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Sara Peixoto is graduated in Biotechnology, in 2013 at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. She obtained the MSc degree in Microbiology in 2015, and the PhD degree in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (specialization in Environmental Biology and Health) in 2022, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal (financially supported by a 4-year FCT grant). Currently, she is a researcher fellow at Department of Biology in the context of the R&D project ECOCENE, which aims to evaluate the potential effects of nanopesticides on soils organisms and microbial communities. She worked on microbial ecotoxicology with a special focus on the responses of soil microbiome to the nanomaterial’s exposure, under a more realistic exposure scenario. Most of her research is focused on classical and molecular microbiology, metagenomic analyses, microbial functioning, and microbial susceptibility/tolerance. She worked with different research groups and researchers from many areas, resulting in co-authorship with more than 45 collaborators. She is (co)author of seven publications in international peer-reviewed journals (four as first author), and 18 communications to (inter)national conferences (six oral presentations). She participated in several outreach activities by disseminating scientific knowledge for (un)specialized audiences (e.g., schools visits - summer academy at the University of Aveiro). Has received two awards and/or honours. She did seven advanced courses as an attendee. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological output are: Terrestrial ecosystem, microbial ecotoxicology, metal based-nanoparticles; nanomaterials; microbiome, culture- (in)dependent methods.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Peixoto

Citation names

  • Peixoto, Sara
  • Peixoto, S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1F19-F15F-C143
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3005-7492
Google Scholar ID
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara-Peixoto-2

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/01/14 - 2022/06
Ongoing
Advanced course in Scientific Research (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2022/01/10
Concluded
Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (Doutoramento)
Major in Environmental Biology and Health
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Effects of nanomaterials on soil microbiome: nano-agrochemicals and biosolids applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved (with distinction)
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/05
Concluded
Advanced course on Modelling approaches in ecotoxicology (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/06/23 - 2018/06/27
Concluded
Advanced curse on Microbial diversity. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/06/09 - 2018/06/13
Concluded
Advanced curse on Bioinformatics for Microbiologists. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/01/29 - 2018/02/02
Concluded
Advanced curse on Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/09/11 - 2017/09/15
Concluded
Advanced course on Fundamentals of Animal Cell Culture. 1st edition. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/05/22 - 2017/05/26
Concluded
Advanced course in Ecosystem services provided by wetlands: Anthropogenic impacts and Environmental chemistry. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2015/12/18
Concluded
Microbiologia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Changes of the microbial communities as a mean to evaluate the impact of soil contamination by nanoparticles." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2015/06/22 - 2015/06/26
Concluded
Advanced course on Scientific writing and communication. 3ª edition. (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
17
2009/09/16 - 2013/02/14
Concluded
Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
"Avaliação do impacto dos genes rpoS e bolA na capacidade de formação de biofilme de E. coli e na resposta a fatores de stress." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/08 - 2029 Junior Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2023/01/09 - 2023/08 Post doc Researcher Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2022/01/15 - 2022/07/14 Research grant holder (under the project: Ecological Effects of Nanopesticides to Soil Ecosystems) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/04 - 2022/01/10 PhD student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/09 - Current DrosuGreen - Controlo da praga de quarentena Drosophila suzuki através de estudos epidemiológicos e novas técnicas de biocontrolo verdes.
BIPD/UTAD/10/2022
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/15 - 2022/07/14 ECOCENE - Ecological Effects of Nanopesticides to Soil Ecosystems
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032471
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 TAILING - Response of mine tailing soils from La Unión-Sierra de Cartagena to climate change: an experimental approach under field and climate chambers conditions (Ref. 21994/PI/22)
21994/PI/22
Team member
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Amsterdam UMC Locatie VUmc, Netherlands

