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I am Principal Researcher at CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & ECOMARE - Laboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources, of University of Aveiro. I graduated at the University of Aveiro and specialized in diatoms eco-physiology during the PhD at the University of Sheffield (UK) and in close collaboration with the University of Leipzig (Germany). Since 2011, I got passionate about a unique algae-animal association: Kleptoplasty in Sacoglossa sea slugs, for which I was recently awarded an ERC Starting Grant. I have expertise on algae physiology (diatoms and macroalgae), having worked at several European Universities: Norway (Bergen), UK (Sheffield & Cambridge), Germany (Leipzig), and Denmark (Copenhagen). I have co-authored 51 peered-reviewed works, with an h-index of 22 and over 1300 citations. I coordinate/have coordinated 2 European projects (ERC-2020-STG; FP7-Marie Curie-CIG) and 3 national projects (2 R&D projects; 1 IF-Exploratory), with a total funding over 2.7M. I currently supervise 2 PhD students and 1 Master Student. My main topics of research are (i) functional chloroplasts inside animal cells (ii) algae ecology and physiology, frequently in collaboration with SMEs companies for optimisation of algae growth and valorisation.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sónia Marisa Gonçalves da Cruz

Citation names

  • Cruz, Sónia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1612-17D6-C438
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4775-8161
Researcher Id
F-6165-2011
Scopus Author Id
23034034300

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 234247092 Ext.: 25008 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • https://www.cesam-la.pt/soniacruz/ (Professional)
  • https://mplab-kleptoslug.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/05
Concluded
 Plant Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
"Photosynthetic energy dissipation and chlororespiration in diatoms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004/10
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
 16/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/04/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2020/05/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/10 - 2015/05 Visiting Researcher (Research) Københavns Universitet Marinbiologisk Sektion, Denmark
2011/04 - 2015/05 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2010/01 - 2011/03 Postdoc (Research) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
University of Cambridge Department of Plant Sciences, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/05 - 2026/04 KleptoSlug - Kleptoplasty: The sea slug that got away with stolen chloroplasts
ERC-2020-STG/949880
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2022/07 CtLight - Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalga Codium tomentosum
PTDC/BIA-FBT/30979/2017
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/07 - 2020/09 Omics4Algae - Lipidomic tools for chemical phenotyping, traceability and valorisation of seaweeds from aquaculture as a sustainable source of high added-value compounds
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030962
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/06 - 2020/09 TraSeafood - Tracing the Geographic Origin of Seafood as a Pathway Towards the Smart Valorization of Endogenous Marine Resources
PTDC/BIA-BMA/29491/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/06/01 - 2020/05/31 Molecular and Photochemical insights on the retention of functional chloroplasts by metazoan cells
IF/00899/2014/CP1222/CT0010
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06 - 2020/02 HULK - Functional Chloroplasts inside Animal Cells: Cracking the Puzzle
PTDC/BIA-ANM/4622/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/12 - 2014/11 PHOTOSYMBIOXIS - Physiological and Behavioural Photoprotective Processes against Oxidative Stress in Marine Photosynthetic Symbioses
grant.322349
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. G. Dionísio; S. Cruz; J. Serôdio; R. Calado; R. Rosa. "Ocean acidification promotes cellular burst on photosynthetic (kleptoplastic) sea slugs". 2015.
    10.1017/s143192761401383x
Journal article
  1. Morelli, Luca; Havurinne, Vesa; Madeira, Diana; Martins, Patrícia; Cartaxana, Paulo; Cruz, Sónia. "Photoprotective mechanisms in Elysia species hosting Acetabularia chloroplasts shed light on host-donor compatibility in photosynthetic sea slugs". Physiologia Plantarum 176 2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14273.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/ppl.14273
  2. Lopes, Diana; Aveiro, Susana S.; Cruz, Sónia; Cartaxana, Paulo; Domingues, Pedro. "Proteomic analysis of the mucus of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata". Journal of Proteomics 294 (2024): 105087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2024.105087.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jprot.2024.105087
  3. Xochitl G. Vital; Nuno Simões; Sónia Cruz; Maite Mascaró. "Photosynthetic animals and where to find them: abundance and size of a solar-powered sea slug in different light conditions". Marine Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04301-5.
