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Ana Gonçalves Leite de Assunção é Professora Associada no 'Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences', Universidade de Copenhaga, e Investigadora no CIBIO/InBIO - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Gonçalves Leite de Assunção

Citation names

  • Assunção, Ana
  • Assuncao AGL

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9312-150B-CE37
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5562-6807

Email addresses

  • agla@plen.ku.dk (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 967394626 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Marker Assisted Selection

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Dutch Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Danish Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/03 - 2011/01
Concluded
 Adjunktpædagogikum: Higher Education Teaching and Teaching Practice Program for Assistant professors and Post docs (KNUD) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Kobenhavns Universitet Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Denmark
2003
Concluded
 Plant Physiology and Genetics (Doktor (PhD))
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Exploring intraspecific variability in metal accumulation and tolerance traits in the heavy metal hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1997
Concluded
 Engenharia Agronómica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Comparative study of liming effect on soil pH and aluminium toxicity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2009 - 2011 Researcher (Research) Kobenhavns Universitet Institut for Plantebiologi og Bioteknologi, Denmark
2005 - 2009 Principal Investigator (Research) Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
2002 - 2005 Postdoc (Research) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997 - 1998 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
1995 - 1995 Research Trainee (Research) Chr Hansen Holding A/S, Denmark

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - 2023/12/31 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Kobenhavns Universitet Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Denmark
1996 - 1997 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1998 - 2002 PhD student Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
1998/10 - 2002/09 PhD scholarship
BD/16152/98
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997/04 - 1998/03 Initiation to scientific research scholarship - Molecular markers for grapevine variety identification
BTI/12009/97
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (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
2020/03/01 - 2023/12/31 Zinc deficiency response and biofortification in plants
DFF-9041-00182b
Principal investigator
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond Teknologi og Produktion
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
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 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
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
2019/03/01 - 2022/09/30 Zn/On the molecular switch for zinc biofortification
NNF180C0034598
Principal investigator
Kobenhavns Universitet Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Denmark
 Novo Nordisk Fonden
Concluded
2018 - 2021 TomaZinco - Producing a high value zinc-biofortified tomato
PTDC/BIA-ECO/31122/2017
Principal investigator
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2019 Sense and sensibility - zinc sensors and signals in plants
YDUN-4093-00245B
Principal investigator
Kobenhavns Universitet Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Denmark
 Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
Concluded
2015 - 2019 CropNutrition - Improvement of nutrient-use-efficiency with knowledge on plant nutrient-sensing.
IF/01641/2014
Principal investigator
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005 - 2009 Regulation of zinc deficiency, a plant solution to a human problem.
VENI/863.05.012
Principal investigator
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pedro Humberto Araújo R F Castro; Grmay Hailu Lilay; Ana Goncalves Leite de Assuncao. "Regulation of micronutrient homeostasis and deficiency response in plants". edited by Hossain, {Mohammad Anwar, 1-15. Academic Press, 2018.
    10.1016/B978-0-12-812104-7.00002-2
Journal article
  1. Lilay, Grmay Hailu; Thiébaut, Noémie; du Mee, Dorine; Assunção, Ana G. L.; Schjoerring, Jan Kofod; Husted, Søren; Persson, Daniel Pergament. "Linking the key physiological functions of essential micronutrients to their deficiency symptoms in plants". New Phytologist (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19645.
    Published • 10.1111/nph.19645
  2. Ana G. L. Assunção. "The F-bZIP-regulated Zn deficiency response in land plants". Planta (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04019-6.
    10.1007/s00425-022-04019-6
  3. Ana G L Assunção; Ismail Cakmak; Stephan Clemens; Manuel González-Guerrero; Adam Nawrocki; Sébastien Thomine; Nathalie Verbruggen. "Micronutrient homeostasis in plants for more sustainable agriculture and healthier human nutrition". Journal of Experimental Botany (2022): https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac014.
    10.1093/jxb/erac014
  4. Feixue Liao; Grmay Hailu Lilay; Pedro Humberto Castro; Herlander Azevedo; Ana G. L. Assunção. "Regulation of the Zinc Deficiency Response in the Legume Model Medicago truncatula". Frontiers in Plant Science 13 (2022): https://curis.ku.dk/portal/en/publications/regulation-of-the-zinc-deficiency-response-in-the-legume-model-medicago-truncatula(b5de48cc-4b2d-4df0-9bcd-047ae5cdd1f6).html.
    10.3389/fpls.2022.916168
  5. Grmay H. Lilay; Daniel P. Persson; Pedro Humberto Castro; Feixue Liao; Ross D. Alexander; Mark G. M. Aarts; Ana G. L. Assunção. "Arabidopsis bZIP19 and bZIP23 act as zinc sensors to control plant zinc status". Nature Plants 7 2 (2021): 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00856-7.
    10.1038/s41477-021-00856-7
  6. Ana G. L. Assunção; Sisse K. Gjetting; Michael Hansen; Anja T. Fuglsang; Alexander Schulz. "Live Imaging of Phosphate Levels in Arabidopsis Root Cells Expressing a FRET-Based Phosphate Sensor". Plants 9 10 (2020): 1310-1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9101310.
