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J.I. (Joana) Sabino Pinto, PhD

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Joana Isabel Sabino Pinto
Date of birth December 10th, 1990
Nationality Portuguese
e-mail joanasabinopinto gmail.com
Skype Joana.Sabino.Pinto
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-5665
Personal Website https://joanasabinopinto.wixsite.com/joanasp
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joana_Sabino_Pinto2
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2NDKMF0AAAAJ&hl=en

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany)

Dissertation Title: “Deadly and beneficial roles of microbes in amphibians: from detection methods to host responses to the pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, with insights into cutaneous microbiota”; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Miguel Vences; Magna Cum Laude (top 15%)

May 2015

Dec 2018

M.S. in Biology, Free University of Brussels (Belgium)

Dissertation Title: “Using amphibian skin secretions to predict host susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis”; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Frank Pasmans

Sep 2011

Jun 2013

B.S., Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University (Portugal)

Major: Biology; Minor: Evolutionary and Developmental Biology

Sep 2008

Jul 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

PostDoc; University of Groningen (the Netherlands)

Project: Fungus, frogs and MHC: the role of sexual selection in the evolution of disease resistance

Nov 2019

Present

Research Associate; University of Massachusetts (United States of America)

Responsibilities: Primer design, MHC and mucosome analysis, Routine laboratory work

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Doug Woodhams, Dr. Molly Bletz

Feb – Mar 2019

and

Sep 2019

Research Assistant; Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany)

Project: Determination of Fire Salamandra management units in Germany

Responsibilities: Training students (Geo-ecology, 2017 and 2018; 5 students, 240h) on the theory behind the laboratorial approaches and experimental design, Teaching laboratorial techniques (qPCR, eDNA, barcoding), Guiding the students on data analysis (Qime, Deblur, Mothur) and writing the final report

Aug – Sep 2017

and

 Aug – Sep 2018

Bioinformatics Assistant; Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany)

Responsibilities: Analysis and management of large genomic (16S Illumina data: Qime, Deblur, Mothur, LEfSE) and transcriptomic (microarrays and RNAseq: Trinity, Bowtie, DRAP, R, R Bioconductor, Trinity, Annocript, Blast+) datasets on Linux, Windows, and Mac (Python and R), Training of students (BSc to PhD) in analyzing “omics” data and providing technical support

Apr 2016

Jan 2019

PhD; Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany)

Additional Responsibilities: Organization of Lab Meetings and other group activities

May 2015

Dec 2018

Project Coordinator; Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany)

Project: Understanding Bsal’s distribution and developing conservation strategies for salamanders in Germany

Responsibilities: Managing collaborators, Organizing the field and lab work, Conducting country wide screenings in both captivity and in the wild to track the expansion of Bsal’s geographical range, Processing all samples (qPCR, culturing bacteria, conduction inhibition assays), Analyzing the data and wroting some of the manuscripts

Jul 2015

Nov 2017

Field assistant; University of Porto (Portugal)

Project: Long Term Ecological Research at Baixo Sabor

Responsibilities: Capturing amphibians, fish and locust

Mentor: Dr. Pedro Beja

Jan – Apr 2015

Field assistant/ Lab technician; Lisbon University (Portugal)

Project: Emerging diseases and the future of amphibians in Europe

Responsibilities: Capturing and sampling amphibians (skin swabs and toes), Processing all the toe samples (skeletochronology), Analyzing the results.

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Rui Rebelo

Sep 2013

Apr 2015

Internship / Field assistant; Free University of Brussels (Belgium)

Project: Investigating the possibility of mating pheromones in amphibians

Responsibilities: Capturing amphibians, Set up field enclosures, Hourly checking of all individuals

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Franky Bossuyt

Mar – Apr 2012

Volunteership /Field assistant; University of Kent (United Kingdom)

Project: Emerging diseases and the future of amphibians in Europe

Responsibilities: Capturing and sampling amphibians (skin swabs and toes).

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Richard Griffiths

Apr – May 2011

Internship; University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Project: Creation of a database of European and North American Mammals

Responsibilities: Development of a Mammals of America database.

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Henrique Pereira

Oct 2009

Jul 2010

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant, European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany (7,000€) Aug 2021
Standard Individual Fellowship, Marie Sklodowska-Curie, EU (175,000€) Feb 2021
Small Research Grants, British Ecological Society, the United Kingdom (5,500€) May 2020
Travelling Fellowship, The Company of Biologists, the United Kingdom  (2,000€) Apr 2020
Academy Ecology Fund 2020, KNAW, the Netherlands  (7,000€) Mar 2020
World Congress of Herpetology - Student Support Schemes (2,000€) Jan 2020
Research Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany (65,000€) Nov 2019
Congress Travel Award (Kongressreisen), DAAD, Germany (1,500€) Nov 2017
World Congress of Herpetology - Student Support Schemes (2,000€) Aug 2016
Introduction to Research Fellowship (BII), FCT, Portugal (1,000€) Oct 2009

PUBLICATIONS

2022

 

24. Hazard, Q.C.K., Sabino-Pinto, J., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F.Z., Meyer, C.F.J., Rocha, R. (2022). Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon. Mammalian Biology (Accepted).

