Pedro
Fevereiro, Team leader
Name: Manuel Pedro Salema
Fevereiro
Date of birth: 27/07/1959
Citizenship: Portuguese
ITQB – Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras – PORTUGAL
Tel: (351) 214 469 447 Fax: (351) 214 411 277
Academic qualifications
2003
1992
1982
Professional positions
Assistant Professor - Department of Plant Biology, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Head of Laboratory, Plant Cell Biotechnology Group - ITQB - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Senior
Researcher, Plant Biotechnology Program - Instituto de Biologia
Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)
Other appointments
Member of the National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences / Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida
President of the Centre for Biotechnology Information / CiB - Centro de Informação de Biotecnologia
President of the “Colégio de Biotecnologia” of the “Ordem dos Biólogos”
Research interests
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Plant genetic engineering
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Plant genomics and proteomics
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Plant molecular diversity and genetics
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Purification and characterization of plant enzymes
Current research projects
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“GRASP GRAPE WINE - Genomic Research-Assisted breeding for Sustainable Production of quality GRAPEs and WINE” - ERA-PG/0005/2006. European project - Portuguese coordinator: Pedro Fevereiro.
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“STRESSsRNA - Genome-wide analysis of short RNAs as modulators in dehydration stress tolerance using tolerant and genetic model systems” - ERA-PG/0001/2006. European project - Portuguese coordinator: Pedro Fevereiro.
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“Analysis of the breeding potential of fasciation traits in Portuguese maize landraces” - PTDC/AGR-AAM/70845/2006. Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator: Carlota Vaz Patto.
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“GenEglobwq - Scanning for candidate genes underlying a pulp yield QTL in Eucalyptus globulus” - PTDC/AGR-GPL/66564/2006. Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator: Jorge Paiva.
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“Geographic variation in water use efficiency among Pinus pinaster populations”. PTDC/AGR-CFL/74127/2006. Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator: Teresa Dinis.
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“EUDIGEN – Management of Eucalyptus globulus genetic diversity using molecular markers” Project promoter– SILVICAIMA. Funded by Agência de Inovação, Portugal. Project coordinator: Pedro Fevereiro.
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“Improving tolerance to water stress in legumes using the model Medicago truncatula” POCTI/BIO/56659/2004. Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator: Pedro Fevereiro.
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“Molecular markers for Portuguese pine wood quality” POCTI/AGR/56658/2004. Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator: Pedro Fevereiro.
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“Maize 'broa' quality attributes: Identifying genes that affect the technological ability for bread production”. POCI/AGR/57994/2004. Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator: Carlota Vaz Patto.
Earlier research contracts
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“Molecular characterisation and discrimination of 500 clones of Eucalyptus globulus from Celbi improved populations” CELBI/Stora Enso. 2001.
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“Application of molecular techniques to the characterisation of grape vine portuguese cultivars” AGRO/8.1/187/2001.
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“GEMINI - Genetic determinism of maritime pine and paper properties” nº QLK-CT-1999-00942 2000.
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“Study of the resistance of portuguese Olea europaea L. to Pseudomonas savastanoi” POCTI/36239/AGR/2000.
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“Purification, gene cloning and characterization of plant fucosyltransferases” POCTI/35679/EBB/1999.
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“Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: common features between actinorhizal and legume root nodules” POCTI/36191/BME/1999.
Publications (since 1999)
Campos A., Costa G., Coelho A.V., Fevereiro P. (2009) Identification of bacterial protein markers and enolase as a plant response protein in the infection of Olea europaea subsp. europaea by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi. European Journal of Plant Pathology 125: 603-616. [Abstract and full text links]
Confalonieri M., Cammareri M., Biazzi E., Pecchia P., Fevereiro M.P.S., Balestrazzi A., Tava A., Conicella C. (2009) Enhanced triterpene sapogenin biosynthesis and root nodulation in transgenic barrel medic (Medicago truncatula Gaertn.) expressing a novel β-amyrin synthase (AsOXA1) gene. Plant Biotecnhology Journal 7: 172-182. [Abstract and full text links]
Cunha J., Santos M.T., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2009) Portuguese traditional grapevine cultivars and wild vines (Vitis vinifera L.) share morphological and genetic traits. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (in press). [Abstract and full text links]
Nunes C., Araújo S.S., Silva J.M., Fevereiro P., Silva A.B. (2009) Photosynthesis light curves: a method for screening water deficit resistance in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Annals of Applied Biology 155: 321-332. [Abstract and full text links]
Paiva J.A.P., Garnier-Géré P.H., Rodrigues J.C., Alves A., Santos S., Graça J., Le Provost G., Chaumeil P., da Silva-Perez D., Bosc A., Fevereiro P., Plomion C. (2008) Plasticity of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) wood-forming tissues during a growing season. New Phytologist 179: 1180-1194. [Abstract and full text links]
Paiva J.A.P., Garcés M., Alves A., Garnier-Géré P., Rodrigues J.C., Lalanne C., Porcon S., Le Provost G., da Silva Perez D., Brach J., Frigerio J.-M., Claverol S., Barré A., Fevereiro P., Plomion C. (2008) Molecular and phenotypic profiling from the base to the crown in maritime pine wood-forming tissues. New Phytologist 178: 283-301. [Abstract and full text links]
Pires A.S., Cabral M.G., Fevereiro P., Stoger E., Abranches R. (2008) High levels of stable phytase accumulate in the culture medium of transgenic Medicago truncatula cell suspension cultures. Biotechnology Journal 3: 916-923. [Abstract and full text links]
Szittya G., Moxon S., Santos D.M., Jing R., Fevereiro M.P.S., Moulton V., Dalmay T. (2008) High-throughput sequencing of Medicago truncatula short RNAs identifies eight new miRNA families. BMC Genomics 9: 593. [Abstract and full text links]
Almadanim M.C., Baleiras-Couto M.M., Pereira H.S., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E., Morais L., Viegas W., Veloso M.M. (2007) Genetic diversity of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars most utilized for wine production in Portugal. VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research 46: 116-119.
Almeida A.M., Cardoso L.A., Santos D.M., Torné J.M., Fevereiro P.S. (2007) Trehalose and its applications in plant biotechnology. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 43: 167-177. [Abstract and full text links]
Almeida A.M., Santos M., Villalobos E., Araújo S.S., van Dijck P., Leyman B., Cardoso L.A., Santos D., Fevereiro P.S., Torné J.M. (2007) Immunogold localization study of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase in leaf segments of wild type and transgenic tobacco plants expressing the AtTPS1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. Protoplasma 230: 41-49. [Abstract and full text links]
Almeida A.A., Silva A.B., Araújo S.S., Cardoso L.A., Santos D.M., Torné J.M., Silva J.M., Paul M.J., Fevereiro P.S. (2007) Responses to water withdrawal of tobacco plants genetically engineered with the AtTPS1 gene: a special reference to photosynthetic parameters. Euphytica 154: 113–126. [Abstract and full text links]
Almeida A.M., Villalobos E., Araújo S.S., Cardoso L.A., Santos D.M., Santos M.A., Fevereiro P.S., Torné J.M. (2007) Electroporation of maize embryogenic calli with the trehalose-6 phosphate synthase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 29: 273–281. [Abstract and full text links]
Cunha J., Cunha J.P., Carneiro L.C., Fevereiro P., Eiras-Dias J.E. (2007) Carpometric measurements of seeds in the identification of wild ancestors of Vitis vinifera L. Journal of Viticulture and Enology 22: 29-34.
Delgado A., Arroyo López F.N., Brito D., Peres C., Fevereiro P.S., Garrido-Fernández A. (2007) Optimum bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum 17.2b requires absence of NaCl and apparently follows a mixed metabolite kinetics. Journal of Biotechnology 130: 193-201. [Abstract and full text links]
Duque A.S., Araújo S.S., Cordeiro M.A., Santos D.M., Fevereiro M.P. (2007) Use of fused gfp and gus reporters for the recovery of transformed Medicago truncatula somatic embryos without selective pressure. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 90: 325-330. [Abstract and full text links]
Gallão M.I., Cortelazzo A.L., Fevereiro M.P.S., Brito E.S. (2007) Response to chitin in suspension-cultured Citrus aurantium cells. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology 19: 69-76. [Abstract and full text links]
Zhang C.H., Fevereiro P.S. (2007) The effect of heat shock on paclitaxel production in Taxus yunnanensis cell suspension cultures: Role of abscisic acid pretreatment. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 96: 506-514. [Abstract and full text links]
Zhang C.H., Fevereiro P.S., He G.Y., Chen Z.J. (2007) Enhanced paclitaxel productivity and release capacity of Taxus chinensis cell suspension cultures adapted to chitosan. Plant Science 172: 158-163. [Abstract and full text links]
Duque A.S., Pires A.S., Santos D.M., Fevereiro P. (2006) Efficient somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from long-term cell suspension cultures of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology: Plant 42: 270-273. [Abstract and full text links]
Abranches R., Marcel S., Arcalis E., Altmann F., Fevereiro P., Stoger E. (2005) Plants as bioreactors: a comparative study suggests that Medicago truncatula is a promising production system. Journal of Biotechnology 120: 121-134. [Abstract and full text links]
Almeida A.M., Villalobos E., Araújo S.S., Leyman B., van Dijk P., Alfaro-Cardoso L., Fevereiro P., Torné J.M., Santos D.M. (2005) Transformation of tobacco with an Arabidopsis thaliana gene involved in trehalose biosynthesis increases tolerance to several abiotic stresses. Euphytica 146: 165-176. [Abstract and full text links]
Campos A., Rijo-Johansen M.J., Carneiro M.F., Fevereiro P.S. (2005) Purification and preliminary characterisation of Adenosine nucleosidase from Coffea arabica young leaves. Phytochemistry 66: 147-151. [Abstract and full text links]
Castilho A., Cunha M., Afonso A.R., Morais-Cecílio L., Fevereiro P.S., Viegas W. (2005) Genomic characterization and physical mapping of two fucosyltransferases in Medicago truncatula. Genome/Génome 48: 168-176. [Abstract and full text links]
Delgado A., Brito D., Fevereiro P., Tenreiro R., Peres C. (2005) Bioactivity quantification of crude bacteriocin solutions. Journal of Microbiological Methods 62: 121-124. [Abstract and full text links]
Araújo S.S., Duque A.S.R.L.A., Santos D.M.M.F., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2004) An efficient transformation method to regenerate a high number of transgenic plants using a new embryogenic line of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 78: 123-131. [Abstract and full text links]
Duque A.S.R.L.A., Araújo S.S., Santos D.M.M.F., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2004) Optimisation of a selection scheme using kanamycin to improve transformation of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 78: 277-280. [Abstract and full text links]
Gemas
V.J.V.,
Almadanim M.C., Tenreiro R.,
Martins A., Fevereiro P. (2004)
Genetic
diversity in the Olive tree (Olea
europaea subsp. europaea L.) cultivated in Portugal
revealed by RAPD
and ISSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51: 501-511.
[Abstract
and full text links]
Svistoonoff S., Laplaze L., Liang J., Ribeiro A., Gouveia M.C., Auguy F., Fevereiro P., Franche C., Bogusz D. (2004) Infection-related activation of the cg12 promoter is conserved between actinorhizal and legume-rhizobia root nodule symbioses. Plant Physiology 136: 3191-3197. [Abstract and full text links]
Vaz Patto M.C., Pêgo S., Satovic Z., Fevereiro P. (2004) Assessing the genetic diversity of Portuguese maize germplasm using microsatellite markers. Euphytica 137: 63-72. [Abstract and full text links]
Almeida, A.M., Araújo, S., Cardoso, L.A., Fevereiro, P., Torné, J.M., Santos, D. (2003) Genetic engineering of maize towards desiccation tolerance: electroporation with the trehalose gene. Genetika 35: 111-121.
Cantón F.R., Le Provost G., Garcia V., Barré A., Frigerio J.-M., Paiva J., Fevereiro P., Ávila C., Mouret J.-F., Brach J., de Daruvar A., Cánovas F.M., Plomion C. (2003) Transcriptome analysis of wood formation in maritime pine. In: Sustainable Forestry, Wood Products & Biotechnology, BIOFOR proceedings.
Santos D.M.M.F., Araújo S.S., Duque A.S.R.L., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2003) Reverse transcription-PCR assay to verify gene integrity within plasmid constructs for plant transformation. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 74: 293-296. [Abstract and full text links]
Gemas V.J.V., Rijo-Johansen M.J., Fevereiro P. (2002) Intra-variability of the Portuguese Olive cultivar Galega Vulgar expressed by RAPD, ISSR and SPAR. Acta Horticulturae 586: 175-178. [Abstract and full text links]
Pedro A.J.E., Fevereiro P.S., Serralheiro M.L., Aires-Barros M.R. (2002) Study of the stability of Vaccinium myrtillus peroxidase in reverse micellar systems. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation 20: 129-135. [Abstract and full text links]
Santos D., Fevereiro P. (2002) Loss of DNA methylation affects somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 70: 155-161. [Abstract and full text links]
Palma A.S., Vila-Verde C., Pires A.S., Fevereiro P.S., Costa J. (2001) A novel plant α4-fucosyltransferase (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) synthetises the Lewisa adhesion determinant. FEBS Letters 499: 235-238. [Abstract and full text links]
Brito E.S., Pezoa Garcia N.H., Gallão M.I., Cortelazzo A.L., Fevereiro P.S., Braga, M.R. (2001) Structural and chemical changes in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) during fermentation, drying and roasting. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 81: 281-288. [Abstract and full text links]
Neves L.O., Tomaz L., Fevereiro M.P.S. (2001) Micropropagation of Medicago truncatula Gaertn. cv. Jemalong and Medicago truncatula ssp. Narbonensis. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 67: 81-84. [Abstract and full text links]
Delgado A., Brito D., Fevereiro P., Peres C., Figueiredo Marques J. (2001) Antimicrobial activity of L. plantarum, isolated from a traditional lactic acid fermentation of table olives. Le Lait 81: 203-215. [Abstract and full text links]
Stazi
S.R., Fevereiro
P., Sermanni G.G.,
Aires Barros R. (2001)
Oxidative
polymerization and partial dechlorination of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by a
mixture
of peroxidase isozymes from Vaccinium myrtillus. Journal of
Chemical
Technology and Biotechnology 76: 210-214.
[Abstract
and full text links]
Gemas
V.J.V.,
Rijo-Johansen M.J., Tenreiro R., Fevereiro
P. (2000)
Inter
and
intra-varietal
analysis of three Olea europaea L. cultivars using the RAPD
technique. The Journal of
Horticulture Science and Biotechnology 75: 312-319.
[Abstract
and full text links]
Morna-Gomes A., Serralheiro M.L., Fevereiro P.S., Aires-Barros M.R. (1999) Application of factorial design to the optimization of peroxidase activity in reverse micelles of bis(2-ethylhexyl)sodium sulfosuccinate/isooctane. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 82: 27-36. [Abstract and full text links]
Neves L.O., Duque S.R.L., Almeida J.S., Fevereiro P. (1999) Repetitive somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula ssp. Narbonensis and M. truncatula Gaernt cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell Reports 18: 398-405. [Abstract and full text links]