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Luana Granada Almeida. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Aquacultura em 2014/12/30 pelo(a) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche e Licenciatura em Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia - Ramo de Aquacultura e Pescas em 2012/07/13 pelo(a) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche. Frequenta o(a) Doutoramento em Biologia / Applied Biological Sciences pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Biologia Animal desde 2015/01/12. É Investigador no(a) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche e Membro integrado não-doutorado do MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente no(a) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria. Publicou 7 artigos em revistas especializadas. Recebeu 1 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 39 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luana Granada Almeida

Citation names

  • Granada, L.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
431A-F712-709B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1382-9243
Researcher Id
U-5644-2018
Scopus Author Id
56513933800

Email addresses

  • luana.almeida@ipleiria.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Fax
  • 262783088 (Professional)
Telephone
  • 262240200 (Professional)

Addresses

  • CETEMARES, Centro de I&D, Formação e Divulgação do Conhecimento Marítimo, junto ao Porto de Porto de Pesca de Peniche, 2520–641, Peniche, Peniche, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2021
Ongoing
 Scientific Diving (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2015/01/12 - 2019/12/31
Ongoing
 PhD in Biology / Applied Biological Sciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Marine Biology and Aquaculture / Aquaculture
Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Biologia Animal, Portugal

Universiteit Gent Faculteit Bio-Ingenieurswetenschappen, Belgium
"EPISTRESS – Epigenetic mechanisms of stress tolerance in Brachionus sp." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/12/30
Concluded
 Masters in Aquaculture (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
"Developing an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture as a solution to the sector’s challenges" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2012/07/13
Concluded
 Bachelor's degree in Marine Biology and Biotechnology - Aquaculture and Fisheries (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
"Sustainable Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture – Use of macroalgae and tube worms as potential bioremediators of shrimp culture waste" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/07/01 - Current Research fellow in the project "DisCovER+ - Desenvolvimento e otimização do diagnóStico COVid19 como resposta de EmeRgência à pandemia, 72543" Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal
2017/12/02 - Current Membro integrado não-doutorado do MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2020/01/15 - 2021/06/30 Research fellow in the project "MARINE INVADERS - The impact and mechanisms of success of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on coastal environments (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031144)" Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal
2020/04 - 2021/06 Researcher at Centro de Diagnóstico COVID19 do Politécnico de Leiria da Rede Portuguesa de Laboratórios para o Diagnóstico Laboratorial do COVID-19 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2015/11/02 - 2017/11/30 Membro colaborador do MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2015/07/20 - 2015/11/30 Research fellow in the project "EnvironOme – Integrating Omics in ecotoxicology: tools for environmental risk assessment" - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (PTDC/AGR-PRO/3496/2012) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2014/12/22 - 2015/06/30 Research fellow in the project "LIVE BAIT - Annelid polychaetes like live bait in Portugal: harvesting, import and rearing management" Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2014/04/04 - 2014/10/10 Research fellow in the project "EnvironOme – Integrating Omics in ecotoxicology: tools for environmental risk assessment" - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (PTDC/AGR-PRO/3496/2012) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2013/10/15 - 2014/04/02 Laboratory technician Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - 2022 DisCovEr+. DesenvolvImento e otimização do diagnóStico COVid19 como resposta de EmeRgência à pandemia
02/SAICT/2020
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - 2021 MARINE INVADERS - The impact and mechanisms of success of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on coastal environments
PTDC/BIA-CBI/31144/2017
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Ongoing
2017 - 2019 "AMALIA - Algae-to-MArket Lab IdeAs" - Adding value to marine invasive seaweeds of the Iberian northwest
EASME/EMFF/2016/1.2.1.4
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2015/06/30 LIVE BAIT - Annelid polychaetes as live bait in Portugal: harvesting, import and rearing management
European Fisheries Fund :: PROMAR
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
Concluded
2014/04/04 - 2014/10/10 EnvironOme - Integrating Omics in ecotoxicology: tools for environmental risk assessment
PTDC/AGR-PRO/3496/2012
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Granada, L.. "Improving tolerance to natural and chemical stressors by inducing early life stress in the rotifer Brachionus sp. Cayman". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, 13-17 May, 2018.
  2. Granada, L.. "Improving tolerance to natural and chemical stress in the rotifer Brachionus sp. – an epigenetic perspective". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2017 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 17-20 October, 2017.
  3. Pombo, A.; Machado, D.; França, M.; Morais, H.; Granada, Luana; Catarino, M.; Pedro, C.; et al. "Annelid polychaete as live bait: reproductive potential of imported species". Paper presented in XV Congreso Nacional Y I Congreso Iberico De Acuicultura, 2015.
  4. Ferreira, S.M.F.; França, M.; Morais, H.; Pedro, C.; Catarino, M.; Granada, Luana; Machado, D.; et al. "Preliminary study of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu,1815) reproductive biology for intensive aquaculture in temperate ecosystems". Paper presented in XV Congreso Nacional Y I Congreso Ibérico De Acuicultura, 2015.
