QUALIFICATIONS
2007: Earth and Life Sciences MSc Degree, University of Madeira, Portugal (Postgraduated Master) Thesis: Biosystematics of the genus Andryala L. (Madeira and the Canary Islands)
1993: Biology teaching degree, University of Lisbon – Faculty of Science (Madeira) Former licence degree and now under new Bologna reform divided into two parts: 3-year licenciate degree (Bachelor´s) + 2-year Master´s (undergraduated master).
Other qualifications (single subject non-award study)
2010 and 2011 (July, August, Septembre): Phylogenetics (DNA lab techniques and phylogenetic analysis). Institute of Botany, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic.
2011 and 2006: Electron microscopy – preparation of material for SEM. Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid
2008 (April): Experimental Design & Statistics II: Community Ecology. University of Madeira.
2007 (July): Flora and Vegetation of Madeira.
2004: 1st Workshop “Inspire Science - Developmental Biology”. Gulbenkian Institute of Science
2003 (July): Bryophytes of Madeira.
1993: Scientific Illustration. Portuguese Association of Biologists - Madeira
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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