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Biological Sciences Evaluation Panel - 2012

Evaluation

Antonio Ventosa
University of Sevilla, Spain
Claire Poyart
Institute Pasteur, France
Eliora Ron
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Herve Bercovier
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Horst Korn
BFN - Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany
Jacob Höglund
Uppsala University, Sweden
Jan Dirk van Elsas
University of Groningen, Netherlands
John Hopkins
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Louis-Félix Bersier
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Nicholas Hamilton Barton
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Paul Christou
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
Pere Puigdomenech
Centre de Recerca em Agrigenomica, Spain
Peter Bridgewater
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, United Kingdom
Richard Alan Nichols
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Tamás Székely
University of Bath, United Kingdom

Projects assigned

FCT-ANR/BIA-BIC/0043/2012

Evaluation of the virulence of RHDV (Rabbit Hemorragic Disease Virus) and mechanisms of host resistance
Pedro José de Castro Esteves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

FCT-ANR/BIA-BIC/0232/2012

Modeling the effects of repeated-fire regimes and habitat structure on amphibian and reptile species
Xavier Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

FCT-ANR/BIA-MIC/0001/2012

Combined OMICS to follow Brucella and Burkholderia infections from the host and pathogen view points
Jorge Humberto Gomes Leitão
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

FCT-ANR/BIA-MIC/0139/2012

CINPROBES - new molecular probes for the study of unique processes in intra-erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria
PAULA ALEXANDRA DE CARVALHO GOMES
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

FCT-ANR/BIA-EVF/0013/2012

Evolution of sex allocation strategies in the mite Tetranychus urticae, a major crop pest
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

FCT-ANR/BIA-EVF/0177/2012

Conflict resolution and signalling in cooperative animal societies
Rita Covas Monteiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

FCT-ANR/BIA-EVF/0250/2012

HybridAdapt - Hybridization, adaptation and historical demography: a population genomics study
Paulo Célio ALVES
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

FCT-ANR/BIA-PLA/0171/2012

Understanding Vitis vinifera domestication through evolutionary and functional genomics of Portuguese grapevine diversity.
Raquel de Almeida Fernandes Rodrigues Tavares
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

FCT-ANR/BIA-PLA/0234/2012

Functional Organisation and Remodelling of the Endomembrane System Through plant seed maturation and germination
José Pissarra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2165/2012

History, chance and selection during local adaptation: a genome-wide analysis
Margarida Matos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2249/2012

Mozmammals: Influence of land use change and historical factors on mammal diversity of Mozambican savannas
Maria João Veloso da Costa Ramos Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2305/2012

Unravelling the mechanisms linking climate change and population dynamics of steppe birds
Inês Catry
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2535/2012

Interactions between resident and invasive crop pests mediated by plant defences
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2660/2012

TradFRUIT - Exploitation of traditional fruits from Madeira Island: sustainability, nutritional data and health impact
Maria Helena Rodrigues Gonçalves Soares Costa
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2704/2012

Incorporating persistence to climate change into conservation planning: a multi-disciplinary approach to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago
Raquel Campos Soares de Vasconcelos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2745/2012

Building up a conservation genomics model using the iconic and highly endangered Giant Sable antelope of Angola (Hippotragus niger variani)
Maria Raquel Barata Godinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2790/2012

Exploring fungal diversity in underground habitats: a survey of Geomyces destructans and other potential pathogens hazardous to bats and humans
Célia Sacramento Santos Pais
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2798/2012

Prediction of ionic liquids´ toxicity by means of automated screening bioassays
Maria Lúcia Marques Ferreira de Sousa Saraiva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3156/2012

ECOPHYSIOGEN: Combining genetics, eco-physiology and ecological niche modelling for predicting responses to Climate Change
Fernando Martínez Freiría
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3445/2012

Guinea-Bissau´s Medicinal Plant Biodiversity - Sustainable Use and Livelihood Development
Olga Maria Duarte Silva
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3447/2012

Direct and Indirect effects of invasive seaweeds on diversity and fitness of native invertebrates
Maria Purificación Veiga Sánchez
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3452/2012

Importance of tidal patterns on estuarine epibenthic organisms
Machiel Bos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3507/2012

ProTEoME - PROteomic Tools to assess Endocrine disruptiOn MEchanisms
Marco Lemos
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3539/2012

Biodiversity of native and alien Phytophthora species in forests and riparian ecosystems of Portugal
Alfredo Jaime Morais Cravador
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3587/2012

Does a laurel forest really exist in the Azores? A multiple scale approach from the genes to the plant community
Luis Filipe Dias Silva
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3627/2012

Assessment of ecological restoration potential of Mediterranean temporary ponds
Carla Sofia Borges Pinto da Cruz
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3667/2012

HOTLOST- Cabo Verde Islands: a hot / lost spot for barnacle endemism and conservation
Teresa Paula Goncalves Cruz
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3834/2012

Climate change and survival: translating physiological and behavioural modulators into dynamic energy budget models and niche space distribution of shrews.
Maria Luz Costa Pereira Mathias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3840/2012

Oceanic islands before humans - new genetic and palaeoecological approaches to uncovering the pristine biodiversity of the Azores and Madeira
Simon Connor
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3871/2012

Discovering new plant species: a model study in umbellifers
Susana Maria de Sousa Silva Neves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3957/2012

Impacts of climate change on hydrology and its consequences on microalgae in temporary streams: the Pardiela River basin case study
Maria Helena Batista da Costa Guerreiro de Novais
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3998/2012

Taxonomic reassessment of two endangered Plantain species endemic from Portugal
Anabela Maria Lopes Romano
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4058/2012

Plant biodiversity and conservation status of sand inland dune habitats of South-Western Portugal
Joaquín Hortal
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4093/2012

The origin of BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOSTS: an intraspecific perspective accross multiple taxa and areas
DANIELE SALVI
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4111/2012

Development of spatially explicit capture-recapture models for cryptic felines by including least-cost-path analysis
Carlos Manuel Martins Santos Fonseca
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4113/2012

Conservation of plant biodiversity in the Macaronesian Hotspot: Integrating phylogenetic, taxonomic, and ecological approaches to study the Cape Verde endemic flora
Maria Romeiras
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4127/2012

Human Enhanced Invasion Mechanisms of Freshwater Fauna.
Pedro Manuel Silva Gentil Anastácio
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4154/2012

In cold blood: prevalence and fitness effects of reptile hemoparasites
David James Harris
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4172/2012

CEPH - Integrating climate and ecosystem dynamics in the Southern Ocean and their potential industrial applications
Jose Xavier
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4184/2012

Characterization of the risk of water and vector-borne pathogens along the flyway in inland wintering waders
Luisa Cristina Gouveia Mendes
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4247/2012

PREDATOR - Effects of predator removal on the population structure of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)
joaquim pedro santos mercês ferreira ferreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4277/2012

Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Portuguese freshwater ecosystems: a contribution for biodiversity status
Maria Manuela Queiroz Martins Mantero Morais
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4300/2012

Bio-ecology of sandflies as a tool for assessing the risk of transmission of Leishmania and the possibility of biological control of vectors.
Luís Miguel Mascarenhas Neto
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4363/2012

Prospective and retrospective environmental risk assessment of pesticides to groundwater ecosystems
Michiel Adriaan Daam
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4452/2012

The immune response in sea turtles: an interdisciplinary approach for health evaluation in this species
Ana Duarte
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4476/2012

A vertebrate's eye view on habitat loss and fragmentation across time and space in Madagascar
Lounès Chikhi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4501/2012

Microbial parvome from extreme Azorean environments - conservation and industrial potential
Maria de Lurdes Nunes Enes Dapkevicius
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4541/2012

Tardigrades as a model for studying forest fire impact on micro-invertebrate biodiversity
António Paulo Fontoura Pinheiro de Magalhães
ISPA,CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4566/2012

Edible coatings to preserve food quality with the use of essential oils of native plant species
Pedro Miguel de Mendonça Rocha
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4585/2012

Diversity and distribution pattern of soil yeasts in Mediterranean forests in Portugal
Andrey Yurkov
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4622/2012

Tracing origins of turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur, L.) harvested in Portugal using isotopic markers. Implications for species sustainable management
Francisco Manuel Cardoso Castro Rego
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4632/2012

BOCAGE: PORTUGUESE BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATORY
Neftalí Sillero
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4648/2012

Molecular diversity, taxonomy and conservation of rare and endemic vascular plants from Madeira (Portugal), Sonchus subgen. Dendrosonchus, Sinapidendron and Normania.
Miguel Pinto da Silva menezes de Sequeira
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4652/2012

SEARCH FOR NEW INSECTICIDAL BACILLUS AND GENES ACTIVE AGAINST MOSQUITOES IN AZOREAN GENE POOL
Fatma Driss Ep Zouari
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2157/2012

Role of post-translational modifications mediated by the phosphotyrosine phosphatase BceD in Burkholderia/host interaction
Ana Sofia de Jesus Ferreira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2182/2012

Antibiotic resistance in cyanobacteria from fresh, marine and waste waters
Elsa Maria Alves Dias
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2256/2012

Functional and inhibition studies on the regulators of beta-lactam resistance in MRSA: a rationale for antibiotic recycling
Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2269/2012

Cellular stress response to beta-lactams: a rationale for the clinical management of heterogeneous resistance and persistent infections
Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2307/2012

Effects of UV radiation in prokaryotes: marine bacteria as models for an integrative “omics” approach
Maria Ângela Sousa Dias Alves Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2496/2012

GASTROBIOTA - Gastric microbiota and carcinogenesis: Helicobacter pylori and beyond
José Carlos Lemos Machado
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2550/2012

Does Quorum Sensing enhance Stress Response in Rhizobia?
Isabel Solange Martins de Oliveira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2774/2012

The battle for Iron between Microbes and the Host
Daniel José Martins Carapau
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2781/2012

Environmental cryptic Aspergillus species - their distribution, molecular characterization in identification and antifungal resistances, and possible health impact.
Raquel Sabino
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2821/2012

Interaction between Legionella pneumophila and the host cell actin cytoskeleton
Irina Luísa Saraiva Franco
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2835/2012

Diversity and functional genomics of phototrophic eukaryotes in polyextreme environments
FILOMENA MARIA COELHO GUERRA DA FONSECA
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2945/2012

Iron homeostasis and pesticide toxicity in the eukaryotic model Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ana Cristina Anjinho Madeira Viegas
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2968/2012

Development of a methodology to assess the potential of antibiotic resistance in potable and wastewater
Maria Paula Amador
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3136/2012

Iron on the move: in vivo monitoring of the iron metabolism in bacteria.
Maria Alice Santos Pereira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3195/2012

Amidation of the peptidoglycan of Gram-positive bacteria: an unexplored potential target for antibiotics
Hermínia de Lencastre
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3210/2012

Exploring Lactoferrin-derived peptides to fight Mycobacteria
Maria Salomé Gomes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3304/2012

Single-cell analysis of toxinogenesis and sporogenesis by the human pathogen CLostridium difficile
Adriano O Henriques
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3347/2012

Ionizing Radiation as inactivation agent against fungi and their toxins
Armando Venâncio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3371/2012

UTrack- Tracing the role of microbial community in the sludge lagoons of the Urgeiriça uranium mine
Ana Paula Kuan Yon Chung
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3395/2012

EcM-SERVICES: importance of mycorrhizosphere diversity and interactions in relation to soil functions
Anabela Marisa de Jesus Rodrigues Azul
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3405/2012

Circulation and maintenance of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in its avian reservoir hosts
Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3420/2012

The hide-and-seek game of aspartic proteinases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: unraveling the mystery.
Isaura Isabel Gonçalves Simões
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3443/2012

Modeling pathogen transmission under realistic distributions of host characteristics
Maria Gabriela Miranda Gomes
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3446/2012

AeroPath: Unraveling the mysteries of Aeromonas pathogenic lifestyle
Teresa Maria Leitão Semedo Lemsaddek
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3473/2012

DINOBAC - Bacteria preserved in the museum: pathogenic degraders or potential biotechnological tools
Romeu Miranda Francisco
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3483/2012

Virulence and cross-resistance of biofilms of foodborne pathogens triggered by exposure to antimicrobials
Maria do Pilar de Araújo Teixeira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3548/2012

Biotechnological Valorization of the Coimbra Collection of Algae (ACOI)
Lilia Santos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3590/2012

Unraveling the relationship between mitochondrial iron metabolism and mitochondrial functionality
Maria Margarida de Sa Duarte
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3702/2012

Trypanosomatid peroxiredoxins and their role in virulence
Helena Maria de Sousa Castro
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3739/2012

Gate-for-acid - Solving structure and function of short-chain fatty acids SCFA)transporters in microbes
Sandra Cristina Almeida Paiva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3757/2012

Listeria monocytogenes biofilms: understand to defeat
Luisa Brito
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3786/2012

Cyanobactins - discovery of new cyanobacterial compounds with potential application to health issues
Pedro Nuno da Costa Leão
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3839/2012

Black Yeasts melanins: From extreme life to biotecnhological applications
Sandra Isabel Mourinha Lopes Chaves
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3865/2012

Single cell genomics and metagenomics-aided cultivation of the unculturable: uncovering the function and metabolic features of Acidobacteria symbionts of marine sponges
Rodrigo da Silva Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3869/2012

Fitness and virulence across different clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
Isabel Portugal
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3883/2012

Molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death induced by natural and synthetic compounds.
Arnaldo António de Moura Silvestre Videira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3889/2012

Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization during programmed cell death:searching for new components/regulators
Maria João Marques Ferreira de Sousa Moreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3907/2012

Tracking host proteins and pathways targeted by Chlamydia trachomatis during entry into the host-cell
JOÃO PAULO DOS SANTOS GOMES
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3927/2012

Lifestyle and virulence: lessons from Legionella pneumophila inhabiting distinct environments
António Verissimo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4044/2012

Molecular and biological properties of a new satellite RNA associated with Olive latent virus 1 and its potential use in viral disease control
Maria do Rosário Fernandes Félix
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4142/2012

Salmonella Persistence in eukaryotic cells: Examining the Role of RNases and Small Functional RNAs. Acronym: PARNAs - Persistence Attributing RNAs
Cecilia Maria Pais de Faria de Andrade Arraiano
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4160/2012

Copper surfaces as antimicrobial barriers: breaching the armour
Rita Susana Rosa Branco
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4174/2012

Exploitation of nematode and bacterial-based uranium sequestration for remediation of contaminated land
Alcides José Sousa Castilho Pereira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4265/2012

Biological implications of proteome changes in Candida parapsilosis: a small piece from a large puzzle
Isabel M Miranda
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4267/2012

ProSolublEcoli - Decipher molecular determinants for recombinant protein solubility in Escherichia coli: wide systems analysis to derive new strategies for soluble protein production
Lucília Maria Alves Ribeiro Domingues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4268/2012

AMBREAC: AMphotericin B REcovering ACtion - uma análise abrangente da via de recuperação da célula fúngica
Cidalia Pina Vaz
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4301/2012

Role of wall teichoic acids in the assembly of the bacterial cell surface and in its concealment from the host immune system
Sérgio Joaquim Raposo Filipe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4310/2012

Sexual reproduction mechanisms in the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4330/2012

Potential of oxyimino-beta-lactam resistance determinants in animals and identification of new enzyme-inhibitors for veterinary use
VERA MÓNICA MARTINS GONÇALVES MANAGEIRO
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4418/2012

The regulation of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria: A systems biology approach
Matthias Erwin Futschik
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4433/2012

PyloriTARGETS - Ephrin receptors as novel targets of Helicobacter pylori infection
Carla Marina Gonçalves Leite
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4449/2012

Tackling the unanswered questions of sugar phosphates toxicity
Isabel de Sá-Nogueira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4469/2012

Filamentous fungi in drinking water biofilm formation
Lúcia da Conceição Diogo Chaves Simões
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4483/2012

MiDHALInE - Microbial Diversity of Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Lakes: Industrial Enzymes
Milton Simões da Costa
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4534/2012

The two pherotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae: sources of genetic and phenotypic diversity.
Mário Nuno Ramos de Almeida Ramirez
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4568/2012

