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Patrícia Beldade

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Evolutionary Biology
Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Sylviusweg 72
2333 BE Leiden
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+ 31 – 71– 527 4853
+ 31 – 71– 527 4900
p.beldade(at)biology.leidenuniv.nl


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 Affiliation « »
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Group Leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência in Oeiras (Portugal)
Assistant Professor at the Evolutionary Biology Group at the University of Leiden (the Netherlands) - tenured Jan 2009, Associate Jan 2010
EMBO + NSF post-doctoral researcher at the University of California at Irvine (USA) with Dr. Anthony D. Long (24 + 9 months)
FCT/Gulbenkian Ph.D. student at the University of Leiden (the Netherlands) with Prof. Paul M. Brakefield
Graduate student at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência in Oeiras (Portugal)
Evo. Bio. Leiden

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 Academic Qualifications « »
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Cum laude Ph.D. in Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics by the University of Leiden (the Netherlands)
Degree in Biology from the University of Lisbon (Portugal); final average grade 18 (out of 20)
Ph.D. research



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Oeiras City Council Installation Award, "Bolsas de Instalação para Jovens Cientistas - Começar em Oeiras"
Research grant from the Portuguese Science Foundation FCT (ref PTDC/BIA-BDE/100243/2008) for work at the IGC (Feb 2010 - Jan 2013)
Research grant from the Portuguese Science Foundation FCT (ref PTDC/BIA-BDE/099808/2008) for work at the IGC (Feb 2010 - Jan 2013)
VIDI research grant from the Dutch Science Organization NWO (ref VIDI 864.08.010) for work at the University of Leiden (March 2009 - February 2014)
Research grant from the Portuguese Science Foundation FCT (ref PTDC/BIA-BDE/65295/2006) for work at the IGC (March 2008 - February 2011)
NWO's van Gogh subsidy for collaborative work with France-based researcher Michel Kersberg
Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting subsidy to attend the European Congress of Entomology in Izmir, Turkey
DOE/JGI approved proposal for sequencing B. anynana ESTs and BAC clones, co-PI with Dr. A. D. Long
VENI research grant from the Dutch Science Organization NWO (ref VENI 863.04.013) for work at the University of Leiden (over 3 years) [Abstract | KNAW | About 1 | About 2]
Entomological Society of America / National Science Foundation (USA) travel grant to attend the International Congress of Entomology in Brisbane, Australia
European Society for Evolutionary Biology’s John Maynard-Smith Prize for young researchers
NSF research grant (ref DEB-0235697), co-PI with Dr. A. D. Long, for post-doctoral work at the University of California at Irvine (over 4 years)  [Abstract]
EMBO post-doctoral fellowship (2 years stipend)
Leiden University’s Kok Prize for excellence in Ph.D. research work
Cum laude Ph.D. degree from the University of Leiden
Leiden University’s Kuenen Prize for best graduate student publication
Portugal’s Foundation for Luso-American Development support for research in the USA (travel and health insurance expenses)
Ph.D. studentship from Portugal’s Gulbenkian Institute of Science and the Foundation for Science and Technology (5 years stipend)
EU’s ERASMUS studentship for undergraduate studies in France (1 year support)
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de Jong MA, S Collins, P Beldade, PM Brakefield & BJ Zwaan. Footprints of selection in wild populations of Bicyclus anynana along a latitudinal cline. Molecular Ecology 22, 341-353 (2013).
Shirai LT, SV Saenko, RA Keller, MA Jerónimo, PM Brakefield, H Descimon, N Wahlberg & P Beldade. Evolutionary history of the recruitment of conserved developmental genes in association to the formation and diversification of a novel trait. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12, 21 (2012).
Saenko SV, MA Jerónimo & P Beldade. Genetic basis of stage-specific melanism: a putative role for a cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase in insect pigmentation. Heredity 108, 594-601 (2012).
