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Tânia Caetano

Tânia Caetano

Assistant Researcher

  • Author Name : Caetano T.

  • Researcher ID: C-8761-2009
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-9157-8761
  • Ciencia ID: C619-14B9-5385
  • Department: Department of Biology
  • Research Group: Stress Biology (SB)
  • ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: Author=(Caetano T) AND Address=(Aveiro)


Research interests

Bacteria
Archaea
Haloarchaea
Bacteroidetes
Secondary metabolism
Antimicrobial peptides
Lanthipeptides
Lantibiotics
Halocins
Peptide expression and purification

Academic degrees

2011: PhD in Biology - University of Aveiro, in collaboration with Technical University of Berlin, University of Cardiff and Metropolitan Autonomous University
2005: BSc in Biology (licenciatura) - University of Aveiro

Scientific activities

Current
04/2019-Present: Assistant Researcher (CEEC Individual 2017) at the Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal - Reference: CEECIND/01463/2017, Funding entity: FCT

Previous
01/2018-04/2019: Contracted Researcher (in the scope of the framework of Decree-Law 57/2016) at the Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Funding entity: FCT
09/2017-12/2018: Invited Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology of University of Aveiro, Portugal
02/2012–01/2018: Post Doc scholarship for develop the project “Two-component lantibiotics: biosynthesis, bioengineering, mode of action and antibacterial activity” with FCT finantial support. University of Aveiro (Portugal) under supervision of Prof. Dra. Sónia Mendo and Prof. Dra. Roderich Suessmuth. Funding entity: FCT
07/2016-10/2016: International traineeship @ University of Illinois: Chemistry department of Universty of Illinois (USA) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Wilfred van der Donk. Funding entity: FCT
05/2011–01/2012: Scientific scholarship at ENGENUR project: “Definition of new endpoints to assess and discriminate genotoxic effects resulting from environmental exposures to uranium, uranium daughter Radionuclides and ionizing radiation in bioindicator species” under supervision of Prof. Dra. Sónia Mendo. Funding entity: FCT
8/2006–08/2010: PhD scholarship: PhD student at University of Aveiro and Medinfar Pharmaceuticals under supervision of Prof. Dra. Sónia Mendo supervision of Prof. Dra. Sónia Mendo, Prof. Drª Ana Domingos and dra Júlia Oliveira. Funding entity: FCT and Medinfar.
10/2009– 05/2010 and 02/2009 – 05/2009: International traineeship @ Techical University of Berlin: Chemistry department of Technical University of Berlin (Germany) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Roderich Suessmuth.
02/2008–05/2008: International traineeship @ University of Cardiff: Medical Microbiology department of University of Cardiff (Wales) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Timothy Walsh.
02/2007–04/2007: International traineeship @ Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana: Industrial Microorganisms Laboratory in Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico DF, Mexico) under supervision Prof. Dr. Francisco Perrino.
10/2005–03/2006: Leonardo da Vinci scholarship @ University of Bristol: Developing the project "in vivo efficacy and toxicity of the novel antimicrobial peptide RTA-3" in the University of Bristol (England) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Timothy Walsh.
10/2004–07/2005: National traineeship: Developing the project "Detection and characterization of integrons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates" in the Microbiology section of Hospital Infante D. Pedro, SA (Aveiro, Portugal) under supervision of Prof. Dra. Sónia Mendo and Dr. Elmano Ramalheira , MD.
10/2003–07/2004: BSc thesis: Developing the BSc final year projects entitled "Detection and characterization of integrons in environmental bacteria" and "Identification of TBT resistance/tolerance genes in marine bacterial isolates" in the Molecular Biology Laboratory, University of Aveiro (Portugal) under supervision of Prof. Dra. Sónia Mendo.

Others

Reviewer activity:
-Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Q1 in IJCR)
-ACS Synthetic Biology (Q1 in IJCR)
-Environmental Pollution (Q1 in IJCR)
-ACS Chemical Biology (Q1 in IJCR)
-Microbial Cell Factories (Q1 in IJCR)
-Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1 in IJCR)
-Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (Q1 in IJCR)
-Journal of Natural products (Q1 in )
-Data in Brief (Q1 in SJR)
-FEMS Microbiology Letters (Q3 in IJCR)
-Current Microbiology (Q4 in IJCR)
-Acta Urologica Portuguesa

Outreaching Activities:
1. Science competitions and awards
2017: Member of "Icarus" team at CanSat2017 competition, organised by ESA, ESERO and Ciência Viva (Ilha Santa Maria, Açores). Award: Honour mention.
2016: Member of "Icarus" team at CanSat2016 competition, organised by ESA, ESERO and Ciência Viva (Santa Cruz, Lisboa district). Award: Second Place.

2. Training Experience
2018: Advanced course "Cellular regulation" held at IEC-Mamarosa (Aveiro District).
2017: Advanced course "Microbiology" held at Adolfo Portela highschool (Águeda, Aveiro District) in collaboration with IEC-Mamarosa.
2017: Advanced course "Cellular regulation" held at Marques Castilho highschool (Águeda, Aveiro) in collaboration with IEC-Mamarosa.
2016: Advanced course "Cellular regulation" held at at Instituto Educativo de Souselas - INEDS high school (Souselas, Coimbra District).
2016: Advanced course "From gene to protein" held at Marques Castilho highschool (Águeda, Aveiro District) in collaboration with IEC-Mamarosa.
2016: Advanced course "Cellular regulation" held at IEC-Mamarosa (Aveiro District).
2015: Advanced course "Cellular regulation" held at Adolfo Portela highschool (Águeda, Aveiro District) in collaboration with IEC-Mamarosa.
2013: Advanced course "MicroBioTec" held at Adolfo Portela highschool (Águeda, Aveiro District) in collaboration with IEC-Mamarosa.

3. Public sessions of science dissemination:
2017: Invited speaker in "DBio pelo Mundo" conference held at University of Aveiro.
2017: Invited PostDoc for "Conversa (Cons)Ciência" held at FeCiOB (Science festival at Oliveira do Bairro, Aveiro District).
2016: "The invisible universe of microscopic life" oral communication held at ESOB high school (Oliveira do Bairro, Aveiro District).
2013: "Biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds" oral communication held at Adolfo Portela highschool (Águeda, Aveiro District).

Publications

Projects

Coli4Lan - Better systems to produce two ­peptide lantibiotics with diverse structures completely in vivo using Escherichia coli and establishment of their mode of action. See more

Scientific Supervision

Master (Main Supervisor): Elena Cassin (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Susana Serrano (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Margarida Gomes (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Inês Castro (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Hugo Costa (not a CESAM member)

Master (Main Supervisor): Thales Costa (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Diana Dias (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Marta Pereira (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Leticia Vieira (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Ana Teresa Viana (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Beatriz Almeida (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Liliana Dias (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): José Gabriel Figueiredo (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Joana Cristina Barbosa (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Ana Viana (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Hugo Costa (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Beatriz Gomes (not a CESAM member)

Master (Co-supervisor): Sara Silva (not a CESAM member)

Pesquisa (Co-supervisor): Tiago Santos (not a CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Joana Barbosa (ex-CESAM member)

PhD (Co-supervisor): Diana Patrícia Pires Dias (CESAM member)


CESAM Funding: UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/2020 + LA/P/0094/2020

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