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Experimental Biology Evaluation Panel - 2012

Evaluation

An Zwijsen
VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Belgium
Anne Katerine Soutar
MRC, Clinical Sciences Center, United Kingdom
Bohdan Wasylyk
University of Strasbourg, France
Catherina Becker
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
James A. Houghton
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
James Douglas Armstrong
Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Mark Marsh
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Projects assigned

FCT-ANR/BEX-GMG/0219/2012

Evolutionary genomics of stress responses in yeasts: a case study of the yeast AP1 family of transcription factors
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

FCT-ANR/BEX-GMG/0252/2012

Buruli Ulcer Immunogenetic signature
JORGE MANUEL ROLO PEDROSA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

FCT-ANR/BEX-BCM/0150/2012

The intriguing function of cytoskeleton-associated proteins in Gram-positive bacteria
Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

FCT-ANR/BEX-BCM/0175/2012

Phosphoregulation of Bax-dependent cell death
Maria Manuela Sansonetty Goncalves Corte Real
Universidade do Minho (UM)

FCT-ANR/BEX-BCM/0228/2012

Epigenetic regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell heterogeneity
Vasco M Barreto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

FCT-ANR/BEX-BCM/0229/2012

Regulation of the Centrosome Cycle
Monica Bettencourt Carvalho Dias
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

FCT-ANR/BEX-BID/0153/2012

Quantitative analysis of asymmetric gene expression in the left-right organizer in response to flow forces: what comes downstream of cilia driven flow?
Susana Santos Lopes
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/DTP-DES/1662/2012

Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics for design innovation studies in Sports biomechanics
Vishveshwar Mantha
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0043/2012

Genetic susceptibility to influenza infection and associated complications
Marta Barreto
Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (AIDFM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0084/2012

Relationship between virulence and antibiotic resistence
Teresa Isabel Vitorino Nogueira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0266/2012

Genetics and Epigenetics of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP ATTRV30M)
Alda Maria Botelho Correia de Sousa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0288/2012

Epigenomics and Long NoncodingRNomics of Alzheimer´s Disease
Madalena Cristina da Rocha Martins
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0289/2012

T-cell ncRNomics in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Madalena Cristina da Rocha Martins
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0331/2012

Defining the patterns of satellite DNA transcription and its modulation in proliferative cells: evolution and cancer cell models
RAQUEL MARIA GARCIA DOS SANTOS CHAVES
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0386/2012

Integrating tRNA and codon biases to elucidate tissue-specific gene expression patterns in zebra fish.
Gabriela Moura
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0451/2012

A LRRK2 tale: from disease modifiers to therapeutical approaches
Isabel Alonso
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0459/2012

Mechanisms of programmed cell death and potential therapeutic applications.
Arnaldo António de Moura Silvestre Videira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0496/2012

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Genomic Diversity across Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African Countries: Towards a Systems Biology approach
Isabel Portugal
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0725/2012

Functional genomics of vector (Anopheles sp.) - pathogen (Plasmodium sp.) interactions aiming malaria control.
Ana Isabel Amaro Goncalves Domingos
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1099/2012

The X-inactivation profile of Rattus norvegicus: adding a landmark to the epigenetic landscape of mammals
Alexandra Manuel Ferreira Lopes
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1195/2012

Insertion/deletions as genetic markers: a worldwide genetic portrait focusing on genetic identification, population structure and ancestry
Rui Manuel Lebreiro Pereira
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1326/2012

Identification of new pathogenicity associated genes involved in Candida albicans adaptation to the human host
Célia Sacramento Santos Pais
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1493/2012

Funtional omics towards personalized medicine for monogenic dyslipidaemia
Mafalda Bourbon
Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (AIDFM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0112/2012

The physiological function of the soluble HFE isoform - its role on iron homeostasis in normal and in iron overload conditions
MARIA PAULA DUARTE FAUSTINO GONÇALVES
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0153/2012

Estrogen regulation of human sertoli cells function: a link between apoptosis and infertility?
Sílvia Cristina da Cruz Marques Socorro
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0160/2012

Quantitative analysis of sister chromatid cohesion in Spindle Assembly Checkpoint activation
Raquel Aguiar Cardoso de Oliveira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0169/2012

The role of chromosome dynamics during mitosis
Raquel Aguiar Cardoso de Oliveira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0258/2012

