Alba Rodríguez Díez (4C16-9E8C-7F24)

Curriculum Vitae

Alba Rodríguez Díez

Alba R. Díez obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Universidade da Coruña (Spain) in 2013 and then completed 1 year of a Master's Degree in Biotechnology from Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). In 2014, she was awarded a fellowship from Xunta de Galicia that allowed her to carry out an internship in Philip Wigge's group at the Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge (SLCU), followed by an internship in Katja Jaeger's group at the same Institute. She then became a Junior Laboratory technician in Philip Wigge's group and later on in Yrjo Helariutta's group, also at SLCU. In 2016, Alba Díez moved to Portugal after being accepted in the highly competitive Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) PhD Programme in Integrative Biology and Biomedicine. She joined Paula Duque's group in 2017, where her thesis work is addressing the contribution of alternative splicing and chromatin dynamics to the stress tolerance of the plant model Arabidopsis thaliana. Since beginning her PhD, she attended 7 meetings to present her results, including the 2019 Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) Annual Meeting in Sevilla, the FV2019 in Pamplona, the 2nd PhD Meeting in Plant Science (online) and the Plant Biology Europe 2021 meeting. She has received three travel grants to attend scientific meetings, a best poster award as well as a best oral communication, best flash-talk and a runner-up best oral communication awards. She also co-organized an international PhD meeting and contributed to 8 science outreach events. She has published a first author publication in The Plant Journal, and a first author and second author publications in Methods in Molecular Biology. Her PhD thesis defence is expected in 2024.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Alba Rodríguez Díez
Data de nascimento: 1991/12/10

Nomes de citação

Díez, Alba R.

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: 4C16-9E8C-7F24
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6497-2269

Endereços de correio eletrónico

adiez@igc.gulbenkian.pt (Profissional)

Telefones

Telefone

211157704 (Profissional)

Moradas

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/albadiez (Profissional)
https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/pduque/ (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Fitologia
Ciências Exatas - Ciências da Computação e da Informação - Bioinformática

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão
Espanhol; Castelhano (Idioma materno)
Galego (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Português	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2016 - 2021 Em curso	IGC PhD Programme in Integrative Biology and Biomedicine 2016 (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/06 Frequentou	Biotechnology (1 year completed) (Master) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Facultad de Farmacia, Espanha	8.47/10
2009/09 - 2013/07 Concluído	Biology (Bachelor) Universidade da Coruña Facultade de Ciencias, Espanha "Análisis Biogeográfico de las especies Sudafricanas del género Anthoxanthum L." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	6.72/10

Percurso profissional

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2016/01 - Atual	PhD Student in Paula Duque's Group - Contribution of alternative splicing and chromatin dynamics to the stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/03 - 2015/10	Junior Laboratory Technician in Prof. Yrjo Helariutta's Group - Experimental support to laboratory members in ongoing projects on the fields of molecular biology, genetics and histology	University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido

2014/12 - 2015/02	Junior Laboratory Technician in Dr. Philip Wigge's Group - Experimental support to different laboratory members in ongoing projects on the fields of molecular biology and biochemistry	University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido

2014/09 - 2014/11	Intern in Dr. Katja Jaeger's Group - Experimental support to laboratory members in ongoing projects on the fields of molecular biology, genetics and histology	University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido

2014/06 - 2014/08	Summer Intern in Dr. Philip Wigge's Group - H2A.Z histone variant containing nucleosomes and its relationship with temperature perception	University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido
	Xunta de Galicia, Espanha
2012/12 - 2013/06	Undergraduate Student in the Plant Physiology Department	Universidade da Coruña Facultade de Ciencias, Espanha

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2016/01 - Atual	Contribution of alternative splicing and chromatin dynamics to the stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana PD/BD/114348/2016 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2021/03 - Atual	Translational regulation of a plant heavy metal transporter by Open Reading Frames (uORFs) PTDC/ASP-PLA/6105/2020 Outra Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/10 - Atual	Role of alternative splicing in cell expansion and plant growth under abiotic stress PTDC/BIA-BID/30608/2017 Outra Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2018/06 - Atual	Posttranscriptional regulation of ABA-dependent stress responses during early plant development PTDC/BIA-FBT/31018/2017 Outra Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2016/07 - 2019/12	Alternative splicing and SR proteins in ABA-mediated stress responses PTDC/BIA-PLA/1084/2014 Outra Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista	Díez, Alba R.; Szakonyi, Dóra; Lozano-Juste, Jorge; Duque, Paula. "Alternative splicing as a driver of natural variation in abscisic acid response". The Plant Journal (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16773. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1111/tpj.16773
Capítulo de livro	Albuquerque-Martins, Rui; Díez, Alba Rodríguez; Szakonyi, Dóra; Duque, Paula. "Assessing Postgermination Development in Arabidopsis thaliana Under Abiotic Stress". In Environmental Responses in Plants, 207-215. New York, Estados Unidos: Humana, 2022. Publicado • 10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_14 Alba Rodríguez Díez; Paula Duque; Rossana Henriques. "Assessing Abscisic Acid-Mediated Changes in Stomatal Aperture Through High-Quality Leaf Impressions". 217-227. Springer {US, 2022. 10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_15
Poster em conferência	Díez, Alba R.. "Alternative Splicing and Natural Variance Sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana Abscisic Acid Sensitivity". Trabalho apresentado em 17th Hispano-Portuguese Congress in Plant Biology, 2021. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Alternative splicing regulation of stress responses in arabidopsis - a link to chromatin?". Trabalho apresentado em Society for Experimental Biology 2019 Annual Meeting, Seville, Spain, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Using natural variance in arabidopsis to explore the role of alternative splicing and chromatin dynamics in plant stress tolerance". Trabalho apresentado em Ciência 2019 - Science and Technology in Portugal Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Exploring natural variance in arabidopsis ABA sensitivity to unravel the role of alternative splicing and chromatin in plant stress tolerance". Trabalho apresentado em 16th Hispano-Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology, Pamplona, Spain, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Exploring natural variance in arabidopsis ABA sensitivity to unravel the role of alternative splicing in plant stress tolerance". Trabalho apresentado em 1st PhD Meeting in Plant Science, Pamplona, Spain, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "The link between alternative splicing and chromatin in the regulation of plant stress responses (Best poster)". Trabalho apresentado em 8th National RNA Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Contribution of alternative splicing and chromatin dynamics to the stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana". Trabalho apresentado em 12th Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian Students, 2018. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Contribution of alternative splicing and chromatin dynamics to the stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana". Trabalho apresentado em IGC Symposium 2017: Plant RNA Biology, 2017. Díez, Alba R.; Brestovitsky, Anna; Wigge, Philip. "The structural basis for the unique properties of H2A.Z". Trabalho apresentado em University of Cambridge Plant Science Department Summer Interns Poster Session, 2014.
Resumo em conferência	Díez, Alba R.. "Oral presentation - ABA-induced gene expression and splicing responses in two Arabidopsis thaliana natural variants with different sensitivities to the hormone". Trabalho apresentado em XVIII Portuguese Spanish Congress of Plant Biology - Iberian Plant Biology 2023, Braga, 2023. Díez, Alba R.. "Flash Talk - Alternative Splicing and Natural Variance in Arabidopsis thaliana abscisic acid sensitivity". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd PhD Meeting in Plant Science, Vigo, 2021. Díez, Alba R.. "Loss of function of an arabidopsis ortholog of the mammalian MRG15 adaptor protein connecting splicing to chromatin leads to defective abscisic acid signaling". Trabalho apresentado em Plant Biology Europe 2021, Turin, 2021. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Pecha Kucha talk - Alternative splicing regulation of stress responses in arabidopsis - a link to chromatin?". Trabalho apresentado em Society for Experimental Biology 2019 Annual Meeting, Seville, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Oral Presentation - Exploring natural variance in arabidopsis ABA sensitivity to unravel the role of alternative splicing and chromatin in plant stress tolerance". Trabalho apresentado em Young People in Plant Science Session - 16th Hispano-Portuguese Congress in Plant Physiology, Pamplona, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Oral Presentation - Exploring natural variance in arabidopsis ABA sensitivity to unravel the role of alternative splicing in adaptation to stress (Best oral communication)". Trabalho apresentado em 1st PhD Meeting in Plant Science, Pamplona, 2019. Díez, Alba R.; Duque, Paula. "Oral Presentation - Crosstalk between alternative splicing and chromatin in the regulation of abiotic stress responses (Runner-up best oral communication)". Trabalho apresentado em 13th Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian PhD Students, Azores, 2019.
