Personal identification

Full name

Ana Sofia da Silva Pereira

Citation names

• Pereira, Ana S.
• Pereira, A. S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

391D-3E65-7F31

Email addresses

• anasofiasp@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

• 253601966 (Professional)

Addresses

• Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Universidade do Minho. Campus de Gualtar , 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

• https://www.ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/anapereira (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
• Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/08 - 2018/01/31	Lipid Production by Yarrowia lipolytica growing on waste/wastewater streams TUBITAK/0009/2014 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017/01/10 - 2017/07/10	PEst UID/BIO/04469/2013 - Strategic funding 2015-2018 UID/BIO/04469/2013 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) Research Fellow	Cancelled

Other

	Designation	Funders
2018/02/01 - 2020/05/31	Lipid Production by Yarrowia lipolytica growing on waste/wastewater streams TUBITAK/0009/2014 Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Publications

Book chapter	Miranda, S. M.; Pereira, A. S.; Belo, I.; Lopes, M.. "Waste cooking oils: low-cost substrate for co-production of lipase and microbial lipids". In Wastes – Solutions, treatments and opportunities II, 99-104. Porto, Portugal, 2018. Published
Conference abstract	Miranda, S. M.; Pereira, A. S.; Lopes, M.; Belo, I.. "Dissolved oxygen effect on microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica from volatile fatty acids.". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress 2019, Valencia, 2019. Published Lopes, M.; Miranda, S. M.; Pereira, A. S.; Belo, I.. "Lipofactory: Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce microbial oils from hydrophobic substrates". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress 2017, Dubrovnik, 2017. Published • 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.06.614 Guerreiro, C.; Pereira, A. S.; Braga, A.; Lopes, M.; Belo, I.. "Use of mixed-cultures of Yarrowia lipolytica mutant strains for gama-decalactone production from castor oil.". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress 2017, Dubrovnik, 2017. Published Ferreira, P.; Pereira, A. S.; Belo, I.. "Use of different bioreactor types for citric acid production by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress 2017, Dubrovnik, 2017. Published
Conference paper	Pereira, A. S.; Miranda, S. M.; Lopes, M.; Belo, I.. "Bioconversion of volatile fatty acids into microbial lipids by Yarrowia lipolytica". Paper presented in 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries (4-CIAB), Jaén, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Guerreiro, C; Pereira, A. S.; Braga, A.; Lopes, M.; Belo, I.. "Optimization of ¿-decalactone production by co-cultures of Yarrowia lipolytica mutants strains". Paper presented in MICRO-BIOTEC 17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, 2017. Lopes, M.; Braga, A.; Ferreira, P.; Pereira, A. S.; Guerreiro, C.; Miranda, S. M.; Belo, I.. "Yarrowia lipolytica as a cell factory to produce valuable compounds". Paper presented in Centre of Biological Engineering Annual Meeting 2017, 2017.
Journal article	Pereira, A. S.; Belo, Isabel; Lopes, Marlene. "Enhancing Microbial Lipids Synthesis for Biodiesel Production by Y. lipolytica W29 from Volatile Fatty Acids: Two-Stage Batch Strategies". Applied Sciences 12 17 (2022): 8614. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12178614. Published • 10.3390/app12178614 Pereira, A. S.; Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Belo, Isabel. "Bio-oil production for biodiesel industry by Yarrowia lipolytica from volatile fatty acids in two-stage batch culture". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 106 8 (2022): 2869-2881. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-11900-7. Published • 10.1007/s00253-022-11900-7 Lopes, Marlene; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Costa, Ana R.; Pereira, Ana S.; Belo, Isabel. "Yarrowia lipolytica as a biorefinery platform for effluents and solid wastes valorization - challenges and opportunities". Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 42 2 (2021): 163-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.1931016. 10.1080/07388551.2021.1931016 Pereira, Ana S.; Miranda, Sílvia M.; Lopes, Marlene; Belo, Isabel. "Factors affecting microbial lipids production by Yarrowia lipolytica strains from volatile fatty acids: Effect of co-substrates, operation mode and oxygen". Journal of Biotechnology 331 (2021): 37-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.02.014. 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.02.014 Dias, Bruna; Lopes, Marlene; Ramôa, Renata; Pereira, Ana S.; Belo, Isabel. "Candida tropicalis as a Promising Oleaginous Yeast for Olive Mill Wastewater Bioconversion". Energies 14 3 (2021): 640. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14030640. Open access • Published • 10.3390/en14030640 Lopes, M.; Miranda, S. M.; Alves, J. M.; Pereira, A. S.; Belo, I.. "Waste Cooking Oils as Feedstock for Lipase and Lipid-Rich Biomass Production". European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 121 1 (2018): 1800188-1800196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201800188. Published • 10.1002/ejlt.201800188
Thesis / Dissertation	Pereira, Ana S.. "Optimization of biomass production of an OTA-degrading Pediococcus parvulus". Master, Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, 2014. Pereira, A. S.. "Toxicidade do fungicida Benalaxil em invertebrados detritívoros aquáticos e desenvolvimento de metodologias de análise de fungicidas nos sistemas aquáticos". Degree, Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, 2012.