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Ana Isabel Pereira Alexandre. Completed her PhD in Biology in 2010 by Universidade de Évora and her degree "Licenciatura" in Biology in 2003 by Universidade de Évora. Is Researcher in Universidade de Évora. Published 16 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books. Works in the area of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. Most of her research was dedicated to studying rhizobia diversity, as well as investigating the molecular basis of stress tolerance in these bacteria. In addition, she is also involved in investigating genes that can influence the interaction between beneficial soil bacteria and the host plant. More recently, Ana Alexandre has been focusing on problems arising from practice and that are limiting for the development of important crops in an agronomic context. She is involved in research lines dedicated to the control of diseases caused by bacteria and also to the study of microbial activity in soil and its connection with the management of agroecosystems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Isabel Pereira Alexandre

Citation names

  • Alexandre, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CF10-7431-FC70
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7033-4186

Addresses

  • Universidade de Évora - Pólo da Mitra, Lab. Microbiologia do Solo - MED, Apartado 94, 7002-554, Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/09/20 - 2023/10/25
Concluded
 Workshop em "Inovação pedagógica num mundo digital" (Outros)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30
Concluded
 International Workshop "Impacts of Early life Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Children's Health in the Anthropocene" (Outros)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/11/17 - 2021/11/18
Concluded
 Symposium on Evidence Based Teaching in your Biomolecular Classroom: Catalysing Student Engagement (Outros)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/02/03 - 2021/02/22
Concluded
 Fundamentar e Melhorar a Avaliação Pedagógica no Ensino Superior (Outros)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2019/11/28 - 2019/11/28
Concluded
 Workshop de Comunicação e Design (Outros)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2019/11/21 - 2019/11/22
Concluded
 Workshop de Comunicação de Ciência (Outros)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2017/10/23 - 2017/10/27
Concluded
 Genome assembly and annotation (Curso médio)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2016/03/10 - 2016/04/21
Concluded
 “BioCyc Tutorials” by Peter D. Karp (Curso médio)
Stanford University, United States
2015/03/13 - 2015/03/13
Concluded
 Seminário: Agricultura Biológica, uma aposta estratégica (Outros)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2013/04 - 2013/05
Concluded
 "Molecular Biotechnology” by Prof. Bernard Glick (Curso médio)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2013/04/14 - 2013/04/20
Concluded
 Metagenomics: From the Bench to Data Analysis (Curso médio)
European Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Germany
2011/05/26 - 2011/05/27
Concluded
 Next Generation Sequencing Data Management (Curso médio)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2005 - 2010
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Temperature stress tolerance in chickpea rhizobia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2007/11/19 - 2007/11/23
Concluded
 Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics and Adaptation (Curso médio)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2005/06/13 - 2005/06/17
Concluded
 Biological Sequence Analysis (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2004/07/13 - 2004/07/16
Concluded
 Microbiologia Molecular: Explorando a Proteómica Quantitativa (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2004/07/07 - 2004/07/07
Concluded
 O PCR Real Time e Microarrays – Sinergia na investigação genómica (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2003/10/17 - 2003/10/19
Concluded
 Genomics and Proteomics: Biophysical Perspectives (Curso médio)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica, Portugal
1997 - 2003
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Resistência intrínseca a antibióticos em rizóbios de grão-de-bico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2001/10 - 2002/03
Concluded
 ERAMUS (Outros)
Universitat de València, Spain
1994/09/15 - 1997/09/23
Concluded
 Ensino Secundário, Curso de Carácter Geral, Agrupamento 1 - Científica e Natural (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Portugal
2022/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
2017/10/02 - 2021/03/07 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
2011/04/01 - 2017/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2015/10/11 - 2016/05/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Stanford University Department of Biology, United States
Stanford University Department of Biology, United States
2015/07/27 - 2015/08/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of York Department of Biology, United Kingdom
University of York Department of Biology, United Kingdom
(...)
2013/05/28 - 2013/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Waterloo Department of Biology, Canada
University of Waterloo Department of Biology, Canada
(...)

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03/08 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017 - Current Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current SenseProTomate - Uso de deteção remota na identificação da presença de doenças e avaliação da qualidade em tomate
PD21-00019
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
 Fundação 'la Caixa'
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - Current Agenda para a transformação digital das cadeias de valor florestais numa economia portuguesa mais resiliente e hipocarbónica (C644865735-00000007); TRANSFORM, PI.2.2. Programa bioma solo: melhorar a relação solo-planta
C644865735-00000007
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
Ongoing
2022/04/01 - 2023/12/31 BIOMONTADO - O ecossistema de montado e a vinha
C645792349-00469009
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
 Programa Portugal 2020

COMPETE-Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade
Concluded
2021/10/01 - 2023/06/30 PRO.VITA - Programa para a Valorização, Inovação e Transferência de Tecnologia no Alentejo
POCI-01-0246-FEDER-181308
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Programa Portugal 2020

COMPETE-Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade
Concluded
2020/07/01 - 2023/06/30 ARCO- Alentejo Region Applied Research for COVID-19 (Investigação aplicada da Região Alentejo para o COVID-19)
SAICT-D2-2020-02
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Programa Operacional Regional ALENTEJO 2020
Ongoing
2021/02/15 - 2022/09/30 BIOPROTOMATE - Bioproteção de Tomateiro Contra a Fusariose - Impacto das práticas agronómicas
ALT20-03-0246-FEDER-000056
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Programa Operacional Regional ALENTEJO 2020
Ongoing
2016/11/01 - 2020/04/30 Exploiting beneficial associations with chickpea: the role of non-rhizobial endophytic bacteria in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016810 (PTDC/AGR¬PRO/2978/2014)
Post-doc
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

NEIKER-INSTITUTO VASCO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO SA, Spain
Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional - FEDER

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Operacional Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation - POCI
Ongoing
2016/09/01 - 2019/12/31 Improvement of pasture production in acid soils in the Montado system: Chemical and biological approach
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000039
Post-doc
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional - FEDER

Programa Operacional Regional ALENTEJO 2020
Concluded
2013/07/01 - 2015/10/31 Evolution of symbiosis genes in rhizobia: chickpea mesorhizobia as case study
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016810 (PTDC/AGR¬PRO/2978/2014)
Post-doc
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional - FEDER
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2014/02/28 Biocontrol and Bioremediation agents and their role in Agriculture and Forest health - BioReGent
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/247669/EU
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

