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Miguel Ângelo Almeida Rito Attends the PhD in Biosciences at the University of Coimbra since 2021/02/01.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Ângelo Almeida Rito

Citation names

  • Rito, Miguel
  • Miguel Rito
  • Rito, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
401B-4911-9D81
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0862-8551

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915857088 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade de Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3030-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02/01 - 2025/10/31
Ongoing
 Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotechnology
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
"Stress induced plant extracellular vesicles: caractherization and potential in biotechnological applications " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/10/05 - 2019/09/09
Concluded
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Stage and tissuespecific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2013/09/11 - 2017/07/10
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Biotecnologia Vegetal: Micropropagação de Tamarilho" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/08 - 2025/01/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) InnovPlantProtect, Portugal
2021/11/01 - 2022/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of California Riverside, United States
2020/01/20 - 2021/01/19 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2017/07/10 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/07/01 - 2020/01/01 Waiter and counter Centro Recreativo da Golpilheira, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01/20 - 2021/01/19 BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products
PTDC/BAA-AGR/32265/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2018/09/01 - 2019/09/09 BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products
PTDC/BAA-AGR/32265/2017
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Miguel Rito; Pedro Rosa; Sandra Caeiro; Cristina Azevedo; Sandra Correia. "Extracellular vesicles from poplar cell lines: exploring their production and carrier potential". Paper presented in International Conference on Plant Molecular Farming, Phytofactories, 2025.
  2. Miguel Rito; Beatriz César; Jorge Canhoto; Sandra Correia. "Tiny Messengers from Trees: Exploring Extracellular Vesicle Production in Poplar and Tamarillo Calli.". Paper presented in Copytree – CA 21157: “Trees for the Future: Cloning and Beyond”, 2025.
  3. Rito, Miguel; Beatriz Cesar; Jorge Canhoto; Sandra Correia. "Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles in Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Paper presented in COPYTREE conference - “In Vitro Culture of Woody Crops: Problem Solving by New Approaches”, 2024.
  4. Sandra correia; André Caeiro; Daniela Cordeiro; Miguel Rito; Ana Pedrosa; Tércia Lopes; Jorge Canhoto. Corresponding author: Sandra correia. "Somatic embryogenesis and other in vitro techniques towards tamarillo breeding and conservation". Paper presented in X International Scientific Practical Conference on Biotechnology as an Instrument for Plant Biodiversity Conservation, Bangkok, 2021.
  5. Correia, Sandra; Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Borges, Filipe; Canhoto, Jorge. "Small RNA profiling and differential expression analysis in Solanum betaceum embryogenic, non-embryogenic and long-term established callus cultures". Paper presented in 4th iPLANTA Conference, Athens, 2020.
    Published
  6. Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "Stage and tissue-specific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Paper presented in XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2019.
    Published
  7. Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "The role of miRNAs post-transcriptional regulation during the acquisition of embryogenic competence in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Paper presented in 3rd iPLANTA Conference, Lisboa, 2019.
    Submitted
Conference poster
  1. Miguel Rito; Beatriz César; Canhoto, Jorge; Correia, Sandra. "Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles in Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Paper presented in COPYTREE conference - “In Vitro Culture of Woody Crops: Problem Solving by New Approaches”, 2024.
  2. Miguel Rito; Canhoto, Jorge; Araújo, Susana; Correia, Sandra. "Functional analysis of extracellular vesicles in host-pathogen interactions in Solanum lycopersicum L.". Paper presented in EMBO Practical Course - Extracellular vesicles: From biology to biomedical applications, 2023.
  3. Correia, Sandra; Cordeiro, Daniela; André Caeiro; Bruno Casimiro; Miguel Rito; Canhoto, Jorge. "Integrative cytological, proteomic and transcriptomic profiling of the molecular events in tamarillo Solanum betaceum Cav auxin induced embryogenic callus". 2021.
