Best Poster Awards

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Cátia Salvador
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Évora

Protein Extracts from Pristine Bacterial Strains: a Potential Tool AgainstBiodeterioration in Cultural Heritage  

Topic #1 Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology 
 
Olga Nunes
LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering,University of Porto  

Impact of Sludge Retention Time on Microbial Communities, ARGs, andMGEs in in CAS systems  

Topic #1 – Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology 
 
Sílvia Ferreira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal  

Timescale variations and circulation of bacteria in a treated wastewater-based aquaponics system  

Topic #1 Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology 
 
Célia C. G. Silva
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Technology (IITAA), Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal   

Whole-genome sequencing of Enterococcus faecalis L3A21K6 reveals a new lasso-peptide with activity against Listeria monocytogenes  

Topic#2 Food Microbiology & Biotechnology 
 
Daniela Alexandra Gonçalves
CEB – Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal   

Development of Prebiotic Fruit Preparations via In-Situ EnzymaticConversion: Toward Sugar Reduction in Dairy Products  

Topic #2  Food Microbiology & Biotechnology 
 
Leonor Ferreira
CIIMAR/CIMAR LA, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto  

Novel bioactive compounds from cyanobacteria: from discovery to biotechnological applications  

Topic #3  Health Biotechnology 
 
Daniela Pinto
Phage Biology Research and Infection Control (PhaBRIC) lab, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal  

Mapping Genomic Safe Harbors in Lactobacillus acidophilus for Synthetic Circuit Integration  

Topic #3  Health Biotechnology
 
Lisa Rodrigues
Medical Microbiology Research Group, iCBR – Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research & CiBB – Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal  

Role of 3’-nucleotidase/nuclease in Candida spp. – neutrophil interaction  

Topic #4 Health Microbiology
 
Carolina Vitorino Mariano
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal   

Iron reduces the efficacy of fluconazole against Candida glabrata  

Topic #4 Health Microbiology
 
Bárbara Pires
i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal  

Development of synthetic devices to modulate intracellular O2 levels in Synechocystis strains  

Topic #5  Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Physiology 
 
Margarida R. Silva
UCIBIO, Department of Life Sciences, Nova School of Science and Technology, Caparica  

Dissecting multiple hybridization events in a complex yeast lineage usinggenomics  

Topic #5  Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Physiology 
 
Diana Machado
Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal  

Design of Experiments as a Tool for Optimizing Batch Crystallization of β-Lactoglobulin  

Topic #6  Bioprocess Engineering 
 
Joana Batista
Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy  

Optimizing the co-fermentation of sewage sludge and agri-food residues for the production of volatile fatty  

Topic #6  Bioprocess Engineering 
 
Rúben Luz
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos  

Unlocking biotechnological potential through OMICS tools in the BACA culture collection  

Topic #7  New and Emerging Technologies 
 
Alexandra dos Santos
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL  

A biological collection being established at the University of Cabo Verde: A Lusophone node  

Topic #9  Biological Resources and Networks