    10.1007/s00227-023-04301-5
  4. Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz; Tânia Melo; M. Rosário Domingues. "Revealing the polar lipidome, pigment profiles, and antioxidant activity of the giant unicellular green alga, Acetabularia acetabulum". Journal of Phycology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13367.
    10.1111/jpy.13367
  5. Paulo Cartaxana; Luca Morelli; Elena Cassin; Vesa Havurinne; Miguel Cabral; Sónia Cruz. "Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slug Elysia crispata". Royal Society Open Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230810.
    10.1098/rsos.230810
  6. Luca Morelli; Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz. "Food shaped photosynthesis: Photophysiology of the sea slug Elysia viridis fed with two alternative chloroplast donors". Open Research Europe (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16162.1.
    10.12688/openreseurope.16162.1
  7. Ana C. R. Resende; Rui Pereira; Cláudia Nunes; Sónia Cruz; Ricardo Calado; Paulo Cartaxana. "Photosynthetic Pigment and Carbohydrate Profiling of Fucus vesiculosus from an Iberian Coastal Lagoon". Plants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12061324.
    10.3390/plants12061324
  8. Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Susana Aveiro; Michael Greenacre; Tânia Melo; Pedro Domingues; M. Rosário Domingues; Sónia Cruz. "Light modulates the lipidome of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia timida". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159249.
    10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159249
  9. Margarida Travesso; Madalena Missionário; Sónia Cruz; Ricardo Calado; Diana Madeira. "Combined effect of marine heatwaves and light intensity on the cellular stress response and photophysiology of the leather coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum". Science of The Total Environment (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160460.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160460
  10. Sónia Cruz; Paulo Cartaxana. "Kleptoplasty: Getting away with stolen chloroplasts". PLOS Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001857.
    10.1371/journal.pbio.3001857
  11. Diana Lopes; Sónia Cruz; Patrícia Martins; Sónia Ferreira; Cláudia Nunes; Pedro Domingues; Paulo Cartaxana. "Sea Slug Mucus Production Is Supported by Photosynthesis of Stolen Chloroplasts". Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11081207.
    10.3390/biology11081207
  12. Ricardo Calado; Renato Mamede; Sónia Cruz; Miguel C. Leal. "Updated Trends on the Biodiscovery of New Marine Natural Products from Invertebrates". Marine Drugs 20 6 (2022): 389-389. https://doi.org/10.3390/md20060389.
    10.3390/md20060389
  13. Rúben Marques; Anthony Moreira; Sónia Cruz; Ricardo Calado; Paulo Cartaxana. "Controlling Light to Optimize Growth and Added Value of the Green Macroalga Codium tomentosum". Frontiers in Marine Science (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.906332.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.906332
  14. Paulo Cartaxana; Diana Lopes; Begoña Martinez; Patrícia Martins; Sónia Cruz. "Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata". Diversity 14 5 (2022): 313-313. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050313.
    10.3390/d14050313
  15. Xochitl Guadalupe Vital; Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz; Maria Rosário Domingues; Ricardo Calado; Nuno Simões. "Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth". Animals (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113157.
    10.3390/ani11113157
  16. Cartaxana, Paulo; Rey, Felisa; LeKieffre, Charlotte; Lopes, Diana; Hubas, Cédric; Spangenberg, Jorge E.; Escrig, Stéphane; et al. "Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 1959 (2021): 20211779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1779.
    Open access • 10.1098/rspb.2021.1779
  17. Giossi, Chiara E.; Cruz, Sónia; Rey, Felisa; Marques, Rúben; Melo, Tânia; Domingues, Maria do Rosário; Cartaxana, Paulo. "Light Induced Changes in Pigment and Lipid Profiles of Bryopsidales Algae". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 745083 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.745083.
    Published • 10.3389/fmars.2021.745083
  18. Moreira, Anthony; Cruz, Sónia; Marques, Rúben; Cartaxana, Paulo. "The underexplored potential of green macroalgae in aquaculture". Reviews in Aquaculture 14 1 (2021): 5-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12580.
