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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Cristina Afonso Oliveira

Citation names

  • Oliveira, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D51F-4D4B-F9E5
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6477-5345

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/12/14
Concluded
 PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Development of a bacteriophage based product to control colibacillosis in poultry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved by unanimity
2006/01/25
Concluded
 MsC in Biotechnology, Bio-proccessing Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"The use of bacteriophages for colisepticemia control in poultry - preliminary studies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
2002/09/20
Concluded
 Zootechnical Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Impact of the source and particle size of fat in feed intake, digestibility and daily weight gain on weaned piglets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/20
2001/11/01
Concluded
 International Livestock Production (Bacharelato)
CAH Dronten University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
"Impact of the source and particle size of fat in feed intake, digestibility and daily weight gain on weaned piglets" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 7/10
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/12/07 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/05/01 - 2018/12/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2017/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/06/01 - 2010/04/30 Services contract: elaboration of a registration dossier enclosing “Coliphage” as a biocidal product. Controlvet - Segurança Alimentar, S.A., Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2009/08/31 Services contract: Food Safety Audits Grau de Rigor, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2008/08/31 PhD student (SFRH / BDE / 15508 / 2004) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2003/05/01 - 2004/08/31 Collaborator of the Department of Research and Development (Food safety and Vet) Controlvet - Segurança Alimentar, S.A., Portugal
2002/07/01 - 2003/04/30 Research Fellow (project POCTI/CVT/34664/2000) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2002/05/01 - 2002/06/30 Commercial technician and brand consultant “Nutrimentos PURINA" Sopronorte, Comércio de produtos agro-pecuários, Portugal
2002/04/01 - 2002/04/30 Internship: supervision and assistance to poultry; human resources management Pintobar, Produção de pintos do dia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Bee4Life - A phage-based method for rapid and early detection of Paenibacillus larvae inhives
CEBIMF.2024G
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica
Ongoing
2002 - 2003 Associations between the polymorphism of milk proteins and production parameters and cheese quality in Portuguese sheep breeds
POCTI/CVT/34664/2000
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/03 - 2026/01/02 SMARTgNOSTICS- Global Testing & Diagnostics Solutions for antimicrobial resistances
C644915155-00000024
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado em Biotecnologia, Bioengenharia e Sistemas microELetromecânicos
LA/P/0029/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2025/09/30 BioFago - New strategies in the control of Fire Blight
PRR-C05-i03-I-000179
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2018/09/17 - 2022/09/16 SUSPHAGE-Development of a phage-based product to control Escherichia coli associated post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033679
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)

Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
Ongoing
2021/12/31 - 2021/12/31 FITTED - A flexible platform for generating synthetic virus to control infectious diseases
HR21-00533
Researcher
Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Fundación Luzon
Ongoing
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 PhageSTEC-Development of a formulation of encapsulated bacteriophages to reduce enterotoxigenic E. coli in ruminants
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029628
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2019/07/28 APILYSE-A novel bacteriophage-derived approach for Paenibacillus larvae control in Apiculture
PTDC/CVT-EPI/4008/2014
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023/09/26 - 2027/09/25 CA22105 - BEekeeping products valorization and biomonitoring for the SAFEty of BEEs and HONEY (BeSafeBeeHoney)
CA22105
Cost Action CA22105- Member of Working Group 3
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Oliveira, Ana; Pires, Diana P.; Oliveira, Hugo; Ivone M. Martins; Azeredo, Joana; Melo, Luís; Santos, Sílvio. Book of the 4th International Hands-On Phage Biotechnology Course. Braga, Portugal. 2019.
    Published
  2. Azeredo, Joana; Sillankorva, Sanna; Oliveira, Ana; Costa, Ana Rita Martins; Carvalho, Carla; Pires, Diana P.; Oliveira, Hugo; et al. Book of the 3rd International Hands-On Phage Biotechnology Course. Braga, Portugal. 2017.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Rodrigues, Maria E.; Fernandes, Liliana; Rodrigues, Célia F.; Oliveira, Ana; Henriques, Mariana. "Advances In Candida sp. Biofilm Mannans". In Advances in Medicine and Biology, 1-43. Nova Science Publishers, 2019.
