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Marta Sofia Salvador Lopes da Silva completed her Bachelor’s (BSc) degree in Biology in July 2017 and her Master’s (MSc) degree in Marine Biology in 2019, both at the University of Aveiro (UA). She has experience in the maintenance of organisms in laboratory conditions, having had a internship at Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), volunteering at Estação Litoral da Aguda (ELA), as well as from her MSc, fellowship (project BIOGEOCLIM (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029185)), and PhD work. Her scientific career also involves acute and chronic exposures of marine invertebrates to contaminants and the analysis of behavioural, physiological, and biochemical parameters. She is the first author in various papers, including “Behavior and biochemical responses of the polychaeta Hediste diversicolor to polystyrene nanoplastics” (IF: 7.963/Q1, 2020) and “Effects of polymethylmethacrylate nanoplastics on the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: Behavioural, regenerative, and biochemical responses” ” (IF: 5.202/Q1, 2023), and a co-author of the paper "Biochemical and behavioural alterations induced by Arsenic and temperature in Hediste diversicolor of different growth stages" (IF: 4.614/Q2). Marta has participated in the organization of several events and attended national and international conferences, where she presented posters (“Will pre-exposure to arsenic contaminated sediment alter the effects of PMMA NPs on polychaetes?” – Ciência 23, held at UA in July) and gave oral presentations (e.g.: “Parental exposure to nanoplastics and offspring sensitivity to environmental contamination - A case study with polystyrene” – Micro2022, online conference). Moreover, she has also participated in activities in schools, for 6th and 12th graders, and in activities for schools organized by and at UA (Xperimenta 2019 and 2022). Marta is currently in the final year of her PhD at UA, with an FCT grant, entitled “NoPlastic - Effects of nanoplastics on marine polychaetes: alone and in combination with trace elements” with the supervision of Doctor Adilia Pires (UA), Doctor Miguel Oliveira (UA), and Doctor Andre Vethaak (Deltares).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Sofia Salvador Lopes da Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, M.S.S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
421B-68B7-425F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8125-1482

Email addresses

  • martasofiasilva@ua.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/07/19 - 2021/07/23
Attended
 How to work with ecotoxicology data – hands on course (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 18
2021/07/12 - 2021/07/16
Attended
 Metabolomics as a tool in environmental research (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 17
2021/06/14 - 2021/06/18
Attended
 Biomarkers A user friendly approach (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
2021/04/26 - 2021/04/30
Attended
 Deep-sea biodiversity and conservation (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 17
2017/09 - 2019/06
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Hediste diversicolor as a biological model for the study of the effects of nanoplastics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2017/06
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Acute exposures of mussels to a contaminant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 - Current Maintenance of mussels under laboratory conditions Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/02/28 - Current Study of the regenerative capacity polychaetes when exposed to a contaminant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/11/20 - Current Evaluation of physical-chemical parameters Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/11 - Current Analysis of biochemical parameters (neurotransmission, metabolic capacity, antioxidant defenses, oxidative damage) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/11 - Current Study of the behavior of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor when exposed to a contaminant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/11 - Current Reproduction of Hediste diversicolor under laboratory conditions Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10/20 - Current Chronic exposures of polychaetes to a contaminant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10/01 - Current Manipulation of polychaetes in the field and laboratory Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10 - Current Maintenance of polychaetes under laboratory conditions Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/11 - 2018/02 Volunteering Estação Litoral da Aguda, Portugal
Estação Litoral da Aguda, Portugal
2012/09 - 2013/06 Internship Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 BIOGEOCLIM - Trace elements biogeochemistry in marine systems: interplay of climate change and biological influence
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029185
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Silva, M.S.S.. "How does arsenic pre-exposure affect Hediste diversicolor exposed to PMMA NPs?". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Silva, M.S.S.. "Will pre-exposure to arsenic contaminated sediment alter the effects of PMMA NPs on polychaetes?". Paper presented in Encontro da Ciência 2023, 2023.
  2. Silva, M.S.S.; Miguel Oliveira; Pedro Valente; Daniel López; Etelvina Figueira; Manuel Martins; Adília Pires. "Effect of polystyrene nanoplastics on the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: a multibiomarker approach". Paper presented in 55th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX 2019), 2019.
Journal article
  1. M.S.S. Silva; Adília Pires; A. Dick Vethaak; Concepción Martínez-Gómez; Mónica Almeida; Ricardo Pinto; Etelvina Figueira; Miguel Oliveira. "Effects of polymethylmethacrylate nanoplastics on the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: Behavioural, regenerative, and biochemical responses". Aquatic Toxicology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106743.