Technical University of Cartagena, Spain
Ongoing
2020/04 - 2022/01/14 ECOCENE - Ecological Effects of Nanopesticides to Soil Ecosystems
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032471
Researcher - Team member
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Damasceno, E.P.; OLIVEIRA, JMM; Peixoto, Sara; Henriques, Isabel; Lotufo, Leticia; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M. ; Loureiro, Susana. "Effect of trabectedin in the bacterial community of Danio rerio larvae". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, 2021.
  2. Peixoto, Sara; Oliveira, Jacinta M. M.; Henriques, Isabel; Morgado, Rui; Soares; Amadeu; Loureiro, Susana. "Long-term effects of AgNPs on soil bacterial community: a single species microcosm approach". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, 2021.
  3. Morgado, Rui; Prodana, Marija; Cardoso, Diogo; Malheiro, Catarina; Peixoto, Sara; Neves, Joana; Santos, Cátia; et al. "Effects of nano and non-nano copper formulations to soil organisms: a mesocosm approach". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, 2021.
  4. Peixoto, Sara; Morgado, Rui; Prodana, Marija; Cardoso, Diogo; Malheiro, Catarina; Neves, Joana; Santos, Cátia; et al. "Copper-based nanomaterials alter the soil microbiome at the functional and structural level – a mesocosm study". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, 2021.
  5. Peixoto, S.; Morgado, Rui; Prodana, Marija; Cardoso, Diogo; Malheiro, Catarina; Henriques, Isabel; Loureiro, Susana. "Impact of different copper-based nanomaterials on the soil microbiome". Paper presented in One Health Day, 2020.
  6. Peixoto, S.; Jacinta Oliveira; Rui G. Morgado; Susana Loureiro; Isabel Henriques. "Soil bacterial community responses to AgNPs .". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting - SETAC SciCon - virtual meeting, 2020.
  7. Oliveira, J. M. M.; Henriques, Isabel; Read, D. S.; Gweon, Hyun S.; Morgado, Rui G.; Peixoto, S.; Correia, António; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M. ; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Henriques, Isabel. "Gut and faecal microbiota of the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus: potential use for monitoring exposure". Paper presented in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Ed.), SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2020.
  8. Peixoto, S.; Khodaparast, Z.; Loureiro, Susana; Henriques, Isabel. "The impact of Ag2S-NP exposure in soil microbiome: a 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic analysis". Paper presented in 4th Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics, 2019.
  9. Peixoto, Sara; Henriques, Isabel; Loureiro, Susana. "Impact of copper-based nanopesticide on the microbiome of agricultural soils". Paper presented in One Health Day, 2019.
  10. Peixoto, S.; Khodaparast, Z.; Henriques, I.; Loureiro, S.. "Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – a terrestrial mesocosm approach". Paper presented in 1st PhD student Meeting -Biology and Ecology of Global changes, 25th October 2019, FCUL - Lisbon, 2019.
  11. Peixoto, S.; Khodaparast, Z.; Henriques, I.; Loureiro, S.. "Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – a terrestrial mesocosm approach". Paper presented in 15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology, 2019.
  12. Santos, M.; Oliveira, H.; Peixoto, S.; Pereira, J.; Luis A. T.; Gonçalves F. J.; Henriques, I.; Vidal, T.. "Using flow cytometry for bacterioplankton community analysis as a fast assessment tool complementary to Water Framework Directive in prioritization of impacted sites.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Peixoto, Sara; Loureiro, Susana; Henriques, Isabel. Corresponding author: Loureiro, Susana. "The impact of silver sulfide nanoparticles and silver ions in soil microbiome". Journal of Hazardous Materials 422 (2022): 126793. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126793.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126793
  2. Peixoto, Sara; Oliveira, Jacinta M.M.; Henriques, Isabel; Morgado, Rui G.; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M.; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Jacinta M.M.. "Pollution- induced community tolerance framework - disc diffusion method to assess the impact of silver nanoparticles in soils: Potential relevance for risk assessment". Applied Soil Ecology 169 (2022): 104185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104185.
    10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104185
