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Biochemistry/biology researcher with most experience acquired in research fields linked to the utilisation of lignocellulosic biomass resources for the production of economically relevant products. Since the completion of my PhD I have primarily worked in projects related to biorefining. However, I am a versatile researcher, capable of working in diverse research areas, as is evidenced by my involvement in projects outside my main area of research, namely aiming at: novel enzyme discovery through metagenomic screening; molecular characterisation of nematode species; and the discovery of biomarkers for early diagnosis of malignant pulmonary diseases.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo MF da Costa

Citation names

  • da Costa, Ricardo MF

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9B15-24E2-13D3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5426-412X

Email addresses

  • rmfdcosta@uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://apps.uc.pt/mypage/staff/uc43795/en (Professional)
  • http://cfe.uc.pt/profile/members/1681 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2011 - 2016
Concluded
 PhD in Life Sciences (Biochemistry / Biology) (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Lignocellulosic Biomass and Plant Cell Applications for the Biorefinery
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom
"Constructing a Comprehensive Picture of Miscanthus Cell Wall to Advance its Deconstruction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009 - 2011
Concluded
 MSc in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Analysis of chemical and ultrastructural profiles of Olea europaea cultivars for taxonomic purposes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2004 - 2008
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in BSc in Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/07/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2017/07/08 Postdoc (Research) University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/09 - 2020/03/01 Visiting Researcher (collaboration and method development in HPLC-PDA-MS and HPAEC-PAD cell wall biomass analysis) University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom
2018/11 - 2018/12 Visiting Researcher (collaboration and training in automated saccharification assay for determination of digestibility in plant materials) University of York Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, United Kingdom
2014/09 - 2014/10 University Representative at Student Recruitment Exhibitions in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Recife) Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
2013/09 - 2013/12 Visiting Researcher (collaboration and training in Immunological approaches to plant cell wall analysis) University of Georgia Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, United States
2013/09 - 2013/10 University Representative at Student Recruitment Exhibitions in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia) Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017 - Current Valorisation of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Centro Region – ReNATURE
Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000007
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2020 - 2020/03/01 STSM title: Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal – Biological Pretreatments as a Lignin-First Approach
ECOST-STSM-Request-CA17128-46098
Invited Scientist Fellow
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Horizon 2020
Concluded
2016 - 2017/07/08 Identification and Validation of Low­ Cost, High ­Throughput Microbial and Metabolite Biomarker Assay for Lung Cancer Status, Stage and Type
12379
Post-doc Fellow
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom
 Tenovus Cancer Care
Concluded
2016 - 2017/07/08 Optimized laccase systems for high-value bio-plastics production from biomass (OXYPOL)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NWO/2300191712/NL
Researcher
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom
 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ongoing
2014 - 2016 Transnational approaches to resolving biological bottlenecks in macroalgal biofuel production (SuBBSea)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCUK/BBSRC/BB2%FK0205522%F1/GB
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom
 UK Research and Innovation
Concluded
2012 - 2016 BEACON - A Biorefining Centre of Excellence for Wales
8056
PhD Student Fellow
University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom

Bangor University, United Kingdom

Swansea University, United Kingdom
European Regional Development Fund

Welsh European Funding Office
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2017 - Current Inpactus - Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus
21874
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