NEIKER-INSTITUTO VASCO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO SA, Spain
European Commission
Concluded
2009/02/15 - 2011/02/15 Improvement of rhizobia by genetic modification with stress response genes
POCTI/BIO/80932/2006
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/12/15 - 2004/12/15 Diversity of rhizobia natural populations in Portugal: strains tolerant to environmental stress conditions
POCTI/BME/44140/2002
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 115 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/AGR/UI0115/2011
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/07/01 - Current Mycozimbral - Micorrizas de habitat dunar
UIDB/05183/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
 Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED)
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Development of an environmentally safe tool to control olive knot disease
MED-05_2020
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas
Ongoing
2018 - 2019 Identificação de bactérias produtoras de compostos orgânicos voláteis (COVs) com atividade antifúngica
Call_ICAAM-2018
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Universidade de Évora - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. da-Silva, J. R.; Paço, A.; Alexandre, Ana; Brígido, C.; Menéndez, E.. "Genetic engineering as a strategy to improve rhizobial symbiotic performance". In Agricultural Research Updates, edited by Prathamesh Gorawala et al., 45-84. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2018.
    Published
  2. Alexandre, Ana. "Heat shock response in bacteria with large genomes: lessons from rhizobia". In Stress and Environmental Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria, 739-746. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.
    Published
  3. Solange Oliveira; Marta Laranjo; Ana Alexandre. "Molecular Tools in Microbial Ecology". In Ecology Research Trends, 161-183. New York, USA, United States: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2008.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Alexandre, Ana; Laranjo, Marta; Oliveira, S.. "The heat shock transcriptome of the legume microsymbiont Mesorhizobium sp. MAFF303099". Paper presented in 38th Congress of the Federation-of-European-Biochemical-Societies (FEBS), Saint Petersburg, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Daniela Garcia; Alexandre, Ana; Carla Pinto-Cruz; Brito, Isabel. "Effect of mobilization systems in several biomes of the Montado: analysis of soil microbial activity". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  2. Bailote, Daniel ; Silva, Vanessa; Alexandre, Ana; Brito, Isabel; Ana Elisa Rato. "Utilização da espectroscopia NIR na avaliação da actividade microbiológica do solo". Paper presented in II Congresso Nacional das Ciências do Solo, 2023.
  3. Silva, Vanessa; Brito, Isabel; Alexandre, Ana. "Influence of inter-row soil management practices on the soil enzymatic activity: the study case of an Alentejo vineyard". Paper presented in VII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2022.
  4. Inês Vieira; Filipa Tereso; Pedro Tereso; Alexandre, Ana; Brito, Isabel. "Spatial characterization of soil microbial activity in a vineyard". Paper presented in III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics (III IMPSG), 2022.
  5. Joana A. Ribeiro; Alexandre, Ana; Félix, Maria do Rosário; Ricardo Frexial; Brito, Isabel. "Adjusting cultural practices to promote tomato mycorrhization and bioprotection against Fusarium diseases". Paper presented in VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2021.
  6. Silva, Vanessa; Brito, Isabel; Cabrita, Maria João; Alexandre, Ana. "Influence of soil management practices on the vineyard: a multilevel approach". Paper presented in VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2021.
  7. da-Silva, José Rodrigo; Menéndez, Esther; Oliveira, Solange; Alexandre, Ana. Corresponding author: Alexandre, Ana. "Improvement of symbiotic performance by the heterologous expression of an envZ-like gene". Paper presented in 14th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2021.
  8. da-Silva, J. R.; Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido, C.; Alexandre, Ana; Brito, I.; Carvalho, M.. "Intact extraradical mycelium of native arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi affects the sub clover rhizobia population and its efficiency under manganese toxicity conditions.". Paper presented in SEFIN 2019: XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation and VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, 2019.
  9. da-Silva, J. R.; Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido, C.; Alexandre, Ana; Brito, I.; Carvalho, M.. "Improvement of pasture production in the Montado system: chemical and biological approach to overcome the problems of acid soils.". Paper presented in Jornadas MED (Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development), 2019.
  10. Alexandre, Ana; Brígido, C.; Laranjo, Marta; Paço, Ana; da-Silva, J. R.; Menéndez, E.; Oliveira, S.. "Rhizobia as key partners in sustainable agriculture: understanding the molecular basis of stress tolerance.". Paper presented in Jornadas MED (Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development), 2019.
  11. Brígido, C.; Paço, A.; Torres, D. P.; Menéndez, E.; Alexandre, Ana; da-Silva, J. R.; Alho, L.; et al. "The enigma of non-rhizobial endophytic bacteria in the symbiotic rhizobia-legume interaction: clues from basic and applied research". Paper presented in Jornadas MED (Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development), 2019.
  12. da-Silva, J. R.; Menéndez, E.; Eliziário, F.; Mateos, Pedro F.; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, S.. "Chickpea-Mesorhizobium symbiotic performance improved by heterologous expression of nifA or nodD". Paper presented in 13th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2018.
  13. Menéndez, E.; Alho, L.; Brígido, C.; Alexandre, Ana; Brito, I.; Carvalho, M.. "Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on rhizobial communities associated to subterranean clover under Manganese toxicity". Paper presented in 13th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2018.
