CBMA

He specialized in the areas of metabolism and bioenergetics, in particular in membrane transport and regulation in eukaryotes, including yeasts and plant cells. Current areas of scientific activity include plant-environment interactions, plant stress biology, grapevine physiology & grape berry biochemistry. Currently, his Plant Biology Group focuses on grapevine source to sink interactions in response to environment and on key biochemical and molecular events occurring during fruit development and ripening. The main targets of study are membrane proteins involved in cell/plant response to environment, including sugar (MSTs, SUCs, polyol transporters,…) and mineral transporters (COPT/Ctr-type copper uptake transporters, Na(+)/H(+) antiporters,…), water channels (aquaporins) and H(+) pumps, including the highly conserved evolutionarily ancient enzyme V-H(+) ATPase. In a recent study, the impact of polyols on grape berry composition and grapevine response to water deficit stress, via modifications in polyol transport and metabolism, was analyzed by integrating metabolomics with transcriptional analysis of sugar transport genes and biochemical approaches, including the functional characterization of VvPLT1 (Vitis vinifera polyol transporter 1) by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the VvPLT1-GFP localization after Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco leaves. His group has been actively involved in several research and cooperation projects at the National and European level. He is integrated member of CITAB http://www.citab.utad.pt/. As collaborator of CBMA he is currently involved in the study of the role of vacuolar (V) H(+) ATPase during apoptosis. In 2012 he was a Fulbright visiting Professor at the UCDavis (USA). He his professor at the Biology Departament of University of Minho since 1990.

Conde A, Regalado A, Rodrigues D, Costa JM, Blumwald E, Chaves MM, Gerós H. 2015. Polyols in grape berry: transport and metabolic adjustments as a physiological strategy for water-deficit stress tolerance in grapevine. J Exp Bot 66 (3), 889-906 http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/66/3/889

Noronha H, Conde C, Serge S, Gerós H. 2015. Identification and functional characterization of grapevine transporters that mediate glucose-6-phosphate uptake into plastids. Planta 242: 909-920. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26007686

 Martins, V, Teixeira, A, Bassil, E, Hanana, M, Blumwald, E and Gerós, H. 2014. Copper-based fungicide Bordeaux mixture regulates the expression of Vitis vinifera copper transporters. Aust J Grape Wine R, 20: 451–458. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajgw.12096/abstract

BOOK: GRAPEVINE IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: A MOLECULAR AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. Editors: H Gerós, MM Chaves, H. Medrano and S. Delrot. WILEY BLACKWELL. 2015. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118736052.html

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI):

“Copper uptake and detoxification in grapevine”. FCT. Bilateral Cooperation Portugal-Tunisia. Gerós H (University of Minho) and Hanana Mohsen (Centro de Biotecnologia Borj-Cedria BP 901, Hammam-Lif 2050 Tunísia. 2013-2014

COORDINATOR AT UNIVERSITY OF MINHO:

INNOVINE "InnoVine- Combining innovation in vineyard management and exploration of genetic diversity for a sustainable European viticulture”. COORDINATOR: Dr. Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon. Hernâni Gerós integrates to the core group coordinated at ITQB (Prof. Manuela Chaves). 2012-2016. http://www.innovine.eu/partners/itqb.html

"Rachamento da cereja e estratégias de mitigação: uma abordagem metabolómica funcional" (PTDC/AGR-PRO/7028/2014). Principal contractor: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (PI: Prof. Berta Maria de Carvalho Gonçalves).

COST ACTIONS - EUROPEAN COOPERATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

Cost ACTION FA1106 - QualityFruit. "An Integrated System Approach to Determine de Developmental Mechanisms Controlling Fleshy Fruit Quality in Tomato and Grapevine." Member of the Management committee. http://qualityfruit.inp-toulouse.fr/en/home.html. 2012-2016

 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI):

"Transporte de monossacarídeos em Vitis vinifera". Institution: Universidade do Minho. FCT (POCTI/AGR/56378/2004). 2005-2008.

"Molecular mechanisms and regulation of transmembrane transport of monosaccharides in Vitis vinifera and in Olea europaea". Acções Integradas Luso-Francesas CRUP-CPU. Acção nº F-40/04. Hernâni Gerós/Serge Delrot. 2004-2005

"Sugar transport in Vitis vinifera and Olea europaea". PESSOA PROGRAM. Acções de Cooperação Científica e Técnica Luso-Francesas GRICES-EGIDE. . Hernâni Gerós/Serge Delrot 2005-2006

"Sugars, acids and phenolics on grape berry development and ripening" Acções Integradas Luso-Francesas CRUP-CPU. Universidade do Minho/Université de Bordeaux. . Hernâni Gerós/Serge Delrot 2008-2010.

"GrapeBerryFactory - Sugars, acids, phenolics and water on grape berry development and ripening" PTDC/AGR-ALI/100636/2008. 2010-2013. Institutions: University of Minho - Hernâni Gerós; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB/UNL) - Manuela Chaves; Institut des Sciences de la Vie - Université Catholique de Louvain (ISV) - François Chaumont; UMR Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne - Université de Bordeaux (UMR 1287 EGFV) - Serge Delrot. Concluded: October 31, 2013

COORDINATOR AT UNIVERSITY OF MINHO:

“AQUAVITIS - Understanding water transport in Vitis vinifera: biochemical characterization of aquaporins upon their heterologous expression in yeast” (FCT; PTDC/AGR-AAM/099154/2008; 2010-2013. Principal Contractor: Instituto Superior de Agronomia (IR: Prof. Maria da Conceição Loureiro-Dias). Concluded: September 30, 2013

“Caracterização funcional de novos transportadores ABC de planta com regulação diferencial em células especializadas na acumulação de alcalóides medicinais em Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don.” (FCT; PTDC/BIA-BCM/119718/2010). Principal Contractor: IBMC (IR: Prof. Mariana Sottomayor). Concluded: September 2015

COST ACTIONS - EUROPEAN COOPERATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: 

Cost ACTION FA1003. "East-West Collaboration for Grapevine Diversity Exploration and Mobilization of Adaptive Traits for Breeding". Member of the Management committee. http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/FA1003. 2011

Cost ACTION 858. "Viticulture - Biotic and abiotic stress - Grapevine defence mechanism and grape development". Member of the Management committee. http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/858. http://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr/cost858/Objectives. 2006-2009

MEMBER OF THE TEAM:

"Isolation and cloning of genes related to Populus euphratica tolerance to extreme temperature conditions" (POCTI/AGR/45462/2002)

"Transport of organic acids and its regulation in yeasts"

Glaxo Farmacêutica (1992-1995)

"Transport of organic acids on yeasts: reconstitution and purification of the transporter proteins" (1996-1999) JNICT. PBIC/C/BIO/2189/95.

HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT:

ERASMUS INTENSIVE PROGRAMMES - Lifelong Learning Programme “Transprot -New insights into structure, function and regulation of transport proteins” Universidade do Minho, Université catholique de Louvain, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Gothenburg.; Proponents: H. Gerós and M. Casal. Coordinator: Prof. Margarida Casal. 2014

Gerós H, Cássio F, Leão C. 1996. Reconstitution of lactate proton symport activity in plasma membrane vesicles from the yeast Candida utilis. Yeast 12:1263-1272. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8905930

Gerós H, Cássio F, Leão C. 1999. Transport of glucose in the wine spoilage yeast Dekkera anomala. Food Technology and Biotechnology 37: 247-255. http://www.ftb.hr/index.php/ftb/article/view/299

Gerós H, Baltazar F, Cássio F, Leão C. 2000. L-[U-14C]Lactate binding to a 43 kDa protein in plasma membranes of Candida utilis. Microbiology UK 146: 695-699. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10746773

