PhD in Biology from the University of Coimbra (2008) in the frame of the Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine and Experimental Biology, Joana Cardoso da Costa (JC) is currently an assistant researcher and guest lecturer at the Centre for Functional Ecology and Associated Laboratory Terra, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra and Director and Technical Manager of the Laboratory for Phytopathology of Pedro Nunes Institute ("Official Laboratory" recognized by DGAV and accredited by IPAC).
JC's research interests are focused on the detection of and research into plant pathology (diagnosis, microbial ecology and epidemiology). In parallel, she studies the soil and plant microbiota as ecosystem service providers fundamental to the resilience, restoration and conservation of agroecosystems. These research lines have been developed in the framework of several projects coordinated by JC: Integrated Program of I&D CULTIVAR (CEO, 2.3M€ - CENTRO2020), i9kiwi Operational Group (PI, 470k€ - FEADER) and XylOut (PI, 290€ - FCT), among others. JC coordinates the Strategic Research Committee of the Ibero-American network IBERXYFAS (CYTED) and was the WG1 leader of COST Action CA16107 EuroXanth. In parallel, JC is a team member of several projects: Ecostack (H2020 RIA 10M€); GOOD (HE 6M€), RedeSusTerra (PRR), etc.
She is an evaluator of the Final Scientific Reports of the IC&DT 2019-2022 projects CA Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (FCT, 2020-2023), expert and rapporteur for the Strategic Agenda for Agri-Food, Forestry and Biodiversity R&I (FCT, 2019-2021), and evaluator expert for the European Commission IxF-PEOPLE - MARIE CURIE ACTIONS (2017-2019).
Last papers:
Baltazar, E.; Rodrigues, S.; Ares, A.; Camelo, A.; Brandão, I.; Espirito Santo, C.; Trovão, J.; Garcia, E.; Costa, J. (2023) Morphological, Molecular and Genomic Identification and Characterisation of Monilinia fructicola in Prunus persica from Portugal. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1493.
Marques J, Ares A, Costa J, Marques MPM, Batista de Carvalho LAE, Bessa F (2023) Plastisphere assemblages differ from the surrounding bacterial communities in transitional coastal environments. Science of the Total Environment. 869.
Martins J, Ares A, Costa J, Canhoto J. A baseline of Arbutus unedo L. microbiome for future research: in vitro versus ex vitro (2022) Scientia Horticulturae. 292.
Martins J, Ares A, Casais V, Costa J, Canhoto J (2021) ) Identification and characterization of Arbutus unedo L. endophytic bacteria isolated from wild and cultivated trees for the biological control of Phytophthora cinnamomi. (2021) Plants (Basel). 10(8): 1569.
Anguita-Maeso M, Ares A, Haro C, Roman-Ecija M, Olivares C, Costa J, Marco-Noales E, Ferrer E, Navas-Cortés JA, Landa BL. (2022) Xylella fastidiosa infection reshapes microbial composition and network associations in the xylem of almond trees. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:636009.
Ares A, Pereira J, Garcia E, Costa J, Tiago I. (2021) The leaf bacterial microbiota of female and male kiwifruit plants in distinct seasons: assessing the impact of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Phytobiome Journal. Phytobiomes Journal. 5:3, 275-287.
Chen N, Ruh M, Darrasse A, Foucher J, Briand M, Costa J, Studholme DJ, Jacques M-A. (2021) Common bacterial blight of bean: a model of seed transmission and pathological convergence. Molecular Plant Pathology. 00: 1– 17.
Catara V, Cubero J, Pothier JF, Bosis E, Bragard C, Đermić E, Holeva MC, Jacques M-A, Petter F, Pruvost O, Robène I, Studholme DJ, Tavares F, Vicente JG, Koebnik R, Costa J. 2021. Trends in Molecular Diagnosis and Diversity Studies for Phytosanitary Regulated Xanthomonas. Microorganisms 9(4):862.
Ares A, Costa J, Joaquim C, Pintado D, Santos D, Messmer MM, Mendes-Moreira PM. (2021) Effect of Low-Input Organic and Conventional Farming Systems on Maize Rhizosphere in Two Portuguese Open-Pollinated Varieties (OPV), “Pigarro” (Improved Landrace) and “SinPre” (a Composite Cross Population). Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:636009.
Aitana A, Tacão M, Figueira D, Garcia E, Costa J. (2021) Draft Genome Resources Sequences of Six Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Strains Isolated from Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa Leaves in Portugal. Phytopathology® 2021: 111:1, 237-239.