  14. da-Silva, J. R.; Alexandre, Ana; Menéndez, E.; Oliveira, S.. "Influence of envZ extra copies in Mesorhizobium-Cicer arietinum symbiosis". Paper presented in 20th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, 2017.
  15. Laranjo, M.; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, S.. "The Salt Shock Transcriptional Profile of Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 is Distinct from that of other Rhizobia". Paper presented in 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2016.
  16. Paço, A.; Brígido, C.; Alexandre, Ana; Mateos, Pedro F.; Oliveira, S.. "Improvement of the Symbiotic Performance of a Chickpea Rhizobium by Additional Copies of the clpB Chaperone Gene". Paper presented in 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2016.
  17. Alexandre, Ana; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira, S.. "Global transcriptional analysis of Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 shows a reduced general stress response". Paper presented in 11th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2014.
  18. Alexandre, Ana; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira, S.. "Global transcriptional analysis of Mesorhizobium sp. MAFF303099 shows an extensive gene downregulation upon heat shock". Paper presented in 11th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2014.
  19. Paço, A.; Alexandre, Ana; Silva, J.R; Eliziário, F.; Oliveira, S.. "Analysis of symbiosis genes from chickpea mesorhizobia". Paper presented in 11th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2014.
  20. Silva, J. R.; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, S.. "Effect of an extra copy of nifA gene in the symbiotic performance of chickpea Mesorhizobium strains". Paper presented in 11th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 2014.
  21. Alexandre, Ana; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira, S.. "The heat shock transcriptome of the legume microsymbiont Mesorhizobium sp. MAFF303099". Paper presented in 38th FEBS Congress, 2013.
Edited book
  1. Laranjo, Marta; Alexandre, Ana; Medronho, Bruno; Eufrázio, Sofia; Cláudia Marques; Pinto-Correia, Teresa. VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture - book of abstracts. Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2023.
    Published • Editor
  2. Laranjo, Marta; Alexandre, Ana; Medronho, Bruno; Cláudia Marques. VII PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture - book of abstracts. Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2022.
    Published • Editor
  3. Alexandre, Ana; Fátima Duarte; Cardoso, Hélia. III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics - book of abstracts. Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2022.
    Published • Editor
  4. Laranjo, Marta; Alexandre, Ana; Medronho, Bruno; Cláudia Marques. VI PhD Students Meeting in Environmental and Agriculture - book of abstracts. Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2021.
    Published • Editor
  5. Laranjo, Marta; Alexandre, Ana; Cláudia Marques. V PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture - book of abstracts. Portugal: Universidade de Évora. 2020.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. da-Silva, José Rodrigo; Menéndez, Esther; Eliziário, Fernando; Mateos, Pedro F.; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, Solange. "Heterologous expression of nifA or nodD genes improves chickpea-Mesorhizobium symbiotic performance". Plant and Soil 436 1-2 (2019): 607-621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-03950-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s11104-019-03950-0
  2. Paço, A.; da-Silva, J. R.; Eliziário, F.; Brígido, C.; Oliveira, S.; Alexandre, A.. "traG Gene Is Conserved across Mesorhizobium spp. Able to Nodulate the Same Host Plant and Expressed in Response to Root Exudates". BioMed Research International 2019 (2019): 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3715271.
    10.1155/2019/3715271
  3. Laranjo, Marta; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, Solange. "Global transcriptional response to salt shock of the plant microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099". Research in Microbiology 168 1 (2017): 55-63.
    Published • 10.1016/j.resmic.2016.07.006
  4. Alexandre, Ana. "Can stress response genes be used to improve the symbiotic performance of rhizobia?". AIMS Microbiology (2017):
    10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.365
  5. Paço, Ana; Brígido, Clarisse; Alexandre, Ana; Mateos, Pedro F.; Oliveira, Solange. "The Symbiotic Performance of Chickpea Rhizobia Can Be Improved by Additional Copies of the clpB Chaperone Gene". PLOS ONE 11 2 (2016): e0148221-e0148221. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148221.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0148221
  6. Laranjo, M.; Alexandre, A.; Oliveira, S.. "Legume growth-promoting rhizobia: An overview on the Mesorhizobium genus". Microbiological Research 169 1 (2014): 2-17. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944501313001651.
    Published • 10.1016/j.micres.2013.09.012
  7. Alexandre, A; Laranjo, M; Oliveira, S. "Global Transcriptional Response to Heat Shock of the Legume Symbiont Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 Comprises Extensive Gene Downregulation". DNA Research 21 2 (2014): 195-206. http://dnaresearch.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/2/195.abstract.
    Published • 10.1093/dnares/dst050
  8. Laranjo, M; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, S. "Genes commonly involved in acid tolerance are not overexpressed in the plant microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 upon acidic shock". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 98 16 (2014): 7137-7147. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-014-5875-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-014-5875-4
  9. Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, Solange. "Response to temperature stress in rhizobia". Critical Reviews in Microbiology 39 3 (2013): 219-228. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/1040841X.2012.702097.
    Published • 10.3109/1040841X.2012.702097
