Tânia F. L. VicenteUniversity of Porto | UP
Tânia F. L. Vicente
Master in Microbiology | University of Aveiro
PhD Student | Pharmaceutical Sciences_FFUP, Porto, Portugal
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Introduction
Hi! I am currently working on an amazing PhD project that focuses on the seaweed as sources of bioactive compounds with antifungal potential against fungal species that have destroyed plants with economic impact such as apple and pear trees. All the techniques involved are very hardworking and sometimes fail. Although, it is a huge work with such amazing and interesting assays!
So, I decided to enjoy the whole process of the most challenging research of my scientific career!
Additional affiliations
January 2020 - present
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Position
- ResearcherPhD student
Education
September 2017 - December 2019
September 2014 - July 2017
University of Aveiro
Field of study
- Biology
Publications
Publications (12)
Fungal phytopathogens are a growing problem all over the world; their propagation causes significant crop losses, affecting the quality of fruits and vegetables, diminishing the availability of food, leading to the loss of billions of euros every year. To control fungal diseases, the use of synthetic chemical fungicides is widely applied; these sub...
Plant bacterial pathogens can be devastating and compromise entire crops of fruit and vegetables worldwide. The consequences of bacterial plant infections represent not only relevant economical losses, but also the reduction of food availability. Synthetic bactericides have been the most used tool to control bacterial diseases, representing an expe...
Fungal phytopathogens represent a continuous growing problem being responsible for catastrophic product and economic losses. These microorganisms are related with 80% of plant diseases and can reach a wide range of plants with nutritional importance for human feeding, reducing their availability. The current and most effective control methodology i...
Stemphylium vesicarium is a devasting fungal phytopathogen known to cause brown spot disease in pear trees, being characterized by the emergence of necrotic spots in different parts of the plant. A regular application of synthetic fungicides is commonly done to control this disease, representing high economic costs for the farmers. In addition, the...
Fungal communities associated with macroalgae remain largely unexplored. To characterize algicolous fungal communities using culture dependent methods, macroalgae were collected from different sampling sites in the Ria de Aveiro estuary, Portugal. From a collection of 486 isolates that were obtained, 213 representative isolates were selected throug...
Fungal infections cause losses amounting to between 20 and 25% of the fruit industry’s total outcome, with an escalating impact on agriculture in the last decades. As seaweeds have long demonstrated relevant antimicrobial properties against a wide variety of microorganisms, extracts from Asparagopsis armata, Codium sp., Fucus vesiculosus, and Sarga...
Aurantiochytrium sp. is an emerging alternative source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and squalene, playing an important role in the phasing out of traditional fish sources for these compounds. Novel lipid extraction techniques with a focus on sustainability and low environmental footprint are being developed fo...
The invasive macroalga Grateloupia turuturu is known to contain a diversity of bioactive compounds with different potentialities. Among them are compounds with relevant bioactivities for cosmetics. Considering this, this study aimed to screen bioactivities with cosmeceutical potential, namely, antioxidant, UV absorbance, anti-enzymatic, antimicrobi...
Macroalgae of the genera Fucus, Ulva, and Enteromorpha are typically abundant in estuaries. Endophytic fungi may have beneficial effects on the hosts affecting their ability to cope with stress. They are also a source of biologically active compounds. However, little is known about the endo-phytic fungi that colonize these macroalgae. Endophytic is...
A collection of fungi was isolated from macroalgae of the genera Gracilaria, Enteromorpha and Ulva in the estuary Ria de Aveiro in Portugal. These isolates were characterized through a multilocus phylogeny based on ITS region of the ribosomal DNA, beta-tubulin (tub2) and translation elongation factor 1 alpha (tef1-α) sequences, in conjunction with...
Neocamarosporium species are typically halotolerant, being commonly found in saline environments like saline water, hypersaline soils and especially in association with halophytes. Several isolates were obtained from saline water, dead leaves of the seaweed Zostera noltii and live tissues of the halophyte Halimione portulacoides. Phylogenetic analy...
During an extensive survey of marine fungi in coastal marine environments from Portugal, a collection of Penicillium isolates were obtained from sea water, macroalgae and driftwood. Sixteen distinct Penicillium species were identified with Penicillium terrigenum and Penicillium brevicompactum being the most frequent. A Penicillium species isolated...