Dr. Raquel De Sousa
My beekeeping endeavours in Portugal awoke my interest to pursue a PhD focused in honey bee biology. I first enrolled in a PhD Program (GABBA, Universidade do Porto, Portugal) that paved the opportunity to engage my research aims in Wright’s Lab, previously at Newcastle University (UK). During my PhD, I studied the behavioural regulation of intake and feeding preferences of mineral salts in adult worker honey bees. I am especially interested in understanding nutrient perception and intake, its effects on bee cognition and nutritional regulation. I have a BSc in Applied Biology from the Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal), a MSc in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology from the Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal), and conducted research in the Faculty of Sciences of Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal) before commencing my PhD in the UK.
Contact details: raquel.desousa@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Publications:
Sousa R, Osório H, Duque L, Ribeiro H, Cruz A, Abreu I. (2014) Identification of Plantago lanceolata pollen allergens using an immunoproteomic approach. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. ;24(3):177-83. PMID: 25011355.
Helena Ribeiro, Laura Duque, Raquel Sousa, Ana Cruz, Carlos Gomes, Joaquim Esteves da Silva & Ilda Abreu (2014) Changes in the IgE-reacting protein profiles of Acer negundo, Platanus x acerifolia and Quercus robur pollen in response to ozone treatment, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 24:6, 515-527, DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.865716
Ribeiro, H., Duque, L., Sousa, R. et al. (2013) Ozone effects on soluble protein content of Acer negundo, Quercus robur and Platanus spp. pollen. Aerobiologia 29, 443–447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-013-9291-5
Raquel Sousa, Laura Duque, Abel J. Duarte, Carlos R. Gomes, Helena Ribeiro, Ana Cruz, Joaquim C. G. Esteves da Silva, and Ilda Abreu. (2012) In Vitro Exposure of Acer negundo Pollen to Atmospheric Levels of SO2 and NO2: Effects on Allergenicity and Germination. Environmental Science & Technology. 46 (4), 2406-2412 DOI: 10.1021/es2034685
