Curriculum Vitae
ANA SOFIA DA SILVA VALBORDO ROIS
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- ANA SOFIA DA SILVA VALBORDO ROIS
Citation names
- Rois, Ana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2C1E-8EA0-034D
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2291-9811
Email addresses
- ana.rois@ulusofona.pt (Professional)
- ana.rois@ulusofona.pt (Personal)
Addresses
- Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande, 376 , EPCV, 1749-024, Lisboa , Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
- Social Sciences - Psychology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Botany
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2014
Concluded
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Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Strategies for Conservation of Rare and Endemic Species: Characterization of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation and Unusual
Reproductive Biology of Coastal Species from Limonium ovalifolium and Limonium binervosum Complexes (Plumbaginaceae)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Very Good with Distinction |
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2005
Concluded
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Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
"“The Effects of Population Demography Parameters on the Reproductive Success in the Ophrys genus (Orchidaceae)”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/09/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal | ||
| 2014/07/19 - 2023/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/09/15 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal | ||
| 2009/03/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/09 - Current | Diretora Executiva | Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal |
| Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal | ||
| 2019/09/15 - Current | Representante no Grupo Cats and Dogs | Eurogroup for Animals , Belgium |
| Eurogroup for Animals , Belgium |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009/09/01 - Current | Consultor na Área do Bem-Estar Animal | Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal |
| Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal | ||
| 2014/10/01 - 2018/06/30 | Scientific consultant and trainer of the project "Pelucia diversus", describing and classifying biodiversity. | Ciência Viva, Portugal |
| 2009/10/01 - 2014/07/18 | PhD student in Biology: “Strategies for conservation of rare and endemic species:characterization of genetic and epigenetic variation of the unusual reproductive biology of the Portuguese coastline Li | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal | ||
| 2011/10/03 - 2013/06/30 | Trainer of “Mãos na Ciência” programe | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2012/09/03 - 2012/12/21 | Internship: CpDNA molecular markers development and analysis in Limonium species | Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben, Germany |
| 2012/01/01 - 2012/03/01 | Internship: Microsatellite development and analysis in Limonium species | Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben, Germany |
| 2010/11/01 - 2011/12/08 | Internship: Flow Cytometry Seed Screening in Limonium species | Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben, Germany |
| 2010/11/01 - 2011/12/08 | Internship: Development of Limonium AFLP/MSAP molecular markers | University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom |
| 2006/06/01 - 2007/11/01 | Research position grant “Genotype characterisation of populations of Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis DC. used as a milk clotting plant for Portuguese PDO cheese” | Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2004/09/01 - 2005/08/01 | Graduation student - Leonardo Da Vinci grant: “The Effects of Population Demography Parameters on the Reproductive Success in the Ophrys genus (Orchidaceae)” | Université catholique de Louvai Ecole de Biologie, Belgium |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2009/09/15 - 2014/07/18 | Strategies for Conservation of Rare and Endemic Species: Characterization of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation and Unusual
Reproductive Biology of Coastal Species from Limonium ovalifolium and Limonium binervosum Complexes (Plumbaginaceae).
SFRH/BD/62542/2009
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2005/01/06 - 2007/06/30 | Genotype characterization of populations of Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis DC. used as a milk clotting plant for Portuguese
PDO cheese
POCI/BIA/55681/2004
Other
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2016/09/15 - 2019/12/15 | Limonium spp. as a model for autonomous apomixis: characterization of genetic-molecular factors distinguishing apomictic from
sexual reproductive processes
PTDC/AGR-PRO/4285/2014
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference paper |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/09/01 - Current | Impacto da presença de gatos errantes na biodiversidade local.
Supervisor
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Biologia (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2020 - 2020 | Biologia reprodutiva de espécies da coleção ex-situ de Limonium spp.
Supervisor
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Biologia (Other)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2019 - 2019 | Biologia reprodutiva de espécies da coleção ex-situ de Limonium spp.
Supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2018 | Limonium spp. como modelo para a apomixia autónoma: caracterização de factores genéticos moleculares que determinam processos
reprodutivos apomíticos versus sexuais
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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| 2014 - 2016 | Biogeographical patterns of apomictic Limonium spp
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30 | WSAVA Shelter Medicine Workshop 2023 - Compreender as necessidades e os princípios de gestão de projectos de abate de animais
de alto bem-estar; Compreender os desafios enfrentados na implementação da medicina de abrigo; Inspirar todos a cumprir ou
exceder as normas da American Shelter Vet (ASV) sempre que possível; Envolver veterinários locais, funcionários do governo
local, gestores de abrigos e pessoal em questões práticas de proteção animal e medicina de abrigos; Liderar a comunidade regional
em matéria de saúde pública, proteção dos animais e c (2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2022/07/01 - 2022/07/01 | THE LINK - Conference Lisbon / Conferencia Lisboa - The Link between Animal abuse and Violence among People / A ligação entre
os maus tratos a animais e a Violencia entre pessoas. (2022/07/01 - 2022/07/01)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2019 - 2019 | Genome sizes and phylogenetic relationships point out to a recent divergence of closely related species of the Limonium vulgare
complex (Plumbaginaceae)
Congress
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Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals, Lisboa, Portugal, July 29th to August 2nd, 2019 |
| 2018 - 2018 | Communication "Utilization of Limonium ex situ collections to study the occurrence of apomixis".
