Ana Pontes (2413-EA5C-249B)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Pontes

Ana Pontes. Completed the Master in Medical Microbiology in 2013 by Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Bachelor in Biology in 2007 by Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. Completed the PhD in Biology by Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia in 2022. Published 20 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Has received 2 awards and/or honors.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Pontes

Citation names

Pontes, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2413-EA5C-249B

Email addresses

ap.pontes@fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Quinta da Torre, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://yeastgenomicslab.wordpress.com/ (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/10/01 - 2022/07/07 Concluded	Biology (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "The genomics of microbe domestication - Testing the hypothesis of secondary domestication events in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013 Concluded	Medical Microbiology (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Mecanismos de Resistência de Isolados Clínicos do Complexo Candida parapsilosis a Fármacos Azólicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2007 Concluded	Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal "Biologia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/16 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/01/17 - Current	Unveiling the signatures of convergent evolution in bee-associated microorganisms: a comparative multi-omics approach PTDC/BIA-EVL/0604/2021 Post-doc REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Institute for Health and Bioeconomy LA/P/0140/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDB/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDB/04378/2020 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UIDP/04378/2020 10.54499/UIDP/04378/2020 Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30	Genómica de leveduras vínicas - uma exploração das trajectórias de domesticação e da emergência de virulência PTDC/BIA-MIC/30785/2017 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas UID/Multi/04378/2019 Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/07/01 - 2023/12/31	Testing yeast genome assembly pipelines using long-read sequencing data 2023.09581.CPCA Principal investigator	Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30	Advancing wine yeast genomics - exploring the evolutionary dimensions of domestication and the emergence of virulence PTDC/BIA-MIC/30785/2017 Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Sampaio, José Paulo; Pontes, Ana; Libkind, Diego; Hutzler, Mathias. "Taxonomy, Diversity, and Typing of Brewing Yeasts". In Brewing Microbiology: Current Research, Omics and Microbial Ecology. Caister Academic Press, 2017. Published • 10.21775/9781910190616.04
Conference poster	Pontes, Ana; Paraíso, Francisca; Limtong, Saivitree; Jindamoragot, Sasiton; Gonçalves, Paula; Sampaio, José Paulo. "The deep pre-domestication ecological roots od the GAL alternative pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Paper presented in Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution and Ecology, 2022. Paraíso, Francisca; Carolina Ferreira; Pontes, Ana; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Assessing fermentative traits across the population spectrum of S. cerevisiae". Paper presented in 15th International Congress on Yeast meets the 30th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2021.
Journal article	Sakpuntoon, Varunya; Srathongporn, Nathida; Pontes, Ana; Khunnamwong, Pannida; Aires, Andreia; Limtong, Savitree; Gonçalves, Carla; et al. "Phylogenomic delineation of two new species of ascomycetous yeasts, Wickerhamiella koratensis sp. nov. and Wickerhamiella limtongiae sp. nov., and proposal of two synonyms, Wickerhamiella infanticola and Wickerhamiella tropicalis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 74 2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006282. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.006282 Rosa, Carlos A.; Santos, Ana Raquel O.; Palmier, Kirsten; Duell, Meghan; Carvalho, Andrea O. S.; Fernadez, Natalia V.; Pimenta, Raphael S.; et al. "Taxogenomic analyses of Starmerella gilliamiae f.a, sp. nov. and Starmerella monicapupoae f.a., sp. nov., two novel species isolated from plant substrates and insects". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 74 2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006270. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.006270 Pontes, Ana; Paraíso, Francisca; Liu, Yu-Ching; Limtong, Savitree; Jindamorakot, Sasitorn; Jespersen, Lene; Gonçalves, Carla; et al. "Tracking alternative versions of the galactose gene network in the genus Saccharomyces and their expansion after domestication". iScience (2024): 108987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.108987. Accepted • 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108987 Paraíso, Francisca; Pontes, Ana; Neves, Joana; Lebani, Kebaneilwe; Hutzler, Mathias; Zhou, Nerve; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Do microbes evade domestication? - Evaluating potential ferality among diastatic Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Food Microbiology 115 (2023): 104320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2023.104320. Published • 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104320 Silva, Margarida; Pontes, Ana; Franco-Duarte, Ricardo; Soares, Pedro; Sampaio, José Paulo; Sousa, Maria João; Brito, Patrícia H.. "A glimpse at an early stage of microbe domestication revealed in the variable genome of Torulaspora delbrueckii, an emergent industrial yeast". Molecular Ecology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16428. Published • 10.1111/mec.16428 Santos, Ana Raquel Oliveira; Aires, Andreia; Pontes, Ana; Silva, Margarida; Brito, Patricia H; Groenewald, Marizeth; Melo, Cidiane G. S.; et al. "Phaffia brasiliana sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from soil in a Cerrado–Atlantic Rain Forest ecotone site in Brazil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005080. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.005080 Ruiz, Javier; Celis, Miguel; Martín-Santamaría, María; Benito-Vázquez, Iván; Pontes, Ana; Lanza, Val F.; Sampaio, José Paulo; Santos, Antonio; Belda, Ignacio. "Global distribution of IRC7 alleles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae populations: a genomic and phenotypic survey within the wine clade". Environmental Microbiology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15540. Published • 10.1111/1462-2920.15540 Pontes, Ana; Hutzler, Mathias; Brito, Patrícia H.; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Revisiting the Taxonomic Synonyms and Populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae—Phylogeny, Phenotypes, Ecology and Domestication". Microorganisms 8 6 (2020): 903. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8060903. Open access • Published • 10.3390/microorganisms8060903 Pontes, Ana; Ruethi, Joel; Frey, Beat; Aires, Andreia; Thomas, Amanda; Overy, David; Halti, Brad; Kerr, Russell; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Cryolevonia gen. nov. and Cryolevonia schafbergensis sp. nov., a cryophilic yeast from ancient permafrost and melted sea ice". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004040. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.004040 Into, Parichat; Pontes, Ana; Sampaio, José Paulo; Limtong, Savitree. "Yeast Diversity Associated with the Phylloplane of Corn Plants Cultivated in Thailand". Microorganisms 8 1 (2020): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010080. Published • 10.3390/microorganisms8010080 Kachalkin, A. V.; Turchetti, B.; Inácio, J.; Carvalho, C.; Mašínová, T.; Pontes, A.; Röhl, O.; et al. "Rare and undersampled dimorphic basidiomycetes". Mycological Progress 18 7 (2019): 945-971. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11557-019-01491-5. Published • 10.1007/s11557-019-01491-5 Pontes, Ana; Cadež, Neža; Gonçalves, Paula; Sampaio, José Paulo. "A Quasi-Domesticate Relic Hybrid Population of Saccharomyces cerevisiae × S. paradoxus Adapted to Olive Brine". Frontiers in Genetics 10 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00449. Published • 10.3389/fgene.2019.00449 Barbosa, Raquel; Pontes, Ana; Santos, Renata O; Montandon, Gabriela G; de Ponzzes-Gomes, Camila M; Morais, Paula B; Gonçalves, Paula; Rosa, Carlos A; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Multiple Rounds of Artificial Selection Promote Microbe Secondary Domestication—The Case of Cachaça Yeasts". Genome Biology and Evolution 10 8 (2018): 1939-1955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy132. Published • 10.1093/gbe/evy132 Šibanc, Nataša; Zalar, Polona; Schroers, Hans-Josef; Zajc, Janja; Pontes, Ana; Sampaio, José Paulo; Macek, Irena. "Occultifur mephitis f.a., sp. nov. and other yeast species from hypoxic and elevated CO 2 mofette environments". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68 7 (2018): 2285-2298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002824. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.002824 Into, Parichat; Pontes, Ana; Jacques, Noémie; Casaregola, Serge; Limtong, Savitree; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Papiliotrema plantarum sp. nov., a novel tremellaceous sexual yeast species". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68 6 (2018): 1937-1941. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002771. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.002771 Pontes, Ana; Röhl, Oliver; Maldonado, Cristina; Yurkov, Andrey M.; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Cryptotrichosporon argae sp. nov., Cryptotrichosporon brontae sp. nov. and Cryptotrichosporon steropae sp. nov., isolated from forest soils". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 9 (2017): 3610-3614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002177. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.002177 Mašínová, Tereza; Pontes, Ana; Carvalho, Cláudia; Sampaio, José Paulo; Baldrian, Petr. "Libkindia masarykiana gen. et sp. nov., Yurkovia mendeliana gen. et sp. nov. and Leucosporidium krtinense f.a. sp. nov., isolated from temperate forest soils". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 4 (2017): 902-908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001707. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.001707 Gonçalves, Margarida; Pontes, Ana; Almeida, Pedro; Barbosa, Raquel; Serra, Marta; Libkind, Diego; Hutzler, Mathias; Gonçalves, Paula; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Distinct Domestication Trajectories in Top-Fermenting Beer Yeasts and Wine Yeasts". Current Biology 26 20 (2016): 2750-2761. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.040. Accepted • 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.040 Pontes, Ana; Röhl, Oliver; Carvalho, Cláudia; Maldonado, Cristina; Yurkov, Andrey M.; Paulo Sampaio, José. "Cystofilobasidium intermedium sp. nov. and Cystofilobasidium alribaticum f.a. sp. nov., isolated from Mediterranean forest soils". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 66 2 (2016): 1058-1062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000835. Open access • Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.000835 Yurkov, Andrey M.; Röhl, Oliver; Pontes, Ana; Carvalho, Cláudia; Maldonado, Cristina; Sampaio, José Paulo. "Local climatic conditions constrain soil yeast diversity patterns in Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub biome". FEMS Yeast Research 16 1 (2015): fov103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/fov103. Published • 10.1093/femsyr/fov103

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/07/14	Is MEL gene expansion involved in ecological adaptation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae?	36th international specialised symposium on yeasts – Yeast in the genomics era (British Columbia, Canada)
2019/10/17	Domestication and hybridization in Saccharomyces	Comparative genomics of eukaryotic microbes: Genomes in flux, and flux between genomes EMBO (Sant Feliu, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/01 - Current	Functional characterization of two Wickerhamiella sp. genes encoding glucosidases Supervisor	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/01 - Current	Functional characterization of two Wickerhamiella sp. genes encoding alfa-glucoside transporters Supervisor	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/04	Resistência ao sulfito em Saccharomyces cerevisiae Co-supervisor	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/04	Analyzing the consequences of gene copy number variation - the case of yeasts and CUP1 Co-supervisor	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/01/20 - 2019/02/02	Workshop on Phylogenomics Workshop	Workshop on Phylogenomics

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2016/04 - Current	Genómica e Evolução Molecular	Bioquímica (Licenciatura)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/06 - 2021/06	Genómica em Micobiologia Médica	Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2022	Best Poster Genetics Society of America, United States
2019	Best Poster Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia, Portugal
2019	Travel Grant