    Published
  2. Carvalho, Carla; Silva, Filipe; Costa, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Ana. "Biotechnology-Derived Alternatives to Prevent and Treat Bacterial Infections in Animal Production". In Advances in Animal Science and Zoology, 1-70. NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers, 2016.
  3. Oliveira, Ana; Azeredo, Joana. "The role of bacteriophages in the control of colibacillosis in poultry industry". In Chickens: Physiology, Diseases and Farming Practices. NY, United States: Nova Publishers, 2012.
  4. Quinta, Ricardo; Oliveira, Ana; Henriques, Patrícia; Sereno, Rui. "Terapia fágica na indústria avícola". In Aspectos probióticos y tecnológicos de las bacterias lácticas, 168-180. La Plata, Argentina: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2010.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Alice; Almeida, Carina; Silva, Maria Daniela; Mora, Azucena; Oliveira, Hugo; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Ana.. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana.. "Bacteriophages to tackle swine colibacillosis: assessing the potential of this alternative therapy.". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum June 20-24, 2021., 2021.
  2. Azeredo, Joana; Santos, Sílvio; Oliveira, Ana; Melo, Luís D. R.; Oliveira, Hugo; Akturk, Ergun; Rodrigues, Diana. "Bacteriophages lysins to detect pathogens: two case studies". Paper presented in The Lysin Meeting II - 2nd International Symposium on Antimicrobial Hydrolytic Enzymes, New York, 2018.
    Accepted
  3. Ribeiro, Henrique; Oliveira, Ana. "Bacteriophage biodistribution and infectivity– from honeybee to bee larvae". Paper presented in Viruses of Microbes 2018 (EMBO Workshop), Wroclaw, 2018.
    Accepted
  4. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Correia, Rossana; Moreira, Tiago; Vilas Boas, Diana; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Ana. "Bacteriophages as a natural and novel tool to control American Foulbrood". Paper presented in Viruses of Microbes V - Biodiversity and future applications, Wroclaw, 2018.
    Published
  5. Santos, Sílvio B.; Brandão, Ana; Oliveira, Ana; Melo, Luís D. R.; Pinto, Graça; Oliveira, Hugo; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Azeredo, Joana. "New bacterial biorecognition elements from phage origin". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 2017.
  6. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Henriques, Ana F.; Sillankorva, Sanna; Oliveira, Ana. "The use of bacteriophages for P. aeruginosa biofilm control". Paper presented in Phage Therapy World Congress, Paris, 2016.
  7. Oliveira, Ana; Santos, Sílvio; Melo, Luís D. R.; Azeredo, Joana. "A new phage endolysin as a powerful method to detect and kill Paenibacillus larvae". Paper presented in Bacteriophages: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Their Application in Medicine, Veterinary and Food, Moscow, 2016.
    Published
  8. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Henriques, Ana F.; Sillankorva, Sanna; Oliveira, Ana. "Efeito anti-biofilme: combinação entre bacteriófagos e mel português.". Paper presented in IV Congreso Iberico de Apicultura, Salamanca, 2016.
    Accepted
  9. Oliveira, Ana; Santos, Sílvio B.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Azeredo, Joana. "Nova enzima derivada de um bacteriófago, para deteção e controlo da bactéria Paenibacillus larvae". Paper presented in IV Congreso Iberico de Apicultura, Salamanca, 2016.
    Published
  10. Oliveira, Ana; Nicolau, Ana; Sereno, Rui; Azeredo, Joana. "In vivo phage lisate toxicity study in chickens". Paper presented in BioMicroWorld 2007 - II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, Seville, 2007.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Mota, Renato; Oliveira, Ana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana. "A fast method for the early detection of Paenibacillus larvae spores in beehives – a strategy to control American Foulbrood". Paper presented in 1st International Conference - BeSafeBeeHoney CA22105, 2024.
  2. Castro, Joana; Oliveira, Ana. Corresponding author: Castro, Joana. "Assessing the ability of Lactobacillus strains to counteract Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection by using a Galleria mellonella in vivo model". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2023, 2023.
