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Sara Peixoto is a Portuguese biologist working as a research technician in the FRESHCODE – Freshwater Conservation, Diversity, and Evolution group at CIBIO – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources in Vairão (Porto, Portugal). She earned a Biology degree from the University of Aveiro (Portugal) in 2016, followed by a master’s degree in Biodiversity, Genetics, and Evolution from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal) in 2018. In 2024, she completed a PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Hull (England). She has published five articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented her work at various national and international conferences. Her primary research focuses on molecular biology and applied ecology, with a specialization in using environmental DNA (eDNA) tools for species detection in freshwater habitats.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sara Peixoto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2816-0483-9D4C
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09 - 2024/06
Concluded
 Biological Sciences (Doctor)
University of Hull, United Kingdom
"Improving environmental DNA (eDNA) methods for the detection and monitoring of invasive Dreissenid mussels" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/01 - 2019/06
Concluded
 Erasmus + internship (Outros)
The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
2016/09 - 2018/12
Concluded
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Improving eDNA methodologies to detect amphibians in turbid waters" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2012/09 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Non-invasive study of the endangered Pyrenean desman in northeast Portugal: genetic diversity and diet analysis through metabarcoding" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - Current A systems approach to monitoring and understanding ecosystem recovery: Next-generation molecular assessment of biodiversity and ecological impact.
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 African Parks
Ongoing
2024/10/01 - Current Equatorial Guinea: Rapid bioassessment survey of riparian areas of the protected areas of Equatorial-Guinea.
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Conservation International
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Sara Peixoto; Mário Mota-Ferreira; Cátia Chaves; Guillermo Velo-Antón; Pedro Beja; Bastian Egeter. "Multi-species occupancy modeling reveals methodological and environmental effects on eDNA detection of amphibians in temporary ponds". Environmental DNA (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.443.
    10.1002/edn3.443
  2. Sara Peixoto; Bárbara Santos; Graça Lopes; Patrícia Dias-Pereira; Isabel Lopes. "Differential sensitivity of aquatic life stages of Pelophylax perezi to an acidic metal-contaminated effluent". Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22037-5.
    10.1007/s11356-022-22037-5
  3. Sara Peixoto; Cátia Chaves; Guillermo Velo-Antón; Pedro Beja; Bastian Egeter. "Species detection from aquatic eDNA: Assessing the importance of capture methods". Environmental DNA (2020): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/edn3.130.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.130
  4. Bastian Egeter; Cailín Roe; Sara Peixoto; Pamela Puppo; Luke J. Easton; Joana Pinto; Phillip J. Bishop; Bruce C. Robertson. "Using molecular diet analysis to inform invasive species management: A case study of introduced rats consuming endemic New Zealand frogs". Ecology and Evolution (2019): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.4903.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4903
  5. Bastian Egeter; Sara Peixoto; José C. Brito; Simon Jarman; Pamela Puppo; Guillermo Velo-Antón. "Challenges for assessing vertebrate diversity in turbid Saharan water-bodies using environmental DNA". Genome (2018): https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/gen-2018-0071.
    https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0071
Preprint
  1. Nathan P Griffiths; Bernd Hänfling; Marco Cattaneo; Rosalind M. Wright; James A. Macarthur; Sara Peixoto; Jonathan D. Bolland. "Proving a negative; estimating species ‘Confidence in Absence for Decision-Making’ (CIADM) using environmental DNA monitoring". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.12.593768.
    10.1101/2024.05.12.593768
  2. Sara Peixoto; Rosetta C. Blackman; Jonathan Porter; Alan Wan; Chris Gerrard; Ben Aston; Lori Lawson Handley. "Mussels on the move: new records of the invasive non-native quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Great Britain using eDNA and a new probe-based qPCR assay". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.18.572119.
    10.1101/2023.12.18.572119
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Improving environmental DNA (eDNA) methods for the detection and monitoring of invasive Dreissenid mussels". PhD, 2024. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/preview/4706376/PhD%20Sara%20Peixoto%20May%202024%20FINAL.pdf.
  2. "Improving eDNA methodologies to detect amphibians in turbid waters". Master, 2018. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/118637/2/311468.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04 Monitoring invasive non-native species with environmental DNA: from research to roll out UK DNA Working Group Conference
(Inverness, United Kingdom)
2023/02 Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental DNA for monitoring and management of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) UK DNA Working Group Conference
(York, United Kingdom)
2022/04 Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental DNA for monitoring and management of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species
(Oostende, Belgium)
2020/12 Improving amphibian detection from aquatic eDNA TiBE: Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution
(online, Portugal)
2020/01 Understanding aquatic eDNA: comparison of field sampling and laboratory detection methods for the study of amphibians UK DNA Working Group Conference
(London, United Kingdom)