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Francisco A. Mendes

 

 

Francisco Azevedo Mendes, MSc

PhD student

 

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Name:  Francisco Maria Beja da Costa de Azevedo Mendes


ITQB NOVA – Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX)

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras – PORTUGAL
Tel: (351) 214 469 632   Fax: (351) 214 411 277


 

Keywords

Biotic stress resistance, pea aphid, genome-wide association, Lathyrus sativus L., nutritional quality, Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Academic qualifications

2022 - Master degree in Biotechnology for Sustainability, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal

2019 - Bachelor degree in Biology, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal

  Professional experience

October 2022 - present: Plants for Life PhD student with the project “Understanding the genetic control and mechanisms of resistance to pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum H.) in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)”.

June - September 2022: Research internship; JAE Intro program scholarship from Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas at Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS CSIC), Spain, and ITQB NOVA, Portugal. Supervisor: Dr. Diego Rubiales Olmedo.

 


                                                

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