Type: Public/Private Research Organizations
Acronym: CIBIO
Coordinator name: Nuno Ferrand de Almeida
Name of the institution to which it belongs: ICETA, UP
Address: Campus de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas nº 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Telephone: +351 252 660 400
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Web: https://cibio.up.pt/
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CIBIO has 3 main thematic lines, which are (i) Evolution, Genetics & Genomics; (ii) Biodiversity, Ecology & Conservation; and (iii) Sustainability, Ecosystems & the Environment.
The main activity areas are:
- Advancing scientific knowledge in the fields of biodiversity and evolutionary biology - special emphasis on the understanding of processes that lead to present-day patterns of biological diversity and on the principles governing the spatial partitioning of genotypic and phenotypic variation.
- Integrating and deepening ecological, taxonomical and biogeographical knowledge at different scales worldwide - with a particular focus on the Iberian and Mediterranean biological heritage.
- Using scientific knowledge to set and suggest appropriate conservation priorities and management tools - in collaboration with local and national agricultural, forestry and hunting authorities.
- Providing top-level advanced training - MSc and PhD levels and short-term training courses.
- Disseminating scientific knowledge and promoting public awareness and appreciation of biodiversity.
Areas of expertise: Business Incubation, Knowledge and technology transfer, Biodiversity and coastal ecology, Diagnosis and response of coastal ecosystems to climate change, Biodivesrsity, Coast, hydrography and dynamics of the oceans, Exploitable resources, Biological Oceanography, Physiscal Oceanography, Equipment and sensors, Observation Networks, Genetics and genomics applied to aquaculture, Pathology and immunology of organisms in culture, Evaluation of fishery and shellfish resources, Evaluation of ocean systems ecological status, Research of resources based on ecosystems knowledge
Keywords: Biodiversity, Genetics, Conservation, Climate, Evolution, Environment
Number of researchers: 400
Number of doctors: 180
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Projects
The buffering effects of upwelling and geomorphology on coastal warming
Acronym: ThermalBuffer
Financing program:
Financing entity: COMPETE e FCT
Start year: 2018
Ending year: 2021
Principal investigator: Fernando P. Lima
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Fine scale mapping, modelling and quantification of thermal habitat in rocky shore ecosystems in Northern Portugal
Acronym: NORTE_ROCKS
Financing program:
Financing entity: COMPETE e FCT
Start year: 2018
Ending year: 2021
Principal investigator: Rui Seabra
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Developing a 'daily-diary' tag to infer predator-prey interactions under environmental gradients
Acronym: SharkTag
Financing program:
Financing entity: COMPETE e FCT
Start year: 2018
Ending year: 2021
Principal investigator: Nuno Queiroz
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Modelling the water and fish microbiomes to monitor and predict pathogen outbreaks
Acronym: MicrobeModel
Financing program:
Financing entity: COMPETE e FCT
Start year: 2018
Ending year: 2021
Principal investigator: Raquel Xavier
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Assessment of the distribution and ecological status of Sabellaria alveolata reefs in Europe
Acronym: REEHAB
Financing program:
Financing entity: TOTLA Foundation
Start year: 2015
Ending year: 2019
Principal investigator: Stanislas Dubois (Ifremer)
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Desenvolvimento de ferramentas moleculares para o melhoramento do conhecimento e da gestão dos stocks de Sardinha
Acronym: SARDINOMICS
Financing program:
Financing entity: Mar2020
Start year: 2019
Ending year: 2021
Principal investigator: António Múrias Santos
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Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis
Acronym: MARINFO
Financing program:
Financing entity: Norte2020
Start year: 2016
Ending year: 2018
Principal investigator: António Múrias Santos
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Applying elasmobranch immunogenetics to fisheries management and the study of vertebrate adaptive immunity
Acronym: E-Imuno
Financing program:
Financing entity: COMPETE e FCT
Start year: 2018
Ending year: 2021
Principal investigator: Ana Veríssimo
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Publications
Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
Authors: Queiroz, N., Humphries, N. E., Couto, A., Vedor, M., Da Costa, I., Sequeira, A. M., ... & Abrantes, K.
