Naíla Barbosa da Costa
Education
Sep.2016-Nov.2022
University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada
- Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences - GPA: 4.0/4.3
- Short academic internship at University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
2013-2015
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
- Master of Science in Ecology, Conservation and Wildlife Management - GPA: 94.67/100
2008-2013
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
- Bachelor in Biological Sciences - GPA: 4.78/5.00
- Exchange student at University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA - GPA: 3.50/4.00 (Spring 2012)
Professional experience
Feb.2023-now
Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Eau Terre Environnement (INRS-ETE)
- Postdoctoral researcher
2022-2023
Lecturer at University of Montreal (Montreal, Canada)
- Course of Protistology (BIO2150, Fall 2022 and 2023)
July-Aug.2015
“Folha de São Paulo” Newspaper (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Trainee in scientific journalism, six published reports
Publications
A list is also available online
Peer-reviewed
2024 Vieira da Silva Cruz F, Barbosa da Costa N, Juneau P. Non-pathogenic microbiome associated to aquatic plants and anthropogenic impacts on this interaction. Science of the Total Environment doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174663
2023 Potvin M, Gauthier J, Langevin C, Mohit V, Barbosa da Costa N, Deschênes T, Pomerleau M, Kukavica-Ibrulj I, Verreault D, Comte J, Levesque RC. Rapid on-site detection of harmful algal blooms: real-time cyanobacteria identification using Oxford Nanopore sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1267652
2023 Monchamp M-E, Taranu ZE, Rebecca E. Garner, Rehill T, Morissette O, Iversen LL, Fugère V, Littlefair JE, Barbosa da Costa N, Desforges JE, Sánchez Schacht JR, Derry AM, Cooke SJ, Barrett RDH, Walsh DA, Ragoussis J, Albert M, Cristescu ME, Gregory-Eaves I. Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation. Biological Conservation doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109963
2022 Kraemer SA, Barbosa da Costa N, Olivia A, Huot Y, Walsh DA. A resistome survey across hundreds of freshwater bacterial communities reveals the impacts of veterinary and human antibiotics use. Frontiers in Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.995418
2022 Barbosa da Costa N, Hébert M-P, Fugère V, Terrat Y, Fussmann G, Gonzalez A, Shapiro BJ. A glyphosate-based herbicide cross-selects for antibiotic resistance genes in bacterioplankton communities. mSystems doi: 10.1128/msystems.01482-21
2022 MacKeigan PW, Garner RE, Monchamp ME, Walsh DA, Onana VE, Kraemer SA, Pick FR, Beisner BE, Agbeti MD, Barbosa da Costa N, Shapiro BJ, Gregory-Eaves I. Comparing microscopy and DNA metabarcoding techniques for identifying cyanobacteria assemblages across hundreds of lakes. Harmful Algae doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2022.102187
2021 Barbosa da Costa N, Fugère V, Hébert M-P, Xu CCY, Barrett R, Beisner BE, Bell G, Yargeau V, Fussmann G, Shapiro BJ. Resistance, resilience, and functional redundancy of freshwater microbial communities facing multiple agricultural stressors in a mesocosm experiment. Molecular Ecology 30:4771-4788. doi: 10.1111/mec.16100
2021 Hébert M-P, Fugère V, Beisner B, Barbosa da Costa N, Barrett R, Bell G, Shapiro BJ, Yargeau V, Gonzalez A, Fussmann G. Widespread agrochemicals differentially affect zooplankton biomass and community structure. Ecological Applications 31(7):e02423. doi: 10.1002/eap.2423
2020 Kraemer SA, Barbosa da Costa N, Shapiro BJ, Fradette M, Huot Y, Walsh D. A large-scale assessment of lakes reveals a pervasive signal of land use on bacterial communities. The ISME Journal 14:3011-3023. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0733-0
2020 Fugère V, Hébert M, Barbosa da Costa N, Xu CCY, Barrett RDH, Beisner BE, Bell G, Fussmann G, Shapiro BJ, Yargeau V, Gonzalez A. Community rescue in experimental phytoplankton communities facing severe herbicide pollution. Nat Ecol Evol 4:578-588. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1134-5
2016 Costa NB, Kolman MA, Giani A. Cyanobacteria diversity in alkaline saline lakes in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland: a polyphasic approach. Journal of Plankton Research 38(6): 1389-1403. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw066
Book chapter
2021 Oki Y, Nascimento IM, da Costa NB, Maia RA, Takahashi JA, Ferraz V, Correa Junior A, Wilson GW. Effectiveness of Endophytic Fungi from Baccharis dracunculifolia Against Sucking Insect and Fungal Pathogens. In: Rosa LH (eds) Neotropical Endophytic Fungi. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53506-3_15
For science popularization
2024 Comte J, Langevin C, Barbosa da Costa N. Surveiller la santé des lacs grâce aux microbes qui y vivent. La Conversation. Partie de la série “Nos lacs : leurs secrets, leurs défis”
2018 Barbosa da Costa N. Scientists Investigate Eutrophication Mystery and find Oligotrophication Instead. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin doi: 10.1002/lob.10266
Awards, scholarships and grants
Nov23-2024 Universal research grant CNPq (Brazil, in collaboration with Prof. Simone Cardoso) $67,000 BRL
January 2023-December 2023 (Refused)
PBEEE postdoctoral scholarship FRQNT (Quebec-Canada) $35,000 CAD
December 2022
UdeM department awards Fonds de Bourses Sciences Biologiques (doctorat) $1,000 CAD
December 2021
UdeM department awards Fonds de Bourses Sciences Biologiques (doctorat) $1,000 CAD
December 2020
UdeM department awards Fonds de Bourses Sciences Biologiques (doctorat) $1,500 CAD
October 2020
BIPOC spotlight CSEE microgrant $200
June2020
Best Ph.D. poster presentation GRIL 2020 online symposium $100 CAD
May2018-Aug2020
Ph.D. merit scholarship FRQNT (Quebec-Canada) $49,000 CAD
Sep2016-Aug2019
Ph.D. training scholarship NSERC-CREATE ÉcoLac $26,000 CAD
Dec2016
UdeM Biology Department awards Fonds de bourse Étienne-Magnin $5,000 CAD
Sep2016-Aug2018
International tuition fees exemption FESP (UdeM-Canada) $53,000 CAD
May2016-Apr2017 (Refused)
Research fellowship CIMO (Finnish Centre for International Mobility) Є13,500
Mar2013-Mar2015
Master’s scholarship CAPES (Brazil) $36,000 BRL
Aug2012-Feb2013
Undergraduate Scholarship FAPEMIG (Brazil) $2,800 BRL
Jan2012-Jun2012
Undergraduate exchange program Minas Mundi and Santander Bank (Brazil) $6,000 BRL
Dec2010-Jul2012
Undergraduate Research Scholarship CEMIG (Brazil) $3,200 BRL
2007
Excellence in High School studies 1st place Senior year CNEC-CEI (Sete Lagoas, Brazil) $150 BRL
2006
Excellence in High School studies 1st place Junior year CNEC-CEI (Sete Lagoas, Brazil) $150 BRL
2005
Excellence in High School studies 1st place Sophomore year CNEC-CEI (Sete Lagoas, Brazil) $150 BRL
Community engagement
Peer-review in scientific publications
2024 Reviewer for Environmental Science & Technology (1x)
2023 Reviewer for Aquatic Ecology Sciences Journal (2x)
2022 Reviewer for Molecular Ecology (1x)
2021 Reviewer for PLOS ONE (2x)
Co-supervision of undergraduate students
Summer 2024 Amélie Rivière (Collège de la Cité): Fast detection of cyanobacteria in freshwater
Fall 2023 and winter 2024 Zakary Sow (Université Laval): Culture and cryopreservation of cyanobacteria, microscopy documentation and sequencing for their integration in a culture collection
Summer 2023 Sarika Beauchemin (Université de Montréal): Cryostocks of cyanobacteria: evaluating long-temr stability of strains to different cryoprotective agents
Summer-fall 2021 and winter 2022 Delaney Barth (McGill University): Metagennomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes in microbial communities exposed to a glyphosate-based herbicide
Invited speaker/lecturer
2024 Guest lecturer in the course Genomics applied to the environment (ETE426, 2 lectures) INRS-ETE, Québec, Canada
2023 The evolution of sequencing technologies and their application for cyanobacterial blooms surveillance Invited speaker at the midi-aquatique seminar, Montreal, Canada
2021 Automating tasks with the Unix Shell as a certified Carpentry instructor in the Arizona State University (online)
2019 Guest lecturer in the course Environmental microbiology (BIO2405, 1 lecture) University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
2018 Climate change and aquatic communities: how far can we go with predictions? What is the relative contribution of ecological vs. evolutionary responses? Invited speaker at the midi-aquatique seminar, Montreal, Canada
2017
I’m a microbe! Can’t you see me? Workshop speaker and organizer. In: ÉcoLac-GRIL workshops, Station de Biologie des Laurentides, Saint-Hippolyte, Canada. Co-organizers: Costa N.B., Reis P.C.J., Tran P.
2016
What’s a green dot in the lake? It’s phytoplankton! Workshop speaker and organizer. In: ÉcoLac-GRIL workshops, Station de Biologie des Laurentides, Saint-Hippolyte, Canada. Co-organizers: Costa N.B., Reis P.C.J.
2013-2014 Guest lecturer in the courses: Evolution II (BIG033, 2 lectures) and Methods on Field Ecology (ICB021, 2 lectures) Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Science outreach
- Colouring book for children produced with Analu Faleiros and Léana Dupuis, supported by the GRIL (in French): link to pdf
- Portfolio with articles for science popularization (most in Portuguese): https://nailabcosta.contently.com
- YouTube video: Rotina de uma Reação de PCR (audio in Portuguese)
Member of organizing commitee
2024 Session organizer in the 37th SIL 2024 conference
2019 EDI workshop at the QCBS symposium, Montreal, Canada
2018-2019 Microbial Ecology Seminar Series, Montreal, Canada
2018 BIOME (BIOinformatics for METabarcoding) workshop, Saint-Hippolyte, Canada
2010 and 2011 Darwin Day III (2011) and Darwin Day II (2010) Symposia, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Relevant volunteer experience
Currently Certified Carpentry instructor since April 2021
2023 Mentor of the program A thousand future scientists with high-school students
2023 Mentor of the program ELA-STEM from Redi Institute
2019-2022 Editor of Le beagle: QCBS bilingual (EN/FR) blog for science communication
2019-2022 CSEE (Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution) student representative
2017-2018 Participation as a GRIL member of the Eureka festival (Montreal, June 2018) and 24 hours of science (Montreal, May 2017 and 2018)
July 2015 Assistant at “UFMG & Schools – Educating to science” (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2010-2012 Member of the student group “Evolução em Foco” (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)