Gerós H, Azevedo MM, Cássio F. 2000. Biochemical studies on the production of acetic acid by the yeast Dekkera anomala. Food Technology and Biotechnology 38: 59-62.http://www.ftb.hr/index.php/ftb/article/view/314

Gerós H, Cássio F, Leão C. 2000. Utilization and transport of acetic acid in Dekkera anomala and their implications on the survival of the yeast in acidic environments. Journal of Food Protection 63: 96-101.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10643776

-Oliveira J, Tavares RM, Gerós H. 2002. Utilization and transport of glucose in Olea europaea cell suspensions. Plant Cell Physiology 43: 1510-1517. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12514248

-Silva P, Cardoso H, Gerós H. 2004. Studies on the wine spoilage capacity of Brettanomyces/Dekkera spp. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 55:1 65-72. BEST PAPER OF THE YEAR http://ajevonline.org/content/55/1/65.abstract

Sousa MF, Tavares RM, Gerós H, and Lino-Neto T. 2004. First report of Hakea sericea leaf infection caused by Pestalotiopsis funerea in Portugal. Plant Pathology. 53: 535. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01042.x/abstract

Azevedo H, Conde C, Gerós H, Tavares RT. 2006. The Non-host Pathogen Botrytis cinerea Enhances Glucose Transport in Pinus pinaster Suspension-cultured Cells. Plant and Cell Physiology 47: 290-298. http://pcp.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/2/290.full.pdf

Conde C, Agasse A, Glissant D, Tavares RM, Gerós H, Delrot S. 2006. Pathways of glucose regulation of monosaccharide transport in grape cells. Plant Physiology 141: 1563-1577. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1533936/

Conde C, Silva P, Agasse A, Lemoine R, Delrot S, Tavares R, Gerós H. 2007. Utilization and transport of mannitol in Olea europaea and implications on salt stress tolerance. Plant Cell Physiol. 48: 42-53; http://pcp.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/1/42.full.pdf

Conde C, Silva P, Fontes N, Dias ACP, Tavares RM, Sousa MJ, Agasse A, Delrot S, Gerós H. 2007. Biochemical Changes Throughout Grape Berry Development and Fruit and Wine Quality. Food 1(1): 1-22 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/6820/1/Conde%2520et%2520al.2007(review).pdf;

Conde C, Agasse A, Silva P, Lemoine R, Delrot S, Tavares RM, and Gerós H. 2007. OeMST2 encodes a monosaccharide transporter expressed throughout olive fruit maturation. Plant Cell Physiology 48: 1299-1308. http://pcp.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/9/1299.abstract

Conde C, Silva P, Agasse A, Tavares R, Delrot S, Gerós H. 2007. An Hg-sensitive channel mediates the diffusional component of glucose transport in olive cells. Biochimica Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes 1768 (11): 2801-11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17706590

Sousa MF, Façanha AR, Tavares RM, Lino-Neto, T, and Gerós H. 2007. Phosphate transport by proteoid roots of Hakea sericea. Plant Science 173: 550-558.7. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168945207002233

Conde C, Delrot S, Gerós H. 2008. Physiological, biochemical and molecular changes occurring during olive development and ripening. Journal of Plant Physiology 165: 1545-62. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176161708001338

Gomes D, Agasse A, Thiébaud P, Delrot S, Gerós H, Chaumont F. 2009. Aquaporins are multifunctional water and solute transporters highly divergent in living organisms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes 1788: 1213-1228. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273609000807

Queirós F, Fontes N, Silva P, Almeida D, Maeshima M, Gerós H and Fidalgo F. 2009. Activity of tonoplast proton pumps and Na+/H+ exchange in potato cell cultures is modulated by salt. Journal of Experimental Botany 60: 1363-1374; http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/4/1363

Silva P and Gerós H. 2009. Regulation by salt of vacuolar H+-ATPase and H+ pyrophosphatase activities and Na+/H+ exchange. Plant Signal & Behaviour 4 (8), 32-40 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19820346

