Ricardo André Campos Ferraz (B81A-5F54-23D0)

Curriculum Vitae

Ricardo André Campos Ferraz

My research interests are related to Plants Sciences and Sexual Plant Reproduction. Plants regulate their reproductive processes splendidly, culminating in the successful seed formation, which is a key event in the life of plants and even in our life. Understanding the factors regulating plant reproduction is a complex biological process and currently an essential need to improve agricultural productivity. Therefore, a fine acquaintance of the fundamental molecular processes, finely regulating plant reproduction, will allow increasing crop productivity and high quality seed production, the most important source of food in our planet. I concluded my master's degree in Functional Biology and Plants Biotechnology with the theme "STK target genes crosstalk in Arabidopsis thaliana ovules and seed development".

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ricardo André Campos Ferraz

Citation names

Ferraz, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B81A-5F54-23D0

Telephones

Mobile phone

969975741 (Professional)

Addresses

Av. S. José, 232, 3º dto, 4750-307, Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

https://www.fc.up.pt/agplab/ (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-ferraz-041564204 (Social media)
https://cfe.uc.pt/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/09/11 - 2020/12/11 Concluded	Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "STK target genes crosstalk in Arabidopsis thaliana ovules and seed development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2015/09/08 - 2018/06/22 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Characterization of the double knock out mutant ckx6ckx7 (CYTOKININ OXIDASE / DEHYDROGENASE) in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/02/01 - 2020/12/11	Member of the team: H2020-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (MSCA-RISE-2015) Grant Agreement number: 690946. Sexual Plant Reproduction - Seed formation, SexSeed.	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09/23 - 2019/12/20	Training period integrated in the 2nd year of M.Sc, at the Nagoya University under Tetsuya Higashiyama's supervision. The aim of this secondment was to increase the knowledge in CRISPR/Cas9 tecnhology	Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Japan
	Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Japan
2017/09/18 - 2018/06/22	Academic internship in SPReD Lab studying the "Characterization of the double knock out mutant ckx6ckx7 (CYTOKININ OXIDASE / DEHYDROGENASE) in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds".	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/02/01 - 2017/07/31	Extracurricular internship in SPReD Lab "Characterization of the double knock out mutant ckx6ckx7 (CYTOKININ OXIDASE / DEHYDROGENASE) in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds."	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2017/02/01 - 2020/02/29	SexSeed "Sexual Plant Reproduction - Seed formation" 690946 Estagiário e estudante de Mestrado Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/09/01 - Current	Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet UIDB/04004/2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/09/01 - Current	SeedWheels FCT Project - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027839 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-027839 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Lopes, Ana (5511-7FC1-EC00); Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Coimbra, Sílvia (BB10-C9B4-01B6). "AGPs as target genes in the puzzling signalling cascade of SEEDSTICK". Paper presented in XV Cell Wall Meeting, 2019. Lopes, Ana (5511-7FC1-EC00); Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Pereira, Luís (CF1E-5A9B-D465); Coimbra, Sílvia (BB10-C9B4-01B6). "Stay stick: how to fit each tile in the SEEDSTICK TF control frame?". Paper presented in SEB Plant Satellite Meeting: Advances in plant reproduction - from gametes to seeds, 2018. Lopes, Ana (5511-7FC1-EC00); Pereira, Ana Marta; Ferraz, Ricardo; Pereira, Luís (CF1E-5A9B-D465); Coimbra, Sílvia (BB10-C9B4-01B6). "Stay stick: how to fit each tile in the SEEDSTICK TF control frame?". Paper presented in 25th International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction, 2018.
Journal article	Ferraz, Ricardo; Coimbra, Sílvia (BB10-C9B4-01B6); Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. Corresponding author: Ferraz, Ricardo. "RNA methyltransferases in plants: Breakthroughs in function and evolution". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 194 (2023): 449-460. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.12.001 Ferraz, Ricardo André Campos; Lopes, Ana Lúcia Gonçalves; da Silva, Jessy Ariana Faria; Moreira, Diana Filipa Viana; Ferreira, Maria João Nogueira; de Almeida Coimbra, Sílvia Vieira. "DNA–protein interaction studies: a historical and comparative analysis". Plant Methods 17 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-021-00780-z. Published • 10.1186/s13007-021-00780-z Silva, Jessy; Ferraz, Ricardo; Dupree, Paul; Showalter, Allan M.; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Three Decades of Advances in Arabinogalactan-Protein Biosynthesis". Frontiers in Plant Science 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.610377. Published • 10.3389/fpls.2020.610377
Thesis / Dissertation	Ferraz, Ricardo. "STK target genes crosstalk in Arabidopsis thaliana ovules and seed development". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2020.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2020/12/02	STK target genes crosstalk in Arabidopsis thaliana ovules and seed development.	4º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10/19	Characterization of the double knock-out mutant for CKX6 CKX7 (CYTOKININ OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE) in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana.	2º Encontro em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências (Porto, Portugal)
2018/02/07	Characterization of the double knock-out mutant for CKX6 CKX7 (CYTOKININ OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE) in the development of Arabidopsis thaliana.	11ª Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina (Porto, Portugal)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2015/05/02 - 2015/05/03	Drones programming contest. Call	iDroneCup Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2022/10/24 - Current	CopyTree, Cost Action https://www.copytree.eu/	PhD student
2020/02/16 - Current	International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research	Student
2019/04 - Current	Marie Curie Alumini Association	Student
2018/03/17 - Current	Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)	Student

Distinctions

Award

2015	First place in Rede dos Pequenos Cientistas Escola Secundária de Barcelos, Portugal
2014	First place in Rede dos Pequenos Cientistas Escola Secundária de Barcelos, Portugal
2014	11th grade merit award Erasmus Plus, Belgium
2013	First place in Rede dos Pequenos Cientistas Escola Secundária de Barcelos, Portugal
2012	Second place (merit) in Rede dos Pequenos Cientistas Escola Secundária de Barcelos, Portugal