Ricardo Guerreiro

• Master in Biodiversity Genetics and Evolution
• PhD Student at Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are important regulators of the posttranslational protein ubiquitination system. Mammalian genomes encode about hundred different DUBs, which can be grouped into seven different classes. Members of other DUB classes are found in pathogenic bacteria, which use them to target the host defense. By combining bioinformati...

Fieldwork Biology implies certain techniques and methods that streamline work in a more effective and safe way. The main aim of the present internship was to learn some of these techniques and have a first contact with fieldwork in Biology. This was done in a 48 days field trip to NorthWest Africa, including the countries of Morocco, Mauritania and...

Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is one of the economically most important virus diseases of cereals worldwide, causing yield losses up to 80%. The means to control BYD are limited, and the use of genetically resistant cultivars is the most economical and environmentally friendly approach. The objectives of this study were i) to identify the causative gen...

Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is one of the economically most important virus diseases of cereals worldwide, causing yield losses of up to 80 %. BYD is caused by at least ten different phloem-limited viruses called BYD viruses (BYDVs) and Cereal yellow dwarf viruses (CYDVs). Means to control BYD are limited and the use of genetically resistant cultivar...

C 3 ‐C 4 intermediate photosynthesis has evolved at least five times convergently in the Brassicaceae, despite this family lacking bona fide C 4 species. The establishment of this carbon concentrating mechanism is known to require a complex suite of ultrastructural modifications, as well as changes in spatial expression patterns, which are both tho...

Research on C4 and C3-C4 photosynthesis has attracted significant attention because the understanding of the genetic underpinnings of these traits will support the introduction of its characteristics into commercially relevant crop species. We used a panel of 19 taxa of 18 Brassiceae species with different photosynthesis characteristics (C3 and C3-...

Carbon concentrating mechanisms enhance the carboxylase efficiency of the central photosynthetic enzyme rubisco by providing supra-atmospheric concentrations of CO2 in its surrounding. In the C4 photosynthesis pathway, this feat is realised by combinatory changes to leaf biochemistry and anatomy. In contrast to the C4 pathway, carbon concentration...

Research on C4 and C3-C4 photosynthesis has attracted significant attention because the understanding of the genetic underpinnings of this trait will support the introduction of its characteristics into commercially relevant crop species. We used a panel of 19 taxa of 18 Brassiceae species with different photosynthesis characteristics (C3 and C3-C4...

Carbon concentrating mechanisms enhance the carboxylase efficiency of the central photosynthetic enzyme rubisco by providing supra-atmospheric concentrations of CO 2 in its surrounding. In the C 4 photosynthesis pathway, this is achieved by combinatory changes to leaf biochemistry and anatomy. Carbon concentration by the photorespiratory glycine sh...

Climate change leads to increased risks of reduced Hagberg falling numbers (HFN). The objectives of this study were to (i) compare partial least square (PLS) with deep learning methods with respect to establishing near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) calibrations for HFN in spring barley, (ii) compare the accuracy of NIRS calibrations for metric versu...

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important crops with a world-wide production of 370 million metric tons. The objectives of this study were (i) to create a high quality consensus sequence across the two haplotypes of a diploid clone derived from a tetraploid elite variety and assess the sequence divergence from the available potato...

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are important regulators of the posttranslational protein ubiquitination system. Mammalian genomes encode about 100 different DUBs, which can be grouped into seven different classes. Members of other DUB classes are found in pathogenic bacteria, which use them to target the host defense. By combining bioinformatical...