Team
José Pissara
Principal Investigator
José Pissarra graduated in Biology - Scientific Branch (1981) from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP). He oriented his research activity to the study of cell differentiation using electron microscopy. He obtained an equivalent to a degree in “Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Ability” in 1984 and obtained a doctoral degree in Biology from UP in 1993. Presently, he is Associate professor at the Department of Biology and an integrated researcher at GreenUPorto. His current investigation interests are related with the sorting and trafficking mechanisms of aspartic proteinases to the vacuole along plant development and in stress situations.
Cláudia Pereira
Researcher
Cláudia Pereira graduated in Biology in 2003 and engaged in the Natural Sciences field with an emphasis in Biological Sciences. She finished her PhD in Biology in 2012, held in joint-supervision between University of Porto and University Paris XI, which focused on intracellular trafficking, particularly in protein sorting routes to the plant vacuole. Since 2013, she moved to IBMC where she engaged a Post-Doc project regarding the molecular mechanisms of chromosome segregation during cell division. Later on, she was awarded an individual post-doctoral fellowship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, to continue developing her project on kinetochore-microtubule interface, at the recently established institute I3S, in Porto. At the moment, she is working as a Post-doctoral researcher in Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto and is an integrated researcher of GreenUPorto.
Susana Pereira
Researcher
Susana Pereira, PhD in Biology, University of Porto. Presently, Associate professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and an integrated researcher at GreenUPorto. Areas of interest include: Molecular and Cell Biology, Intracellular protein trafficking, Mechanisms of plant adaptation to stress, Electron microscopy, Immunofluorescence, Plant Cell and tissue culture, Public Understanding of Science and Biology Education. Current investigation interests are related with the sorting and trafficking mechanisms of aspartic proteinases to the vacuole along plant development and in stress situations.
Ana Séneca
Researcher
Ana Séneca's main interests have been centered on understanding evolution patterns and processes in bryophytes. Genetic characterization and understanding of population dynamics on clonal organisms, as some species of Sphagnum that belong to European and African floras, and barcoding and phylogeny of liverwort species’ complexes. Recent collaborations include the cloning, quantitative expression and characterization of allergenic plant proteins under different stress conditions.
Miguel Sampaio
PhD student
Miguel Sampaio has a Bacherlor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Functional Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, granted by the University of Porto. Currently, he is taking a PhD at the PSI Laboratory, where he studies cell biology supervised by Doctor Cláudia Pereira. His main goal is to characterize the mechanisms behind unconventional vacuolar sorting routes and their molecular determinants through molecular biology, microscopy and biochemical techniques.
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João Neves
MsC student
João Neves graduated in Biology in 2020 and joined the lab for the final internship. He is currently developing his master thesis under the subject of molecular mechanisms behind endomembrane rearrangements under stress.
Tatiana Cardoso
MsC student
Tatiana Cardoso graduated in Biology in 2019. She is finishing her Master's in Cell and Molecular Biology and is currently working in the crosstalk between the secretory and endocytic pathway with special enphasis in ER-derived vesicles.
Inês Moura
Bachelor student
Inês Moura is currently finishing her degree in Biology. She has been collaborating with the team since her second year and is now finishing her internship where she is investigating the roles of aspartic proteinases' PSI A and B in plants grown under abiotic stress conditions.
Diana Areias
Bachelor student
Diana Areias is currently finishing her degree in Biology. She joined our lab for the final internship and she is working with the BY-2 cells model for the expression of endomembrane markers.