Cv [MARE UC]

1.	personal data
2.	academic degree
3.	area of scientific activity
4.	research projects
5.	membership in scientific societies
6.	referee and editor of scientific journals
7.	publications
8.	supervising theses
9.	language skills
10.	other information

1. personal data

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name

Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte

address

MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Faculty of Sciences and Technology University of Coimbra 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal

contact data

tel.

+351 239 240700

fax.

acgnorte@ci.uc.pt

Orcid

2. academic degree

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year	academic degree	scientific area	institution
2002	Graduation	Biology	University of Coimbra
2008	PhD	Biology, Scientific area of Ecology	University of Coimbra, in collaboration with University of Oxford, U.K.

3. area of scientific activity

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domain of specialization

Avian Ecology and Ecophysiology: Birds as bioindicators of habitat quality and environmental stressors, with emphasis on physiological and fitness effects of pollution exposure. Evaluation of vertebrate condition through biochemical and haematological parameters.

Conservation Biology: Habitat selection and conservation of bird species

present investigation interests

Evolutionary Biology: Ecology of avian infectious diseases, host-parasite interactions

Ecology of emergent zoonotic diseases: the role of birds as reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, and dispersers of vector ticks.

Avian sentinels and bioindicators of habitat quality and the presence of environmental stressors through the assessment of physiological indicators of health and body condition.

other skills/activities

2011- present: Appointed Lecturer:
-“Emerging infectious diseases” in the discipline of Conservation Biology, Biology MsC, Dep Life Sciences, FCT, University of Coimbra
-“Physiological ecology“ in the advanced course “Conservation and management of biodiversity”, European MsC in Applied Ecology, Dep. Life Sciences, FCT, University of Coimbra.

2016. Curso de "Transporte de substâncias infecciosas", 4ª ed., 20 e 21 de Outubro de 2016, INSA, Lisboa

2016. Curso "Biossegurança em Laboratórios Nível 2 e 3", 8ª ed., 17-19 de Outubro de 2016, INSA, Lisboa

2013. Laboratory Animal Sciences Course – Category C FELASA

2009-2010: Invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa

2002-2003: Demonstrator of practical classes of General Botany at the Botanical Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra

2004: Research collaborator in the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (University of Oxford, U.K.)

2003-2015: Frequency of the Advanced Courses of the Ecology Masters degree of the Dep. of Zoology, Univ. of Coimbra:
- Data analysis tools in Ecology: Data Exploration, Regression, GLM & GAM - With Introduction to R.
- Wildlife Ecotoxicology.
- Data analysis tools in Ecology – Module 1: The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology
- Ecological Modelling – a powerful tool for environmental management and sustainable development – applied perspective
- Planning and executing studies of habitat selection – application in studies of environmental impact and monitoring
- Metals as environmental stressors: ecotoxicology and risk assessment
- Univariate and Multivariate data analysis in Ecology and Ecotoxicology
- Development and implementation of bioindicators in impact assessment and biodiversity monitoring schemes
- Litter breakdown in freshwaters
- Ecology and Taxonomy of freshwater organisms (Coleoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Trichoptera)
- Using GIS to evaluate environmental problems
- Birds & habitats: from resource to conservation
- Plant- Animal Interactions

Technical competencies: Molecular detection of pathogens in biological samples: DNA extraction, amplification and purification; RLB; RT-PCR; DNA sequence and phylogenetic analysis. Laboratory work in medical microbiology: bacteria isolation; Blood biochemical, enzymatic and haematological analyses. Field sampling of birds and collection of biological samples (blood, cloacal swabs, biopsies); Collection and identification of ticks.

4. coordination/participation of research projects

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With Portuguese national financial support

As main researcher:
2016-2018. "Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. interactions with vertebrate hosts and vectors – key factors affecting Borrelia maintenance in nature"
Funding: FCT (SFRH/BPD/108197/2015)

2010-2015. "Ecology of Lyme Borreliosis: role of natural bird populations as reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe"
Funding: FCT (SFRH/BPD/62898/2009)

2003-2007. "Physiological parameters and fitness in great tit Parus major populations as bioindicators of pulp mill pollution"
Funding: FCT (SFRH/BD/13594/2003)

