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 plant-parasite interactions
Parasitism
Molecular biology and genetics
Plant pathology
Next generation sequencing, transcriptomics
Nematology
Parasitism
Molecular biology and genetics
Plant pathology
Next generation sequencing, transcriptomics
Nematology
My main research interest is in the molecular parasite-host interactions and effectors biology. Functional characterisation of parasitism proteins from plant-parasitic nematodes and understanding their roles in the host-parasite interaction.
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)
POCI-01-0246-FEDER-181308
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Portugal 2020
acrónimo: PRO.VITA
finished in 30/06/2023
PTDC/ASP-PLA/1108/2021
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FCT
acrónimo: NemaWAARS
finished in 31/12/2024
PTDC/ASP-PLA/0197/2020
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FCT
acrónimo: Pratyomics
finished in 29/02/2024
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-028724
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Portugal 2020
,Portugal 2020
,Portugal 2020
,FCT
acrónimo: PineEnemy
finished in 14/10/2021
PTDC/AGR-PRO/2589/2014
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FCT
acrónimo: PRATYTECH
finished in 30/06/2019
PTDC/BIA-MIC/3768/2012
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FCT
acrónimo: MICRONEMA
finished in 30/09/2015
FP7-KBBE-2010-4.09
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Comissão Europeia
acrónimo: rePHRAME
finished in 30/11/2014
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, Costa M, Espada M, Figueiredo AC, Mota M, Vicente CSL (2023) Elucidation of the nematicidal mode of action of 3-octanol on the root-lesion nematode
Pratylenchus penetrans. page 80. 53rd ONTA Annual Meeting. 24-29 September. Cairo Egypt.
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
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