Tese / Dissertação	Díez, Alba. "Análisis biogeográfico de las especies sudafricanas del genero "Anthoxanthum L."". Licenciatura, Universidade da Coruña, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2183/11609.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/07	ABA-induced gene expression and splicing responses in two Arabidopsis thaliana natural variants with different sensitivities to the hormone	Iberian Plant Biology Congress 2023 (Braga, Portugal)
2021/07	Alternative Splicing and Natural Variance in Arabidopsis thaliana Abscisic Acid Sensitivity (Best Flash Talk)	2nd PhD Meeting in Plant Science (Vigo, Espanha)
2021/06	Loss of function of an arabidopsis ortholog of the mammalian MRG15 adaptor protein connecting splicing to chromatin leads to defective abscisic acid signaling	Plant Biology Europe 2021
2019/07/02	Alternative splicing regulation of stress responses in arabidopsis - a link to chromatin?	Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting Society for Experimental Biology (Sevilla, Espanha)
2019/06/26	Exploring natural variance in arabidopsis ABA sensitivity to unravel the role of alternative splicing and chromatin in plant stress tolerance	Young People in Plant Science Session - 16th Hispano-Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology Spanish Society of Plant Physiology (Pamplona, Espanha)
2019/06/25	Exploring natural variance in arabidopsis ABA sensitivity to unravel the role of alternative splicing in adaptation to stress (Best oral presentation)	1st PhD Meeting in Plant Science - FV 2019 Satellite Meeting Spanish Society of Plant Physiology (Pamplona, Espanha)
2019/03/13	Crosstalk between alternative splicing and chromatin in the regulation of abiotic stress responses (Runner-up best oral presentation)	13th Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian Students Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Azores, Portugal)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2017/05/28 - 2017/05/31	11th Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian PhD Students (2017 - 2017) Encontro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2019/07/25 - 2019/07/25	Job Shadowing Programme Oficina (workshop)	Outreach Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2018/07/26 - 2018/07/26	IGC Undergraduate Summer School Oficina (workshop)	Post-transcriptional regulation of plants responses to environmental stress Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/07/16 - 2015/07/16	Festival of Plants Exposição	Outreach University of Cambridge, Reino Unido
2015/07/10 - 2015/07/10	Careers Day in Plant Sciences Oficina (workshop)	Outreach University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido
2015/03/14 - 2015/03/14	Cambridge Science Festival Exposição	Outreach University of Cambridge, Reino Unido
2015/03/06 - 2015/03/06	Science Festival School Road Show Oficina (workshop)	Outreach University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido
2014/10/18 - 2014/10/18	Cambridge Big Biology Day Exposição	Outreach Hills Road Sixth Form College, Reino Unido
2014/08/14 - 2014/08/14	Sutton Trust Summer School Oficina (workshop)	Outreach University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, Reino Unido
2011/05/07 - 2011/05/07	Science on the Street Day Exposição	Outreach Universidade da Coruña Facultade de Ciencias, Espanha

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2019 - Atual	Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)	Member
2019 - Atual	Spanish Society of Plant Physiology "Sociedad Española de Fisiología Vegetal" (SEFV)	Member
2019 - Atual	Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology	Member

Distinções

Prémio

2021	Best Flash Talk - 2nd PhD Meeting in Plant Science (Vigo, SP) Spanish Society of Plant Physiology, Espanha
2021	Travel Grant - 17th Hispano-Portugues Congress in Plant Biology Spanish Society of Plant Physiology, Espanha
2019	Best Oral Communication - 1st PhD Meeting in Plant Science (Pamplona, SP)
2019	Runner-up Best Oral Communication - Annual Meeting of Gulbenkian PhD Students (Azores, PT)
2019	Travel Grant - 16th Hispano-Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology
2018	Best Poster - 8th National RNA Meeting (Porto, PT)
2018	Travel Grant - 8th National RNA Meeting (Porto, PT)
2016	PhD Fellowship (SFRH/ PD/BD/114348/2016) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2014	Galeuropa Internship Programme - Summer Internship at University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory (Cambridge, UK) Xunta de Galicia, Espanha