As team member:
2017/2018. "ECOLIND – Seabirds and fish as ecological indicators of contaminants and health in the North Atlantic relevant to ocean resources assessment" – MARE Minigrant
Funding: FCT (UID/MAR/04292)

Collaborator:
2011-2014. "Q fever - from diagnosis to eco-epidemiological investigation of Coxiella burnetii in the context of
human infection"
Funding: FCT (PTDC/SAU-SAP/115266/2009)

With international financial support

As a team member:
2008/2009. "Rationalising biodiversity conservation in dynamic ecosystems (RUBICODE)”
Funding: EU FP6 (Contract GOCE-CT-2006-036890)

As collaborator:
2015-2017 - "Transmission dynamics of tick-borne Borrelia and rickettsial bacteria in a songbird tick community"
Funding: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO), Brussels, Belgium (G0.049.10)

2014 - 2015 "CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology project"
Funding: European Regional Development Fund (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068)

2012-2014 "The Great Tit HapMap Project"
Funding: Natural Environment Research Council, Reino Unido (NE/J012599/1)

Services rendered

- Biomonitoring studies;
- Avian sampling: capturing, ringing and collection of biological samples.

5. membership in scientific societies

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Member of BES (British Ecological Society), 2006.
Member of SPEA (Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds), since 2002.
Member of APAA (Sociedade Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves), since 2010.
Member of the Scientific Commission of the Federação Colombófila Portuguesa

6. referee and editor of scientific journals

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Referee:
Epidemiology and Infection
Environmental Research
Conservation Physiology
Functional Ecology
Parasitology
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
Journal of Vector Ecology
Journal of Field Ornithology
Behavioral Ecology
Science of the Total Environment
Ardeola
Acta Ornithologica
Archives of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Marine Biology
Animal Conservation
Tick tick borne diseases
Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi, and the prevention of Lyme borreliosis. Ecology and Control of Vector Borne diseases Series, Wageningen Academic Publishers (book)

7. publications

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papers in international scientific periodicals with referee (ISI)

2018. NORTE, A.C., Costantini, D., Araújo, P.M., Eens, M., Ramos. J.A. and Heylen, D.H. Experimental infection by microparasites affects the oxidative balance in their avian reservoir host the blackbird Turdus merula. Tick and Tick-borne Dis, in press. Q1; IF 3.23 (2016)

2017. Heylen, D., Krawczyk, A., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Núncio, M.S., Sprong, H., NORTE, A.C. Bridging of cryptic Borrelia cycles in European songbirds. Environmental Microbiology, 19: 1857-1867. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13685. Q1; IF 5.395 (2016)

2017. Dutra, D.A., Silveira, P. Ramos, J.A., Sousa, J.P., Braga, E.M, NORTE, A.C. Haemosporidian infections affect antioxidant defences in great tits Parus major but are not related to exposure to aerial pollutants, Parasitology Open, 3, e4. doi:10.1017/pao.2017.4

2016. Vaugoyeau, M., Adriaensen, F. Artemyev, A., Banbura, J., et al. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanisation in four species of hole-nesting birds" Ecology and Evolution 16:5907–5920, doi: 10.1002/ece3.2335, Q1, IF 2.44 (2016)

2016. Diakou, A., NORTE, A.C., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Núncio, S., Nováková, M., Kautman, M., Alivizatos, H., Kazantzidis, S., Sychra, O. and Literák, I. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in wild birds in Greece. Parasitol Res. 115:2011-2016, doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-4943-3. Q2, IF 2.329 (2016)

2016. Laine, V.N., Gossmann, T.I., Schachtschneider, K.M., Garroway, C.J., Madsen, O., Verhoeven, K.J. et al. 2016. Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome. Nat Commun 7: 10474, doi:10.1038/ncomms10474. Q1, IF 12.12 (2016)

2015. Lemoine, M., Lucek, K. , Perrier, C., Saladin, V., Adriaensen, F, Barba, E., Belda, E.J., Charmantier, A., Cichon, M., Eeva, T., Grégoire, G., Hinde, C.A., Johnsen, A., Komdeur, J., Mänd, R., Matthysen, E., NORTE, A.C., Pitala, N., Sheldon, B.C., Slagsvold, T., Tinbergen, J.M., Török, J., Ubels, R. van Oers, K., Visser, M. Doligez, B. and Richner, R. Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118:668-685, doi: 10.1111/bij.12745. Q1, IF 1.984 (2015)

2015. Literak, I., NORTE, A.C., Núncio M.S., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Ogrzewalska, M., Nováková, M., et al. Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae. Ticks Tick-Borne Dis. 6: 607, doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.05.003. Q1, IF 2.69 (2015)

2016. NORTE, A.C, Araújo, P.M., da Silva, L.P, Tenreiro, P.Q., Ramos, J.A., Nuncio, M.S., et al. Characterization of Borrelia turdi isolates from Portugal through Multilocus Sequence Analysis, Microbial Ecology, 72:831, doi:10.1007/s00248-015-0660-1. Q1, IF 3.232 (2015)

2015. NORTE, A.C., Pascoal da Silva, L., Tenreiro, P. J. Q., Felgueiras, M. S., Araújo, P.M., Lopes, P.B., et al. Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 6:743, doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010. Q1, IF 2.69 (2015)

2014. NORTE, A.C., Alves da Silva, A., Alves, J., da Silva, L.P., Núncio, M.S., Escudero, R. et al. The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal. Environmental Microbiology Reports 7:188, doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12218. Q1, IF 3.293 (2014)

2014. Møller, A.P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Banbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C. et al. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds. Ecology and Evolution 4: 3583-3595. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1189. Q1, IF 2.32 (2014)

2014. Moller, A., Lambrechts, M., Nilsson, SG., Gregoire, A. et al. Clutch size variation in Western Palearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5:353-362 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12160. Q1, IF 6.554 (2014)

2013. Chelinho, S., Domene, X., Andrés, P., Natal-da-Luz, T., Norte, C., Rufino, C., Lopes, I., Cachada, A., Espindola, E., Ribeiro, R., Duarte, A.C. and Sousa, J.P. Soil microarthropod community testing: a new approach to increase the ecological relevance of effect data for pesticide risk assessment. Applied Soil Ecology, 83:200-209 doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.06.009. Q1, IF 2.206 (2013)

2013. NORTE, A. C., I. Lopes de Carvalho, Núncio, M.S., Ramos, J. A. and Gern, L. "Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment." Environmental Microbiology Reports, 5:604, DOI:10.1111/1758-2229.12058. Q1, IF 3.264 (2013)

2013. NORTE, A. C., D. N. Lobato, Braga, E. M., Antonini, Y., Lacorte, G., Goncalves, M., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Gern, L., Nuncio, M. S. and Ramos, J. A. "Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?" Parasitol Res 112: 1903-1912, doi:10.1007/s00436-013-3343-1. Q1, IF 2.327 (2013)

2012. NORTE, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Gern, L., Núncio, M.S. and Lopes de Carvalho, I. Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: circulation of B. turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal, Environmental Microbiology, 15:386, doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02834.x. Q1, IF 5.756 (2012)

2012. NORTE, A.C, Lopes de Carvalho, I., Ramos, J.A., Gonçalves, M., Gern, L. and Núncio, M.S. Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 58:327-39, doi: 10.1007/s10493-012-9583-4. Q2, IF 1.847 (2012)

2010. NORTE, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Sampaio, H.L., Sousa, J.P. and Sheldon, B.C. “Physiological condition and breeding performance in Great Tits”, Condor, 112: 79-86, doi:10.1525/cond.2010.080071. Q1, IF 1.29 (2010)

2010. NORTE, A.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sousa, J.P., Tavares, P.C., Pereira, M.E., Duarte, A.C., and Ramos, J. A. “Are great tits (Parus major) inhabiting the vicinity of a pulp mill healthy? Impacts on physiology and breeding performance”, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 59, 502-512, doi: 10.1007/s00244-010-9499-0. Q1, IF 1.93 (2010)

2010. Lambrechts, M.M., Adriaensen, F., Ardia, D.R., Artemyev, A.V., et al. The Design of Artificial Nestboxes for the Study of Secondary Hole-Nesting Birds: A Review of Methodological Inconsistencies and Potential Biases, Acta Ornithologica 45:1-26, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000164510X516047. Q2, IF 0.889 (2010)

2010 - Van den Steen, E., Pinxten, R., Covaci, A., Carere, C., Eeva, T., Heeb, P., Kempenaers, B., Lifjeld, J.T., Massa, B., NORTE, A.C., Orell, M., Sanz, J.J., Senar, J.C., Sorace, A., and Eens, M. “The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environment” Science of the Total Environment, 408:1451-1457, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.028. Q1, IF 3.19 (2010)

2009. Van den Steen, E., Pinxten, R., Jaspers, V.L.B., Covaci, A., Barba, E., Carere, C., Cichon, M., Dubiec, A., Eeva, T., Heeb, P., Kempenaers, B., Lifjeld, J.T., Lubjuhn, T., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Nilsson, J.-Å., NORTE, A.C., Orell, M., Podzemny, P., Sanz, J.J., Senar, J.C., Soler, J.J., Sorace, A., Török, J., Visser, M.E., Winkel W. and Eens, M. 2008. “Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool”, Environment International, 35:310-317, doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.08.002. Q1, IF 4.786 (2009)

2009. NORTE, A.C., Sampaio, H.L., Sousa, J.P., and Ramos, J.A. “Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population from Central Portugal: relationship with breeding effort and health state variables”, Ibis 151:677-688, DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00960.x. Q1, IF 2.123 (2009)

2009. NORTE, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Sousa, J.P., and Sheldon, B.C. “Variation of adult great tit Parus major body condition and blood parameters in relation to sex, age, year and season“, Journal of Ornithology, 150:651-660, doi: 10.1007/s10336-009-0387-1. Q1, IF 1.476 (2009)

2008. NORTE, A.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sousa, J.P. and Ramos, J.A. “Environmental and genetic variation in body condition and blood profile of Great tit Parus major nestlings”, Journal of Avian Biology, 40:157-165, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04461.x. Q1, IF 2.327 (2008)

2008. NORTE, A.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sousa, J.P. and Ramos, J.A. “Repeatability of blood parameters and methodological sources of variation in wild Great Tits Parus major”, Acta Ornithologica, 43:65-75, DOI 10.3161/000164508X345347. Q3, IF 0.882 (2008)

2008. NORTE, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Araújo, P.M., Sousa, J.P. and Sheldon, B.C. Health state variables and enzymatic biomarkers as survival predictors in nestling great tits Parus major: effects of environmental conditions. The Auk 125:1-11, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/auk.2008.07188. Q1, IF 2.303 (2008)

2004. NORTE A.C. and Ramos J. A. “Nest-site selection and breeding biology of kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus on sandy beaches of the Portuguese west coast”. Ardeola, 51: 255-268.

books

book chapters

proceedings of international meetings with referee

national journals, from portugal or from abroad, with peer review

proceedings of portuguese national meetings

editorial and book reviews

technical reports

oral presentations

2017 “Borrelia wingmen - dispersal and maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. by birds” at 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Lisboa, Portugal
2017 “Pandora’s flying box - Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in Ixodes species from birds throughout Europe” at the International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD), Vienna, Austria.
2017 “Ecological interactions among Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., ticks and hosts in Portugal.” invited comm. at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Oberschleissheim, Germany
2016. Norte A.C., da Silva LP, Araújo PM, Tenreiro PQ, Zé-Zé L, Ramos J, Núncio, M.S., and Lopes de Carvalho I. O papel das aves na disseminação de Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. at the Workshop Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Instituto Nacional de Saúde - 26.09.16
2016 “On the trail of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.: the key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs
for the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis in Portugal” at the 20th European Society for Vector Ecology (E-SOVE) conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
2016 “The importance of birds as hosts for ticks and in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal” at the IX Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & VI Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia, Vila Real, Portugal.
2015 “On the trail of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.: the key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis”, invited communication at the University Antwerp Belgium, October 2015
2015 "Birds as hosts for ticks and reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal", European Ornithological Union Congress EOU2015, Badajoz, Spain.
2014. “The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal” XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia, Coimbra, Portugal
2014. “Psammodromus algirus como reservatório de Borrelia lusitaniae, agente etiológico da borreliose de Lyme, em Portugal” at the XII Iberian Congresso f Herpetology, Aveiro, Portugal
2014. Seminar "The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal”, Zoonosis Seminar Series, Zoonosis laboratory, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
2013. Seminar “The role of birds as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi s.l.” at National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP
2012. Seminar “The role of birds as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi s.l.” at Centro de Estudo de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Cambournac/ INSA
2012. Seminar “Eco-fisiologia em aves – avaliação da qualidade do habitat através da sáude de populações selvagens” at Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BH, Brasil
2010. "O papel das aves como reservatório de Borrelia burgdorferi, o agente da doença de Lyme", at the V Encontro Técnico de Anilhadores de Aves.
2009 "Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population from Central Portugal: relationship with breeding effort and health state variables" at the "VI SPEA Ornithological Congress & IV Iberian Ornithological Congress", Elvas, Portugal.
2009 “Are great tits inhabiting the vicity of a pulpmill healthy? A case study” - oral comm. by invitation at the advanced course on Wildlife Ecotoxicology.
2008 "Poluição: Têm os chapins algo a dizer?" - oral comm. by invitation at the initiative Conversas com Cientistas at Museu da Ciência of Coimbra University
2006 “Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents” at the “British Ecological Society Annual Meeting”, Oxford, U.K.
2006 – “Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents” at the “V Portuguese Ornithology Congress”, Oeiras, Portugal
2006 – “Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents” at the “EGI International Student Conference 2006”, Groningen, Netherlands.

posters

2015 - Norte et al. “Characterization of Borrelia turdi isolates from Portugal through Multilocus Sequence Analysis.” At the 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases, ICLB 2015, Vienna, Austria.
2015 - Norte et al “Lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal.” At the 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases, ICLB 2015, Vienna, Austria.
2014 - Norte et al. “The role of birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: is there a burden of carrying ticks and Borrelia?” XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia, Coimbra, Portugal
2014 - Santos AS et al. “Detection of Coxiella burnetii in rodents and wildbirds in Portugal”, International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, IMED, Vienna, Austria
2014 - Lopes de Carvalho et al. “Borreliose de Lyme em Portugal”, IV Congresso Nacional de Saúde Publica, Lisboa
2014 – Norte et al. “As aves como reservatório de Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. na Europa Ocidental: avaliação dos custos associados ao parasitismo por carraças e Borrelia”, at the VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Almada, Portugal.
2013 - Norte et al. "Are blackbirds Turdus merula competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi in Western Europe? A xenodiagnostic experiment" at the 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Boston, USA
2012 - Norte et al. “The role of birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: is there a burden of carrying ticks and Borrelia?” at the 2012 WDA/EWDA conference, Lyon, France
2011 - Norte et al. "Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. genospecies in ticks feeding on birds in Portugal", at the Tick and Tick-borne Pathogens 7th Conference, Zaragoza, Spain
2007 – Norte et al. “Genetic and environmental components of variance of physiological parameters in the Great Tit Parus major” in the “Hole-breeding Passerines Meeting”, Bialowieza, Poland
2005 – Norte et al. “First Data on Physiological Parameters and Biomarkers In Great Tit (Parus major) Populations” in the “EGI Student Conference 2005”, Oxford, U.K.,
2005 – Norte et al. “Genetic and Environmental Components of Variance of Physiological Parameters in the Great Tit (Parus major)” in the “EGI Student Conference 2005”, Oxford, U.K.
2003 - Norte et al. “Nest-site selection and breeding biology of the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in sandy beaches of the Portuguese West coast” in the “IV Portuguese Ornithology Congress and II Iberian Meeting of Ornithology”, Castelo Branco, Portugal.

8. supervising theses

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Co-supervision:
- "Prevalência de Parasitismo por Carraças e Influência no Estado de Saúde de Passeriformes", Maria das Dores Pereira Gonçalves, MsC thesis in Biology, FCTUC, 2013
- "Avifauna florestal e influência de parâmetros hematológicos e ambientais no sucesso reprodutor de Chapim-real (Parus major): aplicações em Educação Ambiental", José Miguel Ramos de Mendonça, MsC thesis in Animal Biology, FCTUC, 2006.

9. language skills

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language	reading	writing	conversation
portuguese	first language	first language	first language
english	excelent	very good	very good
spanish	very good	regular	good
french	regular	basic	basic

10. other information [e.g. patents]

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Award Caixa Geral de Depósitos – student with the best final classification of the Graduation in Biology in the Fac. Sci. Tech. of the Univ. of Coimbra, year 2001/2002

Merit Award of the University of Coimbra (2001/2002)

Merit Award of the University of Coimbra (2000/2001)