Conceição IC, AD Long, JD Gruber & P Beldade. Genomic sequence around butterfly wing development genes: annotation and comparative analysis. PLoS ONE 6, e23778 (2011).
Saenko SV, MSP Marialva, P Beldade. Involvement of the conserved Hox gene Antennapedia in the development and evolution of a novel trait. EvoDevo 2, 9 (2011).
Beldade P, ARA Mateus, RA Keller. Evolution and molecular mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity. Molecular Ecology 20, 1347-1363 (2011).
Saenko SV, PM Brakefield & P Beldade. Single locus affects embryonic segment polarity and multiple aspects of an adult evolutionary novelty. BMC Biology 8, 111 (2010).
Beldade P, A van't Hof, MA Jerónimo & AD Long. Microsatellite markers associated with genes expressed in developing wings of Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Molecular Ecology Resources 9,1487-1492 (2009).
Beldade P, SV Saenko, N Pul & AD Long. A gene-based linkage map for Bicyclus anynana butterflies allows for a comprehensive analysis of synteny with the lepidopteran reference genome. PLoS Genetics 5, e1000366 (2009).
Brakefield PM, P Beldade & BJ Zwaan. The African Butterfly Bicyclus anynana: A Model for Evolutionary Genetics and Evolutionary Developmental Biology. In Emerging Model Organisms: A Laboratory Manual, Volume 1. RR Behringer, AD Johnson & RE Krumlauf (eds). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2009).
Wittkopp PJ & P Beldade. Development and evolution of insect pigmentation: genetic mechanisms and the potential consequences of pleiotropy.Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 20, 65-71 (2009).
Allen CE, P Beldade, BJ Zwaan & PM Brakefield. Differences in the selection response of serially repeated color pattern characters: standing variation, development, and evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8, 94 (2008).
Olivieri I, MC Singer, S Magalhães, A Courtiol, Y Dubois, D Carbonell, F Justy, P Beldade, C Parmesan & Y Michalakis. Genetic, ecological, behavioral and geographic differentiation of populations in a thistle weevil: implications for speciation and biocontrol. Evolutionary Applications 1, 112–128 (2008).
Saenko SV, V French, PM Brakefield & P Beldade. Conserved developmental processes and the formation of evolutionary novelties: examples from butterfly wings. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363, 1549–1555 (2008).
Beldade P, V French & PM Brakefield. Developmental and genetic mechanisms for evolutionary diversification of serial repeats: eyespot size in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Journal of Experimental Zoology B 310B, 191-201 (2008).
Beldade P, WO McMillan & A Papanicoloau. Butterfly genomics eclosing. Heredity 100, 150-157 (2008).
Beldade P. Book Review: Variation - a central concept in biology. Acta Zoologica 88, 349-350 (2007).
Long AD, P Beldade & SJ Macdonald. Estimation of population heterozygosity and library construction induced mutation rate from expressed sequence tag collections. Genetics 176, 711-714 (2007).
Beldade P, S Rudd, JD Gruber & AD Long. An Expression Sequence Tag resource for Bicyclus anynana butterflies, an Evo-Devo model. BMC Genomics 7, 130 (2006).
Beldade P. Book Review: Modularity in Development and Evolution. Quarterly Review of Biology 80, 245-246 (2005).
Beldade P, PM Brakefield & AD Long. Generating phenotypic variation: prospects from "evo-devo" research on Bicyclus anynana wing patterns. Evolution & Development 7, 101-107 (2005).
Beldade P & PM Brakefield. The difficulty of agreeing about constraints. Evolution & Development 5, 119-120 (2003).
Beldade P & PM Brakefield. Concerted evolution and developmental integration in modular butterfly wing patterns. Evolution & Development 5, 169-179 (2003).
Beldade P, K Koop & PM Brakefield. Modularity, individuality, and evo-devo in butterfly wings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 99, 14262-14267 (2002).
Beldade P & PM Brakefield. Genetics and evo-devo of butterfly wing patterns. Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 442-452 (2002).
Beldade P, K Koops & PM Brakefield. Developmental constraints versus flexibility in morphological evolution. Nature 416, 844-847 (2002).
Beldade P, PM Brakefield & AD Long. Contribution of Distal-less to quantitative variation in butterfly eyespots. Nature 415, 315-318 (2002).