  3. Mota, Renato; Oliveira, Ana. "1. Fast method for the early detection of Paenibacillus larva spores in beehives- a strategy to control American Foulbrood ” apresentado na Covilhã.". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2023, 2023.
  4. Alice Ferreira; Carina Almeida; Daniela Silva; Isidro García-Meniño; Azucena Mora; Hugo Oliveira; Joana Azeredo; Ana Oliveira. Corresponding author: Ana Oliveira. "Studies on the interaction of T4-like phages and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains". Paper presented in 2nd FEMS Conference on Microbiology, 2022.
  5. I. Garcia-Menino; A. Oliveira; C. Almeida; A. Kasbohrer; A. Mora; J. A. Hammerl. Corresponding author: I. Garcia-Menino. "Mcr-4 Carrying Escherichia Coli Isolates Of Europe Exhibit A High Genetic Diversity But A Highly Conserved Plasmid Type Encoding The Colistin Resistance". Paper presented in FEMS: Health and Food Microbiology, 2021.
  6. Ribeiro, Henrique; Nilsson, Anna; Azeredo, Joana; Melo, Luís D. R.; Oliveira, Ana. "Role and impact of prophages in Paenibacillus larvae". Paper presented in Phage Futures Congress, 2021.
  7. Fernandes, Liliana; Oliveira, Ana; Sanches, Ana S.; Freitas, Andreia; Henriques, Mariana; Rodrigues, M Elisa. "Portuguese honeys as antimicrobial agents characterization". Paper presented in 1º SIMPÓSIO INIAV PARA A SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR, 2019.
  8. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Melo, Luís D.R.; Oliveira, Hugo; Lavigne, Rob; Boon, Maarten; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Ana. "API480: features towards therapy in honeybee hives". Paper presented in 23rd Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting, 2019.
  9. Oliveira, Ana. "Antimicrobial interaction of honey and phage against E. coli biofilms". Paper presented in PHAGES 2017 - Bacteriophages in Medicine, Food and Biotechnology, 2017.
  10. Rodrigues, M.Elisa; Oliveira, Ana; Henriques, Mariana. "Natural honey to fight Candida infections". Paper presented in EUROBIOFILMS 2017 - 5th European Congress on Microbial Biofilms, 2017.
  11. Oliveira, Ana; Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Silva, Ana C.; Silva, Maria D.; Sousa, Jéssica; Rodrigues, Célia F.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Henriques, Ana F.; Sillankorva, Sanna. "Synergistic antimicrobial interaction of honey and phage in Escherichia coli biofilms.". Paper presented in 22nd biennial Evergreen Bacteriophage conference, 2017.
  12. Rodrigues, M Elisa; Fernandes, Liliana; Rodrigues, Célia F; Oliveira, Ana; Henriques, Mariana. "Novel strategies to fight Candida infections: natural honey". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, 2017.
  13. Oliveira, Ana; Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Silva, Ana C.; Silva, Maria D.; Sousa, Jéssica; Rodrigues, Célia F.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Henriques, Ana F.; Sillankorva, Sanna. "Synergistic antimicrobial interaction between honey and bacteriophage against E. coli biofilms.". Paper presented in 3rd International hands-on Phage Biotechnology course, 2017.
  14. Oliveira, Ana; Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Silva, Ana C.; Silva, Maria D.; Sousa, Jéssica; Rodrigues, Célia F.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Henriques, Ana F.; Sillankorva, Sanna. "Synergistic antimicrobial interaction between honey and bacteriophage against Escherichia coli biofilms.". Paper presented in I Simpósio em Bioquímica Aplicada, 2017.
  15. Henrique, Ribeiro; Oliveira, Ana. "Anti-biofilm effect: combining bacteriophages with Portuguese honey". Paper presented in Biofilms 7 - Microbial Works of Art, 2016.
  16. Oliveira, Ana; Santos, Sílvio; Melo, Luís D. R.; Azeredo, Joana. "Identification of a novel endolysin CBD against Paenibacillus larvae". Paper presented in Phages in Interaction, 2015.