    10.3390/plants9101310
  7. Grmay Hailu Lilay; Pedro Humberto Castro; Ana Campilho; Ana Goncalves Leite de Assuncao. "The Arabidopsis bZIP19 and bZIP23 Activity Requires Zinc Deficiency – Insight on Regulation From Complementation Lines". Frontiers in Plant Science 9 (2019): 1-13. https://curis.ku.dk/portal/en/publications/the-arabidopsis-bzip19-and-bzip23-activity-requires-zinc-deficiency--insight-on-regulation-from-complementation-lines(7c631f9f-85b9-45f1-9732-5ceac929a593).html.
    10.3389/fpls.2018.01955
  8. Pedro Humberto Castro; Grmay H. Lilay; Antonio Muñoz-Mérida; Jan K. Schjoerring; Herlânder Azevedo; Ana G. L. Assunção. "Phylogenetic analysis of F-bZIP transcription factors indicates conservation of the zinc deficiency response across land plants". Scientific Reports (2017):
    10.1038/s41598-017-03903-6
  9. Herlânder Azevedo; Sarah Gaspar Azinheiro; Antonio Muñoz-Mérida; Pedro Humberto Castro; Bruno Huettel; Mark G.M. Aarts; Ana G.L. Assunção. "Transcriptomic profiling of Arabidopsis gene expression in response to varying micronutrient zinc supply". Genomics Data 7 (2016): 256-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2016.01.021.
    10.1016/j.gdata.2016.01.021
  10. Ana Goncalves Leite de Assuncao; Daniel Pergament Persson; Søren Husted; Jan K. Schjoerring; Ross D. Alexander; Mark G.M. Aarts; Assuncao, Ana G. L.; et al. "Model of how plants sense zinc deficiency". Metallomics 5 9 (2013): 1110-1116. https://curis.ku.dk/portal/en/publications/model-of-how-plants-sense-zinc-deficiency(495005c0-4ac2-458d-962d-052a347daa8c).html.
    10.1039/c3mt00070b
  11. Ana Goncalves Leite de Assuncao; Henk Schat; Mark G.M. Aarts. "Regulation of the adaptation to zinc deficiency in plants". Plant Signalling & Behavior 5 12 (2010): 1-3. https://curis.ku.dk/portal/en/publications/regulation-of-the-adaptation-to-zinc-deficiency-in-plants(b30ec58b-a472-4d41-b135-e894cb3aec8c).html.
    10.4161/psb.5.12.13469
  12. Assuncao, AGL; Herrero, E; Lin, YF; Huettel, B; Talukdar, S; Smaczniak, C; Immink, RGH; et al. "Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors bZIP19 and bZIP23 regulate the adaptation to zinc deficiency". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 22 (2010): 10296-10301.
    10.1073/pnas.1004788107
  13. Zientara, K.; Wawrzynska, A.; Lukomska, J.; López-Moya, J.R.; Liszewska, F.; Assunção, A.G.L.; Aarts, M.G.M.; Sirko, A.. "Activity of the AtMRP3 promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum plants is increased by cadmium, nickel, arsenic, cobalt and lead but not by zinc and iron". Journal of Biotechnology 139 3 (2009): 258-263. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58849118965&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.12.001
  14. Assunção, A.G.L.; Bleeker, P.; Ten Bookum, W.M.; Vooijs, R.; Schat, H.. "Intraspecific variation of metal preference patterns for hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi caerulescens: Evidence from binary metal exposures". Plant and Soil 303 1-2 (2008): 289-299. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38749143967&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11104-007-9508-x
  15. Assunção, A.G.L.; Pieper, B.; Vromans, J.; Lindhout, P.; Aarts, M.G.M.; Schat, H.. "Construction of a genetic linkage map of Thlaspi caerulescens and quantitative trait loci analysis of zinc accumulation". New Phytologist 170 1 (2006): 21-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644637433&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01631.x
  16. Assunção, A.G.L.; Ten Bookum, W.M.; Nelissen, H.J.M.; Vooijs, R.; Schat, H.; Ernst, W.H.O.. "A cosegregation analysis of zinc (Zn) accumulation and Zn tolerance in the Zn hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens". New Phytologist 159 2 (2003): 383-390. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042463696&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00758.x
  17. Mench, M.; Bussière, S.; Boisson, J.; Castaing, E.; Vangronsveld, J.; Ruttens, A.; De Koe, T.; et al. "Progress in remediation and revegetation of the barren Jales gold mine spoil after in situ treatments". Plant and Soil 249 1 (2003): 187-202. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038365068&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1023/A:1022566431272
  18. Assunção, A.G.L.; Bookum, W.M.; Nelissen, H.J.M.; Vooijs, R.; Schat, H.; Ernst, W.H.O.. "Differential metal-specific tolerance and accumulation patterns among Thlaspi caerulescens populations originating from different soil types". New Phytologist 159 2 (2003): 411-419. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0042463693&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00819.x
  19. Assunção, A.G.L.; Schat, H.; Aarts, M.G.M.. "Thlaspi caerulescens, an attractive model species to study heavy metal hyperaccumulation in plants". New Phytologist 159 2 (2003): 351-360. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0041963112&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00820.x
  20. Bleeker, P.M.; Assunção, A.G.L.; Teiga, P.M.; De Koe, T.; Verkleij, J.A.C.. "Revegetation of the acidic, As contaminated Jales mine spoil tips using a combination of spoil amendments and tolerant grasses". Science of the Total Environment 300 1-3 (2002): 1-13. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2242419087&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00081-5
  21. Ernst, W.H.O.; Assunção, A.G.L.; Verkleij, J.A.C.; Schat, H.. "How important is apoplastic zinc xylem loading in Thlaspi caerulescens?". New Phytologist 155 1 (2002): 4-5. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036298789&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00449_2.x
  22. Assunção, A.G.L.; Da CostaMartins, P.; De Folter, S.; Vooijs, R.; Schat, H.; Aarts, M.G.M.. "Elevated expression of metal transporter genes in three accessions of the metal hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens". Plant, Cell and Environment 24 2 (2001): 217-226. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035131986&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00666.x
Preprint
  1. Ana G. L. Assunção. "The F-bZIP-regulated Zn  deficiency response in land plants            ". 2022. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.166299371.14793161/v1.
    10.22541/au.166299371.14793161/v1