Silva P, Arnoldo R. Façanha AR, Tavares RM and Gerós H. 2010. Role of tonoplast proton pumps and Na+/H+ antiport system in salt tolerance of Populus euphratica Oliv. J Plant Growth Regul 29: 23-34.http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00344-009-9110-y

Conde A, Diallinas G, Chaumont F, Chaves M, Gerós H. 2010. Transporters, channels or simple diffusion? Dogmas, atypical roles and complexity in transport systems. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 42: 857-868; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20026419

Fontes N, Silva R, Vignault C, Lecourieux F, Gerós H, Delrot S. 2010. Purification and functional characterization of protoplasts and intact vacuoles from grape cells. BMC res notes 3: 19; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/3/19

Fontes N, Delrot S, Gerós H. 2010. A method for the isolation of protoplasts from grape berry mesocarp tissue. Recent Pat Biotechnol 4: 125-129; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20156134

Fontes N, Gerós H, Delrot S. 2011. Grape berry vacuole: a complex and heterogeneous membrane system specialized in the accumulation of solutes. Am J Enol Vitic 62: 270-278; www.ajevonline.org/content/early/2011/05/02/ajev.2011.10125.abstract

Fontes N, Côrte-Real M, Gerós H. 2011. New observations on the integrity, structure, and physiology of flesh cells from fully ripened grape berry. Am J Enol Vitic 62: 279-284 ; http://ajevonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/3/279

Conde A, Silva P, Agasse A, Conde C, Gerós H. 2011. Mannitol transport and mannitol dehydrogenase activities are coordinated in Olea europaea under salt and osmotic stresses. Plant Cell Physiol 52: 1766–1775; pcp.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/10/1766.abstract

Conde A, Chaves MM, Gerós H. 2011. Membrane transport, sensing and signaling in plant adaptation to environmental stress. Plant and Cell Physiology 52: 1583-1602; http://pcp.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/9/1583.short

Sousa MJ, Azevedo F, Pedras A, Marques C, Coutinho OP, Preto A, Gerós H, Chaves SR and Côrte-Real M. 2011. Vacuole-mitochondrial cross-talk during apoptosis in yeast: a model for understanding lysosomalmitochondrial-mediated apoptosis in mammals. Biochem Soc Trans 39: 1533-1537. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21936847

Martins V, Hanana M, Blumwald E, Gerós H. 2012. Copper Transport and Compartmentation in Grape Cells. Plant and Cell Physiology 53:1866-80; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952251

Breia R, Vieira S, Marques da Silva J, Gerós H, Cunha A. 2012. Mapping Grape Berry Photosynthesis by Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging: the Effect of Saturating Pulse Intensity in Different Tissues. Photochemistry and Photobiology 89: 579-85 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23336743

Rodrigues J, Silva R, Noronha H, Pedras A, Gerós H, Côrte-Real M. 2013. Flow cytometry as a novel tool for structural and functional characterization of isolated yeast vacuoles. Microbiology UK. 159:848-56 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2344992

Carqueijeiro I, Noronha H, Duarte P, Gerós H, Sottomayor M. 2013. Vacuolar transport of the medicinal alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus is mediated by a proton driven antiport. Plant Physiology 162(3):1486-96 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23686419

Teixeira A, Eiras-Dias J, Castellarin SD, Gerós H. 2013. Berry Phenolics of Grapevine under Challenging Environments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 14: 18711-18739 http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/9/18711

Noronha H, Agasse A, Martins AP, Berny M, Gomes D, Thiebaud P, Delrot S, Soveral G, Chaumont F, Gerós H. 2014. The grape aquaporin VvSIP1 transports water 1 across the ER membrane. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65: 981-993 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24376256

Martins V, Teixeira A, Bassil E, Blumwald E, Gerós H. 2014. Metabolic changes of Vitis vinifera berries and leaves exposed to Bordeaux mixture. Plant Physiol Biochem 82: 270-278. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022258

Martins V, Bassil E, Hanana M, Blumwald E, Gerós H. 2014. Copper homeostasis in grapevine: functional characterization of the Vitis vinifera copper transporter 1. Planta. 240: 91-101. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24691572

Martins, V, Teixeira, A, Bassil, E, Hanana, M, Blumwald, E and Gerós, H. 2014. Copper-based fungicide Bordeaux mixture regulates the expression of Vitis vinifera copper transporters. Aust J Grape Wine R, 20: 451–458. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajgw.12096/abstract

Teixeira A, Martins V, Noronha H, Eiras-Dias J, Gerós H. 2014. The first insight into the metabolite profiling of grapes from three Vitis vinifera L. cultivars of two controlled appellation (DOC) regions. Int J Mol Sci 15:4237-54 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24619195

Conde A, Regalado A, Rodrigues D, Costa JM, Blumwald E, Chaves MM, Gerós H. 2015. Polyols in grape berry: transport and metabolic adjustments as a physiological strategy for water-deficit stress tolerance in grapevine. J Exp Bot 66 (3), 889-906 http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/66/3/889

Martins V, Teixeira A, Gerós H. 2015. Changes in the Volatile Composition of Wine from Grapes Treated with Bordeaux Mixture - a Laboratory Scale Study. Aust J Grape Wine R 21: 425-429 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajgw.12150/abstract

Noronha H, Conde C, Serge S, Gerós H. 2015. Identification and functional characterization of grapevine transporters that mediate glucose-6-phosphate uptake into plastids. Planta 242: 909-920 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26007686

Dinis LT, Bernardo S, Conde A, Pimentel D, Ferreira H, Félix L, Gerós H, Correia CM, Moutinho-Pereira J. 2016. Kaolin exogenous application boosts antioxidant capacity and phenolic content in berries and leaves of grapevine under summer stress. Journal of Plant Physiology, 191: 45-53 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717011

Noronha H, Araújo D, Conde C, Martins AP, Soveral G, Chaumont F, Delrot S, Gerós H (2016) The Grapevine Uncharacterized Intrinsic Protein 1 (VvXIP1) Is Regulated by Drought Stress and Transports Glycerol, Hydrogen Peroxide, Heavy Metals but Not Water. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160976. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160976. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160976

Conde A, Pimentel D, Neves A, Dinis LT, Bernardo S, Correia CM, Gerós H and Moutinho-Pereira J (2016) Kaolin Foliar Application Has a Stimulatory Effect on Phenylpropanoid and Flavonoid Pathways in Grape Berries. Front.Plant Sci.7:1150. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01150. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976103/

Pereira CS , Guedes JP, Gonçalves M, Loureiro L, Castro L, Gerós H, Rodrigues LR, Côrte-Real M. (2016) Lactoferrin selectively triggers apoptosis in highly metastatic breast cancer cells through inhibition of plasmalemmal V-H⁺-ATPase. Oncotarget. Oncotarget, Advance Publications 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27556694

Branco-Neves S, Soares C, Sousa A, Martins V, Azenha M, Gerós H, Fidalgo F (2017) An efficient antioxidant system and heavy metal exclusion from leaves make Solanum cheesmaniae more tolerant to Cu than its cultivated counterpart. Food and Energy Security 6 (3): 123-133. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fes3.114/full

Angélica S, Noronha H, Dai Z, Delrot S, Gerós H (2017). Low source-sink ratio reduces reserve starch in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) woody canes and modulates sugar transport and metabolism at transcriptional and enzyme activity levels. Planta. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2708-6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28526983

Bernardo S, Dinis LT, Luzio A, Pinto G, Meijón M, Valledor L, Conde A,  Gerós H, Correia CM, Moutinho-Pereira J (2017) Kaolin particle film application lowers oxidative damage and DNA methylation on grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany 139: 39-47. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847217300886