  3. Peñalver-Alcalá, Antonio; Álvarez-Rogel, José; Peixoto, Sara; Silva, Isabel; Silva, Ana Rita R.; González-Alcaraz, M. Nazaret. Corresponding author: González-Alcaraz, M. Nazaret. "The relationships between functional and physicochemical soil parameters in metal(loid) mine tailings from Mediterranean semiarid areas support the value of spontaneous vegetation colonization for phytomanagement". Ecological Engineering 168 (2021): 106293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106293.
    10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106293
  4. Oliveira, Jacinta M. M.; Henriques, Isabel; Read, Daniel S.; Gweon, Hyun S.; Morgado, Rui G.; Peixoto, Sara; Correia, António; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Loureiro, Susana. "Gut and faecal bacterial community of the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus: potential use for monitoring exposure scenarios". Ecotoxicology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-021-02477-4.
    10.1007/s10646-021-02477-4
  5. Peixoto, Sara; Henriques, Isabel; Loureiro, Susana. "Long-term effects of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide exposure on soil microbial communities". Environmental Pollution 269 (2021): 116113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116113.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116113
  6. Peixoto, S.; Khodaparast, Z.; Cornelis, G.; Lahive, E.; Green Etxabe, A.; Baccaro, M.; Papadiamantis, A.G.; et al. "Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – A terrestrial mesocosm approach". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 206 (2020): 111405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111405.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111405
  7. Santos, Martha; Peixoto, Sara; Pereira, Joana L.; Luís, Ana T.; Henriques, Isabel; Gonçalves, Fernando J.M.; Pereira, Mário J.; Oliveira, Helena; Vidal, Tânia. Corresponding author: Vidal, Tânia. "Using flow cytometry for bacterioplankton community analysis as a complementary tool to Water Framework Directive to signal putatively impacted sites". Science of The Total Environment 695 (2019): 133754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133754.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133754
Magazine article
  1. Peixoto, S.; Oliveira, Jacinta; Henriques, Isabel; Morgado, Rui G.; Soares, Amadeu M.V.M. ; Loureiro, Susana. "Suscetibilidade bacteriana às nanopartículas de prata", Captar, 2016
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Effects of nanomaterials on soil microbiome: nano-agrochemicals and biosolids applications". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2022.
  2. Peixoto, S.. "Changes of the microbial communities as a mean to evaluate the impact of soil contamination by nanoparticles". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015.
  3. Peixoto, S.. "Avaliação do impacto dos genes rpoS e bolA na capacidade de formação de biofilme de E. coli e na resposta a fatores de stress". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 2013.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/07/07 Effects of Ag2S NPs and AgNO3 on the soil bacterial community related to the nitrogen cycle Research Summit
University of Aveiro
2020/06/25 Effects of nanomaterials on the soil bacterial community Research Summit
University of Aveiro
2020/05/04 Long-term effect of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide on soil microbiome SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting - SETAC SciCon - virtual meeting
SETAC
2019/07/04 Assessment of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide applications on soil microbiota - an agroecosystem perspective Research Summit
University of Aveiro and CESAM (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/04/29 Avaliação do impacto dos genes rpoS e bolA na capacidade de formação de biofilme de E. coli e na resposta a fatores de stress. III Jornadas de biotecnologia
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
2015/03/30 Suscetibilidade bacteriana às nanopartículas de prata IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (IV ENPGCB)
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/16 Summer academy
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10/03 - 2018/10/05 Science festival
Oliveira do Bairro Municipe, Portugal
2018/07/08 - 2018/07/20 Summer academy
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe (SETAC)
2019 - Current Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM)
Distinctions

Award

2020 Best poster presentation: Impact of different copper-based nanomaterials on the soil microbiome
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 FEMS Early Career Scientist grant - Travel and meeting attendance grant to Congress: "4th Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics"
Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, United Kingdom