Susana S. Neves, PhD

Name:  Susana Maria Sousa Silva Neves
Date of birth:  07/07/1966
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) 214 469 614   Fax: (+351) 214 411 277



Keywords

Plant systematics.  Evolution.  Molecular phylogeny.  DNA sequences.  Plant morphology.  Herbarium.

Bupleurum,  Apiaceae;  Eleusine,  Chloridoideae,  Poaceae;  Fabaceae;  Menispermaceae.

 

Academic qualifications

2000	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
1993	Licentiate in Biology, Scientific Research, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
1988	Licentiate in Biology, Educational, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.

Professional experience

Sep. 2007-present	Postdoctoral Fellow, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Aug. 2006-Aug. 2007	Research Associate (postdoctoral position), Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
Oct. 2002-Jul. 2006	Postdoctoral Fellow, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
Mar.-Sep. 2002	Postdoctoral Fellow, IBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal.
Jan. 2001-Jan. 2002	Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA.
1996-1998, 2000	Demonstrator (teaching assistant - part-time), ICMB - Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
1995-1999	PhD student, ICMB, University of Edinburgh, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK.
1993-1994	Invited Assistant (teaching assistant - part-time), Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.
1993-1995	Monitor (teaching assistant), Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
1988-1992	Secondary School Teacher, Escola Secundária de Ourém, Portugal.
1987-1988	Secondary School Teacher (in training), Escola Secundária D. Duarte, Coimbra, Portugal.

Scientific expertise

• Phylogenetic analysis of sequence data
• DNA sequencing and analysis of PCR fragments
• Plant anatomy and SEM study
• Plant classification, nomenclature and typification
• Plant identification and morphological study
• Herbarium work
• Field botanical survey
• Floristics

Research projects and collaborations

• Systematics and evolution in the genus Bupleurum (Apiaceae) – in collaboration with Mark Watson (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK) and Michael Pimenov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia).

• Phylogenetic relationships in subfamily Chloridoideae (Poaceae) based on DNA sequences – in collaboration with Khidir Hilu (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA), Larry Alice (Western Kentucky University, USA), and Diaga Diouf (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal).

• Molecular phylogeny and genetic diversity in the genus Eleusine (Poaceae) – in collaboration with W. Vance Baird and Ginger Swire-Clark (Clemson University, South Carolina, USA), and Khidir Hilu (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA).

• Phylogeny and systematics of Menispermaceae (the moonseed family) - in collaboration with Sara Hoot (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

            

Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H. Wilson                                Strychnopsis thouarsii Baill.          

                                                                                               - sectioned fruit (endocarp and seed) -

  

• Phylogeny and evolution of the Ranunculales - in collaboration with Sara Hoot (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA).

• Biodiversity and DNA barcoding: the importance of botanical collections (Treaty of Windsor Programme) - in collaboration with Mary Gibby, David Long, Mark Watson and Daniella Schill (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK), Stephen Jury (University of Reading, UK), and Manuela Costa (Universidade do Minho, Portugal).

Research grants

• 2009-2010. Treaty of Windsor Programme/ Acção Integrada Luso-Britânica, grant nº B-21-09. Project: “Biodiversity and DNA barcoding: the importance of botanical collections”. CRUP, Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas. Coordinators: Susana Neves (ITQB, Portugal) and Mary Gibby (RBGE, UK).

• 2009. Flora of North America microgrant (work visits to Harvard University Herbaria, Yale University, New York Botanical Garden and Missouri Botanical Garden). Flora of North America Association.

• 2009. Conference participation grant (Botany and Mycology 2009, Utah, USA). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

• 2008. SYNTHESYS project, grant nº GB-TAF-3802. Project: “Taxonomic revision of the ‘Falcatum’ species group in the genus Bupleurum (Apiaceae)”.  European Union-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. Project leader: Susana Neves.   SYNTHESYS website

• 2008. Conference participation grant (6th International Symposium on Apiales, Moscow, Russia). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

• 2007-2010. Postdoctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/26669/2006). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

• 2005. Conference participation grant (XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

• 2004-2005. Acção Integrada Luso-Espanhola, grant nº E-95/04. Participant in the project “Breeding and biotechnological approaches for the reintroduction of Lathyrus in Mediterranean farming systems”. CRUP, Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas. Portuguese Coordinator: Carlota Vaz Patto.

• 2004. Conference participation grants (Botany 2004, Utah, USA). Luso-American Foundation and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

• 2002-2006. Postdoctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/9366/2002). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

• 1998. Field collection grant (fieldwork in Spain). Davis Expedition Fund, University of Edinburgh, UK.