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Assunção, Ana; Aarts, Mark G. M.. 2019. "Regulation of zinc deficiency and tolerance in plants". United States.
    Pending
  2. Assunção, Ana; Aarts, Mark G. M.. 2012. "Regulation of zinc deficiency and tolerance in plants".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020 Over 20 participations in scientific meetings, including 6 invited talks at: the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, New York 2005; COST Meeting - Phytotechnologies to promote sustainable land use and improve food safety, Verona, 2008 ; COST Action FA 0905 Meeting, Ås, Norway, 2013; COST Action FA 0905 Meeting, Antalya, Turkey, 2014; XVII Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Biology (online), Spain, 2021; The International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE/ICHMET), Wuppertal, Germany 2023.

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020 - Current I advised 3 PhD students at the University of Copenhagen. Advised or co-advised 7 MSc students at the VU University of Amsterdam (1), Universities of Wageningen (2), Copenhagen (3), and Porto (1), plus 4 undergraduate internships. In the past I hired and advised 3 post-doc positions. Currently I advise 1 post-doc at the Universities of Copenhagen.
Supervisor

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Examiner of 16 PhD thesis at the Free University of Amesterdam (7), University of Wageningen (4), University of Copenhagen (2), Universidade Federal de Lavras (1), and ITQB-Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1), University of Liege (1), and of 2 MSc theses (Universities of Minho and Porto). Various (Other)

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/11 - Current In November 2020 I was invited to be part of the Discussion group "Improving micronutrient uptake and use efficiency" within the EU-CropBooster-P project (https://www.cropbooster-p.eu/).
2020 - Current I was invited to be part of the EU-COST Action 19116 "PLANTMETALS - Trace metal metabolism in plants" launched in October 2020, as co-proposer, Management Committee and and Deputy leader of Working Group 1 (https://plantmetals.eu/plantmetals-home.html).
2018 - Current Associate Editor in the journal Physiologia Plantarum and Journal of Experimental Botany. Previously, associate editor in the journal Scientific Reports (2018-2023).

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Taught in 8 different courses: at the University of Copenhagen (2020 to present: Plant Ecophysiology in a changing environment; 2020 to present: Advanced Plant Biology; 2016 to 2018: Advanced Plant Ecophysiology; 2009-2010: Molecular Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, and Experimental Molecular Biology), at the University of Wageningen (2005-2008:Molecular and Evolutionary Genetics, and Plant, Cell and Tissue Culture), and at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (1996-1997: Ecology).

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/02/17 A recently published paper from my team, in the Nature Plants journal (Lilay et at., 2021), appeard in the "Publico" newspaper: https://www.publico.pt/2021/02/17/ciencia/noticia/descoberto-mecanismo-atraves-plantas-sentem-nivel-zinco-organismo-1951036, and also in "Porto Canal - Mentes que brilham" (https://portocanal.sapo.pt/um_video/hhPHtfVqrZEGnHdk3aFg, from minute 19). Publico
Distinctions

Award

1997 Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida prize for the best degree in Agricultural Engineering, UTAD
Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal

Other distinction

2015 YDUN Grant - Women in Science career (prestigious program with a 3% success rate)
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond, Denmark
2005 VENI-Innovation-Grant (highly competitive young researcher program, 10 grants nation-wide for all Life Sciences)
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Netherlands