Education:

• Graduation (1997-2002), Biology, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal

  
  

PhD (2002 – present): Biology, Laboratory of Biotechnology and Cytomics, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal (Supervisor: Prof. Conceição Santos) and Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and

Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic (co-supervisor: Prof. Jaroslav Dolezel).characterization of repetitive DNA sequences.

PhD Thesis: "Flow cytometric approaches to study plant cytomics and genomics"

Research Interests:

• Flow Cytometry:

  - Genome size estimations in plant species;
  
  - Ploidy stability of in vitro cultures;
  
  - Methodological issues (analyses of the effect of cytosolic compounds, buffer's comparison, best practices, etc.)
• Plant Functional Cytomics
• Karyology;
• Biosystematics.
  

Papers in International Journals:

- Loureiro J, Pinto G, Lopes T, Dolezel J, Santos C (2005). Assessment of ploidy stability of the somatic embryogenesis process in Quercus suber L. using flow cytometry (Planta online);

- Pinto G, Loureiro J, Lopes T, Santos C (2004). Analysis of genetic stability of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. somatic embryos by flow cytometry. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 109 (4):580-587.

- Conde P, Loureiro J, Santos C (2004). Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from leaves of Ulmus minor Mill. Plant Cell Reports 22 :632-639.

- Santos C, Falcão I, Pinto G, Oliveira H, Loureiro J (2002). Nutrient responses and glutamate and proline metabolism in sunflower plants and calli under Na2SO4 stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 165:366-372.

Papers in National Journals:

- Loureiro J, Santos C (2004). Aplicação da citometria de fluxo ao estudo do genoma vegetal. Boletim de Biotecnologia 77 :18-29.

- Pinto G, Lopes T, Loureiro J, Valentim H, Costa A, Santos C (2004). Micropropagação de Sobreiro: a importância dos métodos não convencionais. Biologia Vegetal e Agro-Industrial 1 :49-67.

Proceedings of scientific meetings:

- Pinto G, Loureiro J, Silva S, Araújo C, Neves L, Santos C (2004). Somatic embryogenesis in zygotic embryos of Eucalyptus globulus: “Where are we standing?”. Meeting of the Cost 843 on Assessment of performance: Pysiological health and (epi-)genetic stability (WG3), Saanen, SW, pp 13-14.

- Loureiro J, Lopes T, Pinto G, Santos R, Silva S, Santos C (2004). Analysis of genetic stability of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. somatic embryos by flow cytometry and microsatellites. International IUFRO conference of the WP2.08.03 on Silviculture and Improvement of Eucalypts: Eucalyptus in a changing world, Aveiro, Portugal, pp 529-531.

- Loureiro J, Dolezel J, Santos C (2004). Flow cytometric approaches to study woody plant genomics and cytomics. International Symposium on Wood Sciences. CIRAD, Montpellier , França, pp 38.

- Santos C, Pinto G, Costa A, Loureiro J, Lopes T (2004). Somatic embryogenesis, acclimatization and genetic stability assessment of woody plants: case studies of cork oaks, elms and olive trees. International Symposium on Wood Sciences. CIRAD, Montpellier , França, pp 57.

Organization of scientific meetings:

- Participation in the organization of the XXXIX Reunion of the Portuguese Society of Electron Microscopy and Cell Biology that took place in University of Aveiro from 4 to 6 of November 2004

- Organization of the Seminar - Aplications of flow cytometry in Biology, Health and Environment that took place in University of Aveiro in 5th of May 2004

- Organization of the Seminar - GMO: what present, what future? that took place in University of Aveiro in 14th of April 2004

- Organization of Jornadas do Mar '99 that took place in University of Aveiro from 1 to 4 of October 1999