11/27 - 2025/11/28)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2024/01/09 - 2024/10/05 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture (2024/10/04 - 2024/10/05)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Campus Taguspark, Portugal
2023/09/07 - 2023/09/08 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture (2023/09/07 - 2023/09/08)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2022/11/09 - 2022/11/12 6th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology (2022/11/09 - 2022/11/12)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2021/11/24 - 2021/11/26 Using in vitro models in skeletal research (Training school Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN BIOMEDAQU) (2021/11/24 - 2021/11/26)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
2021/09/08 - 2021/09/10 3rd Edition - Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds (2021/08/08 - 2021/08/10)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/11/25 - 2019/11/27 2nd Edition - Zebrafish tools for screening of therapeutic-relevant molecules affecting tissue mineralization (2019/11/25 - 2019/11/27)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019 - 2019 1st Edition - Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds (2019/07/15 - 2019/07/17)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019 - 2019 "Open day 2019" science dissemination event from the University of Algarve (2019/02/21 - 2019/02/21)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018 - 2018 5th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology (2018/04/16 - 2018/04/19)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2015 - 2015 Science communication congress SciCom Pt 2015 (budget 23 000 euros) (2015/05/28 - 2015/05/30)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Ciência Viva, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Public session and presentation of the Project GripNet - “O que Fazer quando temos Gripe/What to do if you get the Flu” - in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy Project (2015/02/11 - 2015/02/11)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Symposium on healthcare costs - “Porque é que a Saúde é Cara/Why is healthcare expensive” - in collaboration with Portuguese Health Agency and public/private Hospitals in Algarve in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy Project (2015/06/20 - 2015/06/20)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar do Algarve EPE, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Workshop - "Cor de pele/How human skin color evolved" - in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy Project (2015/02/21 - 2015/02/21)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Science talk - “A Evolução Humana a Cores/The colours of Human evolution” - in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy Project (2015/02/21 - 2015/02/21)
Other
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Debate session - “Investigação do Cancro em Portugal/Cancer research in Portugal” - in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy Project (2015/06/06 - 2015/06/06)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Public session and presentation of the project Stop Depression - “Investigamos em Portugal/The mental health in Portugal” - in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy Project (2015/12/15 - 2015/12/15)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal

Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2015 - 2015 >40 other SCIENCE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES implemented in the scope of Saúde4Tempos Health Literacy project: 1) hands-on activities (public: primary school students & families); 2) talks and presentations (public: high-school students & general public); 3) contests and congress (public: high-school students); 4) art exhibition (public: general public). (2015 - 2015)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Centro Ciência Viva de Lagos, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/04/09 - 2025/04/11 1st International Congress on Algae Biotechnology
Conference
 1st International Congress on Algae Biotechnology
2025/02/03 - 2025/02/07 Workshop: G2P in a dish
Workshop
 Workshop: G2P in a dish - EuroFAANG Research Infrastructure
2024/12/09 - 2024/12/12 AlgaEurope 2024
Conference
 AlgaEurope 2024
2024/10/04 - 2024/10/05 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture
Conference
 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture
2024/03/05 - 2024/03/07 Ocean4Biotech workshop: European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology COST Action CA18238 (Ocean4Biotech): European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology
2023/10 - 2023/10 International Scientific Conference on Cultured Meat (ISCCM9)
Congress
ISCCM foundation , Netherlands
2023/09 - 2023/09 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Association for Cellular Agriculture
Congress
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/06 1st International Cellular Agriculture Conference
Congress
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Finland
2023/05 - 2023/05 EFSA's Scientific Colloquium on 'Cell culture-derived foods and food ingredients'
Congress
European Food Safety Authority, Italy
2023/04 - 2023/04 Benefits of implementation of selective breeding and genomic selection in aquaculture
Seminar
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2023/01 - 2023/01 Proliferation in Fish Cell Cultures
Seminar
Good Food Institute, United States
2023/01 - 2023/01 Fish cell culture workshop
Workshop
Good Food Institute, United States
2022/11 - 2022/11 Blue Bio Value Ideation - Lisbon
Other
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2022/10 - 2022/10 EIT Food Venture Summit 2022: accelerating agrifood entrepreneurship in Europe
Congress
European Institute of Innovation & Technology, Hungary
2022/05/16 - 2022/05/18 Encontro Ciência 2022
Congress
 Encontro Ciência 2022
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/05/05 - 2022/05/06 Workshop for Working Group 3&5 of Ocean4Biotech (CA18238), Communication Skills for Scaling-up Processes (Limassol, Cyprus)
Workshop
 Communication Skills for Scaling-up Processes
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2022/05/02 - 2022/05/04 Hybrid Training School, an Ocean of Opportunities in the Blue Biotechnology sector: Seagrass biotechnology and biomaterials as case studies (Limassol, Cyprus)
Workshop
 Ocean of Opportunities in the Blue Biotechnology sector: Seagrass biotechnology and biomaterials as case studies
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2022/03 - 2022/03 Blue Biotech Awareness Days
Seminar
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/03 Fish and gut microbiota dialogue: Towards standard methods and genetics, nutrition and host transcriptomic interactions
Seminar
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2021/12/13 - 2021/12/14 Mar2020 - Aquacultura sustentável de espécies emergentes
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

S2AQUA - Laboratório Colaborativo, Associação para uma Aquacultura Sustentável e Inteligente, Portugal
2021/10/04 - 2021/10/07 Aquaculture Europe 2021
Congress
European Aquaculture Society, Belgium
2021/09 - 2021/09 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2021 in collaboration with the Centro Ciencia Viva do Algarve, Biomedaqu Project: Aquaculture meets Medicine
Round table
Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, Portugal
2021/07/08 - 2021/07/16 Zebrafish as Experimental Model for Research Webminar
Seminar
2021/06/06 - 2021/06/08 48th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress
Congress
European Calcified Tissue Society, United Kingdom
2021/06 - 2021/06 Conversas em Biomed: meeting of alumni of the PhD programs of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Round table
Universidade do Algarve Algarve Biomedical Center, Portugal
2020/12/18 - 2020/12/18 Centre of Marine Sciences Symposium 2020
Symposium
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/11/06 - 2020/11/06 5th AquaImprove - Aquaculture Research Workshop
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2020/10/26 - 2020/10/27 11th European Zebrafish Virtual Meeting 2020
Congress
Ústav molekulární genetiky Akademie ved Ceské republiky, Czech Republic
2020/01/30 - 2020/01/31 2nd Joint WG4-WG5 TRANSAUTOPHAGY Translational Workshop
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina, Portugal
2019/05/11 - 2019/05/16 46th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress #LEE19-00122
Congress
European Calcified Tissue Society, United Kingdom
2019/05/10 - 2019/05/10 46th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress – Pre-Congress #LEE19-00128
Congress
European Calcified Tissue Society, United Kingdom
2018/04/16 - 2018/04/19 5th Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
Congress
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2017/06/04 - 2017/06/06 Let's talk science - Summer school Science Communication
Workshop
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2017/05/11 - 2017/05/11 Writing Successful Grants by Prof. Robert Porter
Seminar
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2015/05/28 - 2015/05/30 Science Communication Congress - SciCom Pt 2015
Congress
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2013/05/22 - 2013/05/24 3rd Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
Congress
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2012/10/27 - 2012/10/27 Human Genetics - From Basic Science to Clinics and Genetic Counselling
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2012/09/04 - 2012/09/09 22nd IUBMB - 37th FEBS Congress
Congress
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canada
2012/09/01 - 2012/09/04 FEBS Young Scientists Forum 12th Edition
Workshop
Federation of European Biochemical Societies, United Kingdom
2012/04/04 - 2012/04/05 Proteomics in Biology
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2011/04/26 - 2011/04/28 2nd Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
Congress
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2010/09/08 - 2010/09/12 ECTS PhD training course
Workshop
European Calcified Tissue Society, United Kingdom
2009/04/27 - 2009/04/29 1st Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology
Congress
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2008/05/14 - 2008/05/16 Marine Genomics Europe (MGE) - Final General Assembly
Congress
European Union, Belgium
2008/04/23 - 2008/04/24 3rd Annual International Meeting of Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cellular Therapies
Congress
Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cellular Therapies, Portugal
2008/04/10 - 2008/04/11 Biology of Bone and Cartilage
Workshop
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2007/06/04 - 2007/06/05 II Curso de segurança radiológica
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/10/18 Fish as a model to assess the effects of thalidomide on limb development
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Rita Lopes Portela (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/11/20 Nutritional effects of rotifers fed with microalgae blend on the growth and development of zebrafish
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Filipa Pinheiro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/07/19 Characterisation of a zebrafish thyroid hormone receptor loss of function mutant
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Tomescu (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/07/16 Lavonoids: an antibacterial tool against multi-resistant bacteria
(Thesis) Arguer
 Catarina Gomes Ferreira Costa (Other)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/11/08 “Transcriptional regulation of the human genes OPTN and CCDC3”
(Thesis) Arguer
 Michele Loiodice (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/03/10 - Current Frontiers in Pharmacology - Ethnopharmacology
2023/06 - Current iScience Cell Press
2023/05/06 - Current Frontiers in Genetics - Livestock Genomics
2022/02 - Current Marine Biotechnology Springer
2022/02 - Current Frontiers in Genetics Frontiers
2022/01 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature Research
2021/10 - Current Algal Research Elsevier
2021/09 - Current Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (0304-4165) Elsevier
2021/08 - Current Aquaculture (0044-8486) Elsevier
2019/10 - Current Fish Physiology and Biochemistry (1573-5168 Print ISSN) Springer
2017 - Current Histochemistry and Cell Biology (1432-119X Print ISSN) Springer
2023/02/27 - 2023/03/21 Algal Research