  4. Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "Stage and tissue-specific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Paper presented in XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV: Retos del cultivo de tejidos vegetales en la era de la bioeconomia, 2019.
  5. Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "The role of miRNAs post-transcriptional regulation during the acquisition of embryogenic competence in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Paper presented in 3rd iPLANTA Conference: What Future For RNAi-Based Products – RNAi Modified Plants or Spray Products, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Rito, Miguel; Sandra Caeiro; Pedro Rosa; Cristina Azevedo; Sandra Correia. "Populus callus cell lines: a novel source of extracellular vesicles with nanocarrier potential". Cells (2025): https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202508.1831.v1.
    Under revision • https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202508.1831.v1
  2. Miguel Rito; Joana Marques; Ricardo M. F. da Costa; Sandra Correia; Tércia Lopes; Daniel Martin; Jorge M. P. L. Canhoto; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Maria Paula M. Marques. "Antioxidant Potential of Tamarillo Fruits—Chemical and Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis". Antioxidants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12020536.
    10.3390/antiox12020536
  3. Cordeiro, Daniela; Rito, Miguel; Borges, Filipe; Canhoto, Jorge; Correia, Sandra. "Selection and validation of reference genes for qPCR analysis of miRNAs and their targets during somatic embryogenesis in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Plant Cell Reports (2020):
    Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rito, Miguel. "Stage and tissue-specific expression analysis of two miRNAs and their targets during Solanum betaceum Cav. somatic embryogenesis". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/88101.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/06/18 Extracellular vesicles from poplar cell lines: exploring their production and carrier potential International Conference on Plant Molecular Farming, Phytofactories
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) (Luxembourg)
2025/05/12 Exploring Extracellular Vesicle Production in Poplar and Tamarillo Calli Copytree – CA 21157: “Trees for the Future: Cloning and Beyond”
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/27 Small RNA profiling and differential expression analysis in Solanum betaceum embryogenic, non-embryogenic and long-term established callus cultures 4th iPLANTA Conference: Contribution of RNAi to sustainable agriculture, food safety and security
(Athens, Greece)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/06/12 - 2025/06/14 International Conference on Plant Molecular Farming, Phytofactories
Conference
2025/05/12 - 2025/05/14 Copytree – CA 21157 - Trees for the Future: Cloning and Beyond
Conference
Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE Centro de Simulação Biomédica dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03/12 - 2023/03/17 EMBO Practical Course - Extracellular vesicles: From biology to biomedical applications
Workshop
EMBL Heidelberg Genomics Core Facility, Germany
2022/05/13 - 2022/05/13 5th Annual IIGB Symposium
Symposium
University of California Riverside, United States
2022/04/20 - 2022/04/24 2022 From Lab to Market Fulbright Seminar – Public Health in a Pandemic
Seminar
Fulbright Association, United States
2021/11/08 - 2021/11/10 XIX National Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Congress (online)
Congress
2020/12/01 - 2021/03/26 iPlanta Webinars - Contribution of RNAi to sustainable agriculture, food safety and security
Seminar
2019/09/11 - 2019/09/13 XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV: Retos del cultivo de tejidos vegetales en la era de la bioeconomia
Conference
 XIII Reunión de la SECIVTV
NEIKER-Tecnalia, Spain
2019/02/27 - 2019/03/01 3rd iPLANTA Conference: What Future For RNAi-Based Products – RNAi Modified Plants or Spray Products
Conference
 3rd iPLANTA Conference
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15 Fifth International Conference of the IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02
Conference
 Fifth International Conference of the IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/06/07 - 2017/06/10 VIII Congresso Ibérico de Ciências Hortícolas
Conference
 VIII Congresso Ibérico de Ciências Hortícolas
Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura , Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2025 Best Oral Presentationa at the International Conference on Plant Molecular Farming, Phytofactories
2021 Fulbright Research Grant with the support of FCT
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2020 FCT Doctoral Research Studentships
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal