Miguel Nobre Parreira Cacho Teixeira

(Assistant Professor) *

 

Status at IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering / Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering (CEBQ):  

·         Researcher of the Biological Sciences Research Group

Education:

·         Graduation in Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology), IST, UTL, Lisbon, Portugal, 2000

·         PhD in Biotechnology, CEBQ/BSRG, IST, UTL, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

Positions:

·         Assistant Professor, IST, 2008-present

·         Assistant Researcher, IBB-IST, 2008 (within the scope of Ciência 2007 program)

·         Invited Assistant Professor, IST, 2007-2008 (within the scope of the MIT-Portugal program)

·         Post-doctoral fellow, BSRG-IST, 2004-2007

Research Activities:

·         Mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance in Candida glabrata

·         Yeast physiology and Molecular Biology

·         Environmental stress response

·         Proteomics and transcriptomics

·         Systems biology tools for the study of transcriptional regulatory networks

Projects as PI:

·         PTDC/EBB-BIO/119356/2010: "FUNDRING: Identification of new biomarkers for antiFUNgal Drug Resistance diagnosis IN Candida Glabrata: the particular role of multidrug resistance transporters". (2012-)

·         PTDC/BIA-MIC/72577/2006: "Functional and biochemical analysis of the yeast multidrug resistance transporters Qdr2 and Aqr1" (2007-2011).

·         PTDC/BIO/72063/2006: “Characterization and modeling of a specific transcriptional regulatory network required for multidrug resistance in yeast” (March-Sept 2010).

Awards:

·         Researcher award UTL/Santander (honorable mention), 2011

·         Young Researcher in Microbiology award SPM/Alfagene, 2009

·         Young Researcher award UTL/Deloitte, 2008, in the field of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

·         Sartorius award - Innovation in Microbiology/Biotechnology , 2007

Selected Publications:

Book chapters:

Teixeira, M.C., "Complex regulatory interplay between multidrug resistance and oxidative stress response in yeast: the FLR1 regulatory network as a systems biology case-study", In: Oxidative Stress - Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Effects (Lushchak V.I. & Semchyshyn H., Eds), INTECH, Vienna, Austria, 323-340, 2012.

Mira, N.P., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., "Characterization of complex regulatory networks and identification of promoter regulatory elements in yeast: in silico and wet-lab", In: Methods in Molecular Biology - Transcriptional Regulation: Methods and Protocols (Vancura A., Ed), Springer, vol. 809, 27-48, 2012.

T.R. Cabrito, E. Remy, M.C. Teixeira, P. Duque, I. Sá-Correia, "Resistance to herbicides in the model organisms Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Arabidopsis thaliana: the involvement of multidrug resistance transporters", In: Herbicides and Environment (Kortekamp A., Ed), INTECH, Vienna, Austria, 623-640, 2011.

T.R. Cabrito, M.C. Teixeira, I. Sá-Correia, “Global adaptive response and resistance to agricultural fungicides: lessons from yeast and phytopathogenic fungi” In: Fungicides: Chemistry, Environmental Impact and Health Effects (Columbus F, Ed), Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, p. 228-253, 2009.

I. Sá-Correia, M.C. Teixeira, "As complexas redes de regulação da expressão genética na levedura: abordagens à escala do genoma". In: O Mundo do RNA: Novos Desafios e Perspectivas Futuras (Cecília M. Arraiano, A.M. Fialho, Eds), Lidel Edições Técnicas, Lisboa, p. 223-242, 2006.

Papers in international journals

dos Santos, S.C., Teixeira, M.C., Cabrito, T.R., Sá-Correia, I., Yeast Toxicogenomics: genome-wide responses to chemical stresses with impact in Environmental Health, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. Frontiers in Genetics, 3, 63, 2012.

Remy, E., Cabrito, T.R., Baptista, R., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., Duque, P., The Pht1;9 transporter mediates inorganic Pi acquisition by the Arabidopsis thaliana root during phosphorus starvation. The New Phytologist, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04167.x .