RAIZ - Forest and Paper Research Institute (The Navigator Company), Portugal
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. da Costa, Ricardo M. F.; Barrett, William; Carli, José; Allison, Gordon G.. "Analysis of Plant Cell Walls by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy". In Methods in Molecular Biology, edited by Popper, Zoe, 297-313. New York, United States: Springer New York, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-0716-0621-6_16
Conference abstract
  1. Ana Winters; Joe A Gallagher; David Walker; da Costa, Ricardo M. F.; Alexander Wentzel; Vicente Gotor-Fernández; Iván Lavandera; et al. "Release of low molecular weight products from Kraft lignin using a laccase-mediator system". Paper presented in 40th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater Beach, Clearwater FL, 2018.
    Published
  2. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; Canhoto, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass - Could it Be a Tool for Prevention of Severe Wildfires?". Paper presented in TERRAenVISION Environmental Issues Today: Scientific Solutions for Societal Issues, Barcelona, 2018.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Silva, Hugo; Luís Fonseca; Joana Moura e Sá Cardoso; Isabel Maria de Oliveira Abrantes. "Bursaphelenchus species diversity associated with a declining Pinus pinea". Paper presented in The IUFRO All-Division 7 2022 Conference, 2022.
  2. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Luís Fonseca; Joana Moura e Sá Cardoso; Joana Vieira; Filipe Campelo; Isabel Maria de Oliveira Abrantes. "Bursaphelenchus spp. inhabitants of a centennial Pinus pinea tree of public interest". Paper presented in Seventh International Congress of Nematology, 2022.
  3. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Isabel Abrantes (ORCID 0000-0002-8761-2151); Joana Vieira (ORCID 0000-0003-1021-4101); Felipe Campelo (ORCID 0000-0001-8432-4325); Joana MS Cardoso (ORCID 0000-0002-6594-4892); Luís Fonseca (ORCID 0000-0001-7405-8916). "Bursaphelenchus spp. associated with a centennial Pinus pinea tree of public interest at the University of Coimbra". Paper presented in 7th International Congress of Nematology (ICN), 2020.
  4. Marques, Mário Pedro da Silva; Martins, João Filipe da Silva; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Canhoto, JM. "Study of physiological and biochemical events leading to vitrification of Arbutus unedo L. cultured in vitro for the development of improved food biotechnology methods". Paper presented in MICROBIOTEC19, Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Coimbra, Portugal, 2019.
  5. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice. "Desirable Miscanthus Cell Wall Traits for Higher Quality Lignocellulosic Biomass". Paper presented in XV Cell Wall Meeting - University of Cambridge, 2019.
  6. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Bosch, Maurice; Batista Carvalho, Luis; Ferreira, Paulo; Simister, Rachael; Gomez, Leonardo D; Carvalho, Maria Graca; Canhoto, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal". Paper presented in XV Cell Wall Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 2019.
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19004.08329
  7. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Bosch, Maurice; Batista Carvalho, Luis; Ferreira, Paulo; Simister, Rachael; Gomez, Leonardo D; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; Canhoto, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal". Paper presented in 4th LBNet International Conference, Cheshire, UK, 2019.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.19004.08329
  8. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice. "Desirable Miscanthus Cell Wall Traits for Higher Quality Lignocellulosic Biomass". Paper presented in 4th LBNet International Conference, Cheshire, UK, 2019.
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32837.50404
  9. Villarroel, N; Albarran-Velo, J; Nguyen, G S; Wentzel, Alexander; Lavandera, I; da Costa, Ricardo MF; Fernandez-Fuentes, N; et al. "Evaluation of novel laccases and mediators using a dye decolourisation assay". Paper presented in 4th LBNet International Conference, 2019.
  10. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; Ferreira, Paulo; Canhoto, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass – a Tool to Prevent Severe Wildfires?". Paper presented in XXIV TECNICELPA - International Forest, Pulp and Paper Conference, 2018.
  11. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Simister, Rachael; Roberts, Luned A; Timms-Taravella, Emma; Cambler, Arthur B; Corke, Fiona M K; Han, Jiwan; et al. "Nutrient and drought stress: implications for phenology and biomass quality in miscanthus". Paper presented in 3rd LBNet International Conference: “Challenges and Opportunities in Lignocellulosic Biorefining: Feedstock, Technology and Products”, 2018.
  12. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Carvalho, Maria Graca ; Ferreira, Paulo; Canhoto, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass – a Tool to Prevent Severe Wildfires?". Paper presented in 3rd LBNet International Conference: “Challenges and Opportunities in Lignocellulosic Biorefining: Feedstock, Technology and Products”, 2018.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.28231.55208
  13. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Winters, Ana; Bosch, Maurice. "Analysis of the plant cell-wall glycome to optimise bioenergy and biorefining applications of biomass feedstocks". Paper presented in 2012 Monogram Network Workshop, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Ricardo M. F. da Costa; Maurice Bosch; Rachael Simister; Leonardo D. Gomez; Jorge M. Canhoto; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho. "Valorisation Potential of Invasive Acacia dealbata, A. longifolia and A. melanoxylon from Land Clearings". Molecules (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27207006.
    10.3390/molecules27207006
  2. da Costa, RMF. "Unravelling pine response to Fusarium circinatum through Raman spectroscopy". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.6446.
    10.1002/jrs.6446
  3. Mário Pedro Marques; Daniel Martin; Maurice Bosch; João Martins; Ajaya Biswal; Mónica Zuzarte; Luís Batista de Carvalho; Jorge Canhoto; Ricardo da Costa. "Unveiling the compositional remodelling of Arbutus unedo L. fruits during ripening". Scientia Horticulturae (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111248.
    10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111248
  4. da Costa, Ricardo M. F.; Winters, Ana; Hauck, Barbara; Martín, Daniel; Bosch, Maurice; Simister, Rachael; Gomez, Leonardo D.; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Canhoto, Jorge M.. "Biorefining Potential of Wild-Grown Arundo donax, Cortaderia selloana and Phragmites australis and the Feasibility of White-Rot Fungi-Mediated Pretreatments". Frontiers in Plant Science 12 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.679966.
    10.3389/fpls.2021.679966
  5. López-Malvar, Ana; Santiago, Rogelio; Malvar, Rosa Ana; Martín, Daniel; Pereira dos Santos, Inês; Batista de Carvalho, Luís A. E.; Faas, Laura; Gómez, Leonardo D.; da Costa, Ricardo M. F.. "FTIR Screening to Elucidate Compositional Differences in Maize Recombinant Inbred Lines with Contrasting Saccharification Efficiency Yields". Agronomy 11 6 (2021): 1130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061130.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/agronomy11061130
  6. Mário P. Marques; João Martins; Luís A. E. Batista de Carvalho; Mónica R. Zuzarte; Ricardo M. F. da Costa; Jorge Canhoto. "Study of physiological and biochemical events leading to vitrification of Arbutus unedo L. cultured in vitro". Trees (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02036-0.
    10.1007/s00468-020-02036-0
