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Gonçalo André Henriques Figueiredo. Completed the master degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology by the University of Aveiro, in 2021, and obtained his graduation in Biology, in 2018, by the same institution.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Gonçalo André Henriques Figueiredo

Citation names

  • Figueiredo, Gonçalo
  • Figueiredo, G.
  • G., Figueiredo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2613-D663-F036
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0757-187X
Google Scholar ID
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Researcher Id
AAZ-3969-2021
Scopus Author Id
57223439333

Email addresses

  • henriques.figueiredo@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/10/01 - 2026
Ongoing
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biologia Molecular e Genética
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Awakening cryptic peptide biosynthetic gene clusters of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/11/05 - 2021/12/20
Concluded
 Certificado de competências pedagógicas (CCP) - F724173/2022 (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2018/09/12 - 2021/02/26
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular e Celular (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Profiling the volatile exometabolome of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2015/09 - 2018/06/18
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10/01 - Current PhD student Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022/09/10 Monitor of experimental sciences and advanced/basic courses Instituto de Educação e Cidadania, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/02/26 Master Student (Laboratório de Biotecnologia Molecular) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Research student Laboratório de Biotecnologia Molecular, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Volunteer Laboratório de Biotecnologia Molecular, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Osorio, Hugo; Marta Mendes; Mendo, Sónia. "Complete genome of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19: a comprehensive genomic analysis". Paper presented in Microbiotec'23, 2023.
  2. Ribeiro, Daniela; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Ruas, Lucy; Marques, Richard; Ferreira, Sónia. "Fight resistance: an evolution game". Paper presented in Public Communication of Science and Technology 2023, 2023.
  3. Ribeiro, Daniela; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Ruas, Lucy; Eulálio, Margarida; Costa, Marisa; Santos, Nuno; Marques, Richard; Ferreira, Sónia. "Microeducar: uma visão para o futuro". Paper presented in VI Bienal STEM+L, 2023.
  4. Rocha, Sílvia M.; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Costa, Carina; Mendo, Sónia. "Profiling the volatile exometabolome of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia, 2022.
  5. Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Costa, Carina; Rocha, S. M.; Mendo, Sónia. "Profiling the volatile exometabolome of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19". Paper presented in Microbiotec 21, 2021.
  6. Alves, Zélia; Brites, Paulo; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Gonçalves, Idalina; Mendo, Sónia; Ferreira, Paula; Nunes, Cláudia. "Development of novel materials for active food packaging based on starch and biochar-zinc oxide composites". Paper presented in First CIRCUL-A-BILITY Conference, 2021.
    Assistant staff
Journal article
  1. Gonçalo Figueiredo; Hugo Osório; Marta V. Mendes; Sónia Mendo. "A review on the expanding biotechnological frontier of Pedobacter". Biotechnology Advances (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2025.108588.
    10.1016/j.biotechadv.2025.108588
  2. Figueiredo, Gonçalo; J.P. da Costa; T. Rocha-Santos; T. Caetano; R. Pereira; S. Mendo; J. Lourenço. "Uranium mining effluents: what about the re-use of mining wastes to improve the bioproduction of industrially relevant bioactive compounds?". Chemosphere (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142982.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142982
  3. Cláudia Covas; Gonçalo Figueiredo; Margarida Gomes; Tiago Santos; Sónia Mendo; Tânia S. Caetano. "The Pangenome of Gram-Negative Environmental Bacteria Hides a Promising Biotechnological Potential". Microorganisms (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102445.
    10.3390/microorganisms11102445
  4. Zélia Alves; Paulo Brites; Nuno M. Ferreira; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta; Idalina Gonçalves; Sónia Mendo; Paula Ferreira; Cláudia Nunes. "Thermoplastic starch-based films loaded with biochar-ZnO particles for active food packaging". Journal of Food Engineering (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2023.111741.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2023.111741
  5. Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Carina Pedrosa Costa; Joana Lourenço; Tânia Caetano; Sílvia M. Rocha; Sónia Mendo. "Linking Pedobacter lusitanus NL19 volatile exometabolome with growth medium composition: what can we learn using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry?". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04505-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s00216-022-04505-6
  6. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Mendo, Sónia; Nunes, Cláudia; Ferreira, Paula. "Electrically Conductive and Antimicrobial Agro-Food Waste Biochar Functionalized with Zinc Oxide Particles". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 14 (2022): 8022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23148022.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms23148022
  7. C., Covas; A., Vaz; B., Almeida; J., Lourenço; G., Figueiredo; L., Franco O.; S., Mendo; T., Caetano. "Nitrogen source as a modulator of the metabolic activity of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19: a transcriptomic approach". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 106 4 (2022): 1583-1597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-11796-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-022-11796-3
  8. Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Gomes, Margarida; Covas, Claúdia; Mendo, Sónia; Caetano, Tânia. "The Unexplored Wealth of Microbial Secondary Metabolites: the Sphingobacteriaceae Case Study". Microbial Ecology 83 2 (2021): 470-481. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01762-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00248-021-01762-3
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Figueiredo, Gonçalo. "Profiling the volatile exometabolome of Pedobacter lusitanus NL19". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, 2021. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/30879.

Other

Other output
  1. Combate a Resistência: Um jogo de evolução. Jogo de tabuleiro. 2022. Ribeiro, Daniela; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Ruas, Lucy; Marques, Richard; Ferreira, Sónia.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/11/17 Biochar derived from bean by-product as a sustainable support of zinc oxide nanoparticles to produce antimicrobial and electrically conductive composites Waste2Value

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/07/13 - 2020/07/17 Advanced course - "Metabolomics as a tool in environmental research"
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/11/20 - 2019/12/11 Course in Microsoft Excel - Advanced Level
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/03/06 - 2019/03/06 Workshop "Animals models of disease - 2nd edition"
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/03/06 - 2020/03/06 OUTREACHING "Prokaryotic organism (Bacteria and Archaea) culture techniques and assessment of phenotypic characteristics" Dinamized a workshop for high school students together with other members from Molecular Biotechnology Lab, at Adolfo Portela High School (Águeda, Aveiro). (Ensino secundário) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal