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CURRICULUM VITAE
Sara Newbery Raposo de Magalhães
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1/ Personal information
Name: Sara Newbery Raposo de Magalhães
Date of birth: 12/11/1973
Civil status: single, two children
Nationality: Portuguese
Personal address: Rua José d’Esaguy 3, 3dto
1700 Lisboa
Portugal
Present professional address: Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes
University of Lisbon
Edificio C2,3º Piso
Campo Grande
P-1749016 Lisbon
Portugal
ID: 10718200
Phone number: 00351-912337969
E-mail address: [email protected]
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9673-2012
2/ Current professional status and summary of professional activity
2.1/ Current professional status
 Assistant professor at the department of Animal Biology, Faculdade de Ciências da
Universidade de Lisboa.
 Researcher at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculty
of Sciences, University of Lisbon. PI of the research group ‘Adaptation in heterogeneous
environments’.
2.2 / Summary of professional activity
 2008 – 2016: Assistant researcher at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental
Changes the (cE3c, formerly Centre for Environmental Biology, CBA), Faculty of Sciences,
University of Lisbon.
Since 2009: PI of the research group ‘Adaptation in heterogeneous environments’, within
the group ‘Evolutionary Ecology’.
 2006 – 2008: Post-doctoral researcher, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC;
http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/)
Research on the evolution of pesticide resistance in C. elegans (with Dr. Henrique Teotónio,
Evolutionary Genetics lab, 2006-2007) and on the evolution of compensatory mutations in
Escherichia coli (with Dr. Isabel Gordo, Evolutionary Biology Lab, 2007-2008).
 2004 - 2006: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Montpellier, Institut des Sciences de
l’Evolution (http://www.isem.univ-montp2.fr)
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Research on the evolution of specialization and phenotypic plasticity in herbivorous mites, in
the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Isabelle Olivieri.
 1996 - 2004: PhD degree, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Title: “To eat and not
to be eaten: do plant-inhabiting arthropods tune their behaviour to predation risk?”
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. W. Sabelis and Dr. A. Janssen (Thesis registered at the Universidade
Nova de Lisboa at 23/05/2007 under number 11/2007).
 1991-1995: Graduation in Biology at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Ramo
Científico.
February to July 1995: Erasmus exchange programme at Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse,
France.
3/ Research interests
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Experimental evolution of ecologically-relevant traits.
Evolution of biotic interactions.
Evolution of behavioural traits.
Sex allocation.
Plant-herbivore interactions.
Eco-evolutionary dynamics.
Biological control.
4/ Scientific publications
I have authored 51 scientific peer-reviewed publications. According to Web of Science, these
articles have been cited 1073 times, leading to an H index of 19 (March 1st 2017). In google
scholar, the number of citations is 1578, H index 21. Below I present the publication list, together
with the 5-year impact factor of the respective journals (as in Web of Science).
1. Rodrigues L.R., Figueiredo A.R.T., Varela S.A.M., Olivieri I., Magalhães S. (2017) Male spider
mites use chemical cues, but not the female mating interval, to choose between mates.
Experimental and Applied Acarology 71: 1-13.
2. Magalhães S. and Sucena E. (2016) Genetics of host-parasite interactions: towards a
comprehensive dissection of Drosophila resistance to viral infection. Molecular Ecology,
25: 4981–4983.
3. Faria V.G.*, Martins N. E.*, Magalhães S., Paulo T., Schlötterer C., Sucena E.**, Teixeira
T.** (* co-first, ** co-last) (2016) Drosophila adaptation to viral infection through
defensive symbiont evolution. Plos Genetics, 12: e1006297.
4. Calatayud J., Hórreo J.L., Madrigal-González J., Migeon A., Rodríguez M.A., Magalhães S.*
Hortal J. * (* co-last) (2016) Geography and major evolutionary transitions shape the
resource use of plant parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 113:
9840-984.
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5. Clemente S. H., Rodrigues L.R., Ponce, R., Varela S.A.M.* and Magalhães S.* (* co-last)
(2016) Incomplete species recognition entails few costs in spider mites, despite first male
precedence. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:1161-1170.
6. Alpedrinha J. and Magalhães S. (2016) Reproductive interference meets sex allocation:
l’enfer c’est les autres? Current Biology, 26, R461–R480.
7. Xue* H. J., Wei*J. N., Magalhães S., Zhang B., Song K. Q., Liu J., Li W. Z. and Yang X. K. (*
co-first) (2016) Contact pheromones of two sympatric beetle species are modified by the
host plant and affect mate choice. Behavioral Ecology 27: 895-902.
8. Rodrigues L.R., Duncan A. B., Clemente S. H., Moya-Laraño J. and Magalhães S. (2016)
Integrating competition for food, hosts or mates via experimental evolution. Trends in
Ecology and Evolution 31:158-170.
9. Godinho D., Janssen A., Dias T., Cruz C. and Magalhães S. (2016) Down-regulation of plant
defense in a resident spider mite species and its effect upon con- and heterospecifics.
Oecologia, 180 : 161-167.
10. Faria V.G.*, Martins N.E.*, Paulo T.F., Teixeira T., Sucena E.** and Magalhães S.** (*cofirst, **co-last). (2015) Evolution of Drosophila resistance against different pathogens and
infection routes shows no evidence for maintenance costs. Evolution, 69-11: 2799–2809.
11. Skoracka A., Magalhães S., Rector B. and Kuczyński L. (2015) Cryptic speciation in the Acari:
a function of the organisms lifestyle or of human detection ability? Experimental and
Applied Acarology, 67:165–182.
12. Marinosci C., Magalhães S., Macke E., Navajas M., Carbonell D., Devaux C.* and Olivieri I.*
(* co-last) (2015) Effects of host plant on life history traits in the polyphagous spider mite
Tetranychus urticae. Ecology and Evolution, 5:3151-3158.
13. Bárbaro M., Mira M.S., Fragata I., Simões P., Lima M., Lopes-Cunha M., Kellen B., Santos J.,
Varela S.A.M., Matos M.* and Magalhães S.* (* co-last) (2015) Evolution of mating
behaviour among two geographically-isolated populations adapting to a common
environment. Ecology and Evolution, 5:1609-1617.
14. Macke E., Olivieri I. and Magalhães S. (2014) Local mate competition mediates sexual
conflict in a haplodiploid spider mite. Current Biology, 24:2850-2854 (cf. Dispatch in Curr.
Biol. Shuker D.M and Cook N. 21:R135-R137).
15. Magalhães S., Cailleau A., Blanchet E. and Olivieri I. (2014) Do mites evolving in alternating
host plants adapt to host switch? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27:1956–1964.
16. Martins N.E.*, Faria V.G.*, Nolte V., Schlötterer C., Teixeira L., Sucena E.** and Magalhães
S.** (*co-first, **co-last) (2014) Host adaptation to viruses relies on few genes with
different cross-resistance properties Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA,
111:5938–5943.
17. Moya-Laraño J., Bilbao-Castro J.R., Barrionuevo G., Ruiz-Lupión D., Casado L.G.,
Montserrat, M., Melián C. & Magalhães S. (2014) Simulating eco-evolutionary dynamics
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across space: rapid evolution and the degree of island isolation explain food web
persistence. Advances in Ecological Research, 50:76-143.
18. Miskinyte M., Sousa A.M., Ramiro R., Sousa J., Caramalho I., Magalhães S. and Gordo I.
(2013) The genetic basis of Escherichia coli pathoadaptation to macrophages Plos
Pathogens 9: e1003802.
19. Martins N.E.*, Faria V.G.*, Teixeira L., Magalhães S.** and Sucena E.** (*co-first, **colast) (2013) Host adaptation is contingent upon the infection route taken by pathogens.
Plos Pathogens 9: e1003601 (Recommended by Faculty of 1000).
20. Maleknia B., Zahedi A., Saboori A. and Magalhães S. (2013) Olfactory responses of
Phytoseiulus persimilis to rose plants with or without prey or competitors. Acarologia, 53:
235-246.
21. Magalhães S. and Matos M. (2012) Strengths and weaknesses of experimental evolution.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27: 649-650.
22. Macke E., Magalhães S., Bach F. and Olivieri I. (2012) Sex ratio adjustment in response to
local mate competition is achieved through an alteration of egg size in a haplodiploid
spider mite. Proceedings of the Royal. Society of London, Series B, 279: 4634-4642.
23. Boubou A., Migeon A., Roderick G.K., Auger P., Cornuet J.-M., Magalhães S. and Navajas
M. (2012) Test of colonization scenarios reveals complex invasion history of the red
tomato spider mite Tetranychus evansi. Plos ONE, 7:e35601.
24. Macke E., Magalhães S., Khan H.D.T., Frantz A., Facon B. and Olivieri I. (2012) Mating
modifies female reproductive effort in a haplodiploid spider mite. American Naturalist.
179: E147-E162.
25. Sousa A.M., Magalhães S. and Gordo I. (2012) Cost of antibiotic resistance and the
geometry of adaptation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29: 1417-1428.
26. Montserrat M., Magalhães S., Sabelis M. W., de Roos A. M. & Janssen A. (2012) Invasion
success in communities with reciprocal intraguild predation depends on the stage
structure of the resident population. Oikos, 121: 67-76.
27. Macke E., Magalhães S., Bach F. and Olivieri I. (2011) Experimental evolution of reduced
sex ratio adjustment under local mate competition. Science, 334: 1127-1129 (cf. Dispatch
in Curr. Biol. Herre, E.A. et al. 21:R992-R993).
28. Grbic M.*, Van Leeuwen T.*, Clark R. M.*, Rombauts S., Rouze P., Grbic V., Osborne E. J.,
Dermauw W., Phuong Cao Thi N., Ortego F., Hernandez-Crespo P., Diaz I., Martinez M.,
Navajas M., Sucena E., Magalhães S., Nagy L., Pace R. M., Djuranovic S., Smagghe G., Iga
M., Christiaens O., Veenstra J. A., Ewer J., Mancilla Villalobos R., Hutter J. L., Hudson S. D.,
Velez M., Yi S. V., Zeng J., Pires da Silva A., Roch F., Cazaux M., Navarro M., Zhurov V.,
Acevedo G., Bjelica A., Fawcett J. A., Bonnet E., Martens C., Baele G., Wissler L., SanchezRodriguez A., Tirry L., Blais C., Demeestere K., Henz S. R., Gregory T. R., Mathieu J., Verdon
L., Farinelli L., Schmutz J., Lindquist E., Feyereisen R., and Van de Peer Y. (*co-first) (2011)
The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations. Nature, 479:
487-492.
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29. Magalhães S., Blanchet E., Egas M., and Olivieri, I. (2011) Environmental effects on the
detection of local adaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24:2653-2662.
30. Bitume E.V., Bonte D., Magalhães S., SanMartin G., van Dongen S., Bach F., Anderson J.,
Olivieri I. and Nieberding C. (2011) Heritability and artificial selection on ambulatory
dispersal distance in Tetranychus urticae. Plos ONE, 6: e26927.
31. Macke E., Magalhães S., Khan H.D.T., Luciano A., Frantz A., Facon B. and Olivieri I. (2011)
Sex allocation in haplodiploids is mediated by egg size: evidence in the spider mite
Tetranychus urticae Koch. Proceedings of the Royal. Society of London, Series B, 278:105410. (cf. Dispatch in Curr. Biol. Jackson, D.E. and Martin, S.J. 20:R1080-R1081).
32. Belliure B., Montserrat M. and Magalhães S. (2010) Mites as models for experimental
evolution studies. Acarologia, 50:513-529.
33. Xue H.J., Magalhães S., Li W. Z. and Yang X.K. (2009) Reproductive barriers between two
sympatric beetle species specialized on different host plants. Journal of Evolutionary
Biology, 22: 2258-2266.
34. Oku K., Magalhães S. and Dicke M. (2009) Effects of the presence of webbing on fitness in
the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and
applied Acarology, 49: 167-172.
35. Magalhães S., Blanchet E., Egas M. and Olivieri I. (2009) Are adaptation costs necessary to
build up a local adaptation pattern? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9:182.
36. Lopes P.C., Sucena E., Santos E. and Magalhães S. (2008) Rapid experimental evolution of
pesticide resistance in C. elegans entails no costs and affects the mating system. PLoS ONE,
3: e3741.
37. Montserrat M., Magalhães S., Sabelis M. W., de Roos A. M. and Janssen A. (2008)
Unexpected patterns of exclusion in an experimental system with intraguild predation.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 3: 624-630 (Selected “must read” paper by Faculty Of 1000
Biology, Factor 6).
38. Olivieri I., Singer M.C., Magalhães S., Courtiol A., Dubois Y., Carbonell D., Justy F. Beldade
P., Parmsean C. and Michalakis Y. (2008) Understanding host use and genetic
differentiation among populations of a thistle weevil. Evolutionary Applications, 1: 112128.
39. Janssen A., Sabelis M.W., Magalhães S., Montserrat M. and van der Hammen T. (2007)
Habitat structure affects intraguild predation. Ecology, 88: 2713-2719.
40. Magalhães S, Forbes M.R., Skoracka A., Osakabe M., Chevillon C. and McCoy K.D. (2007)
Host race formation in the Acari. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 42: 225-238.
41. Magalhães S., Fayard J., Janssen, A., Carbonell D. and Olivieri I. (2007) Adaptation in a
spider mite population after longterm evolution on a single host plant. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology, 20:2016-2027.
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42. Magalhães S., van Rijn P.C.J., Montserrat M., Pallini A. and Sabelis M. W. (2007) Population
dynamics of thrips prey and their mite predators in a refuge. Oecologia, 150: 557-568.
43. Montserrat M., Bas C., Magalhães S., Sabelis M. W. and Janssen A. (2007) Predators induce
egg retention in prey. Oeocologia, 150: 699-705.
44. Montserrat M., Janssen A., Magalhães S. and Sabelis M. W. (2006) To be an intraguild
predator or a cannibal: is prey quality decisive? Ecological Entomology, 31: 430-436.
45. Magalhães S., Janssen A., Montserrat M. and Sabelis M. W. (2005) Prey attack and
predators defend: counterattacking prey trigger parental care in predators. Proceedings of
the Royal. Society of London, Series B, 272: 1929-1933.
46. Magalhães S., Janssen A., Montserrat M. and Sabelis M. W. (2005) Host-plant species
modifies the diet of an omnivore feeding on three trophic levels. Oikos, 101: 47-56.
47. Magalhães S., Tudorache C., Mannen R., Montserrat M. Sabelis M.W. and Janssen A.
(2005) Diet of intraguild predators triggers antipredator behavior in intraguild prey.
Behavioral Ecology, 16: 364-370.
48. Magalhães S., Brommer J. E., Silva E. S., Bakker F. M. and Sabelis M. W. (2003) Life-history
trade-off in two predator species sharing the same prey: a study on cassava-inhabiting
mites. Oikos, 102: 533-542.
49. Magalhães S., Janssen A., Hanna R., and Sabelis M. W. (2002) Flexible antipredator
behaviour in herbivorous mites through vertical migration in a plant. Oecologia, 132: 143149.
50. Magalhães S. and Bakker F. M. (2002) Plant feeding by a predatory mite inhabiting
cassava. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 27: 27-37.
51. Janssen A., Faraji F., van der Hammen T., Magalhães S. and Sabelis M. W. (2002)
Interspecific infaticide deters predators. Ecology Letters, 5: 490-494.
5/ Projects and research contracts
I have coordinated 7 international projects and participated in 6 others. Furthermore, I have
obtained 6 international and 2 national grants as well as 2 national competitive contracts.
 International projects as PI
1. 2017-2022. “COMPCON – Competition under (niche) construction”. ERC consolidating grant,
PI, EUR 1 999 275.
2. 2016-2018. “One, two or three biocontrol agents? Effects of entomopathogenic fungi,
bacteria, or both on spider mites and their natural enemies”, co-PI with Ibrahim Cakmak,
FCT-Tubitak grant (PTTUBITAK/0001/2014), EUR 94 611 (84 211 from FCT)
3. 2013-2016. “Evolution of sex allocation in Tetranychus urticae, a major crop pest”
(EVOLSEXALLOC), co-PI with Isabelle Olivieri. FCT-ANR grant (FCT-ANR/BIA-EVF/0013/2012),
EUR 463 370 (198 994 from FCT).
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4. 2010-2012: “The evolution of sex-ratio: theory and experimental evolution using haplodiploid spider mites, Tetranychus urticae”, coPI with Isabelle Olivieri. PICS: Project for
International Scientific Cooperation (ref: 5243), EUR 28 000.
5. 2009-2010: “Behavioural, genetic and ecological factors underlying the evolutionary history
of two Iberian vole species”, coPI with Christelle Tougard. Bilateral grant FCT-DREBM/CNRS
(REF: JVUUI56068 / 1685), EUR 2 200.
6. 2008-2010: “Evolution in heterogeneous environments”, coPI with Isabelle Olivieri. PESSOA
grant for work visits between Lisbon and Montpellier (ref: 17728RE), EUR 8 000.
7. October 2006- October 2007: “Sex and the maintenance of diversity in heterogeneous
environments”, PI, Marie Curie Reintegration Grant (ERG 036589), EUR 40 000.
 International projects as collaborator
1. 2017-2019: A bidirectional selection experiment to test the evolution of specialization and
dispersal in the invasive wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella. Polish National Centre OPUS
grant. PI: Anna Skoracka. EUR 170 000
2. 2017-2019: BIOVEINS Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for
biodiverse and healthy cities. BIODIVERSA programme. PI: Pedro Pinho.
3. 2016-2018: “Towards food web engineering: linking trait variability to ecosystem
functioning”. Programme “Proyectos EXCELENCIA y Proyectos RETOS” by the Dirección
General de Investigación Científica y Técnica. PI: Marta Montserrat. EUR 234 000.
4. 2015-2017. “Breeding Invertebrates for Next Generation BioControl” (BINGO,
http://www.bingo-itn.eu/en/bingo.htm); Marie Curie International Training Network. PI:
Bart Pannebakker. EUR 3 288 069.
5. 2015-2016: “WEAVER: Supercomputing for simulating plausible worlds: from the extinction
of the dinosaurs to biological pest control”. Programme “Explora Ciencia” by the Dirección
General de Investigación Científica y Técnica. PI: Jordi Moya-Laraño EUR 48 400.
6. 2011-2013: “Genetics and evolution of specialization in phytophagous or predatory mites”
(GENEVOLSPE). Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR; PIs Isabelle Olivieri and Maria
Navajas). EUR 480 000.
7. 2005-2006: “Experimental evolution of specialization in the spider mite Tetranychus
urticae”, EGIDE grant (project number 08509PF) for work visits between Amsterdam and
Montpellier (PIs: Isabelle Olivieri and Maurice W. Sabelis). EUR 5 285.
 International grants
1. May–September 2006: Post-Doctoral Grant from the French Research Agency (ANR) under
the project ABIME (with John Thompson and Isabelle Olivieri).
2. 2004–2006: Marie Curie grant for post-doctoral studies (ref: 501593).
3. 1997-2000: TMR grant. European grant for post-graduate studies (ref: ERBFMBICT961550).
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4. May-July 1996: MITOX Stichting Duurzame Plaagbestrijdind. Private grant for post-graduate
studies.
5. January-April 1996: LEONARDO DA VINCI grant. European grant for post-graduate studies
6. February-September 1995: ERASMUS grant. European grant for undergraduate studies.
 National grants and contracts
1. 2013 – Present: Investigador FCT, starting level.
2. 2008-2013 Contract Ciência 2007 as Assistant Researcher.
3. 2006-2008: GRICES Post-Doctoral Grant from the Portuguese Ministry for Science and
Technology (SFRH/BI/15997/2006).
4. 2000-2004: Praxis XXI. Portuguese grant for PhD studies abroad (SFRH / BD / 818 / 2000).
6/ Supervision of scientific and academic work
So far, I have supervised 6 post-doctoral fellows, 7 PhD students (3 completed), 13 Msc students
(7 completed) and several other post-graduate students.
 Supervision of Post-doctoral fellows
1. João Alpedrinha (2015-Present). The (co) evolution of mating strategies and sex allocation in
spider mites. Main supervisor, FCT grant (SFRH/BPD/109533/2015).
2. Flore Zélé (2013-Present). Wolbachia and sex allocation in spider mites. Main supervisor.
Grant from the FCT-ANR project EVOLSEXALLOC.
3. Ana Rita Ponce (2012-2014). The origin and maintenance of toxin-antitoxin loci in bacterial
genomes: consequences to quorum sensing and bacterial programmed cell death. Main
supervision, in replacement of Francisco Dionisio. FCT grant (SFRH/BPD/42801/2008).
4. Alison Duncan (2013-2014). Sex allocation in spider mites. Co-supervision with Prof. Dr.
Isabelle Olivieri. Grant from the FCT-ANR project EVOLSEXALLOC.
5. Nelson Martins (2010-2013). Evolution of the immune response of Drosophila melanogaster:
insights using experimental evolution to multiple pathogens and exposure scenarios. Cosupervision with Dr. Luís Teixeira and Dr. Elio Sucena. FCT grant (SFRH/BPD/62964/2009).
6. Ana Cerveira (2009-2010). Reproductive barriers between two pine vole sister species in a
sympatry zone. Co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias. FCT grant
(SFRH/BPD/47070/2008).
 Supervision of PhD students
1. Jorge Henriques (2016-Present). Eco-evolutionary dynamics of spiders on metalcontaminated food webs. Co-supervision with Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño. BIODIV PhD
programme.
2. Diogo Godinho (2016-Present). Eco-evolutionary interactions between plants and herbivores
on metal-polluted environments. Co-supervision with Dr. Cristina Branquinho. BIODIV PhD
programme.
3. Leonor Rodrigues (2013-Present). The effect of sexual and host-endosymbiont conflicts over
mating strategies in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Co-supervision with Prof. Dr.
Isabelle Olivieri. FCT grant (SFRH/BD/87628/2012).
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4. Salomé Clemente (2013-Present). The Evolution of direct and indirect interactions between
two spider mite species and their relevance for coexistence and pest control. Co-supervision
with Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño and Dr. Susana Varela. FCT grant (SFRH/BD/90156/2012).
5. Cassandra Marinosci (2013-2016). Experimental evolution of life-history traits in the
herbivorous pest Tetranychus urticae. Co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Isabelle Olivieri and Prof.
Dr. Ophélie Ronce. Grant from the FCT-ANR project EVOLSEXALLOC.
6. Migla Miskinyte (2008-2013). Role of biotic interactions in generating and maintaining
biodiversity. Co-supervision with Dr. Isabel Gordo. Grant from the PhD programme of
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. Title conceded by Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
7. Emilie Macke (2007-2011). Reproduction and sex allocation in the haplodiploid spider mite
Tetranychus urticae. Co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Isabelle Olivieri. Grant from the ANR
project EVOLGENSPE. Title conceded by the University of Montpellier.
 Supervision of Master students
1. Miguel Cruz (2016-Present): The effect of intraspecific reproductive incompatibilities
between hosts on the spread of Wolbachia. Co-supervision with Dr. Flore Zélé.
2. Jessica Paulo (2016-Present): Interaction with plant defences in spider mites species with
different degrees of specialization. Co-supervision with Dr. Cristina Branquinho.
3. Nuno Martins (2015-2016). Parasite transmission: correlation with virulence and host
physiology. Co-supervision with Dr. Elio Sucena, IGC.
4. Alexandre Figueiredo (2015-2016). Male competition and mating behavior in the spider
mite Tetranychus urticae.
5. Murat Bakirdoven (2015-2016). The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotypeassociated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae (provisional
title). Co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Raşit Bilgin. University of Boğaziçi, Turkey.
6. Joaquim Santos (2014-2016). The reciprocal interaction between Wolbachia and hostplant specialization in spider mites (provisional title). Co-supervision with Dr. Flore Zélé.
7. Gonçalo Matos (2012-2013). Interactions between mites and bacteria: how mites cope
with infection? Co-supervision with Dr. Elio Sucena, IGC.
8. Diogo Godinho (2012-2013) Metapopulations of invasive and resident spider mite
species: how does the presence of one species affect colonization by the other? Cosupervision with Arne Janssen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
9. Leonor Rodrigues (2011-2012). Mating behavior in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae.
Co-supervision with Prof. Dr. sabelle Olivieri, University of Montpellier, France.
10. Ana Bárbaro (2010-2011). Are reproductive barriers involved in the maintenance of a
latitudinal cline? Insights from a set of populations of Drosophila subobscura adapting to
a common environment. Co-supervision with Dr. Margarida Matos, FCUL.
11. Bahador Maleknia (2010-2011). Olfactory responses of Phytoseiulus persimilis to rose
plants. Co-supervision with Azadeh Zahedig. University of Tehran, Iran.
12. Bruno Viera (2008- 2009). Understanding the cost of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Main supervision. FCUL.
13. Elodie Blanchet (2005- 2006). Evolution de la specialization chez l’acarien tisserand
Tetranychus urticae. Co-supervision with Isabelle Olivieri. University of Montpellier,
France.
 Other post-graduate students
Exchange students:
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1. Paula Gimenez-Martinez (September-December 2016). Erasmus exchange Msc Student.
2. Joaquin Calatayud (June-August 2014). PhD student. Lab visit under the programme
“Ayudas complementarias para beneficiarios de ayudas FPU: Estancias Breves”. Main
supervision: Joaquin Hortal, CSIC, Spain.
Students hired within projects as research technicians:
1. Inês Santos (2013-Present). BI within the project EVOLSEXALLOC, FCT-ANR.
2. Patricia Lopes (2007). BI within the Marie Curie Reintegration grant.
Masters co-supervision:
1. Ana Cristina Laranjeira (2015-2016). Can evolution of gut microbiota alter C. elegans
longevity? Main supervisor: Ivo Chelo. IGC.
2. André Rocha (2015-present). The evolution of antimutators. Main supervisor: Isabel
Gordo. IGC.
3. Carolina Lopes da Silva (2014-2015). Genetics of diversification: a hotspot locus for
pigmentation evolution. Main supervisor: Patricia Beldade. IGC.
4. Andreia Teixeira (2014-2015). Plasticity vs. Robustness: differential environmental
sensivity on the same traits. Main supervisor: Patricia Beldade. IGC.
5. Antonio Dias (2011-2012). Studying the neuronal basis of mate choice in mice. Main
supervisors: Léa Zinck and Susana Lima. Champalimaud Foundation.
6. Simone Delgado (2008-2010). Gene annotation in Heliconius numata: colouring the black
box. Main supervisor: Mathieu Joron. Musée National D’Histoire Naturelle, France.
7/ Participation in conferences and invited talks
 Organisation of meetings and symposia:
1. 2017: Organisation of the symposium “How mating behaviour affects competition for
mates”, with Leonor Rodrigues, Behaviour 2017 meeting, Estoril, Portugal.
2. 2017: Organisation of the symposium “Eco-evolutionary dynamics in a changing world:
integrating genes, traits and ecosystems“, with Jordi Moya-Laraño and Marta Montserrat,
XIV MEDECOS & XIII AEET meeting, Sevilla, Spain.
3. 2016: Member of the technical programme committee of the 2nd International
Conference on Agricultural and Biological Sciences (ABS), Shanghai, China.
4. 2015: Organisation of the symposium “What is new in sex allocation studies?”, with Bram
Kuijper, XVth European Society for Evolutionary Biology meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland.
5. 2015: Organisation of the symposium “Symbionts in multipartite interactions: ecology,
evolution and regulatory mechanisms”, with Flore Zélé and Maria José Pozo, Congress of
the International Symbiosis Society, Lisbon, Portugal.
6. 2015 : Organisation of the meeting “Frontiers in E3: first annual meeting of cE3c”, with
André Vizinho, Dr. António Onofre and Dr. Cristina Branquinho, Lisbon, Portugal.
7. 2014: Organisation of the symposium “Mating and sex allocation strategies in spider
mites”, with Isabelle Olivieri and Keiko Oku, XIVth International Meeting of Acarology,
Kyoto, Japan.
8. 2013: Member of the scientific committee of the XIV th European Society for Evolutionary
Biology meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.
9. 2013: Organisation of the General Symposium, with Margarida Matos, at the XIVth
Meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Lisbon, Portugal.
10. 2013: Member of the scientific committee of the Second International Persian Congress
of Acarology.
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11. 2013: Organisation of the conference cycle "SEE - Seminars in Ecology and Evolution",
funded by FCT, with Dr. Carlos Fernandes, Dr. Henrique Pereira and Dr. Luis Miguel
Rosalino.
12. 2012: Member of the Scientific committee of the 9 th meeting of the Sociedade
Portuguesa de Etologia, Lisbon, Portugal.
13. 2010: Organisation of the meeting “6º Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva”, with Dr.
Margarida Matos and Dr. André Levy, Lisbon, Portugal.
14. 2010: Organisation of the Conference Cycle "Biodiversity and Society", University of
Lisbon - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal.
15. 2007: Organisation of the meeting “3º Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva”, with Dr.
Isabel Gordo and Dr. Francisco Dionísio, Oeiras, Portugal.
16. 2007: Organisation of the symposium “Evolution in heterogeneous environments”, with
Ophélie Ronce and Virginie Ravigné, XIst European Society for Evolutionary Biology
meeting, Uppsala, Sweden.
17. 2006: Organisation of the symposium “Host-race formation in mites and ticks”, with
Karen McCoy. XIIth International Congress of Acarology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
 Invited talks
1. 2016: Cibio, Campus agrário do Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. Title: “How is
diversity maintained during evolution of hosts and parasites?”.
2. 2016: Darwins’ museum, Parque dos Poetas, Oeiras, Portugal. Title: “Filhos ou filhas?”.
3. 2015: Keynote speaker at the 4th International Entomophagous Insect Conference,
Malaga, Spain. Title: “Host-parasite interactions and the maintenance of diversity”.
4. 2015: Keynote speaker at the 4th Iberian Congress of Ecology, Coimbra, Portugal. Title:
“The evolution of generalist parasites and hosts”.
5. 2015: Invited speaker at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Groupe Ecologie Evolutive
et Génétique, Belgium. Title: “Experimental evolution of spider mites on novel host
plants: the role of trade-offs and temporal heterogeneity”.
6. 2015: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal. Title: “Sex allocation in
haplodiploids: conflict for the sexes, by the sexes”.
7. 2015: Darwin Day, FCUL: Can genetic variation be maintained in natural systems?
8. 2014: Invited speaker at the University of Ghent, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Belgium. Title:
“Are there trade-offs in the evolution of hosts and parasites?”.
9. 2014: Invited speaker at the Meeting of the PhD students of the International Max Planck
Research School in Evolutionary Biology, Eckernförde, Germany. Title: “Experimental
Evolution of host-parasite interactions”.
10. 2013: Invited speaker at the University of Basel, Institute of Zoology, Switzerland. Title:
“Sex allocation and sexual selection in spider mites”. 2012: Instituto Superior de
Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA), Lisboa, Portugal. Title: “Sex allocation in spider mites”.
11. 2011: Invited speaker at Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle (CEFE), Montpellier, France.
Title: “The evolution of specialization”.
12. 2007: Invited speaker at CSIC center of LA MAYORA, Malaga, Spain. Title: “Do spider
mites specialize on novel host plants?”.
13. 2005: Invited speaker at IVIA, Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research, Spain. Title:
“The effect of behavioural interactions in food webs”.
 Oral presentations
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1. 2016: The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers
among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Flore Zélé, Murat Bakırdöven, Leonor Rodrigues
and Sara Magalhães. 2nd Annual meeting of the Center for Ecology, Evolution and
Environmental Changes'. Lisbon, Portugal.
2. 2015: The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers
among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Flore Zélé, Murat Bakırdöven, Leonor Rodrigues
and Sara Magalhães. XIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, FCT, Costa da Caparica,
Portugal
3. 2015: The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers
among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Flore Zélé, Murat Bakırdöven, Leonor Rodrigues
and Sara Magalhães. Xth meeting of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, ISPA, Lisboa,
Portugal.
4. 2015: Is the within-plant distribution of herbivorous mites affected by differences in plant
nutritious value or herbivore damage? Diogo Godinho, Arne Janssen, Dan Li, Cristina Cruz and
Sara Magalhães. Xth meeting of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, ISPA, Lisboa, Portugal.
5. 2015: Local mate competition mediates sexual conflict over sex ratio in a haplodiploid mite.
Sara Magalhães, Emilie Macke, Isabelle Olivieri. European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland.
6. 2015: Intracellular endosymbiont selection contributes to Drosophila adaptation to viral
infection. Vitor G. Faria, Nelson E. Martins, Sara Magalhães, Viola Nolte, Christian Schlötterer,
Luis Teixeira, Élio Sucena. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Lausanne,
Switzerland.
7. 2015: The interaction between host nutrition and competitors in determining the distribution
of herbivorous mites on plants. Diogo Godinho, Cristina Cruz, Arne Janssen and Sara
Magalhães. cE3c annual meeting, Lisbon, Portugal.
8. 2015: Factors affecting endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites.
Flore Zélé, Inês Santos, Leonor Rodrigues, Diogo Godinho, Salomé Clemente, Isabelle Olivieri,
Mylène Weill, Olivier Duron, Margarida Matos and Sara Magalhães. Annual Meeting of the
Ecology of Parasitic Interactions Network (REID), Lyon, France.
9. 2014: Sperm precedence and potential sexual conflicts in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae
Leonor Rodrigues, Isabelle Olivieri, Salomé Clemente and Sara Magalhães. IXth SPE Meeting
Porto, Portugal.
10. 2014: The evolution of sexual conflicts in Tetranychus urticae Emilie Macke, Isabelle
Olivieri, and Sara Magalhães. IXth SPE Meeting Porto, Portugal.
11. 2014: Asymmetric reproductive interference among two spider mite species Salomé
Clemente, Leonor Rodrigues, Ana Rita Ponce, Cristina Cruz and Sara Magalhães. IXth SPE
Meeting Porto, Portugal.
12. The evolution of sexual conflicts in Tetranychus urticae. Emilie Macke, Isabelle Olivieri,
Sara Magalhães. International Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan.
13. 2014: Impact of the maternal environment on sex allocation. Alison Duncan, Cassandra
Marinosci, Joanne Griffin, Ophélie Ronce, Sara Magalhães & Isabelle Olivieri. International
Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan.
14. 2014: Asymmetric reproductive interference among two spider mite species. Salomé
Clemente, Leonor Rodrigues, Ana Rita Ponce, Cristina Cruz, Sara Magalhães. International
Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan.
15. 2014: Endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites is rapidly lost
following laboratory adaptation, Flore Zélé, Inês Santos, Leonor Rodrigues, Salomé Clemente,
Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães. International Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan.
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16. 2013: Why do male spider mites mate with mated females if only the first mating is
effective? Leonor Rodrigues, Salomé Clemente, Joana Carvalho, Fernando Duarte, Ana Rita
Ponce, Susana Varela, Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães. 9th Encontro Nacional de Biologia
Evolutiva Oeiras, Portugal.
17. 2013: Experimental evolution for increased virus resistance in Drosophila melanogaster
reveals no costs and a simple genetic basis Nelson Martins, Vitor Faria, Viola Nolte, Christian
Schlötterer, Luis Teixeira, Elio Sucena and Sara Magalhães. European Society for Evolutionary
Biology meeting, Oeiras, Portugal.
18. 2012: Spider mite immunity, or the absence of it. Nelson Martins, Thomas van Leeuwen,
Gonçalo Matos, Nicky Wybouw, John Vontas, Maria Riga, Élio Sucena and Sara Magalhães. 4th
spider mite genome meeting, Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain.
19. 2012: Do plants delude their bodyguards? Olfactory responses of predatory mites on
rose. Bahador Maleknia, Azadeh Zahedig, Alirezza Saboori and Sara Magalhães. IXth meeting of
the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal.
20. 2011: Evolution of sex allocation in spider mites. Sara Magalhães, Emilie Macke, Fabien
Bach and Isabelle Olivieri. 7th Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Coimbra, Portugal.
21. 2011: Does evolution in temporally-varying environments require specific adaptations?
Sara Magalhães, Aurelie Cailleau, Elodie Blanchet and Isabelle Olivieri European Society for
Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Tubingen, Germany.
22. 2010: Immunity genes in Tetranychus urticae. Élio Sucena and Sara Magalhães. Second
meeting of the spider mite genome consortium, Tivat, Montenegro.
23. 2009: Reproductive barriers between two sympatric beetle species colonizing different
host plants”. Huai Jun Xue, Sara Magalhães S., Wen-Zhu Li and Xing-Ke Yang. 5th Encontro
Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Lisboa, Portugal.
24. 2009: Experimental evolution studies in Tetranychus urticae” Sara Magalhães. First
meeting of the spider mite genome consortium, Logroño, Spain.
25. 2008: Rapid experimental evolution of pesticide resistance in C. elegans. Patrícia Lopes,
Élio Sucena, Emilia Santos and Sara Magalhães. 4th Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva,
Porto, Portugal.
26. 2006: Prey attack and predators defend. Sara Magalhães, Arne Janssen, Marta
Montserrat and Maurice Sabelis. International Congress of Acarology, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
27. 2006: Experimental evolution of mites adapting to novel host plants. Sara Magalhães,
Julien Fayard, Elodie Blanchet, Martijn Egas and Isabelle Olivieri. International Congress of
Acarology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
28. 2002: Flexible antipredator behaviour in herbivorous mites. Sara Magalhães, Rachid
Hanna, Arne Janssen and Maurice Sabelis. International Congress of Acarology, Merida,
Mexico.
29. 2002: Parental care in predatory mites. Sara Magalhães, Arne Janssen, Marta Montserrat
and Maurice Sabelis. International Congress of the Society for Behavioral Ecology. Montréal,
Canada.
30. 1999: Life history strategies of predatory mites. Sara Magalhães, Frank Bakker and
Maurice Sabelis. European Ecological Congress. Halkidiki, Greece.
31. 1999: Predator life history traits under different prey densities: a mechanism for
coexistence? Sara Magalhães, Frank Bakker and Maurice Sabelis. Meeting of the American
Society of Evolution. Madison, USA.
32. 1998: Coexistence of predatory mites in cassava. Sara Magalhães, Frank Bakker and
Maurice Sabelis. Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, Heraklion, Crete.
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 Poster presentations
1. 2016: Effect of metal-accumulation on the performance of plants and infesting herbivores
that cope differently with organic defences. Diogo P. Godinho, Cristina Branquinho, Sara
Magalhães. XIIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Aveiro, Portugal.
2. 2016: Evidence of a new downregulation mechanism in Tetranychus ludeni. Jessica T.
Paulo, Diogo P. Godinho, Arne Janssen, Juan Manuel Alba, Cristina Branquinho, Sara
Magalhães. XIIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Aveiro, Portugal.
3. 2016: The evolution of mating strategies in spider mites. João Alpedrinha, Sara
Magalhães. XIIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Aveiro, Portugal.
4. 2016: Do females evolve to avoid incompatible crosses? Inês Santos, Leonor Rodrigues,
Sara Magalhães & Flore Zélé XIIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Aveiro,
Portugal.
5. 2016: Of Don Juans and mommy’s boys: mating experience and maternal effects on male
spider mite’s competition and mating behavior. Alexandre R.T. Figueiredo, Leonor R.
Rodrigues & Sara Magalhães. XIIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Aveiro,
Portugal.
6. 2016: The interplay between Wolbachia and mo rph-associated reproductive barriers
among populations of Tetranychus urticae: Miguel Cruz, Sara Magalhães, Flore Zélé. XIIth
Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Aveiro, Portugal.
7. 2016: Integrating competition for food, hosts or mates via experimental evolution.
Leonor R Rodrigues, Alison Duncan, Slomé H Clemente, Jordi Moya-Laraño, Sara
Magalhães 2nd Annual meeting of the Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental
Changes'. Lisbon, Portugal.
8. 2016: How to find a How to find a virgin in a haystack of mated females. Leonor R.
Rodrigues, Alexandre Figueiredo, Isabelle Olivieri, Sara Magalhães. 2nd Annual meeting
of the Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes'. Lisbon, Portugal. Best
prize for poster.
9. 2016: Eco-evolutionary interactions between plants and herbivores on metal-polluted
environments. Diogo P. Godinho, Cristina Branquinho, Sara Magalhães. 2nd Annual
meeting of the Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes'. Lisbon,
Portugal.
10. 2016: The reciprocal interaction between Wolbachia and host-plant specialization in
spider mites. Joaquim Santos, Flore Zélé, Sara Magalhães. 2nd Annual meeting of the Center
for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes'. Lisbon, Portugal
11. 2015: The reciprocal interaction between Wolbachia and host-plant specialization in
spider mites. Joaquim Santos, Flore Zélé, Sara Magalhães. XIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia
Evolutiva, FCT, Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
12. 2015: Plant nutrition and the presence of competitors, but not their interaction, affect
the within-plant distribution of herbivorous mites. Diogo Godinho, Arne Janssen, Dan Li,
Cristina Cruz and Sara Magalhães. XIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, FCT, Costa
da Caparica, Portugal.
13. 2015: How to find a virgin in a haystack of mated females. Leonor Rodrigues, Alexandre
Figueiredo, Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães. XIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia
Evolutiva, FCT, Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
14. Integrating competition for food, hosts or mates via experimental evolution Leonor R.
Rodrigues, Alison B. Duncan, Salomé H. Clemente, Jordi Moya-Laraño and Sara Magalhães.
XIth Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, FCT, Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
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15. 2015: Female spider mites uninfected with Wolbachia do not discriminate between
infected and uninfected males, despite clear benefits. Inês Santos, Leonor Rodrigues, Flore
Zélé and Sara Magalhães. Xth meeting of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, ISPA, Lisboa,
Portugal.
16. 2015: How to find a virgin in a haystack of mated females? Leonor Rodrigues, Alexandre
Figueiredo, Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães. Xth meeting of the Sociedade Portuguesa
de Etologia, ISPA, Lisboa, Portugal.
17. 2015: Experimental evolution of the spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, on tomato plants:
which traits matter in adaptation to a novel host? Cassandra Marinosci, Sophie Lefevre,
Ophélie Ronce, Sara Magalhães, Isabelle Olivieri. European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2015.
18. 2015: Does local resource competition select for less female biased sex ratios under local
mate competition in spider mites? Alison Duncan, Céline Devaux, isabelle Olivieri and Sara
Magalhães. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland.
19. 2015: Degenerescence of the immune system is not universal across chelicerates.
Gonçalo Matos, Nicky Wybouw, Nelson E. Martins, Flore Zélé, Maria Riga, Alexandre B.
Leitão, John Vontas, Miodrag Grbić, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Sara Magalhães and Élio Sucena.
ESEB, Lausanne, Switzerland.
20. 2014: The interaction between host nutrition and competitors in determining the
distribution of herbivorous mites on plants. Diogo Godinho, Arne Janssen, Dan Li, Cristina
Cruz and Sara Magalhães. Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Lisboa, Portugal.
21. 2014: Paternity and mating costs in the spider mite. Leonor Rodrigues, Susana A M
Varela, Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães. Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Lisboa,
Portugal.
22. 2014: Using Individual-based models to unravel eco-evolutionary dynamics of competing
spider-mite species Salomé Clemente, Sara Magalhães and Jordi Moya-Laraño. Encontro
Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Lisboa, Portugal
23. 2014: Reproductive interference among two spider mite species. Inês Santos, Salomé
Clemente, Susana A M Varela, Leonor Rodrigues and Sara Magalhães. Encontro Nacional de
Biologia Evolutiva, Lisboa, Portugal.
24. 2014: Does interspecific competition affect the plant colonization behaviour of invasive
and resident herbivorous spider mites? Diogo Godinho, Arne Janssen and Sara Magalhães.
IXth meeting of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, Porto, Portugal.
25. 2014: Effect of Wolbachia removal in mating discrimination among populations of
Tetranychus urticae. Inês Santos, Leonor Rodrigues, Flore Zélé, Sara Magalhães. IXth meeting
of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, Porto, Portugal.
26. 2014: Does behavioural avoidance play a role in spider mite defences’ against bacteria?
Gonçalo Matos, Telma Laurentino, Élio Sucena and Sara Magalhães. IXth meeting of the
Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, Porto, Portugal.
27. 2014: Is the immune response of Tetranychus urticae representative of the basal
arthropods? Gonçalo Matos, Nicky Wybouw, Maria Riga, John Vontas, Thomas Van Leewen,
Élio Sucena and Sara Magalhães, International Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan.
28. 2014: Effect of Wolbachia removal in mating discrimination among populations of
Tetranychus urticae. Inês Santos, Leonor Rodrigues, Flore Zélé and Sara Magalhães,
International Congress of Acarology, Kyoto, Japan.
29. 2013: "Does interspecific competition affect plant colonization of invasive and resident
herbivorous spider mites? Diogo Godinho, Cristina Cruz, Arne Janssen and Sara Magalhães.
Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Oeiras, Portugal.
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30. 2013: Is (lack of) immunity in spider mites shaped by phylogeny or ecology? Gonçalo
Matos, Thomas van Leeuwen, Nelson Martins, Nicky Wybouw, John Vontas, Maria Riga, Elio
Sucena and Sara Magalhães. Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva Oeiras, Portugal.
31. 2013: Mating interval determines the outcome of reproductive interference among two
spider mite species. Salomé Clemente, Leonor Rodrigues, Ana Rita Ponce, Cristina Cruz and
Sara Magalhães. Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva, Oeiras, Portugal.
32. 2013: Asymmetric reproductive interference among two spider mite species. Salomé
Clemente, Leonor Rodrigues, Ana Rita Ponce, Cristina Cruz and Sara Magalhães. Meeting of
the Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, Lisboa, Portugal.
33. 2013: Why do male spider mites remate if only the first mating is effective? Leonor
Rodrigues, Salomé Clemente, Joana Carvalho, Fernando Duarte, Ana Rita Ponce, Susana
Varela., Isabelle Olivieri and Sara Magalhães. Meeting of the Sociedade Portuguesa de
Etologia, Lisboa, Portugal.
34. 2013: Asymmetric reproductive interference among two spider mite species Salomé
Clemente, Leonor Rodrigues, Ana Rita Ponce, Cristina Cruz and Sara Magalhães. European
Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting Lisboa, Portugal.
35. 2013: Host adaptation to different routes of infection relies on pathogen-specific and
non-overlapping genetic bases. Nelson Martins., Vitor Faria, Luis Teixeira, Elio Sucena and
Sara Magalhães. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting Lisboa, Portugal.
36. 2013: Can reproductive barriers maintain differentiation in face of global changes? A case
study in Drosophila subobscura. Margarida Matos, Margarida Bárbaro, Mário Mira, Inês
Fragata, Pedro Simões, Margarida Lima, Miguel Lopes-Cunha, Barbara Kellen, Josiane Santos
and Sara Magalhães. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting Lisboa, Portugal.
37. 2013: Why do spider mites re-mate? Leonor Rodrigues, Salomé Clemente, Joana
Carvalho, Fernando Duarte, Ana Rita Ponce, Susana Varela., Isabelle Olivieri and Sara
Magalhães. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting Lisboa, Portugal.
38. 2012: Evolutionary dynamics of reproductive isolation. Margarida Bárbaro, Mário Mira,
Inês Fragata, Pedro Simões, Margarida Lima, Miguel Lopes-Cunha, Barbara Kellen, Josiane
Santos, Margarida Matos and Sara Magalhães. 8th National congress of Evolutionary Biology,
Oeiras, Portugal.
39. 2012: The effect of mate choice in mite populations. Ana Rita Ponce, Salomé Clemente,
Ricardo Ramirez, Leonor Rodrigues and Sara Magalhães. 8th National congress of
Evolutionary Biology, Oeiras, Portugal.
40. 2012: Reproductive interference between two spider-mite species: how can it affect the
outcome of competitive interactions? Salomé Clemente, Ricardo Ramirez, Ana Rita Ponce
and Sara Magalhães. 9th National Congress of Ethology, Lisboa, Portugal.
41. 2012: Why do spider mite females mate with several males if there are no benefits?
Joana Caravalho, Fernando Duarte, Susana Varela and Sara Magalhães. 9th National Congress
of Ethology, Lisboa, Portugal.
42. 2011: Adaptation of E.coli to the immune system. Migla Miskinyte, Iris Caramalho, Sara
Magalhães, Jocelyne Demengeot and Isabel Gordo. 7th Portuguese Meeting of Evolutionary
Biology, Coimbra, Portugal.
43. 2011: Experimental evolution of Drosophila immune system: comparison between
different infection scenarios" Nelson Martins., Vitor Faria, Luis Teixeira, Élio Sucena and Sara
Magalhães. 7th Portuguese Meeting of Evolutionary Biology, Coimbra, Portugal.
44. 2011: Reproductive interference between two spider-mite species: how can it affect the
outcome of competitive interactions? Salomé Clemente, Ricardo Ramirez, Ana Rita Ponce
and Sara Magalhães. 7th Portuguese Meeting of Evolutionary Biology, Coimbra, Portugal.
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45. 2011: Experimental evolution of Drosophila immune system: comparison between
different infection scenarios" Nelson Martins., Vitor Faria, Luis Teixeira, Elio Sucena and Sara
Magalhães. European Drosophila Research Congress, Lisboa, Portugal.
46. 2010: Local adaptation and specialization in herbivorous mites. Sara Magalhães, Elodie
Blanchet, Martijn Egas and Isabelle Olivieri. Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution meeting,
Porto, Portugal.
47. 2010: Susceptibility of a Drosophila melanogaster population to Pseudomonas
entomophila and DCV infection. Nelson Martins., Vitor Faria, Luis Teixeira, Elio Sucena and
Sara Magalhães. Meeting of the society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Lyon, France.
48. 2009: Role of biotic interactions in microbial adaptation. Migla Miskinyte, Iris Caramalho,
Sara Magalhães and Isabel Gordo. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting
Torino, Italy.
49. 2009: Are adaptation costs necessary to build up a local adaptation pattern? Sara
Magalhães, Elodie Blanchet, Martijn Egas and Isabelle Olivieri. European Society for
Evolutionary Biology Meeting Torino, Italy.
50. 2008: Costless adaptation to novel host plants in herbivorous mites. Sara Magalhães,
Julien Fayard, Elodie Blanchet, Arne Janssen, Martijn Egas and Isabelle Olivieri. Meeting of
the society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Barcelona, Spain.
51. 2007: Evolution of pesticide resistance in C. elegans. Patricia Lopes, Henrique Teotónio,
Elio Sucena and Sara Magalhães. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting
Uppsala, Sweden.
52. 2007: Adaptation to novel host plants in herbivorous mites: the role of genetic variance
and phenotypic plasticity. Sara Magalhães Julien Fayard, Elodie Blanchet, Arne Janssen,
Martijn Egas and Isabelle Olivieri European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting
Uppsala, Sweden.
53. 2007: Female reproduction cost in arrhenotokous parthenogenesis spider mite,
Tetranychus urticae. Hong Do Thi Khanh, Benoit Facon, Adrien Frantz, Emilie Macke, Sara
Magalhães and Isabelle Olivieri. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting Uppsala,
Sweden.
54. 2006: Evolution of host range in spider mites. Sara Magalhães, Elodie Blanchet, Aurelie
Cailleau and Isabelle Olivieri. Workshop in Experimental Metapopulations. Montpellier,
France.
55. 2001: Antipredator behaviour in the Cassava Green Mite. Sara Magalhães, Rachid Hanna,
Arne Janssen and Maurice Sabelis. European Society for Evolutionary Biology Meeting,
Aarhus, Denmark.
8/ Knowledge transfer
In the activities associated with knowledge transfer I have included one direction of a European
fund to outreach activities, one collaboration with an educational initiative from the Ministry of
Science, one co-organisation of a national initiative to celebrate the International Year of
Biodiversity, and active participation in meetings and symposia: 41 poster communications (25
national), 30 oral presentations (11 national) at conferences, 12 invited talks (3 national) and 15
meeting organisations (6 national).
 Member of PCI evolutionary biolgy. Recommendations:
https://evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/public/rec?id=34
 Member of the Outreach Fund Committee of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology
(2013-present, chair since 2015). This committee evaluates and funds proposals aiming at
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promoting outreach of Evolutionary Biology (http://eseb.org/prizes-funding/outreachfund/).
 Delivery of a high school class entitled “Acaros, feios porcos e maus?”, within the
programme 'Grandes Aulas' (February 2013), an initiative from the Ministry of Science to
promote contact between researchers and high school students. The class conducts the
students through concepts of Ecology and Evolution, taking the research on mites as a
baseline. (http://www.mundonaescola.pt/?page_id=2926).
 Member of the Organizing committee of Bioeventos2010, a series of events organised
during the international year of biodiversity (2010). This program initiated with a train
excursion with politicians, businessmen, scientists, artists, journalists, and decision makers in
general. We organized two exhibitions, a cycle of conferences, biodiversity trails in several
regions of the country, the edition of a diversity guide to common species occurring in
Portugal and an organized tour to the field station of our Research Centre with several
decision makers from the Portuguese society. More details can be found at
http://bioeventos2010.ul.pt/index.html.
 Interactions with the media
1. 2016: Newspaper Público “Uma historia de amor-ódio entre o tomateiro e os seus acaros
que vale dois milhões de euros” https://www.publico.pt/2016/12/07/ciencia/noticia/umahistoria-de-amorodio-entre-o-tomateiro-e-os-seus-acaros-que-vale-dois-milhoes-deeuros-1753883.
2. 2016: TSF
3. 2016: Interviewed for the Newsletter of Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, volume 4, 1st
issue.
4. 2014: Newspaper ionline: “estudo identifica genes responsáveis pela resistência a vírus”
5. 2011: TV programme “Com Ciência – o genoma do ácaro” RTP2.
6. 2011: Radio programme “Cientificamente - Ácaro aranha - procurar nos genes o segredo do
sucesso (http://www.rtp.pt/icmblogs/rtp/cientificamente/?k=Acaro-aranha---procurar-nosgenes-o-segredo-do-sucesso.rtp&post=36907).
7. 2011: Newspaper Diário de Notícias, “Ácaros adaptam sexo dos filhos em função dos seus
vizinhos” (http://www.clipquick.com/Files/Imprensa/2011/1104/0/5_1675589_299F4F34F6E3E6D9116B1C52C0954F36.pdf).
8. 2011: Newspaper Público “Descodificado o genoma do ácaro-aranha, uma praga agrícola”
(http://www.clipquick.com/Files/Internet/2011/1123/0/7_159277_C9961728709262BAEBC2BF3846FE5556.pdf).
9. 2011: Newspaper Diário de Notícias “Portugueses ajudam a sequenciar genoma do pequeno
ácaro aranha” (http://www.clipquick.com/Files/Imprensa/2011/1124/0/5_1692782_48249A0C884CFB7F2C3A517CA0ECC7F1.pdf).
10. 2011: Newspaper Ciência hoje “Cientistas portugueses identificam genes dos ácarosaranhas” (http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=51943&op=all).
9/ Editorial and reviewing activities
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Member of editorial boards
1. Acarologia, managing editor (2010-Present).
2. Oikos, subject editor (2014-Present).
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3. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, reviewing editor (2016-Present).
4. The American Naturalist, associate editor (2017-Present).
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Reviewing work for scientific journals
I have peer-reviewed more than 100 articles (12/year since 2008), for the following journals:
1. IF>10: Current Biology; Ecology Letters.
2. 5<IF<10: Evolution; Heredity; Molecular Ecology; Proceedings of the Royal Society B;
Scientific Reports.
3. 3<IF<5: Advances in Ecological Research; American Naturalist; Animal Behaviour;
Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Applications; Infection, Genetics and Evolution;
Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Oecologia; Oikos; Plos ONE.
4. 1<IF<3: Acarologia; Biocontrol; Biological Invasions; Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society; Bulletin of Entomological Research; Ecology and Evolution; Ecological
Entomology; Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata; Evolutionary Ecology;
Experimental and Applied Acarology; Journal of Insect Behaviour; Journal of
Theoretical Biology; Naturwissenschaften; PeerJ; Pesticide Biochemistry and
Physiology.
5. IF<1: Australian Journal of Entomology; European Journal of Entomology; Insect
Science and its Applications; Neotropical Entomology.
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Reviewing work for grants and awards
1. 2017: ANR project grants, Defi Vie, Santé et Bien-être, Panel Member
2. 2017: FCT doctoral and Post-doctoral Grants, Life Sciences, Panel Member.
3. 2016: National Science Center Poland, Project Grants.
4. 2016: Member of the Steve Stearns Price Committee of the Journal of Evolutionary
Biology. This committee distinguishes the best publication by a junior researcher in the
journal in 2015.
5. 2015: Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (NERC), Standard Project Grants.
6. 2015: Austrian Science Foundation (ASF), Stand-alone project.
7. 2014: Member of the John Maynard Smith Price Committee of the European Society of
Evolutionary Biology. This committee distinguishes the best junior researcher in
Evolutionary Biology (http://eseb.org/prizes-funding/john-maynard-smith-prize/).
8. 2014: Member of the jury for the best PhD-student talk, International Max Planck
Research School in Evolutionary Biology, Eckernförde, Germany.
9. 2014: Member of the jury for the best PhD-student talk, Encontro Nacional de Biologia
Evolutiva, Lisboa, Portugal.
10. 2014: Member of the jury for the best PhD-student talk, meeting of the Sociedade
Portuguesa de Etologia, Lisboa, Portugal.
11. 2013: Flanders Research Foundation (FWO), post-doctoral fellowship.
12. 2008: BARD, binational agricultural research and development fund (USA-ISRAEL)
13. 2007: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), VENI scheme.
9/ Jury at theses
 Jury at PhD theses
1. 2016: Insights into the host-parasite interactions: lagomorphs in Leporids. Ana Margarida
Lima Lopes, PhD thesis, CIBIO, Universidade do Porto.
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2. 2016: The role of clonal interference across genetic backgrounds and environments. Jorge
Moura de Sousa, PhD thesis. Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologia.
3. 2016: Evolution of parasite-host associations in Spauligodon nematodes: from the inside
out. Maria de Fátima Esperança Jorge, PhD thesis, CIBIO, Universidade do Porto.
4. 2016: Adaptation of Escherichia coli to the mouse gut, João Miguel Barroso Baptista, PhD
thesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologia.
5. 2015: Evolutionary consequences of the population structure of an ectoparasite at
different spatial scales: An empirical approach on the hen flea- passerines system. Anaïs
Applegren, PhD Thesis, University of Lyon (reporter).
6. 2015: The role of history, chance and selection during adaptation: an integrated
perspective. Inês Fragata, PhD Thesis, University of Lisbon (reporter).
7. 2014: Interactions sexuelles et compétitives: les moteurs comportementaux de la
speciation adaptative, Yasmin Latour, PhD Thesis, University of Montpellier.
8. 2012: The origin of evolutionary novelties: lessons from Drosophila oogenesis. Barbara
Vreemde, PhD thesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologia.
9. 2012: Chromosomal structure: a selectable trait for evolution, Ana Teresa Avelar, PhD
thesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologia.
10. 2012: The impact of genetic interactions in antibiotic resistance, Sandra Trindade, PhD
thesis, University of Lisbon.
11. 2011: Diversité et adaptation des parasites: formation de races d'hôtes chez la tique
Ixodes uriae, Muriel Dietrich, PhD thesis, Universty of Montpellier (reporter).
12. 2010 : Evolution du cannibalisme et du comportement de ponte chez les coccinelles
aphidiphages, Xavier Martini, PhD thesis, University of Toulouse.
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Jury at Msc theses
1. 2016: Indirect genetic effects of oxytocin in the development of social behaviour in the
Zebra fish. Diogo Ribeiro, University of Lisbon.
2. 2014: Can social learning promote hybridization? Mate-choice copying in Drosophila
subobscura populations. Gonçalo Faria da Silva, University of Lisbon.
3. 2013: Comparison of brain and cranial nerve morphology between eyed surface fish and
blind cave fish of the species Astyanax mexicanus, Fabio Rodrigues, University of Lisbon.
4. 2012: Pseudomonas fluorescens – the effect of evolution on the effectiveness of lytic phage
as a control agent. Renata Basto, University of Lisbon.
5. 2011: Diferenciação clinal e correlação do polimorfismo cromossómico e tamanho do
corpo em Drosophila subobscura, Margarida Lima, University of Lisbon.
6. 2009: Inversion polymorphisms: an insight into molecular genetic contents. João Osório,
University of Lisbon.
7. 2009: Comunicação inter-específica e o seu efeito na taxa de mutação. Bruno Afonso,
University of Lisbon.
Member of thesis committees
1. Vitor Faria (IGC, 2012-Present).
2. Elvira Lafuente (IGC, 2013- Present).
3. Inês Orfão (FCUL, 2014- Present).
10/ Pedagogical performance
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10.1/ Teaching activities
My teaching activities initiated during my PhD, where I taught at several undergraduate courses.
This activity was intensified during my post-doc at the IGC, where I formulated and co-organised
a PhD course in Ecology and Evolution, and developed another at the Champalimaud foundation.
When moving to FCUL, I was immediately integrated in the teams responsible for two Masters,
Biologia Humana e Ambiente and Biologia Evolutiva e Desenvolvimento. In these Masters, I
helped to create two novel courses, “Adaptacao e Ambiente” and “Genes e Adaptação”, the
latter becoming totally under my responsibility in the second year of its existence. Furthermore, I
created a novel class from scratch, “Evolução das Interações Bióticas”, which was merged with
that of “Genes e Adaptação” in the current year, to form a more complete and consistent class.
Below I outline the details of my teaching activities.
2016/2017
1. Coordination of the PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated
Biology and Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (87,5 hours).
2. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL 90 hours).
3. Coordination of the Ms Course “Seminários BED” within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e do
Desenvolvimento”, FCUL 45 hours).
4. Participation in the 3nd year course “Applied aninmal genetics”, within the graduation in
Biology (tronco comum), FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela
Coelho, 16 hours, practical, 6 hours theoretical).
5. Participation in the 2nd year course “Evolution”, within the graduation in Biology (tronco
comum), FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, 16 hours,
practical).
6. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
2015/2016
7. Participation in the course “Evolutionary Biology”, Msc Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia,
University of Açores (Coordinator: Dr. Antonio Onofre, 3h).
8. Coordination of the PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated
Biology and Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (87,5 hours).
9. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL 90 hours).
10. Participation in the Phd course “Introduction to Evolution”, within the PhD programme
“Graduate Programme Science for Development”, IGC/Universidade de Cabo verde
(Coordinator: Dr. Tiago Paixão, 60 hours).
11. Participation in the 2nd year course “Evolution”, within the graduation in Biology (tronco
comum), FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, 16 hours,
practical).
12. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
2014/2015
13. Coordination of the PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated
Biology and Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (87,5 hours).
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14. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
15. Coordination of Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL 45 hours).
16. Participation in the 2nd year course “Evolution”, within the graduation in Biology (tronco
comum), FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, 16 hours,
practical).
17. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
2013/2014
18. Coordination of the PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated
Biology and Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (87,5 hours).
19. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
20. Coordination of Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
21. Participation in the Phd course “Introduction to Evolution”, within the PhD programme
“Graduate Programme Science for Development”, IGC/Universidade de Cabo verde
(Coordinator: Dr. Filipa Vala, 10 hours).
22. Participation in the 2nd year course “Evolution”, within the graduation in Biology (tronco
comum), FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, 16 hours,
practical).
23. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
24. Co-organization of the PhD course “CBA seminars”, with Dr. Margarida Matos, a series
of symposia corresponding to 6 ECTS
2012/2013
25. Coordination of the PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated
Biology and Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (87,5 hours).
26. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
27. Coordination of Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
28. Participation in the 2nd year course “Evolution”, within the graduation in Biology (tronco
comum), FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, 16 hours,
practical).
29. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
2011/2012
30. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e do
Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
31. Coordination of Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours). Participation in the Msc course
“Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL
(Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
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2010/2011
32. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e do
Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (30 hours).
33. Coordination of Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (30 hours).
34. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
35. Co-organization of the PhD course “CBA seminars”, with Dr. Margarida Matos, a series of
symposia corresponding to 6 ECTS.
2009/2010
36. Coordination of the Msc course "Ecology and Evolution of complex interactions”, within
the Msc “Theoretical Physics”, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil (30
hours).
37. Coordination of Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e do
Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
38. Coordination of Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (45 hours).
39. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
2008/2009
40. Participation in the Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, 8 hours).
41. Participation in the Msc course “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia
Humana e Ambiente”, FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias, 21 hours).
2007/2008
42. Coordination of the PhD course “Systems biology – Ecology and Evolution”, with Dr.
Marta Moita, within the PhD programme “PhD programme of the IGC”, Instituto
Gulbenkian de Ciência (30 hours).
43. Coordination of the PhD course “Evolution and Learning”, with Dr. Marta Moita and Dr.
Rosalina Fonseca, within the PhD programme “International Neuroscience Doctoral
Programme”, Champalimaud Foundation (30 hours).
Before 2007:
44. 2003: Participation in the 2nd year course “Population Genetics”, within the graduation
“Biology”, University of Amsterdam (Coordinator: Dr. Hans Breeuwer, 40 hours, practical).
45. 2003: Participation in the 3rd year course “Population Ecology”, within the graduation
“Biology”, University of Amsterdam (Coordinator: Dr. Arne Janssen, 40 hours, practical).
46. 2001: Participation in the 1st year course “Population Biology”, within the graduation
“Biology”, University of Amsterdam (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maurice Sabelis, 20 hours,
practical).
 Results of pedagogic enquiries
1. Genes e Adaptação 2014/2015:12 answers, mean grade: 3.42/4
2. Evolução das Interações Bióticas 2014/2015: 12 answers, mean grade: 3.42/4
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3. Evolução 2014/2015: 127 answers, mean grade: 2,85/4
4. Genes e Adaptação 2013/2014: 5 answers, mean grade: 3/4
5. Evolução das Interações Bióticas 2013/2014: 3 answers, mean grade: 2.7/4
6. Evolução 2013/2014: 102 answers, mean grade: 2,62/4
 Tutor of undergraduate students
1. 2016: Miguel Cruz, 1st MSc year, “Estudos avançados em BED”, 2 months, FCUL
2. 2016: Jéssica Paulo, 1st MSc year, “Estudos avançados em BED”, 2 months, FCUL
3. 2015: Joana Pires & Miguel Cruz, 3rd year students, “Estudo Orientado em Biologia do
Desenvolvimento e Evolução” 1.5 months, FCUL.
4. 2015: Jessica Paulo & Zohra Lodhia, 3rd year students, “Estudo Orientado em Biologia do
Desenvolvimento e Evolução” 1.5 months, FCUL.
5. 2015: Alexandre Figueiredo, 1st MSc year, “Estudos avançados em BED”, 2 months, FCUL
6. 2014: Rocio Muñoz, Vanessa Tolentino, Jessica Paulo & Zohra Lodhia, 3rd year students,
“Comportamento animal”, 3 months, FCUL.
7. 2014: Bruno Aparício & Patrícia Eugénio, 3rd year students, “Estudo Orientado em
Biologia do Desenvolvimento e Evolução”, 1.5 months, FCUL.
8. 2013: Telma Laurentino, 3rd year student, “Estudo Orientado em Biologia do
Desenvolvimento e Evolução”, 2 months, FCUL
9. 2013: Gil Henriques & Sónia Cunha, 3rd year students, “Estudo Orientado em Biologia do
Desenvolvimento e Evolução” 1.5 months, FCUL.
10. 2012: Noémie Guerin, 1st Msc year, Erasmus Exchange student, 3 months, FCUL.
11. 2012: Gonçalo Matos, 1st MSc year, “Estudos avançados em BED”, 2 months, FCUL.
12. 2011: Mariana Antunes & Joana Esteves, 3rd year students, “Estudo Orientado em
Biologia do Desenvolvimento e Evolução” 1.5 months, FCUL.
13. 2011 Salomé Clemente & Ricardo Ramirez, 1st MSc year, “Estudos avançados em BED”, 2
months, FCUL
14. 2011: António Dias e Fábio Rodrigues, 3rd year students, “Estudo Orientado em Biologia
do Desenvolvimento e Evolução” 1.5 months, FCUL.
15. 2011: Joana Carvalho & Fernando Duarte, 3rd year students, “Comportamento animal”, 3
months, FCUL.
16. 2006: Aurélie Cailleau, 1st MSc year, “Stage de M1” 5 months, University of Montpellier.
17. 2005: Julien Fayard, 1st MSc year, “Stage de M1” 5 months, University of Montpellier.
18. 2005: Joachim Boissy, 1st MSc year, “Stage de M1” 5 months, University of Montpellier.
19. 2003: Roos van Mannen, 1st MSc year, “Stage” 5 months, University of Amsterdam.
10.2/ Dedication and quality of teaching activities
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Organization of new contents of disciplines
1. 2015: The classes “Evolução das interações bióticas” and “Genes e Adaptação” have now
been fused in a single discipline with 6 ECTS. This implies a restructuration of the two
disciplines which is currently underway.
2. 2013-Present: PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated Biology and
Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. This course was created in 2013, with the
aim to provide the students with general knowledge on the ecological and evolutionary
interactions between organisms and their environment.
3. 2010: Msc course "Ecology and Evolution of complex interactions”, within the Msc
“Theoretical Physics”, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil. This course aimed
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at teaching how evolution operates in complex networks of interactions. I presented
different ecological modules (predation, competition, intraguild predation, apparent
competition, etc), their ecological consequences, especially for population dynamics, and
how evolution could be integrated (NB: eco-evolutionary dynamics were at their infancy at
the time, hence this course aimed more at highlighting what could be done in this direction
rather than presenting established results).
2009-2014: Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, in the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e
do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL. This course was created in 2009, with the aim to address the
evolutionary consequences of biotic interactions. Its content aims at integrating classical
studies on the evolution of interactions (e.g., character displacement or early studies on
sexual selection) with very recent progress on those topics, namely within eco-evolutionary
dynamics. As such, the contents of the course are updated every year.
2009-2014: Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, in the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e do
Desenvolvimento”, FCUL. This course was created in 2008 by Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho, but
its content was totally modified in 2009, under my coordination. The aim of the course is to
provide an integrative view of the process of adaptation by natural selection. It start with
the methods to detect changes in allele frequencies associated with adaptation to a
particular environment (e.g. MacDonald-Kreitmann, Tajima’s D) and builds on this simple
scenario to incorporate more complex genetic responses (e.g. multi-gene) and more
complex environments (e.g. with temporal or spatial variation).
2008-Present: “Adaptação e Ambiente”, within the Msc "Biologia Humana e Ambiente”,
FCUL (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maria da Luz Mathias). In this course, created in 2008, we
present two perspectives on how environmental stresses can affect the adaptation of
organisms. In my section, I focus on the evolutionary responses of organisms, namely to
pesticides and antibiotics, climate change and parasites.
2008: PhD course “Evolution and Learning”, with Dr. Marta Moita and Dr. Rosalina
Fonseca, within the PhD programme “International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme”,
Champalimaud Foundation. In this course, we aimed at building bridges between the
disciplines of Evolutionary Biology and Neurosciences. We selected a common topic and
invited one researcher from each discipline to tackle the same issue.
2007: PhD course “Systems biology – Ecology and Evolution”, with Dr. Marta Moita, within
the PhD programme “PhD programme of the IGC”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. With
this course, we aimed at providing an integrative view of the study of Biology, with
emphasis in Evolution. We did this using two approaches: (1) we selected a topic, namely
the evolution of resistance to pesticides, and tackled it from several viewpoints, from
molecular biology to mathematical modelling, with the aim to show how an integration of
disciplines can provide novel insights, and (2) we selected a phenomenon, namely
frequency dependence, and showed how it could be used in several contexts.
Practical classes
1. 2015: Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”. Within this new formulation of the discipline, the
students will perform a 6-week research project. The practical classes are merged with those
of Evolução Experimental (coordinator: Dr. Margarida Matos), hence half the students go to
M. Matos’ lab, the other half to my lab, where they develop two projects. This is currently
underway, with great enthusiasm from the students, my group and myself.
2. 2013-Present: 2nd year course “Evolution”, within the graduation in Biology (tronco comum),
FCUL, University of Lisbon (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Manuela Coelho). In these classes, the
students have to identify a topic in which Evolutionary Biology is important for society, then
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they have to present the results of their research. This exercise aims to (a) provide them
with some independence and search methodology, (b) force them to specify what they
conceive as being Evolution by Natural Selection (c) make them realize that Evolutionary
Biology is important for society.
2009-2014: Msc course “Genes e Adaptação”, within the Msc "Biologia Evolutiva e do
Desenvolvimento”, FCUL. In this course, the students have had two types of theoreticalpractical courses: (a) exercises, in which they had either to think of a solution to a problem,
to identify flaws in the articles presented during the classes or to perform some calculations
based on theory they have learned during the course; (b) critical reading of articles and
discussion.
2009-2014: Msc course “Evolução das interações bióticas”, within the Msc "Biologia
Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento”, FCUL. In this course, the students have had two types of
theoretical-practical courses: (a) exercises, in which they had either to think of a solution to
a problem, to identify flaws in the articles presented during the classes or to perform some
calculations based on theory they have learned during the course; (b) critical reading of
articles and discussion.
2003: Participation in the 2nd year course “Population Genetics”, within the graduation
“Biology”, University of Amsterdam (Coordinator: Dr. Hans Breeuwer). In this course, the
students developed a project of their own in groups. I assisted them with formulating the
project and with any practical difficulty they could find during its execution.
2003: Participation in the 3rd year course “Population Ecology”, within the graduation
“Biology”, University of Amsterdam (Coordinator: Dr. Arne Janssen). In this course, the
students developed a project of their own in groups. I assisted them with formulating the
project and with any practical difficulty they could find during its execution.
2001: Participation in the 1st year course “Population Biology”, within the graduation
“Biology”, University of Amsterdam (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Maurice Sabelis). The practical
courses of this course consisted in the elaboration of a small project. I was responsible for a
group of 6 students.
Field classes
1. 2013-Present: PhD course “Ecology”, within the PhD programme “Integrated Biology and
Biomedicine”, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. A 2-day field trip is organised every year
(2013 and 2014: Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo; 2015: Convento da Arrábida). In this trip, the
students learn about plant defences to herbivory and interactions between plants and
herbivores. This trip usually benefits from open-field lessons provided by Marc-André
Sélosse, from the Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle (http://isyeb.mnhn.fr/annuaire-etpages-personnelles/pages-personnelles/SELOSSE-Marc-Andre-314?lang=fr).
11/ Other relevant activities for the mission of the University
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2015-Present: Member of the ‘Colégio F3- Food, Farming and Forest’, formed to promote
research and training in the abovementioned areas within the University of Lisbon
(http://www.foodfarmingforest.ulisboa.pt/index.html)
2014-Present: Member of the core team of doctoral programme Biodiversity, Genetics and
Evolution (Biodiv, http://www.biodiv.pt/).
2009-Present: Member of the executive committee of the Centre for Environmental Biology
(CBA) (2009-2014), then of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes
cE3c (2015-Present).
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Main responsibilities:
1. Promoting the organisation of weekly scientific conferences by our members ("Encontros
Scientia").
2. Promoting the writing of press releases on particularly interesting findings by members of
our centre.
3. Fostering the contact between PhD students and the center.
12/ Activities of social interest
1. 2015-Present: Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee of the European Society for
Evolutionary Biology.
2. 2015-Present: Member of the blog ‘Ciência Critica’, composed by a group of researchers that
write pieces for the online newspaper El Diario on a regular basis
(http://www.eldiario.es/cienciacritica/).
3. 2015: Organisation of the mini-symposium “A ciência antes e depois do 25 de Abril”, with
Susana Varela and Filipa Vala, FCUL, Lisboa.
4. 2015: has written the obituary “Doctor Maurice Sabelis (1950-2015)”, Acarologia, 55:3-4.
5. 2014: Participant in the round table conference "Investimento público em I&D: presente e
futuro", ISCTE, Lisboa (http://www.iscte-iul.pt/home/noticias.aspx?NewsID=ca6c58c8-a1ad4b67-a9c0-2f64d79634d8).
6. 2014: General-public conference “Careers in Academia”, Instituto de Medicina Molecular,
Lisboa.
7. 2011: General-public conference “Ácaros: feios, porcos e maus?", within the conference
cycle "Ciência em Português", Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa.
8. 2007: co-author with Francisco Dionísio, Isabel Gordo, Lounès Chikhi, Mónica Bettencourt
Dias and Rui Martinho of the opinion piece “Será que existem raças humanas?”, published in
the newspaper Público (http://www.publico.pt/opiniao/jornal/sera-que-existem-racashumanas-236150)
13/ Participation in national and international organisations
1. 2015-Present: Council member of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
(http://eseb.org/society/council/).
2. 2015-Present: President of the Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva
(http://apbe.pt/).
3. 2013-Present: Vice-chairman of the General Assembly of the Sociedade Portuguesa de
Etologia (http://webpages.icav.up.pt/beheco/spe/sobre.htm).
4. 2012-2014: Vice-chairman of the General Assembly of the Associação Portuguesa de Biologia
Evolutiva (http://apbe.pt/).
5. 2011-2015: Council member of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
(http://eseb.org/society/council/).
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