  7. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Love, Katie; Beckmann, Manfred; Morley, Anna; Maskell, Nick; Mur, Luis AJ; Lewis, Keir E. "Metabolomics differentiate pleural effusions based on steroid lipids and acyl carnitines (Submitted 26/05/2020; Under peer-review)". (2020):
    Open access • Under revision
  8. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Love, Katie; Beckmann, Manfred; Morley, Anna; Bhatnagar, Rahul; Maskell, Nick; Mur, Luis AJ; Lewis, Keir E. "Metabolomics differentiate cancer from non-cancer pleural effusions based on steroid lipids and acyl carnitines". medrxiv (2020): https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.27.20162958.
    Open access • Published
  9. Paiva de Carvalho, Hugo; Sequeira, Sílvia Oliveira; Pinho, Diogo; Trovão, João; da Costa, Ricardo Manuel Fernandes; Egas, Conceição; Macedo, Maria Filomena; Portugal, António. "Combining an innovative non-invasive sampling method and high-throughput sequencing to characterize fungal communities on a canvas painting". International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 145 (2019): 104816. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2019.104816.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ibiod.2019.104816
  10. da Costa, Ricardo M. F.; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice. "Desirable plant cell wall traits for higher-quality miscanthus lignocellulosic biomass". Biotechnology for Biofuels 12 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1426-7.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s13068-019-1426-7
  11. da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Parede Celular Vegetal". Revista de Ciência Elementar 7 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.24927/rce2019.006.
    Open access • 10.24927/rce2019.006
  12. Paiva de Carvalho, Hugo; Mesquita, Nuno; Trovão, João; Fernández Rodríguez, Santiago; Pinheiro, Ana Catarina; Gomes, Virgínia; Alcoforado, Ana; Gil, Francisco; Portugal, António. "Fungal contamination of paintings and wooden sculptures inside the storage room of a museum: Are current norms and reference values adequate? (Acknowledged Proofreader and Translator)". Journal of Cultural Heritage 34 (2018): 268-276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.05.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.culher.2018.05.001 • Editor
  13. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Simister, Rachael; Roberts, Luned A; Timms-Taravella, Emma; Cambler, Arthur B; Corke, Fiona M K; Han, Jiwan; et al. "Nutrient and drought stress: implications for phenology and biomass quality in miscanthus". Annals of Botany (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy155.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcy155
  14. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Pattathil, Sivakumar; Avci, Utku; Lee, Scott J.; Hazen, Samuel P.; Winters, Ana; Hahn, Michael G.; Bosch, Maurice. "A cell wall reference profile for Miscanthus bioenergy crops highlights compositional and structural variations associated with development and organ origin". New Phytologist 213 4 (2017): 1710-1725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14306.
    Published • 10.1111/nph.14306
  15. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Allison, Gordon; Bosch, Maurice. "Cell Wall Biomass Preparation and Fourier Transform Mid-infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy to Study Cell Wall Composition". BIO-PROTOCOL 5 11 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.1494.
    Open access • Published • 10.21769/bioprotoc.1494
  16. da Costa, Ricardo MF; Lee, Scott J.; Allison, Gordon G.; Hazen, Samuel P.; Winters, Ana; Bosch, Maurice. "Genotype, development and tissue-derived variation of cell-wall properties in the lignocellulosic energy crop Miscanthus". Annals of Botany 114 6 (2014): 1265-1277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu054.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcu054
Preprint
  1. "Metabolomics differentiate cancer from non-cancer pleural effusions based on steroid lipids and acyl carnitines". Preprint. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.27.20162958.
    10.1101/2020.07.27.20162958
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. da Costa, Ricardo Manuel Fernandes. "Constructing a Comprehensive Picture of Miscanthus Cell Wall to Advance its Deconstruction". PhD, University of Wales Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/43553.
  2. da Costa, Ricardo MF. "Analysis of chemical and ultrastructural profiles and Olea europaea cultivars for taxonomic purposes / Caracterização do perfil fenólico e da ultraestrutura do polén de cultivares de Olea europaea L. como contributo para uma classificação varietal". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/20275.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09/06 PineWALL - Linking pine cell wall composition and structure to pinewood nematode resistance The IUFRO All-Division 7 2022 Conference
IUFRO (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/11/13 Valorisation of Lignocellulose to Address Ecological and Economical Concerns in Portugal LignoCOST Co-located joint Working Groups + 3rd MC meeting
COST Action CA17128 - Establishment of a Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin (Régua, Portugal)
2018/05/10 Valorização Energética e Material de Resíduos Lenhinocelulósicos Ciclo de Conferências do Pinhal Interior - Gestão e Controlo de Riscos no Pinhal Interior
Universidade de Coimbra & serQ - Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta (Sertã, Portugal)
2016/02/17 A Comprehensive Picture of Miscanthus Cell Wall to Optimise its Deconstruction LBNet 1st International Conference “Construction and deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass”
LBNet, University of York (Pott Shrigley, Cheshire , United Kingdom)
2015/03/09 Constructing a Comprehensive Picture of the Miscanthus Cell Wall to Advance its Deconstruction "Using systems and synthetic biology to tailor plant cell walls for a better future - Part I"
Newton Fund and FAPESP, University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013/07/07 Cell-wall compositional analysis of the energy crop Miscanthus as a means to optimise its application as a feedstock for bioenergy and biorefining XIIIth Cell Wall Meeting
INRA, University of Nantes (Nantes, France)
2013/03/21 Analysis of the plant cell-wall glycome to optimise bioenergy and biorefining applications of biomass feedstocks Early Career Researchers’ Bioenergy Symposium
Lancaster Environment Centre (Lancaster, United Kingdom)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Análise morfológica e bioquímica da cana-de-açúcar (Saccharum officinarum L.) adubada com vinhaça concentrada e suas implicações económicas
Co-supervisor of Patrícia Chiara Silvério
 Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/03/04 - 2019/06/03 Determination of Acetylation Degree in Cell Wall Biomass - Curricular Internship
Co-supervisor of Arlindo Cima
 Estágio profissionalizante da Licenciatura em Biotecnologia (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/03/04 - 2019/06/03 Determination of Lignification Degree in Cell Wall Biomass - Curricular Internship
Co-supervisor of Joao Miranda
 Estágio profissionalizante da Licenciatura em Biotecnologia (Degree)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Monitoring of ripening-derived composition and morphology modifications in Arbutus unedo L. fruits, and characterization of vitrified tissues
Supervisor of Mário Pedro da Silva Marques
 Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia Vegetal (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2012/09/04 - 2012/09/07 Four days of conferences and workshops dedicated to the question of the scientific, technical and industrial culture of today and tomorrow. Invitation only.
Conference
 Journées Hubert Curien
Université de Lorraine, France

