Margarida Espada
Researcher (MED - Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Fixed-term employment contract
Doctoral Degree: Biologia (Universidade de Évora - 2018)
Master Degree: Biologia Humana e Ambiente (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa - 2010)
Bachelor's Degree: Biologia (Universidade de Évora - 2005)
MARE-UE - MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (Collaborating Member)
MED - Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Integrated Member with doctorate)
Molecular host-parasite interactions, Parasitism, Molecular biology, Genetics, Plant pathology, Next generation sequencing (NGS), Transcriptomics,
Nematology
Nematology
My main research interest is in Parasitism, the molecular parasite-host interactions and effectors biology using genomic and transcriptomic approaches. Functional characterisation of parasitism proteins from plant-parasitic nematodes and understanding their roles in the host-parasite interaction.
- Teaching: cell biology, molecular biology, parasitology, genetics
- Molecular diagnostic of plant-parasitic nematodes | Diagnóstico de nemátodes fitoparasitas (Laboratório com certificação para análise do nemátode da madeira do pinheiro, organismo quarentena A2).
- Molecular diagnostic of plant-parasitic nematodes | Diagnóstico de nemátodes fitoparasitas (Laboratório com certificação para análise do nemátode da madeira do pinheiro, organismo quarentena A2).
Protecção de Plantas, Genética e Biotecnologia (Plant protection, genetics and biotechnology group) , NemaLab
Linhas Temáticas: Sistema Agro-Silvopastoril, Horticultura
CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Laboratório Associado, Membro Investigador
MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre), Membro colaborador
Investigador (Junior) Estímulo Individual FCT- CEEC IND 2018 [CEECIND/00066/2018/CP1560/CT0003] (https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECIND/00066/2018/CP1560/CT0003; https://sciproj.ptcris.pt/6817EEC)
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00693100
/
FCT
,Portugal 2030
,Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: VIRUSREST
em curso até 31/12/2027
POCI-01-0246-FEDER-181308
/
Portugal 2020
acrónimo: PRO.VITA
finished in 30/06/2023
PTDC/ASP-PLA/1108/2021
/
FCT
acrónimo: NemaWAARS
finished in 31/12/2024
PTDC/ASP-PLA/0197/2020
/
FCT
acrónimo: Pratyomics
finished in 29/02/2024
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-046039; LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-046039
/
Portugal 2020
,Portugal 2020
,Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: 0HungNetw
finished in 31/12/2022
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-028724
/
Portugal 2020
,Portugal 2020
,Portugal 2020
,FCT
acrónimo: PineEnemy
finished in 14/10/2021
PTDC/AGR-PRO/2589/2014
/
FCT
acrónimo: PRATYTECH
finished in 30/06/2019
PTDC/BIA-MIC/3768/2012
/
FCT
acrónimo: MICRONEMA
finished in 30/09/2015
FP7-KBBE-2010-4.09
/
Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: rePHRAME
finished in 30/11/2014
Espada M, Vicente CSL, Vieira P. Molecular Insights into Migratory Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. Annu Rev Phytopathol. 2025 Sep;63(1):403-430. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-112624-103056.
Materatski, P.; Vicente,
C.S.L.; Varanda, C.; Espada, M. Plant
Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture.
Plants 2025, 14, 1175. https://
doi.org/10.3390/plants14081175
Barbosa, P; Mendonça M; Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, G; Espada, M; Vicente, CSL (2024) A importância dos nemátodes fitoparasitas na sustentabilidade dos citrinos em Portugal. Voz do Campo 98.
Faria, J.M.S., Santos, M.T., Nóbrega, F., Espada, M., Inácio, M.L. (2024) O uso da biotecnologia no estudo de doenças da floresta. Vida Rural - Floresta, pp 56-59.
Barbosa, P; Costa, M; Teixeira, D; Brás, T; Duarte, F; Figueiredo, J; Cardoso, J; Esteves, I; Faria, J; Varela, AR, Nóbrega, F; Vieira, P; Inácio, ML; Vicente, CSL (2024) PratyOmics - Metabolómica da planta para o controlo do nemátode das lesões radiculares Pratylenchus penetrans. Voz do Campo 99
Barbosa P; Mendonça M; Espada M; Vicente CSL (2024) A importância dos nemátodes fitoparasitas
na sustentabilidade da viticultura. Voz do Campo
Mendonça, M., Vicente, C.S.L., Espada, M. (2023) Functional characterization of ShK domain-containing protein in the plant-parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. VIII PhD Students meeting in Environment and Agriculture.
Barbosa P, Mendonça M, Costa M, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez C, Mota M, Espada M, Vicente C (2023) Developing sustainable approaches for the control of plant- parasitic nematodes (NEMALAB MED). Science Chancing Policy
Costa M, Vicente CSL, Espada M, Faria J, Teixeira J, Bettencourt J, Teixeira D (2023) A molecular and spectrometric approach for tracing the origin of ancient ivory. 29th EAA Annual Meeting. Belfast. page 268.
Mendonça, M., Vicente, C.S.L., Espada, M. Functional characterization of ShK domain-containing protein in the plant-parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. 2023. pp:1-16. 10.20944/preprints202312.0388.v1
Curto M, Vicente CSL, Espada M. (2022). Functional characterization of parasitism-related genes from Bursaphelenchus xylophilus may suggest involvement on the nematode oxidative stress response. III International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics - Book of abstracts. University of Evora
Mendonça M, Vicente C, Barbosa P, Velada I, Vieira P, Faria J,
Santos M, Nóbrega F, Eves-van den Akker S, Inácio ML,
Mota M, Espada M. How parasitism genes are regulated: a motif to search for genes regulators in
the plant parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Book of abstracts - VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento
em Ambiente e Agricultura (2022).
Espada, M., Shinya, R., Li, H. M., Filipiak, A., Vicente, C. S. L., eds. (2022). Global Occurrence of Pine Wilt Disease: Biological Interactions and Integrated Management. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88976-867-7
Espada M, Filipiak A, Li H, Shinya R and Vicente CSL (2022). Editorial: Global occurrence of pine wilt disease: Biological interactions and integrated management. Front. Plant Sci. 13:993482. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.993482
Vicente CSL, Soares M, Faria JMS, Espada M, Mota M, Nóbrega F, Ramos AP, Inácio ML. Fungal Communities of the Pine Wilt Disease Complex: Studying the Interaction of Ophiostomatales With Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Front Plant Sci. 2022 Jun 14;13:908308. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.908308.
Vicente C, Faria J, Espada M, Nóbrega F, Bonifacio, L, Mota M, Bragança H, Sousa E, Inacio ML (2022) Nematode-Mycobiota interactions in Pine Wilt Disease. International Symposium IUFRO on Pine Wilt Disease. 22-26.12.2021
Barbosa P, Vicente C, Espada M, Figueiredo AC, Mota M (2021)Effects of nematicidal phytochemicals on potato germination. VI Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura.Évora
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