Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mariaelena D Ambrosio
Citation names
- D' Ambrosio, Mariaelena
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5816-1029-ECDE
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8802-0943
Email addresses
- m.dambrosio@fct.unl.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Departamento de Ciências da Vida Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa Campus de Caparica, 2829-516, Lisboa, Setubal, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Italian (Mother tongue) | |||||
Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013/09/01 - 2018/02/23
Concluded
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Biociências (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Ecologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Ecology of gelatinous carnivores in the Mondego estuary: the role of siphonophores" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com distinção e louvor |
2011/09/01 - 2012/07/17
Concluded
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Biologia (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Marine Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"The impact of mercury contamination on the population dynamics of Mesopodopsis slabberi (van Beneden, 1861) (Crustacea: Mysidacea)
and its bioaccumulation pattern" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18/20 |
2000 - 2008/03/24
Concluded
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Scienze Biologiche (Laurea)
Major in Marine Biology
Università del Salento Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Italy
"Artisanal fishing in Porto Cesareo: assessment of income and socio-cultural aspects." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/09/10 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | NOVA.ID.FCT, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2021/01/01 - 2022/04/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2020/01/07 - 2020/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2019/01/08 - 2019/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2013/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
2011/01/01 - 2013/01/01 | Researcher (Research) | Instituto do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - Current | (FA_05_2017_007).
(FA_05_2017_007)
PhD Student Fellow
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/09/10 - Current | Extreme Oceans: unravelling evolutionary physiology landscapes of coastal marine fauna under extreme temperatures using a
multi-layer Systems Biology approach
PTDC/BIA_BMA/1494/2020
Post-doc
Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/02 - Current | SeaSenseX - Next-generation microsensors for marine mutagens and carcinogens
MACAU/0002/2019
Post-doc
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Institute for Health and Bioeconomy
LA/P/0140/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 | Unravelling evolutionary physiology landscapes of coastal marine fauna under extreme temperatures using a multi-layer Systems
Biology approach
PTDC/BIA-BMA/1494/2020
PTDC/BIA_BMA/1494/2020
Researcher
Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit
UIDP/04378/2020
UIDB/04378/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2021/01/01 - 2022/04/30 | WormALL: Marine invertebrates as source of novel biotoxins: Investigating function and application through Polychaeta venomics”.
PTDC/BTA-BTA/28650/2017
Post-doc
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020/01/07 - 2020/12/31 | The MARVEN Project: The Portuguese biotechnological database for marine animal venoms and toxins
FA_05_2017_007
Post-doc Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
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Concluded
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | GREENTECH: Of pigments and toxins: an integrative approach to the biotechnological potential of a marine polychaete
PTDC/MAR-BIO/0113/2014
Post-doc Fellow
REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
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Concluded
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centre for Functional Ecology
UID/BIA/04004/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2018/06/01 - 2019/01/01 | GLOBALED: Impacts of global change on environmentally realistic mixtures of endocrine disruptor compounds on the structure
and functioning of coastal ecosystems ? Implications for a sustainable environment"
PTDC/BIA-ECO/30552/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Concluded
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2018/01/01 - 2018/01/01 | PLASTOX: Direct and indirect ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on marine organisms
JPIOCEANS/0003/2015
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Concluded
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2014/04/01 - 2015/03 | CLIMATROPH - Impact of multiple climate drivers (temperature and CO2) on marine trophic interactions - ecological and commercial implications | Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2013/01/01 | MERCOAST- Impacto na dinâmica de comunidades estuarinas de uma lagoa costiera (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal). Implicações sócio-economicas
PTDC/MAR/101906/2008
Research Fellow
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022/09 | Advances in the bioprospecting for novel bioreactives from marine invertebrates: Multi-omics and computational strategies. | International Conference for Young Marine Researchers, ICYMARE
(Bremerhaven, Germany)
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2022/02/11 | Biotechnological potential of toxins from the anemone Actinia: Delivery, bioreactivity and molecular characterisation of actinoporins. | Journadas Intercalares das dissertações anuais dos mestrados (Dep.to química e ciências da vida)
(Portugal)
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2021/09/03 | Localization and Bioreactivity of Cysteine-Rich Secretions in the Marine Gastropod Nucella lapillus. | European Conference on Marine Natural Products, ECMNP 2021, Galway, 1-3 September.