  10. Brígido, Clarisse; Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, Solange. "Transcriptional analysis of major chaperone genes in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive mesorhizobia". Microbiological Research 167 10 (2012): 623-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2012.01.006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.micres.2012.01.006
  11. Alexandre, Ana; Oliveira, Solange. "Most heat-tolerant rhizobia show high induction of major chaperone genes upon stress". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 75 1 (2011): 28-36. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00993.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00993.x
  12. Alexandre, A; Brígido, C.; Laranjo, M; Rodrigues, S; Oliveira, S. "Survey of Chickpea Rhizobia diversity in Portugal reveals the predominance of species distinct from Mesorhizobium ciceri and Mesorhizobium mediterraneum". Microbial Ecology 58 4 (2009): 930-941. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00248-009-9536-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s00248-009-9536-6
  13. Laranjo, M; Alexandre, A; Rivas, R; Velázquez, E.; Young, J P; Oliveira, S. "Chickpea rhizobia symbiosis genes are highly conserved across multiple Mesorhizobium species". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 66 2 (2008): 391-400. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00584.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00584.x
  14. Alexandre, A; Laranjo, M; Young, J P; Oliveira, S. "dnaJ is a useful phylogenetic marker for alphaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 Pt 12 (2008): 2839-2849. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/58/12/2839.abstract.
    Published • 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/001636-0
  15. Brígido, C.; Alexandre, A.; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira, S.. "Moderately acidophilic mesorhizobia isolated from chickpea". Letters in Applied Microbiology 44 2 (2007): 168-174. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02061.x/abstract.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02061.x
  16. Alexandre, A.; Laranjo, M.; Oliveira, S.. "Natural populations of chickpea rhizobia evaluated by antibiotic resistance profiles and molecular methods". Microbial Ecology 51 1 (2006): 128-136. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00248-005-0085-3.
    Published • 10.1007%2Fs00248-005-0085-3
Magazine article
  1. Alexandre, Ana. "A vida microscópica do solo: uma aliada da agricultura sustentável / Microscopic life in the soil: an ally of sustainable agriculture", GEIA ¿ Revista anual da Ambios Portugal (ISSN 2184-4437), 2021
  2. Alexandre, Ana. "O impacto da covid-19 no dia a dia de uma investigadora / The impact of covid-19 on the day to day of a researcher", GEIA – Revista anual da Ambios Portugal (ISSN 2184-4437), 2021
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Alexandre, Ana. "Temperature stress tolerance in chickpea rhizobia". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2010.
  2. Alexandre, Ana. "Resistência Intrínseca a Antibióticos em Rizóbios de Grão-de-bico". Degree, Universidade de Évora, 2003.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "EP3835435A1 - MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS BASED ON NATIVE RHIZOBIUM STRAINS AND METHOD OF IMPROVING PASTURES AND FORAGES IN ACIDIC SOILS WITH MANGANESE TOXICITY".
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Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/11 Different inter-row management practices on a vineyard: Implications on soil microbial activity VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
Universidade de Évora (Portugal)
2023/10/19 Different inter-row management practices on a vineyard: Implications on soil fungal and bacterial communities Agrifood Open Day 2023 – EIT Food
ArrudaLab (Portugal)
2023/10/19 Impact of soil tillage on different biomes of the Montado ecosystem Agrifood Open Day 2023 – EIT Food
ArrudaLab (Portugal)
2023/07/03 Monitoring soil microbial activity under different inter-row management practices: the importance of cover crops in the vineyard MED Meeting’ 23 - Healthy soils, for food, for life and for the future
Universidade de Évora (Portugal)
2023/06/28 Melhoria da actividade microbiana do solo pela adaptação das práticas culturais em tomate de indústria / Improvement of soil microbial activity through the adjustment of cultural practices in industry tomato II Congresso Nacional das Ciências do Solo
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal)
2023/06/02 Soil Microbiology: an important ally for plant growth and resilience LA CHANGE-Science CHANGing Policy
Universidade de Évora (Portugal)
2022/10/17 Genomic characteristics and comparative genomics analyses of non rhizobial endophytic bacteria isolated from legumes XVIII SEFIN, I Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions (BeMiPlant)
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (Portugal)
2021/10/08 Improvement of symbiotic performance by the heterologous expression of an envZ-like gene. 14th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference
Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)
2021/09/15 Bactérias benéficas do solo: parceiras fundamentais das leguminosas/ Beneficial soil bacteria: key players for leguminous crops MED às 4as
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (Évora, Portugal)
2021/06/21 Plant beneficial microbes as key players on soil health
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (Germany)
2019/07 Is the soil microbiome of agrosilvopastoral systems affected by dolomitic limestone-based amendments? SEFIN 2019: XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation and VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation
(Madrid, Spain)
2019/07 Insights into the multifunctionality of Pseudomonas sp. Q1: from genomic analysis to promotion of the legume - rhizobia symbioses. EFIN 2019: XVII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation and VI Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation
(Madrid, Spain)
