Francisco A. Mendes
Francisco Azevedo Mendes, MSc
PhD student
Name: Francisco Maria Beja da Costa de Azevedo Mendes
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
Biotic stress resistance, pea aphid, genome-wide association, Lathyrus sativus L., nutritional quality, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Academic qualifications
2022 - Master degree in Biotechnology for Sustainability, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
2019 - Bachelor degree in Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Professional experience
October 2022 - present: Plants for Life PhD student with the project “Understanding the genetic control and mechanisms of resistance to pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum H.) in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)”.
June - September 2022: Research internship; JAE Intro program scholarship from Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas at Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS CSIC), Spain, and ITQB NOVA, Portugal. Supervisor: Dr. Diego Rubiales Olmedo.