    Published • 10.1111/raq.12580
  19. Paulo Cartaxana; Sónia Cruz. "On the art of stealing chloroplasts". eLife (2020): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64057.
    10.7554/eLife.64057
  20. Cátia Carreira; Christian Lønborg; Michael Kühl; Ana I Lillebø; Ruth-Anne Sandaa; Laura Villanueva; Sónia Cruz. "Fungi and viruses as important players in microbial mats". FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa187.
    10.1093/femsec/fiaa187
  21. Marques, Rúben; Cruz, Sónia; Calado, Ricardo; Lillebø, Ana; Abreu, Helena; Pereira, Rui; Pitarma, Bárbara; da Silva, Jorge Marques; Cartaxana, Paulo. "Effects of photoperiod and light spectra on growth and pigment composition of the green macroalga Codium tomentosum". Journal of Applied Phycology 33 1 (2020): 471-480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-020-02289-9.
    10.1007/s10811-020-02289-9
  22. Chiara Giossi; Paulo Cartaxana; Sonia Cruz. "Photoprotective Role of Neoxanthin in Plants and Algae". Molecules (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/20/4617.
    10.3390/molecules25204617
  23. Cruz, Sónia; LeKieffre, Charlotte; Cartaxana, Paulo; Hubas, Cédric; Thiney, Najet; Jakobsen, Sofie; Escrig, Stéphane; et al. "Functional kleptoplasts intermediate incorporation of carbon and nitrogen in cells of the Sacoglossa sea slug Elysia viridis". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66909-7.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41598-020-66909-7
  24. Rey, Felisa; Melo, Tânia; Cartaxana, P (8819-9D4D-4C85); Calado, Ricardo; Domingues, Pedro; Cruz, Sónia; Domingues, M Rosário M. "Coping with starvation: contrasting lipidomic dynamics in the cells of two sacoglossan sea slugs incorporating stolen plastids from the same macroalgae". Integrative and Comparative Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa019.
    Published • 10.1093/icb/icaa019
  25. Felisa Rey; Paulo Cartaxana; Tânia Melo; Ricardo Calado; Rui Pereira; Helena Abreu; Pedro Domingues; Sónia Cruz; M. Rosário Domingues. "Domesticated Populations of Codium tomentosum Display Lipid Extracts with Lower Seasonal Shifts than Conspecifics from the Wild—Relevance for Biotechnological Applications of this Green Seaweed". Marine Drugs 18 4 (2020): 188-188. https://doi.org/10.3390/md18040188.
    10.3390/md18040188
  26. Paulo Cartaxana; Luca Morelli; Bruno Jesus; Gonçalo Calado; Ricardo Calado; Sónia Cruz. "The photon menace: kleptoplast protection in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia timida". The Journal of Experimental Biology 222 12 (2019): jeb202580-jeb202580. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.202580.
    Published • 10.1242/jeb.202580
  27. Cartaxana, P.; Rey, F.; Ribeiro, M.; Moreira, A.S.P.; Rosário, M.; Domingues, M.; Calado, R.; Cruz, S.. "Nutritional state determines reproductive investment in the mixotrophic sea slug Elysia viridis". Marine Ecology Progress Series 611 (2019): 167-177. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v611/p167-177/.
    10.3354/meps12866
  28. Dionísio, Gisela; Faleiro, Filipa; Bispo, Regina; Lopes, Ana Rita; Cruz, Sónia; Paula, José Ricardo; Repolho, Tiago; Calado, Ricardo; Rosa, Rui. "Distinct Bleaching Resilience of Photosynthetic Plastid-Bearing Mollusks Under Thermal Stress and High CO2 Conditions". Frontiers in Physiology 9 (2018): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.01675/full.
    10.3389/fphys.2018.01675
  29. Paulo Cartaxana; Luca Morelli; Carla Quintaneiro; Gonçalo Calado; Ricardo Calado; Sónia Cruz. "Kleptoplast photoacclimation state modulates the photobehaviour of the solar-powered sea slugElysia viridis". The Journal of Experimental Biology (2018): jeb.180463-jeb.180463. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.180463.
