MSc researcher, New Biopesticides

Master degree in Conservation Biology, University of Évora

Areas of expertise:

Molecular Biology; Bacterial Cultures Maintenance; Gene Silencing via RNA interference (RNAi); Establishment and maintenance of in vitro hairy roots cultures

Morphological and molecular identification of migratory endoparasitic nematodes; Culture and maintenance of plant-parasitic nematodes

Previous positions:

Research fellow at University of Évora

Research fellow at Faculty of Sciences, 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. MPMI. Advance online publication.
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