Teixeira M, Soares A, Lopes DH, Lamelas-Lopez L, Borges PAV, Mota J, Simões N (2024) Long-term monitoring data on Popillia japonica (Newman, 1838) (Coleoptera, Rutelidae) across the Azorean Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e138989. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e138989
Tomkielska Z, Frias J, Simões N, de Bastos BP, Fidalgo J, Casas A, Almeida H, Toubarro D, 2024. Revealing the Bioactivities of Physalia physalis Venom Using Drosophila as a Model. Toxins. 16(11):491. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16110491
Teixeira M, Soares A O, Lamelas-López L, Lopes D H, Mota J A, Borges P A V, Simões N (2024). Monitoring populations of Popillia japonica (Newman, 1838) over 16 years in the Azorean Islands. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gk6p48.
Garriga A, Toubarro D, Morton A, Simões N, García-Del-Pino F (2024). Analysis of the immune transcriptome of the invasive pest spotted wing drosophila infected by Steinernema carpocapsae. Bull Entomol Res. 114(5):622-630. doi: 10.1017/S0007485324000543.
Garriga A, Monteiro HR, Beltrí R, Frias J, Peñalver Á, Teixeira M, Toubarro D, Simões N (2024). Assessment of Azorean native strains of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora for the biological control of Popillia japonica. Journal of Applied Entomology, 148, 977–982. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13318
Garriga, A., Monteiro, H. R., Beltrí, R., Frias, J., Peñalver, Á., Teixeira, M., Toubarro, D., & Simões, N. (2024). Assessment of Azorean native strains of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora for the biological control of Popillia japonica. Journal of Applied Entomology, 00, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13318
Beltrí R, Monteiro HR, Toubarro D, Simões N, Garriga A, 2024. Biocontrol potential of six Heterorhabditis bacteriophora strains isolated in the Azores Archipelago. Journal of Helminthology 98:e43. doi:10.1017/S0022149X24000336
Teixeira MB, Soares AO, Borges PAV, Calvet MT, Peñalver Á, Monteiro HR, Frias J, Simoes N (2023). Monitoring Arthropods in maize and pasture fields in São Miguel and São Jorge Islands: IPM-Popillia Project. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e109431. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109431
Frias J, Garriga A, Peñalver Á, Teixeira M, Beltrí R, Toubarro D, and Simões N. 2023. "Exploring Gut Microbiome Variations between Popillia japonica Populations of Azores" Microorganisms 11, no. 8: 1972. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081972
Toubarro D, Tomkielska Z, Silva L, Borges M, Simões N (2023). A Study of Nematocyst Discharge of Physalia physalis and Venom Composition. Biol. Life Sci. Forum, 24, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECT2023-14810.
Frias J, Toubarro D, Bjerga GEK, Puntervoll P, Vicente JB, Reis RL, Simões N (2022). A ShK-like Domain from Steinernema carpocapsae with Bioinsecticidal Potential. Toxins, 14(11), 754. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14110754
Jones K, Tafesh-Edwards G, Kenney E, Toubarro D, Simões N, Eleftherianos I (2022). Excreted secreted products from the parasitic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae manipulate the Drosophila melanogaster immune response. Scientific reports, 12(1), 14237. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18722-7
Borges LMS, Pfeifer B, Pandur S, Toubarro D, Tanase A-M, Chiciudean I, Menzel MN, Hoppert M, Daniel R, Simões N, Altermark B (2021). A picture is worth a thousand words: novel photographic evidence on the anatomy of the digestive system of three shipworm species (Bivalvia, Teredinidae). Zoomorphology 140, 469–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-021-00540-6
Botelho CM, Ferreira-Santos P, Toubarro D, Dinis H, Osório H, Costa-Barbosa A, Sampaio P, Simões N, Teixeira JA (2021). Chicken Feather Keratin Peptides for the Control of Keratinocyte Migration. Applied Sciences. 11(15):6779.
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Frias J, Toubarro D, Fraga A, Botelho C, Teixeira J, Pedrosa J, Simões N (2021). Purification and characterization of a thrombolytic enzyme produced by a new strain of Bacillus subtilis. J Microbiol Biotechnol 31(2):327-337. doi: 10.4014/jmb.2008.08010.
Eliáš S, Hurychová J, Toubarro D, Frias J, Kunc M, Dobeš P, Simões N, Hyršl P (2020). Bioactive Excreted/Secreted Products of Entomopathogenic Nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Inhibit the Phenoloxidase Activity during the Infection. Insects. Jun 5;11(6):353. doi: 10.3390/insects11060353.
Toubarro D, Gouveia A, Ribeiro RM, Simões N, da Costa G, Cordeiro C, Santos R (2016) Cloning, Characterization, and Expression Levels of the Nectin Gene from the Tube Feet of the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus Lividus. Mar Biotechnol 18(3): 372-83. doi: 10.1007/s10126-016-9698-4.
Balasubramanian N, Toubarro D, Teixeira M, Simões N (2012). Purification and biochemical characterization of a novel thermo-stable carboxymethyl cellulase from Azorean isolate Bacillus mycoides S122C. Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 168, 2191-2204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-012-9929-8
Teixeira, M.B., Soares, A.O., Lamelas-López, L., Lopes, D.H., Mota, J.A., Borges, P.A.V. & Simões, N. (2024). Monitoring populations of Popillia japonica (Newman, 1838) over 16 years in the Azorean Islands. Version 1.3. Universidade dos Açores. Occurrence dataset. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15468/gk6p48
Anna Garriga, Hugo R.Monteiro, Rubén Beltrí, Duarte Toubarro & Nelson Simões. All strains are not the same: 42 international Heterorhabditis bacteriophora strains exhibit differential virulence rates to Popillia japonica larvae. Oral Presentation at the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologist, Cordoba, Spain, 15-19 April 2024. https://esn24cordoba.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Abstracts-Book.pdf
Hugo R. Monteiro, Rubén Beltrí, Ángel Ros, Mário B.Teixeira, Jorge Frias, Nelson Simões & Anna Garriga. Virulence of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Azorean strains against Popillia japonica under laboratory and field conditions. Poster Presentation at the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologist, Cordoba, Spain, 15-19 April 2024.
Rubén Beltrí, Anna Garriga, Hugo R. Monteiro, Duarte Toubarro & Nelson Simões. Isolation and characterization of new Heterorhabditis bacteriophora strains from the azores archipelago. Poster Presentation at the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologist, Cordoba, Spain, 15-19 April 2024.
Jorge Frias, Duarte Toubarro, Hugo Monteiro & Nelson Simões. Heterologous Expression of a Cysteine-Rich Secretory Protein (CAP) from Entomopathogenic Nematode with Sterol-binding Activity.Poster Presentation at the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologist, Cordoba, Spain, 15-19 April 2024.
Hugo Monteiro; Anna Garriga; Rubén Beltri; Angel Ros; Mário B. Teixeira; Jorge Frias; Nelson Simões. Infection variations of Azorean Heterorhabditis bacteriophora strains against Popillia japonica from laboratory to field experiences. Poster Presentation at the Meeting of the 100th Anniversary of the 1st EPN description, Logrono, Spain, 10-12 April 2024. https://www.icvv.es/english/sites/default/files/archivos/book_of_abstracts_epn_100th_anniversary_v2.pdf