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Rita Mafalda Soares Monteiro

  • Scientific Coordinator (BGE)

Raiffeisenhaus
Adenauerallee 127
53113 Bonn

Phone: +49 228 9122 369
E-Mail: r.monteiro@leibniz-lib.de

Profile

Areas of responsibility

I am currently working as a Project Coordinator for the ERGA stream work package "Field to lab" within the Biodiversity Genomics Europe project. My main role is to manage the sample collection, storage and transfer, along with metadata documentation.

This project aims to generate high-quality and publicly available reference genomes from a vast number of species, with the purpose of biodiversity characterisation, conservation and biomonitoring.

 

Research interests

  • Population genetics and conservation
  • Phylogeography
  • Domestication
  • Archaeogenomics
  • Ancient DNA

Projects

Publications

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    2025

  • 2025/01

    Vila, M., Torrado-Blanco, L., Ryrholm, N., Romero-Pedreira, D., Conejero, M., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R., Struck, T.H., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Rodriguez, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905: a montane butterfly endemic to North-West Iberia

  • 2025/01

    Vila, M., Marí-Mena, N., Vila, R., Riesgo, A., García-Souto, D., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R., Struck, T.H., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Ferreira, F.C., Rodriguez, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of the Spanish Moon Moth Graellsia isabellae Graells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive

  • 2025/01

    Fernandez-Alvarez, F.A., Bernal-Bajo, A., Escudero, N., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Fernandez, R., Monteiro, R., Bohne, A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Alioto, T.S., Ferreira, F.C., Cruz, F., Gomez-Garrido, J., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Stigmatoteuthis arcturi Robson, 1948: the jewelled squid

  • 2025/02

    López, H., Oromí, P., Belles, X., Ylla, G., Escudero, N., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Alioto, T., Ferreira, F.C., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Monteiro, R.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lobopterasubterranea: a cave adapted cockroach endemic to the Canary Islands

  • 2025/01

    Lavergne, S., Rosa, A., Peng, C., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T., Oomen, R.A., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Téodori, E., Demirdjian, L., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Androsace saussurei Dentant, Lavergne, F. C. Boucher & S. Ibanez, a recently described plant from the rooftops of Europe

  • 2025/01

    Galià-Camps, C., Pontes, M., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Ferreira, F.C., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Phyllidia flava (Nudibranchia: Phyllidiidae), a relict species endemic to the Mediterranean Sea

  • 2025/03

    Lymberakis, P., Karakasi, D., Papadimitrakis, M., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Aury, J., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Mangenot, S., Belser, C., Demirdjian, L., Sinha, S., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Acomysminous (Bate, 1906): the Crete spiny mouse, endemic to the island of Crete, Greece

  • 2025/04

    Carranza, S., Fernández-Guiberteau, D., Blasón, L., Palma-Guerrero, J., Fernández, R., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Western Montpellier Snake (Malpolonmonspessulanus), a key species for evolutionary and venom studies

  • 2025/04

    Buzan, E., Bončina, A., Pokorny, B., Escudero, N., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Northern chamois (Rupicaprarupicapra): Europe’s most abundant mountain ungulate

  • 2025/04

    Janžekovič, F., Buzan, E., Bončina, A., Escudero, N., Fernández, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemusagrarius), a widespread and abundant species in Central and Eastern Europe

  • 2025/04

    Vasileiadou, K., Manousaki, T., Dailianis, T., Skouradakis, G., Vernadou, E., Karakasi, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Team, G.S., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Istace, B., Couloux, A., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Pinctadaradiata (Leach, 1814): one of the first Lessepsian migrants

  • 2025/04

    Vasileiadou, K., Manousaki, T., Dailianis, T., Skouradakis, G., Vernadou, E., Karakasi, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Team, G.S., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Téodori, E., Duprat, S., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Noah`s Ark shell (Arcanoae Linnaeus, 1758), a Mediterranean bivalve species

  • 2025/03

    Ventura, M., Franch, N., Fernández, R., Palma-Guerrero, J., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Alioto, T.S., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Valenciahispanica (Valenciennes, 1826): a critically endangered Iberian toothcarp

  • 2025/04

    Pellicer, J., Garnatje, T., Vitales, D., Hidalgo, O., Vallès, J., García-Fernández, A., Santos-Guerra, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Samples and Laboratory Team, W.S.I.T.o.L.M., Sequencing Operations, W.S.I.S.O., Tree of Life Core Informatics Team, W.S.I., Thomas, A., Jackson, B., Wood, J.M., Howe, K., Blaxter, M., McCarthy, S., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Cheirolophustagananensis: an IUCN endangered shrub endemic to the Canary Islands

  • 2024

  • 2024/12

    Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Leonard, J.A., McCartney, A.M., McTaggart, S., Melo-Ferreira, J., Monteiro, R., Oomen, R.A., Vinnere Pettersson, O., Struck, T.H.

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    Contextualising samples: supporting reference genomes of European biodiversity through sample and associated metadata collection

    npj Biodiversity, 1, 3

  • 2024/12

    Lozano-Fernandez, J., Domènech, M., Ibos, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., De Panis, D.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Gluvia dorsalis: An endemic sun spider from Iberian arid regions

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