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current Portuguese Association for the Development of Cellular Agriculture (CellAgri PT) Membro
2021/11 - Current European Aquaculture Society
2010 - 2021 ECTS-European Calcified Tissues Society Member
2009 - 2015 Portuguese Biochemistry Society Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/11/22 - 2021/11/26 BIOMEDAQU (Marie S Curie ETN) training school: Using in vitro models in skeletal research (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/09/08 - 2021/09/10 Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds - 3rd Edition (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/11/25 - 2020/11/27 Zebrafish tools for screening of therapeutic-relevant molecules affecting tissue mineralization - 2nd Edition (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/07/15 - 2020/07/17 Zebrafish tools for the screening of osteogenic compounds - 1st Edition (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017/11 - 2017/12 Practical classes in Model Organisms Biology (Master) Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2017/03 - 2017/04 Practical classes in Model organisms Biology (Master) Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biologie, Belgium
2012/05 - 2012/06 Genetic Engineering Laboratories Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2009/01 - 2009/02 Molecular and cellular biology Marine Biology and Aquaculture (Licenciatura) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2025/07/14 - 2025/07/28 Evaluation Committee for the Good Food Institute Research Grant Program 2025
Evaluator
 Good Food Institute, United States Good Food Institute
2024/07/08 - 2024/07/22 Evaluation Committee for the Good Food Institute Research Grant Program 2024
Evaluator
 Good Food Institute, United States Good Food Institute
2022/02/21 - 2022/02/21 Mid evaluation of Ana Gomes MSc Dissertation - System to evaluate the expression of Wild-Type and de novo mutations of TRIM28, a new candidate gene to study Intellectual Disability Disorders
Evaluator
 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/12/14 - 2020/12/15 Mid evaluation of PhD students work - Biomedical Sciences PhD Program Annual Journey
Evaluator
 Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/01 Mid evaluation of Michele Loiodice MSc Dissertation - Transcriptional regulation of the human genes OPTN and CCDC3
Evaluator
 Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020/10/10 'New marine resources for the improvement of aquaculture species' organised by Ciência Viva Algarve Science Centre https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR017SHbCxKROJbki2lKkrOvynKzRCy0Hlh59IksuICGUrvDiHyH9P2GTuU&v=V1Ygo07iPU8&feature=youtu.be
2020/05/29 CiênSeries 'Um Conteúdo, Uma Cientista, Uma Visão' organized by Ciência Viva Algarve Science Centre https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1af0qnZr4mgdypR0anMbQ5gbrb0oNes4uy6nlm3i2BNkyDiVwR93FkQ38&v=QQzwhRtsubg&feature=youtu.be

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/04 - Current Frontiers in Pharmacology Frontiers

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020/01/04 - 2021/01/15 Effect of different microalgae species on zebrafish survival, growth, fertility and hatching (MSc Thesis) Daniela Castro
Distinctions

Award

2022 INOVA+ Prize for Scientific Excellence: Sustainability of natural resources and ecosystems, with the project CELLAQUA - New tools to stimulate cell-based seafood production in Portugal (5 000 euros), Agência Nacional de Inovação
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2022 Prize Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge for µCELLAQUA project (100 000 euros)
European Institute of Innovation & Technology, Hungary

Good Food Institute, United States
2022 Prize Blue Bio Value Ideation for CELLAQUA4ALL project (5 000 EUR)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2021 Grant research to organize a training school on zebrafish screenings systems (10 000 euros) - Ocean4biotech COST Training School (COST Action CA18238)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2019 Grant research to organize a workshop on zebrafish screenings systems (2 500 euros)- Knowledge Exchange and Training Program 2018, ASSEMBLE+ consortium
European Commission, Belgium
2019 Grant research to organize a training school on zebrafish screenings systems (6 900 euros) - EuroSoftCalcNet COST Training School (COST Action 16115)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2018 Best Poster Award - 5th Interdisciplinary Approaches on Fish Skeletal Biology
CRC Press, United States
2017 Postdoctoral short-term Fellowship
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2015 Science and Technology Management Fellowship
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2012 Grant to attend to the 22nd IUBMB/37th FEBS Congress & to the FEBS Young Scientists Forum 12th Edition
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Canada
2008 Research Fellowship (CCMAR/BI/0012/2009)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2008 PhD Fellowship (SFRH/BD/47433/2008)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal