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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Raquel Xavier

Citation names

  • Xavier, Raquel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7F1C-9CEC-C2F0
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8800-3924

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
Education
Degree Classification
2008/02/01 - 2011/12/16
Concluded
 PhD in Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
"Phylogeny and phylogeography of the marine isopod genus Stenosoma: Taxonomical revision and analysis of changes in species’ distributions " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006/07/01 - 2008/12/01
Concluded
 MSc in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (Mestrado)
Major in niche modelling, ecology
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
"Modelling the geographical distribution of Patella rustica L. 1758, as a tool for predicting responses to environmental changes. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1999/07/15 - 2004/05/01
Concluded
 BSc Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Marine Resources
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Nesting activities of Eretmochelys imbricata e Chelonia mydas in El Cuyo, Mexico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 (0-20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016/11/01 - 2021/10/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2016/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Cardiff University - Heath Park Campus, United Kingdom
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/07/01 - Current Analysis of the skin microbiome of native and exotic freshwater fishes: relations with abiotic factors and transmission dynamics (£6.523,00)
FSBI
Principal investigator
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Ongoing
2011 - 2016 PHYLOGENETICS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF PARASITES FROM WILD AND FARMED FISHES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, NORTHEAST ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEAN. Pos-doc Fellowship
SFRH/BPD/75851/2011
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2011 Phylogeny and phylogeography of the marine isopod genus Stenosoma: Taxonomical revision and analysis of changes in species’ distributions. PhD scholarship
SFRH / BD / 29370 / 2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2026/02/28 - Current SHOW-IT: Assessing climate change effects in the early life history of top predators (670.000,00 €)
BNP PARIBAS
Researcher
Fondation BNP Paribas
Ongoing
2025/12 - Current NECROBIOME - Microbioma do Abutre-preto para a Gestão Integrada dos Ecossistemas do Baixo Alentejo (192.740,00 €)
LIFE21 NAT/NL/101074677
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Ongoing
2023 - Current PurSUiT: Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Fish-Parasitic Gnathiid Isopods on Coral Reefs (1.249.600,00 USD)
2231250
Researcher
National Science Foundation
Ongoing
2021/11/15 - 2026/11/11 Microbiomes, biofilms and resistomes in aquaculture ( Assistant Researcher Salary contract 2020.00854.CEECIND)
2020.00854.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 The burning issue: reptile microbiome resilience to wildfire (49.762,45 eur)
2022.07460.PTDC
10.54499/2022.07460.PTDC
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Evolution on our heads: disentangling mechanisms of diversification in human lice (49.951,79 EUR)
2022.03867.PTDC
10.54499/2022.03867.PTDC
The University of Queensland, Australia
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021 - 2023 Host-viral relationships of sharks and rays: insights from viral composition and immune diversity (50.000 EUR)
EXPL/BIA-EVL/1045/2021
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Garbage dumps or primary care clinics? Cleaning stations as hubs for the maintenance and recovery of microbial diversity on coral reefs. Amount Awarded: 500,000 USD
20-23420
Researcher
National Science Foundation
Concluded
2018/05/01 - 2021/04/30 MicrobeModel- Modelling the water and fish microbiomes to monitor and predict pathogen outbreaks. Amount Awarded: 239,935 EUR
PTDC/BIA- MIC/27995/2017- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027995
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2021 De Novo based sequence assembly of next generation sequence data without chimeras: improved annotation, gene expression profiles and haplotype reconstruction. Amount Awarded: 178,602 EUR
PTDC/BIA-EVL/29115/2017
Researcher
Concluded
2016/11 - 2021 To be or not to be diseased: the effects of microbiome on susceptibility and resistance to parasitic diseases in farmed seabream and seabass. Auxiliary Researcher salary contract
IF/00359/2015
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UID/BIA/50027/2019
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Laboratório de Paisagens Património e Território, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UID/BIA/50027/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2019/12/31 MICROBIOME: To be or not to be diseased: the effects of microbiome on parasitic infections in farmed seabream and seabass. Amount Awarded: 164,905 EUR
PTDC/MAR-BIO/0902/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2015/02/01 - 2018/01/31 AquaWales Minimising the Impacts of Intensive Aquaculture in the face of Climate Change. Amount Awarded: 559,950 £
wales
Researcher
Swansea University, United Kingdom
 National Research Network for Low Carbon Energy and Environment (NRN-LCEE)
Concluded
2013/10/01 - 2015/09/01 PATHOSPILL: using an integrative approach to investigate the consequences of pathogen spill-over between wild and farmed fish species in a key estuarine habitat. Amount Awarded: 49,974 EUR
Provided by PTCRIS: 128682
128682
EXPL/MAR-BIO/1034/2012
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2012/04/01 - 2015/08/31 ALBORAN - A reassessment of the diversity patterns in the transition zone between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (€65.756,00))
PTDC/MAR/118205/2010
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02 - 2013/08 MED-HIST: A slow motion perspective of the Biogeographic History of the Mediterranean Sea. Amount Awarded: 53,332 EUR
Provided by PTCRIS: 104169
104169
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 609 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/BIA/UI0609/2011
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Rato, João; Rocha, Rita; Brandão, P.; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. J.; Banha, F.; Anastácio, Pedro M.. "Pathogen sharing in freshwater turtles: Why do non-native species matter for Global Health". Paper presented in 24º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia - SPECO, Lisboa, 2025.
  2. Rato, João; Rocha, Rita; Brandão, P.; Banha, Filipe; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. J.; Anastácio, Pedro M.. "Pathogen Exchange and Host Switching in Freshwater Turtles: A Global Review of Disease Risks and Invasion Dynamics". Paper presented in REALP AMIGO, 2025.
  3. Rato, João; Rocha, Rita; Brandão, P.; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. J.; Banha, F.; Anastácio, Pedro M.. Corresponding author: Rato, João. "The Overlooked Role of NonNative Species: A Global Review of Pathogen Transmission in Freshwater Turtles". Paper presented in SEH congress, 2025.
  4. Rato, João; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. J.; Banha, Filipe; Anastácio, Pedro M.. "Hidden threat in exotic species: Potential disease-causing agents from freshwater turtles.". Paper presented in XXII Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL 2024), Vigo, 2024.
    Published
  5. Rato, João; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. J.; Banha, F.; Anastácio, Pedro M.. "An urgent need for standardization in freshwater turtle health". Paper presented in Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) 2024 Annual Conference, 2024.
  6. Simões, C.; Vasconcelos, D. S.; Rato, Catarina; Xavier, Raquel; Santos, Xavier; Harris, D. J.. "Burnt dinner: how wildfi res impact the diet of lizards.". Paper presented in 12th International Symposium on Mediterranean Lacertid Lizards, Funchal, Portugal., 2024.
  7. Rato, João; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. J.; Banha, Filipe; Anastácio, Pedro M.. "The presence of hemoparasites in native chelonians of São Mamede natural park". Paper presented in 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia - SPECO, Faro, 2023.
  8. Canada, Paula; Costas, Benjamin; Xavier, Raquel; Santos, Miguel; Couto, Ana; Cerqueira, Marco; FERNANDEZ-BOO, SERGIO; et al. "CAGED GILTHEAD SEABREAM LIKES BITING THE NETS. SO WHAT?". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2021, Funchal, 2021.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Lopes E.P; Freita, R; Xavier, Raquel; Soares J; Santos, AM. "THE ALIEN SNOWFLAKE CORAL Carijoa riisei (OCTOCORALLIA: ALCYONACEA) A PROBLEMATIC NIS IN MARINAS FROM SÃO VICENTE (CABO VERDE ISLANDS)". Paper presented in International Workshop on Marine Bioinvasions in Island Ecosystems, 2025.
  2. Vasconcelos, D. S.; Xavier, Raquel; Santos, Xavier; Harris, D. J.. "Assessing Reptile Microbiome Resilience to Wildfire.". Paper presented in 23º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 24-26th November 2024, Porto, Portugal., 2024.
  3. Rosado, Daniela; Canada, Paula; Sofia Marques Silva; Nuno Ribeiro; Pedro Diniz; Xavier, Raquel. Corresponding author: Rosado, Daniela. "Disruption of the Skin, gill, gut mucosae microbiome of gilthead seabream fingerlings after bacterial infection and antibiotic treatment". Paper presented in World of Microbiome, 2023.
  4. Pereira, Ana; Brown, A; Hendrik G; Nicholson, M; Russel S; Bloomberg J; Marta C Soares; et al. "Impacts of cleaning gobies Elacatinus spp. on microbial communities in Caribbean coral reefs.". Paper presented in 40th Scientifi c Meetings of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, St. Kitts, WI, 2023.
  5. Ana Pereira; Marta C. Soares; Teresa Santos; Ana Poças; Paul C. Sikkel; Xavier, Raquel; Amy Appril. "To clean or not to clean: cleaning activity predicts cleaner fish skin microbiota diversity and pathogen abundance". Paper presented in 1st Microbiome PT Summit, 2021.
  6. Daniela Rosado; Perez-Losada, Marcos; Cable, Joanne; Severino, Ricardo; Xavier, Raquel. "Longitudinal sampling of external mucosae in farmed European seabass reveals complex bacterial dynamics and water temperature effects". Paper presented in 1st Microbiome PT Summit, 2021.
  7. Vasconcelos, D. S.; Harris, D. J.; Ferreira I; Damas-Moreira I; Xavier, Raquel. "Host and environmental factors modulate gut microbiota of five lizard species in Portugal.". Paper presented in XVI Iberian Congress of Herpetology, online event., 2021.
  8. Barroso, Ricardo Alexandre; Saraiva, Aurélia; Pereira, Ana; Xavier, Raquel. "Apicomplexa parasites of the European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from Portuguese waters". Paper presented in IJUP - Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, 2020.
  9. Andres pagan; Ana Verissimo; Paul C. Sikkel; Xavier, Raquel. "Characterizing the ectoparasite community of Caribbean reef fishes using molecular techniques reveals a species complex in the ticks of the sea". Paper presented in TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2018.
  10. Catarina Moreira; Xavier, Raquel; Fernando P. Lima. "Temporal dynamics of the heat shock protein response in an intertidal gastropod (Patella vulgata).". Paper presented in ASLO, Granada, Spain, February 22-27., 2015.
  11. Cabezas, M. Pilar; Guerra-García, José Manuel; Xavier, Raquel; António M. Santos; Madalena Branco. "Possible invasion pathways of the caprellid Caprella scaura (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: evidence from mitochondrial sequence data.". Paper presented in 15th International Colloquium on Amphipoda, 2-7 September 2013. Szczawnica, Poland., 2013.
  12. Xavier, Raquel; Marcos Perez Losada; Ricardo Severino; Joanne Cable; David J. Harris. "Molecular survey of Sphaerospora dicentrarchi (Myxosporea, Sphaerosporidae) in wild and farmed host species in the Alvor Estuary (Portugal).". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution meeting, Vairão, Porto, Portugal., 2012.
  13. Fernando P. Lima; Xavier, Raquel; Pedro A. Ribeiro; Nuno Queiróz; Stephen J. Hawkins; António M. Santos. "Using modelling to explain recent changes in the distribution of the marine gastropod Patella rustica.". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Tenerife, Canarias., 2007.
  14. Xavier, Raquel; Fernando P. Lima; Nuno Queiróz; Pedro A. Ribeiro; António M. Santos. "Biogeography of Isopoda on the Portuguese cost.". Paper presented in 14th Simposio Ibérico de Estudios de Biología Marina. Barcelona, Spain, 2006.
  15. Xavier, Raquel; Fernando P. Lima; Pedro A. Ribeiro; Nuno Queiróz; António M. Santos. "Modelling the geographical distribution of Patella rustica as a tool for predicting responses to environmental changes.". Paper presented in 41st EMBS. Cork, Ireland, 2006.
  16. Pedro A. Ribeiro; Xavier, Raquel; Fernando P. Lima; Nuno Queiróz; António M. Santos; Stephen J. Hawkins. "Effect of temperature on larval development of NE Atlantic Patella spp.". Paper presented in 41st European Marine Biology Symposium, Cork, Ireland., 2006.
  17. Xavier, Raquel; andré barata; Polo Cortez; Eduardo Cuevas. "Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting activity during three consecutive nesting seasons (2002-2004) at El Cuyo beach, Yucatan, Mexico". Paper presented in International symposium on sea turtle biology and conservation, Savannah, USA., 2005.
  18. andré barata; Xavier, Raquel; Polo Cortez; Eduardo Cuevas. "Nest temperatures and development differences between central and peripheral eggs of Eretmochelys imbricata in El Cuyo, Yucatan, Mexico.". Paper presented in International symposium on sea turtle biology and conservation, Savannah, USA., 2005.
Journal article
  1. Vasconcelos, D. S.; Harris, D. J.; Tarroso, Pedro; Rato, Catarina; Simões, C.; Santos, Xavier; Xavier, Raquel. "Shaped by Fire: Unravelling the Impact of Fire on Lizard Gut Microbiome.". Molecular Ecology (2026):
    Published
  2. Denise da Silva Fong; Joana Abrantes; Teresa Moura; Bárbara Serra-Pereira; Raquel Xavier; Ana Veríssimo; Arvind Varsani; Fabiana Neves. "Identification and characterization of a novel papillomavirus in thornback skate (Raja clavata)". Microbial Genomics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001541.
    10.1099/mgen.0.001541
  3. Simões, Catarina; Vasconcelos, Diana S.; Xavier, Raquel; Santos, Xavier; Rato, Catarina; Harris, D. James. "The impact of wildfires on the diet of Podarcis lusitanicus revealed by DNA metabarcoding". PLOS One 20 10 (2025): e0319238. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319238.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0319238
  4. Sofia M. Silva; Ana Cristina R. Gomes; Gonçalo C Cardoso; Sandra Trigo; Xavier, Raquel; Sofia Marques Silva; Gonçalo C. Cardoso. "Social network does not influence microbiota of a gregarious bird in a common environment". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03603-6.
    Accepted • 10.1007/s00265-025-03603-6
  5. Couch, Claire E.; Xavier, Raquel; Beechler, Brianna R.. "Editorial: Parasite, host, and microbiome interactions in natural host systems". Frontiers in Microbiology 16 (2025): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1589627.
    10.3389/fmicb.2025.1589627
  6. Lopes, Evandro P.; Santos, Sarah; Xavier, Raquel; Santos, Joana L.; Cabezas, M. Pilar; Sequeira, Fernando; Santos, António M.. "Genetic analysis of Pinna rudis L 1758 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pinnidae) in the Northwest Cabo Verde Islands (Central-East Atlantic)". PeerJ 13 (2025): e18328. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18328.
    10.7717/peerj.18328
  7. Brown, A; Sikkel, PC; Bloomberg, J; Hendrick, GC; Nicholson, MD; Soares, MC; Xavier, Raquel; Apprill, A. "Context-dependent effects of a Caribbean cleaner goby on coral reef microbial communities". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025): https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14851.
    In press • 10.3354/meps14851
  8. Xavier, Raquel; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Silva, Sofia Marques; Lino, Marilia; Faleiro, Maria João; Canada, Paula. "Lymphocystis viral disease impacts the diversity and functional profiles of the skin microbiome in gilthead seabream". Frontiers in Microbiology 15 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1470572.
    10.3389/fmicb.2024.1470572
  9. Pereira, Ana; Brown, Anya; Strobel, Davis; Soares, Marta C.; Xavier, Raquel; Apprill, Amy; Sikkel, Paul; et al. "Effects of two common antibiotics on the skin microbiome of ornamental reef fishes: Implications for manipulative experiments in microbial dynamics". Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries 4 3 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aff2.162.
    In press • 10.1002/aff2.162
  10. Rato, João; Xavier, Raquel; Harris, D. James; Banha, Filipe; Anastácio, Pedro. "A Comprehensive Review of Disease-Causing Agents in Freshwater Turtles: Implications for Conservation and Public Health". Diversity 16 3 (2024): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16030171.
    Published • 10.3390/d16030171
  11. Moreno-Borges S; Arranz, V; Fernández-Martín S; Clemente, S.; Xavier, Raquel; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Assessing diets of marine fauna associated to emerging zoantharian habitats in a subtropical region: Do zoantharians have predators in the Canary Islands?". Marine Biology (2024):
    In press
  12. Harris, D. James; Xavier, Raquel. "Name and shame: can taxonomists agree on systematic reforms?". Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38 11 (2023): 1022-1023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.07.008.
    10.1016/j.tree.2023.07.008
  13. Raquel Xavier; Ricardo Severino; Sofia M. Silva. "Signatures of dysbiosis in fish microbiomes in the context of aquaculture". Reviews in Aquaculture (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12862.
    10.1111/raq.12862
  14. Abderrahim S’Khifa; Ana Pereira; Mohamed Amine Samlali; Tahar Slimani; D. James Harris; Raquel Xavier. "Exploring the dietary niche of Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Lacertidae) using DNA metabarcoding". Herpetozoa (2023): https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e103198.
    10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e103198
  15. Sofia Marques Silva; Raquel Xavier; Ana Cristina R Gomes; Patrícia Beltrão; Gonçalo C Cardoso; Sandra Trigo. "Phenotypic associations of common waxbill gut and feather microbiome diversity in a shared environment". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad082.
    10.1093/biolinnean/blad082
  16. D. JAMES HARRIS; JONATHON C. MARSHALL; LETICIA ALVAREZ GUTIÉRREZ; RAQUEL XAVIER. "Systematic sexism: gender-neutral rule changes are needed". Bionomina (2023): https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.32.1.5.
    10.11646/bionomina.32.1.5
  17. Aurélia Saraiva; Jorge C. Eiras; Cristina Cruz; Raquel Xavier. "Synopsis of the Species of Coccidians Reported in Marine Fish". Animals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132119.
    10.3390/ani13132119
  18. Daniela Rosado; Paula Canada; Sofia Marques Silva; Nuno Ribeiro; Pedro Diniz; Raquel Xavier. "Disruption of the skin, gill, and gut mucosae microbiome of gilthead seabream fingerlings after bacterial infection and antibiotic treatment". FEMS Microbes (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsmc/xtad011.
    10.1093/femsmc/xtad011
  19. Jowers, Michael J.; Xavier, Raquel; Lasso-Alcalá, Oscar M.; Quintero-T., H; Nunes, JlLS; Giarrizzo, Tommaso; Machado, FS; Gómez, J; Cabezas, M. Pilar. "First molecular identification of a Goussia parasite from a New World invasive Blenny". Acta Parasitologica (2023):
    In press
  20. Vasconcelos, DS; Harris, D James; Damas-Moreira,I; Pereira, A; Xavier, Raquel. "Factors shaping the gut microbiome of five species of lizards from different habitats". PeerJ (2023):
    In press
  21. Sofia Marques Silva; Sandra Trigo; Gonçalo C. Cardoso; Raquel Xavier. "Cloaca- and feather-associated bacteria communities in common waxbills Estrilda astrild". Journal of Avian Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02910.
    10.1111/jav.02910
  22. Cabezas, M. Pilar; Lasso-Alcalá, Oscar M.; Quintero-T, Elena; Xavier, Raquel; Giarrizzo, Tommaso; Nunes, Jorge L. S.; Machado, Fabiola S.; et al. "Clarifying the taxonomy of some cryptic blennies (Blenniidae) in their native and introduced range". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12580-z.
    10.1038/s41598-022-12580-z
  23. Soares, Marta C; Banha, Filipe; Cardoso, Sonia; Gama, Mafalda; Xavier, Raquel; Ribeiro, Laura; Anastácio, Pedro. "Haemolymph glycaemia as an environmental stress biomarker in the invasive red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii". Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/719857.
    In press • 10.1086/719857
  24. Ana Pereira; Marta C Soares; Teresa Santos; Ana Poças; Marcos Pérez-Losada; Amy Apprill; Paul C Sikkel; Xavier, Raquel. "Reef Location and Client Diversity Influence the Skin Microbiome of the Caribbean Cleaner Goby Elacatinus Evelynae". Microbial Ecology (2022):
    In press
  25. Jowers, Michael J.; Simone, Y; Herrel, A; Cabezas, M. Pilar; Xavier, Raquel; Molden, M; Boistel, R; et al. "The Terrific skink bite force suggests insularity as a likely driver to exceptional resource use". Scientific Reports (2022):
    In press
  26. Pagán, J Andrés; Xavier, Raquel; Sikkel, Paul C; Veríssimo, Ana. "Host-mediated dispersal shapes spatial distribution of genetic variability in marine symbionts". Bulletin of Marine Science (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.0046.
    In press • 10.5343/bms.2021.0046
  27. Daniela Rosado; Raquel Xavier; Jo Cable; Ricardo Severino; Pedro Tarroso; Marcos Pérez-Losada. "Longitudinal sampling of external mucosae in farmed European seabass reveals the impact of water temperature on bacterial dynamics". ISME Communications (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00019-x.
    Published • 10.1038/s43705-021-00019-x
  28. Raquel Xavier; Marta C. Soares; Sofia M. Silva; Filipe Banha; Mafalda Gama; Laura Ribeiro; Pedro Anastácio; Sónia C. Cardoso. "Environment and host-related factors modulate gut and carapace bacterial diversity of the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)". Hydrobiologia (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04623-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s10750-021-04623-9
  29. Catarina Moreira; Jonathon H. Stillman; Fernando P. Lima; Raquel Xavier; Rui Seabra; Filipa Gomes; Ana Veríssimo; Sofia Marques Silva. "Transcriptomic response of the intertidal limpet Patella vulgata to temperature extremes". Journal of Thermal Biology 101 (2021): 103096-103096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103096.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103096
  30. Rosado D; Pérez-Losada M; Severino R; Xavier, Raquel. "Monitoring Infection and Antibiotic Treatment in the Skin Microbiota of Farmed European Seabass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) Fingerlings.". Microbial ecology (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34245329.
    Published • 10.1007/s00248-021-01795-8
  31. Rosado, Daniela; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Pereira, Ana; Severino, Ricardo; Xavier, Raquel. "Effects of aging on the skin and gill microbiota of farmed seabass and seabream". Animal Microbiome 3 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-00072-2.
    10.1186/s42523-020-00072-2
  32. Xavier, Raquel; Barroso, Ricardo; Cardoso, João; Cruz, Cristina; Pereira, Ana; Saraiva, Aurélia. "Phylogenetic Affinities and Infection Patterns of Goussia Infecting Sardina pilchardus from the NE Atlantic". Acta Parasitologica (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11686-020-00319-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s11686-020-00319-7
  33. Xavier, Raquel; Aurélia Saraiva. "Coccidiosis of the liver of the blue whiting". ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites in Fish and Shellfish 72 (2021):
    Published
  34. Pagan, JA; Veríssimo, A.; Sikkel, PC; Xavier, Raquel. "Hurricane-induced disturbance increases genetic diversity and population admixture of the direct-brooding isopod, Gnathia marleyi". Scientific Reports (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64779-7.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-020-64779-7
  35. Xavier, Raquel; Pereira, Ana; Pagan, Andres; Hendrick, Gina C.; Nicholson, Matthew D.; Rosado, Daniela; Soares, Marta C.; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Sikkel, Paul C.. "The effects of environment and ontogeny on the skin microbiome of two Stegastes damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from the eastern Caribbean Sea". Marine Biology 167 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03717-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s00227-020-03717-7
  36. Xavier, Raquel; Cardoso, João; Barroso, Ricardo; Nogueira, Sara; Cruz, Cristina; Pereira, Ana; Saraiva, Aurélia. "Effects of Goussia infecting the blue whiting and phylogenetic placement of Goussia infecting marine fish off Northern Portugal". Parasitology Research 119 7 (2020): 2139-2147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06727-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s00436-020-06727-y
  37. Xavier, Raquel; Sikkel, PC; Pagan, JA; Santos, J. S.; Hendrick, G.H.; Nicholson, M.D.. "Molecular detection of apicomplexan blood parasites of coral reef fishes from free-living stages of ectoparasitic gnathiid isopods". Parasitology Research (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06676-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s00436-020-06676-6
  38. Cabezas, M. Pilar; Lasso-Alcalá, Oscar M.; Xavier, Raquel; Jowers, Michael J.. "First genetic record of the non-native muzzled blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America". Journal of Fish Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14268.
    10.1111/jfb.14268
  39. Canada, Paula; Pereira, Ana; Nogueira, Natacha; Png-Gonzalez, Lydia; Andrade, Carlos; Xavier, Raquel. "Analysis of bacterial microbiome associated with nylon and copper nets in an aquaculture context". Aquaculture 516 (2020): 734540. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734540.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734540
  40. Rosado, Daniela; Xavier, Raquel; Severino, Ricardo; Tavares, Fernando; Cable, Jo; Pérez-Losada, Marcos. "Effects of disease, antibiotic treatment and recovery trajectory on the microbiome of farmed seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): 18946. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55314-4.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-55314-4
  41. Lara Loureiro Sousa; Sofia Marques Silva; Raquel Xavier. "DNA metabarcoding in diet studies: Unveiling ecological aspects in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems". Environmental DNA 1 (2019): 199-214. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.27.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/edn3.27
  42. Cabezas, M. Pilar; Ros, Macarena; Santos, António Múrias dos; Martínez-Laiz, Gemma; Xavier, Raquel; Montelli, Lou; Hoffman, Razy; et al. "Unravelling the origin and introduction pattern of the tropical species Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in temperate European waters: first molecular insights from a spatial and temporal perspective". NeoBiota 47 (2019): 43-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.47.32408.
    Published • 10.3897/neobiota.47.32408
  43. David J. Harris; Ali Halajian; Joana Santos; Kgethedi M. Rampedi; Raquel Xavier. "Genetic diversity of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa) from domestic cats in South Africa, with a global reassessment of Hepatozoon felis diversity". Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 90 (2019): a1747. https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1747.
    Published • 10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1747
  44. Pereira, Ana; Xavier, Raquel; Perera, Ana; Salvi, Daniele; Harris, D James. "DNA metabarcoding to assess diet partitioning and feeding strategies in generalist vertebrate predators: a case study on three syntopic lacertid lizards from Morocco". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127 4 (2019): 800-809. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz061.
    Published • 10.1093/biolinnean/blz061
  45. Marta C. Soares; Jo Cable; Monica G. Lima-Maximino; Caio Maximino; Raquel Xavier. "Using fish models to investigate the links between microbiome and social behaviour: The next step for translational microbiome research?". Fish and Fisheries 20 (2019): 640-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12366.
    Published • 10.1111/faf.12366
  46. Xavier, Raquel; Mazzei, Renata; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Rosado, Daniela; Santos, Joana L.; Veríssimo, Ana; Soares, Marta C.. "A Risky Business? Habitat and Social Behavior Impact Skin and Gut Microbiomes in Caribbean Cleaning Gobies". Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (2019): 716. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00716.
    Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00716
  47. Rosado, D.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Severino, R.; Cable, J.; Xavier, R.. "Characterization of the skin and gill microbiomes of the farmed seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and seabream (Sparus aurata)". Aquaculture 500 (2019): 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.09.063.
    Published • 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.09.063
  48. James Harris, D.; Halajian, Ali; Santos, Joana L.; Swanepoel, Lourens H.; Taylor, Peter John; Xavier, Raquel. "Diversity of haemoprotozoan parasites infecting the wildlife of South Africa". Folia Parasitologica 65 (2018): 015. http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2018.015.
    Published • 10.14411/fp.2018.015
  49. Raquel Xavier; Joana L. Santos; Ana Veríssimo. "Phylogenetic evidence for an ancestral coevolution between a major clade of coccidian parasites and elasmobranch hosts". Systematic Parasitology 95 (2018): 367-371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9790-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s11230-018-9790-4
  50. Xavier, R.; Severino, R.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Gestal, C.; Freitas, R.; Harris, D.J.; Veríssimo, A.; Rosado, D.; Cable, J.. "Phylogenetic analysis of apicomplexan parasites infecting commercially valuable species from the North-East Atlantic reveals high levels of diversity and insights into the evolution of the group". Parasites and Vectors 11 1 (2018): 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2645-7.
    Published • 10.1186/s13071-018-2645-7
  51. Harris, D.J.; Rosado, D.; Xavier, R.; Salvi, D.. "New genetic lineages within Moroccan day geckos Quedenfeldtia (Sphaerodactylidae) revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data". Amphibia Reptilia 38 1 (2017): 97-101. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00003088.
    Published • 10.1163/15685381-00003088
  52. Tavares, A.I.; Cabezas, M.P.; Xavier, R.; Branco, M.; Lima, F.P.; Seabra, R.; Ribeiro, P.A.; Lopes, E.P.; Santos, A.M.. "Phylogeography and phylogeny of the genus Acanthonyx (Decapoda, Epialtidae) in the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean". Zoologica Scripta 46 5 (2017): 571-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12232.
    Published • 10.1111/zsc.12232
  53. Silva, C.; Veríssimo, A.; Cardoso, P.; Cable, J.; Xavier, R.. Corresponding author: Xavier, R.. "Infection of the lesser spotted dogfish with Proleptus obtusus Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Spirurida) reflects ontogenetic feeding behaviour and seasonal differences in prey availability". Acta Parasitologica 62 2 (2017): 471-476. 10.1515/ap-2017-0055.
    Published • 10.1515/ap-2017-0055
  54. Harris, D.J.; Rosado, D.; Xavier, R.. Corresponding author: Xavier, R.. "DNA Barcoding Reveals Extensive Mislabeling in Seafood Sold in Portuguese Supermarkets". Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology 25 8 (2016): 1375-1380. https://doi.org/10.1080/10498850.2015.1067267.
    Published • 10.1080/10498850.2015.1067267
  55. Xavier, R.; Branco, M.; dos Santos, A.M.. "Using a phylogeographic approach to investigate the diversity and determine the distributional range of an isopod (Crustacea: Peracarida), Stenosoma nadejda (Rezig, 1989) in the Atlantic-Mediterranean region". Hydrobiologia 768 1 (2016): 315-328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2559-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s10750-015-2559-8
  56. Sousa, L.L.; Xavier, R.; Costa, V.; Humphries, N.E.; Trueman, C.; Rosa, R.; Sims, D.W.; Queiroz, N.. "DNA barcoding identifies a cosmopolitan diet in the ocean sunfish". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): 28762. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28762.
    Published • 10.1038/srep28762
  57. Xavier, R.; Faria, P.J.; Paladini, G.; Van Oosterhout, C.; Johnson, M.; Cable, J.. "Evidence for cryptic speciation in directly transmitted gyrodactylid parasites of trinidadian guppies". PLoS ONE 10 1 (2015): e0117096. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117096.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0117096
  58. Múrias Dos Santos, A.; Cabezas, M.P.; Tavares, A.I.; Xavier, R.; Branco, M.. "TcsBU: A tool to extend TCS network layout and visualization". Bioinformatics 32 4 (2015): 627-628. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btv636.
    Published • 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv636
  59. Cabezas, M.P.; Xavier, R.; Branco, M.; Santos, A.M.; Guerra-García, J.M.. "Invasion history of Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple introductions revealed by mitochondrial sequence data". Biological Invasions 16 10 (2014): 2221-2245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0660-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s10530-014-0660-y
  60. van Oosterhout, C.; Mohammed, R.S.; Xavier, R.; Stephenson, J.F.; Archard, G.A.; Hockley, F.A.; Perkins, S.E.; Cable, J.. Corresponding author: Xavier, R.. "Invasive freshwater snails provide resource for native marine hermit crabs". Aquatic Invasions 8 2 (2013): 185-191. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.2.06.
    Published • 10.3391/ai.2013.8.2.06
  61. Xavier, R.; Severino, R.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Cable, J.; Harris, D.J.. "First record of Sphaerospora dicentrarchi (Myxosporea, Sphaerosporidae) in Dicentrarchus punctatus". Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 33 1 (2013): 21-23. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/63191.
    Published
  62. Xavier, R.; Santos, A.M.; Harris, D.J.; Sezgin, M.; Machado, M.; Branco, M.. "Phylogenetic analysis of the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean species of the genus Stenosoma (Isopoda, Valvifera, Idoteidae)". Zoologica Scripta 41 4 (2012): 386-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00537.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00537.x
  63. Xavier, R.; Santos, A.M.; Branco, M.. "MtDNA and nuclear data reveal patterns of low genetic differentiation for the isopods Stenosoma lancifer and Stenosoma acuminatum, with low dispersal ability along the northeast Atlantic coast". Scientia Marina 76 1 (2012): 133-140. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03373.29a.
    Published • 10.3989/scimar.03373.29A
  64. Sousa, L.L.; Seabra, R.; Wethey, D.S.; Xavier, R.; Queiroz, N.; Zenboudji, S.; Lima, F.P.. "Fate of a climate-driven colonisation: Demography of newly established populations of the limpet Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758, in northern Portugal". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 438 (2012): 68-75. 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.09.005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.09.005
  65. dos Santos, A.M.; Xavier, R.; Zenboudji, S.; Branco, T.; Branco, M.. "Stenosoma stephenseni sp. n. (Isopoda, Idoteidae), from the southwestern Mediterranean, with a note on the nomenclatural status of Synisoma Collinge, 1917". ZooKeys 141 (2011): 29-44. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.141.1376.
    Published • 10.3897/zookeys.141.1376
  66. Xavier, R.; Zenboudji, S.; Lima, F.P.; Harris, D.J.; Santos, A.M.; Branco, M.. "Phylogeography of the marine isopod Stenosoma nadejda (Rezig, 1989) in North African Atlantic and western Mediterranean coasts reveals complex differentiation patterns and a new species". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104 2 (2011): 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01718.x.
    Accepted • 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01718.x
  67. Xavier, R.; Lima, F.P.; Santos, A.M.. "Forecasting the poleward range expansion of an intertidal species driven by climate alterations". Scientia Marina 74 4 (2010): 669-676. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2010.74n4669.
    Published • 10.3989/scimar.2010.74n4669
  68. Fernando P. Lima; Nuno Queiroz; Pedro A. Ribeiro; Raquel Xavier; Stephen J. Hawkins; António M. Santos. "First record of Halidrys siliquosa on the Portuguese coast: counter-intuitive range expansion?". Marine Biodiversity Records 2 (2009): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755267208000018.
    Published • 10.1017/s1755267208000018
  69. Ribeiro, P.A.; Xavier, R.; Santos, A.M.; Hawkins, S.J.. "Reproductive cycles of four species of Patella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on the northern and central Portuguese coast". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89 6 (2009): 1215-1221. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409000320.
    Published • 10.1017/S0025315409000320
  70. Xavier, R.; Santos, A.M.; Lima, F.P.; Branco, M.. "Invasion or invisibility: Using genetic and distributional data to investigate the alien or indigenous status of the Atlantic populations of the peracarid isopod, Stenosoma nadejda (Rezig 1989)". Molecular Ecology 18 15 (2009): 3283-3290. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04260.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04260.x
  71. N. Queiroz; S. Araújo; P.A. Ribeiro; P. Tarroso; R. Xavier; A.M. Santos. "A first record of longfin mako, Isurus paucus, in the mid-North Atlantic". Marine Biodiversity Records 1 (2008): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755267206003484.
    Published • 10.1017/s1755267206003484
  72. Lima, F.P.; Ribeiro, P.A.; Queiroz, N.; Xavier, R.; Tarroso, P.; Hawkins, S.J.; Santos, A.M.. "Modelling past and present geographical distribution of the marine gastropod Patella rustica as a tool for exploring responses to environmental change". Global Change Biology 13 10 (2007): 2065-2077. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34948895975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01424.x
  73. Xavier, R.; Barata, A.; Cortez, L.P.; Queiroz, N.; Cuevas, E.. "Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus 1766) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1754) nesting activity (2002-2004) at El Cuyo beach, Mexico". Amphibia Reptilia 27 4 (2006): 539-547. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853806778877077.
    Published • 10.1163/156853806778877077

Other

Research technique
  1. We have proposed the use of marine animals dietary DNA (stomach or fecal samples) for environmental DNA based biodiversity surveys, especially in understudied, remote and inaccessible habitats (e.g. the deep sea or tropics).. Researcher. Xavier, Raquel.
    Researcher
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/02/18 "Marine Biology: ecosystems", talk to 6th grade students of EB Dr Carlos Pinto Ferreira, Vila do Conde, as part of the celebration of girls and women on science
(Portugal)
2021/10/05 Caged gilthead seabream likes biting the nets … So what? Aquaculture Europe 2021
European Aquaculture Society (Portugal)
2019/11/29 The dynamics of skin and gill microbiomes of farmed Sparus aurata and Dicentrarchus labrax: natural fluctuations, effects of disease and antibiotic treatment 4 th AquaImprove - Aquaculture Research Workshop
CIIMAR (Portugal)
2019/03/16 Novas ferramentas para a gestão de doenças em peixes selvagens e de aquacultura: uma perspectiva do biólogo molecular VII Aeicbas Biomedical Congress
ICBAS (Portugal)
2018/12 A risky business? Habitat and social behaviour impact skin and gut microbiomes in Caribbean cleaning gobies Host-Parasite Interactions- TiBE
CIBIO (Portugal)
2018 UM FUTURO SEM PEIXE DE MAR? A AQUACULTURA NO NOSSO PRATO Café com Ciência, Museu de Serralves
(Portugal)
2016 HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT:WHAT CAN WE LEARN? Senior Seminar
CIBIO
2006 Effects of climate change on rocky shore intertidal species: insights from the Portuguese coast Fernando P. Lima, Nuno Queiroz, Pedro A. Ribeiro, Raquel Xavier, Stephen J. Hawkins and António M. Santos. (2006) 41st European Marine Biological Symposium.
(Cork, Ireland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025 - 2028 NECROBIOME – Microbiome of the Cinereous Vulture to Support Integrated Ecosystem Management in Baixo Alentejo
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2023 - 2027 The burning issue: reptile microbiome resilience to wildfire
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2025 - 2026 Parasitas em peixes e segurança alimentar dos produtos da pesca
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária (Master)
Ensino Lusófona, Portugal
2020 - 2026 Garbage dumps or primary care clinics? Cleaning stations as hubs for the maintenance and recovery of microbial diversity on coral reefs
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/06 The influence of different approaches to sequence processing on metabarcoding data: a case study of the bacteriome of fish
Supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
2020/09 - 2021/09 Taxonomic revision of fish coccidians, with an evaluation of microparasite infection in the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and phylogenetic analysis of coccidians infecting the blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Co-supervisor
 Biological Aquatic Resources (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/09 In the blood and gut of lizards: the drivers of gut bacteria diversity and the impacts of blood parasites
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018 - 2021 To be or not to be diseased: the effects of microbiome on parasitic infections in farmed seabas
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09/02 - 2019/06/02 Apicomplexa parasites of the European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from Portuguese waters
Co-supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/06 Morphological and molecular analysis of Coccidia parasites of blue whiting, Micromesistus poutassou (Risso, 1827)
Co-supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal
2017 - 2017 A metabarcoding approach to assess the diet of lacertid lizards from the High Atlas Mountains
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Finding the original host: molecular detection of cleaner fish clients by screening blood meals of gnathids collected in the gut of the cleaner fishes
Supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Diversity of Myxozoan parasites from fish wild and farmed fish from the Northeats Atlantic and western Mediterranean Sea.
Supervisor
Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Evidence of interindividual variation in the diet of Ameivula ocellifera (Squamata: Teiidae) due to nested patterns of resources partition among individuals. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/53163
Co-supervisor
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
2015 - 2015 Does thermal microhabitat variability modulate thermal stress responses? A study focusing on the physiology and behavior of Patella vulgata
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Phylogeny of the Marine isopod genus Idotea in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Parasitic nematodes of the small-spotted catshark captured in Northern Portugal.
Supervisor
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Parasite diversity in fishes from the Kinabatangan River, Borneo.
Co-supervisor
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2013 - 2013 Diversity and ecology of freshwater fishes from the Kinabtangan River, Northeast Borneo.
Co-supervisor
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2012 - 2013 Genetic diversity and cryptic speciation in Idoteids from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Co-supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - 2026 Several science education and outreach activities for schools focusing on marine biodiversity/ecology and the purpose of the scientific method. Activities made in the scope of Science and Technology week; Investigador falador (Centro de Ciência Viva, Vila do Conde). Semana da Tecnologia da Universidade do Porto (2022)
Other
2018 - 2018 organizing committee of the international conference TiBE2018:Host-pathogen interactions (Vairão, Porto) (2018/12)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/11 Host-Parasite Interactions: New insights on trematode impacts on their bivalve hosts and how to predict outbreaks.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Simão Correia (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/11 Microbiomes in the Wild: Insights from Avian Species
(Thesis) Arguer
 Hugo Pereira (PhD)
Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Germany
2024/02/01 Microbiome associated with Ulva lacinulata and seawater in an integrated abalone (Haliotis midae)–Ulva system with partial recirculation
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nokofa Bridget Makhahlela (PhD)
University of Cape Town Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, South Africa
2024/01 An Omics World: Colonisation and Adaptation Processes of Styela plicata
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carles Galià Camps (PhD)
Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Genètica Microbiologia i Estadística, Spain
2023/11 A computational method to build an RHDV primer database: literature and in silico approaches
(Thesis) Arguer
 Filipa Alexandra Tavares Carneiro. (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023 Genetic variation and trait plasticity in plant defence suppression
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jéssica Filipa Teodoro Paulo (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022 Cabo Verde marine invertebrates - Use of innovative methodologies to better understand the biodiversity of the Cabo Verde Archipelago
(Thesis) Arguer
 Evandro Pires Lopes (PhD)
2021 Host-microbiota associations: Characterization of the bacterial diversity in Amphibians across species,Life Stages and Habitats.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Bárbara Rosa da Fonseca Santos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021 Towards Next-generation Biodiversity Monitoring: Improving Freshwater Quality Assessment using DNA Metabarcoding
(Thesis) Arguer
 FILIPA MATOS SILVA MARTINS (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021 Cabo Verde marine invertebrates- Use of innovative methodologies to better understand the biodiversity of the Cabo Verde Archipelago
(Thesis) Arguer
 Evandro Lopes (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021 Comparação da detetabilidade entre PCR diagnóstico e metabarcoding: um caso de estudo com insetos exóticos do eucalipto.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cátia Torres (Master)
2021 To be or not to be diseased: microbial dynamics and dysbiosis in farmed European seabass and gilthead seabream.
Supervisor
 Daniela Filipa Gonçalves Martins Rosado. (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020 Effects of long-term exposure to an antibiotic in zebrafish: from the organism to the microbiome level
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Almeida (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 The sea turtles of São Tomé and Príncipe: Ecology, genetics and current status of distinct species nesting on an oceanic archipelago
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Hancock (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 Characterization of the ticks infecting tortoises in the Mediterranean Basin and their role in parasite transmission
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo José Mendes Silveira (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016 mtDNA phylogeny and phylogeography of the Atlantic-Mediterranean species of the genus Felimare (Chromodorididae, Nudibranchia) and obtainance of genomic markers for RNA-seq data
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cristina Polónia Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019 - 2019 TiBE 2019, BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION IN MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS Porto

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022 - Current Grant Evaluator for project grants from the Czech Science Foundation, Gratová Agentura Ceské Republiky, Czech Republic
Evaluator
2025/03/01 - 2025/04/01 Grant Review Panel evaluator
Evaluator
 Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, China
2023/09/01 - 2023/09/30 Grant review for Icelandic Research Fund Icelandic Research Fund , Iceland
2019/11/01 - 2019/11/28 Grant panel evaluator of The Icelandic Research Fund
Evaluator
 Rannsóknamiðstöð Íslands, Iceland
2019 - 2019 Grant Review Panel- Rhode Island Sea Grant
Evaluator
 Rhode Island Sea Grant, United States Rhode Island Sea Grant
2017 - 2017 Grant Review Panel- Gratová Agentura Ceské Republiky
Evaluator
 Grantová agentura Ceské republiky, Czech Republic Grantová agentura Ceské republiky
2017 - 2017 Grant Review Panel- National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, Kazakhstan
Evaluator
 National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, Kazakhstan

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019 - Current 90 Segundos De Ciência The role of microbiomes in a aquaculture context

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/06/12 - Current Associate Editor in Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography and Species Diversity
2017 - Current Check List (1809-127X) Check List Journal
2023 - 2024 Guest Associate Editor section in Microbial Symbioses- Frontiers in Microbiology

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/03/01 - 2021/09/30 Post-Doc Supervision- MicrobeModel- Modelling the water and fish microbiomes to monitor and predict pathogen outbreaks Sofia Marques Silva

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2013/01 - 2026/12 Referee for >90 Scientific Journals (webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/A-8393-2012#profile) such as BioEssays, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Frontiers in Microbiology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Heredity, Scientific Reports, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Journal of Parasitology, Journal of Fish Diseases, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Parasitology Open, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Parasitology International, Parasitology Research
Distinctions

Award

2006 Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Masters´ Award: merit award for being the best Master degree candidate in 2006 (Total value of €1,000)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal