Expertise: Microbiology, Metagenomics, Secondary Metabolism, Symbiosis
Short Bio:
Joana F. Couceiro is a Biotechnology and Biosciences PhD student working on the sustainable production of bioactive secondary metabolites from octocoral bacterial symbionts. Joana's PhD project aims to uncover antibacterial activities against notorious pathogens. Active metabolite extracts subjected to LC-MS metabolomic profiling and analytical chemistry assessments developing minimally intrusive, sustainable methodology fostering bioactive secondary metabolites discovery from the seas to meet the global demand for novel therapeutics.
Research Focus:
Bioactive secondary metabolite production by marine bacterial symbionts
Couceiro JF, Keller-Costa T, Marques M, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Whitman WB, Costa R. The Roseibium album (Labrenzia alba) Genome Possesses Multiple Symbiosis Factors Possibly Underpinning Host-Microbe Relationships in the Marine Benthos. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Aug 26;10(34):e0032021. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00320-21.
Couceiro, J.F., Keller-Costa, T, Kyrpides, N.C., Woyke, T., Whitman, W.B., & Costa, R.*. Genome Sequencing suggests diverse secondary metabolism in coral-associated Aquimarina megaterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements 11(11): e00620-22 (2022). https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.00620-22