PROGRAM
20th February
2.30-5.30 pm
Workshops
21st February
8.30-9.30 am
Registration
9.30-10.00 am
Opening Session
10.00-11.00 am
Nelson Saibo, Professor (ITQB, Lisbon) - New insights into different regulatory networks controlling both plant responses to environmental cues and C4 photosynthesis
11.00-11.15 am
Coffee break
11.15 am-12.00 pm
David Caparrós Ruiz, Professor (Universitat Autónonma de Barcelona, Spain) - The role of O-methyltransferases in lignin biosynthesis in maize
12.00 pm-1.00 pm
Oral Communications
Balboa Álvaro J. - Changes in gene expression in lentil subjected to drought stress
Santos M. - Foliar application of magnesium and potassium as mitigation strategy of sweet cherry cracking: effects on fruit quality and gene expression
Santos R. - How close are Portuguese and African cowpea accessions? An evaluation by SSR markers
Machado M. T. - Multivariate data analysis of morphological characterization data in Portuguese maize landrace accessions
Vázquez A. - Recycling of citric wastes to obtain products with commercial value
2.30-3.30 pm
Luísa Vasconcelos, PhD (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon) - The study of innate behavior using the fruit fly
3.30-4.15 pm
Carmen Marin, Professor (Universidad de Léon, Spain) - A newly described function of the TP73 tumour suppressor gene as an architect of epithelial tissue
4.15-4.30 pm
Coffee break
4.30-5.00 pm
Poster Session
5.00-6.00 pm
Oral Communications
Canedo-Ribeiro C. - Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) as a useful tool in cattle breeding programmes
Barros S. - Simvastatin disrupts zebrafish (Danio rerio) lipid and energy metabolism after long-term exposure
Bezerra M. - Dalbavancin as a therapeutic option to treat human osteomyelitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection
Soares A.S. - Indoors Fungal biodiversity - Penicillium and Alternaria
Meireles D. - Listeria monocytogenes wall teichoic acid glycosylation promotes surface anchoring of virulence factors, resistance to antimicrobial peptides and susceptibility to antibiotics
6.00-6.30 pm
Round Table with Former Students
(exclusive event for former and current students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles in the field of Genetics and Biotechnology)
8.30 pm
Formal Dinner
22nd February
9.30-10.30 am
Patrícia Monteiro, Professor (Universidade do Minho) - Genetics models of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): the Shank3 gene
10.30-11.15 am
Olga Amaral, PhD (INSA, Porto) - Novel tools in cell and molecular biology: induced pluripotent stem cells in the field of lysosomal storage disorders
11.15-11.30 am
Coffee break
11.30 am-12.00 pm
Joaquim Sá, Dr. (CGC Genetics / Centro de Genética Clínica, Unilabs, Porto) - The usefulness of medical genetics in real clinical practice
12.00 pm-1.00 pm
Oral Communications
Lino A. - qPCR assay for Colletotrichum acutatum detection and quantification
Silva-Reis R. - Morphometric analysis of rat parameters during an animal model of colorectal cancer
Ribeiro I. - Identification of transcription factors associated with a cancer stem cell phenotype in colon cancer cells
Lucas D. - FA-SAT ncRNA depletion induces apoptosis – is it through p53 mediation?
Lopes M. - SatDNA involvement in rob(14;21) formation: Assessing the robustness of technique interdependency
2.30-3.30 pm
Joana Azeredo, Professor (Universidade do Minho) - The biotechnological potential of bacteriophages to control infectious diseases
3.30-4.15 pm
Agostinho Antunes, Professor (Universidade do Porto) - Understanding Adaptation with Genomics and Bioinformatics: Biotechnological Relevance
4.15-4.30 pm
Coffee break
4.30-5.00 pm
Musical moment
5.00-5.30 pm
Award Ceremony and Closing Session