Pereira, F.B., Guimarães, P.M.R., Gomes, D.G., Mira, N.P., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., Domingues, L., Identification of candidate genes for yeast engineering to improve bioethanol production in Very-High-Gravity and lignocellulosic biomass industrial fermentations, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 4, 57, 2011.

Gonçalves, J.P., Francisco, A.P., Mira, N.P., Teixeira, M.C., Sá-Correia, I., Oliveira, A.L., Madeira, S.C., TFRank: Network-based prioritization of regulatory associations underlying transcriptional responses, Bioinformatics, 27, 3149-3157, 2011.

Cabrito, T.R., Teixeira, M.C., Singh, A., Prasad, R., Sá-Correia, I., The yeast ABC transporter Pdr18 (ORF YNR070w) controls plasma membrane sterol composition, playing a role in multidrug resistance, Biochemical Journal, 440, 195-202, 2011.

Monteiro P.T., Dias J.P., Ropers D., Oliveira A.L., Sá-Correia I., Teixeira M.C., Freitas A.T., "Qualitative modeling and formal verification of the FLR1 gene mancozeb response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", IET Systems Biology, 5, 308-316, 2011.

Mira, N.P., Henriques, S., Keller, G., Teixeira, M.C., Matos, R., Arraiano, C., Winge, D.R., Sá-Correia, I., Identification of a DNA binding site for the transcription factor Haa1p, required for Saccharomyces cerevisiae response to acetic acid stress. Nucleic Acids Research, 16, 6896-907, 2011.

Teixeira, M.C., Cabrito, T.R., Hanif, Z.M., Vargas, R.C., Tenreiro, S., Sá-Correia, I., Yeast response and tolerance to polyamine toxicity involving the drug:H+ antiporter Qdr3 and the transcription factors Yap1 and Gcn4. Microbiology, 157, 945-956, 2011

Teixeira M.C., Mira N.P., Sá-Correia I., A genome-wide perspective on the response and tolerance to food-relevant stresses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 22:150-156, 2011 (abstract)

Abdulrehman D., Monteiro P.T., Teixeira M.C., Mira N.P., Lourenço A.B., dos Santos S.C., Cabrito T.R., Francisco A., Madeira S.C., Santos R., Oliveira, A.L., Sá-Correia I., Freitas A. T., “YEASTRACT: Providing a programmatic access to curated transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through a web services interface". Nucleic Acids Research, 39, D136-140, 2011

Sá-Correia I., Teixeira M.C., Two-dimensional Electrophoresis-based Expression Proteomics: a microbiologist’s perspective. Expert Reviews of Proteomics, 7(6), 943-953, 2010

Teixeira M.C., Dias P.J., Monteiro P.T., Sala A., Oliveira A.L., Freitas A.T., Sá-Correia I., “Refining current knowledge on the yeast FLR1 regulatory network by combined experimental and computational approaches.” Molecular Biosystems, 6(12), 2471-2481, 2010

Mira N.P., Teixeira M.C., Sá-Correia I.,  “Adaptive response and tolerance to weak acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae : a genome-wide view.”, OMICS: a Journal of Integrative Biology, 14(5), 525-540, 2010 (abstract)

Madeira S., Teixeira M.C., Sá-Correia I., Oliveira A.L.,  “Identification of Regulatory Modules in Time Series Gene Expression Data using a Linear Time Biclustering  Algorithm”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 7: 153-165, 2010

Teixeira M.C., Raposo L.R., Palma M., Sá-Correia I., 2010, "Identification of genes required for maximal tolerance to high-glucose concentrations, as those present in industrial alcoholic fermentation media, through a chemogenomics approach", OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 14(2), 201-210, 2010

Dias P.J., Teixeira M.C., Telo J.P., Sá-Correia I., 2010, "Insights into the mechanisms of toxicity and tolerance to the agricultural fungicide mancozeb in yeast, as suggested by a chemogenomic approach", OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 14(2), 211-227, 2010

Teixeira M.C., Raposo L.R., Mira N.P., Lourenço A.B., and Sá-Correia I., "Genome-wide identification of genes required for maximal tolerance to ethanol in yeast: important role of FPS1" Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75: 5761-5772, 2009

Teixeira M.C., Santos P.M., Rodrigues C., Sá-Correia I., “Teaching Expression Proteomics: from the wet-lab to the laptop”, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 37, 279-286, 2009

Cabrito T.R., Teixeira M.C., Duarte A.A., Duque P., Sá-Correia I., "Heterologous expression of a Tpo1 homolog from Arabidopsis thaliana confers resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D and other chemical stresses in yeast", Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 84, 927-936, 2009

Sá-Correia I., dos Santos S.C., Teixeira M.C., Cabrito T.R., Mira N.P., "Drug:H+ antiporters in chemical stress response in yeast". Trends in Microbiology, 17, 22-31, 2009 (abstract)

Teixeira M.C., Dias P.J., Simões T., Sá-Correia I. “Yeast adaptation to mancozeb involves the up-regulation of FLR1 under the coordinate control of Yap1, Rpn4, Pdr3 and Yrr1” Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, 367, 249-255, 2008 (abstract)

Monteiro P., Mendes N., Teixeira M.C., d'Orey S., Tenreiro S., Mira N.P., Pais H., Francisco A., Carvalho A., Lourenço A.R., Sá-Correia I., Oliveira A.L., Freitas A.T. "YEASTRACT-DISCOVERER: new tools to improve the analysis of transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Nucleic Acids Research. Database Issue 36: D132-D136, 2008 (abstract)

Teixeira M.C., Duque P., Sá-Correia I., "Environmental Genomics: mechanistic insights into toxicity of and resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D", Trends in Biotechnology, 25: 363-370, 2007 (abstract)

Vargas R.C., García-Salcedo R., Tenreiro S., Teixeira  M.C., Fernandes A.R., Ramos J., Sá-Correia I.,  "Saccharomyces cerevisiae multidrug resistance transporter Qdr2 is implicated in potassium uptake, providing a physiological advantage to quinidine-stressed cells" Eukaryotic Cell, 6, 134-142, 2007(abstract)

Teixeira M.C., Fernandes A.R., Mira N.P., Becker J.D., Sá-Correia I., "Early transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to stress imposed by the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid", FEMS Yeast Research, 6, 230–248, 2006 (abstract)

Teixeira M.C., Monteiro P., Jain P., Tenreiro S., Fernandes A.R., Mira N.P., Alenquer M., Freitas A.T., Oliveira A.L., Sá-Correia I., "The YEASTRACT database: a tool for the analysis of transcriptional regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Nucleic Acids Research, Database Issue, 34, D446-D451, 2006  (abstract)

Teixeira M. C., Santos P. M., Fernandes A. R., Sá-Correia I., "A proteome analysis of yeast responses to the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic  acid", Proteomics, 5, 1889-1901, 2005 (abstract).

Viegas C.A., Cabral M.G., Teixeira M.C., Neumann G., Heipieper H.J., Sá-Correia I., Yeast adaptation to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid involves increased membrane fatty acid saturation degree and decreased OLE1 transcription, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 330: 271-278, 2005 (abstract)

Tenreiro S., Vargas R.C., Teixeira M.C., Magnani C., Sá-Correia I., "The yeast multidrug transporter Qdr3 (Ybr043c): localization and role as a determinat of resistance to quinidine, barban, cisplatin and bleomycin", Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 327, 952-959, 2005 (abstract)

Teixeira M.C., Telo J.P., Duarte N.F., Sá-Correia I., "The herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid induces the generation of free-radicals and associated oxidative stress responses in yeast", Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 324, 1101-1107, 2004 (abstract)

Vargas R.C., Tenreiro S., Teixeira M.C.,  Fernandes A.R., Sá-Correia I., "Saccharomyces cerevisiae multidrug transport Qdr2p (Yil121wp): localization and function as a quinidine resistance determinant", Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48, 2531-2537, 2004 (abstract)

Simões T., Teixeira M.C., Fernandes A.R., Sá-Correia I., "Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, mediated by Msn2p- and Msn4p-regulated genes: important role of SPI 1", Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69, 4019-4028, 2003 (abstract)

Cabral M.G., Viegas C.A., Teixeira M.C. and Sá-Correia I.  (2003), "Toxicity of chlorinated phenoxyacetic acid herbicides in the experimental eukaryotic model Saccharomyces cerevisiae: role of pH and of growth phase and size of the yeast cell population", Chemosphere, 51, 47-54 (abstract)

Teixeira, M. C., Sá-Correia, I.,  "Saccharomyces cerevisiae resistance to chlorinated phenoxyacetic acid herbicides involves Pdr1p–mediated transcriptional activation of TPO1 and PDR5 genes", Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, 292, 530-537, 2002 (abstract)

Tenreiro, S., Nunes, P. A., Viegas, C. A., Neves, M. S.,Teixeira, M. C., Cabral, M. G., Sá-Correia, I., “AQR1 gene (ORF YNL065w) encodes a plasma membrane transporter of the Major Facilitator Superfamily that confers Resistance to Short-chain Monocarboxylic Acids and Quinidine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 292, 741-748, 2002 (abstract)

Papers in national journals with referees:

Teixeira, M. C., Monteiro, P., Jain, P., Tenreiro, S., Fernandes, A. R., Mira, N. P., Alenquer, M., Freitas, A. T., Oliveira,  A.L., Sá-Correia, I., "A Bioinformática e as Bases de Dados: o exemplo de uma Base de Dados para Análise de Mecanismos de Regulação em Levedura", Boletim de Biotecnologia, 81, 23-31,  2005.

Santos, P. M., Teixeira, M. C., Sá-Correia, I., “A Análise Proteómica Quantitativa na Revelação de Mecanismos de Resposta a stresse químico em  microrganismos”, Boletim de Biotecnologia, 77:7-17, 2004.

Patents:

Patent Application: PT 105727 - "Utilização de um gene que confere resistência a xenobióticos em plantas" Inventors: Sá-Correia I., Cabrito T.R., Teixeira M.C., Remy E., Duque P.

Papers in conference proceedings:

Dias, P.J., Monteiro, P.T., Costa, C.P., Oliveira, A.L., Freitas, A.T., Sá-Correia, I., Teixeira, M.4., "Using systems biology approaches to study a multidrug resistance network", Proceedings of the 1st Portuguese meeting in Bioengineering, 1-4 March 2011, Oeiras, Portugal (Portuguese chapter of IEEE EMBS).

dos Santos, S.C., Teixeira, M.C., Mira, N.P., Cabrito, T.R., Palma, M., Lourenco, A.B., Dias, P.J., Guerreiro, J., Moreira, A., Henriques, S., Sá-Correia, I., "Response and resistance to drugs and chemical stress in the yeast model: A genome-wide view", Proceedings of the 1st Portuguese meeting in Bioengineering, 1-4 March 2011, Oeiras, Portugal (Portuguese chapter of IEEE EMBS).

Freitas, A.T., Ramalho, A. P., Oliveira C. A., Nogueira, C. S., Teixeira, M. C., Sá-Correia, I., Oliveira, A. L., “Identification of cooperative mechanisms in transcription regulatory networks using non-supervised learning techniques”, Workshop “Data Mining in Functional Genomics and proteomics: Current Trends and Future Directions”, ECML/PKDD 2007.

Monteiro, P., Teixeira, M. C., Jain, P., Tenreiro, S., Fernandes, A. R., Mira, N., Alenquer, M., Freitas, A. T., Oliveira, A. L., Sá-Correia, I., "YEASTRACT: a database of transcription regulatory associations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", BKDB2005 - Bioinformatics for Knowledge Discovery in Biology, 17th of June Lisbon, Portugal (p 34-38; selected for oral presentation).