In vivo interactome analysis of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris vs. Brassica oleracea pathosystem
Leonor Cruz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4600/2012

EndoSignal - Endocytic trafficking and signaling of plasma membrane monocarboxylate transporters
Sandra Cristina Almeida Paiva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4640/2012

Efflux pumps: their role in resistance phenotypes to disinfectant agents in Toxocara canis
Ana Júlia Pinto Fonseca Sieuve Afonso
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4671/2012

Alternaria cell wall chitin and chitin synthases
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2166/2012

The origin and diversification of novel traits: evo-devo of eyespots and wounds
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2170/2012

Genetic basis of variation and diversity: characterization of a hotspot locus for pigmentation evolution
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2211/2012

Evolution of parasitism: evolutionary mechanisms and events in Nematoda
Isabel Mauricio
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2221/2012

The evolution of foraging behaviour in fruit fly larvae: an integrated computational and experimental approach
Christen Mirth
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2240/2012

Learning from a past climate change survivor: Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) Pleistocene population dynamics using nuclear DNA markers.
Paula Campos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2251/2012

Result coherence as a tool to evaluate the reliability of phylogenetic reconstruction methods
Blaise LI
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2281/2012

PERPHYL - Testing phylogenetic incongruences between morphological and DNA sequence data in Peracarids (Arthropoda, Crustacea)
Madalena Simas Branco
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2319/2012

Hybrid speciation in a marine mammal? Evolutionary origin of a recently rediscovered dolphin species
Ana Rita Gabirro Silva Teixeira Amaral
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2337/2012

Speciation genetics in marine deepwater fish - the genus Sebastes as a case-study
ANA CRISTINA PIMENTA VERÍSSIMO
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2392/2012

Genomic detection of adaptive evolution in a non-model species
Octavio Salgueiro Paulo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2482/2012

Speciation processes and species delimitation in marine snails (Trovaoconus) using transcriptome data
Sara Rodrigues Passos Rocha
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2593/2012

Is hibridization between wolves and dogs in human-dominated ladscapes shaping the evolutionary trajectory of Iberian wolf populations?
Maria Raquel Barata Godinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2699/2012

NUMT polymorphism and the history of human populations
Ana Goios Borges de Almeida
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2955/2012

Phyloclimatic modelling of Drosophila: the role of climate change in organisms diversification
Ramiro Morales Hojas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3247/2012

Fitness effects of synonymous mutations
Ana Margarida Domingos Tavares de Sousa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3341/2012

Increased sexual selection during range expansions: first multi-species test of a new hypothesis in evolutionary biology
Gonçalo Canelas Cardoso
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3421/2012

Changing the paradigm: "Prokaryopepsins" as the new archetypes of modern aspartic proteinases
Isaura Isabel Gonçalves Simões
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3426/2012

Origin of stomach in vertebrates and the story of loss.
Jonathan Mark Wilson
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3454/2012

Chemical and genetic diversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria from Macaronesia lichens and hornworts
Ana Luisa Frazão Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3538/2012

Evolution of ataxin-3 paralogues and functional conservation of ATXN3L1
Sandra Martins
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3589/2012

On the genetic basis of phenotypic variation - an evolutionary approach using non-model species
Jorge Manuel de Sousa Basto Vieira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3620/2012

Phylogenetic and taxonomic revision of genus Agrostis in Portugal
Mónica Maria Tavares de Moura
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3656/2012

African whole-genome sequencing: a phylogenetic investigation of the cradle of the human species
Pedro Alexandre Soares
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3662/2012

Genetic divergence and adaptation in Reed Buntings
Júlio Manuel Malha Simões Neto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3668/2012

Evolutionary significance of bill size differences in Reed Buntings
Júlio Manuel Malha Simões Neto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3674/2012

On the evolutionary trajectories of the European domestic dog by means of ancient DNA analysis
ANA ELISABETE GODINHO PIRES
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3704/2012

Genetic history of South American native populations in pre- and post-Columbian times
Verónica Daniela Ramos Gomes
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3813/2012

Cryptic speciation in the plant pathogenic fungal genus Neofusicoccum
Artur Jorge da Costa Peixoto Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3828/2012

Painting chromosomes in Bivalves: Determination of the main forces in Chromosome Evolution.
Alexandra Maria Bessa Ferreira Leitão-Ben Hamadou
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3853/2012

Evolution of the western Iberian drainages during the last 10My: dating ancient interactions between paleobasins through an integrated approach using estimated ages retrieved from sedimentary and fish genetics data
Carla Patrícia Cândido de Sousa Santos
ISPA,CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3881/2012

The tempo and mode of earthworm (Annelida: Lumbricidae) evolution
Marcos Perez Losada
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3901/2012

Identification and evolution of sex chromosomes: the Bivalves and Brown algae case studies
Alexandra Maria Bessa Ferreira Leitão-Ben Hamadou
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4005/2012

Phylogenetic distribution of the new Ffz family of fructose transporters in yeasts: shedding new light on fructophily
Maria José Travassos Leandro
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4031/2012

Functional characterisation of evolutionary conserved GPCRs involved in feeding in mammalian parasitic nematodes
João Cardoso
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4092/2012

Sex-biased evolution in multicellular brown algae
Gareth Anthony Pearson
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4132/2012

The evolutionary history of the 17q21.3 inversion polymorphism - a close up on the North of Africa and Iberia
António Manuel Amorim dos Santos
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4152/2012

Make love, then war: Postcopulatory sexual selection under sex role reversal
Nuno Miguel Pinto de Sousa Monteiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4213/2012

Evolution of fatty acid metabolism in chordates: cross-talk between gene duplication, loss and the environment
Filipe Castro
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4278/2012

Comparative transcriptomics of lampreys (genus Lampetra) with alternative life histories using next-generation sequencing techniques
Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4319/2012

Carnation and White Campion comparative genomics to highlight plant sex chromosome evolution
Gabriel Marais
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4415/2012

Regulatory and functional evolution upon gene duplication
José Élio da Silva Sucena
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4441/2012

Biodiversity and evolutionary assessment of gelatinous red algae from the North Atlantic, with focus on the Nemastomatales (Rhodophyta)
Daniela de Lima Gabriel
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4459/2012

Introgression in sympatric Iberian cyprinid fish - an important evolutionary mechanism for genetic diversity?
Maria João Ivens Collares Pereira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2143/2012

Modulation of the Brassica oleracea-Hyaloperonospora brassicae relationship in different climate scenarios - an insight into the molecular mechanisms.
José Leitão
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2188/2012

Characterization of proteins involved in signalling and communication between the symbionts Azolla and Anabaena azollae
Ana Luisa Frazão Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2190/2012

Optical methods for monitoring turfgrass water stress in golf courses
Elsa Maria Trindade Pereira Leite
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação (INOV/INESC/IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2219/2012

PhotoRegulation: Drought and salt modulation of photosynthesis - new players in the regulatory machinery.
Nelson José Madeira Saibo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2236/2012

Carbon metabolism adjustments to a changing environment - understanding drought-resilience in plants
CARLA MARIA ALEXANDRE PINHEIRO
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2288/2012

Disclosing the transcriptional network involved in the regulation of the late terpenoid indole alkaloid pathway of the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don.
Patrícia Carla de Jesus Duarte Macedo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2349/2012

Bryotechnology as a tool for propagation of species with antimicrobial and antifeedant properties
Célia Cabral
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2411/2012

Epigenetic modulation of transgene expression in plant cell cultures for the improved production of recombinant proteins
Rita Sobral Moutinho Abranches
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2498/2012

Function of Gamete-Expressed Tetraspanins in Plants
Leonor Maria de Fatima Chagas Boavida
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2523/2012

Unravelling the molecular network regulating zinc content in plants: from Arabidopsis to Rice
Ana Gonçalves Leite de Assunção
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2689/2012

Heme Oxygenase in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Changhe Zhang
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2815/2012

Probing physiological events in gamete maturation and activation in plant reproduction
Ana Isabel Dias Bicho dos Santos
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2819/2012

The molecular and functional characterization of anionic transporters in pollen tubes of Arabidopsis
Ana Isabel Dias Bicho dos Santos
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2954/2012

Onward through the past: the “rogue” phenotype in peas
José Leitão
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3045/2012

Contributions for the establishment of equivalence limits for risk assessment of genetically modified (GM) food plants: the influence of cultivar differences and environmental conditions on soybean allergens.
Rita Batista
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3057/2012

Unravelling the Molecular mechanisms of Somatic embryogenesis in Medicago truncatula - an essential tool for legume crops biotechnology
Ana Sofia Roldão Lopes Amaral Duque
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3190/2012

Which would be the best comparator for the risk assessment of GM food plants?
Rita Batista
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3369/2012

Omic (metabolomics and transcriptomics) approaches to unravel the molecular mechanisms of the Quercus suber-Phytophthora cinnamomi interaction
Ana Cristina Hurtado de Matos Coelho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3412/2012

FeNICS - Fe Nutrition omICS: deciphering response mechanisms of legumes to iron deficiency through a systems biology approach
Marta Raquel Martins Lima
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3430/2012

Interspecific hybridization effects on natural expression of apomixis in the Limonium ovalifolium complex (Plumbaginaceae)
Ana D Caperta
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3432/2012

Plant strategies for detection of the inflammatory bacterial peptidoglycan molecule
Sérgio Joaquim Raposo Filipe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3516/2012

Unraveling arabinogalactan protein ligands during Arabidopsis pollen development
Sílvia Coimbra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3567/2012

Rice early response to stress - unveiling the control of SUMOylation by alternative splicing
Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3733/2012

Analysing the success of a new environmental remediation technology, resulting from the integration of photo-Fenton and Solanum nigrum L., from the perspective of the plant.
ARMANDO JORGE GOMES TEIXEIRA
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3745/2012

Early identification of embryogenic cells for transcriptomic and proteomic analysis - tamarillo, a case study
Jorge Canhoto
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3821/2012

Engineering a PSI mediated and Golgi-independent system for recombinant protein production in seeds
José Pissarra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3878/2012

Repression of gene expression by the SnRK1 kinases - mechanisms and physiological relevance
Elena Baena-González
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3936/2012

Understanding aluminium tolerance in plants: what can we learn from Plantago almogravensis?
Anabela Maria Lopes Romano
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3937/2012

SnRK1 regulation and cross-talk with the ABA pathway
Elena Baena-González
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3980/2012

WHOLE TRANSCRITPOMIC AND METABOLIMIC APPROACHES TO MONITOR FORAGE RESPONSES TO DROUGHT
Eugenia Nunes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4018/2012

Cell size measurement during pollen tube growth and the evolutionary success of the angiosperms
José Alberto Bernardo de Magalhães FEIJÓ
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4173/2012

Modulating the legume epigenome to face water deficit conditions (EPIstressLEG)
Pedro Fevereiro
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4238/2012

Comparative transcriptome analysis of male gametes in Physcomitrella patens and Arabidopsis thaliana to decipher the origins of sexual reproduction in plants
Jörg Dieter Becker
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4244/2012

Identifying metabolite changes in tip growing cells - the phosphoinositide pathway as a case study
Rui Malhó
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4270/2012

Degradomics of chloroplastidial atypical aspartic proteases: a wide-scale analysis for substrate identification
Carlos José Fialho Costa Faro
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4352/2012

AromaLab: Aromatic plants as a Laboratory of synthesis of new anti-inflammatory agents.
Lígia Maria Salgueiro Silva Couto
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4380/2012

The role of SR proteins in plant stress responses
Paula Duque
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4465/2012

Influence of different glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-addition signal sequences on the subcellular destination of Arabidopsis proteins
Luís Gustavo Carvalho Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4532/2012

A Transgenerational epigenetic memory of heat stress in rice
Ana Paula Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/0873/2012

Applications of artificial intelligence on biodiversity estimation
Pedro Cardoso
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/0903/2012

Dissecting the effects of forest loss and fragmentation on lemur social structure and behaviours in the post-genomic era
Vanpé Cécile
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/0947/2012

Exploring rice biodiversity: a Genome-wide association (GWAS) study of salt-tolerance
Sonia Negrao
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/0994/2012

Development of a novel molecular approach for the rapid assessment of the biodiversity changes of benthic nematodes assemblages during habitat recovery of Zostera noltii seagrass beds
Helena Adão
Universidade de Évora (UE)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1148/2012

Epigenomics and mining, are they associated?
Ângela Inácio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1164/2012

Comparative genomics based on massive transcriptome sequencing of Bornean and other Asian elephants
Reeta Sharma
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1252/2012

Climate Dynamics in Europe during the post-glacial period: relation between climate-change velocity and biodiversity.
José Pedro Rodrigues Tarroso Gomes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1315/2012

Mate-choice copying between geographically isolated populations of D. subobscura. Can social learning counter-balance genetic preferences?
Susana Araújo Marreiro Varela
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1400/2012

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) occurrence in the amphibian ark: false alarm or real threat?
Angelica Crottini
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1409/2012

Insights into marine phytoplankton biodiversity: a metagenetic approach
Vera Alexandra Garcia da Fonseca Batista
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1471/2012

Escape the heat: upwelling as current refugia from climate change
Katy Nicastro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1537/2012

Contribution to the preservation of medicinal plants from Serra de Montemuro: ethnobotanical, biological and phytochemical exploratory studies
Alice Martins
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1545/2012

New perspectives on the effects of cyanobacterial metabolites in structuring plankton communities: their role in mechanisms favoring species coexistence.
Aldo Barreiro Felpeto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

EXPL/BIA-BIC/1577/2012

How fast can you adapt if you are slow?
Ylenia Chiari
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/0853/2012

Exploring the link between biofilm and spore development
Mónica Paula Fernandes Serrano Miranda
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/0867/2012

S-Nitrosylation in Leishmania: uncovering protein targets and cell signalling networks
Marta Sousa Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/0887/2012

The role of eDNA in staphylococcal biofilm formation and maintenance
Rita Gonçalves Sobral de Almeida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/0936/2012

Sodium transport in pathogenic bacteria: functional characterization of a new class of bacterial Na+/H+ antiporters
Ana Margarida Nunes Portugal Carvalho Melo
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1084/2012

Metagenomic determination of the functional potential of the microbial populations inhabiting a serpentinization-driven environment.
Igor Tiago
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1114/2012

How do rhizobia respond to phage infection?
Ana Isabel Pereira Alexandre
Universidade de Évora (UE)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1122/2012

Construction of a minimal staphylococcal cell wall synthetic machinery
Patricia Reed
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1176/2012

An Innovative Recombinant Hit-Maximization Strategy to Unravel the Structure of Cohesin-Dockerin Complexes of Bacteroides cellulosolvens and Acetivibrio cellulolyticus
Victor Manuel Diogo de Oliveira Alves
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1202/2012

Potential Applications of Zeta Potential in the microbial assessment of environmental pollutants
Jose Antonio Morais Catita
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa (FECFP)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1237/2012

Identification of ribonuclease inhibitors for the control of pathogenic bacteria
Rute Margarida Gonçalves Matos Luís
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1368/2012

Identification of the mechanism of transfer of the methicillin resistance determinant - staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)
Maria Miragaia
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1397/2012

The role of Plasmodium induced Viperin expression in liver infection
Antonio M Mendes
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1450/2012

Above the clouds: tracking antibiotic resistance in the Tibetan Plateau
Sandra Maria Basilio Quinteira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1455/2012

Reverting the carbon cycle: from CO to biodiesel
Maria Helena Dias dos Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1461/2012

Candida krusei azole resistance: the role of efflux encoding genes.
Elisabete Ricardo
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1465/2012

Is there anybody out there? - Improvement of the extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter sulfurreducens
Maria Leonor Carvalho Morgado
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1509/2012

NEO - New Enzymes in Old bugs: collagenase of Aeromonas hydrophila
Ana Cristina de Fraga Esteves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/0881/2012

Unravelling the divergence mechanisms in Tarentola mauritanica geckos: a complex species complex
Catarina Castela dos Santos Rato
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1130/2012

A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO SEXUAL DIMORPHISM: form-function coevolution and the battle of the sexes.
Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1204/2012

Cryptosporidium in reptiles: are they useful tracers of host history?
Ana Perera Leg
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1281/2012

Virus-mediated competition
Francisco André de Campos Pereira Dionísio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1287/2012