2021

 

23. Woodhams, D., Madison, J., Bletz, M.C., McCartney, J., LaBumbard, B., Whetstone, R., McDonnell, N.B., Preißler, K., Sabino-Pinto, J., Piovia-Scott Cocca, J. (2021). Responsible biosecurity and risk mitigation for laboratory research on emerging pathogens of amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 147: 141-148.

22. Mantzana-Oikonomaki, V., Maan, M., Sabino-Pinto, J. (2021). Wildlife pathogen detection: evaluation of alternative DNA extraction protocols. Biology Methods and Protocols, 6(1): bpab018.

21. Santos, B., Bletz, M., Sabino-Pinto, J., Cocca, W., Francois, J., Freeman, K.L.M., Kuenzel, S., Ndriantsoa, S., Noel, J., Rakotonanahary, T., Vences, M., Crottini, A. (2021). Characterization of the microbiome of the invasive Asian toad in Madagascar across the expansion range and comparison with a native co-occurring species. PeerJ, 9: e11532.

2020

 

20. Schulz, V., Schulz, A., Klamke, M., Preissler, K., Sabino-Pinto, J., Müsken, M., Schlüpmann, M., Heldt, L., Kamprad, F., Enss, J., Schweinsberg, M., Virgo, J., Rau, H., Veith, M., Lötters, S., Wagner, N., Steinfartz, S., Vences, M. (2020). Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Ruhr District, Germany: history, distribution, decline dynamics and disease symptoms of the salamander plague. Salamandra, 56(3): 189-214.

19. Sachs, M., Schluckebier, R., Poll, K., Schulz, V., Sabino-Pinto, J., Schmidt, E., Simon, K., Künzel, S., Ziegler, T., Arndt, H., Vences, M. (2020). Evidence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and other amphibian parasites in the Green toad (Bufotes viridis), syntopic amphibians and environment in the Cologne Bay, Germany. Salamandra, 56(3): 275-284.

2019

 

18. Sabino-Pinto, J., Goedbloed, D., Sanchez, E., Czypionka, T., Nolte, A., Steinfartz, S. (2019). The role of plasticity and adaptation in the incipient speciation of a fire salamander population. Genes, 10(11): 875.

17. Sabino-Pinto, J., Rakotoarison, A., Bletz, M.C., Edmonds, D., Glaw, F., Vences, M. (2019). A new species of the Spinomantis bertini species complex (Anura: Mantellidae) from Pic d’Ivohibe Special Reserve (Madagascar). Zootaxa, 4656(1): 133-142.

16. Sabino-Pinto, J., Martel, A., Pasmans, F, Steinfartz, S., Vences, M. (2019). Pooling skin swabs does not inhibit qPCR detection of amphibian chytrid infection. PloS one, 14(4): e0214405.

15. Sabino-Pinto, J., Krause, E.T., Bletz, M.C., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Vences, M. (2019). Detectability vs. time and costs in pooled DNA extraction of cutaneous swabs: a study on the amphibian chytrid fungi. Amphibia-Reptilia, 40(1): 29-39.

2018

14. Lötters, S., Wagner, N., Kerres, A., Vences, M., Steinfartz, S., Sabino-Pinto, J., Seufer, L., Preissler, K., Schulz, V., Veith, M. (2018). First report of host co-infection of parasitic amphibian chytrid fungi. Salamandra, 54(4): 287-290.

13. Bletz, M.C., Kelly, M., Sabino-Pinto, J., Bales, E., Praet, S.V., Bert, W., Boyen, F., Vences, M., Steinfartz, S., Martel, A., Pasmans, F. (2018). Disruption of skin microbiota contributes to salamander disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1885): p.20180758.

12. Sabino-Pinto, J., Veith, M., Vences, M., Steinfartz, S. (2018). Asymptomatic infection of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in captivity. Scientific Reports, 8(1): 11767.

11. Dalbeck, L., Düssel-Siebert, H., Kerres, A., Kirst, K., Koch, A., Lötters, S., Ohlhoff, D., Sabino-Pinto, J., Preißler, K., Schulte, U., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S., Veith, M., Vences, M., Wagner, N., Wegge, J. (2018). Die Salamanderpest und ihr Erreger Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal): aktueller Stand in Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, 25: 1-22.

2017

 

10. Sabino-Pinto, J., Galán, P., Rodríguez, S., Bletz, M.C., Bhuju, S., Geffers, R., Jarek, M., Vences, M. (2017). Temporal changes in cutaneous bacterial communities of terrestrial and aquatic phases of newts (Amphibia). Environmental Microbiology, 19(8): 3025-3038.

09. Bletz, M.C., Vences, M., Sabino-Pinto, J., Taguchi, Y., Shimizu, N., Nishikawa, K., Kurabayashi, A. (2017). Cutaneous microbiota of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a representative of an ancient amphibian clade. Hydrobiologia, 795(1): 153-167.

08. Sabino-Pinto, J., Bletz, M.C., Iturriaga, M., Vences, M., Rodríguez, A. (2017). Low infection prevalence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales) in Cuba. Amphibia-Reptilia, 38(1): 1-7.

07. Rosa, M.G., Sabino-Pinto, J., Laurentino, T.G., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Rebelo, R., Griffiths, R.A., Bosch, J., Stöhr, A., Marschang, R., Price, S., Garner, T., Bosch, J. (2017). Impact of asynchronous emergence of two lethal pathogens on amphibian assemblages. Scientific Reports, 7: 43260.

2016

 

06. Sabino-Pinto, J., Bletz, M., Islam, M.M., Shimizu, N., Bhuju, S., Geffers, R., Jarek, M., Kurabayashi, A., Vences, M. (2016). Composition of the cutaneous bacterial community in Japanese amphibians: effects of captivity, host species, and body region. Microbial Ecology 72(2): 460-469.

05. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Martel, A., Asselberghs, J., Bales, E., Beukema, W., Bletz, M., Dalbeck, L., Goverse, E., Kerres, A., Kinet, T., Kirst, K., Laudelout, A., Marin da Fonte, L., Nöllert, A., Ohlhoff, D., Sabino-Pinto, J., Schmidt, B.R., Speybroeck, J., Spikmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Veith, M. Vences, M., Wagner, N., Pasmans, F., Lötters, S. (2016). Expanding Distribution of Lethal Amphibian Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(7): 1286-1288.

2015

 

04. Sabino-Pinto, J., Bletz, M., Hendrix, R., Perl, R.B., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Lötters, S., Mutschmann, F., Schmeller, D., Schmidt, B.R., Veith, M., Wagner, N., Vences, M., Steinfartz, S. (2015). First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Germany. Amphibia-Reptilia, 36(4): 411-416

2014

 

03. Rosa, M.G., Sabino-Pinto, J., Noël, J., Andreone, F. (2014). Predation on the treefrog Boophis rufioculis (Anura: Mantellidae) by the freshwater crab Hydrothelphusa sp. (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) in Madagascar. Crustaceana, 87(7): 890-894.

02. Sabino-Pinto, J., Mayerl, C.J., Meilink, W.R.M., Grasso, D., Raaijmakers, C.B., Russo, V.G., Segal, M., Stegen, G., Clegg, J., Srikanthan, A.N., Glaw, F., Vences, M. (2014). Descriptions of the advertisement calls of three sympatric frog species in the subgenus Vatomantis (genus Gephyromantis) from Madagascar. Herpetology Notes, 7: 67-73.

2013

 

01. Meilink, W.R.M., Clegg, J.R., Mayerl, C.J., Sabino-Pinto, J., Grasso, D., Stegen, G., Segal, M., Kok, P.J.R. (2013). Confirmation of the presence of the sphaerodactylid lizard Gonatodes vittatus in Guyana, and an indication of a reproductively active population in Georgetown. Salamandra, 49(1): 59-62.

PRESENTATIONS & TALKS

Presenter, NLSEB2021, online, “Plasticity allows colonization, and adaptation leads to incipient speciation in a fire salamander population”. Apr 2021
Presenter, 9th World Congress of Herpetology, Dunedin, New Zealand, “Plasticity allows colonization, and adaptation leads to incipient speciation in a fire salamander population”. Jan 2020
Invited Speaker, Evolutionary Genetics, Development and Behaviour Seminar, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, “Fungus, frogs and MHC: the role of sexual selection in the evolution of disease resistance” Jun 2019
Invited Speaker, Department of Biology Seminar, U. Mass, Boston, United States of America, “Deadly and beneficial roles of microbes in amphibians: from detection methods to host responses to the pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, with insights into cutaneous microbiota” Mar 2019
Presenter, Amphibian Disease meeting, Arizona, United states of America, “Asymptomatic presence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in captivity” Nov 2017
Presenter, 19 SEH European congress of Herpetology, Salzburg, Austria, “Screening of the fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal) in captivity indicates asymptomatic infections and clearance of Bsal through heat treatments” Sep 2017
Presenter, 8th World Congress of Herpetology, Hangzhou, China, “Composition of the cutaneous bacterial community in Japanese amphibians: effects of captivity, host species, and body region” Aug 2017
Presenter, 1st junior researchers meeting, Center of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes. Lisbon, Portugal, “Role of age on the pattern of infection by Ranavirus in mountain populations of Bosca's newt, Lissotriton boscai” Dec 2014
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