Vanessa Madeira, PhD Student

Vanessa Madeira Lopes finished her degree in Marine Environmental Biology in 2010 and her Master’s degree in Marine Ecology in 2012 both from the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon’s University. She has long expressed interest in physiology, trying to understand how and why bodies function as they do, especially in marine invertebrates. Later she discovered the unparalleled world of the cephalopods, and ever since her research has been focused on cephalopod physiology and behaviour. She is currently on the second year of her Ph.D., studying cephalopods as vectors of harmful algal bloom toxins, the mechanisms and consequences of this interaction. Her academic progress has taken her to Guia’s Marine Laboratory, where she found the perfect home for her scientific progress under Rui Rosa’s supervision.
Skills and Expertise: Cephalopods, physiology, toxicology, behaviour, marine invertebrates, ecophysiology

Academic Qualifications
2012. M. Sc. in Marine Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal
​2010. "Licenciatura" in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Awards and Grants
2013. Doctoral grant supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/97633/2013).

Publications
  1. Rosa R, Pimentel M, Galan JG, Baptista M, Lopes VM, Couto A, Guerreiro M, Sampaio E, Castro J, Santos C, Calado R, Repolho T. (2016). Deficit in digestive capabilities of bamboo shark early stages under climate change. Marine Biology, 163(3), 1-5. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-016-2840-z
  2. Lopes VM, Faleiro F, Baptista M, Pimentel MS, Paula JR, Couto A, Bandarra N, Anacleto P, Marques A, Rosa R (2016) Amino and fatty acid Dynamics of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) early life stages under ocean warming. Journal of Thermal Biology, 55, 30-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.11.006
  3. Rosa IC, Raimundo J, Lopes VM, Brandão C, Couto A, Santos C, Cabecinhas AS, Cereja R, Calado R, Caetano M, Rosa R (2015) Cuttlefish capsule: An effective shield against contaminants in the wild. Chemosphere, 135, 7-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.050
  4. Baptista M, Repolho T, Maulvault AL, Lopes VM, Narciso L, Marques A, Bandarra N, Rosa R (2014). Temporal dynamics of amino and fatty acid composition in the razor clam Ensis siliqua (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Helgoland Marine Research, 68(4), 465-482. DOI: 10.1007/s10152-014-0402-7
  5.  Rosa R, Baptista M, Lopes VM, Pegado MR, Paula JR, Trübenbach K, Leal MC, Calado R, Repolho, T (2014). Early-life exposure to climate change impairs tropical shark survival. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 281(1793), 20141738. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1738
  6. Anacleto P, Maulvault AL, Lopes VM, Repolho T, Diniz M, Nunes ML, Marques A, Rosa R (2014) "Ecophysiology of native and alien-invasive clams in an ocean warming context." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 175: 28-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.05.003
  7. Lopes VM, Repolho T, Baptista M, Rosa R, Costa PR (2014) Uptake, transfer and elimination kinetics of paralytic shellfish toxins in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Aquatic Toxicology 146: 205-211. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.11.011
  8. Repolho T, Baptista M, Pimentel MS, Dionísio G, Trübenbach K, Lopes VM, Lopes AR, Calado R, Diniz M, Rosa R (2014) Developmental and physiological challenges of octopus (Octopus vulgaris) early life stages under ocean warming. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 184(1):55-64. doi: 10.1007/s00360-013-0783-y.
  9. Lopes VM, Lopes AR, Costa PR, Rosa R (2013) Cephalopods as vectors of Harmful Algal Bloom toxins in marine food webs. Marine Drugs 11(9), 3381-3409. DOI: 10.3390/md11093381
  10. Lopes AR, Trübenbach K, Teixeira T, Lopes VM, Pires P, Baptista M, Repolho T, Calado R, Diniz M, Rosa R (2013) Oxidative stress in deep scattering layers: heat shock response and antioxidant enzymes activities of myctophid fishes thriving in oxygen minimum zones. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 82, 10-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.07.014
  11. Rosa R, Trübenbach K, Repolho T, Pimentel M, Faleiro F, Boavida-Portugal J, Baptista M, Dionísio G, Lopes VM, Leal M, Calado R, Pörtner HO (2013). Lower hypoxia thresholds of early life stages living in a warm acidified ocean. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 280. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1695
  12. Aurélio M, Faleiro Filipa, Lopes VM, Pires V, Lopes AR, Pimentel MS, Repolho T, Baptista M, Narciso L, Rosa R (2013) Physiological and behavioral responses of temperate seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus) to environmental warming. Marine Biology.  DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2259-8
  13. Lopes VM, Baptista M, Pimentel MS, Repolho T, Narciso L, Rosa R (2012) Reproduction in Octocorallia: Synchronous spawning and asynchronous oogenesis in the pennatulid Veretillum cynomorium. Marine Biology Research 8: 893-900. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2012.693616
  14. Baptista M, Lopes VM, Pimentel MS, Bandarra N, Narciso L, Rosa R (2012) Temporal fatty acid dynamics of the octocoral Veretillum cynomorium. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 161(2):178-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.11.002