Tânia Raquel Domingues de Almeida

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PhD student at Universidade de Aveiro and CEBAL (Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo). Thesis: “Molecular regulation of cork development – role of the QsMYB1 transcription factor” supervised by Doutora Sónia Gonçalves  and Prof. Conceição Santos.

Previous activities

2006-2008 Master student at the laboratory of Biotechnology and Cytometry, Biology Department, Universidade de Aveiro.

2004-2005 R&D technician at MEDINFAR (pharmaceutical company), where she was responsible for the development and validation of analytical methods for raw material and end product analysis.

2002-2004 Research fellow at Unidade de Proteínas e Anticorpos Monoclonais, INETI (Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial) where she worked on the project “Searching for Nitrile Hydratase in Rhizobium”.

Academic degrees

2008 Master (MSc) in Molecular Microbiology, Universidade de Aveiro. Thesis: “Toxicidade de cimentos ósseos de base acrílica: estudos in vitro” supervised by Prof. Conceição Santos and Prof. Rui Nunes Correia.

2002 “Licenciatura” degree in Applied Chemistry to Biotechnology, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Scientific interests

- Molecular regulation of cork biosynthesis

- Plant functional studies

- Gene expression analysis

- Plant response to abiotic stress

Present research group

AgroGenomics group (CEBAL)

Stress biology  (Biology Department, Universidade de Aveiro)

Present projects

Team member in:

Phellogen development and stress response in cork oak - the role of the  transcription factor MYB68 (PTDC/AGR_GPL/118856/2010). Principal investigator: Sónia Gonçalves, CEBAL.

GenoSuber – sequencing cork oak’s genome. Ref. ALENT-57-2011-20. Principal investigator: Sónia Gonçalves, CEBAL

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

Biobased ternary films of thermoplastic starch, bacterial nanocellulose and gallic acid for active food packaging

Almeida, T; Karamysheva, A; Valente, BFA; Silva, JM; Braz, M; Almeida, A; Silvestre, AJD; Vilela, C; Freire, CSR
2023, FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS, 144.

Bioactive Bacterial Nanocellulose Membranes Enriched with Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Leaves Aqueous Extract for Anti-Aging Skin Care Applications

Almeida, T; Moreira, P; Sousa, FJ; Pereira, C; Silvestre, AJD; Vilela, C; Freire, CSR
2022, MATERIALS, 15, 5.

Pinus elliottii and P. elliottii x P. caribaea hybrid differently cope with combined drought and heat episodes

Dias, MC; de Oliveira, JMPF; Marum, L; Pereira, V; Almeida, T; Nunes, S; Araujo, M; Moutinho-Pereira, J; Correia, CM; Santos, C
2022, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 176.

Bacterial Nanocellulose toward Green Cosmetics: Recent Progresses and Challenges

Almeida, T; Silvestre, AJD; Vilela, C; Freire, CSR
2021, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 22, 6.
ISBN: 1422-0067

Exposure to Cr(VI) induces organ dependent MSI in two loci related with photophosphorylation and with glutamine metabolism

Rodriguez, E; Azevedo, R; Remedios, C; Almeida, T; Fernandes, P; Santos, C
2013, JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 170, 5, 534-538.

Molecular characterization of Quercus suber MYB1, a transcription factor up-regulated in cork tissues

Almeida, T; Menendez, E; Capote, T; Ribeiro, T; Santos, C; Goncalves, S
2013, JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 170, 2, 172-178.

QsMYB1 expression is modulated in response to heat and drought stresses and during plant recovery in Quercus suber

Almeida, T; Pinto, G; Correia, B; Santos, C; Goncalves, S
2013, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 73, 274-281.

Preliminary evaluation of the in vitro cytotoxicity of PMMA-co-EHA bone cement

Almeida, T; Ferreira, BJML; Loureiro, J; Correia, RN; Santos, C
2011, MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 31, 3, 658-662.

Searching for nitrile hydratase using the consensus-degenerate hybrid oligonucleotide primers strategy

Lourenco, PML; Almeida, T; Mendonca, D; Simoes, F; Novo, C
2004, JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY, 44, 3, 203-214.

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