Rúben Martins da Costa

Alumni and Former Staff

​Ph.D. Student

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Research Interests

​His current interest is the relationship between Aiptasia and its microbiome by studying potential intervenients involved in the selection of the holobiont’s microbiota. He also aim to use the microbiome as a tools for genetic engineering of the host organism.

Selected Publications

  • Distinct bacterial communities associated with the coral model Aiptasia in aposombiotic and symbiotic stated with S... 
    T. Roethig, R.M. Costa, F. Simona, S. Baumgarten, A.F. Torres, A. Radhakrishnan, M.I. Aran...
    Frontiers in Marine Science, (2016)
  • Towards biologically relevant synthetic designer matrices in 3D bioprinting for tissue engineering and regenerative... 
    Rúben M.Costa, Sakandar Rauf, Charlotte A.E.Hauser
    Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering Volume 2, Pages 90-98, (2017)

Education

  • ​​B.Sc.,  Biology, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
  • M.Sc., Biomedical Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Professional Profile

  • ​2016-Present: PhD Student, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2013-2015: Research Fellow, Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal​

KAUST Affiliations

​Red Sea Research Center(RSRC)

Research Interests Keywords

​Infection Functional Microbiology Symbiosis Proteomics