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Knowledge enthusiast, always looking for more and better. In her life journey always seeks to learn and share moments, experiences, knowledge, adventures and misadventures. With the successes and failures grows as a person who understands that the constant construction is the road to excellence. Master in Biological Engineering (since 2012), pursued a scientific career at CEB (Centre of Biological Engineering) since 2013. Participated in different research projects, all related with environmental biotechnology . In 2016 started her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering focusing on syngas fermentation bioreactors. Author and co-author of a total of 4 papers in international journals with peer review (2 in preparation). Presented 6 oral and 11 poster communications in several international and national scientific meetings. Participated in the writing of 1 research project proposals (approved), as team member. Experience in laboratorial supervision of 3 master and 2 bachelor students.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Luísa Arantes de Carvalho Pereira

Citation names

  • Arantes, Ana L.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1A13-FF11-BB7F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9592-6628

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/10/01 - 2020/10/31
Ongoing
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2007/09/15 - 2012/11/01
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Matrix optimization of immobilized algae and their application in continuous process." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/06/15 - 2016/09/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2013/06/01 - 2015/05/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/02 - 2014/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) Wageningen Universiteit Leerstoelgroep Agrotechnologie en Voedingswetenschappen, Netherlands

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/01 - 2016/09/30 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/10/01 - Current PhD student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013/01 - 2013/05 Internship at Department of Quality, Environment, Hygiene and Security. TMG Automotive, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/10 - 2016/09 Novel anaerobes for a biobased economy
323009
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Research Council
Concluded
2013/06/01 - 2015/09 Syngas bio-upgrading to fuels and chemicals
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/131045/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2018/07 - Current Innovative strategies for syngas fermentation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031377
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Alves, JI; Lopes, M; Arantes, Ana; Belo, I; Sousa, DZ. "Anaerobic granular sludge as a microbial platform for the conversion of gaseous substrates at moderate pressures". Paper presented in AD 16th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Delft, 2019.
  2. Arantes, Ana; Lopes, M; Alves, JI; Pereira, MA; Alves, MM. "Boosting hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in pressurized bioreactors". Paper presented in AD 15th - IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Beijing, 2017.
Conference poster
  1. Arantes, Ana L.; Moreira, João P. C.; Diender, Martijn; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Alves, Joana I.; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Acetobacterium sp. strain JM, a biotechnological platform organism for syngas conversion.". Paper presented in Microbiotec'19, 2019.
  2. Moreira, João P. C.; Diender, Martjin; Arantes, Ana L.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Alves, Joana I.; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Production of propionate from carbon monoxide by a synthetic co-culture". Paper presented in Microbiotec'19, 2019.
  3. Alves, Joana I.; Lopes, Marlene; Arantes, Ana L.; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, Diana Z.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Anaerobic granular sludge as a microbial platform for the conversion of gaseous substrates at moderate pressures". Paper presented in AD 16th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, 2019.
  4. Alves, Joana I.; Lopes, Marlene; Arantes, Ana L.; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, Diana Z.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Pressurized syngas bioconversion: physiological and microbial characterization.". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17, 2017.
  5. Arantes, Ana L.; Alves, Joana I.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Microbial diversity of anaerobic syngas-converting enrichments from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor (MOBB).". Paper presented in Microbiotec'17, 2017.
  6. Arantes, Ana L.; Lopes, Marlene; Alves, Joana I.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Boosting hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in pressurized bioreactors.". Paper presented in AD 15th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, 2017.
  7. Alves, Joana I.; Lopes, Marlee; Arantes, Ana L.; Sousa, Diana Z.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Pressurized syngas bioconversion: physiological and microbial characterization". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-3), 2017.
  8. Arantes, Ana L.; Alves, Joana I.; Lopes, Marlene; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Microbial diversity of anaerobic syngas converting enrichments from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor (MOBB)". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-3), 2017.
  9. Lopes, Marlene; Alves, Joana I.; Arantes, Ana L.; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, Diana Z.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Hydrogenotrophic activity under increased H2/CO2 pressure: effect on methane production and microbial community". Paper presented in EUROPEAN BIOTECHNOLOGY CONGRESS, 2015.
