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Elsa Celeste Santos Baltazar attends the PhD in Biosciences at the University of Coimbra since 2021/02/01.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ELSA CELESTE SANTOS BALTAZAR

Citation names

  • Baltazar, Elsa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6411-F6E0-2E6C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6487-8184

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 939498244 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Estrada Nacional 2-3 Nº31 - Silveirinho , 3360-259, Coimbra, Penacova, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection

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
2021/02/01 - 2025/10/01
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Biociências (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotecnologia
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
"ROPAGATION, SCION-ROOTSTOCK INTERACTIONS AND FUNGAL DYSBIOSIS IN STONE FRUITS FROM COVA DA BEIRA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2024/07/29 - 2024/07/31
Concluded
 Dissecting the Role of Phytobiota in Plant Health (Outros)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/27
Concluded
 Temporary Imersion Bioreactors for Mass Production: Opportunities and Pitfalls (Outros)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2022/07/11 - 2022/07/14
Concluded
 Sequenciação genómica de microrganismos e análise de dados (Outros)
Associação Centro de Apoio Tecnológico Agro-Alimentar de Castelo Branco, Portugal
2021/06/28 - 2021/06/30
Concluded
 CA19125 - EPigenetic mechanisms of crop adaptation to climatic change (EPI-CATCH) (Outros)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2021/01/18 - 2021/01/29
Concluded
 Core Technologies (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/06/18
Concluded
 1º Curso de Especialização em Geotecnologias (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de ciências da terra, Portugal
2019/02/15 - 2019/06/05
Attended
 Inglês do Quotidiano - Nível intermédio (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2013/10/07 - 2015/09/11
Concluded
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Otimização de protocolos de micropropagação de Castanea sativa Mill e estudo da tolerância de genótipos de castanheiro à doença da tinta." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2007/10/15 - 2013/01/11
Concluded
 Engenharia dos Recursos Florestais (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
"Elaboração e monitorização de ensaios de substratos com a incorporação de resíduos florestais na produção de plantas " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 12
2012/03/05 - 2012/04/24
Concluded
 Curso de Formação Profissional de Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores (Outros)
Índice Máximo - Formação Profissional e Consulturia, Portugal
2011/11/21 - 2011/11/28
Concluded
 Curso Prático de Exploração Florestal (Outros)
Centro de Operações e Técnicas Florestais (COTF), Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/15 - 2020/04/15 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de ciências da terra, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2019/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09/01 - 2019/09/30 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Instituto Do Ambiente, Tecnologia E Vida (IATV), Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/02/01 - Current Prestador de Serviços Verde Venerável unipessoal LDA, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2018/02/28 Prestador de Serviços ADISA - Associação para o desenvolvimento do ISA, Portugal
2017/08/01 - 2018/01/31 Bolsa de empreendedorismo IPN - Instituto Pedro Nunes - "Smart Rural, Smart HIESE", Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2017/04/16 Técnica de Laboratório Inproplant Investigação e Propagação de Plantas Lda, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/02/01 - Current Cultivar - Network of competencies for sustainable development and innovation in the agro-food sector
PhD Student Fellow
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro
2018/03/01 - 2020/04/15 FOCUS Project
776026
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/01/15 - 2025/07/14 XylOut - Epidemiologia, Ecogenómica e Modelação das Doenças Reguladas de Prunus - o caso de estudo da Beira Baixa
PTDC/ASP-PLA/3145/2021
10.54499/PTDC/ASP-PLA/3145/2021
PhD Student Fellow
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
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Baltazar, Elsa; Leitão, Ricardo; Figueira, Daniela; Sara Rodrigues; Garcia, Eva; Joana costa. "Fungal community in declining Prunus pérsica orchards located in the Cova da Beira region". Paper presented in 1st Annual Conference on “Plant Microbiomes, 2025.
  2. Baltazar, Elsa; Figueira, Daniela; Sara Rodrigues; João Trovão; Garcia, Eva; Joana Costa. "Fungal community in declining Prunus persica orchards located in the Cova da Beira region". Paper presented in Congress “Farm to Fork – our food, our health, our future”, 2023.
  3. Duarte, Daniela; Pedrosa, Ana; Lopes, Tércia; Baltazar, Elsa; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "In vitro establishment and multiplication of Cydonia oblonga Mill. selected germplasm". Paper presented in European Network for Innovative Woody Plant Cloning (CopyTree - CostAction 21157), 2023.
  4. Pedrosa, Ana; Lopes, Tércia; Baltazar, Elsa; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge; MIGUEL TEIXEIRA; Rato, Claudia. "SSR marker-based analysis of clonally propagated quince tree (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) varieties". Paper presented in European Network for Innovative Woody Plant Cloning (CopyTree - CostAction 21157), 2023.
  5. Baltazar, Elsa; Sara Rodrigues; Aitana Ares; João Trovão; Alexandra Camelo; Inês Brandão; Espírito Santo, Christophe; Garcia, Eva; Joana Costa. "Primeira deteção em Portugal de Monilinia fructicola em Prunus persica". Paper presented in 5º Simpósio Nacional de Fruticultura. Alcobaça, 2023.
  6. Lopes, Tércia; Pedrosa, Ana; Correia, Mariana; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge; Baltazar, Elsa; Caeiro, Sandra. "Improved micropropagation of Prunus spp. rootstocks using temporary immersion systems". Paper presented in International symposium on innovations in ornamentals: from breeding to market at the 31st International Horticultural Congress IHC 2022, 2022.
  7. Baltazar, Elsa; Tercia lopes; Ana Pedrosa; Silvia Castro; Joana Costa; Jorge Canhoto; Sandra Correia. "Ex situ conservation of sweet and sour cherry germplasm from Cova da Beira region". Paper presented in XXIV Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Biology, 2022.
  8. Correia, Mariana; Lopes, Tércia; Baltazar, Elsa; Dias, M. Celeste; Zuzarte, Mónica; Canhoto, JM; Correia, Sandra. "Physiological and biochemical responses by Prunus spp. rootstocks during water-stress recovery". Paper presented in XV Portuguese- spanish symposium on plant water relations, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Baltazar, E.; Leitão, R.; Rodrigues, S.; Figueira, D.; Garcia, E.; Costa, J.. "Monilinia fructicola as a Driver of Fungal Dysbiosis and Microbial Network Disruption in Prunus persica". Phytopathology® (2025): https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-02-25-0062-r.
    10.1094/phyto-02-25-0062-r
  2. Elsa Baltazar; Sara Rodrigues; Aitana Ares; Alexandra Camelo; Inês Brandão; Christophe Espirito Santo; João Trovão; Eva Garcia; Joana Costa. "Morphological, Molecular and Genomic Identification and Characterisation of Monilinia fructicola in Prunus persica from Portugal". Agronomy (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061493.
    10.3390/agronomy13061493
  3. Vasco Mantas; Luís Fonseca; Elsa Baltazar; Jorge Canhoto; Isabel Abrantes. "Detection of Tree Decline (Pinus pinaster Aiton) in European Forests Using Sentinel-2 Data". Remote Sensing 14 9 (2022): 2028-2028. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092028.
    10.3390/rs14092028
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/06/01 Fungal dysbiosis driven by Monilinia fructicola – implications for microbial interactions, ecosystem stability, and plant health 17th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology in conjuction with the 11th Theodor Escherich Symposium
University of Graz
2025/05/13 Optimizing sweet cherry rootstock micropropagation: improved performance of SETISTM bioreactors supported by physiological and biochemical analysis 3rd Conference of Cost ACTION CA21157 - Trees for the future: Cloning and beyond
University of Coimbra
2023/11/17 Morphological, Molecular, and Genomic Identification and Characterisation of Monilinia fructicola in Prunus persica from Portugal Congress “Farm to Fork – our food, our health, our future”
Instituto Politecnico de Castelo Branco
2023/11/16 Ex situ conservation of agri-food germplasm: case studies from the CULTIVAR Project in Portugal Congress “Farm to Fork – our food, our health, our future”
2023/05/05 Primeira deteção de Monilinia fructicola em Prunus em Portugal Whorkshop Internacional - Doenças emergentes para a hortofruticultura em Portugal.
2023/04/17 Large-scale micropropagation of Prunus spp. Rootstocks – a comparison between semi-solid and temporary Immersion Systems “Innovative Woody Plant Cloning” – COST Action: CA21157
Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
2023/04/03 Conservação ex situ de fruteiras. “Workshop Técnico Cultivar – Conservação e propagação de plantas in vitro”
Universidade de Coimbra
2022/11/30 Disease outbreak in peach and nectarine orchards – indentification and monitorization of the causal agent DCV talks
Universidade de Coimbra- Departamento de Ciências da Vida
2022/02/03 Identificação e caracterização das principais ameaças bióticas em Prunus persica na Região da Cova da Beira 2ª reunião anual CULTIVAR
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco. Castelo Branco.
2021/02/05 Abordagem integrada para a caracterização, conservação e valorização de recursos genéticos de cerejeira e ginjeira Reunião anual da rede de competências Cultivar
2019/05/15 Project FOCUS: operational monitoring of disturbances in European forest ecosystems. Elsa Baltazar, Vasco M. Mantas, Alcides Pereira, Jorge Canhoto, Christina Aas, Nicolas Lewyckyj. Living Planet Symposium
European Space Agency’s (MilãO, Italy)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/05/12 - 2035/05/14 3rd Conference of Cost ACTION CA21157 - Trees for the future: Cloning and beyond (2025/05/12 - 2025/05/14) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15 Fifth International Conference of the IUFRO - Clonal Trees in the Bioeconomy Age: Opportunities and Challenges (2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FOREST RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS (IUFRO), Austria

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2016/04/23 - 2016/04/25 1º Simpósio de Orquídeas, integrado na 1ª Exposição Internacional de Orquídeas na Universidade de Coimbra. (2016/04/23 - 2016/04/25)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/10/12 - 2015/10/12 V Encontro Biotecnologia e Agricultura: O Futuro é Agora. (2015/10/12 - 2015/10/12)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/06/02 - 2013/06/07 8th International Symposium on In Vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding (2013/06/02 - 2013/06/07)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal