Researh activities
2008- present. “Screening for stress responsive metabolites, B-18/08" Treaty of Windsor, Anglo-Portuguese Joint Research Programme
UK partner - Department of Chemistry of theUniversity of York (Jane Thomas-Oates and Carla António).
2008-present. “Annual Food crops with improved tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses” (KBBE-2007-1-2-01)
Project coordinator: Dr. Sven-Erik Jacobsen (Department of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Copenhagen).
2007-present. "The wild relatives of Beta: genetic diversity assessment and biochemical studies" (PTDC/AGR-AAM/73144/2006).
Principal Investigator: Maria Cristina Reis de Lima Duarte (IICT).
2007-present. Participation in the COST action FA0603 "Plant Proteomics in Europe - EUPP"
Principal contractor: Dr. Jenny Renaut (Centre de Reserche Public Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg).
2005-present. “Maize “broa” quality attributes: Identifying genes that affect the technological ability for bread production” (POCTI/AGR/57994/2004).
Principal Investigator: Carlota Vaz Patto (ITQB).
2004-2008. “Study of early stress events in plants”. Post-Doc Research. ITQB.
1999-2004. “Plant responses to water deficit”. Ph.D. Research. ITQB. Supervisor: Prof. Cândido Pinto Ricardo.
1998-1999. “Biochemical characterisation of Lupinus albus peroxidases”. Ph.D. Research. ITQB. Supervisor: Prof. Cândido Pinto Ricardo.
1995-1996. “Sucrose metabolism and neutral invertase purification in Lupinus albus (L.) seeds”. Master’s Degree Thesis. Instituto Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB). Supervisor: Prof. Cândido Pinto Ricardo.
1994. “Compartmentation studies in Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench (cv NK 405): Sugars and sucrose metabolizing enzymes in stem parenchyma cells”. Final year Experimental Report. Botanisches Institut, Universität zu Köln(Germany). Supervisor: Prof. Johannes Willenbrink.
1992-1993. “Apple Bitter pit. Consequences in sucrose metabolism and possible influence of Ca2+.” 4th year Experimental Report. Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal).
Supervisor: Prof. João Arrabaça.
