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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 and Susana Loureiro

Researcher ID: Ciência vitae: 1F19-F15F/C143 and FCT grant: SFRH/BD/117738/2016
ORCID: 0000-0002-3005-7492
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Department: Department of Biology
Research Group: Functional Biodiversity

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Research interests

Soil science
Environmental microbiology
Nanoparticles (AgNPs and Ag2S-NP) and nano-products (nano-pesticides)

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.

Publications

Peixoto S., Khodaparast Z., Henriques I., Loureiro S. (2019) 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

Sara Peixoto, Susana Loureiro, Isabel Henriques (2019) Assessment of Cu(OH)2 nanopesticide applications on soil microbiota - an agroecosystem perspective. Research Summit, 3-5 July 2019, Aveiro. See more

Sara Peixoto, Zahra Khodosparast, Isabel Henriques, Susana Loureiro (2019) Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – a terrestrial mesocosm approach. 1st PhD student Meeting -Biology and Ecology of Global changes, 25th October 2019, FCUL - Lisbon. See more

Sara Peixoto, Zahra Khodasparast, Susana Loureiro, Isabel Henriques (2019) The impact of Ag2S-NP exposure in soil microbiome: a 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic analysis. 4th Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics, 11 - 13 December , Braunschweig, Germany. See more

Sara Peixoto, Susana Loureiro, Isabel Henriques (2019) Impact of copper-based nanopesticide on the microbiome of agricultural soils. One health day, 6th November, 2019, University of Aveiro. 2019 See more

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

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

Projects

Scientific Supervision

Awards

2019: FEMS (federation of european microbiology society) Travel Grant

Scientific monitoring

2019: Scientific monitor in Summer academy: "Há super bactérias na água?", Microlab, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2018: Scientific monitor in Summer academy, Microlab, University of Aveiro, Portugal

2018: Scientific monitor in Science festival, AppIEE , Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal

Advanced courses

2015: Advanced course on Scientific writing and communication. 22-26 June 2015. 3ª edition, University of Aveiro, Portugal

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

2017: Advanced course on Fundamentals of Animal Cell Culture. 11 -15 th September 2017, University of Aveiro, Portugal

2018: Advanced curse on Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data. 29 Jan - 2 Fev 2018, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2018: Advanced curse on Bioinformatics for Microbiologists. 9 Jun - 13 Fev 2018, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2018: Advanced curse on Microbial diversity . 23 Jun - 27 Fev 2018, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2019: Advanced curse on Modelling approaches in ecotoxicology, 1 May - 5 May 2019, University of Aveiro, Portugal.