    10.1242/jeb.180463
  30. Jorge Marques da Silva; Sónia Cruz; Paulo Cartaxana. "Inorganic carbon availability in benthic diatom communities: photosynthesis and migration". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372 1728 (2017): 20160398-20160398. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0398.
    10.1098/rstb.2016.0398
  31. Cartaxana P; Trampe E; Kühl M; Cruz S. "Kleptoplast photosynthesis is nutritionally relevant in the sea slug Elysia viridis.". Scientific Reports (2017): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-08002-0.
    10.1038/s41598-017-08002-0
  32. Christa, G.; Cruz, S.; Jahns, P.; de Vries, J.; Cartaxana, P.; Esteves, A.C.; Serôdio, J.; Gould, S.B.. "Photoprotection in a monophyletic branch of chlorophyte algae is independent of energy-dependent quenching (qE)". New Phytologist 214 3 (2017): 1132-1144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011665166&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/nph.14435
  33. Rey, F.; Da Costa, E.; Campos, A.M.; Cartaxana, P.; MacIel, E.; Domingues, P.; Domingues, M.R.M.; Calado, R.; Cruz, S.. "Kleptoplasty does not promote major shifts in the lipidome of macroalgal chloroplasts sequestered by the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12008-z.
    10.1038/s41598-017-12008-z
  34. Cartaxana, P.; Ribeiro, L.; Goessling, J.W.; Cruz, S.; Kühl, M.. "Light and O2 microenvironments in two contrasting diatom-dominated coastal sediments". Marine Ecology Progress Series 545 (2016): 35-47. https://int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v545/p35-47/.
    10.3354/meps11630
  35. Cartaxana, P.; Cruz, S.; Gameiro, C.; Kühl, M.. "Regulation of intertidal microphytobenthos photosynthesis over a diel emersion period is strongly affected by diatom migration patterns". Frontiers in Microbiology 7 JUN (2016): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00872/full.
    10.3389/fmicb.2016.00872
  36. Cartaxana, P.; Vieira, S.; Ribeiro, L.; Rocha, R.J.M.; Cruz, S.; Calado, R.; Da Silva, J.M.. "Effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on intertidal microphytobenthos". BMC Ecology 15 1 (2015): https://bmcecol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12898-015-0043-y.
    10.1186/s12898-015-0043-y
  37. Cruz, S.; Cartaxana, P.; Newcomer, R.; Dionísio, G.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.; Pelletreau, K.N.; Rumpho, M.E.. "Photoprotection in sequestered plastids of sea slugs and respective algal sources". Scientific Reports 5 (2015): https://www.nature.com/articles/srep07904.
    10.1038/srep07904
  38. Cruz, S.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.; Jesus, B.; Cartaxana, P.. "Pigment profile in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 80 5 (2014): 475-481. https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/80/5/475/1035589.
    10.1093/mollus/eyu021
  39. Serôdio, J.; Cruz, S.; Cartaxana, P.; Calado, R.. "Photophysiology of kleptoplasts: Photosynthetic use of light by chloroplasts living in animal cells". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 369 1640 (2014): https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2013.0242.
    10.1098/rstb.2013.0242
  40. Dionísio, G.; Rosa, R.; Leal, M.C.; Cruz, S.; Brandão, C.; Calado, G.; SerÔdio, J.; Calado, R.. "Beauties and beasts: A portrait of sea slugs aquaculture". Aquaculture 408-409 (2013): 1-14. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044848613002524.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.04.033
  41. Cruz, S.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.; Cartaxana, P.. "Crawling leaves: Photosynthesis in sacoglossan sea slugs". Journal of Experimental Botany 64 13 (2013): 3999-4009. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/64/13/3999/436339.
    10.1093/jxb/ert197
  42. Cartaxana, P.; Domingues, N.; Cruz, S.; Jesus, B.; Laviale, M.; Serôdio, J.; Da Silva, J.M.. "Photoinhibition in benthic diatom assemblages under light stress". Aquatic Microbial Ecology 70 1 (2013): 87-92. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v70/n1/p87-92/.
    10.3354/ame01648
  43. Cruz, S.; Dionísio, G.; Rosa, R.; Calado, R.; Serôdio, J.. "Anesthetizing solar-powered sea slugs for photobiological studies". Biological Bulletin 223 3 (2012): 328-336. https://www.academia.edu/3381608/Anesthetizing_solar-powered_sea_slugs_for_photobiological_studies.
