Barreto, A., Santos, J., Almeida, L., Tavares, V., Pinto, E., Celeiro, M., Garcia-Jares, C., Maria, V.L. (2023) First approach to assess the effects of nanoplastics on the soil species Folsomia candida: A mixture design with bisphenol A and diphenhydramine.
NanoImpact, 29
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Barreto, A., Santos, J., Calisto, V., Rocha, L.S.R., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2023) Cocktail effects of emerging contaminants on zebrafish Nanoplastics and the pharmaceutical diphenhydramine .
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Santos, J., Barreto, A., Sousa, E.M.L, Calisto, V, Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2022) The role of nanoplastics on the toxicity of the herbicide phenmedipham, using Danio rerio embryos as model organisms.
Environmental Pollution, 303
119166.
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Capitão, A., Santos, J., Barreto, A., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2022) Single and Mixture Toxicity of Boron and Vanadium Nanoparticles in the Soil Annelid Enchytraeus crypticus: A Multi-Biomarker Approach.
Nanomaterials, 12
, (1478), 1-13.
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Mendes, L., Barreto, A., Santos, J., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2022) Co-exposure of nanopolystyrene and other environmental contaminants – Their toxic effects to the survival and reproduction of Enchytraeus crypticus.
Toxics, 10
, (4), 193.
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Barreto, A., Santos, J., Capitão, A., Eusébio, R., Damasceno, É.P., Machado, A.L., Rocha, L.S., Calisto, V., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2022) Assessment of diphenhydramine toxicity – is its mode of action conserved between human and zebrafish? .
Environment International, 164
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Barreto, A., Santos, J., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2021) Polystyrene nanoplastics can alter the toxicological effects of simvastatin on Danio rerio.
Toxics, 9
, (3), 44.
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Barreto, A., Santos, J., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2021) Environmental hazards of boron and vanadium nanoparticles in the terrestrial ecosystem – a case study with Enchytraeus crypticus.
Nanomaterials, 11
, (8), 1937.
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Santos, J., Barreto, A., Almeida, C., Azevedo, C., Domingues, I., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2021) Toxicity of boron and vanadium nanoparticles on Danio rerio embryos – phenotypical, biochemical, and behavioral alterations .
Aquatic Toxicology, 238
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Barreto, A., Santos, J., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2021) Is the synthetic fungicide fosetyl-Al safe for the ecotoxicological models Danio rerio and Enchytraeus crypticus?.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, 11
, (16), 7209.
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Barreto A., Santos J., Amorim M.J.B., Maria V.L. (2020) How Can Nanoplastics Affect the Survival, Reproduction, and Behaviour of the Soil Model Enchytraeus crypticus?.
Applied Sciences, 10
, (21), .
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Santos, J., Barreto, A., Nogueira, J., Daniel-da-Silva, A.L., Trindade, T., Amorim, M.J.B., Maria, V.L. (2020) Effects of amorphous silica nanopowders on the avoidance behavior of five soil species – a screening study.
Nanomaterials, 10
, (3), 402.
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Correia, D., Almeida, A. R., Santos, J., Soares, A.M.V.M. and Domingues, I. (2019) "Behavioral effects in adult zebrafish after developmental exposure to carbaryl".
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Joana Patrícia da Silva Santos
PhD Student
- Author Name : Santos J.
- Doctoral Programme: Biology
- Thesis title: Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials
- Supervisor: Vera Maria; Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Ângela Barreto
- Researcher ID:
- ORCID: 0000-0003-1685-031X
- Ciencia ID: 0E10-6ABC-D187
- Department: Department of Biology
- Research Group: Stress Biology (SB) Thesis title: Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials Supervisor: Vera Maria; Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Ângela Barreto Category: BO Grant type: BD Funding entity: FCT Grant reference: 2021.04771.BD Start date: 2022-01-01 End date: 2026-01-01
Research interests
Silica hybrid nanomaterials for water remediation
Effects of nanomaterials on aquatic and soil organisms
Nanoplastics effects individually or in complex mixtures
Effects of pollutants on embryonic development and transference of tolerance between descendants
Climate change and effects of environmental factors on anthropogenic factors tolerance
Biomarkers as tools in ecotoxicological studies
Effects of nanomaterials on aquatic and soil organisms
Nanoplastics effects individually or in complex mixtures
Effects of pollutants on embryonic development and transference of tolerance between descendants
Climate change and effects of environmental factors on anthropogenic factors tolerance
Biomarkers as tools in ecotoxicological studies
Academic degrees
Ongoing: PhD in Biology, University of Aveiro.
Thesis: "Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials". Supervisors: Dr. Vera Maria; Dr. Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Dr. Ângela Barreto.
July 2018: Master in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, University of Aveiro.
Dissertation: "Effects of sub-lethal heat shock in the tolerance of Danio rerio embryos to cadmium exposure". Supervisors: Dra. Inês Domingues and Dr. João Pestana.
June 2016: Degree in Biology, University of Aveiro.
Thesis: "Nanotechnology risk assessment – a global ecotoxicological approach for innovative polysaccharide/silica hybrid nanomaterials". Supervisors: Dr. Vera Maria; Dr. Ana Daniel-da-Silva; Dr. Ângela Barreto.
July 2018: Master in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, University of Aveiro.
Dissertation: "Effects of sub-lethal heat shock in the tolerance of Danio rerio embryos to cadmium exposure". Supervisors: Dra. Inês Domingues and Dr. João Pestana.
June 2016: Degree in Biology, University of Aveiro.
Scientific activities
* 1 January 2022 - present: PhD student in Biology doctoral programme from University of Aveiro.
* 1 February 2019 - 31 December 2021: Research Fellowship in the project "UNRAvEL – Understanding the Mechanisms of Toxicity of NanomateRials – EnvironmentaL impact Assessment" (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029035), Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro.
* 1 February 2019 - 31 December 2021: Research Fellowship in the project "UNRAvEL – Understanding the Mechanisms of Toxicity of NanomateRials – EnvironmentaL impact Assessment" (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029035), Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro.
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