Year of publication: 2019
Journal: Nature
Biologists ignore ocean weather at their peril
Authors: Amanda E. Bates, Brian Helmuth, Michael T. Burrows, Murray I. Duncan, Joaquim Garrabou, Tamar Guy-Haim, Fernando P. Lima, Ana M. Queiros, Rui Seabra, Robert Marsh, Jonathan Belmaker, Nathaniel Bensoussan, Yunwei Dong, Antonios D. Mazaris, Dan Smale, Martin Wahl and Gil Rilov
Year of publication: 2018
Journal: Nature
DOI: http://doi.org/
Remotely-sensed L4 SST underestimates the thermal fingerprint of coastal upwelling
Authors: Claudia Meneghesso, Rui Seabra, David S. Wethey, Bernardo R. Broitman, Benny K. K. Chan, Gil Rilov, Pedro A. Ribeiro, Lara L. Sousa, Michael T. Burrows and Fernando P. Lima
Year of publication: 2020
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment
DOI: http://doi.org/
Reduced nearshore warming associated with Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems
Authors: Rui Seabra, António M. Santos, Rubén Varela, Moncho Gomez-Gesteira, Cláudia Meneghesso*, David S. Wethey and Fernando P. Lima
Year of publication: 2019
Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
DOI: http://doi.org/
Loss of thermal refugia near equatorial range limits
Authors: Fernando P. Lima, Filipa Gomes, Rui Seabra, David S. Wethey, Inês Seabra, Teresa Cruz, António M. Santos and Thomas J. Hilbish
Year of publication: 2016
Journal: Global Change Biology
DOI: http://doi.org/
cean-wide tracking of pelagic shark interactions with longline fishing vessels reveals persistent exploitation hotspots
Authors: Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Gonzalo Mucientes, Neil Hammerschlag, Fernando P. Lima, Kylie Scales, Peter Miller, Lara L. Sousa, Rui Seabra and David W. Sims
Year of publication: 2016
Journal: PNAS
DOI: http://doi.org/
Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans
Authors: Ana MM Sequeira, JP Rodríguez, Víctor M Eguíluz, R Harcourt, M Hindell, David W Sims, Carlos M Duarte, Daniel P Costa, Juan Fernández-Gracia, LC Ferreira, Graeme C Hays, Michelle R Heupel, Mark G Meekan, A Aven, Fred Bailleul, AMM Baylis, Michael L Berumen, Camrin D Braun, Jennifer Burns, M Julian Caley, Richard Campbell, Ruth H Carmichael, Eric Clua, LD Einoder, Ari Friedlaender, Mike E Goebel, Simon D Goldsworthy, Christophe Guinet, John Gunn, Derek Hamer, Neil Hammerschlag, M Hammill, LA Hückstädt, Nicolas E Humphries, M-A Lea, Andrew Lowther, Alice Mackay, Elizabeth McHuron, Jane McKenzie, Lachlan McLeay, Clive R McMahon, K Mengersen, MMC Muelbert, Anthony M Pagano, Bradley Page, Nuno Queiróz, Patrick W Robinson, Scott A Shaffer, M Shivji, Gregory B Skomal, Simon R Thorrold, Stella Villegas-Amtmann, Michael Weise, R Wells, B Wetherbee, Annalise Wiebkin, Barbara Wienecke, Michael Thums
Year of publication: 2018
Journal: PNAS
DOI: http://doi.org/
Analysis of bacterial microbiome associated with nylon and copper nets in an aquaculture context
Authors: Canada, Paula, Ana Pereira, Natacha Nogueira, Lydia Png-Gonzalez, Carlos Andrade, and Raquel Xavier
Year of publication: 2020
Journal: Aquaculture
DOI: http://doi.org/
A haplotype-resolved draft genome of the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus)
Authors: Louro, Bruno, Gianluca De Moro, Carlos Garcia, Cymon J. Cox, Ana Veríssimo, Stephen J. Sabatino, António M. Santos, and Adelino VM Canário.
Year of publication: 2019
Journal: GigaScience
DOI: http://doi.org/
Phylogenetic evidence for an ancestral coevolution between a major clade of coccidian parasites and elasmobranch hosts
Authors: Raquel Xavier, Joana L Santos, Ana Veríssimo
Year of publication: 2018
Journal: Systematic Parasitology
DOI: http://doi.org/
Infraestructure
CIBIO-InBIO was the first Portuguese Research Centre, considering all scientific fields, to win a 3.5M€ EU CAPACITIES Program, used to install a Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Platform, specifically through the acquisition of the equipment Illumina HiSeq 1500, Illumina MiSeq and IlluminaCompute system (Dell/Isilon). Later, the capacity of CIBIO-InBIO to develop research and innovation was also boosted by an ERA Chair EnvMetaGen funded by H2020.
The molecular genetics and ecology laboratories form a very strong experimental and analytical component and possess a dedicated Centre for Molecular Analyses.
CIBIO also has an electronics laboratory equipped with PCB prototyping, 3D scanning and printing, thermoforming and potting capabilities, and a high-performing multicore server.
Services
Technology transfer startup
Type of service: Technology/Technology Platforms
Service URL: http://www.electricblue.eu