Characterizing the ancestor of terrestrial plants: do the chloroplast genomes of early-diverging zygnematalean algae hold the key?
Cymon John Cox
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1299/2012

Efeitos da instabilidade genómica no fitness de células eucariotas
LÍLIA DE FÁTIMA GOMES PERFEITO
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1377/2012

Retrospective insights into African swine fever virus phylogeny and evolution inferred from field isolates from Portugal and from Portuguese speaking African countries
Maria Margarida Nunes da Rosa Dias Duarte
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1526/2012

Local adaptation and climate change: the case study of Diplodus genus (Pisces, Sparidae) in the eastern Atlantic
Romina Paula Novo Lopes Henriques
ISPA,CRL (ISPA)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1564/2012

Plasticity versus robustness: evolution of differential environmentally induced response within the same genome
Roberto Andrés Keller Pérez
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/0886/2012

Molecular mechanisms of nitrogen tolerance in lichens
Silvana Munzi
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/0906/2012

Identification of novel players in the abiotic stress response modulated by RING E3-ubiquitin ligases in rice
Tiago Filipe Lourenço
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1225/2012

Role of cell wall in the functional organization of the secretory system
Maria Susana Jorge Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1293/2012

rRNA/tRNA methyltransferases - are they new regulators of plant morphogenesis?
Sandra Isabel Marques Correia
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1314/2012

Unravelling woody host (Quercus suber) defence proteins interacting with Phytophthora cinnamomi effector proteins
Pablo Rodrigo Hardoim
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1320/2012

Development of root nodules and lateral roots: researching on similarities of their regulatory pathways.
Ana Margarida Gonçalves Campilho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1398/2012

Post-translational regulation of plastid glutamine synthetase (GS2) by light
Paula Melo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1497/2012

Regulated differential alternative splicing and nonsense mediated decay - how a plant regulates gene expression in response to stress.
Dale Newton Richardson III
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-PLA/1523/2012

Thermophilic plants from Azorean Hot Springs as a source of valuable molecules
Artur da Câmara Machado
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

RECI/BIA-BIC/0332/2012

Natural History Collections: legacy infrastructure for biodiversity research
Maria Judite Silva Cardoso Alves
Universidade de Lisboa (UL)

RECI/BIA-BIC/0415/2012

Comparative and Functional Genomics in a Biodiversity Approach
Henrique de Pinho Guedes-Pinto
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

RECI/BIA-BIC/0455/2012

BioID - Sistema Automatizado de Identificação de Espécies
Helena Maria de Oliveira Freitas
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

RECI/BIA-MIC/0376/2012

Experimental evolution of the fungal genetic code
Manuel António Silva Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

RECI/BIA-MIC/0426/2012

New breakthroughs in genetic characterization of multiresistant strains by omics integrated strategy
Gilberto Paulo Peixoto Igrejas
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

RECI/BIA-EVF/0464/2012

Assessing whole genome sequence: from Fungi to Human
Filipe Miguel Pereira da Silva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

RECI/BIA-PLA/0402/2012

Determination of primary and secondary metabolites in edible plants
MIGUEL PEDRO DE FREITAS BARBOSA MOURATO
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXCL/BIA-BIC/0529/2012

Podarcis lizards: A non-redundant model for multilevel assessment of biodiversity patterns and processes
Miguel Angel Carretero
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXCL/BIA-BIC/0658/2012

The role of shell structure in aquatic ecosystems; a high-resolution interdisciplinary study of the rules governing self-organizing biological systems (ECO-SHELL)
kieran monaghan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXCL/BIA-BIC/0663/2012

Antiglioma activity of phenanthridine alkaloid derivatives - towards optimization and activity mechanism elucidation
Ivana Jarak
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

EXCL/BIA-MIC/0371/2012

Yeast multicellular structures: uncover the processes underlying intra- and extracellular sensing and cell-cell communication
Margarida Paula Pedra Amorim Casal
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXCL/BIA-MIC/0551/2012

Insights into small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus
Susana André Lima Lobo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXCL/BIA-EVF/0433/2012

The n-dimensional space of protein evolution
Luísa Cristina da Costa Azevedo
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

EXCL/BIA-PLA/0571/2012

Genomics of Plants in Stress - a systems biology approach
M Margarida Moutinho Girao de Oliveira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/2298/2012

Valuing Marine Invertebrates: Polychaetes
Ana Maria de Jesus Rodrigues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/2382/2012

The impact of parasites on the evolution of their hosts: bridging the gap between physiology, life-history and genetics
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/2644/2012

Causes and consequences of social behavioural variation: implications for the ecology and evolution of cooperative behaviour in a marine environment
Marta Soares
ISPA,CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3775/2012

Identification, evolution and function of dominance pheromones in cichlids
Eduardo Nuno Picoto Lopes Barata
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3832/2012

SUNFISH - Behaviour and predator-prey interactions of ocean sunfish Mola mola in the North Atlantic Ocean
Nuno Miguel Cabral Queiroz
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3911/2012

Role of sex steroids in sound and chemical communication in a fish with alternative reproductive tactics
Teresa Isabel Mendonca Modesto
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3952/2012

Comparative transcriptomics of the cephalopod brain
Susana Rodrigues Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4023/2012

Asymmetry in the peripheric olfactory and vestubular systems in flounder
Nikolay Kolmakov
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4146/2012

Gene expression regulation in hybrid polyploid vertebrates: a transcriptomic and multi-species approach with model and non-model fish
Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4225/2012

Phos-fate in fish: Through guts, bones and kidneys
Pedro Miguel Guerreiro da Costa Guerreiro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4303/2012

Physiological and molecular plasticity to thermal and osmoregulatory challenges in Antarctic fishes
ADELINO VICENTE MENDONÇA CANÁRIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4327/2012

Size Matters: Bodybuilding and Developmental Biodiversity
Gabriel José Gonçalves Martins
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4432/2012

Molecular adaptations of indigenous and non-indigenous bivalve species to cyanotoxins.
José Carlos de Morais Martins
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4496/2012

Anguilla anguilla L. ERYTHROCYTES IN VITRO PHYSIOLOGICAL/BIOCHEMICAL and GENOTOXIC RESPONSES to HEALTHY and ADVERSE CONDITIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMONITORING.
MARIA ANA DIAS MONTEIRO SANTOS
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4650/2012

BMP-7a and BMP-7b - Role in zebrafish oocyte development
Laurence Alexandrine Mathilde DELOFFRE
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4669/2012

Functional role of protein glycosylation on mammalian neuronal differentiation
Júlia Carvalho Costa
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4675/2012

Copper induced programmed cell death: pathways characterization in teleost fish.
Sandra Mariza Veiga Monteiro
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4706/2012

PESQUISA SOBRE UM IMUNOMODELADOR PRODUZIDO POR UM PATÓGENO
Duarte Toubarro
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

EXCL/BIA-ANM/0549/2012

Molecular mechanisms and evolutionary implications of social plasticity
Rui Oliveira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BIA-ANM/0932/2012

Does temperature affect diet choice by aquatic ectotherms?
Rui Miguel Borges Sampaio e Rebelo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BIA-ANM/1379/2012

Supramolecular trapping of fish odorants
José Paulo da Silva
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

EXPL/BIA-ANM/1436/2012

Imaging of marine mammals: developing a new way to improve the gathering of anatomical and pathological data
Jose María Alonso Farré
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/BIA-ANM/1510/2012

Shell shape from the inside out: applications of three dimension geometric morphometrics methods in biology and paleoceanography
Marta Mega Rufino
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

EXPL/BIA-ANM/1517/2012

Pathway proteomics of cardiac stem cells
Ricardo Jorge Anjos Gomes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2203/2012

ECOLOGICALLY SCALED EDGE RESPONSES: PATTERNS, MECHANISMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELLING
Luís Miguel Nunes Valente Afonso Reino
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2903/2012

DESERTFLOW - Assessing gene flow and contact zone dynamics in desert lizards under climate change scenarios
José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3488/2012

CONtaminant-driven GENEtic ERosion: consequences on the viability of Amphibia populations
Isabel Maria Cunha Antunes Lopes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3830/2012

Co-evolution of the S-RNase and multiple SFBB genes in Pyrinae gametophytic self-incompatibility
Cristina Alexandra Gonçalves Paula Vieira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3966/2012

Could competitive exclusion among closely related colonists play a role in constraining island biodiversity?
David Afonso da Rocha Gonçalves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4019/2012

EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS IN GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK - MOZAMBIQUE: A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO FOREST CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
Susana Rodríguez Echeverría
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4177/2012

Honey bee's capacity to fight diseases: a comparison of genetic diversity and microbial load of modern and historical samples
Paula Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4296/2012

Intelligent systems for mapping amphibian mortality on Portuguese roads
Agostinho Gil Teixeira Lopes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4556/2012

A comparative study of parasite pressure, immunity and sexual ornaments between island and mainland birds
Elisa Lobato
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2779/2012

Biosynthesis of rare methylmannose polysaccharides in nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2889/2012

Cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS): synthesis, export and interactions with metal cations
Paula Tamagnini
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3463/2012

Studies towards identification of structural determinants required for receptor binding and membrane translocation of AIP56, a Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida apoptogenic AB toxin targeting NF-kB
Ana Maria Silva do Vale
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3623/2012

Methanesulfonate-degrading marine bacteria: a molecular approach
Paolo De Marco
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3768/2012

Spatial and temporal analysis of microbial community in Pine Wilt Disease
ANTÓNIO CARLOS MATIAS CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2687/2012

Scorpion venom: Integrative evolutionary biology as a guide for bioprospecting
Arie van der Meijden
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2907/2012

Towards a multidisciplinary population profiling of southern Angola: a key region for understanding human settlement in southern Africa
Jorge Rocha
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3036/2012

Evolution of Viviparity: An integrative framework for the study of an evolutionary novelty in Salamandra salamandra
Guillermo Velo Antón
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4158/2012

Evolution of symbiosis genes in rhizobia: chickpea mesorhizobia as case study
Isabel Solange Martins de Oliveira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/2291/2012

Regulation of Glutamine synthetase by Nitric Oxide in Medicago truncatula.
Maria Helena Guimarães Bastos de Carvalho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3389/2012

Invasiveness and reproductive isolation among native and non-native ranges of Centaurea weeds.
Daniel Montesinos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3850/2012

SUMOdulator - Researching SUMO modulation of plant abiotic stress responses
Herlander Anselmo Queirós Pereira Azevedo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3963/2012

How does the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) immune system recognise the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) from its non-pathogenic form RCV-A1?
Joana Abrantes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

EXPL/BIA-MIC/1567/2012

Genes in motion: Mobile genes in microbial communities, how to catch them?
Cláudia Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/BIA-EVF/1283/2012

Molecular and population genetic signatures of cytonuclear interactions: the Podarcis model
Catarina Pinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)