GRANTS & PROJECTS FUNDED
Fellowships:
*(2012-2015) Post-Doctoral Fellowship funded by the Azorean Regional
Fund for Science (FRC)
*(2008-2011) Doctoral Fellowship funded by the Azorean Regional
Direction for Science, Technology and Communications (DRCTC)
Team Member in the following funded projects:
* 2013 - VegMapMAD: Using Satellite Imagery for Vegetation Mapping in
Madeira and Porto Santo Islands. UNAMUNO Programme's cooperation
action between University of the Azores and University of Madeira.
* 2013 - 2015 – European Information System for Alien Species.
EU-funded COST Action # TD1209.
* 2013 - 2015 – CLIVAGE: Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in
Small Islands. FCT Project: PTDC/AAC-CLI/120882/2010.
Budget:150.881,00€
* 2011 - 2013 – DORIS_NET: Downstream Observatory organized by Regions
active in Space – Network. Coordinated and Support Action within
Seventh Research Framework Programme FP7 3rd Space Call,
SPA.2010.1.1-07 Coordination Acton (CSA), “Fostering downstream
activities and links with regions”. Budget: 1.119.837,00€
(https://www.doris-net.eu/)
* 2010 - 2013 – SMARTPARKS: Protected Areas’ Planning and Management
System for small islands. FCT Project: PTDC/AAC-AMB/098786/2008.
Budget: 196.440,00€ (https://www.projectosmartparks.com)
* 2010 – 2012 – WOODY BIOMASS: Assessing the use of woody biomass for
energy production in the Azores Islands. Green Island / MIT Portugal
Project (https://www.green-islands-azores.uac.pt/)
News
27/08/2019 12:08
New paper: The loss of a unique palaeobotanical site in Terceira Island within the Azores UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal)
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-019-00401-1 or rdcu.be/bPbkl
Reference: Góis-Marques, C.A., Elias, R.B., Steinbauer, M.J., de Nascimento, L., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Menezes de Sequeira, M. & Madeira, J. 2019. The loss of a unique...
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21/02/2019 12:51
New Paper published: Eurya stigmosa (Theaceae), a new and extinct record for the Calabrian stage of Madeira Island (Portugal): 40Ar/39Ar dating, palaeoecological and oceanic island palaeobiogeographical implications.
A new paper describing a new and extinct Theaceae for Madeira Island was recently published in the journal Quaternary Science Review. You can check it out in: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118309284
This discovery was also reported portuguese...
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18/08/2018 09:22
FloraMac2018 congress, Funchal, Madeira Island (Portugal)
Please visit us at: www.uma.pt/floramac2018
Late Registrations still available.
See you soon in Funchal!
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02/01/2018 21:55
Congress FloraMac 2018 | Funchal | September 12-15
Official website comming soon! First circular:
https://www.facebook.com/FloraMac2018/ or twitter.com/FloraMac2018
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15/01/2016 11:42
New Doctors in Biological Sciences
We are proud to announce that we have two new doctors in our Group:
Zita Ferreira defended successfully her PhD. thesis entitled: “Biosystematics of the genus Andryala L. (Asteraceae)”.
Zita Ferreira thesis committee, from left to right: Miguel Sequeira, Carlos Neto, Jorge Capelo, Enrique...
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02/10/2014 11:42
XVII Congress of European Mycologists
Our Group is co-organizing the XVII Congress of European Mycologists, that will be held in Madeira Island in September 2015. Registration opening soon at www.xviicem.org.
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29/07/2014 13:36
New Paper: Andryala perezii (Asteraceae), a New Species from the Canary Islands
Recently a new species of Andryala was described by our group. The study was published in the journal Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, entitled "Andryala perezii (Asteraceae), a New Species from the Canary Islands". The comparison of Madeira and Canaries Island plants allowed...
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16/07/2013 14:13
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16/07/2013 14:12
Website launched
Our new website has been launched today.
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