2019/01 Shifts on microbial communities in soils under Montado system: effects of dolomitic limestone-based amendments VIII Reunión del Grupo Especializado en Microbiologia de Plantas de la Sociedad Española de Microbiologia-MIP19
(Sevilla, Spain)
2018/10/20 “Quando tudo (até nem) começou na Biologia” “Comemoração dos 25 anos da Licenciatura em Biologia”
Universidade de Évora - Departamento de Biologia (Évora, Portugal)
2016/01/27 Does Mesorhizobium loti respond to different stresses using common transcriptional pathways? "Bug Club" Seminar Series, Stanford University
(Stanford, United States)
2015/12 Global transcriptional analysis of Mesorhizobium sp. MAFF303099 shows an extensive gene downregulation upon heat shock. Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology: Microbiotec15
(Évora, Portugal)
2014/09 Global transcriptional analysis of Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 shows a reduced general stress response 8th Workshop on Genomics of Nitrogen-fixing Microorganisms, included in the 11th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference
(Tenerife, Spain)
2014/04/23 Stress response of symbiotic bacteria that provide nitrogen to plants PhD Seminars
Universidade de Évora - ICAAM (Évora, Portugal)
2011/11 Major chaperone genes are highly induced in heat-tolerant rhizobia 17th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation
(Fremantle, Australia)
2011/09 Survey of chickpea rhizobia in Portugal: genetic diversity and stress tolerance IV International Conference on Environmental Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld 2011
(Torremolinos, Spain)
2011/09 A new clade of Mesorhizobium nodulating chickpea IV International Conference on Environmental Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld 2011
(Torremolinos, Spain)
2010/11 What do bacterial genes tell: symbiont or pathogen? 9th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology and 6th Congress of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Fitopatologia
(Évora, Portugal)
2008/06 Phylogenetic analysis of symbiosis genes supports lateral gene transfer within the genus Mesorhizobium I Congresso Luso-espanhol de Fixação de Azoto and VII Reunião Nacional da Sociedade Espanhola de Fixação de Azoto (SEFIN)
(Estoril, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/14 - Current Varicella-Zoster em indivíduos jovens, a sua reativação em idades adultas e métodos de diagnóstico laboratorial
Co-supervisor
 Final project of the Human Biology degree-First cycle (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/01/01 - Current Influence of soil management practices on the Terroir microbiome definition
Supervisor
 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/10/31 Avaliação dos efeitos de compostos obesogénicos em microorganismos
Co-supervisor of Mafalda Medeiros
 Biomedical Sciences (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2023/08/31 Análise do efeito da utilização de culturas de cobertura nas comunidades de microorganismos de solo: o caso estudo do tomate de indústria
Co-supervisor of Francisca Labisa Morais
 Internship in Bioinformatics - Biological Engineering Master (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/07/07 Acompanhamento da rotina do laboratório de virologia e análises clinico-forenses do INMLCF
Co-supervisor of Jéssica Elias
 final project of the Human Biology degree-First cycle (Degree)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2019 - 2023/06/30 Grapevine spatial and temporal variability of soil microbial activity
Co-supervisor of Inês Vieira
 Agricultural Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/09/15 - 2023/05/31 Ensaios de avaliação da interação microorganismo-planta hospedeira e avaliação da actividade microbiológica do solo, incluindo a avaliação de diferentes atividades enzimáticas
Co-supervisor of Daniela Garcia
 Internship in Microbiology of a graduated student from the 1st cycle degree in Biology (Other)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017 - 2018/11 Impact of soil treatments in the conservation of native rhizobia populations
Co-supervisor of Anupoma Troyee
 Conservation Biology Master (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015/04 - 2018/03 Improvement of chickpea rhizobia by genetic modification with symbiosis genes
Co-supervisor of José Rodrigo da Silva
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Analysis and overexpression of symbiosis genes from chickpea rhizobia
Co-supervisor of Fernando Eliziário
Biochemistry Master (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/12/11 - 2023/12/12 VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2023/12/11 - 2023/12/12)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2022/12/12 - 2022/12/13 VII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2022/12/12 - 2022/12/13)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28 III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics (2022/06/27 - 2022/06/28)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/10 VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2021/12/09 - 2021/12/10)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/07/01 - 2021/07/02 II International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics (2021/07/01 - 2021/07/02)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2020/12/09 - 2020/12/09 V PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2020/12/09 - 2020/12/09)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2019/11/11 - 2019/11/12 IV PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2019/11/11 - 2019/11/12)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2018/11/29 - 2018/11/30 III PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2018/11/29 - 2018/11/30)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2017/11/16 - 2017/11/17 II PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (2017/11/16 - 2017/11/17)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2015/06/16 - 2015/06/18 XV SEFIN (XV National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen fixation; IV Portuguese-Spanish Congress on Nitrogen Fixation), Leon-Spain (2015/06/16 - 2015/06/18)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/14 - Current "Agenda Solo – Regeneration pays off"
Symposium
CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Portugal

