PhD student, Protection of Specific Crops

PhD student in Bioscience, University of Coimbra

Fulbright alumni, University of California Riverside (2021-2022)

Areas of expertise:

Micropropagation; Plant Tissue Culture; Plant Protection; Molecular Biology; Extracellular Vesicles

Previous positions:

Research Fellow in Project BP4BP – “Tamarillo Breeding: better plants for better products” at the University of Coimbra

2 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 1

Two relevant publications:

Cordeiro, D., Rito, M., Borges, F., Canhoto, J., Correia, S. Selection of reference genes for qPCR analysis of miRNAs and their targets during somatic embryogenesis in tamarillo (Solanum betaceum Cav.). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01901-7

Rito, M., Marques, J., da Costa, R.M.F., Correia, S., Lopes, T., Martin, D., Canhoto, J., de Carvalho, L.A.E.B., Marques, M.P.M., Antioxidant Potencial of Tamarillo Fruits – Chemical and Infrared Specroscopy Analysis. Antioxidans (For Peer Review)