Role of microRNAs in the post-transcriptional regulation of Interleukin-17 and Interferon-g cytokine gene expression during T cell differentiation
Anita Gomes
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0319/2012

Identification of Regulators of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II-Dependent Antigen Presentation Pathway
Duarte Barral
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0322/2012

Functional Relationship Between the Human Motor Protein Dynein and the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Proteins in Chromosome Alignment During Mitosis
Hassan Bousbaa
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0350/2012

Characterization of two distinct F-actin networks controlled by Hippo and Src signalling activities.
Florence Janody
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0376/2012

The role and function of pollen tube glutamate receptor-like (GLR) channels
José Alberto Bernardo de Magalhães FEIJÓ
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0400/2012

Regucalcin: regulation and its role in breast and prostate cells
Cláudio Jorge Maia Baptista
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0437/2012

Systems biology of the eukaryotic response to proteotoxic stress
Laura Cristina da Silva Carreto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0439/2012

Metabolic Profiling of Yeast Harbouring an Unstable Proteome Generated by Transfer RNA Mistranslation
Brian James Goodfellow
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0446/2012

Role of adrenaline on the maturation of the different beta-adrenoceptor subtypes
Mónica Isa Moreira Rodrigues
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0470/2012

Tumorigenesis in the absence of the spindle assembly checkpoint in Drosophila melanogaster
Sara Luisa Morais da Silva
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0471/2012

Assessing the role of glycosylation in the Bacille Calmette Guerin therapy
Paula Alexandra Quintela Videira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0498/2012

Role and interplay of peroxiredoxin 2, catalase and glutathione peroxidase enzymes in erythropoiesis and erythrocyte antioxidant homeostasis
Susana Maria Santos Rocha
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0601/2012

Dissecting autophagic pathway during intracellular pathogens infection towards novel therapeutic approaches for tuberculosis and Q-fever
Maria Luisa Forte Marques Jordao
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0606/2012

Role of the protein disulfide isomerase on Trichinella spiralis infection mechanism
Carlos Manuel Mendes Novo
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0612/2012

Defining the biological role of mammalian deubiquitinating enzymes
Cláudia Patrícia Oliveira Grou
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0658/2012

Molecular Analysis of the Kinetochore Dynein Module
Reto Gassmann
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0663/2012

Molecular Dissection of Dynactin Complex Function During Meiosis and Mitosis
Reto Gassmann
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0680/2012

Unraveling the importance of Rlm1 transcription factor polymorphism in Candida albicans virulence using the invertebrate Drosophila melanogaster model
ANA PAULA FERNANDES MONTEIRO SAMPAIO CARVALHO
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0703/2012

Dissecting the organizational principles of the contractile ring during cytokinesis
Ana Costa Xavier de Carvalho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0731/2012

Molecular epidemiology and phylodynamics of HIV-1 in Portugal
Marcos Perez Losada
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0737/2012

Understanding the role of Mediator complex in arsenic stress responses
Regina Menezes Echaniz
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0836/2012

Determining the molecular basis of melanosome transfer in skin pigmentation
Abul Khairath Tarafder
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0845/2012

Motor cilia structure: a target to understand human ciliopathies
Maria Helena Antunes Soares
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0869/2012

Gut microbiota in the Metabolic Syndrome after ovariectomy. Correlation with hepatic and adipose tissue insulin signaling, inflammation, endoplasmatic reticulum stress and 11beta-HSDT1. Modulation by a Portuguese natural mineral-rich water.
Maria João dos Reis Conceição Martins Almeida Ribeiro
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0985/2012

Multidisciplinary approach to develop biomarkers of microcystins exposure
Elisabete Maria Pinto Valério
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1001/2012

Involvement of the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) in p53-mediated apoptosis
Richard James Hill
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1066/2012

Epidermal wound repair in Drosophila requires junctional remodeling orchestrated by the Toll/NFkappaB signaling pathway
Nina Matova
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1089/2012

Purinergic modulation of fast neurotransmitter release machinery
Joao Miguel da Silva Cordeiro
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1114/2012

Nuclear envelope proteins role on nuclear positioning during cell migration
Edgar Rodrigues Gomes
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1143/2012

The physiological pathways of endocannabinoids in decidua establishment and function
Bruno Miguel Reis Fonseca
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1148/2012

