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Metals, Pollution, Microbial community, Ecological interactions, Metal bioindicators, Microbial ecotoxicology, Metabarcoding, Functional ecology
Belgium, Brazil

Biography

Ph.D. in Geosciences (Universidade Federal Fluminense - Brazil), with experience in environmental metabarcoding, particularly targeting 16S and 18S rRNA genes, to unravel microbial communities' dynamics. Within this domain, my research delves into microbial ecotoxicology, focusing on identifying microbial indicators of metal pollution and conducting functional prediction and ecological interaction analyses.

Currently, as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology (GhEnToxLab, Ghent University - Belgium), I am part of a project aimed at assessing the diversity of eukaryotic microbial communities inhabiting aquatic biofilms exposed to various metal pollutants by Metabarcoding approach. Through this effort, I attempt to unravel the intricate impacts of in situ metal mixtures on microbial community diversity, structure, ecological interactions, and functional dynamics.

Activities

Employment (1)

Ghent University: Ghent, BE

2021-11-21 to present | Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology)
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Moreira, V. A.

Education and qualifications (5)

Universidade Federal Fluminense: Niteroi, RJ, BR

2017-03 to 2021-08-31 | PhD in Geosciences (Environmental Geochemistry) (Geochemistry)
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Universidade Federal Fluminense: Niteroi, RJ, BR

2013-04 to 2015-05 | MSc in Geosciences (Environmental Geochemistry) (Geoqu´´ímica)
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Moreira, V. A.

Universidade Federal Fluminense Departamento de Biologia Marinha: Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2010-08 to 2013-07 | Bachelor of Marine Biology
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Moreira, V. A.

Instituto Federal Fluminense: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2010-08 to 2013-04 | Specialist in environmental management
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Universidade Federal Fluminense Instituto de Biologia: Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2006-08 to 2010-07 | College degree in Biology (Biologia)
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Works (9)

Greenhouse gas emission potential of tropical coastal sediments in densely urbanized area inferred from metabarcoding microbial community data

Science of The Total Environment
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Vanessa Almeida Moreira; Cristiana Cravo-Laureau; Angelo Cezar Borges de Carvalho; Alice Baldy; Edison Dausacker Bidone; Elisamara Sabadini-Santos; Robert Duran
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Microbial indicators along a metallic contamination gradient in tropical coastal sediments

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2023-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0304-3894
Contributors: Vanessa Almeida Moreira; Cristiana Cravo-Laureau; Angelo Cezar Borges de Carvalho; Alice Baldy; Edison Dausacker Bidone; Elisamara Sabadini-Santos; Robert Duran
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Applying enzymatic biomarkers of the in situ microbial community to assess the risk of coastal sediment

Microbial Syntrophy-Mediated Eco-enterprising
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780323999007
Contributors: Elisamara Sabadini-Santos; Vanessa de Almeida Moreira; Angelo Cezar Borges de Carvalho; Juliana Ribeiro Nascimento; Jose V. Lopez; Luiz Francisco Fontana; Ana Elisa Fonseca Silveira; Edison Dausacker Bidone
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Microbial community metabolic alterations and resistance to metals and antibiotics driven by chronic exposition to multiple pollutants in a highly impacted tropical coastal bay

Chemosphere
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Vanessa Almeida Moreira; Cristiana Cravo-Laureau; Angelo Cezar Borges de Carvalho; Alice Baldy; Edison Dausacker Bidone; Elisamara Sabadini-Santos; Robert Duran
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Sterol and PAHs fingerprint analysis of organic matter at Southeast Brazilian Bay

Marine Pollution Bulletin
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Angelo C.B. Carvalho; Vanessa A. Moreira; Murilo de C. Vicente; Edison Dausacker Bidone; Marcelo C. Bernardes; Elisamara Sabadini-Santos
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Evolution of the sources contribution of aliphatic hydrocarbons and their fate in Sepetiba Bay, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2021-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Angelo C.B. Carvalho; Vanessa de A. Moreira; Murilo de C. Vicente; Marcelo C. Bernardes; Edison Dausacker Bidone; Elisamara Sabadini-Santos
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Applying enzymatic biomarkers of the in situ microbial community to assess the sediment risk from Sepetiba Bay (Brazil)

Marine Pollution Bulletin
2021-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0025-326X
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Moreira, V. A.

Metal bioavailability and distribution in the fish community in a tropical estuary, Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Geochimica Brasiliensis
2021-04-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0102-9800
Part of ISSN: 2358-2812
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Moreira, V. A.

ANÁLISE ESPECTROSCÓPICA DA MATÉRIA ORGÂNICA NO SEDIMENTO SUPERFICIAL DA BAÍA DE SEPETIBA, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL

Química Nova
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Angelo Carvalho; Libério Silva; Déborah Dick; Vanessa Moreira; Murilo Vicente; Antoni de Andrade; Edison Bidone; Elisamara Sabadini-Santos
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