Matilde Sanches
Matilde L. T. Calado Sanches, MSc
PhD student
Name: Matilde L. T. Calado Sanches
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-crop science, quantitative genetics, plant breeding, abiotic stress, water stress resistance, developmental epigenetics, somatic embryogenesis, Solanum betaceum Cav., Lathyrus sativus L.
Academic qualifications
2017 - Master degree in Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology – University of Coimbra, Portugal
2015 - Bachelor degree in Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Professional experience
May 2019 - present: PhD student with the project “Unravelling the genetics and mechanisms behind water stress tolerance in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus)”
March 2018 to April 2019: Project Developer at INOVISA – Innovation in agricultural, food and forestry sector. Internship at the Centre for Investigation and Transference of Technology to Community Development (CITT), Mozambique, within the framework of SKAN Platform activities. Work on the DIVA project (H2020)