Unveiling interactions between MAP kinase signaling and peroxisome physiology
Markus Islinger
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1182/2012

Role of TRAP1 in the regulation of mitochondrial function and quality control in cancer
Paulo Jorge Gouveia Simoes Da Silva Oliveira
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1217/2012

Mechanisms of post transcriptional regulation of Xbp1 : a potential modulator of the UPR and associated pathologies
MARIA DE FÁTIMA AFONSO CAIRRÃO
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1245/2012

Src kinase: a key regulator of neuroinflammation? Perspectives for new therapies against degenerative diseases
António Francisco Rosa Gomes Ambrósio
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1258/2012

Unravelling the peroxisomes contribution to neurodegeneration
Maria de Fátima Camões Sobral de Bastos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1263/2012

Anticancer activities and ionic pumps effects of vanadium compounds and oxometalates with biomedical relevance
Manuel Aureliano Pereira Martins Alves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1306/2012

Role of GRK4 Variants and GADD34 in Renal Dopamine D3 Receptor Expression and Function and in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension
Maria João Jorge Pinho
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1332/2012

Carbon monoxide, autophagy and cytoprotection in response to cerebral ischemia
Helena Luisa de Araujo Vieira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1359/2012

Role of Rac1 activation in cellular invasion mediated by Centrosome Amplification
Susana Godinho
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1376/2012

Neuronal death by necroptosis: towards the molecular signaling upon an ischemic stimulus
Armanda Emanuela Castro e Santos
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1501/2012

Mechanisms and Regulation of Iron Storage in Yeast
Catarina Isabel Ribeiro Pimentel
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1619/2012

The role of GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors in regulating the synaptic proteasome: implications to AMPA receptor traffic
Ana Luisa Carvalho
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1620/2012

Defining the role of newly identified partners of Prickle 2 in Planar Cell Polarity
Evguenia Pavlovna Bekman
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1778/2012

Identification and elucidation of RNA stabilizing proteins in Mitosis with and an emphasis on Polo-like kinase I
Sukalyan Chatterjee
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1793/2012

Identification of new genes required for the biogenesis and transcriptional regulation of piRNAs during Drosophila oogenesis.
Vítor José de Sousa Barbosa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0139/2012

The role of V-ATPases in ciliary length regulation
Susana Santos Lopes
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0339/2012

The physiology of body size: how nutrition controls ecdysone synthesis to regulate development and growth in Drosophila melanogaster
Christen Mirth
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0467/2012

Metamerization and Mesenchymal/Epithelial Transitions during somitogenesis
Gabriel José Gonçalves Martins
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0634/2012

Role of Notch-signalling in the development of ES-cell derived murine thyroid C-cells
ISABEL DA CONCEIÇÃO ALVES ALCOBIA PRÍNCIPE HENRIQUES
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0649/2012

The role of Gdf11 signaling in vertebrate axial growth
Moises Mallo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0678/2012

Functional ontogenesis of vascular adrenoceptors and angiotensin II receptors
Daniel Filipe de Lima Moura
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0710/2012

Signaling damage at the cellular and whole organism level: the molecular mechanisms of animal developmental plasticity and stability
Alisson Marques de Miranda Cabral Gontijo
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0760/2012

Identification of direct effectors of Mesogenin1 function
Maria Leonor Tavares Saúde
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0815/2012

Skeletal Gla proteins in embryonic development: new players in cell differentiation?
Leonor Cancela
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0980/2012

Regulatory Mechanisms of Filopodia Formation and Migration of Endothelial Cells.
Claudio Franco
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1176/2012

Tissue Growth Regulation during Zebrafish Regeneration
António Alfredo Coelho Jacinto
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1308/2012

Basal body assembly and diversification in the formation of motile and immotile cilia
Monica Bettencourt Carvalho Dias
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1309/2012

Temporal modulation of the subventricular zone neural stem cell niche by choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid derived factors.
JOÃO CARLOS SOUSA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1310/2012

Notch-signalling in the specification and differentiation of C-cells.
Hélia Cristina de Oliveira Neves
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1465/2012

Producing zebrafish models to study endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response
Vanya Ivanova Rasheva
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1505/2012

TBCCD1:a key player in nucleus-centrosome connection
Maria Helena Antunes Soares
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1576/2012