(Galway, Ireland)
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2021/07/21 | Localization and Bioreactivity of Cysteine-Rich Secretions in the Marine Gastropod Nucella lapillus | Bioseminars@UCIBIO
UCIBIO (Portugal)
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2019/09 | Drivers of interannual abundance changes in gelatinous carnivore zooplankton in the Iberian Peninsula, (Portugal) | XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX)
(Braga, Portugal)
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2017/11/15 | Gelatinous organisms and climatic variability. | II seminário Estudos dos Cnidários, as ferramentas disponíveis.
Aquário Vasco da Gama (Oeiras, Portugal)
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2017/09/06 | Going with the flow a decade of climate variability impact on planktonic communities | 2nd World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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2017/06/30 | Mercury contamination and its effects on the bioaccumulation pattern and population dynamics of Mesopodopsis slabberi (Crustacea: Mysidacea) | 19th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 19)
(Matsuyama, Japan)
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2013/09/13 | The effects of mercury on the peracarida community dynamics in a temperate coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) | 53rd Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) -Estuaries and coastal areas in times of intense change
(Shanghai, China)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/01/10 - Current | Thermal and oxidative stress responses in small benthic intertidal fish exposed to marine heatwaves
Supervisor
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Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2024/01/10 - Current | Do ocean warming and acidification modulate animal energy reserves? A case study with a tropical commercial fish from the
Eastern Tropical Pacific
Co-supervisor
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021/09/01 - Current | Biotechnological potential of toxins from the anemone Actinia: Delivery, bioreactivity and molecular characterisation of actinoporins
Co-supervisor of Maria Alcaide
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022/02/07 - 2022/06/22 | A microscopical exploration of the venom delivery system of the marine annelid Glycera alba
Co-supervisor of Marta Silva
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/11/30 | The biotechnological potential of marine bio-reactives: Isolation and characterization of novel toxins from Polychaeta
Co-supervisor of Sónia Cristina da Silva Campos
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Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 | Toxicological Screening for Neurotoxic Bioreactives from the marine annelid Glycera alba
Co-supervisor of Tiago Ribeiro Cardoso
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020/02/01 - 2020/07/07 | Assaying toxicity and photodynamic properties of porphyrinoid pigments from marine invertebrates
Co-supervisor of Ricardo Estevens
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2019/02 - 2019/06/30 | “Toxicity testing of porphyrinoid pigments from the marine annelid Eulalia”
Co-supervisor of Ana Catarina Fernandes Santos
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Biologia Celular e Molecular (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09/11 - 2023/09/15 | Climate-smart Aquaculture and Marine Conservation Summer School
- Molecular approaches and tools to predict and improve fish performance under global change - (2023/09/11 - 2023/09/15)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2017/09 - Current | Jellyfish: life cycle and their role on the trophic chain
Meeting
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Lectures about zooplancton organisms
Aquário Vasco de Gama, Portugal
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2018/06/06 - 2018/06/06 | Talks about marine litter with high-school students
Workshop
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International Environmental Day
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2018/05/22 - 2018/05/22 | Society sensibilization about marine litter and microplastic consequences in our oceans
Meeting
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20th Anniversary of Expo 98 |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2022/06/24 | Compostos com centro metálico Antiproliferativos no tratamento do cancro do ovário
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rui Pedro Santos Silva (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022/06/24 | Estudo do potencial antiproliferativo de novos compostos de ruténio
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sara Filipa Nunes Camacho de Matos (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019/06/17 - 2019/06/17 | First UCIBIO workshop on Blue Biotechnology
Member
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REQUIMTE, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2020 - Current | Laboratory practices for "Cellular and Molecular Toxicology" | Toxicologia Celular e molecular (Licenciatura) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
2020 - 2021 | Laboratory practices for "Laboratory Techniques in Biology I" | Técnicas de Biologia Laboratoriais 1 (TBL1) (Licenciatura) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
2019/10 - 2019/11 | Support on the practical classes of the course “Cellular and molecular toxicology" | Biologia Celular e Molecular (Licenciatura) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2022 - Current | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | Science Direct |
2022 - Current | Marine Pollution Bulletin | Science Direct |
Distinctions
Award
2021 | Best poster award- ECMNP European Conference on Marine Natural Products, Galway |
Other distinction
2013 | PhD Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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