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Sara Peixoto

PhD Student

Thesis title: Effects of nanomaterials on the bacterial community from agricultural soils: Nano-agrochemicals and biosolids’ applications
Supervisor: Isabel Henriques e Susana Loureiro

Researcher ID: SFRH/BD/117738/2016
ORCID: 0000-0002-3005-7492
Department: Department of Biology
Research Group: Functional Biodiversity

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Academic degrees

2017-present: Phd student in Biology and Ecology of Global Changes/ University of Aveiro | Thesis Title:Effects of nanomaterials on the bacterial community from agricultural soils: Nano-agrochemicals and biosolids’ applications, supervised by Dr. Isabel Henriques and Co-supervised Dr. Susana Loureiro

2013 - 2015: Master in Microbiology/ University of Aveiro | Thesis Title: Changes of the microbial communities as a mean to evaluate the impact of soil contamination by nanoparticles, supervised by Dr. Jacinta Oliveira and Co-supervised by Dr. Susana Loureiro

2009 - 2013: Graduation in Biotechnology/ Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo | Thesis Title: Avaliação do impacto dos genes rpoS e bolA na capacidade de formação de biofilme de E. coli e na resposta a fatores de stress, supersived by Maria Luisa Moura and Maria Olivia Pereira.

Scientific activities

Soil science
Microbiology
Nanoparticles and nanoproducts.

Publications

Peixoto, S., Oliveira, J.M.M., Henriques, I., Morgado, R., Soares, A.M.V.M., Loureiro, S. (2015) Suscetibilidade bacteriana às nanopartículas de prata. IV Encontro Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (IV ENPGCB), 30 March-2 April, Aveiro, Portugal. See more

Sara Peixoto invited presentation: Avaliação do impacto dos genes rpoS e bolA na capacidade de formação de biofilme de E. coli e na resposta a fatores de stress. III Jornadas de biotecnologia, 29 April 2015, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. See more

Peixoto S., Khodaparast Z., Henriques I., Loureiro S. Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – a terrestrial mesocosm approach. Bageco (15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology), 26-30 May, 2019, Lisbon. See more

Santos M., Oliveira H., Peixoto S., Pereira J., Luis A. T., Gonçalves F. J., Henriques I., Vidal T. Using flow cytometry for bacterioplankton community analysis as a fast assessment tool complementary to Water Framework Directive in prioritization of impacted sites. SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting. , 26-30 May, 2019, Helsinki, Finland. . See more

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Research Interests

Keywords: Environmental Risk Assessment | Nanoparticles | Nano-agropesticides | Soil bacterial communities| Porcellionies pruinosus microbiota..

Advanced courses

Advanced course on Scientific writing and communication. 22-26 June 2015. 3^ª edition. Aveiro.

Advanced course on Ecosystem services provided by wetlands: Anthropogenic impacts and Environmental chemistry. 22-26 th May 2017

Advanced course on Fundamentals of Animal Cell Culture. 11 -15 th September 2017

Advanced curse on Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data. 29 Jan - 2 Fev 2018.

Advanced curse on Bioinformatics for Microbiologists. 9 Jun - 13 Fev 2018.

Advanced curse on Microbial diversity . 23 Jun - 27 Fev 2018.