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PhD student in Plant Biotechnology field.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mariana Neves

Citation names

  • Neves, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DA17-D0BE-1716
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6395-793X

Email addresses

  • mariananevespt@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11/02 - 2024
Ongoing
 PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018
Concluded
 Master's Degree in Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Effect of ethylene on somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2016
Concluded
 Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/21 - 2020/01/19 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Instituto Pedro Nunes - ASSOCIAÇÃO PARA A INOVAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA (IPN), Portugal
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2016/02/18 - 2016/06/24 Research Trainee (Research) iCBR - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Portugal
iCBR - Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/12/01 - Current The role of the plant hormone ethylene in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.) in vitro micropropagation: biochemical and molecular analyses
2020.05137.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/21 - 2020/01/19 I9K - Development of strategies for the sustainability of the kiwi industry through the creation of a value-added product
PDR2020-101-031204
Research Fellow
Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural 2014-2020 (PDR2020)

Fundo Europeu Agrícola de Desenvolvimento Rural (FEADER)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Neves, Mariana; Correia, Sandra; Cavaleiro, Carlos; Canhoto, Jorge. "Ethylene positively modulates de novo shoot organogenesis and subsequent plant development from leaf explants of Solanum betaceum Cav.". Paper presented in Innovative Woody Plant Cloning, 2023.
  2. Neves, Mariana; Batista, Jéssica; Pedrosa, Ana; Lopes, Tércia; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "Hybridization assays in Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.: Artificial pollination, cloning of F1 seedlings and molecular analysis of the hybrids". Paper presented in IHC 2022 - 31st International Horticultural Congress, 2022.
  3. Neves, Mariana; Batista, Jéssica; Lopes, Tércia; Pedrosa, Ana; Cordeiro, Daniela; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "In vitro propagation of the endangered Hibiscus palustris L.". Paper presented in IHC 2022 - 31st International Horticultural Congress, 2022.
  4. Neves, Mariana; Caeiro, André; Correia, Sandra; Cavaleiro, Carlos; Canhoto, Jorge. "The effect of the plant hormone ethylene on somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2019 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019, 2019.
  5. Neves, Mariana; Morgado, Filomena; Silva, Renato; Zuzarte, Mónica; Canhoto, Jorge. "In vitro cloning of Actinidia deliciosa through axillary shoot proliferation and organogenesis". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2019 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019, 2019.
  6. Neves, Mariana; Marques, José; Morgado, Filomena; Silva, Renato; Martins, João; Canhoto, Jorge. "Assays of in vitro pollen germination of Actinidia deliciosa (A.Chev.) C. F. Liang & A. R. Ferguson". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2019 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019, 2019.
  7. Neves, Mariana; Caeiro, André; Cavaleiro, Carlos; Canhoto, Jorge. "Effect of ethylene on somatic embryogenesis of Solanum betaceum Cav.". Paper presented in 5th IUFRO 2.09.02 Working Party Conference, 2018.
  8. Zuzarte, Mónica; Marques, Carla; Neves, Mariana; Salgueiro, Lígia; Girão, Henrique. "Cardioprotective effects of Lavandula viridis essential oil". Paper presented in 6th International Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 2016.
  9. Zuzarte, Mónica; Marques, Carla; Neves, Mariana; Salgueiro, Lígia. "Unveiling new roles for essential oils in heart homesotasis". Paper presented in 3rd PROTEOSTASIS Action Meeting: PROTEOSTASIS and its Biological Implications., 2016.
Journal article
  1. Castro-Camba, Ricardo; Neves, Mariana; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge; Vielba, Jesús; Sanchez, Conchi. "Ethylene Action Inhibition Improves Adventitious Root Induction in Adult Chestnut Tissues". Plants 13 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050738.
    Published
  2. Pereira Coutinho, António; Tereso, Sofia; Carvalho, Pedro C; Neves, Mariana; Silva, Ana Maria. "Middle Age diets in Northeast of Portugal (Bragança) inferred through dental calculus: the case of the Early Middle-Age site of Torre Velha (Castro de Avelãs) and the Late Middle-Age site of Mós (Torre de Moncorvo)". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2024):
    Submitted
  3. Martins, João; Neves, Mariana; Canhoto, Jorge. "Drought-Stress-Induced Changes in Chloroplast Gene Expression in Two Contrasting Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Genotypes". Plants 12 24 (2023): 4133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12244133.
    Published
  4. João Martins; Mariana Neves; Jorge Canhoto. "Drought-Stress-Induced Changes in Chloroplast Gene Expression in Two Contrasting Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Genotypes". Plants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12244133.
    10.3390/plants12244133
  5. Neves, Mariana; Correia, Sandra; Canhoto, Jorge. "Ethylene Inhibition Reduces De Novo Shoot Organogenesis and Subsequent Plant Development from Leaf Explants of Solanum betaceum Cav.". Plants 12 9 (2023): 1854. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12091854.
    Published • 10.3390/plants12091854
  6. Neves, Mariana; Correia, Sandra; Cavaleiro, Carlos; Canhoto, Jorge. "Modulation of Organogenesis and Somatic Embryogenesis by Ethylene: An Overview". Plants 10 6 (2021): 1208. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061208.
    Published • 10.3390/plants10061208
Newsletter article
  1. Neves, Mariana; Morgado, Filomena; Silva, Renato; Canhoto, Jorge. "Micropropagação do Kiwi", O Kiwi - Associação Portuguesa de Kiwicultores - Nº60, 2019
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Neves, Mariana. "Effect of ethylene on somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.)". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/86197.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/08/30 In vitro recalcitrance in woody species revisited
International Society for Horticultural Science (Tokyo, Japan)
2023/04 Recalcitrance: do we really understand it? Innovative Woody Plant Cloning
COPYTREE - European Network for Innovative Woody Plant Cloning - CA 21157 (Santiago de Compostela , Spain)
2022/01/28 PT: Que papel para o etileno na embriogénese somática de tamarilho? EN: What role does ethylene play in tamarillo somatic embryogenesis? BP4BP - Tamarillo breeding: better plants for better products
Centre for Functional Ecology (Portugal)
2022 How does ethylene influence in vitro regeneration processes? Experimental Embryology - Course of the Master's degree in Biodiversity and Vegetal Biotechnology
Deparment of Life Sciences - University of Coimbra
2021/12/16 PT: Caracterização do potencial germinativo do pólen de Kiwi EN: Characterization of the germination potential of kiwifruit pollen Congresso Final i9Kiwi 2021
Instituto Pedro Nunes
2019/12/14 PT: Kiwi: Polinização e Clonagem EN: Kiwifruit pollination and cloning Jornadas Técnicas - Dia do Kiwicultor 2019
APK - Associação Portuguesa de Kiwicultores (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/03 Theoretical and technical workshop of conservation and propagation of in vitro plants
Workshop
 PT: Workshop técnico: Conservação e propagação de plantas in vitro | EN: Technical workshop of conservation and propagation of in vitro plants
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal
2022/09/12 - 2022/09/14 Theoretical and practical training school on plant epigenetics. ( EPI-CATCH COST action)
Other
 Training school - Plant epigenetics, heritability, adaptation, evolution: latest advances digested for beginners"
Univerzita Karlova, Czech Republic
2022/08/14 - 2022/08/20 International Horticultural Congress (IHC) 2022, organised by ISHS International Society for Horticultural Science. Held in Angers, France.
Conference
 IHC 2022 - 31st International Horticultural Congress
International Society for Horticultural Science, Belgium
2021/07/12 - 2021/07/15 Epigenetic Mechanisms of Crop Adaptation To Climate Change
Conference
COST Action EPI-CATCH (CA19125), Belgium
2021/06/28 - 2021/06/30 Online Training School - Plant Epigenetics: Basics, Applications and Methodologies
Other
COST Action EPI-CATCH (CA19125), Belgium
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 Microbiotec 2019
Congress
 Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology’ 19
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Science communication - Kiwi in vitro culture and pollination (Actinidia deliciosa)
Other
 European Researchers' Night 2019
Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15 5th IUFRO 2.09.02 Working Party Conference
Conference
 5th IUFRO 2.09.02 Working Party Conference - Clonal Trees in the Bioeconomy Age: Opportunities and Challenges
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/26 Linguagem de programação e programas estatísticos - Python & MATLAB Module I - Introducing python Module II - Data manipulation and visualization Module III - Applied Machine Learning
Workshop
 data_science.py
JEST - Junior Enterprise for Science and Technology , Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Association member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/15 5th IUFRO 2.09.02 Working Party Conference - Clonal Trees in the Bioeconomy Age: Opportunities and Challenges (Coimbra, Portugal; September 10-15, 2018) - Member of the Executive Committee International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Austria

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/07 Pratical Class: Genetics and Epigenetics PT: II Curso de Verão - Biotecnologia de Plantas EN: II Summer Course - Plant Biotechnology Centro de Informação de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/07/12 - 2022/07/12 Pratical class: Genetic Transformation PT: Curso de Verão - Biotecnologia de Plantas EN: Summer Course - Plant Biotechnology Centro de Informação de Biotecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 The 3% Best Students Award in the academic year 2016/2017
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2020 FCT individual PhD studentship (2020.05137.BD)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 Certificate in Advanced English
Cambridge Assessment English, United Kingdom
2018 First Certificate in English
Cambridge Assessment English, United Kingdom