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Rita Domingues

PhD Student

Research Line: Health Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: BSTeG
Lab.: Bacteriophage Biotechnology Laboratory
Supervisors: JA; HO
253 601 969 (lab)
ritadomingues@ceb.uminho.pt
https://www.ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/ritadomingues

Qualifications

2021: Mestrado em Biotecnologia, Universidade do Minho

Since 2022: Implementation of platforms for genetic manipulation of phages
2021 - 2021: Development of a formulation of encapsulated bacteriophages to reduce enterotoxigenic E. coli in ruminants
2021 - 2021: Characterization of novel Acinetobacter baumannii phage-derived depolymerases with anti-virulence properties
2019 - 2019: Phage-based depolymerases as antibiotics

Past Projects

Recent Publications

1	Vieira, Maria Fernanda; Duarte, José; Domingues, Rita; Oliveira, Hugo; Dias, Oscar PhageDPO: A machine-learning based computational framework for identifying phage depolymerases Computers in Biology and Medicine, 188(109836), 2025
2	Domingues, Rita; Oliveira, Ricardo; Silva, Sónia C.; Araújo, Daniela; Almeida, Carina; Cho, Gyu-Sung; Franz, Charles M.A.P.; Saavedra, Maria José; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Hugo Molecular detection of carbapenemases in Acinetobacter baumannii strains of Portugal and association with sequence types, capsular types, and virulence Clinical Therapeutics, 468(12), e9-e15, 2024
3	Oliveira, Hugo; Santos, Silvio; Pires, Diana P.; Boeckaerts, Dimitri; Pinto, Graça; Domingues, Rita; Otero, Jennifer; Briers, Yves; Lavigne, Rob; Schmelcher, Mathias; Dötsch, Andreas; Azeredo,Joana CkP1 bacteriophage, a S16-like myovirus that recognizes Citrobacter koseri lipopolysaccharide through its long tail fibers Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 107, 3621-3636, 2023
4	Gomes, Marta; Domingues, Rita; Turner, Dann; Oliveira, Hugo Genomic analysis of two novel bacteriophages infecting Acinetobacter beijerinckii and halotolerans species Viruses-Basel, 15(3), 643, 2023
5	Oliveira, Hugo; Domingues, Rita; Evans, Benjamin; Sutton, J. Mark; Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Turner, Dann Genomic diversity of bacteriophages infecting the genus Acinetobacter Viruses-Basel, 14(2), 181, 2022
6	Domingues, Rita; Barbosa, Ana; Santos, Sílvio B.; Pires, Diana P.; Save, Jonathan; Resch, Grégory; Azeredo, Joana; Oliveira, Hugo Unpuzzling friunavirus-host interactions one piece at a time: phage recognizes Acinetobacter pittii via a new K38 capsule depolymerase Antibiotics-Basel, 10(11), 1304, 2021

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