  44. Bombelli, P.; Bradley, R.W.; Scott, A.M.; Philips, A.J.; McCormick, A.J.; Cruz, S.M.; Anderson, A.; et al. "Quantitative analysis of the factors limiting solar power transduction by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in biological photovoltaic devices". Energy and Environmental Science 4 11 (2011): 4690-4698. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/ee/c1ee02531g#!divAbstract.
    10.1039/c1ee02531g
  45. Cruz, S.; Goss, R.; Wilhelm, C.; Leegood, R.; Horton, P.; Jakob, T.. "Impact of chlororespiration on non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and on the regulation of the diadinoxanthin cycle in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana". Journal of Experimental Botany 62 2 (2011): 509-519. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/62/2/509/587943.
    10.1093/jxb/erq284
  46. Cruz, S.; Serôdio, J.. "Relationship of rapid light curves of variable fluorescence to photoacclimation and non-photochemical quenching in a benthic diatom". Aquatic Botany 88 3 (2008): 256-264. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304377007001726.
    10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.11.001
  47. Serôdio, J.; Vieira, S.; Cruz, S.. "Photosynthetic activity, photoprotection and photoinhibition in intertidal microphytobenthos as studied in situ using variable chlorophyll fluorescence". Continental Shelf Research 28 10-11 (2008): 1363-1375. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44449133209&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.019
  48. Serôdio, J.; Vieira, S.; Cruz, S.; Coelho, H.. "Rapid light-response curves of chlorophyll fluorescence in microalgae: Relationship to steady-state light curves and non-photochemical quenching in benthic diatom-dominated assemblages". Photosynthesis Research 90 1 (2006): 29-43. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-006-9105-5.
    10.1007/s11120-006-9105-5
  49. Serôdio, J.; Coelho, H.; Vieira, S.; Cruz, S.. "Microphytobenthos vertical migratory photoresponse as characterised by light-response curves of surface biomass". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 68 3-4 (2006): 547-556. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272771406000977.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.005
  50. Serôdio, J.; Vieira, S.; Cruz, S.; Barroso, F.. "Short-term variability in the photosynthetic activity of microphytobenthos as detected by measuring rapid light curves using variable fluorescence". Marine Biology 146 5 (2005): 903-914. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17444419745&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00227-004-1504-6
  51. Serôdio, J.; Cruz, S.; Vieira, S.; Brotas, V.. "Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and operation of the xanthophyll cycle in estuarine microphytobenthos". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 326 2 (2005): 157-169. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27844505208&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2005.05.011
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/11/20 Contrasting lipidomic response under starvation conditions of two sympatric sacoglossan sea slug species Lipid in the Ocean, 2nd edition
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/09/12 Lipidomics of solar-power animals: a tool to unravel the process of kleptoplasty 20th Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), 9 -12 September 2019
University of Minho, Portugal (Braga, Portugal)
2019/08/16 Kleptoplasts of the solar-powered sea slug Elysia crispata collected at different depths display similar pigment and fatty acid profiles World Congress of Malacology
California Academy of Sciences (Pacific Grove, California, United States)
2018 Kleptoplast photoacclimation state modulates the photobehaviour of the solar-powered sea slug Elysia viridis Society for Experimental Biology annual meeting, SEB 2018
(Florence, Italy)
2018 Chloroplasts sequestered by the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis preserve original lipidome of plastid membranes 31st Congress of the New European Society for Comparative Physiology & Biochemistry: ESPB - 2018
(Porto, Portugal)
2018 Cloroplastos funcionais dentro de células de Sacoglossos: o projecto HULK Portuguese Congress on Malacology, CPM 2018
(Funchal, Portugal)
2017 Studying kleptoplasty in animal cells using chlorophyll a fluorescence AQUAFLUO - Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2017
(Sidney, Australia)
2014 Photosynthetic animals – a natural blueprint for synthetic organelles Biology of plastids - Towards a blueprint for synthetic organelles
(Pultusk, Poland)
2014 Photosynthetic sea slugs and Global climate change: the role of kleptoplastic animals in a changing world Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association Meeting - ECSA54
(Sesimbra, Portugal)
2013 Photoprotection mechanisms in sacoglossan sea slugs World Congress of Malacology
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2013 Culturing sea slugs: why they matter? World Congress of Malacology