    10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106743
  2. M.S.S. Silva; Miguel Oliveira; Helena Almeida; A. Dick Vethaak; Concepción Martínez-Gómez; Etelvina Figueira; Adília Pires. "Does parental exposure to nanoplastics modulate the response of Hediste diversicolor to other contaminants: A case study with arsenic". Environmental Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113764.
    10.1016/j.envres.2022.113764
  3. Adília Pires; Etelvina Figueira; M.S.S. Silva; Carina Sá; Paula A.A.P. Marques. "Effects of graphene oxide nanosheets in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor: Behavioural, physiological and biochemical responses". Environmental Pollution 299 (2022): 118869-118869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118869.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118869
  4. Silva, M.S.S.; Almeida, Helena; Oliveira, Miguel; Vethaak, A. D. ; Martínez-Gómez, C.; Figueira, Etelvina; Pires, Adília. Corresponding author: Pires, Adília. "Does parental exposure to nanoplastics modulate the response of Hediste diversicolor to other contaminants: A case study with arsenic". Environmental Research (2022):
    In press
  5. Silva, M.S.S.; Adília Pires; Mónica Almeida; Miguel Oliveira. "The use of Hediste diversicolor in the study of emerging contaminants". Marine Environmental Research (2020):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105013
  6. Silva, M.S.S.; Oliveira, Miguel; Lopéz, Daniel; Martins, Manuel; Figueira, Etelvina; Pires, Adília. "Do nanoplastics impact the ability of the polychaeta Hediste diversicolor to regenerate?". Ecological Indicators 110 (2020): 105921. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105921.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105921
  7. Silva, M.S.S.; Oliveira, Miguel; Valente, Pedro; Figueira, Etelvina; Martins, Manuel; Pires, Adília. "Behavior and biochemical responses of the polychaeta Hediste diversicolor to polystyrene nanoplastics". Science of The Total Environment 707 (2020): 134434. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134434.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134434
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, M.S.S.. "Hediste diversicolor as a biological model for the study of the effects of nanoplastics". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27935.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/12 How does arsenic pre-exposure affect Hediste diversicolor exposed to PMMA NPs? Research Summit 2023
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
2023/05/03 Does pre-exposure to sediment spiked with arsenic influence the effects of PMMA on Hediste diversicolor? SETAC Europe 2023
SETAC (Ireland)
2022/11 How hazardous can polymethyl methacrylate nanoparticles be to marine polychaetes? Micro2022
2022/11 Parental exposure to nanoplastics and offspring sensitivity to environmental contamination - A case study with polystyrene Micro2022
2021/05/05 Polystyrene Nanoplastics and Arsenic Contamination: Does Life History Influence the Responses of the Polychaete Hediste diversicolor? SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting
SETAC Europe
2021/05/03 Influence of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles in the Polychaete Hediste diversicolor Behaviour and Biochemical Response SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting
SETAC Europe
2020/11/24 Can polystyrene nanoplastics be hazardous to polychaetes? Micro2020
2019/05/31 Behavior and biochemical responses of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor to polystyrene nanoplastics SETAC
SETAC (Helsinki, Finland)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/02/24 - 2023/03/24 Activities at schools - "O que se esconde na areia: contaminantes e poliquetas" - University of Aveiro (Aveiro): February 24 and March 24, 2023, 12th grade (1h)
Other
 O que se esconde na areia: contaminantes e poliquetas
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/06/07 - 2022/06/07 Activities at schools - "O que se esconde na areia: contaminantes e poliquetas" - São Pedro do Sul (Viseu District), on 7th June, (1h)
Workshop
 O que se esconde na areia: contaminantes e poliquetas
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 Activities at schools - "O que se esconde na areia: contaminantes e poliquetas" Fermentelos (Aveiro District), on 3rd June for 6th graders (1h)
Workshop
 O que se esconde na areia: contaminantes e poliquetas
2022/04/28 - 2022/04/29 Xperimenta (28-29 Apr 2022) - O que se esconde na areia (importância dos poliquetas como organismos bentónicos), Universidade de Aveiro https://www.ua.pt/pt/xperimenta/sobre-o-xperimenta
Workshop
 Xperimenta
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/29 - 2019/04/30 A Universidade de Aveiro (UA) está de portas abertas! Este ano temos um evento pensado para te proporcionar uma experiência única que te permitirá combinar o trabalho científico com momentos de convívio: O XPERiMENTA Universidade de Aveiro! Durante os dias 29 e 30 de abril a UA convida alunos, professores e o público em geral a conhecer os nossos campi, os projetos e os cientistas que diariamente desenvolvem aqui a sua atividade. Estão todos convidados a vir à UA. Vem, vive, descobre, XPERiMENTA!
Exhibition
 XPERiMENTA
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal