Books
2013
Santos R, Aldred N, Gorb S and Flammang P. Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives. Challenges and Opportunities. RSC Publishing, Cambridge, 186pp (ISBN 978-1-84973-669-5).
Book chapters
2024
Flammang P, Santos R. The temporary adhesion of echinoderm tube feet. In: Saleuddin S, Leys SP, Roer RD, Wilkie IC (eds) Frontiers in Invertebrate Physiology – A Collection of Reviews, Volume 3: Annelida and Echinodermata Routledge Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Frontiers-in-Invertebrate-Physiology-A-Collection-of-Reviews-Volume-3/Saleuddin-Leys-Roer-Wilkie/p/book/9781774914045.
2023
Delroisse J, Kang V, Gouveneaux A, Santos R, Flammang P. Convergent evolution of attachment mechanisms in aquatic animals. In: Bels VL, Russell AP (eds) Convergent Evolution. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11441-0_16.
2016
Flammang P, Demeuldre M, Hennebert E, Santos R. Adhesive secretions in echinoderms: A review. In: Biological Adhesives, 2nd edition (ed. Smith AM), Berlin, Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-319-46082-6.
2013
Del Campo A, Schwotzer W, Gorb SN, Aldred N, Santos R, Flammang P. Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives – Challenges and Opportunities (Santos R, Aldred N, Gorb S and P Flammang Eds.), Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 978-1-84973-669-5.
2012
Soares R, Pires E, Almeida A, Santos R, Gomes R, Koci K, Franco C, Coelho AV. Tandem Mass Spectrometry of peptides, In: Tandem Mass Spectrometry – Applications e Principles, (ed. Prasain JK), InTech. ISBN 978-953-51-0141-3.
2009
Santos R, Hennebert E, Varela Coelho A, Flammang P. Echinoderm tube foot surface e its role in temporary underwater adhesion. In: Functional Surfaces in Biology (ed. S. Gorb), Berlin, Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4020-6695-5.
2005
Flammang P, Santos R, Haesaerts D. Echinoderm adhesive secretions: From experimental characterization to biotechnological applications In: Progress in Molecular e Subcellular Biology, Marine Molecular Biotechnology, Echinodermata (ed. Matranga V), Berlin, Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-27683-8.
2002
Reis CS, Dornelas M, Lemos R, Santos R. Fisheries. In: Climate Change in Portugal. Scenarios, impacts e adaptation measures. SIAM Project. (eds. F. P. Santos, K. Forbes e R. Moita), Lisbon, Gradiva. Depósito legal: 181 782/2002.
International peer-reviewed journals
2026
38. Ventura I, Majoka S, Mocho E, Gonçalves I, Mota G, Eeckhaut I, Dupont S, Byrne M, Kroh A, Flammang P, Santos R. Sea urchin adhesion-related glycans inter-specific comparative lectin binding analysis of sea urchin adhesive tube feet . Biological Bulletin in press
37. Moreno JM, Grossmann J, Dittmann A, Sousa VC, Santos R. Molecular Responses to Climate Change: How Warming and Acidification Reshape the Proteome and Phosphoproteome of the Endangered Mira Chub. Ecology and Evolution 16 (3): e72933. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72933.
