Carmen Santos
Carmen Santos, PhD
Post-Doc
Name: Carmen Sofia Pedro dos Santos
ITQB NOVA – Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX)
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras – PORTUGAL
Tel: (351) 214 469 632 Fax: (351) 214 411 277
Keywords
Plant-pathogen interaction, Plant molecular breeding, Biotic Stress resistance, Linkage mapping, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Quantitative genetics, Disease resistance, Molecular markers.
Lathyrus spp., Castanea spp., Quercus spp.
Academic qualifications
2017 - PhD in Biology, Molecular Genetics, ITQB - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2010 – Master degree in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon
2008 – Bachelor degree in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon
Professional experience
March 2019 to present: Junior Researcher ITQB - Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Research Contract by Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support 2017 program
January 2018- February 2019- Post-Doc fellow in the project “DIVERSIFOOD – Embedding crop diversity and networking for local high quality food systems.”, at the Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX) Laboratory, ITQB, Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Carlota Vaz Patto
May 2017- December 2017- Post-Doc fellow in the project “LEGATO-LEGumes for the Agriculture of TOmorrow”, at the Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX) Laboratory, ITQB, Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Carlota Vaz Patto
March 2017- May 2017- Research fellowship in the project ALT20-03-0246-FEDER-000011 - NEW Cast Rootstocks, at Molecular Biology Lab at Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Rita Lourenço Costa
February 2013 – January 2017 - PhD student at Molecular Biology Lab at Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), and at the Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, ITQB, Oeiras. Project: “Genomic approaches to understand the genetic response to Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands in Castanea spp.” Supervisors: Rita Lourenço Costa and Prof. Pedro Fevereiro
May 2010- January 2013- Research fellowship in the project PTDC/AGR-CFL/101707/2008- “Understanding resistance to pathogenic fungi in Castanea spp.” at Molecular Biology Lab at Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Rita Lourenço Costa
August 2008 - September 2008 – Volunteer in the project "Measuring plant stress using leaf temperature and photosynthesis" at Molecular Ecophysiology Lab, ITQB, Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Miguel Costa