Martins V, Carneiro F, Conde C, Sottomayor M, Gerós H (2017) The grapevine VvCAX3 is a cation/H+ exchanger involved in vacuolar Ca2+ homeostasis. Planta. doi:10.1007/s00425-017-2754-0. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-017-2754-0

BOOKS:

THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRAPE BERRY; Editors: H. Gerós, MM Chaves, and S. Delrot; Publisher: Bentham Science publishers - 2012: eISBN: "978-1-60805-360-5; http://ebooks.benthamscience.com/book/9781608053605/

GRAPEVINE IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: A MOLECULAR AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; Editors: H Gerós, MM Chaves, H. Medrano and S. Delrot; Publisher: WILEY BLACKWELL. December 2015; http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118736052.html

BOOK CHAPTERS

Agasse A, Vignault C, Glissant D, Conde C, Gerós H, Delrot S. 2007. Molecular aspects of sugar transport and its regulation during grape berry ripenning. In: Macromolecules and Secondary Metabolites of Grapevine and Wine, P. Jeandet, C. Clément and A. Conreux (eds), Intercept, Lavoisier (Paris, London, New York), pp 12-22.

Papadakis AK, Fontes N, Gerós H, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA. 2009. Progress in grapevine protoplast technology. In: Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (ed), Grapevine Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology, 2nd edn. DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2305-6_16. Springer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-2305-6_16

Agasse A, Vignault C, Kappel C, Conde C, Gerós H and Delrot S. 2009. Sugar transport and sugar sensing in grape. In: Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (ed), Grapevine Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology, 2nd edn. DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2305-6_5. Springer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-2305-6_5

Fontes N, Gerós H, Anastasia K. Papadakis AK, Delrot S, and Kalliopi A. Roubelakis-Angelakis KA. 2010. Isolation and use of protoplasts from grapevine tissues. In Methodologies and Results in Grapevine Research. p 277-293. S. Delrot, H. Medrano, E. Or, L. Bavaresco, S. Grando (Eds.). Springer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-9283-0_18#page-1

Fontes N, Delrot S, Gerós H. 2012. Grape cell vacuoles: structure-function and solute transport across the tonoplast. In The Biochemistry of the Grape Berry. p 232-245. H. Gerós, M. Chaves, S. Delrot (eds). Bentham Science Publisher. http://ebooks.benthamscience.com/book/9781608053605/chapter/98485/

Martins V, Cunha C, Gerós H, Hanana M, Blumwald E. 2012. Mineral compounds in grape berry. In The Biochemistry of the Grape Berry. p 31-56. H. Gerós, M. Chaves, S. Delrot (eds). Bentham Science Publisher. http://ebooks.benthamscience.com/book/9781608053605/chapter/98479/

Davies C, Gerós H, Delrot S. 2012. Source/sink relationships and molecular biology of sugar accumulation in grape berries. In The Biochemistry of the Grape Berry. p 62-89. H. Gerós, M. Chaves, S. Delrot (eds). Bentham Science Publisher. http://ebooks.benthamscience.com/book/9781608053605/chapter/98480/

Conde C. Breia R, Moutinho-Pereira J, Grimplet J, Gerós H (2015) Metabolic rearrangements in grapevine response to salt stress. in Grapevine in a Changing Environment: a molecular and ecophysiological perspective. Geros H, Chaves MM, Medrano H and Delrot S eds. Wiley-Blackwell. December 2015 http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118736052.html

Martins V, Teixeira A, Mohsen H, Blumwald E, Gerós H (2015) Copper stress in grapevine. In: Grapevine in a Changing Environment: a molecular and ecophysiological perspective. Geros H, Chaves MM, Medrano H and Delrot S eds. Wiley-Blackwell. December 2015 http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118736052.html

Carqueijeiro C, Martins V, Noronha H, Gerós H, Sottomayor M (2016) Analytical and Fluorimetric Methods for the Characterization of the Transmembrane Transport of Specialized Metabolites in Plants. Arthur Germano Fett-Neto (ed.), Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolism: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1405, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3393-8_12

National patent n.º 103851. Natacha Fontes, Serge Delrot and Hernâni Gerós. "Method to obtain intact, viable protoplasts from grape berry mesocarp cells and biotechnological applications”. 

 Conde A, Martins V, Noronha H, Conde C, Fontes N, Gerós H. 2011. Solute transport across plant cell membranes. Canal BQ 8: 20-34 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15776

Post-docs

Postdoctoral supervisor - SFRH/BPD/17166/2004/OV95 – FCT; Researcher: Alice Agasse; “Sugar Transport in Vitis vinifera and Olea europaea”; Universidade do Minho. 2005-2007.

Postdoctoral supervisor - SFRH/BPD/34897/2007 – FCT; Researcher: Alice Agasse ; “Role of SIP aquaporins in Vitis vinifera and Olea europaea". Mixed grant, Universidade do Minho, 2008 (co-supervisor: Prof. François Chaumont, Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium).

Postdoctoral supervisor - SFRH/BPD/34998/2007 – FCT; Researcher: Carlos Conde; “Sugars, acids and phenolics on grape berry development and ripening”. Mixed grant, Universidade do Minho, 2008 (co-supervisor: Serge Delrot, Université de Bordeaux, France).

Postdoctoral supervisor - SFRH/BPD/107905/2005 – FCT; Universidade do Minho/CITAB (2015 - ongoing); Researcher: Viviana Martins; "Basic research and applied field studies on the role of calcium as modulator of grape berry (Vitis viniferaL.) mechanical and biochemical properties: impacts on yield, health and quality attributes". Co-supervisor: Mariana Sottomayor, Universidade do Porto.

PhD

PhD supervisor - SFRH/BD/10689/2002 – FCT; Researcher: Carlos Conde. "Estudo dos mecanismos bioquímicos e moleculares do transporte da glucose e do manitol em Olea europaea" Universidade do Minho. Co-supervisor: Rui Tavares. Concluded in October, 2007.

PhD supervisor - SFRH/BD/10899/2002 – FCT; Researcher: Manuel Fernando Neiva de Sousa; "Physiological and molecular studies on the invader Hakea sericea – a contribution for its control"; Universidade do Minho. Supervisor: Teresa Lino-Neto; co-supervisor: Hernâni Gerós; Concluded in October, 2009.

PhD supervisor - SFRH/BD/23169/2005 – FCT; Researcher: Natacha Fontes; "Tonoplast transporters mediating sugar accumulation in the vacuole of grape berry cells" Mixed Grant, Universidade do Minho/Université de Bordeaux (co-supevisor: Serge Delrot, France); Universidade do Minho. Concluded in November, 2010.

PhD supervisor - FRH/BD/13460/2003 – FCT; "Estudos bioquímicos e moleculares sobre a tolerância ao sal em Populus euphratica Oliv." Researcher: Paulo Silva. Co-supervisor: Rui Tavares. Universidade do Minho. Concluded in July, 2013

PhD supervisor - SFRH/BD/47699/2008 – FCT; “Role of mannitol in the defense of Olea europaea and Vitis vinifera against drought and salinity”. Researcher: Artur Jorge da Silva Conde. Universidade do Minho/Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Co-supevisor: Manuela Chaves, ISA/ITQB. Concluded in December, 2013.

PhD supervisor - SFRH/BD/64587/2009 – FCT; “Biotechnological, biochemical and molecular approaches towards the study of solutes accumulation (mineral and organic compounds) in the vacuole of grape berry." Researcher: Viviana Martins; Mixed Grant, Supervisors: Hernâni Gerós (Portugal), Eduardo Blumwald (USA), Mohsen Hanana (Tunisia); Concluded in May, 2014

PhD supervisor SFRH/BD/75257/2010 – FCT; “Study of grapevine solute transporters involved in berry quality. A biochemical and molecular approach”. Researcher: Henrique Noronha. Universidade do Minho/Université de Bordeaux. Co-supevisor: Serge Delrot, France. Concluded in October, 2015

PhD co-supervisor SFRH/BD/105505/2014 – FCT; "Novel plant MATE transporters implicated in the accumulation of anticancer alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don", Researcher: Pascual García Pérez; Universidade do Porto (Mariana Sottomayor - supervisor)/Universidade do Minho (Hernâni Gerós - co-supervisor)

Master

Inês Soares. Mestrado em Biofísica e Bionanossistemas. Orientadores: Hernâni Gerós e Elisabete Oliveira. Concluída em dezembro de 2015.

Diana Pimentel. Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas. Orientadores: Hernâni Gerós e Artur Conde. Concluída em dezembro de 2015.

Ana Paula de Oliveira Marinho Pinto. Mestrado em Ciências -Formação Contínua de Professores. Concluída em dezembro de 2015.

Andreia Neves. Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas Orientadores. Hernâni Gerós e Artur Conde. Concluída em Fevereiro de 2016.

Simão Neves. Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas. Orientadores: Hernâni Gerós e Fernanda Fidalgo (Universidade do Porto), Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas. A aguardar defesa.

Áurea Gomes. Mestrado em Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas. Orientadores Hernâni Gerós e Henrique Noronha,. Em preparação.

Marília Gonçalves. "The role of the vacuole/lysosome in cell death" Orientadores: Hernâni Gerós e Manuela Côrte-Real. Mestrado em Biofísica e Bionanossistemas. Universidade do Minho. Concluded: October, 2015.

Luís Loureiro. “Functional characterization of mitochondrial suspensions by cytofluorimetric techniques towards the screening of mitochondrial target drugs” Orientadores: Manuela Côrte-Real e Hernâni Gerós. Mestrado em Bioquímica Aplicada. Universidade do Minho. Concluded: January, 2015

Diogo Araújo “Study of XIP aquaporins in Vitis vinifera.” Orientador: Hernâni Gerós. Co-orientador: Henrique Noronha. Curso de Mestrado em Biofísica e Bionanossistemas. Universidade do Minho. Concluded: December, 2014

António Teixeira “Caracterização do perfil metabólico do bago maduro de castas de videira (Vitis vinifera L.) portuguesas”.. Orientadores: Hernâni Gerós (UM) e José Eduardo Eiras Dias (Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária – Dois Portos). Mestrado em Genética Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreededorismo em Plantas. Concluded: December 2013

Jorge Gonçalves “Functional characterization by cytofluorimetric techniques of purified mitochondria and vacuoles to understand their role in apoptosis”. Supervisors: Manuela Côrte-Real and Hernâni Gerós. Departamento de Biologia. December, 2012.

Richard Maykel Gonçalves Breia “Study of the photosynthesis and of the metabolism of sugars and organic acids during the development and ripening of the grape berry”. Supervisors: Hernâni Gerós e Ana Cunha. Universidade do Minho Concluded in 2011.

Andreia Rodrigues. “Functional characterization of purified vacuoles and evaluation of their role in yeast apoptosis induced by acetic acid”. Supervisors: Manuela Côrte-Real e Hernâni Gerós. Universidade do Minho Concluded in 2011.

Henrique Noronha “The effect of high-temperature on sugar transport in grape cells”. Coorientadora: Sandra Paiva. Universidade do Minho. Concluded in 2010.

Dulceneia Gomes. "Heterologous expression and Subcellular localisation of Vitis vinifera and Olea europea SIP aquaporins" Co-supervisor: Alice Agasse. Universidade do Minho. Concluded in 2008.

Jorge Oliveira "Mecanismos bioquímicos e moleculares envolvidos no transporte transmembranar de monossacáridos em Olea europaea." Universidade do Minho. Concluded in 2002 (co-supervisor: Rui Tavares).