Cecilia Rad Menendez

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Support Scientist, Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa

Description of expertise and work

My job mainly involves the maintenance and subculture of certain groups of microalgae, seaweeds and protozoa from the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, isolation of new strains, and the morphological and molecular identification of both, newly isolated strains and CCAP holdings.

I am also involved in the on-going compilation of a photographic database of protozoan and algal cultures and the cryopreservation of the CCAP holdings as part of Oceans 2025.

My main interest is phytoplankton diversity and taxonomy, especially diatoms!

Education / Career

2009-2011	MSc by Research 'Genotypic and phenotypic stability within Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyta)'. University of the Highlands and Islands/Aberdeen University
2007-present	Support Scientist. Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, SAMS
2005-2007	Cuture Collection Scientist. Aquapharm Biodiscovery Ltd
2005	Leonardo da Vinci Work Placement. SAMS
1998-2003	Licenciatura en Biologia (BSc Hons Biology): three years general biology and two years organisms and systems. Oviedo University, Spain

Publications

Publications

Scientific papers

Darienko, T., Gustavs, L., Mudimu, O. , Rad Menendez, C., Schumann, R., Karsten, U., Friedl, T. and Pröschold, T. (2010) Chloroidium, a common terrestrial coccoid green alga previously assigned to Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol.: 45(1): 79-95

Poster presentations

Cecilia Rad Menendez, Michele Stanley and John G. Day (Jan 2010): Intra-species characterization of the centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Brittish Phycologycal Society Conference, Oban/Scotland
Borisova, E.V., Tsarenko, P.M., Rad Menendez, C. and Pröschold, T. (June 2008) : Strains of the Dunaliella species in the microalgae culture collection of Ukraine (IBASU-A). Algal Culture Collections Conference, Oban/Scotland

Oral presentations

Campbell CN, Pröschold T, Darienko T, Bock C & Rad Menendez C. (Jan 2009) Are there any true marine Chlorella species? British Phycological Society Meeting, London