Congress
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EUROGARD VIII – Eight European Botanic Gardens Congress: Botanic Gardens, People and Plants for a Sustainable World |
| 2017 - 2017 | Communication "Genome size differences, cytological features and chromatin organization in diploid and polyploid Limonium
complexes
Congress
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Third BioSyst.EU meeting, Sweden |
| 2016 - 2016 | Interspecific relationships in the halophyte Limonium vulgare and related taxa (Plumbaginaceae) using the ITS1 marker.
Seminar
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XXI Seminario de Genética de Poblaciones y Evolución. Sitges, Spain, October – 3rd to 5 th, 2016 |
| 2015 - 2015 | Morphologic and ecological aspects of Limonium spp. occurring in Portugal.
Congress
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EuroGard VII : Les jardins botaniques européens et la Décennie de la biodiversité, défis et responsabilités pour les objectifs 2020, Paris, France, 6-10 July 2015 |
| 2014 - 2014 | Sex and apomixis shape chloroplast DNA variation patterns in diploid and tetraploid Limonium spp..
Congress
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23rd International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Porto, Portugal, July - 13th to 18th, 2014. |
| 2014 - 2014 | Diploids and tetraploids Limonium spp. halophytes show contrasting reproduction modes.
Symposium
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COST Action FA0901, Final Meeting, University of Coimbra, Portugal, April - 9th to 10th, 2014 |
| 2013 - 2013 | Ecological indicators for in situ conservation of cliff dwelling endemic sea lavender Limonium multiflorum Erben.
Conference
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COST Workshop and Conference "Utilization and protection of halophytes and salt-affected landscapes", Kecskemét, Hungary September - 4th to 6th, 2013. |
| 2013 - 2013 | High intra- and low inter-populational levels of genetic variation in the coastal Limonium diploid and tetraploid species
of Portugal
Meeting
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XXXVIII Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, Porto, Portugal, June - 4th to 5th, 2013 |
| 2012 - 2012 | Male sporogenesis and gametogenesis in Limonium species (Plumbaginaceae)
Symposium
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Symposium - Everything you want to know about Plant Sex but were afraid to ask, European Plant Reproduction Research Network Harnessing Plant Reproduction for crop improvement (HAPRECI), Porto, Portugal, July - 9th to 11th, 2012 |
| 2012 - 2012 | Epigenetic variation in species of the Limonium ovalifolium complex (Plumbaginaceae)
Meeting
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XXXVII Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, Lisboa, Portugal, May 28 – 30th 2012 |
| 2011 - 2011 | Cytogenetic diversity and ploidy variation in diploid and polyploid Limonium species
Congress
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13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology in Tübingen, Germany, 20 – 25th August 2011 |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2009/09/01 - Current | Consultora na área do bem-estar animal na gestão da implementação de campanhas de esterilização de gatos errantes em Portugal continental em colaboração com o ICNF, autarquias e ONG nacionais e internacionais. | |
| 2023/01/01 - 2023/12/15 | Consultoria nos cursos de formação de gestão de canídeos em ambiente de abrigo e implementação do programa CED, com os municípios de Santarém, Tavira, Benavente e Santa Cruz das Flores. | Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020/01/01 - Current | Campanhas CED com recolha de amostras biológicas para os trabalhos em curso. Campanhas de esterilização efetuadas nos municípios de Alcácer do Sal, Grândola, Benavente, Palmela, Setúbal e Tavira. | Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2023/04/10 - 2023/04/25 | Campanha de Esterilização de Gatos Errantes na Ilha das Flores (Açores). Durante 15 dias foi implementado o programa CED (Capturar-Esterilizar-Devolver) na Ilha das Flores, pela Associação Animais de Rua, em colaboração com as autarquias locais, tendo sido recolhido material biológico (dejetos, sangue, tecido biológico, parasitas), para os estudos em curso na Universidade Lusófona. | Associação Animais de Rua , Portugal Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2022 | EU Dog & Cat Alliance Award of Merit prize via Associação Animais de Rua
Dogs Trust, United Kingdom
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Other distinction
| 2009 | Research scholarship - SFRH/BD/62542/2009 by FCT - “Strategies for conservation of rare and endemic species:characterization
of genetic and epigenetic variation of the unusual reproductive biology of the Portuguese coastline Limonium complexes”
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2006 | Research scholarship - Team member of POCI/BIA/55681/2004 project by FCT - "Genotype characterisation of populations of Cynara
cardunculus L. var. altilis DC. used as a milk clotting plant for Portuguese PDO cheese”.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2004 | Student scholarship - 2004/2005 - Leonardo Da Vinci grant: “The Effects of Population Demography Parameters on the Reproductive
Success in the Ophrys genus (Orchidaceae)”
European Commission, Belgium
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