Dr Beatriz Goncalves
BSc, MSc, MSc, PhD
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Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
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Biography
Research interests
I am interested in understanding how changes in developmental processes generate plant shape diversity, how these changes contributed to the success of flowering plants, and how they in turn helped shape the world.
My current research focuses on the origin and diversification of the carpel from a developmental point of view.
My research combines classic molecular biology approaches, a range of imaging and image analysis methods, and computational modelling of biological processes, to produce a mechanistic understanding of how genes regulate complex patterning events during plant development, such as organ initiation, identity and morphology, and how these processes evolve to give rise to plant diversity.
Please get in touch if you'd like to join the lab so we can discuss ideas and funding options!
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The developmental basis of fruit yield response to environmental stress
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/04/2024 to 30/09/2025
Deciphering the developmental basis of carpel and fruit shape
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/12/2023 to 30/11/2026
International workshop - How seeds became enclose in fruits
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/11/2022 to 31/03/2023
Publications
Selected publications
15/12/2021Case not closed
EvoDevo
Evolution of carnivorous traps from planar leaves through simple shifts in gene expression
Science
Stem Cells in Plant Development
Concepts and Applications of Stem Cell Biology
Dissecting the pathways coordinating patterning and growth by plant boundary domains
PLoS Genetics
Xyloglucans fucosylation defects do not alter plant boundary domain definition
Plant signaling & behavior
Recent publications
15/12/2021Case not closed
EvoDevo
Stem Cells in Plant Development
Concepts and Applications of Stem Cell Biology
Evolution of carnivorous traps from planar leaves through simple shifts in gene expression
Science
Dissecting the pathways coordinating patterning and growth by plant boundary domains
PLoS Genetics
Xyloglucans fucosylation defects do not alter plant boundary domain definition
Plant signaling & behavior
Teaching
BIOL10007 - Diversity of Life B
BIOL20024 - Cell and Developmental Biology
BIOL30007 - Plant Evolution, Development and Diversity
I supervise undergrad students in:
BIOLM0023 - Research Planning
BIOLM0026 - Research project
BIOL30002 - Literature Review
I also supervise students in the MSc Bioinformatics.