Silhueta de pessoa indiferenciada

Zelia Cristina Pereira Velez

Investigador doutorado
Centro de Ciências do Mar
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Senses are essential for survival; they help animals to orient themselves in their environments, find food, detect predators, find conspecifics and reproduce. I am interested in how animals perceive their environment, with a focus on aquatic animals and chemo-sensation. The importance of chemical communication in the aquatic environment has been over-looked; indeed, aquatic animals use chemical communication in most of their vital process. Anthropogenic disturbances, such as ocean acidification and pollution (e.g., endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, nano-plastics), may disrupt sensory driven behaviour in fish and other aquatic animals. My objective is to fully understand the pathways (at neural, cellular and whole organism levels) - from cause (sensory) to effect (physiology and behaviour), to understand the effects of such disturbances and their possible solutions. I have contributed to several scientific publication, including scientific papers and book chapters. My work was presented in several international meetings. On the last 5 years I have been involved in the training, contributing to teaching activities for undergraduate and master students in cell biology, histology and animal physiology. I was involved in the training and supervision of 18 students of different education levels.

Atividades

Atividades
2021 - 2022. Curso / Disciplina lecionado. Histology. Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura). Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas.
2019/11/02 - 2022. Curso / Disciplina lecionado. Animal physiology. Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura). Universidade do Algarve.
2020/10 - 2022. Curso / Disciplina lecionado. Cell Biology. Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Licenciatura). Universidade do Algarve.
2021/10/05. Apresentação oral de trabalho. The use of an environmental enrichment modulates the stress response and chemical communication in Senegalese sole
. Aquaculture Europe 2021 . European aquaculture society (Funchal, Portugal).
2021/09 - Presente. Tutoria. PhD Supervisor. Katrin Walter.
2021/07/08. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Ocean acidification modifies expression of genes related to the thyroid axis and neural plasticity in the Gilthead sea bream. Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, Virtual Conference. Society for Experimental Biology.
2021/07/08. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Effects of ocean acidification on olfactory sensitivity in fish. Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, Virtual Conference. Society for Experimental Biology .
2021/07/06. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Changes in pH and PCO2 independently reduce olfactory sensitivity in the seabream. Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting. Society for Experimental Biology.
2020/11/19. Júri de grau académico. Effect of kisspeptin treatment on reproductive traits and chemical communication in Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis, both during puberty and breeding stages. Arguente. Tomás Geraldes dos Santos (Mestrado). Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Portimão.
2017 - 2019. Tutoria. Master supervisor . Wenjing Wang.
2019/08/05. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Ocean acidification reduces the olfactory sensitivity in gilt head seabream (Sparus aurata). The 10th International congress of comparative physiology and biochemistry. International Association of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (Ottawa, Canadá).
2019/07/06. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Exposure to ocean acidification reduces olfactory sensitivity in gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata. Annual meeting SEB 2019. Society for Experimental Biology (Sevilha, Espanha).
2017/12. Júri de grau académico. Neuronal effects of ocean acidification in gilt head sea bream (Sparus aureate). Arguente. Wenjing Wang (Mestrado). Universidade do Algarve.
2015/10/03. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Expressão de galaninas e seus recetores ao longo do ciclo reprodutivo de robalo macho. Congreso Ibérico de Acuicultura (CIA). Sociedad Española de Acuicultura (Huelva, Espanha).
2013/10. Júri de grau académico. “Chemical communication in the Mozambique Tilapia: A role for amino acids?”. Arguente. Olesya Kutsyna (Mestrado). Universidade do Algarve.
2008/09/05. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Neuronal mechanisms involved in olfactory discrimination in the Senegal sole, Solea senegalensis (Kaup 1858). III Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas,.
2008/07/22. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Functional asymmetry in the olfactory system of a flatflish (Solea senegalensis). XV International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste.
2006/07. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Olfactory sensitivity to food-related odorants in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis). 7th International Congress on the Biology of Fish.
2004/03. Apresentação oral de trabalho. Evidence for functional asymmetry in the olfactory system of the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis): Behavioural implications?. Annual main meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology.

Projetos

Projetos
2003/01/01 - 2006/12/31. The role of olfaction in the feeding behaviour of Solea senegalensis (Pisces). Bolseiro de Doutoramento. Centro de Ciencias do Mar.
2022/01/01 - 2024/06/30. Olfactory Disruption in the Ria Formosa? Disrolf. Investigador. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.
2018/06/01 - Presente. Neuronal effects of ocean acidification in a temperate fish species, Solea senegalensis, FEDER. Investigador responsável. Centro de Ciencias do Mar.
2013/07/01 - 2015/04/30. Um novo regulador da puberdade em peixes. Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento. Centro de Ciencias do Mar.

Produções

Rita A. Costa; Zélia Velez; Peter C. Hubbard. 2022. "GABA receptors in the olfactory epithelium of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)". Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (3). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243112
Rita A. Costa; Aurora Olvera; Deborah M. Power; Zélia Velez. 2022. "Ocean acidification affects the expression of neuroplasticity and neuromodulation markers in seabream". Biology Open. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059073
Velez, Zélia; Hubbard, Peter C.; Guerreiro, Pedro M.. 2022. "A Comparison of Olfactory Sensitivity in Seawater- and Freshwater-Adapted Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax". Em The IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology. https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2022013125
Velez, Zélia; Costa, Rita A; Wang, Wenjing; Hubbard, Peter; Zélia Velez; Rita A. Costa; Wenjing Wang; Peter C. Hubbard. 2021. "Independent effects of seawater pH and high PCO2 on olfactory sensitivity in fish: possible role of carbonic anhydrase.". J Exp Biol , 224 (6). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.238485
Velez, Zélia. 2021. "Acidification can directly affect olfaction in marine organisms". Journal of Experimental Biology, 224 (14). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.237941
Hubbard, Peter; Velez, Zélia. 2020. "Extracellular Multi-Unit Recording from the Olfactory Nerve of Teleosts". Journal of Visualized Experiments, (164). https://doi.org/10.3791/60962
Velez, Zélia. 2019. "Short- and medium-term exposure to ocean acidification reduces olfactory sensitivity in gilthead seabream". Frontiers in physiology.
Pinto, P.; Velez, Z.; Sousa, C.; Santos, S.; Andrade, A.; Alvarado, M.V.; Felip, A.; Zanuy, S.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2017. "Responsiveness of pituitary to galanin throughout the reproductive cycle of male European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)". General and Comparative Endocrinology, 250: 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.06.009
Medeiros, M.C.R.; Mestre, A.; Inácio, P.; Asgarif, S.; Araújo, I.M.; Hubbard, P.C.; Velez, Z.; et al. 2016. "An electrical method to measure low-frequency collective and synchronized cell activity using extracellular electrodes". Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 10: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2016.06.002
Kutsyna, Olesya; Velez, Zélia; Canário, Adelino V. M.; Keller-Costa, Tina; Hubbard, Peter C.. 2016. "Variation in Urinary Amino Acids in the Mozambique Tilapia: A Potential Signal of Dominance or Individuality?". Em Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13, 189-203. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22026-0_14
Velez, Zélia; Pinto, Patricia; Martins, Rute; Santos, Soraia; Andrade, André; Gomez, Ana; Zanui, Silvia; Canário, Adelino V. M.. 2015. "The involvement of galanin in the reproductive cycle of sea bass". Em Advances in Comparative Endocrinology, 163-166.
Guerreiro, O.; Velez, Z.; Alvarenga, N.; Matos, C.; Duarte, M.. 2013. "Molecular screening of ovine mastitis in different breeds". Journal of Dairy Science, 96 (2): 752-760. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2012-5519
Velez, Z.; Hubbard, P.C.; Barata, E.N.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2013. "Olfactory transduction pathways in the Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis". Journal of Fish Biology, 83 (3): 501-514. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12185
Velez, Zélia; Campinho, Marco A.; Guerra, Ângela R.; García, Laura; Ramos, Patricia; Guerreiro, Olinda; Felício, Laura; Schmitt, Fernando; Duarte, Maria. 2012. "Biological Characterization of Cynara cardunculus L. Methanolic Extracts: Antioxidant, Anti-proliferative, Anti-migratory and Anti-angiogenic Activities". Agriculture, 2 (4): 472-492. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture2040472
Velez, Z.; Hubbard, P.C.; Hardege, J.D.; Welham, K.J.; Barata, E.N.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2011. "Evidence that 1-methyl-l-tryptophan is a food-related odorant for the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)". Aquaculture, 314 (1-4): 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.025
Velez, Z.; Hubbard, P.C.; Barata, E.N.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2009. "Adaptation to reduced salinity affects the olfactory sensitivity of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup 1858) to Ca<sup>2+</sup>and Na<sup>+</sup>but not amino acids". Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (16): 2532-2540. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.030775
Velez, Z.; Hubbard, P.C.; Welham, K.; Hardege, J.D.; Barata, E.N.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2009. "Identification, release and olfactory detection of bile salts in the intestinal fluid of the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)". Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 195 (7): 691-698. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-009-0444-5
Barata, E.N.; Hubert, F.; Conceição, L.E.C.; Velez, Z.; Rema, P.; Hubbard, P.C.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2009. "Prey odour enhances swimming activity and feed intake in the Senegalese sole". Aquaculture, 293 (1-2): 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.04.004
Agostinho, P.; Lopes, J.P.; Velez, Z.; Oliveira, C.R.. 2008. "Overactivation of calcineurin induced by amyloid-beta and prion proteins". Neurochemistry International, 52 (6): 1226-1233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2008.01.005
Velez, Z.; Hubbard, P.C.; Hardege, J.D.; Barata, E.N.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2007. "The contribution of amino acids to the odour of a prey species in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)". Aquaculture, 265 (1-4): 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.02.029
Velez, Z.; Hubbard, P.C.; Barata, E.N.; Canário, A.V.M.. 2007. "Differential detection of conspecific-derived odorants by the two olfactory epithelia of the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)". General and Comparative Endocrinology, 153 (1-3): 418-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.016
Velez, Zélia; Hubbard, Peter C.; Barata, Eduardo N.; Canário, Adelino V. M.. 2005. "Evidence for Functional Asymmetry in the Olfactory System of the Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis)". Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78 (5): 756-765. https://doi.org/10.1086/432145
 

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