
Biotechnology Centre of Azores
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
University of the Azores
Rua Capitão João D'Avila
9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo
Terceira, Azores, Portugal
Email: artur.c.machado@uac.pt
Artur da Câmara Machado developed his studies of Agriculture Sciences and PhD studies (Dr. rer. nat. techn.) at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria, thesis about “Regeneration and Transformation Systems in Prunus”; was co-worker in the Plant Biotechnology Group of the Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna; Engaged in Plant Biotechnology Research at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Azores; and Professor at the University of Azores, teaching Genetics, Plant Breeding and Plant tissue Culture. Also he was the Director of CBA up to 2021. Won the awards: Álvaro Baltazar Moreira da Fonseca by the Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (ADVID); Österreichische Gesellschaft für Biotechnologie, regarding the Regeneration of transgenic plants of Prunus armeniaca containing the coat protein gene of Plum Pox Virus; Bodenkulturpreis der Wirtschaftskammer Wien and Rudolf Hermann on Viticulture and Horticulture.
Luna S, Lopes MS, Dias E, Pereira D, da Câmar Machado, Mendonça D (2025). Identification of a chordovirus hosted by Angelica lignescens. J Plant Pathol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-025-01842-0
Radovic L, Remer V, Rigler D, Bozlak E, Allen L, Brem G, Reissman M, Brockmann GA, Ropka-Molik K, Stefaniuk-Szmukier M, Kalinkova L, Kalashnikov VV, Zaitev AM, Raudsepp T, Castaneda C, von Butler-Wemken I, Patterson Rosa L, Brooks SA, Novoa-Bravo M, Kostaras N, Abdurasulov A, Antczak DF, Miller DC, Lopes MS, da Câmara Machado A, Lindgren G, Juras R, Cothran G, Wallner B. 2024. The global spread of Oriental Horses in the past 1,500 years through the lens of the Y chromosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Dec 3;121(49):e2414408121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2414408121.
Azevedo AR, Lopes MS, Borba A, da Câmara Machado A and Mendonça D (2024) Exploring the Catrina, an autochthonous cattle breed of the Azores, for a comparative analysis of methane emissions with Holstein-Friesian dairy cows. Front. Anim. Sci. 5:1423940. doi: 10.3389/fanim.2024.1423940