  17. Oliveira, Ana; Leite, Marta; Melo, Luís D. R.; Santos, Sílvio B.; Azeredo, Joana. "Effect of the phage-derived endolysin PlyPl23 in controlling Paenibacillus larvae spread in apiaries - in vitro studies". Paper presented in 3rd international conference on Responsible use of antibiotics in animals, 2014.
  18. Oliveira, Ana; Leite, Marta; Melo, Luís D. R.; Santos, Sílvio B.; Azeredo, Joana. "Characterization of PlyPl23, an endolysin from a Paenibacillus larvae bacteriophage". Paper presented in Viruses of Microbes, 2014.
  19. Oliveira, Ana; Moreira, Tiago; Azeredo, Joana. "Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages infecting Paenibacillus larvae". Paper presented in Viruses of Microbes, 2012.
  20. Oliveira, Ana; Sereno, Rui; Azeredo, Joana. "Isolation, characterization and in vivo performance evaluation of a coliphage.". Paper presented in Edimburgh International Phage Conference, 2008.
  21. Oliveira, Ana. "Characterisation of lytic bacteriophages for Escherichia coli strains collected from infected birds". Paper presented in Micro '07 - Biotec '07 - XXIII JPG: Livro de Actas do Congresso, 2007.
  22. Oliveira, Ana; Sereno, Rui; Azeredo, Joana. "Dynamic of two coliphages in chicken organism towards phage therapy". Paper presented in FEMS 2006 - 2nd Congress of European Microbiologists (Integrating Microbial Knowledge into Human Life)., 2006.
  23. Oliveira, Ana; Sereno, Rui; Azeredo, Joana. "Dissemination of three coliphages in chicken’s organism". Paper presented in Dissemination of three coliphages in chicken’s organism, 2006.
  24. Oliveira, Ana; Henriques, A.; Sillankorva, Sanna; Sereno, Rui; Azeredo, Joana. "Isolation of lytic bacteriophages against E.coli strains collected from comercial birds". Paper presented in XVI Phage Meeting, 2005.
  25. Bettencourt, C; Liberato, I.; Martins, A.; Matos, C.; Matos, J.; Oliveira, Ana; Rangel-Figueiredo, T.; et al. "Genotyping of production trait related loci in the autochtounous goat breed “serpentina”". Paper presented in XXXI Jornadas de Genética, 2004.
Journal article
  1. Abreu, Gabriel; Garcia, Edgar; Oliveira, Ana; Oliveira, Hugo. "Genome sequence of Erwinia amylovora bacteriophage Omen". Microbiology Resource Announcements 13 4 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00122-24.
    10.1128/mra.00122-24
  2. Alice Ferrea; Isidro García-Meniño; Mora, Azucena; Henriques, Mariana; Oliveira, Ana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana. "Effect of phage vB_EcoM_FJ1 on the reduction of ETEC O9:H9 infection in a neonatal pig cell line". Veterinary Research 54 26 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-023-01157-x.
    Open access • Accepted • https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-023-01157-x
  3. Oliveira, Ana; Dias, Carla; Oliveira, Ricardo; Almeida, Carina; Fuciños, Pablo; Sillankorva, Sanna; Oliveira, Hugo. "Paving the way forward: Escherichia coli bacteriophages in a One Health approach". Critical Reviews in Microbiology (2023): 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1040841x.2022.2161869.
    10.1080/1040841x.2022.2161869
  4. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Nilsson, Anna; Melo, Luís D. R.; Oliveira, Ana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana. "Analysis of intact prophages in genomes of Paenibacillus larvae: An important pathogen for bees". Frontiers in Microbiology 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.903861.
    Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2022.903861
  5. Alice Ferreira; Hugo Oliveira; Daniela Silva; Carina Almeida; Julia Burgan; Joana Azeredo; Oliveira, Ana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana. "Complete Genome Sequences of Eight Phages Infecting Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Swine". Microbiology Resource Announcements 9 36 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00858-20.
