Johnatan Vilasboa

Contact

• workRoom C36 Gateway
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work+44 (0) 115 951 6540
• John.Vilasboa@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Born in Brazil, from a very early age I was told I got too easily obsessed with little things. Today, that critique is my biggest selling point. I am a passionate plant biologist with a knack for solving problems. My main current research interest is the elusive propagation of European broadleaved tree species by cuttings. It is a manifold issue that highlights our gaps in understanding the physiology underlying propagation procedures that are used - and have been for centuries - in nurseries and gardens. I am also interested in Science Education, especially in applying the concept of Scientific and Technological Literacy to curricula to increase student engagement with science as a process rather than just as product. I love trivia, crossword puzzles, political satire and radio comedies.

Education

Biological Sciences, BSc (University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 2014-2017) Cell and Molecular Biology, PhD (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2018-2022)

Expertise Summary

During my undergrad years, my main research focus was Biofuel Biotechnology, a field that allowed me to develop key problem-solving skills, as well as basic lab skills in Bioprocess Engineering, Biomass Energy and Enzyme Kinetics. In 2017, I joined a Plant Biotechnology lab, where I looked into using essential oils to treat grapevine fungal diseases. That experience afforded me a working knowledge of Plant Pathology. During my PhD, I pivoted to Applied Plant Physiology, tackling issues in Eucalyptus propagation by cuttings. During those four years, I established the basis for an expertise not only in clonal plant propagation concepts and techniques, but also the surrounding physiology and biochemistry processes.

Selected Publications

• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE T. and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR G., 2022. Environmental Modulation of Mini-Clonal Gardens for Cutting Production and Propagation of Hard- and Easy-to-Root Eucalyptus spp: Plants Plants. 11(23), 3281
• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER, RANSAN, LEONARDO GIRARDI, MARIATH, JORGE ERNESTO DE ARAÚJO and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO, 2021. Microcutting Redox Profile and Anatomy in Eucalyptus spp. With Distinct Adventitious Rooting Competence: Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, 620832
• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO, 2019. Rooting of eucalypt cuttings as a problem-solving oriented model in plant biology: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 146, 85-97

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• CHACON, DAISY SOTERO, SANTOS, MARLON DIAS MARIANO, BONILAURI, BERNARDO, VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER, DA SILVA, IVANICE BEZERRA, TORRES, TAFFAREL DE MELO, DE ARAÚJO, THIAGO FERREIRA, ROQUE, ALAN DE ARAÚJO, PILON, ALAN CESAR, SELEGATTO, DENISE MEDEIROS, FREIRE, RAFAEL TEIXEIRA, REGINALDO, FERNANDA PRISCILA SANTOS, VOIGT, EDUARDO LUIZ, ZUANAZZI, JOSÉ ANGELO SILVEIRA, SCORTECCI, KÁTIA CASTANHO, CAVALHEIRO, ALBERTO JOSÉ, LOPES, NORBERTO PEPORINE, FERREIRA, LEANDRO DE SANTIS, SANTOS, LEANDRO VIEIRA DOS, FONTES, WAGNER, SOUSA, MARCELO VALLE DE, CARVALHO, PAULO COSTA, FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO and GIORDANI, RAQUEL BRANDT, 2022. Non-target molecular network and putative genes of flavonoid biosynthesis in Erythrina velutina Willd., a Brazilian semiarid native woody plant: Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 947558
• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE T. and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR G., 2022. Environmental Modulation of Mini-Clonal Gardens for Cutting Production and Propagation of Hard- and Easy-to-Root Eucalyptus spp: Plants Plants. 11(23), 3281
• COSTA, LAÍS MARA SANTANA, VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO, RODRIGUES, NUREYEV FERREIRA, BERED, FERNANDA and MARGIS, ROGÉRIO, 2022. Responses to submergence and recovery in seedlings of the rheophyte Dyckia brevifolia (Bromeliaceae): Environmental and Experimental Botany Environmental and Experimental Botany. 201, 104984
• CHACON, DAISY SOTERO, TORRES, TAFFAREL MELO, DA SILVA, IVANICE BEZERRA, DE ARAÚJO, THIAGO FERREIRA, ROQUE, ALAN DE ARAÚJO, PINHEIRO, FRANCISCO AYRTON SENNA DOMINGOS, SELEGATO, DENISE, PILON, ALAN, REGINALDO, FERNANDA PRISCILA SANTOS, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER, VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, FREIRE, RAFAEL TEIXEIRA, VOIGT, EDUARDO LUIZ, ZUANAZZI, JOSÉ ANGELO SILVEIRA, LIBONATI, RENATA, RODRIGUES, JULIA ABRANTES, SANTOS, FILIPPE LEMOS MAIA, SCORTECCI, KÁTIA CASTANHO, LOPES, NORBERTO PEPORINE, FERREIRA, LEANDRO DE SANTIS, DOS SANTOS, LEANDRO VIEIRA, CAVALHEIRO, ALBERTO JOSÉ, FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO and GIORDANI, RAQUEL BRANDT, 2021. Erythrina velutina Willd. alkaloids: Piecing biosynthesis together from transcriptome analysis and metabolite profiling of seeds and leaves: Journal of Advanced Research Journal of Advanced Research. 34, 123-136
• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER, RANSAN, LEONARDO GIRARDI, MARIATH, JORGE ERNESTO DE ARAÚJO and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO, 2021. Microcutting Redox Profile and Anatomy in Eucalyptus spp. With Distinct Adventitious Rooting Competence: Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, 620832
• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER, MATSUURA, HÉLIO NITTA and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO, 2020. Rooting of cuttings of Passiflora suberosa, a medicinal passion fruit species: characterization and modulation by external biochemical factors: Israel Journal of Plant Sciences Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 67(1-2), 40-51
• VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DA COSTA, CIBELE TESSER and FETT-NETO, ARTHUR GERMANO, 2019. Rooting of eucalypt cuttings as a problem-solving oriented model in plant biology: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 146, 85-97
• CANTELE, CAMILA, VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, DOS REIS, EDUARDO ECHER, FONTANA, ROSELEI CLAUDETE, CAMASSOLA, MARLI and DILLON, ALDO JOSÉ PINHEIRO, 2017. Synthetic dye decolorization by Marasmiellus palmivorus : Simultaneous cultivation and high laccase-crude broth treatment: Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 12, 314-322
• NOVELLO, MÁRCIA, VILASBOA, JOHNATAN, SCHNEIDER, WILLIAN DANIEL HAHN, REIS, LAÍSA DOS, FONTANA, ROSELEI CLAUDETE and CAMASSOLA, MARLI, 2014. Enzymes for second generation ethanol: exploring new strategies for the use of xylose: RSC Advances RSC Advances. 4(41), 21361