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Vitor Vasconcelos

Vitor Vasconcelos

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
20028
World Ranking
5317
National Ranking
19

Overview

Vitor Vasconcelos is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has established a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Vasconcelos's research addresses a range of scientific topics, with major attention to:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Marine Drugs
  • Toxins
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Microorganisms
  • Algal Research

Selected recent publications reflect diverse interests in biotechnological and ecological aspects of aquatic microorganisms and natural products. These include:

  • "Carotenoids from Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Potential and Optimization Strategies" (2021, Biomolecules)
  • "Isolation and FTIR-ATR and 1H NMR Characterization of Alginates from the Main Alginophyte Species of the Atlantic Coast of Morocco" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Fish Feed and Its Effects: A Review" (2020, Toxins)
  • "Exopolysaccharides from Cyanobacteria: Strategies for Bioprocess Development" (2020, Applied Sciences)
  • "Carotenoids from Cyanobacteria: A Biotechnological Approach for the Topical Treatment of Psoriasis" (2020, Microorganisms)

Among frequent collaborators are Alexandre Campos, João Morais, Guilherme Scotta Hentschke, Graciliana Lopes, and Brahim Oudra, with a notable number of joint publications indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Microcystin Toxicity in Animal Cells

    Alexandre Campos;Vitor Vasconcelos

  • Phycobiliproteins from cyanobacteria: Chemistry and biotechnological applications.

    Fernando Pagels;A. Catarina Guedes;Helena M. Amaro;Anake Kijjoa

  • Assays with Daphnia magna and Danio rerio as alert systems in aquatic toxicology

    J. Martins;L. Oliva Teles;V. Vasconcelos

  • Dynamics of microcystins in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis.

    Álvaro Amorim;Vı́tor Vasconcelos

  • Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins

    Evanthia Mantzouki;Miquel Lürling;Jutta Fastner;Lisette de Senerpont Domis

  • Hepatotoxic microcystin diversity in cyanobacterial blooms collected in portuguese freshwaters

    V.M. Vasconcelos;K. Sivonen;W.R. Evans;W.W. Carmichael

  • Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii: review of the distribution, phylogeography, and ecophysiology of a global invasive species.

    Jorge T. Antunes;Pedro N. Leão;Vítor M. Vasconcelos

  • Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer

    Daphne Donis;Evanthia Mantzouki;Daniel F. McGinnis;Dominic Vachon;Dominic Vachon

  • Sea Anemone (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) Toxins: An Overview

    Bárbara Frazão;Vitor Vasconcelos;Agostinho Antunes

  • Uptake and depuration of the heptapeptide toxin microcystin-LR in Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Vitor M. Vasconcelos

  • The chemical ecology of cyanobacteria

    Pedro N. Leão;Niclas Engene;Agostinho Antunes;William H. Gerwick;William H. Gerwick

  • Cyanobacteria diversity and toxicity in a wastewater treatment plant (Portugal).

    V.M Vasconcelos;E Pereira

  • Allelopathy in freshwater cyanobacteria

    Pedro N Leão;M Teresa S D Vasconcelos;Vítor M Vasconcelos

  • Palytoxin and Analogs: Biological and Ecological Effects

    Vítor Ramos;Vítor Vasconcelos

  • Marine Cyanobacteria Compounds with Anticancer Properties: A Review on the Implication of Apoptosis

    Margarida Costa;João Costa-Rodrigues;Maria Helena Fernandes;Piedade Barros

  • Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Assessment of Marine Cyanobacteria - Synechocystis and Synechococcus

    Rosário F. Martins;Miguel F. Ramos;Lars Herfindal;José A. Sousa

  • Toxicology and detection methods of the alkaloid neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, anatoxin-a

    Joana Osswald;Sandra Rellán;Ana Gago;Vitor Vasconcelos

  • Detection and quantification of microcystins from cyanobacteria strains isolated from reservoirs and ponds in Morocco.

    B. Oudra;M. Loudiki;V. Vasconcelos;B. Sabour

  • First report and toxicological assessment of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii from Portuguese freshwaters

    Martin L. Saker;Isabel C.G. Nogueira;Vitor M. Vasconcelos;Brett A. Neilan

  • Synergistic allelochemicals from a freshwater cyanobacterium.

    Pedro N. Leão;Alban R. Pereira;Wei-Ting Liu;Julio Ng

Frequent Co-Authors

Agostinho Antunes
Agostinho Antunes University of Porto
Ana M. Cameán
Ana M. Cameán University of Seville
Luis M. Botana
Luis M. Botana University of Santiago de Compostela
Madalena Pinto
Madalena Pinto University of Porto
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Ángeles Jos
Ángeles Jos University of Seville
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Warren E. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Stig Linder
Stig Linder Linköping University
António A. Vicente
António A. Vicente University of Minho

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