People
Carla Gonçalves
Junior Researcher
Email
carla.goncalves@fct.unl.pt
Lab
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- Gonçalves, C; Harrison, MC; Steenwyk, JL; Opulente, DA; Labella, AL; Wolters, JF; Zhou, XF; Shen, XX; Groenewald, M; Hittinger, CT; Rokas, A. 2024. Diverse signatures of convergent evolution in cactus-associated yeasts. PLOS BIOLOGY, 22, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002832
- Pontes, A; Harrison, MC; Rokas, A; Gonçalves, C. 2024. Convergent reductive evolution in bee-associated lactic acid bacteria. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 90, DOI: 10.1128/aem.01257-24
- Opulente, DA; Labella, AL; Harrison, MC; Wolters, JF; Liu, C; Li, YL; Kominek, J; Steenwyk, JL; Stoneman, HR; Vandenavond, J; Miller, CR; Langdon, QK; Silva, M; Gonçalves, C; Ubbelohde, EJ; Li, YN; Buh, KV; Jarzyna, M; Haase, MAB; Rosa, CA; Cadez, N; Libkind, D; Devirgilio, JH; Hulfachor, AB; Kurtzman, CP; Sampaio, JP; Gonçalves, P; Zhou, XF; Shen, XX; Groenewald, M; Rokas, A; Hittinger, CT. 2024. Genomic factors shape carbon and nitrogen metabolic niche breadth across Saccharomycotina yeasts. SCIENCE, 384, DOI: 10.1126/science.adj4503
- Goncalves, C; Marques, M; Goncalves, P. 2022. Contrasting Strategies for Sucrose Utilization in a Floral Yeast Clade. mSphere, 7, DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00035-22
- 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
- Goncalves, C; Goncalves, P. 2019. Multilayered horizontal operon transfers from bacteria reconstruct a thiamine salvage pathway in yeasts. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 116, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909844116
- Goncalves, C; Ferreira, C; Goncalves, LG; Turner, DL; Leandro, MJ; Salema-Oom, M; Santos, H; Goncalves, P. 2019. A New Pathway for Mannitol Metabolism in Yeasts Suggests a Link to the Evolution of Alcoholic Fermentation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02510
- Goncalves, C; Wisecaver, JH; Kominek, J; Oom, MS; Leandro, MJ; Shen, XX; Opulente, DA; Zhou, XF; Peris, D; Kurtzman, CP; Hittinger, CT; Rokas, A; Goncalves, P. 2018. Evidence for loss and reacquisition of alcoholic fermentation in a fructophilic yeast lineage. eLife, 7, DOI: 10.7554/elife.33034
Main research interests
- Genome Evolution
- Phylogenetics
- Ecology
- Computational Biology
- Evolutionary Biology