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Discussion group "The future of Evo-Devo". Foundation des Treilles. Les Treilles, Tourtour, FR (April 25-30)
Seminar at the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity of Munster University. Münster, DE (April 12)
Seminar at the Department of Zoology and Animal Biology of the University of Geneva. Geneva, CH (September 16)
Speaker at the EuroScience Open Forum 2010. Torino, IT (July 2-5)
Seminar at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier. Montpellier, FR (June 7)
Seminar at the Department of Entomology of Wageningen University. Wageningen, NL (February 16)
Seminar at the Centre for Environmental Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Lisbon, PT (October 8)
Plenary speaker at the 15th Annual European Meeting of Ph.D. Students in Evolutionary Biology. Schoorl, NL (August 14-19)
Ciência2009 meeting promoted by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, FCT. Lisboa, PT (July 29-30)
Seminar at the Evolutionary Biology Department of the Zoological Institute of the University of Basel. Basel, CH (March 23)
Seminar at the Andalucia Center for Developmental Biology. Seville, ES (March 13)
Seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. Köln, DE (September 17)
III Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas do Centro de Ciências do Mar da Universidade do Algarve. Faro, PT (September 5)
Euro Evo Devo 2008 Conference. Ghent, Belgium (July 29 - August 1) [due to last minute problems my talk was delivered by my Ph.D. student S.V. Saenko]
Workshop on Evolutionary Cell Biology at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science. Oeiras, PT (May 9-10)
Seminar of the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology of Princeton University. Princeton, NJ, USA (March 6)
Seminar for the Master program in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics of the University of Munich. Planegg-Martinsried, DE (November 29)
14th Benelux Congress of Zoology (plenary lecture). Amsterdam, NL (November 1-2)
IX Jornadas de Biologia Aplicada of the University of Minho. Braga, PT (October 25-27)
The CoMPLEX seminar series. University College London. London, UK (June 21)
The evolution of the animals: a Linnean tercentenary celebration. Novartis Foundation Discussion Meeting, London, UK (June 20)
Seminar of the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences of the University of Sheffield. Sheffield, UK (February 22)
8th European Congress of Entomology. Izmir, TR (September 17-22)
First International Conference on Integrating Evolution, Development and Genomics. University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, California, USA (May 31 - June 2)
Evolution and Development Seminar Series of the Department of Zoology of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK (March 8)
Weekly seminar of the Population Biology Group of the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, NL (December 8)
10th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Krakow, Poland (August 15-20)
Biology Seminars Leiden, In the spotlight. Institute of Biology, University of Leiden. Leiden, the Netherlands (June 02)
Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics, Genomes Evolving. University of California at San Diego. San Diego, California, USA (April 15-16)
22nd International Congress of Entomology. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (August 15-21)
Graduate Student's Choice seminar speaker for the Department of Entomology at Washington State University. Pullman, Washington, USA (March 5)
Weekly seminar for the Ecology and Evolution Group of the Biology Department of the University of California at Riverside. Riverside, California, USA (February 27)
Biological Chemistry Departmental Seminar of the University of California at Irvine. Irvine, California, USA (October 7)
9th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology; John Maynard-Smith lecture. Leeds, United Kingdom (August 18-24) [Abstract | About 1 | About 2 ]
10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Newport Beach, California, USA (June 26-29)
Ecology and Evolution Departmental Seminar of the University of California at San Diego. La Jolla, California, USA (February 28)
Gordon Conference on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics. Ventura, California, USA (February 9-14)
10th Annual Symposium of the Institute of Ecological and Evolutionary Sciences of the University of Leiden; Kuenen prize lecture. Leiden, the Netherlands (February 14)
2nd Workshop in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Cambridge, UK (September 18)
5th Jornadas de Biologia do Desenvolvimento. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. Lisboa, Portugal (June 29 - July 1)
SCIENCE MEETINGS:

