Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Rita Marques Almeida
Citation names
- Almeida, Ana Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- EE11-C0BE-D4C1
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5628-0799
- Researcher Id
- B-1256-2019
Email addresses
- rita.almeida@ua.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Universidade de Aveiro. Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- www.cesam.ua.pt/anaralmeida (Professional)
- http://biomicrolab.web.ua.pt/ (Professional)
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2016/09/01 - 2021/01/29
Concluded
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Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecology and Functional Biodiversity
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
"Effects of long-term exposure to an antibiotic in zebrafish: from the organism to the microbiome level" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved with distinction and praise |
2018/07/23 - 2018/07/27
Concluded
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Advanced course "Microbial Diversity: methods and applications" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2018/07/09 - 2018/07/13
Concluded
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Advanced course "Bioinformatics for microbiologists" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2018/06/18 - 2018/06/22
Concluded
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Advanced course "Antibiotic alternatives against pathogenic bacteria" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2017/07/10 - 2017/07/14
Concluded
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Advanced course "Scientific writing and communication" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2017/06/05 - 2017/06/09
Concluded
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Advanced course "Biomarkers in ecotoxicology: user-friendly approach" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2017/05/22 - 2017/05/26
Concluded
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Advanced course "Ecosystem services provided by wetlands: Anthropogenic impacts and Environmental chemistry" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2017/01/30 - 2017/02/03
Concluded
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Advanced course "Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2016/04/18 - 2016/04/22
Concluded
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Advanced course "Introdução ao R para Biólogos" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2015/05/25 - 2015/05/26
Concluded
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Short training at the zebrafish facility of Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (Outros)
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2014/04/07 - 2014/04/11
Concluded
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Advanced course "Ecotoxicology of amphibians and reptiles: from theory to practice" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2013/06/03 - 2013/06/07
Concluded
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Advanced curse "Marine Microbiology" (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2013
Concluded
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Biologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiologia Clínica e Ambiental
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Combined effects of Ultraviolet radiation and xenobiotics on zebrafish" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
2012
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Avaliação da toxicidade combinada da radiação UV e xenobióticos em embriões de Danio rerio" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/12/15 - 2023/06/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal |
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal | ||
2021/06/01 - 2022/08/11 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal | ||
2016/03/01 - 2016/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
2013/08/01 - 2015/09/30 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/12/15 - 2023/06/30 | SPRINT: Saliva Para Diagnóstico de Precisão
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-181253
Research Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde Centro Regional de Viseu, Portugal
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Concluded
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2021/06/01 - 2022/08/11 | SEEBug- Desenvolvimento de um SEnsor para a deteção rápida e Eficaz de bactérias patogénicas em Bivalves (MAR2020-P01M03-0511P)
BI/CESAM/010/MAR2020-P01M03-0511P
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2016/09/01 - 2021/01/29 | Effects of long-term exposure to an antibiotic in zebrafish: from the organism to the microbiome level
PD/BD/127811/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2016/03/01 - 2016/08/31 | Behaviour as a sensitive and integrative approach that predicts the effects of environmental stressors in the aquatic environment:
linking different levels of biological organization
BI/ UI88/ 6591/ 2016
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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2013/08/01 - 2015/09/30 | Climatox - Impact of climatic changes on toxicity of pollutants (PTDC/AAG-GLO/4059/2012)
BI/ UI88/ 6591/ 2013
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2020/07/02 | The effect of oxytetracycline long-term exposure on zebrafish and water microbiome in a post-exposure scenario | Cycle of lectures for Integration and Internationalization between teachers and students of Strictu sensu (online)
Postgraduate Program in Environment and Regional Development of the University Anhanguera – Uniderp and Postgraduate Program
in Environmental Sciences at Unic
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2020/06/24 | The effects of long-term exposure to antibiotic in zebrafish | Research Summit 2020 (online)
Universidade de Aveiro
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2020/05/05 | The effect of oxytetracycline long-term exposure on zebrafish and water microbiome in a post-exposure scenario | SETAC SciCon Europe 30th Annual Meeting (online)
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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2019/07/03 | The effects of long-term exposure to oxytetracycline in zebrafish | Research Summit 2019
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2019/06/12 | Efeitos da exposição a long termo do peixe zebra a oxitetraciclina | Workshop Biodiversidade Funcional
Grupo de Investigação em Biodiversidade Funcional do CESAM (Aveiro, Portugal)
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2017/09 | Exposure to sublethal concentrations of carbaryl affects the development, biomarkers and locomotor activity of zebrafish early life stages. | 12th SETAC Latin-America Biennial Meeting
(Santos, Brazil)
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2016/09 | The effects of carbendazim on zebrafish embryos development and behavior. | XIV Congresso Brasileiro de Ecotoxicologia
(Curitiba – PR, Brazil)
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2015/03 | Effects of combined stress in the microbiome and biochemical markers of zebrafish embryos. | IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2015/03 | Lethal and Sub-lethal effects of Carbaryl to zebrafish embryos. | IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2014/09 | Zebrafish embryos tolerance under extreme environmental conditions | XIII Congresso Brasileiro de Ecotoxicologia
