1 - João Afonso Stattmiller de Saldanha e Albuquerque Birg. Theme: RNA seq analysis of the virulent transcriptome of the coffee leaf rust pathogen. Master degree in Evolutionary Biology and Development (BED), Science Faculty, Lisbon University.
Supervisors: Dora Batista (FCUL) and Octávio S. Paulo (FCUL)
Foreseen to be submitted for defense in September 2022
2 - Alexandre Miguel Ribeiro Laureano. Theme: Analysis of retrotransposon influence on the genetic variability and virulence of Hemileia vastatrix”. Master degree in Biology of Plant Resources, School of Agriculture / Science Faculty, Lisbon University.
Supervisors: Dora Batista (FCUL) and Pedro Talhinhas (ISA/Ulisboa)
Foreseen to be submitted for defense in September 2022
1- Le Li ( PhD Student). Theme: Rust race typing and genetic diversity of isolates from China. Post-graduation internship at CIFC/ISA/ULisboa; FCUL. Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Hainan University, China. Supervisor: YI Kexian.
Supervisors: Dora Batista & Vitor Várzea. Duration: 06-11-2018 to 28- 04-2019 (6 months)
2- Internship for Bachelor (BSc) Degree. Alexandre Bento. Theme: Characterization of genomic diversity of coffee in compatible interactions. Degree in Biotecnologia, Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal.
Supervisors: Helena Azinheira, Leonor Guerra-Guimarães & Pedro Talhinhas (ISA/ULisboa). Duration: 01-04-2019 to 31-07- 2019 (4 months).
3- Rodrigues A (2021) “Analise in silico da divergência genética associada à virulência da ferrugem do cafeeiro Hemileia vastatrix usando dados de transcriptómica”. Project in Biology (CU Projeto). Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 50 pp. Defended 2 July 2021. Classification: 19.
4- Jorge Costa da Silva & Beatriz Ribeiro (2020) “Coffee resistance and susceptibility to leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix): cytological and biochemical characterization”. Project in Guided Study in Cell Biology and Biotechnology. Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 13 pp. Defended 22 June 2020. Classification 17.
5- Bento, A. (2019) "Análise da interação Coffea arabica-Hemileia vastatrix e estudo do tamanho do genoma de Coffea spp.". BSc Thesis in Biotechnology, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS), Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, 52 pp. Defended 19 December 2019. Classification 17.