Fundamental frequency of voice (Fo) of boys between 7 and 17 years. Building a simple and accurate methodological tool to assess maturity status during adolescence.
Maria Isabel Caldas Januário Fragoso
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (FMH/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1640/2012

Alternative splicing in the germ line directly affects the follicular epithelium of Drosophila melanogaster
Vítor José de Sousa Barbosa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1654/2012

Structural and functional characterization of the alternatively spliced forms of the developmental regulator FoxP1
José Élio da Silva Sucena
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/0398/2012

Easy-to-use web integrated platform for genes/proteins multiples prioritization and analysis
Eduardo Tejera Puente
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1253/2012

Mathematical modeling of tolerance induction
Rui Miguel Sousa Soeiro de Figueiredo Ribeiro
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1361/2012

On the rational development of new effective drugs against multiresistent bacterias
André Alberto de Sousa Melo
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1547/2012

eLink - Linking Data for Molecular Epidemiology and Microbial Typing using the Semantic Web
João André Nogueira Custódio Carriço
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1768/2012

Computational Study of peripartum pharmacological modulation of risk factors and prevention of postpartum urinary incontinence.
João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares
INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI/UP)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0069/2012

Identifying the molecular patterns of evolution within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis species: insights for the devise of effective Tuberculosis therapy
Nuno Miguel Sampaio Osório
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0070/2012

HfqVirNet: Insights into the Hfq2-dependent Network of virulence factors and determinants in human opportunistic pathogen of the Burkholderia cepacia complex.
Christian Gomes da Silva Ramos
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0136/2012

MicroRNA Expression Profile in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Inês Susana Pires Carreira da Conceição
Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (AIDFM/FM/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0169/2012

Oral streptococci as a forensic tool
Benedita Sampaio Maia
Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade do Porto (FMD/UP)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0200/2012

Developmental dynamics of alternatively spliced dmFoxP fusion proteins in Drosophila melanogaster.
Diogo Calheiros e Menezes Manoel
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0201/2012

Development of a new sequencing and bioinformatics integrated approach for the identification of the genetic basis of primary disorders of muscles
Márcia E Oliveira
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0291/2012

Unravelling genetic risk factors involved in tooth agenesis susceptibility: an exploratory study
Teresa Pinho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BEX-GMG/0485/2012

The fetal to adult switch of human hemoglobin and the paradox of the hyperconservation of the δ-globin gene: an evo-devo approach
Maria João Prata
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0023/2012

Neural stem/precursor cell models as a strategy to develop astrocyte transplantation therapies for spinal cord injury
Ana Sofia Iria Azeredo Falcão de Jesus
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0061/2012

Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATP-Binding-Cassette transporters: characterization of their relevance for drug resistance
Maria Isabel Mendes Veiga
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0077/2012

Unraveling the function of a new class of small non-coding RNAs derived from tRNAs in vertebrates.
Ana Raquel Santos Calhôa Mano Soares
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0100/2012

Screening for anticancer activity in spore forming bacteria
Teresa Parente Madureira de Vasconcelos Costa
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0106/2012

Screening of antitumoral activity of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by cyanobacteria
Sara Isabel Macedo Bernardes Pereira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0184/2012

A push in the right direction: a new molecular mechanism for regulation of gap junction intercellular communication
Steve Mendes Catarino
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0218/2012

From Heterologous Genes Cloning Towards Synchronization of Fast Oversized Exocytosis
Maria Paula Polónia Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0220/2012

The Role of Rab35 in Primary Ciliogenesis
Ana Cecilia Fernandes Seixas
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0234/2012

Role of the chaperone Gp96 in the cell surface expression of myosin IIA induced by infection
Sandra Sousa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0310/2012

The role of Cks proteins in apoptosis
SUSANA ALEXANDRA RODRIGUES CHAVES
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0322/2012

NF-kB activation following genotoxic stress: a characterization using biochemical approaches
Andreia Filipa Ribeiro de Carvalho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0414/2012

Resentting the aging clock: SIRT2 function in neural stem cells
Rita Machado de Oliveira
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0471/2012

Vitamin C Transporter - a key regulator of neuroinflammation?
Dan Brudzewsky
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0489/2012