EED (every 2 years)

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ICE (every 4 years)

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13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Tuebingen, Germany (August 20-25)
Conférence Jacques Monod on Evolutionary Genomics. Roscoff, Brittany, France (May 2-6) [attendace]
7th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera. Crete, Greece (August 20-26)
12th Benelux Congress of Zoology. Wageningen, The Netherlands (October 26-28)
Meeting on Evolution and Development in the Lepidoptera. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (April 16-18)
4th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies. Leeuwenhorst, the Netherlands (March 23)
8th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Aarhus, Denmark (August 20-25)
9th Annual Symposium of the Institute of Ecological and Evolutionary Sciences. Leiden, the Netherlands (February 15-16)
Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. University of Wisconsin. Madison, USA (June 23-26)
Symposium on Insect Color Evolution. Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (June 22)
7th Annual Symposium of the Institute of Ecological and Evolutionary Sciences. Leiden, the Netherlands (February 18-19)
32nd Meeting of the Population Genetics Group. Cambridge, UK (January 5-8)




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Palestra "Evo-Devo" no âmbito da sessão sobre Evolução da série "Biologia dos Tempos Modernos" organizada pelo IGC para Professores do Ensino Secundário. Oeiras, PT (May 10)
Palestra "Evo-devo, uma nova disciplina que explica a diversificação evolutiva" no âmbito do ciclo sobre Darwin do Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra, PT (May 14)
Palestra "Evolução e Desenvolvimento: transformações a dois tempos" na série Café de Ciência do programa Ciência Viva. Bragança, PT (May 9)
Palestra "Evolução e Desenvolvimento: mudanças em compasso binário" no âmbito do programa Biologia da Noite. Centro Cultural e de Congressos de Aveiro. Aveiro, PT (May 5)
Palestra "Evolução e Desenvolvimento: Variações a dois tempos e muitas cores" - parte duma série de conferências, Darwin: no caminho da evolução, à volta das celebrações do aniversário de Charles Darwin. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Lisbon, PT (November 5)





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Co-organization (with Dr. Alistair McGregor from Vienna University, and Dr. Zeba Wunderlich and Dr. Sarah Sylvie Saminadin-Peter from Harvard Medical School) of a Symposium on The Molecular and Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Phenotypic Diversification within the 3rd meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Paris, France, July 6-9)
Secretary of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Co-organization (with Dr. Nick Mundy, University of Cambridge) of a Symposium on Evolutionary Genetics of Coloration within the 11th Congress of The European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Uppsala, Sweden, August 20-25)
Co-organization (with Dr. Antónia Monteiro, Yale University) of a Symposium on Colour Patterns Evo-Devo within the 5th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies (Rome, Italy, July 2-7)
Co-organization (with Dr. Laura Corley, Washington State University) of two complementary Symposia on Development and Evolution in Insects within the 8th European Congress of Entomology (Izmir, Turkey, September 17-22)
Member of the Program Committee for the Seventh International Workshop on Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera (Crete, Greece, August 20-26)
Member of the Scientific Board of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Co-organization (with Dr. Antónia Monteiro) of a Symposium on Development and Evolution of Colour Patterns within the 8th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology held in Aarhus, Denmark.
Co-organization of a one-week Graduate Course in Evolution and Development for the students of the Graduate Program in Biology and Medicine of the Gulbenkian Institute of Science in Oeiras, Portugal
Participation in a workshop on Population Biology held in Guarda (Switzerland) and organised by Professor Stephen Stearns from the University of Basle (June 29 - July 6)
Undergraduate research at the Ecology Institute of the University of Paris 6, with Dr. Yannis Michalakis, in collaboration with the Ecology and Evolution Institute of the University of Montpellier 2, with Prof. Isabelle Olivieri (1995/1996 school year)
Participation in a Tropical Biology Association Field Course in Tropical Biology at the Makerere University Biological Field Station in Kibale Forest, Uganda (July 26 - August 25)
Undergraduate research at the Plant Ecology and Systematics Section of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon under the supervision of Prof. Otília Correia (1993/1994 school year)
Intensive course on Degraded Terrestrial and Polluted Aquatic Ecosystems in Northern Greece in Thessaloniki, Greece (September 5- 19)
Intensive course on Algae Ecophysiology in Concarneau, France (June 21 - July 2)

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 Teaching and Training of Students « »

Teaching Graduate, Master and Bachelor courses: [more here ]
      Summer School on Evo-Devo [Venice, IT, 19-22 September 2011]
      Summer School on Genomes & Evolution [M.Sc., Oeiras, PT, August 2011]
      Invited lecture & seminar [Ph.D. Hubrecht Lab, Utrecht, NL, 26 November 2010]
      Evo-Devo module [Ph.D. IGC, Oeiras, PT, 8-12 November 2010]
      Trends in Development and Evolution [M.Sc. ULeiden, 2009-2010]
      Evo-Devo lecture [Ph.D. IGC, Oeiras, PT, 27 October 2007]
      Invited lecture on Evo-Devo [Ph.D. MNHN, Paris, FR, 19 April 2007]
      Evolutionary Analysis [B.Sc. ULeiden,yearly 2006-2011]
      Animal Biology [M.Sc. ULeiden, yearly 2006-2009]
      Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences [M.Sc. ULeiden, September 2005]
      HBO introduction [M.Sc. ULeiden, 2005; 2007]

Training and Supervision of Undergraduate Students: [more here ]
      M.Sc. research: 11 students [ULeiden & IGC, since 2006]
      B.Sc. research: 5 students [ULeiden, since 2007]
      B.Sc. scriptie: 3 students [ULeiden, since 2006]
      Undergraduate research: 3 students [UCIrvine, 2003-2005]

Ph.D. Advisor
      Suzanne V. Saenko [ULeiden, Sep 2005 - Dec 2009; defence 14 Oct 2010]
      Ana Rita Mateus [ULeiden & IGC, Oct 2008 - Sep 2012]
      Leila Shirai [IGC, Sep 2010 - Dec 2013]
      Adelina Jerónimo [IGC, May 2011 - April 2015]

Thesis Committees:
      Marie-Jeanne Holveck [Ph.D. defence, ULeiden, Feb 28th 2008]
      Barbara Vreede [Ph.D. committee, IGC, Jan 2008 - Dec 2011]
      Barbara Jezowska [Ph.D. committee, IGC, Jan 2008 - Dec 2011]
      Gonçalo Themudo [Ph.D. defence, ULeiden, March 2010]
      Rui Castanhinha [Ph.D. committee, IGC, Sep 2010 - Dec 2013]
      Maaike de Jong [Ph.D. committe, ULeiden, defence 16 December 2010]
      Arjen van't Hof [Ph.D. committe, ULeiden]

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university of leiden
master tracks
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UCI:
Univ California Irvine
LongLab

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Inst Gulbenkian de Ciência
PhD PIBS


 Reviewing Work « »
Acta Zoologica * American Naturalist * BBSRC (grants) * Biology Letters * BMC Biology * BMC Genomics * Development Genes & Evolution * Entomologica Fennica * Evolution * EvoDevo (editorial board) * Evolution & Development * FCT (fellowships) * Heredity * Insect Molecular Biology * Genetics * Journal of Evolutionary Biology (editorial board) * Journal of Experimental Zoology * Journal of Thermal Biology * Molecular Biology and Evolution (associate editor) * Molecular BioSystems * Molecular Ecology * Nat Rev Genet * NERC (grants) * NIH (grants) * Organisms Diversity & Evolution * Philosophical Transactions B * Proceedings of the Royal Society B * Quarterly Review of Biology (book review) * Science * TREE * Zoological Science



 Languages «
Portuguese native speaker
Foreign languages:
   English and French (fluent reading, writing and conversation skills)
   Spanish and Dutch (good understanding)

Programming:
   HTML (basic knowledge)
   PERL (basic knowledge)
   R (basic knowledge)







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