Doctor made in CULTIVAR – David Frazão
Congratulations to David Frazão who brilliantly defended, on September 23rd, his PhD in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Biotechnology and Bioactives, under the Doctoral Program in Agricultural Production Chains of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. Entitled “Valorisation of Cistus ladanifer L.: from production to evaluation of raw materials”, the Thesis was guided by Prof. […]
Master’s Dissertation – Alberto Cardoso
Congratulations to Alberto Cardoso who defended on September 15th his Master’s Thesis in Biodiversity and Plant Biotechnology of the Department of Life Sciences – UC under the CULTIVAR program. Entitled “Conservation, in vitro propagation and evaluation of molecular markers for the genetic characterization of Cydonia oblonga Mill germplasm.”, the Dissertation was developed at the Plant […]
Master’s Dissertation – Andreia Cação
Congratulations to Andreia Cação who defended on September 13th her Master’s Thesis in Ecology of the Department of Life Sciences – UC under the CULTIVAR program. Entitled “The importance of local knowledge for sustainable agroecosystems: Soutos, chestnut and chestnut – Study case of the Sabugal region”, the Dissertation was developed under the guidance of Paula […]
CULTIVAR at the 31st International Horticultural Congress
The Plant Biotechnology team at the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet was taking part in the 31st International Horticultural Congress in Angers, France from August 14th to 22nd. In presence, or virtually, has been a great opportunity for networking and sharing of experiences and results of the ongoing work, […]
CULTIVAR RESEARCHERS – Ricardo Veiga Leitão
My main interests are the functionality of the soil, in particular the study of the role of soil microbiota in the provision of the various ecosystem services; sustainability of the food system and agroforestry systems. I am currently a student of the 1st year of PhD of the CULTIVAR project and I am part of […]
CULTIVAR and Municipality of Sabugal collaboration
The Municipality of Sabugal will collaborate with the Environmental Education Project SEEDS – Entrepreneurial Seeds for Sustainable Development, from the Keep Association, which aims to value the endogenous resources of Sabugal (agricultural varieties and wild species), as well as the ecosystem services provided by them. This project is funded by the Erasmus+ program and has […]
Master’s Dissertation – Rita Ramos
CULTIVAR congratulates Rita Ramos who last Thursday, July 28th, defended his Master’s thesis in Biochemistry at the University of Beira Interior – UBI, developed under CULTIVAR. Entitled “Endophyte microbiomes of plants susceptible to Xylella fastidiosa infection”, this dissertation was carried out in a collaboration between the Pedro Nunes Institute and Cataa – Association Center for […]
CULTIVAR PhD students
CULTIVAR congratulates its new PhD students Anabela Paula, Okta Pringga, Ricardo Veiga Leitão and Tércia Lopes researchers from the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet who have obtained a PhD scholarship from FCT.
CULTIVAR RESEARCHERS – Tércia Lopes
My name is Tércia Lopes, I graduated in Biotechnology at the Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC – IPC) in 2013 and i finished my Master’s and Biodiversity of Plant Biotechnology at the University of Coimbra in 2019. My main interests are biotechnology, biodiversity and plant development. Currently my work in CULTIVAR is mostly in […]
CULTIVAR RESEARCHERS – Sara Lopes
My name is Sara Lopes, I have a degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Ecology from the University of Coimbra and, currently, I am a PhD student at this institution. I have been part of flower lab (Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet) since 2016 and my main […]
