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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria João Magalhães de Almeida Xavier

Citation names

  • Xavier, Maria João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7618-40D3-C6C5

Email addresses

  • marajoaoxavier@greencolab.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

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 - 2021/12
Concluded
 Animal Science (Doutoramento)
Major in Nutrition
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Improving growth performance of fish larvae through early nutrition" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/11 - 2018/12
Concluded
 Mobility (Outros)
Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria Pesquera Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica Centro Rancho de la Merced, Spain
2018/05 - 2018/05
Concluded
 National certificate for animal experimentation for scientific purposes (Outros)
Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Aquatic Biological Resources (Mestrado)
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Effect of dietary phospholipids and docosahexaenoic acid in growth performance and oxidative stress in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) juveniles" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2010 - 2013
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12 - Current Researcher (Research) GreenCoLab, Portugal
2023/08/01 - 2023/11/30 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2022/04/12 - 2023/06/30 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2017/10 - 2021/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
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Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/06 - 2022/03/31 R&D Manager in Aquaculture and Insects Lesaffre & CIE, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/08 - 2023/11 Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul - Vertical Algas - SP1b
C644915664-00000026
Post-doc
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2021/09 PROLAR - Early metabolic programming in fish through nutritional modulation
02/SAICT/2017/29151
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2017/10 - 2021/07 VALORMAR - Integral valorization of marine resources: Potential, technological innovation and new applications
ref. 024517
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2017 - 2020 PATHAA - Mitigation of global warming effects on fish viability via nutritional programming
IF/00482/2014/CP1217/CT0005
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/12/01 - Current Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul - Vertical Algas - SP5
C644915664-00000026
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - Current REALM - Reusing Effluents from Agriculture to unLock the potential of Microalgae
HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-09
Researcher
2023/12/01 - Current Microboost - Microalgae as fish health boosters via aquafeeds
MOD.PN.FRM.060.EN.V03
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - Current LOCALITY - Nature-positive Algae-based Food, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Textile Products made in North and Baltic Sea ecosystems
101112884
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/04/12 - 2023/06/30 MAXIMUS.PT - Research and development to produce turbot larvae and juveniles
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-069769
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Xavier, Maria João; Gonçalves, Renata; Conceição, Luis E. C.; Valente, Luisa M.P.; Engrola, Sofia. "Improving growth performance through early nutrition.". Paper presented in SIBIC VII – Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, Faro, 2018.
    In press
Conference poster
  1. Xavier, Maria João. Corresponding author: Xavier, Maria João. "The impacts of dietary algae supplementation on turbot postlarvae performance". Paper presented in AQUA 2024, 2024.
  2. Xavier, Maria João. Corresponding author: Xavier, Maria João. "Tetradesmus obliquus fractions as modulators of gut health status". Paper presented in AQUA 2024, 2024.
  3. Xavier, Maria João. "Impact of dietary curcumin supplementation on fish oxidative status.". Paper presented in EAS2022 - European Aquaculture Society, 2022.
  4. Jerez-Cepa, Ismael; Xavier, Maria João; Engrola, Sofia; Conceição, Luis E. C.; Valente, Luisa M.P.. "Dietary antioxidant supplementation boots intermediary metabolism in Senegalese sole postlarvae.". Paper presented in EAS2020 - European Aquaculture Society, 2021.
  5. Xavier, Maria João; Conceição, Luis E. C.; Valente, Luisa M.P.; Engrola, Sofia. "Natural antioxidants as modulators of robustness in fish.". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2020, 2020.
  6. Xavier, Maria João; Engrola, Sofia; Conceição, Luis E. C.; Manchado, Manuel; Carballo, Carlos; Gonçalves, Renata; Colen, R.; Figueiredo, Vera; Valente, Luisa M.P.. "Dietary antioxidant supplementation promotes growth in Senegalese sole post-larvae.". Paper presented in SEB2019 – The Society for Experimental Biology, 2019.
  7. Engrola, Sofia; Xavier, Maria João; Gonçalves, Renata; Colen, Rita; Valente, Luisa M.P.; Rocha, Rui J. M.; Conceição, Luis E. C.. "Building fish resilience via nutrition.". Paper presented in SEB2019 – The Society for Experimental Biology, 2019.
  8. Engrola, Sofia; Gonçalves, Renata; Xavier, Maria João; Batista, Vânia; Teodosio, MA; Conceição, Luis E. C.. "Improving fish viability under challenging temperatures.". Paper presented in Nutrition and Feeding Fish – 18th International Symposium, 2018.
  9. Engrola, Sofia; Goncalves, Renata; Xavier, Maria João; Baptista, Vânia; Maria Alexandra Teodósio; Conceição, Luís. Corresponding author: Engrola, Sofia. "Improving fish viability under challenging temperature.". Paper presented in 18th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, Las Palmas, Spain., 2018.
  10. Goncalves, Renata; Baptista, Vânia; Xavier, Maria João; Maria Alexandra Teodósio; Conceição, Luís; Engrola, Sofia. Corresponding author: Engrola, Sofia. "Leucine supplementation improves performance during zebrafish (Danio rerio) early stages.". Paper presented in Congresso Iberico de Ictiologia, Faro, Portugal, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Xavier, Maria João; Navarro-Guillén, Carmen; Lopes, André; Colen, Rita; Teodosio, Rita; Mendes, Rodrigo; Oliveira, Beatriz; et al. "Effects of dietary curcumin in growth performance, oxidative status and gut morphometry and function of gilthead seabream postlarvae". Aquaculture Reports 24 (2022): 101128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101128.
    10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101128
  2. Aragão, Cláudia; Gonçalves, Ana Teresa; Costas, Benjamín; Azeredo, Rita; Xavier, Maria João; Engrola, Sofia. "Alternative Proteins for Fish Diets: Implications beyond Growth". Animals 12 9 (2022): 1211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12091211.
    10.3390/ani12091211
  3. Xavier, Maria J.; Dardengo, Gian Marco; Navarro-Guillén, Carmen; Lopes, André; Colen, Rita; Valente, Luisa M. P.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Engrola, Sofia. "Dietary Curcumin Promotes Gilthead Seabream Larvae Digestive Capacity and Modulates Oxidative Status". Animals 11 6 (2021): 1667. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11061667.
    Published • 10.3390/ani11061667
  4. Xavier, Maria J.; Conceição, Luís E. C.; Valente, Luisa M. P.; Colen, Rita; Rodrigues, Andreia C. M.; Rocha, Rui J. M.; Custódio, Luísa; et al. "Dietary Natural Plant Extracts Can Promote Growth and Modulate Oxidative Status of Senegalese Sole Postlarvae under Standard/Challenge Conditions". Animals 11 5 (2021): 1398. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11051398.
    Published • 10.3390/ani11051398
  5. Xavier, Maria J.; Engrola, Sofia; Conceição, Luis E. C.; Manchado, Manuel; Carballo, Carlos; Gonçalves, Renata; Colen, Rita; Figueiredo, Vera; Valente, Luisa M. P.. "Dietary Antioxidant Supplementation Promotes Growth in Senegalese Sole Postlarvae". Frontiers in Physiology 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.580600.
    Published • 10.3389/fphys.2020.580600
Magazine article
  1. Xavier, Maria João. "Plant extracts support oxidative balance and promote growth in fish larvae and postlarvae.", Hatchery – Feed & Management, 2022
Preprint
  1. Xavier, Maria; Conceição, Luís; Valente, Luisa; Colen, Rita; Rodrigues, Andreia; Rocha, Rui; Custódio, Luísa; et al. "Dietary Natural Plant Extracts Modulate Growth Performance and Antioxidant Status of Senegalese Sole Postlarvae". 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-117940/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-117940/v1

