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Miguel Ângelo Almeida Rito is a researcher in the project “BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products ” in the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory in University of Coimbra. Completed his bachelor degree in Biologia in 2017/07/10 by University of Aveiro and his Masters in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology in 2019/09/09 by University of Coimbra. Participated in 4 events, presented 2 scientific posters and contribute to 1 oral presentation in a conference. He has colaborated in 1 project, currently ongoing. His areas of expertise are Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, with special emphasis on Micropropagation and Transcriptomics.
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 Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
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
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. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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. 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.
  2. 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. 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)
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
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

2021 Fulbright Research Grant with the support of FCT
Fulbright Portugal, Portugal