(Guarapari - ES, Brazil)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021/09/01 - Current | Seasonal shifts on the bacterial community of bivalves from Ria de Aveiro- potential ecological and economic impacts
Co-supervisor
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Master in Applied Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2020/11/03 - 2020/11/04 | Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2020 (online)
Conference
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Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal 2020 (online)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2020/06/24 - 2020/06/26 | Research Summit 2020 (online)
Conference
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Research Summit 2020 (online)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2020/05/03 - 2020/05/07 | SETAC SciCon Europe 30th Annual Meeting (online)
Conference
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SETAC SciCon Europe 30th Annual Meeting (online)
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, United States
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2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 | Microbiotec 19 (Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019)
Conference
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Microbiotec’19 Congress
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019/11/12 - 2019/11/12 | Class support to Dr. Inês Domingues in the Curricular Unit 48062- "Development Biology"
Other
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Class support to Dr. Inês Domingues in the Curricular Unit 48062- "Development Biology"
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/10/25 - 2019/10/25 | 1st Phd Meeting of Biology and Ecology of Global Changes doctoral program
Meeting
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1st Phd Meeting of Biology and Ecology of Global Changes doctoral program
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2019/07/08 - 2019/07/19 | Scientific monitor in Summer Academy 2019
Other
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Summer Academy
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/07/03 - 2019/07/05 | Research Summit 2019.
Conference
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Research Summit 2019.
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/05/26 - 2019/05/30 | BAGECO 15 (15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology) - "Ecosystem drivers in a changing planet"
Conference
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BAGECO 15 (15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology) |
2018/10/29 - 2018/10/30 | Workshop "Zebrafish facility management workshop" Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon (Portugal)
Workshop
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Zebrafish facility management workshop
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2018/07 - 2018/07 | Scientific monitor in Summer Academy 2018
Other
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Scientific monitor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016/05/10 - 2016/05/11 | Scientific monitor in "Competições Nacionais de Ciência 2016- Atividades paralelas" with the activity "À descoberta do peixe-zebra"
Other
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Scientific monitor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2015/07/10 - 2015/07/10 | Workshop "Nanomaterials: applications and risks", Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Workshop
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Nanomaterials: applications and risks
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2015/05/25 - 2015/05/26 | Short training at the zebrafish facility of Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon (Portugal)
Other
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Short training
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2015/05/03 - 2015/05/07 | SETAC Europe 25th annual meeting, Barcelona (Spain)
Conference
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SETAC Europe 25th annual meeting |
2015/03/30 - 2015/04/03 | IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas. Aveiro (Portugal)
Meeting
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IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológica |
2014/11/07 - 2014/11/07 | Workshop "Improving Zebrafish Husbandry: Understanding better research and Animal Welfare", Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown,
Lisbon (Portugal)
Workshop
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Improving Zebrafish Husbandry: Understanding better research and Animal Welfare
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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2014/07 - 2014/07 | Scientific monitor in Summer Academy 2014
Other
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Scientific Monitor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2014/05/11 - 2014/05/15 | SETAC Europe 24th annual meeting, Basel (Switzerland)
Congress
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SETAC Europe 24th annual meeting |
2013/11/04 - 2013/11/08 | Laboratory Animal Sciences – Aquatic Organisms (Ciências em animais de laboratório – Organismos aquáticos (CAL-AQUA), Interdisciplinary
Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), Porto (Portugal)
Workshop
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Laboratory Animal Sciences – Aquatic Organisms (Ciências em animais de laboratório – Organismos aquáticos (CAL-AQUA)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021/07/27 | Avaliação dos efeitos de toxicidade causados por Cuminum cyminum em embriões de peixe-zebra
(Thesis) Arguer
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Mara Borba (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2020/07/21 | Effects of Psychotria carthagenensis extracts on embryo development and swimming behavior of Danio Rerio
(Thesis) Arguer
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Sara Reis (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/05/15 - 2023/05/26 | Molecular Genetic | Licenciatura em Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde Centro Regional de Viseu, Portugal |
2023/05/15 - 2023/05/26 | Molecular Genetic | Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Dentária (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Saúde Centro Regional de Viseu, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2018 - 2019 | Characterization of tetracycline-resistant bacteria isolated from water and zebrafish skin | Barbara Alves |
2017 - 2018 | Antibiotics in aquatic systems: characterization of tetracycline-resistant bacteria isolated from water and zebrafish skin | Joana Soares |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2019 | FEMS Early Career Scientist grant- meeting attendance grant to Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019 (Microbiotec19) |
2016 | Best abstract submitted for oral presentation "The effects of carbendazim on zebrafish embryos development and behavior" Andrade, T; Henriques, J; Almeida, A.R.; Machado, A; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Domingues, I (2016) XIV Congresso Brasileiro de Ecotoxicologia |