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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
António Manuel Santos Afonso

Citation names

  • Afonso, António

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EA19-A62D-0C0E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7349-0288
Education
Degree Classification
1999
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 Highest
1983
Concluded
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 14 (fourteen) values
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2018 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2007 - 2013 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - Current Senior researcher in the Animal Health and Aquaculture (A2S) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Senior researcher in the Nutrition and Immunobiology Research Group (NUTRIMU) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01 - 2021/12 FEEDMI - MELHORIAS NA RESISTÊNCIA A DOENÇAS,STRESS E SUSTENTABILIDADE AMBIENTAL EM SISTEMAS DE AQUACULTURA ATRAVÉS DE FERRAMENTAS NUTRICIONAIS E DE MODULAÇÃO DAS COMUNIDADES MICROBIANAS
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-039948
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2018/08 - 2021/07 Unraveling neuro-endocrine/immune modulatory roles of tryptophan during inflammation – INFLAMMAA
PTDC/CVT-CVT/32349/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017/10 - 2021/03 VALORMAR - VALORIZAÇÃO INTEGRAL DOS RECURSOS MARINHOS: POTENCIAL, INOVAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA E NOVAS APLICAÇÕES
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024517
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
2016/01 - 2018/12 Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation of Marine Resources – INNOVMAR
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000035
 NORTE2020
2015/10 - 2018/12 ALISSA – Bases para uma alimentação saudável e sustentável para peixes de aquacultura
ALG-01-0247-FEDER-3520
 Agencia Nacional de Inovação
2013/01 - 2015/12 AQUAIMPROV – Sustainable aquaculture and animal welfare
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000038
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
2009/01 - 2011/12 Investigação e desenvolvimento na produção de juvenis de linguado: incremento da resistência a patologias e do crescimento – OPTISOLE
QREN IDT Co-Promoção Nº 1605
 Agência Nacionalde Inovação SA

Contract

Designation Funders
2007 - 2009 STRESSLING “Desenvolvimento de Alimentos Imunostimulantes para linguado: Melhoria da Capacidade de Resistência ao Maneio e a Condições de Stress”
POCI 20010 nº 13-05-04-SDR-0032
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Agencia Nacional de Inovação
Concluded
2007 - 2008 JANGADA ESTUÁRIO “Construção de uma jangada destinada à produção de rodovalho em ambientes estuarinos”.
POCI 2010 nº 13-05.04-SDR-00034
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Agencia Nacional de Inovação
Concluded
2000 - 2003 EGC-VAC “Intraperitoneal immunopathological reactions following vaccination of farmed fish. Studies of basic immune mechanisms”.
QLK2-CT-1999-00799
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2000 - 2003 IRON - The Role of Iron in Fish-pathogen Interactions
PRAXIS /P/CVT /13231/1998
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1996 - 1997 Biologia Populacional e Ecologia das Populações de Salmonídeos do Norte de Portugal
PRAXIS XXI 3/3.2/BIA/41/94
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Fernandes, C.; Afonso, A.; Salgado, M.A.. Metabolic and structural role of major fish organs as an early warning system in population assessment. 2011.
Book chapter
  1. "Dados da Anatomia Comparada – Morfologia". In Evolução: História e Argumentos. Série Fundamentos e Desafios do Evolucionismo, 117-135. Lisboa, Portugal: Esfera do Caos, Editores Lda., 2008.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Nogueira, N.; Sumares, B.; Nascimento, F.A.; Png-Gonzalez, L.; Afonso, A.. "Effects of mixed diets on the reproductive success and population growth of cultured Acartia grani (Calanoida)". Journal of Applied Aquaculture 33 1 (2021): 1-14. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064698221&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10454438.2019.1602096
  2. Escribano, M.P.; Ramos-Pinto, L.; Fernández-Boo, S.; Afonso, A.; Costas, B.; Guardiola, F.A.. "Mucosal immune responses in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) juveniles after Tenacibaculum maritimum challenge: A comparative study between ocular and blind sides". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 104 (2020): 92-100. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086606890&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2020.05.080
  3. Guardiola, F.A.; Mabrok, M.; Machado, M.; Azeredo, R.; Afonso, A.; Esteban, M.A.; Costas, B.. "Mucosal and systemic immune responses in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup) bath challenged with Tenacibaculum maritimum: A time-course study". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 87 (2019): 744-754. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061779526&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2019.02.015
  4. Azeredo, R.; Machado, M.; Martos-Sitcha, J.A.; Martínez-Rodríguez, G.; Moura, J.; Peres, H.; Oliva-Teles, A.; et al. "Dietary Tryptophan Induces Opposite Health-Related Responses in the Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis) Reared at Low or High Stocking Densities with Implications in Disease Resistance". Frontiers in Physiology 10 MAY (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068260038&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fphys.2019.00508
  5. Machado M; Malheiro D; Couto A; Wilson JM; Guerreiro M; Azeredo R; Svendsen JC; et al. "Acute hyperoxia induces systemic responses with no major changes in peripheral tissues in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858).". Fish & shellfish immunology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29325709.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2018.01.008
  6. Guardiola, F.A.; Barroso, C.; Enes, P.; Couto, A.; Díaz-Rosales, P.; Afonso, A.; Kanashiro, E.; et al. "Humoral and mucosal immune responses in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) juveniles fed diets with varying inclusion levels of carob seed germ meal". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 79 (2018): 209-217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047101232&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2018.05.027
  7. Nogueira, N.; Sumares, B.; Andrade, C.A.P.; Afonso, A.. "The effects of temperature and photoperiod on egg hatching success, egg production and population growth of the calanoid copepod, Acartia grani (Calanoida: Acartiidae)". Aquaculture Research 49 1 (2018): 93-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85038024336&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/are.13437
  8. Fernández-Boo, S.; Pedrosa-Oliveira, M.H.; Afonso, A.; Arenas, F.; Rocha, F.; Valente, L.M.P.; Costas, B.. "Annual assessment of the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) humoral innate immune status: Tales from the north Portuguese coast". Marine Environmental Research 141 (2018): 128-137. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051713341&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.007
  9. Azeredo R; Machado M; Guardiola FA; Cerezuela R; Afonso A; Peres H; Oliva-Teles A; Esteban MA; Costas B. "Local immune response of two mucosal surfaces of the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, fed tryptophan- or methionine-supplemented diets.". Fish & shellfish immunology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28882794.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2017.09.016
  10. Azeredo R; Machado M; Afonso A; Fierro-Castro C; Reyes-López FE; Tort L; Gesto M; et al. "Neuroendocrine and Immune Responses Undertake Different Fates following Tryptophan or Methionine Dietary Treatment: Tales from a Teleost Model.". Frontiers in immunology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29021795.
    10.3389/fimmu.2017.01226
  11. Mabrok, M.; Machado, M.; Serra, C.R.; Afonso, A.; Valente, L.M.P.; Costas, B.. "Tenacibaculosis induction in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) and studies of Tenacibaculum maritimum survival against host mucus and plasma". Journal of Fish Diseases 39 12 (2016): 1445-1455. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964981911&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jfd.12483
  12. Barroso, C.; Ozório, R.O.A.; Afonso, A.; Moraes, J.R.E.; Costas, B.. "Immune responses and gut morphology in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) fed dietary probiotic supplementation and following exposure to Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida". Aquaculture Research 47 3 (2016): 951-960. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84956615833&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/are.12553
  13. Machado, M.; Azeredo, R.; Díaz-Rosales, P.; Afonso, A.; Peres, H.; Oliva-Teles, A.; Costas, B.. "Dietary tryptophan and methionine as modulators of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) immune status and inflammatory response". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 42 2 (2015): 353-362. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84918789455&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2014.11.024
  14. Andrade, T.; Afonso, A.; Pérez-Jiménez, A.; Oliva-Teles, A.; de las Heras, V.; Mancera, J.M.; Serradeiro, R.; Costas, B.. "Evaluation of different stocking densities in a Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) farm: Implications for growth, humoral immune parameters and oxidative status". Aquaculture 438 (2015): 6-11. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920746983&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.12.034
  15. Costas, B.; Simões, I.; Castro-Cunha, M.; Afonso, A.. "Non-specific immune responses of Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis (Kaup), head-kidney leucocytes against Tenacibaculum maritimum". Journal of Fish Diseases 37 8 (2014): 765-769. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904040409&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jfd.12171
  16. Costas, B.; Rêgo, P.C.N.P.; Conceição, L.E.C.; Dias, J.; Afonso, A.. "Dietary arginine supplementation decreases plasma cortisol levels and modulates immune mechanisms in chronically stressed turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)". Aquaculture Nutrition 19 SUPL.1 (2013): 25-38. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884137091&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/anu.12086
  17. Costas, B.; Rêgo, P.C.N.P.; Simões, I.; Marques, J.F.; Castro-Cunha, M.; Afonso, A.. "Cellular and humoral immune responses of Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis (Kaup), following challenge with two Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida strains from different geographical origins". Journal of Fish Diseases 36 6 (2013): 543-553. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877701523&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jfd.12033
  18. Costas, B.; Aragão, C.; Dias, J.; Afonso, A.; Conceição, L.E.C.. "Interactive effects of a high-quality protein diet and high stocking density on the stress response and some innate immune parameters of Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 39 5 (2013): 1141-1151. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884287966&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10695-013-9770-1
  19. Cruzeiro, C.; Dias, J.; Afonso, A.; Peixoto, F.; Rema, P.. "Effect of supplemental phospholipase A 2 antibody on the growth performance and selected immune criteria of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)". Aquaculture Research 43 12 (2012): 1900-1903. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868191955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02990.x
  20. Costas, B.; Aragão, C.; Soengas, J.L.; Míguez, J.M.; Rema, P.; Dias, J.; Afonso, A.; Conceição, L.E.C.. "Effects of dietary amino acids and repeated handling on stress response and brain monoaminergic neurotransmitters in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) juveniles". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology 161 1 (2012): 18-26. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858190887&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.08.014
  21. Dias, S.; Ozório, R.O.A.; Gonça;ves, J.; Afonso, A.; Gärtner, F.. "Erratum to Dietary L-Carnitine Supplementation Protected Turbot (Scophthalmusmaximus) Against Streptococcus parauberis Infection (Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 23, 4 (299-303))". Journal of Applied Aquaculture 24 1 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858601387&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/10454438.2012.646796
  22. Costas, B.; Conceição, L.E.C.; Aragão, C.; Martos, J.A.; Ruiz-Jarabo, I.; Mancera, J.M.; Afonso, A.. "Physiological responses of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858) after stress challenge: Effects on non-specific immune parameters, plasma free amino acids and energy metabolism". Aquaculture 316 1-4 (2011): 68-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955147259&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.03.011
  23. Costas, B.; Conceição, L.E.C.; Dias, J.; Novoa, B.; Figueras, A.; Afonso, A.. "Dietary arginine and repeated handling increase disease resistance and modulate innate immune mechanisms of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858)". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 31 6 (2011): 838-847. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81255160772&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2011.07.024
  24. Nogueira, I.; Lobo-da-Cunha, A.; Afonso, A.; Rivera, S.; Azevedo, J.; Monteiro, R.; Cervantes, R.; Gago-Martinez, A.; Vasconcelos, V.. "Toxic effects of domoic acid in the seabream Sparus aurata". Marine Drugs 8 10 (2010): 2721-2732. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78049440536&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/md8102721
  25. Afonso, A.; Gomes, S.; Da Silva, J.; Marques, F.; Henrique, M.. "Side effects in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) due to intraperitoneal vaccination against vibriosis and pasteurellosis". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 19 1 (2005): 1-16. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-13844256651&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2004.09.001
  26. Sarmento, A.; Marques, F.; Ellis, A.E.; Afonso, A.. "Modulation of the activity of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) head-kidney macrophages by macrophage activating factor(s) and lipopolysaccharide". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 16 2 (2004): 79-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1242300086&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S1050-4648(03)00031-7
  27. Sarmento, A.; Guilhermino, L.; Afonso, A.. "Mercury chloride effects on the function and cellular integrity of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) head kidney macrophages". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 17 5 (2004): 489-498. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4143138626&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2004.05.004
  28. Do Vale, A.; Afonso, A.; Silva, M.T.. "The professional phagocytes of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.): Cytochemical characterisation of neutrophils and macrophages in the normal and inflamed peritoneal cavity". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 13 3 (2002): 183-198. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036712732&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1006/fsim.2001.0394
  29. Afonso, A.; Macedo, P.M.; Ellis, A.E.; Silva, M.T.. "Glycogen granules in resting and inflammatory rainbow trout phagocytes - An ultrastructural study". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 42 2 (2000): 101-110. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034739073&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  30. Afonso, A.; Oliveira, C.; Ellis, A.E.; Silva, M.T.. "Peroxidase activity as a measure of neutrophil populations in inflammatory peritoneal exudates of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)". Journal of Fish Diseases 22 2 (1999): 133-142. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032903378&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1365-2761.1999.00149.x
  31. Afonso, A.; Lousada, S.; Silva, J.; Ellis, A.E.; Silva, M.T.. "Neutrophil and macrophage responses to inflammation in the peritoneal cavity of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. A light and electron microscopic cytochemical study". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 34 1 (1998): 27-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032508508&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  32. Afonso, A.; Silva, J.; Lousada, S.; Ellis, A.E.; Silva, M.T.. "Uptake of neutrophils and neutrophilic components by macrophages in the inflamed peritoneal cavity of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 8 5 (1998): 319-338. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032111066&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  33. Afonso, A.; Ellis, A.E.; Silva, M.T.. "The leucocyte population of the unstimulated peritoneal cavity of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)". Fish and Shellfish Immunology 7 5 (1997): 335-348. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031185042&partnerID=MN8TOARS.