Biology

The Division has recently almost doubled the number of independent research groups and currently includes 12 Laboratories. Their collaboration with the existing groups at LA will allow the strengthening of research in fundamental areas such as pathogenic bacteria metabolism, bacterial cell wall synthesis, bacterial cell-cell communication and bacterial cellular and developmental biology. In addition, studies with eukaryotic cells in the areas of glycobiology and intracellular trafficking of glycoproteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases and ovarian carcinoma are performed.

Biology division groups are part of MOSTMICRO-ITQB research Unit

Head of Division: Maria Miragaia

Laboratories

• Adriano O. Henriques Lab - Microbial Development

• Ana Coelho Lab - Proteomics of Non-Model Organisms

• Cecilia Arraiano Lab - Control of Gene Expression

• Cristina Silva Pereira Lab - Applied and Environmental Mycology  

• Hermínia de Lencastre Lab - Molecular Genetics
  Microbiology of Human Pathogens Unit

• Júlia Costa Lab - Glycobiology 

• Maria Miragaia Lab - Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology
  Microbiology of Human Pathogens Unit

• Mariana G. Pinho Lab - Bacterial Cell Biology 

• Pedro Domingos Lab - Cell Signaling in Drosophila

• Pedro Matos Pereira Lab - Intracellular Microbial Infection Biology

• Raquel Sá-Leão Lab - Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens
  Microbiology of Human Pathogens Unit

• Ricardo Henriques - AI-driven Optical Biology

• Sarela Garcia-Santamarina Lab - Human Microbiota – Xenobiotics Interactions

• Zach Hensel Lab - Single Molecule Microbiology