    Published • 10.1128/MRA.00858-20
  6. Fernandes, Liliana; Oliveira, Ana; Henriques, Mariana; Rodrigues, Maria Elisa. "Honey as a Strategy to Fight Candida tropicalis in Mixed-Biofilms with Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Antibiotics 9 2 (2020): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9020043.
    10.3390/antibiotics9020043
  7. Rodrigues, Maria Elisa; Oliveira, Ana; Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Henriques, Mariana. "Portuguese honeys as antimicrobial agents against Candida species". Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (2020): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2225411019311186.
    Open access • Accepted • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2020.02.007
  8. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Oliveira, Hugo; Boon, Maarten; Lavigne, Rob; Noben, Jean-Paul; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Ana. "Characterization of a new podovirus infecting Paenibacillus larvae". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56699-y.
    10.1038/s41598-019-56699-y
  9. Santos, Sílvio (eq contrib); Oliveira, Ana (eq contrib); Melo, Luís D.R.; Azeredo, Joana. "Identification of the first endolysin Cell Binding Domain (CBD) targeting Paenibacillus larvae". Scientific Reports (2019): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39097-2.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-39097-2
  10. Ribeiro, Henrique G.; Correia, Rossana; Moreira, Tiago; Vilas Boas, Diana; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Ana. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Ana. "Bacteriophage biodistribution and infectivity from honeybee to bee larvae using a T7 phage model". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): 620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36432-x.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-018-36432-x
  11. Oliveira, Ana; Sousa, Jéssica C.; Silva, Ana C.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Sillankorva, Sanna. "Chestnut Honey and Bacteriophage Application to Control Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli Biofilms: Evaluation in an ex vivo Wound Model". Frontiers in Microbiology 9 (2018): 1725. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01725.
    Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01725
  12. Oliveira, Ana (eq contrib); Ribeiro, Henrique G. (eq contrib); Silva, Ana C.; Silva, Maria D.; Sousa, Jessica C.; Rodrigues, Célia F.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Henriques, Ana F.; Sillankorva, Sanna. "Synergistic Antimicrobial Interaction between Honey and Phage against Escherichia coli Biofilms". Frontiers in Microbiology 8 (2017): 2407. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02407.
    Published • 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02407
  13. Oliveira, Hugo; Pinto, Graça; Oliveira, Ana; Noben, Jean-Paul; Hendrix, Hanne; Lavigne, Rob; Lobocka, Malgorzata; Kropinski, Andrew M.; Azeredo, Joana. "Characterization and genomic analyses of two newly isolated Morganella phages define distant members among Tevenvirinae and Autographivirinae subfamilies". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): 46157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46157.
    Published • 10.1038/srep46157
  14. Carvalho, Carla; Costa, Ana Rita; Silva, Filipe; Oliveira, Ana. "Bacteriophages and their derivatives for the treatment and control of food-producing animal infections". Critical Reviews in Microbiology 43 5 (2017): 583-601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1040841x.2016.1271309.
    Published • 10.1080/1040841x.2016.1271309
  15. Oliveira, Hugo; Pinto, Graça; Oliveira, Ana; Oliveira, Carla; Faustino, Maria Alberta; Briers, Yves; Domingues, Lucília; Azeredo, Joana. "Characterization and genome sequencing of a Citrobacter freundii phage CfP1 harboring a lysin active against multidrug-resistant isolates". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100 24 (2016): 10543-10553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-016-7858-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s00253-016-7858-0
  16. Oliveira, Ana; Leite, Marta; Kluskens, Leon D.; Santos, Sílvio B.; Melo, Luís D. R.; Azeredo, Joana. "The First Paenibacillus larvae Bacteriophage Endolysin (PlyPl23) with High Potential to Control American Foulbrood". PLOS ONE 10 8 (2015): e0136331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136331.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0136331
  17. Oliveira, A.; Melo, L. D. R.; Kropinski, A. M.; Azeredo, J.. "Complete Genome Sequence of the Broad-Host-Range Paenibacillus larvae Phage phiIBB_Pl23". Genome Announcements 1 5 (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00438-13.
    Published • 10.1128/genomea.00438-13
  18. Oliveira, A.; Sereno, R.; Azeredo, J.. "In vivo efficiency evaluation of a phage cocktail in controlling severe colibacillosis in confined conditions and experimental poultry houses". Veterinary Microbiology 146 3-4 (2010): 303-308. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650306751&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.015
  19. Oliveira, A.; Sereno, R.; Nicolau, A.; Azeredo, J.. "The influence of the mode of administration in the dissemination of three coliphages in chickens". Poultry Science 88 4 (2009): 728-733. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65549132416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.3382/ps.2008-00378
  20. Oliveira, A.; Sillankorva, S.; Quinta, R.; Henriques, A.; Sereno, R.; Azeredo, J.. "Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages for avian pathogenic E. coli strains". Journal of Applied Microbiology 106 6 (2009): 1919-1927. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65549091505&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04145.x
  21. Oliveira, A.; Sereno, R.; Nicolau, A.; Azeredo, J.. "In vivo toxicity study of phage lysate in chickens". British Poultry Science 50 5 (2009): 558-563. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70450169299&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/00071660903141013

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Oliveira, Ana; Santos, Sílvio; Melo, Luís D.R.; Azeredo, Joana; Moreira, Tiago. 2020. "Endolysin Cell Binding Domain (CBD) Targeting Paenibacillus Larvae". Portugal.
    Allowed
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/08 Controlling diarrheagenic E. coli with bacteriophages: facts and challenges Microbiotec
Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal)
2023/06/20 Veterinary and food applications of phages and derived proteins 5th International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP V)
Centro de Engenharia Biológica - Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/11/11 Bacteriophages for animals: breakthroughs and challenges CIISA Congress 2022: Innovation in Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Research
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/09/05 Controlling ETEC colonization on cell cultures of an intestinal pig cell line with a T4-like phage 73rd Annual Meeting of EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science
EAAP, APEZ, INIAV (Porto, Portugal)
2021/12/15 Effect of bacteriophage vB_EcoM_FJ1 on the reduction of ETEC O9:H9 load in a neonatal pig cell line.. GWASVM-2021 - Global Webinar on Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
LUMIMINDS CONVENTIONS (United Kingdom)
2021/01/21 Phage therapy in Apiculture - prospects iVOM - Viruses of Microbes 2020 Webinar Series: Take a walk on the VoM side - Serie #5: Agro-food, veterinary and environmental biotechnology applications
Universidade do Minho Centro, Centro de Engenharia Biológica (on line, Portugal)
2018/11 Bacteriophages lysins to detect pathogens: two case studies The Lysin Meeting II - 2nd International Symposium on Antimicrobial Hydrolytic Enzymes
The Rockefeller University (New York, United States)
2018 Bacteriophages as a natural and novel tool to control American Foulbrood Viruses of Microbes V – Biodiversity and future applications
EMBO (Wroclaw, Poland)
2018 Bacteriophages Applied to Animal Science XX Congresso de Zootecnia (Zootec 2018)
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2017 Bacteriophage application to animal science 3rd International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP III).
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017 Antimicrobial effect: combination between portuguese honey and bacteriophages V Congresso Internacional de Feridas
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2016 A new phage endolysin as a powerful method to detect and kill Paenibacillus larvae Bacteriophages: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Their Application in Medicine, Veterinary and Food
G.N.Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Moscow, Russia)
2016 Combining bacteriophages and Portuguese honey for biofilm control. Phage Therapy World Congress
2016 Antibiofilm effect: combination between bacteriophages and honey Congreso Iberico de Apicultura. Salamanca
(Salamanca, Spain)
2016 Novel phage-based enzyme for detection and control of Paenibacillus larvae Congreso Iberico de Apicultura
(Salamanca, Spain)
2009 Bacteriófagos ao serviço da Ciência Animal XVIII Congresso de Zootecnia (Zootec 09)
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2007 In vivo phage lisate toxicity study in chickens II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld 2007)
(Seville, Spain)
2006 Dynamics of a cocktail of three coliphages in chicken organism towards phage therapy 2nd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists
FEMS (Madrid, Spain)
2005 A perspective of phage therapy in poultry industry XV Congresso de Zootecnia
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2004 Polymerase chain reaction - searching Pathogens in Food products Food Protection
(Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/01 - Current Detecting Paenibacillus larvae spores in hives based on specific binding peptides – a strategy to control American Foulbrood
Supervisor
 PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/05/02 - Current Research fellow of the project SMARTGNOSTICS - Global Testing & Diagnostics Solutions for antimicrobial resistances (PRR-IAPMEI)
Co-supervisor
 Research fellowship
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/03 - Current Characterization of E. coli mechanisms that confer them protection against phage predation
Supervisor
 MsC degree in Biomedical Engineering - Clinical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/05/01 - 2024/04/30 Research fellow of the project SMARTGNOSTICS - Global Testing & Diagnostics Solutions for antimicrobial resistances (PRR-IAPMEI)
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/05/01 - 2024/04/30 Research fellow of the project SMARTGNOSTICS - Global Testing & Diagnostics Solutions for antimicrobial resistances (PRR-IAPMEI)
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/02/02 - 2024/03/06 Isolation and characterization of phages for enterotoxigenic E. coli
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia (MsC in Biotechnology) (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/10 - 2023/12 Vir-ID-L: Viral proteins to develop an improved diagnosis of Listeria monocytogenes
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Biomedical (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/07 - 2023/07 Development of a phage-based method to detect Paenibacillus larvae spores
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (MsC in Biomedical Eng) (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2017 - 2022/12/15 Novel phage-derived product to control Paenibacillus larvae in bee hives
Supervisor
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/09/17 - 2022/08/31 Research fellow from the project SUSPHAGE (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033679) - COMPETE2020/Portugal2020/FEDER
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Development of a fast and reliable phage-based method for Paenibacillus larvae detection
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia (MsC in Biotechnology) (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages aiming the control of E. coli associated post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09/11 - 2018/09/11 Research fellow from the project APILYSE (PTDC/CVT-EPI/4008/2014) - FCT/ COMPETE 2020
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2017/08/31 Research fellow from the project APILYSE - (PTDC/CVT-EPI/4008/2014 )- FCT/ COMPETE 2020
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016 - 2017 In vitro evaluation of an anti-biofilm product: a combination between Portuguese honey and bacteriophages
Co-supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Evaluation of the antimicrbial activity of a bacteriophage-honey formulation in an ex vivo skin model
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Desenvolvimento de um produto antimicrobiano com mel Português e bacteriófagos.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Avaliação do potencial antimicrobiano da endolisina PlyPl23 derivada de um Bacteriófago de Paenibacillus larvae para o controlo da Loque Americana
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages active against P. larvae for AFB control.
Supervisor
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Ecole supérieure de biotechnologie de Strasbourg, France

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Utilização de bacteriófagos no controlo de Campylobacter em frangos- estudos "in vivo"
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2006 - 2007 Desenvolvimento de técnicas expeditas para enumeração de bacteriófagos.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/10/19 - 2023/06/23 Organiser of the 5th International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP V) (2023/06/19 - 2023/06/23)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/07 - 2022/07 Organization of the international conference "VoM 2022- the latest conquests on viruses of microbes" (2022/07/18 - 2022/07/22)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2020/03 - 2021/03 iVoM2020: Viruses of Microbes 2020 Webinar Series: Take a walk on the VoM side (2020/09 - 2021/03)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/06/17 - 2019/06/21 Organiser of the 4th International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP IV) (2019/07/17)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/06/19 - 2017/06/23 Organiser of the 3rd International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP III) (2017)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/06/23 Organiser of the 3th International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP III) (2017/06/19 - 2017/06/23)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/07/04 Organiser of the 1st International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP I) (2013 - 2013)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/02/15 - 2023/02/15 Trainer in the laboratory workshop on cellular and molecular biology
Workshop
 XVIII Biomedical Engineering Conference
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21 Chair of the international phage congress "Viruses of Microbes", in Session S10: Agro-food, veterinary and environmental biotechnology application II
Conference
 Viruses of Microbes 2022
VOM Scientific Comitee, Portugal
2015/06/15 - 2015/06/19 Instructor 2nd International hands-on phage biotechnology course (HOP II)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2022 Bacteriophages in the Fight Against Foodborne Pathogens- Guest Associate Editor in Food Microbiology - Frontiers in Microbiology (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26129/bacteriophages-in-the-fight-against-foodborne-pathogens)
Member
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Guest Editor of the Special issue: Bacteriophage based technologies for veterinary applications (https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/veterinary-bacteriophage-technology) Virology Journal (https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com)
Member
 Springer Nature Limited, United Kingdom

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/07/18 - 2022/07/22 " VoM 2022 - the latest conquests on viruses of microbes" University of Minho (Centre of Biological Engineering) and University of Lisbon (Pharmacy Faculty)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2023/02 Laboratórios Integrados de Biotecnologia Mestrado em Biotecnologia Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Laboratórios Integrados de Biotecnologia Mestrado em Biotecnologia (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Laboratórios de Fenómenos de Transferência. Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/01 Laboratórios Integrados I Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/01 Laboratórios Integrados de Biotecnologia Biotecnologia (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/01 Laboratórios de Tecnologia Química Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/09 - 2015/01 Tópicos de Ciências da Engenharia Línguas Aplicadas (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2012/02 - 2012/06 Laboratórios de Bioprocessos Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2010/11 - 2010/11 Tecnologias de Nutrição Animal Tecnologias da Produção Animal (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023 - Current Expert evaluater of projects from National Science Centre Poland
Evaluator
2020/09 - 2020/11 Expert evaluater of projects from National Science Centre Poland (Funding scheme: OPUS-19)
Evaluator
 Narodowe Centrum Nauki
2020/02/07 - 2020/03/29 Expert evaluator of Individual Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020). Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (profile in the Funding & Tenders Portal: EX2018D338525)
Evaluator
 Research Executive Agency, Belgium European Commission

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/04/02 - Current Portugal Inovador- Porto Canal Deteção rápida e precoce de Loque Americana em colmeias
2018/11/09 - 2018/11/09 90 segundos de Ciência Ep. 490 Ana Oliveira – Project uses bacteriophages to fight disease that kills bees
2015/06/09 - 2016 Mentes que Brilham Enzima capaz de controlar a Loque Americana na Apicultura
2013/12/02 - 2013/12/02 CEB news
2012/09/26 - 2012/09/26 Mentes que Brilham Avoid Bee Colonies' losses

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/05/29 - 2023/09/25 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2235-2988) Frontiers
2022/07/14 - 2023/03/31 Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) Frontiers
2021/09/14 - 2023/01/31 Frontiers in Mcrobiology (1664-302X) Frontiers

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/03 - Current Bioinformatic project Joana Rita Albuquerque Araújo
2024/08 - 2025/07 Aplicação de bacteriófagos geneticamentemodificados como agentes antimicrobianos no controlo de Salmonella Spp. Naiana Gabiatti
2022/10/01 - 2022/10/30 Expression and characterization of phage-based proteins from a Bordetella bronchiseptica phage Mateusz Szymczak

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Member of the jury in 3rd cycle exams abroad for PhD degree - (Brazil): Márcia Keller Alves; Orientation: Prof. Dr. Mariana Roesch Ely and Prof. Dr. João Antonio Pêgas Henriques. Genomic isolation and characterization of bacteriophage Pseudomonas cichorii with a focus on food biopreservation. PhD in Biotechnology. Caxias do Sul 2020 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/01/22 - 2024/01/22 Member of the jury in exams for PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering. Candidate: of Ana Mafalda Queijo Gonçalves Pinto. Title of the thesis: "Engineered biopolymeric scaffolds for species targeted antibacterial and antibiofilm action in chronic wounds". Place: Guimarães- Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 CEB Intramural funding
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021 Amyris Innovation BIG Impact Award
Amyris Inc, United States

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 Pedagogical Merit Award
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2014 Best poster award in The 3rd International Conference on Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Animals
Bastiaanse Communication, Netherlands