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/09/11 Monitoring of ripening-derived composition and morphology modifications in Arbutus unedo L. fruits, and characterization of vitrified tissues
Supervisor
 Marques, Mário Pedro da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/09/04 Análise morfológica e bioquímica da cana-de açúcar (Saccharum officinarum L.) adubada com vinhaça concentrada e suas implicações económicas - Projeto de Tese
Thesis Member
 Patrícia Chiara Silvério (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/07/20 Assays of In vitro germination of kiwi pollen
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José Eduardo Nunes Marques (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/07/13 Breeding of Arbutus unedo L.: use of conventional and biotechnological tools to obtain tolerant genotypes against abiotic and biotic stresses - Thesis Project
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Martins (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet; a phase II BBSRC NIBB) Network Member
2019 - Current lignoCOST - COST Action CA17128 Member
2016 - 2019 P2P - Plants to Products Network Member
2015 - 2019 LBNet - Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network Network Member
2012 - 2016 The Society for Experimental Biology Student Membership

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018/05 - 2018/09 5th IUFRO International Conference “Clonal Trees in the Bioeconomy Age” (Coimbra, Portugal; September 10-15, 2018) - Member of the Organisation Committee and Responsible for Graphic Design Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/05 Incêndios Florestais e Valorização da Biomassa - Gestão e Controlo de Riscos no Pinhal Interior (10-05-2018; Auditório SerQ - Sertã, Portugal) - Conceptualisation and organisation
Coordinator
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Lectures on "Plant Cell Wall" within the Plant Development course Plant Development (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - Current Lectures on "Plant Cell Wall" within the Forest Biodiversity and Biotechnology course Forest Biodiversity and Biotechnology (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - Current Lectures on "Genetic manipulation of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts" within the Plant Breeding course Plant Breeding (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019/06 - Current Sustainability (2071-1050) MDPI
2018/02 - 2018/03 In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant (1475-2689) Springer-Verlag
2017/01 - 2017/05 Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) Frontiers Media SA
2016/08 - 2016/12 Annals of Botany (1095-8290) Oxford University Press