• 1996-1997. Travel grants to work in the Montpellier and Paris herbaria. James Rennie Bequest, University of Edinburgh, UK.

• 1995-1999. Doctoral scholarship (BD/4057/94), Program Praxis XXI. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

 

Publications

Neves S.S., Weakley A.S., Cox P.B. (2009) Bupleurum gerardii All. (Apiaceae), an addition to the North American flora, with comments on the treatment of aliens in floras. Castanea 74: 424-433.   [Abstract and full text links]

Hoot S.B., Zautke H., Harris D.J., Crane. P.R., Neves S.S. (2009) Phylogenetic patterns in Menispermaceae based on multiple chloroplast sequence data. Systematic Botany 34: 44-56.   [Abstract and full text links]

Matter A.M., Hoot S.B., Anderson P.D., Neves S.S., Cheng Y.-Q. (2009) Valinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces: conservation, ecology and evolution. PLoS ONE 4(9): e7194.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S.S., Swire-Clark G., Hilu K.W., Baird W.V. (2005) Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT-trnF sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 395-419.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S.S., Watson M.F. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships in Bupleurum (Apiaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequence data. Annals of Botany 93: 379-398.   [Abstract and full text links]

Neves S. (2003) Bupleurum L. (Umbelliferae-Apioideae). In: G. Nieto Feliner, S.L. Jury, A. Herrero, eds. Flora iberica, Vol. 10: 240-265. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.   [Bupleurum in Flora iberica - pdf file]     [Flora iberica web site]

Neves S.S. (2003) Typification of some taxa of Bupleurum L. (Umbelliferae). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 60: 457-458.  [pdf file]

Neves S. (2002) Bupleurum L. (Apiaceae). In: B. Valdés, M. Rejdali, A. Achhal El Kadmiri, S.L. Jury, J.M. Montserrat, eds. Checklist of Vascular Plants of N Morocco with Identification Keys, Vol. 1: 452-454. CSIC, Madrid.

Neves S.S. (2000) Taxonomy and Evolution in Bupleurum L. (Umbelliferae) in the W Mediterranean and Macaronesia. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, UK.

 

Presentations in international conferences  /  Published abstracts

 

Neves S.S.* (2009) Morphology, chromosome numbers and molecular evidence: problems in species circumscription in Bupleurum (Apiaceae). Botany and Mycology 2009, Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.   [Abstract]

Neves S.S.*, Fevereiro P.S., Watson M.F. (2008) The perennials of the genus Bupleurum (Apiaceae) in Eurasia: progress in the understanding of the complex ‘Falcatum’ group. Apiales 2008 - 6th International Symposium on Apiales, Programme and Proceedings. Moscow, Russia.

Hoot S.B.*, Wulff J.A., Neves S.S. (2008) Phylogeny of Ranunculales based on multiple sequence data and morphology. Botany 2008, Abstracts. Botanical Society of America and Canadian Botanical Association. Vancouver, Canada.   [Abstract]

Neves S.S.*, Hoot S.B. (2007) Systematics and evolution of Menispermaceae based on plastid DNA sequences. Plant Biology and Botany 2007, Abstracts. Botanical Society of America and American Society of Plant Biology. Chicago, USA.   [Abstract]

Neves S.S.*, Watson M.F. (2005) Systematics and evolution in Bupleurum: current knowledge and research challenges. Apiales V Symposium, Abstracts. Institute of Botany, Vienna, Austria.

Neves S.S., Kenicer G.J., Fevereiro P., Vaz Patto M.C. (2005) Phylogeny and systematics of the genus Lathyrus L. (Fabaceae): evidence from nuclear ITS sequences (Poster). XVII International Botanical Congress, Abstracts. Vienna, Austria.

Neves S.S.*, Swire-Clark G., Hilu K.W., Baird W.V. (2004) Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequence analyses. Botany 2004, Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.   [Abstract]

Neves S.S., Alice L.A.*, Hilu K.W. (2002) The root of the Chloridoideae (Poaceae) revisited: a preliminary assessment based on trnT-trnF and matK sequences. Botany 2002, Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. Madison, Wisconsin, USA.   [Abstract]

Neves S.S.*, Watson M.F. (2001) Phylogeny of Bupleurum (Apiaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Botany 2001, Abstracts. Botanical Society of America. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.   [Abstract]

Baird W.V., Swire-Clark G., Neves S.S., St. John A., Patel P., Yarrow L., Hilu K.W. (2001) Evolution in Eleusine with emphasis on polyploid species using ITS and trnT-F sequence information (Poster). Botany 2001: Plants and People. Botanical Society of America. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.   [Abstract]

(*) Presenting author - Oral presentation