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Xavier, Maria João. 2021. "Supplementation of natural extracts (curcumin, green tea and grape seeds) in teleost fish larval diets as promoters of growth performance".
    Granted/Issued

Other

Other output
  1. Curcumina y semilla de uva como agentes antioxidantes naturales para mejorar el rendimiento del lenguado senegalés. News article published in an online platform misPeces.com (Portal de Acuicultura) from the novel outcomes from my research previously published (https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.580600).. 2020. Xavier, Maria João. https://www.mispeces.com/noticias/Curcumina-y-semilla-de-uva-como-agentes-antioxidantes-naturales-para-mejorar-el-rendimiento-del-lenguado-senegales/#.ZFgday_5R-V.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/04/21 Curcumin supplementation promotes turbot postlarvae growth performance. LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN AQUACULTURE 2023 - LACQUA 2023
World Aquaculture Society (Panama City, Panama)
2022/06/07 Plant extracts supplementation impacts growth performance, digestive capacity and robustness of marine fish at early life stages. XX International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding - ISFNF 2022
International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (Sorrento, Italy)
2021/10 Dietary curcumin modulates digestive capacity and oxidative status in different larvae stages of gilthead seabream. EAS 2021
European Aquaculture Society (Funchal, Portugal)
2021/10 Improving performance of Senegalese sole through diet supplementation with curcumin extract. EAS 2021
European Aquaculture Society (Funchal, Portugal)
2021/04 Natural plant extracts modulate growth performance, oxidative status and stress resistance of Senegalese sole postlarvae. EAS 2020
European Aquaculture Society
2020/12/18 Dietary curcumin supplementation can promote fish larvae digest capacity. CCMAR Symposium 2020
CCMAR - Centro de Ciências do Mar
2020/09/18 Effects of natural extracts as modulators of growth performance and oxidative status in fish. Animal Science Doctoral Programme VII Workshop
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/09/13 Improving growth performance of fish larvae through supplementation of antioxidants. Animal Science Doctoral Programme VI Workshop.
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018/09/18 Improving growth performance of fish larvae through early nutrition. Animal Science Doctoral Programme V Workshop
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/06 - 2023/01 A preliminary study on the optimum dietary protein content for turbot (Scophthalamus maximus) postlarvae.
Co-supervisor
Wageningen University, Netherlands

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/07/15 - 2022/07/16 Participation in science communication project for the senior communities - contribution to healthy and active aging, and promote socialization
Other
 Project Cidadão + (Curiosity & Diversity)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Ciência Viva Tavira, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Tavira, Portugal
2022/06/16 - 2022/06/16 Video recorded for social media campaign for transparency regarding the use of animals for research purposes. Be Open about Animal Research Day
European Animal Research Association (EARA), United Kingdom
2019/11/18 - 2019/11/22 Multi-partner collaborations that bring together unique expertise, tools, and skills from different sectors of the aquaculture industry. AQUAEXCEL TRAINING COURSE 2020 - FISH NUTRITION AND FEEDING
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement Centre Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/10/18 Functional strategies in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juvenile nutrition: dietary microalgae supplementation for higher resilience
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Miguel da Conceição Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/12/20 Impact of algae processing on fish gut homeostasis.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Aquaculture Nutrition
2022 - Current Aquaaculture

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Guest Editor in Animals special issue "Functional feed and antioxidant status in aquatic animals: Current research and future directions" MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/04 - 2023/09 Degree thesis supervision André Pardal
2023/04 - 2023/05 Marine hatchery production - IMBRSea Professional Practice Siadbh O'Donnell O'Neill
2022/05 - 2022/06 Field Methods in Aquaculture - Academic internship João Rodrigues
Distinctions

Award

2024 2022 Best Paper Awards
Animals from MDPI, Switzerland