Centro de Competências de Planeamento, de Políticas e de Prospetiva da Administração Pública , Portugal

INIAP, Portugal

Direção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural , Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Demonstration in the Noite Europeia dos Investigadores'23/European Researchers' Night'23, entitled "Venha conhecer os rizóbios: uma alternativa ecológica e sustentável aos fertilizantes sintéticos"
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores’23/European Researchers’ Night’23
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), Portugal
2017/07/05 - 2017/07/05 Demonstration on "Bactérias promotoras de uma agricultura mais sustentável" at Encontro Ciência'17
Meeting
 Encontro Ciência'17
2013 - 2013 38th FEBS Congress
Congress

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/27 Microbial functional response to soil disturbance and plant sequence. The case study of arbuscular mycorrhiza and the bioprotective effect of wheat against Mn
(Thesis) Arguer
 Taiana de Araújo Conceição (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/07/15 Construção do plasmídeo suicida pNPTS138-R6KT para deleção do gene glnB na bactéria endófita Kosakonia sp. MH5
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Remendinho da Silva (Other)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/10/21 The role of arbuscular mycorrhiza in the biological control of Fusarium oxysporum in tomato
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José Tomás Madeira Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/07/30 Terfezia diversity in southern Portugal and their mycorrhizal associations with Cistus L.: a study towards the viable production of desert truffles on acid soils
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rogério Filipe Agostinho Louro (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018/07/11 Biofertilizers for gramineous crops
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nádia Luísa Assunção Saraiva Castanheira (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/01/01 - Current Portuguese Society of Genetics (SPG)
2020/10/01 - Current Sociedad Española de Fijación de Nitrógeno (SEFIN) Member
2006 - Current Portuguese Biochemical Society (Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica-SPB), which is a member of the FEBS Council and IUBMB council. Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/11 - Current Applied Molecular Genetics (BIO14012I) - coordinator Veterinary Medicine – Integrated Master Degree (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/02 - Current Microbiology (BIO0408L) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018/02 - Current Bioinformatics (BIO12359) - coordinator since 2020/2021 (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018/02 - Current Genetics and Breeding Techniques (ZOO12387) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/02 - Current Molecular Biology (BIO0302) -coordinator since 2021/2022 (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/09 - 2023/07/30 Genetics (ZOO12269) Applied Animal Science- First cycle (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 EU GREEN - SOIL BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) Soil protection and management of degraded and industrial lands Participation with two lecturers in the in-Presence Part Wroclaw University of Life Sciences and Environment, Poland
2022/09/12 - 2023/02/01 Biotechnology (BIO12356L) - coordinator Biology -First cycle (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/09/13 - 2023/02/01 Cell Biology (BIO13568L) Biochemistry, Biology and Applied Animal Science degrees-First cycle (Licenciatura) Universidade de Évora, Portugal