Food as “microRNAcarriers” between kingdoms: Are we really what we eat?
Ana Margarida Silva Bexiga Costa
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0526/2012

H2O2 a signal molecule at the centrosome?
Maria Luisa Santos Sousa Cyrne
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0544/2012

Fighting obesity: genetic mechanisms of a novel anti-adipogenic conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) compound on lipid metabolism pathway
Paula Alexandra Lopes
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0567/2012

Mechanisms of cell polarity in cytokinesis: a Chromophore Assisted Laser Inactivation approach
CLÁUDIA SUSANA RESTE FLORINDO TAVARES
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0620/2012

Role of netrin-1 signaling in cancer cell motility: From embryonic development to cancer progression
Vilma Marisa Arrojado Soares Sardão Oliveira
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0690/2012

Assessment of fundamental parameters of DNA replication in situ
João António Augusto Ferreira
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0716/2012

Fibronectin isoforms in myelodysplastic syndromes establishment and progression: a role for microenvironment in bone marrow dysfunction.
Ana Sofia Monteiro Mendes Cachaço
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0719/2012

The contribute of adipocytes to modulate erythropoiesis in obesity
Carla Susana Meireles Coimbra
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0260/2012

Identification of microRNAs involved in skeletogenesis
Daniel António Martins Tiago
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0303/2012

Lung development orchestration by tissue macrophages
SANDRA MARIA ARAÚJO DA COSTA
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0472/2012

Developmental mechanisms underlying the ontogeny of foraging behaviour in fruit fly larvae
Maria Joao Almeida de Carvalho
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0513/2012

The Circadian Clock during early embryonic development
Lisa Gonçalves Dias da Silva
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0528/2012

Sirtuin-mediated redox regulation of somitogenesis
Ana Maria Mesquita
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0537/2012

Molecular parallelisms in lung development and vertebrate segmentation
Rute S Moura
Universidade do Minho (UM)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0586/2012

The role of septate junctions during epithelial wound healing in Drosophila
Lara Cristina de Jesus Carvalho
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

EXPL/BEX-BID/0652/2012

Roles of Ly6 proteins in the Drosophila nervous system
Kohtaro Tanaka
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXPL/BEX-BCB/0377/2012

A diagnostic tool for mitochondrial DNA rearrangements using next-generation sequencing
Luisa Pereira
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

RECI/BEX-GMG/0121/2012

Automated fluorescence microscopy for functional genomics
Margarida Sofia Pereira Duarte Amaral
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FC/ULisboa)

RECI/BEX-BCM/0083/2012

Imaging the structure and dynamics of molecules and complexes in living organisms
Nuno António Gonçalves Moreno
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

RECI/BEX-BCM/0191/2012

Double-Strand Breaks and dual role of Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase
Vasco M Barreto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

RECI/BEX-BID/0219/2012

Function of Mechanosensing in vivo by FRET/FLIM
Soren Prag
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

EXCL/BEX-BCM/0004/2012

The role of RNA in human gene expression regulation
Maria Carmo-Fonseca
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

EXCL/BEX-BCM/0098/2012

Centromeric Chromatin Assembly and Epigenetic Inheritance
Lars Jansen
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

EXCL/BEX-BCM/0106/2012

Finding New Mechanisms for Protein Localization in Bacteria
Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0242/2012

Evaluating the role of proteolysis in the male reproductive system through the study of KLK (19q13.4) and WFDC (20q13) gene clusters.
Susana Seixas
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0468/2012

Transcription termination and the role of RNA polymerase II in alternative polyadenylation
Alexandra Moreira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0493/2012

When sperm forget
Odete A B da Cruz e Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0654/2012

Actin and myosin II in the contractile ring - mechanisms of constriction
Ana Costa Xavier de Carvalho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

EXCL/AGR-PRO/0038/2012

Tracing natural DcAOX1a gene polymorphism for efficient functional marker identification
Hélia Cristina Guerra Cardoso
Universidade de Évora (UE)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0224/2012

Novel insights into the reproductive dysfunction in diabetes: 3D dimensional analysis of spermatogenesis and analysis of mitochondria status through Confocal Raman Microscopy
Sandra Catarina Gomes Amaral
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

EXPL/BEX-BCM/0320/2012

Understanding the biological role of SUMO proteases
Manuel António Botelho Pereira Pinto
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)