  10. Arantes, Ana L.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Enrichment of carbon monoxide utilising microorganisms from methanogenic bioreactor sludge". Paper presented in SYMPOSIUM ON BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR FUELS AND CHEMICALS, 2015.
  11. Arantes, Ana L.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Enrichment of carbon monoxide utilising microorganisms from methanogenic bioreactor sludge". Paper presented in XI LATINAMERICAN SYMPOSIUM OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Moreira, João P. C.; Diender, Martijn; Arantes, Ana L.; Boeren, Sjef; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Alves, Joana I.; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Pathway analysis of propionate production from carbon monoxide by a synthetic co-culture". (2020):
    Submitted
  2. Magalhães, CP; Ribeiro, JA; Guedes, AP; Arantes, Ana; Sousa, DZ; Stams, AJM; Alves, MM; Cavaleiro, AJ. "Cocultivation of Thermoaerobacter strains with a methanogenic partner enhances glycerol conversion". Microbial Biotechnology (2020):
    Accepted • 10.1111/1751-7915.13506
  3. Arantes, Ana L.; Moreira, João P. C.; Diender, Martijn; Parshina, Sofiya N.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Alves, Joana I.; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Enrichment of Anaerobic Syngas-Converting Communities and Isolation of a Novel Carboxydotrophic Acetobacterium wieringae Strain JM". Frontiers in Microbiology 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00058.
    Accepted • 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00058
  4. Arantes, Ana L.; Alves, Joana I.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z.. "Enrichment of syngas-converting communities from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor". Microbial Biotechnology 11 4 (2017): 639-646. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12864.
    Accepted • 10.1111/1751-7915.12864
  5. Lopes, Marlene; Alves, Joana Isabel; Arantes, Ana Luísa; Belo, Isabel; Sousa, Diana Zita; Alves, M. Madalena. "Hydrogenotrophic activity under increased H2/CO2 pressure: Effect on methane production and microbial community". Journal of Biotechnology 208 (2015): S57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.06.170.
    Accepted • 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.06.170
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/12/05 Acetobacterium sp. strain JM, a biotechnological platform organism for syngas conversion. MICROBIOTEC'19
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/07/06 Perspectives on syngas fermentation CEB Annual Meeting 2017
Centro de Engenharia Biológica (Braga, Portugal)
2017/05/30 Pressurized syngas bioconversion: turning gaseous residues into valuable products. International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy 2017
The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) (Noordwijk, Netherlands)
2017/05/01 Pressurized syngas bioconversion: physiological and microbial characterization. 3rd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-3)
(Wageningen, Netherlands)
2017/05/01 Microbial diversity of anaerobic syngasconverting enrichments from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor (MOBB). 3rd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-3)
(Wageningen, Netherlands)
2015/04/27 Enrichment of carbon monoxide utilising microorganisms from methanogenic bioreactor sludge SYMPOSIUM ON BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR FUELS AND CHEMICALS
(La Jolla - San Diego, United States)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/05 - 2019/05 Expobiotec'19- Volunteer work - receiving and perform activities with visiting highschool students (2019/05 - 2019/05)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/05 Expobiotec'18 - Volunteer work - receiving and perform activities with visiting highschool students (2018/05 - 2018/05)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/05 - 2019/05 Informal presentation of my acivities as a PhD (on syngas fermentation) to a non scientific community
Round table
 Pint of Science 19
2017/11/10 - 2017/11/10 Participation in the Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017
Symposium
 Symposium Novel Anaerobes 2017
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09/25 - 2017/09/29 Workshop with scientific talks to the DP_AEM doctoral program students
Meeting
 2nd Joint Workshop of the PhD Programs in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (DP_AEM) and Molecular and Environmental Biology (PDBMA)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/06/29 - 2017/06/30 Participação
Workshop
 Matlab and SuperPro Designer Workshop
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017/06/26 - 2017/06/27 Participation on the course : Introduction to biological data analysis with R
Workshop
 Hands-on course: Introduction to biological data analysis with R
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2017/02/15 - 2017/02/16 Workshop with scientific talks and soft skills course for the students of the DP_AEM doctoral program
Meeting
 2nd Joint BIOTECnico and AEM PhD Programs Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/09/26 - 2016/09/30 Workshop with scientific talks and soft skills course for the students of the DP_AEM doctoral program
Meeting
 1st Joint Workshop of the PhD Programs in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (DP_AEM) and Molecular and Environmental Biology (PDBMA)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/09/01 - 2020/03/31 Syngas fermentation Lúcia Roque
2016/09 - 2016/12 Anaerobic enriched cultures growth with glycerol Anna Duber
2016/05 - 2016/10 Syngas fermentation João Moreira
2016/05 - 2016/10 Anaerobic enriched cultures growth with glycerol Romana Rodrigues
2016/05 - 2016/10 Anaerobic enriched cultures growth with glycerol Pedro Fernandes
Distinctions

Other distinction

2016 FCT PhD Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 WIMEK research fellowship Grant
Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research (Wimek), Netherlands