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2017

MOSTMICRO-ITQB researchers are involved in organizing, hosting or giving lectures and training at different levels. Here is the complete list for 2017.

 

Frontier Leaders Seminars

Seminar series designed to integrate the ITQB NOVA PhD Programs bringing to Portugal renowned researchers in biology and chemistry, in particular those awarded with ERC Advanced Grants.

  1. Organic synthesis with rearrangements: adventures in total synthesis, Nuno Maulide, Universidade de Viena
  2. Understanding complex glycan utilization in the human microbiota, Harry John Gilbert, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle Upon Time, UK
  3. CryoEM of mitochondrial membrane protein complexes, Werner Kühlbrant, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany
  4. Chemical Synthesis of Very Large Molecules, Jeffrey Bode, ETH Zurich
  5. Mechanisms that maintain protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum, David Ron, University of Cambridge
  6. The two-speed genomes of filamentous pathogens: from fundamental concepts to practical considerations, Sophien Kamoun, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich (ERC advanced Grant)

 

AVX Seminars

António V. Xavier Seminars bring to ITQB NOVA outstanding Portuguese researchers working in Portugal

  1. The 12(+1) Labours of HERCULES – from Mythology to the cultural reality of Portugal, António Candeias, Universidade de Évora
  2. Maria de Lurdes Cristiano, Maria de Lurdes Cristiano, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
  3. On the diversity of links between transport and metabolism of carboxylic acids, Margarida Casal, Universidade do Minho
  4. Biomaterials in tissue repair/regeneration: from foreign bodies to immunomodulation, Mário Barbosa, Universidade do Porto, i3S
  5. Research oriented to improve the competitiveness in the agrifood and foresty areas, Nuno Canada, INIAV
  6. Strategies for resources recovery from wastes - a path towards the circular economy, Madalena Alves, Universidade do Minho
  7. How nutrients, neuronal circuits and gut bacteria shape nutritional decisions, Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon
  8. Challenges in Seafood Research: Bioprospection, Value Chain, and Aquaculture, Narcisa Bandarra, IPMA
  9. Timing the embryo, Isabel Palmeirim, Universidade do Algarve
  10. Digital Minds: Science Fiction or near-future reality?, Arlindo Oliveira, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IST
  11. Valorization of natural resources by the extraction of value-added molecules for food applications, Isabel Ferreira, Mountain Research Center, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

 

Invited Seminars

Seminars by invited speakers from MostMicro members

  1. RNA modification and gene expression in hyperthermophiles, Stephen Douthwaite, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark
  2. Hospital Infection & Antimicrobial Resistance Control in Portugal. Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters, Paulo André Fernandes, director of the Program PPCIRA
  3. The influence of Mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinases on Aspergillus fumigatus virulence and pathogenicity, Gustavo H. Goldman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  4. Three types of cell competition and their roles during ageing, cancer and development, Eduardo Moreno, Cell Fitness Lab, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

  5. An integrative approach towards the exploitation of the genetic repertoire of Pseudomonas, Pedro Santos, CBMA, U. Minho

  6. COHiTEC 2017 Presentation Session 

  7. Natural and synthetic control of resource allocation in bacteria, Hidde de Jong, INRIA Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes, France

  8. Understanding thiol redox signaling through computational modeling and systems analysis, Armindo J. Salvador, Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, The University of Coimbra
  9. Publishing at Nature Communications, Bruno Castro, Associate Editor of Nature Communications
  10. Dual mode strigolactone signaling and the bud activation switch, Ottoline Leyser, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
  11. Cell communication determines root architecture, Tom Beeckman, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Belgium
  12. One-hour talk on everything you need to know about science and the media, António Granado, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  13. Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology for improved biotechnological production: promises and realities, Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis, University of Delaware

  14. The alternative sigma factor σB plays a crucial role in adaptive strategies of Clostridium difficile during gut infection, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

  15. The outer surface of Clostridium difficile spores: what we know and don´t know, Daniel Paredes-Sabja, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile

  16. Engineering Biomolecular Affinity, Roberto Lins, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Brazil
  17. Design and Biophysical characterization of structure-based vacine antigens against HIV-1 and Zika viruses, Isabelle Viana, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Brazil
  18. Reversible metamorphosis in a bacterium, Dennis Claessen, Leiden University
  19. Natural products and their derivatives for the treatment of age-related neurological disorders, Pamela Maher, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, USA
  20. Yeast biotechnology for biorefinery: new and reengineered production platforms for biochemicals and proteins, Diethard Mattanovich, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  21. A novel carotenoid binding protein in cyanobacterial photoprotection (C-OCP), David Buhrke, Technical University Berlin
  22. The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cellular Uptake of Vitamin A, Filippo Mancia, Structural biology of integral membrane proteins, Columbia University, New York​
  23. Bacterial spores as a problem in cellular assembly, Per Bullough, Krebs Institute Electron Microscopy Lab, University of Sheffield, Uk
  24. BioEntrepreneurship 2017: Make it happen, Luís Filipe Lages, VCW Creator, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
  25. From Low resolution to High resolution Mass Spectrometry towards unequivocal identification, Daniel Ettlin (UNICAM) and Silvia Maia (FCUP), Seminar organized within ONEIDA project
  26. Paleontology, Octávio Mateus, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
  27. Epidemiology, Helena Canhão, CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  28. Nutrition and Public Health, Epidemiology, Elisabete Pinto, Biotechnology College of the Portuguese Catholic University
  29. History of exact sciences in the 15th to 17th centuries, Henrique Leitão, Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, FCUL
  30. Permaculture Design and Education, Sílvia Floresta, Design, Consultancy and Training in several Permaculture projects in Portugal
  31. White (industrial) biotechnology: protein based polymers, enzyme adaptation, Tony Collins, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA) at the Department of Biology, University of Minho

  32. Chaperoning the Proteome, Walid A. Houry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada

  33. Molecular details of two allosteric activation mechanisms: mRNA methyltransferase RNMT and E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin, Andrei Pisliakov, University of Dundee, UK
  34. Assembly of RNPs and other macro-molecular complexes by R2TP and R2TP-like chaperones, Edouard Bertrand, IGMM, CNRS and Université de Montpellier, France

  35. Structural Biology of phosphatidylinositol phosphate synthase, a new target for drug development, Filippo Mancia, Columbia University, USA

 

SCAN Seminars

Seminars by inhouse researchers and ITQB NOVA alumni

  1. Presentation of new ITQB NOVA laboratories, Alvaro Crevenna, Manuel Melo, Tiago Cordeiro and Zach Hensel
  2. New biocatalysts for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants, Mónica Martins, Bacterial Energy Metabolism Lab
  3. Science Communication at ITQB NOVA. Now what?, Joana Lobo Antunes, Communication Office
  4. Electron Transfer between the QmoABC Membrane complex and Adenosine 5´-Phosphosulfate Reductase, Américo G. Duarte, Bacterial Energy Metabolism Lab
  5. Roadmap to creating Value from your Research, Marta MB Ribeiro, Knowledge and Tech Transfer Officer
  6. From metabolomics to protein structure and function - An overview of NMR applications, Manolis Matzapetakis, Biomolecular NMR Lab
  7. Funding opportunities for Postdocs and Early PIs, Margarida Trindade and Madalena Martins, Funding Office
  8. Bacterial oxidoreductases for industrial biotechnology, Lígia O. Martins, Microbial & Enzyme Technology Lab
  9. ITQB NOVA Innovation Series – How to Assess a New Business Idea?, Marta MB Ribeiro, Knowledge and Tech Transfer Officer
  10. The Marie Curie Master Class new initiative explained, Margarida Trindade, ITQB NOVA Science Funding Office
  11. Model-based metabolic engineering - from genome-scale networks to improved microbial cell factories, Isabel Rocha, University of Minho
  12. Insertion sequences as key players in phenotypic and genotypic plasticity of Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Ons Bouchami, Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology
  13. Ricardo Louro, Ricardo Louro, Inorganic Biochemistry and NMR
  14. The role of Base Excision Repair (BER) for the extreme radiation resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans, Elin Moe, Structural Genomics
  15. Selenium does it better, or the fundamental role of Selenocysteine in [NiFeSe] hydrogenase maturation and catalysis, Pedro Matias, Industry and Medicine Applied Crystallography
  16. Omics inputs for non-model organisms’ outputs, Ana Varela Coelho, Proteomics of Non-Model Organisms
  17. Nanopore experiments for everyone!, James Yates, Single Molecule Processes
  18. Biophysical Constrains in the Evolution of Drug Resistance: the Case of Dihydrofolate Reductase, João Rodrigues, ITQB NOVA ALUMNI, Harvard University
  19. Assessing the role of phenotypic heterogeneity on Staphylococcus aureus tolerance to beta-lactams, Vincent de Bakker, Master student at ITQB
  20. Endoplasmic reticulum stress in the Drosophila eye, Pedro Domingos, Cell Signaling in Drosophila
  21. Molecular structure of FoxE, the putative iron oxidase of Rhodobacter ferrooxidans SW2, Carlos Frazão, Structural Biology Lab
  22. Bioinformatics Services @ IGC in the context of BioData.pt and ONEIDA, Daniel Sobral, Bioinformatics Unit, IGC

 

 

Training and meetings

For undergraduates, PhD students or young postdocs

  1. Workshop TQB NOVA Innovation Series – How to Assess a New Business, Marta MB Ribeiro, Knowledge and Tech Transfer Officer ITQB NOVA
  2. 3rd COST EMPHASIS Meeting
  3. ONEIDA Kick off Meeting
  4. 1st FeSBioNet COST Training School at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Understanding the molecular mechanisms of Fe/S protein biogenesis
  5. 8th ITQB NOVA PhD Students Meeting
  6. EMBO Workshop on Proteostasis at Ericeira
  7. Symposium and Job Fair Career Opportunities for PostDoctoral Researchers in Life Sciences at Cascais

  8. 10th CERMAX practical course on NMR spectroscopy

  9. 5th Cost CARISMA Meeting 2017 at Lisbon

  10. 6th Cost ECOSTBio Workshop

  11. Summer school in Science Communication

  12. Summer Science @ITQB NOVA

  13. ISMET 6 General Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology at Lisbon

  14. Mini-Symposium - Looking for new ways to fight tuberculosis