Curriculum vitae
Susana Maria Traquete Serrazina
ID 9863820
Born in Lisboa Portugal 14-11-1972
Address Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, Edifício
C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Telephone +351 217500000, extension 22116; +351217500163; Fax +351 217500048/0172;
E-mail [email protected]
Academic degree
2004: PhD in Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
(FCUL)
1997: BSc in Applied Plant Biology, FCUL
Current scientific and/or professional activities
October 2009-…: Researcher at BioFIG (FCUL)
April 2007-October 2009: Post-doctoral researcher with scholarship at BioFIG (FCUL),
project “Genomic studies to understand the response to ink disease of chestnut in
Europe”
Areas of scientific activity
Plant molecular biology and biotechnology, plant tissue culture, plant cellular biology,
plant biotic and abiotic stress, plant reproduction and productivity.
Publications
Thesis
Serrazina, S. 2004. Isolamento e Caracterização de Genes de Resistência à Doença da
Tinta em Castanea sativa Mill. PhD Dissertation, FCUL, 301 pp.
Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees
Sampaio, P.N., Neto, H., Poejo, P., Serrazina, S. M., Pais, M.S. 2009. Overexpression and
characterization of cyprosin B in transformed suspension cells of Cynara cardunculus
using GFP marker. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (in press).
Ferreira, S., Baptista, D., Serrazina, S., Pais, M.S. 2009. Morphogenesis induction and
organogenic nodule differentiation in Populus euphratica Oliv. leaf explants. Plant Cell
Tissue & Organ Culture, 96(1), 35-43.
Batista, D., Fonseca, S., Serrazina, S., Figueiredo, A., Pais, M.S. 2008. Efficient and stable
transformation of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) var. Eroica by particle bombardment. Plant
Cell Reports, 27: 1185-1196.
Patent
PT 102979-S. Serrazina, S., Baldé, A., Fonseca, S.C., Pais, M.S. 2003. Genes codificantes
de Óxido de Aleno Ciclase, Cistatina, β-1,3-Glucanase e de Proteína Thaumatin-like
isolados de Castanheiro Europeu (Castanea sativa Mill.). Portuguese Patent required to
INPI by CASTANIA SOCIEDADE AGROFLORESTAL, S.A.
Papers in conference proceedings
Fortes, A.M., Batista, D., Santos, F., Figueiredo, A., Serrazina, S., Young, H Choi, Miersch,
O., Lange, P., Wasternack, C., Verpoorte, R., and Pais, M.S.(2009) Deciphering
morphogenesis for hop improvement. A transcriptomic and metabolic prespective.
Proceedings of the Scientific Commission; International Hop Growers' Convention
I.H.G.C., 35-40.
Supervision experience
Several undergraduate students; one MSc student at the present time.
October 2009