  5. Granada, Luana; Lopes, Sofia; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Filter-feeding polychaete Sabella spallanzanii as bioremediator of aquaculture wastes". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, 2015.
  6. Granada, Luana; Sousa, N.; Marques, S.; Lopes, S.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Establishing a new Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture for novel marine species". Paper presented in XVI Congreso Ecuatoriano de Acuicultura & Aquaexpo, 2014.
  7. Simões, T.; Fonseca, S.; Granada, Luana; Augusto, A.L.; Ozório, R.; Gonçalves, J.F.; Silva, J.H.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Dietary content and type of lipids and selenium supplement on fatty acid profile in Meagre (Argyrosomus regius)". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, 2014.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2014.02.00009
  8. Silva, C.O.; Simões, T.; Pimparel, I.; Alves, L.M.; Granada, Luana; Novais, S.C.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "The effects of heavy metals in the lipids of a marine gastropod – a biomarker approach". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, 2014.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2014.02.00008
  9. Granada, Luana; Lemos, M.F.L.; Lopes, S.. "Modelling for an improved integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system for the production of highly valued marine species". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, 2014.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2014.02.00005
  10. Granada, Luana; Sousa, N.; Marques, S.; Rodrigues, F.; Lopes, S.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "The search for a filter-feeding alternative for integrated shrimp aquacultures – a preliminary study with the polychaete Sabella spallanzanii for water quality improvement". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Research, 2014.
    10.3389/conf.FMARS.2014.02.00006
  11. Granada, Luana; Sousa, N.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Aquacultura integrada multi-trófica para a produção sustentável de espécies marinhas com elevado potencial". Paper presented in Matchmaking Research, 2012.
  12. Granada, L.. "Aquacultura integrada multi-trófica para a produção sustentável de espécies marinhas com elevado potencial". Paper presented in Matchmaking Research Conference, 10 October, Guarda, Portugal, 2012.
  13. Cabecinhas, A.; Granada, Luana; Silva, J.; Sousa, N.; Rodrigues, M.J.. "Antioxidant medallions produced from undervalued seafood". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Resources, 2012.
  14. Granada, Luana; Sousa, N.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Pestana, J.L.T.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system for the production of highly valued marine species". Paper presented in International Meeting on Marine Resources, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Luana Granada. "Genetic identification and comparative study on life history parameters of two strains belonging to Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera: Monogononta)". Aquaculture Reports 26 (2022): 101309. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513422003052.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101309
  2. Luana Granada; Marco F.L. Lemos; Henrique N. Cabral; Peter Bossier; Sara C. Novais. "Epigenetics in aquaculture - the last frontier". Reviews in Aquaculture (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12219.
    10.1111/raq.12219
  3. Ana Pombo; Teresa Baptista; Luana Granada; Susana M. F. Ferreira; Sílvia C. Gonçalves; Catarina Anjos; Erica Sá; et al. "Insight into aquaculture's potential of marine annelid worms and ecological concerns: a review". Reviews in Aquaculture (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12307.
    10.1111/raq.12307
  4. Luana Granada; Sofia Lopes; Sara C. Novais; Marco F.L. Lemos. "Modelling integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: Optimizing a three trophic level system". Aquaculture 495 (2018): 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.05.029.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.05.029
  5. Simões, T.; Fonseca, S.B.; Augusto, A.; Granada, L.; Ozório, R.O.A.; Gonçalves, J.F.M.; Pascoal, L.A.F.; Silva, J.H.V.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Changes in fatty acid profile and chemical composition of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) fed with different lipid and selenium levels". European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 119 6 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85007164725&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ejlt.201600016
  6. Silva, C.O.; Simões, T.; Novais, S.C.; Pimparel, I.; Granada, L.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Barata, C.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Fatty acid profile of the sea snail Gibbula umbilicalis as a biomarker for coastal metal pollution". Science of the Total Environment 586 (2017): 542-550. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85012034036&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.015
  7. Santos, A.; Granada, L.; Baptista, T.; Anjos, C.; Simões, T.; Tecelão, C.; Fidalgo e Costa, P.; Costa, J.L.; Pombo, A.. "Effect of three diets on the growth and fatty acid profile of the common ragworm Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)". Aquaculture 465 (2016): 37-42. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84983613527&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.08.022
  8. Granada, L.; Sousa, N.; Lopes, S.; Lemos, M.F.L.. "Is integrated multitrophic aquaculture the solution to the sectors’ major challenges? – a review". Reviews in Aquaculture 8 3 (2016): 283-300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922675493&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/raq.12093
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2015/05/07 Effects of heavy metals on the fatty acid profile of Gibbula umbilicalis SETAC-Europe, "Science and Technology for Environmental Protection"
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Barcelona, Spain)
2011/10/20 Anticancer Medallions Produced from Underrated Fish Concurso Universitário Lotaçor
Lotaçor S.A. (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/07/31 - 2019/09/11 A Grande Caça aos Ovos - Ciência Viva no Verão (2019/07/31 - 2019/09/11)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Ciência Viva, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2018/10/10 - 2018/10/14 22nd Annual European Elasmobranch Association Meeting (2018/10/12 - 2018/10/14)
Congress (Other)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal

Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios, Portugal
2018/06/06 - 2018/07/06 International Meeting on Marine Research 2018 (2018/07/05 - 2018/07/06)
Congress (Other)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal
2018/07/01 - 2018/07/04 Marine Invaders – assessment and impact on aquatic ecosystems (2018/07/04 - 2018/07/04)
Conference (Other)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal
2016/06/06 - 2016/07/15 International Meeting on Marine Research 2016 (2016/07/14 - 2016/07/15)
Congress (Other)
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal
2015/10/07 - 2015/10/11 19th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (2015/10/09 - 2015/10/11)
Congress (Other)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal

Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios, Portugal
2014/04/11 - 2014/07/11 International Meeting on Marine Research 2014 (2014/07/10 - 2014/07/11)
Congress (Other)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/01/13 - 2020/01/13 Workshop in Science Communication
Workshop
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - IPLeiria, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2019/01/30 - 2019/01/30 SBV-DAE, Basic Life Support and External Automatic Defibrillation
Workshop
JustDive Underwater Experiences , Portugal
2018/06/19 - 2018/07/26 Advanced course "Methods and concepts of statistical analysis” – Univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistical instruments. Methods and concepts of statistical analysis with R Commander, IBM SPSS Statistics and CANOCO for Windows (40 hours of contact)
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2018/06/29 - 2018/06/29 Professional Biosafety Training - Introduction to Biosafety (4 hours of contact)
Other
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2016/09/12 - 2016/09/15 SETAC/iEOS Joint Focused Topic Meeting (Ghent, Belgium)
Conference
 Environmental and (eco)toxicological Omics and Epigenetics: Science, Technology and Regulatory Applications
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe, Belgium
2016/05/18 - 2016/05/19 Epiconcept annual workshop (Velingrad, Bulgaria)
Workshop
 Cross-species Epigenetics, Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2016/02/15 - 2016/02/19 Advanced Course “Bioinformatics Analysis of Biological Sequences” (36 hours of contact)
Other
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01/18 - 2016/01/22 Course on Laboratory Animal Science - Aquatic Organisms (CAL-AQUA) (41 hours of contact)
Biotério de OrGanismos Aquáticos (BOGA) do CIIMAR - Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/06/05 Advanced Course on Biomarkers (Advanced Specialization Course on Biomarkers, with a total of 45 hours, corresponding to 3 ECTS Credits)
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2015/05/03 - 2015/05/07 SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting - Barcelona, Spain
Congress
 SETAC Europe Annual Meeting
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe, Belgium
2014/07/15 - 2014/07/16 Initiation Course in Aquaristics
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
2012/06/02 - 2012/06/08 PADI Open Water Diver – Diver Level 2 (Autonomous diver)
Haliotis – Underwater Adventures, Portugal
2012/03/19 - 2012/03/20 Course on seabirds and marine mammals census techniques from vantage points (15 hours of contact)
Other
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2011/05/28 - 2011/05/29 Course on Ecology and Identification of Cetaceans
Other
Natura Algarve, Portugal

Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, Portugal

Associação para o Estudo e Conservação dos Oceanos, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2018/11/27 - 2018/12/18 Reviewer for a competitive US Federal grant proposal in response to the solicitation for the 2019 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program in the Greater Atlantic Regional Office of NOAA Fisheries (National Marine Fisheries Service). The goal of the SK program is to fund projects that address the needs of fishing communities, optimize economic benefits by building and maintaining sustainable fisheries, and increase other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable.
Evaluator
 National Marine Fisheries Service, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019/10 - Current Aquaculture (0044-8486) Elsevier
2019 - Current Reviews in Aquaculture (1753-5131) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2018/10 - Current Aquaculture Reports (2352-5134) Elsevier
2018/03 - Current Aquaculture International (1573-143X) Springer-Verlag

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2017/02 - 2017/07 Otimização do cultivo de rotíferos e avaliação de condições de tolerância ao stress para uma abordagem epigenética Carolina Alexandra Marzia Ferreira
2014/02 - 2014/07 Potential of Sabella spallanzanii to remove the pathogenic bacteria Listonella anguillarum and to be employed in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) Sara Marques
Distinctions

Award

2011 University Award Lotaçor, 3rd Edition
Lotaçor S.A. - Serviço de Lotas dos Açores, Portugal