Cláudia Lopes
Cláudia Lopes, MSc
Research fellow
PhD student
Name: Cláudia Isabel Rodrigues Lopes
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
Abiotic stress (Heat stress, Drought stress), Seed development, Plant molecular biology, RNA Sequencing, Histology, Phytohormone regulation
Zea mays, Phaseolus vulgaris, Arabidopsis thaliana
Academic qualifications
2020 -Post-Graduation degree: StartUp Research, Nova School of Business and Economics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
2017 -Master degree in Marine Resources Biotechnology, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
2015 -Bachelor degree in Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
Professional experience
May 2023 to present: Research fellow (BI fellow) in the project “PRIMA/0014/2020: DROMAMED - Capitalization of Mediterranean maize germplasm for improving stress tolerance”, Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX) Laboratory, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras. Supervisor: Dr. Carlota Vaz Patto
December 2022 – May 2023: Research fellow (BI fellow) in the project “POCI-46-2021-11 - Knowledge Circle”, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche. Supervisor: Dr. Maria Manuel Gil
March 2018 - present: Plants for Life Ph.D. student with the project “A molecular approach to understand the transition from embryo development to seed filling in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”, Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras. Supervisors: Dr. Susana Araújo and Dr. Pedro Fevereiro
September 2016 – November 2017: Master student. Thesis " The interaction between the energy and Gibberellin signaling pathway - a molecular approach” in the project “PTDC/BIAPLA/7143/2014: Integration of carbon and hormone signaling in plants”, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Polytechnic of Leiria, Peniche. Supervisor: Dr. Américo Rodrigues