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2010 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to generate electrical current: insight into the cell wall and cell membranes proteomics 14th International conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas
(Norton, United States)
2005 Xanthophyll cycle and non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in estuarine microalgae as a response to light stress Plankton symposium III
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - Current Lipidomic characterization and benefits of kleptoplasty in the Sacoglossa sea slugs Elysia crispata and Elysia viridis
Supervisor of Carlos Enrique Paya
 Doctoral Program in Biochemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10 - Current Mucus of Sacoglossa sea slugs: Contribution of kleptoplast photosynthesis, biochemical characterization and adhesive properties
Co-supervisor of Diana Lopes
 Bioquímica (Doutoramento) (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12 The role of lipids in chloroplasts maintenance inside animal cells
Co-supervisor of João Duarte Pereira
 Master in Applied Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10 - 2023/12 Photophysiology of potential chloroplast macroalgal donors to the sea slug Elysia viridis and its kleptoplasts
Supervisor of Ana Margarida Marques Fernandes
 Master in Applied Biology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - 2023 La luz en la ecología poblacional y conductual de Elysia crispata (Mollusca: Sacoglossa): preferencia en diferentes espectros e intensidades.
Co-supervisor of Xochitl Guadalupe Vital Arriaga
 Ciencias Biológicas (PhD)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
2017 - 2021/02 Ecological impacts of biological mortality and environmental factors on hypersaline microbial mats
Supervisor of Dr. Cátia Carreira
 Fellow researcher (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Photoacclimation and photoprotection strategies in siphonous green algae of the order Bryopsidales (Codium tomentosum and Bryopsis plumosa)
Supervisor of Chiara Giossi
 Biologia Marina (Master)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Scuola di Scienze, Italy
2018 - 2019 Effects of light on the photobiology and growth of the commercially valuable macroalgae Codium tomentosum
Co-supervisor of Rúben Filipe Nascimento Marques
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Decoding the functions of chloroplasts in the metabolism of sacoglossan sea slugs
Co-supervisor of Dr. Felisa Rey Eiras
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Functional chloroplasts inside animal cells: cracking the puzzle
Supervisor of Dr. Paulo Cartaxana
 Fellow Researcher (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Functional chloroplasts inside animal cells: exploring the photoprotective mechanisms
Supervisor of Luca Morelli
 Biotecnologie vegetali e microbiche (Master)
Università degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari e Agro-ambientali, Italy
2016 - 2017 Effects of food availability and irradiance on photosynthesis and reproductive investment in the sea slug Elysia viridis
Supervisor of Mariana Isabel Teixeira Ribeiro
 Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2017 Effects of food availability and irradiance on photosynthesis and reproductive investment in the sea slug Elysia viridis
Supervisor
 Mariana Isabel Teixeira Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013 Copping with Extreme Dehydration: A Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Study on the Aquatic Bryophyte Fontinalis antipyretica
Thesis Member
 Ricardo Filipe Duarte da Cruz Carvalho (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/04 - Current Member of the Executive Board
Member
 BlueBio Alliance, Portugal
2019/04 - 2023/02 Member of the Department of Biology Council
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2017/09 - 2020/05 Coordinator of the research group Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture
Coordinator
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2013 - 2013 Fast chlorophyll a fluorescence transient analysis (OJIP) PAM Fluorometry (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Kleptoplasty: plastid acquisition in sea slugs BioPlant workshop and advanced course (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Fast chlorophyll a fluorescence transient analysis (OJIP) Optical techniques for the in vivo study of photosynthesis (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Physiology of Organisms Biology (Licence) University of Cambridge Department of Plant Sciences, United Kingdom
2006 - 2008 Practical Skills in Biology I and II Biology (Licence) The University of Sheffield Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, United Kingdom
Distinctions

Award

2008 Scurfield Memory Bursary award
The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
2007 Excellence Exchange Scheme award
The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom