People
Patrícia H. Brito
senior researcher
Research Group
Position
Junior Researcher (FCT Project) (since 2022)
CV
Email
phbrito@fct.unl.pt
Lab
Phone number
212948300 (ext: 11106)
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- Marques, GS; Teles-Reis, J; Konstantinides, N; Brito, PH; Homem, CCF. 2023. Asynchronous transcription and translation of neurotransmitter-related genes characterize the initial stages of neuronal maturation in Drosophila. PLOS BIOLOGY, 21, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002115
- Brandao, AS; Borbinha, J; Pereira, T; Brito, PH; Lourenco, R; Bensimon-Brito, A; Jacinto, A. 2022. A regeneration-triggered metabolic adaptation is necessary for cell identity transitions and cell cycle re-entry to support blastema formation and bone regeneration. eLife, 11, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.76987
- Alves-Barroco, C; Brito, PH; Santos-Sanches, I; Fernandes, AR. 2022. Phylogenetic analysis and accessory genome diversity reveal insight into the evolutionary history of Streptococcus dysgalactiae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.952110
- Silva, M; Pontes, A; Franco-Duarte, R; Soares, P; Sampaio, JP; Sousa, MJ; Brito, PH. 2022. A glimpse at an early stage of microbe domestication revealed in the variable genome of Torulaspora delbrueckii, an emergent industrial yeast. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, DOI: 10.1111/mec.16428
- Ana Raquel Oliveira Santos; Andreia Aires; Ana Pontes; Margarida Silva; Patricia H Brito; Marizeth Groenewald; Cidiane GSMelo; et al. 2021. Phaffia brasiliana sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from soil in a CerradoAtlantic Rain Forest ecotone site in Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005080
- Cabrita A, David-Palma M, Brito PH, Heitman J, Coelho MA, Gonçalves P.. 2021. Multiple Pathways to Homothallism in Closely Related Yeast Lineages in the Basidiomycota.. mBio, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03130-20
- David-Palma, M; Libkind, D; Brito, PH; Silva, M; Bellora, N; Coelho, MA; Heitman, J; Goncalves, P; Sampaio, JP. 2020. The Untapped Australasian Diversity of Astaxanthin-Producing Yeasts with Biotechnological Potential-Phaffia australis sp. nov. and Phaffia tasmanica sp. nov.. Innovative Technologies for Food Preservation - Inactivation of Spoilage and Pathogenic Microorganisms, 8, DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8111651
- Pontes, A; Hutzler, M; Brito, PH; Sampaio, JP. 2020. Revisiting the Taxonomic Synonyms and Populations ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae-Phylogeny, Phenotypes, Ecology and Domestication. Innovative Technologies for Food Preservation - Inactivation of Spoilage and Pathogenic Microorganisms, 8, DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8060903
- Goncalves, P; Goncalves, C; Brito, PH; Sampaio, JP. 2020. The Wickerhamiella/Starmerella clade-A treasure trove for the study of the evolution of yeast metabolism. YEAST, 37, DOI: 10.1002/yea.3463
Main research interests
- Microbial genome evolution, evolutionary genomics, phylogenomics