2025
36. Santos MR, Henriques BJ, Santos R. Amyloid-like Structures in Marine Adhesive Proteins. Mar. Drugs, 23: 363. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/23/9/363
35. Almeida LC, Zeferino JF, Branco C, Squillaci G, Morana A, Santos R, Ihalainen P, Sobhana L, Correia JP, Viana AS. Polynorepinephrine and polydopamine-bacterial laccase coatings for phenolic amperometric biosensors. Bioelectrochemistry; 161: 108826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2024.108826
2024
34. Canning-Clode J, Gizzi F, Braga-Henriques A, Ramalhosa P, Abreu P, Álvarez S, Biscoito M, Buhl-Mortensen P, Delgado J, Esson D, Freitas M, Freitas M, Henriques F, Jakobsen J, Jakobsen K, Kerckhof F, Lüter C, Moura CJ, Radeta N, Rocha RM, Santos R, Sepúlveda P, Silva R, Silva T, Souto J, Triay-Portella R, Wirtz P, Xavier JR, Bastida-Zavala R, Bellou N, Gueroun SKM, Monteiro JG (2024) A pioneering longterm experiment on mesophotic macrofouling communities in the North Atlantic. Commun Biol 7, 1618. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07249-4
2023
33. Ventura I, Harman V, Beynon RJ, Santos R. (2023) Glycoproteins involved in sea urchin temporary adhesion. Mar. Drugs, 21: 145. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/21/3/145
2021
32. Gaspar L, Flammang P, José R, Luis R, Ramalhosa P, Monteiro J, Nogueira N, Canning-Clode J and Santos R (2021) Interspecific analysis of sea urchin adhesive composition emphasizes variability of glycans conjugated with putative adhesive proteins. Front. Mar. Sci. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.737886/full
31. Davey PA, Power AM, Santos R, Bertemes P, Ladurner P, Palmowski P, Clarke J, Flammang P, Lengerer B, Hennebert E, Rothbächer U, Pjeta R, Wunderer J, Zurovec M, Aldred N. Omics-based molecular analyses of adhesion by aquatic invertebrates. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12691
2020
30. Simão M, Moço M, Marques L, Santos R. Characterization of the glycans involved in sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus reversible adhesion. Marine Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03707-9
29. Pjeta R, Lindner H, Kremser L, Salvenmoser W, Sobral D, Ladurner P, Santos R. Integrative Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of the Tube Foot and Adhesive Secretions of the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21030946
2018
28. Viana AS, Santos R. Nanoscale characterization of the temporary adhesive of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.212.10.3762
2016
27. Lebesgue N, da Costa G, Ribeiro RM, Ribeiro-Silva C, Martins GG, Matranga V, Scholten A, Cordeiro C, Heck AJR, Santos R. Deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying sea urchin reversible adhesion: A quantitative proteomics approach. Journal of Proteomics 138:61-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2016.02.026
26. Lebesgue N, da Costa G, Ribeiro RM, Ribeiro-Silva C, Martins GG, Matranga V, Scholten A, Cordeiro C, Heck AJR, Santos R. Proteomic dataset of the sea urchin Paracentrotuslividus adhesive organs and secreted adhesive. Data in Brief 7: 1497–1505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.04.002
25. Toubarro D, Gouveia A, Ribeiro RM, Simões N, da Costa G, Cordeiro C, Santos R. Cloning, characterization and expression levels of the Nectin gene from the tube feet of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Marine Biotechnology 18(3):372–383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-016-9698-4
2015
24. Flammang P, Santos R. Biological adhesives: from biology to biomimetics. Interface Focus 5: 20140086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2014.0086
23. Hennebert E, Maldonado B, Ladurner P, Flammang P, Santos R. Experimental strategies for the identification and characterization of adhesive proteins in animals: a review. Interface Focus 5: 20140064. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2014.0064
2014
22. Franco CF, Santos R, Coelho AV. Proteolytic events are relevant cellular responses during nervous system regeneration of the starfish Marthasterias glacialis. Jornal of Proteomics. 99:1-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2013.12.012
2013
21. Santos R, Barreto A, Franco CF, Coelho AV. Mapping sea urchins tube feet proteome – a unique hydraulic mechano-sensory adhesive organ. Journal of Proteomics. 79:100-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2012.12
20. Santos R. A multidisciplinary analysis of sea-urchin temporary adhesion: morphology, biomechanics and proteomics―A review. Cahiers de biologie marine 54 (4), 479-489
19. Franco C, Soares R, Pires E, Koci K, Almeida AM, Santos R, Coelho AV. Understanding regeneration through proteomics. Proteomics. 13(3-4):686-709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201200397
2012
18. Flammang P, Santos R. Is the adhesive material secreted by sea urchin tube feet species-specific? Journal of Morphology 273:40-48 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1100410
17. Hennebert E, Santos R, Flammang P. Echinoderms don’t suck: evidence against the involvement of suction in tube foot attachment. Zoosymphosia 7 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.7.1.3
16. Ribeiro AR, Barbaglio A, Oliveira MJ, Santos R, Coelho AV, Ribeiro CC, Wilkie IC, Carnevali MDC, Barbosa MA. Correlations between the biochemistry and mechanical states of a sea-Urchin ligament: A mutable collagenous structure. Biointerphases 7:15-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13758-012-0038-611
15. Almeida AM, Parreira JR, Santos R, Duque AS, Francisco R, Tome DF, Ricardo, CP, Coelho AV, Fevereiro P. A proteomics study of theinduction of somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula using 2DE and MALDI-TOF/TOF. Physiologia Plantarum 146:236-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01633.x
14. Franco CF, Soares, Pires E, Santos R, Coelho AV. Radial nerve cord protein phosphorylation dynamics during starfish arm tip wound healing events. Electrophoresis 33:3764-3778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.20120027413
13. Franco CF, Santos R, Coelho AV. Exploring the proteome of an echinoderm nervous system: 2-DE of the sea star radial nerve cord and the synaptosomal membranes subproteome. Proteomics 11:1359-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201000541
2011
12. Franco CF, Santos R, Coelho AV. Proteome characterization of sea star coelomocytes – the innate immune effector cells of echinoderms. Proteomics. 11:3587-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201000745
11. Lamy E, da Costa G, Santos R, Silva FCE, Potes J, Pereira A, Coelho AV, Baptista ES. Effect of condensed tannin ingestion in sheep and goat parotid saliva proteome. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 95:304-312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0396.2010.01055.x16
2010
10. Toubarro D, Lucena-Robles M, Nascimento G, Santos R, Montiel R, Verissimo P, Pires E, Faro C, Coelho AV, Simões N. Serine Protease-mediated Host Invasion bythe Parasitic Nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285: 30666-30675. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.129346
2009
9. Lamy E, da Costa G, Santos R, Silva FCE, Potes J, Pereira A, Coelho AV, Baptista ES. Sheep and goat saliva proteome analysis: A useful tool for ingestive behavior research? Physiology & Behavior 98:393-401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.07.00218
8. Santos R, da Costa G, Franco C, Gomes-Alves P, Flammang P, Coelho AV. First insights into the biochemistry of tube footadhesive from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoidea, Echinodermata). Marine biotechnology 11: 686-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-009-9182-5
2008
7. Santos R, Flammang P. Estimation of the attachment strength of the shingle sea urchin, Colobocentrotus atratus, and comparison with three sympatric echinoids. Marine Biology 154:37-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0895-6
2007
6. Santos R, Flammang P. Intra- and interspecific variation of the attachmentstrength in sea urchins. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332:129-142. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps332129
2006
5. Santos R, Flammang P. Morphology and tenacity of tube foot disc of three common European sea urchin species: a comparative study. Biofouling, 22:187-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/0892701060074344923
2005
4. Santos R, Gorb S, Jamar V, Flammang P. Adhesion of echinoderm tube feet to rough surfaces. Journal of Experimental Biology 208:2555-2567. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01683
3. Santos R, Haesaerts D, Jangoux M, Flammang P. The tube feet of sea urchins and sea stars enclose functionally different mutable collagenous tissues. Journal of Experimental Biology 208:2277-2288. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.0164125
2. Santos R, Flammang P. Morphometry and mechanical design of tube footstem in sea urchins: A comparative study. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 315:211-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2004.09.016
2004
1. Santos R, Haesaerts D, Jangoux M, Flammang P. Comparative histological and immunohistologicalstudy of sea star tube feet (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). Journal of Morphology. 263:259-269. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10187