Service Manager, Innovation and Business Development

Master's Degree in Conservation Biology, University of Évora

Areas of expertise:

Molecular Biology; Bacterial cultures; Gene silencing; RNA interference; Cultures in vitro; Parasitic nematodes

Previous positions:

Research fellow at the University of Évora

Research fellow at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL)

2 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 2

Two relevant publications:

Vieira, P., Vicente, C.S.L., Branco, J., Buchan, G., Mota, M. and Nemchinov, L.G. (2021). The Root Lesion Nematode Effector Ppen10370 Is Essential for Parasitism of Pratylenchus penetrans. Mol Plant Microbe Interact, 34(6):645-657. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-09-20-0267-R

Avó, A. P., Daniell, T. J., Neilson, R., Oliveira, S., Branco, J.and Adão, H. (2017). DNA Barcoding and Morphological Identification of Benthic Nematodes Assemblages of Estuarine Intertidal Sediments: Advances in Molecular Tools for Biodiversity Assessment. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:66. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00066