meet the team
Our Lab members

Catarina Neves
Master student
Solanum lycopersicum, CRISPR-cas9, Fruit ripening, GRAS transcription factors, Gene expression, Biotechnology

Helena Santos
PhD Student
Vitis vinifera, Botrytis cinerea, Erysiphe necator, Plant Cell Wall, Grapevine resistance and susceptibility, Volatiles, GC-MS

Rute Amaro
PhD student
Vitis vinifera, Powdery mildew, Grapevine resistance and susceptibility, Hormonal metabolism, Gene expression


Ana Sofia Rodrigues
Early stage researcher
Evolutionary Genomics, Metagenomics, Molecular markers, Bioinformatics, Plant Pathogen

Beatriz Ribeiro
Master student
Solanum lycopersicum, CRISPR-cas9, Fruit ripening, GRAS transcription factors, Gene expression, Biotechnology

Flávio Soares
PhD student
Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Biotic stress, CRISPR technology, Plant Molecular Biology, Transcriptomics, Vitis vinifera, Solanum lycopersicum