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R&D Projects

Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects - 2014

Biological Sciences Evaluation Panel - 2014

Coordination

Jan Lindstrom
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Evaluation

Agnes Fouet
INSERM, Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Alessandro Chiarucci
Department of Life Sciences, Siena University, Siena, Italy
Bryan Griffiths
Scotland´s Rural College SCRU, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Daniela Delneri
University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, United Kingdom
Edward John Louis
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Horst Korn
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation BFN, Germany
Justin Travis
The Insitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Kriton Kalantidis
Developmental and Functional Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Greece
Martin Welch
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Phil Stephens
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, United Kingdom
Rossana Andrea Novo Lopes Henriques
Centre fo Research in Agricultural Genomics, Spain
Tamás Székely
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Thomas F Hansen
Center Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesisi, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Timo Muotka
Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland
Ulrika Candolin
Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Projects assigned

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0054/2014

Macaronesian Islands as a testing ground to assess biodiversity drivers at multiple scales
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0285/2014

Potential responses to climate change of endemic freshwater fish: clues from evolutionary history and experimental conditions
Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0299/2014

Novel interactions, old-field recolonization, and human disruption of plant-animal interactions: an integrative multidisciplinary proposal
Jose María Fedriani Laffitte
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0352/2014

Trophic responses to macroecological gradients
Miguel Nunes da Costa da Graça Matias
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0678/2014

Hybrids under stress: how fast can they go?
Margarida Matos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0711/2014

Ecological role of Macaronesian endemic pigeons
David Afonso da Rocha Gonçalves
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0930/2014

The role of top predators in structuring vertebrate communities across Mediterranean landscape typologies
Rui do Nascimento Fazenda Lourenço
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0938/2014

Integrated adding value of Cape Verde natural resources
Djenisa Helene Ascenção Rocha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/0949/2014

Evolving & expressing: real-time transcriptome and genome evolution during adaptation to a new environment
Pedro Miguel Simões
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1013/2014

Interacções ameaçadas exclusivas de um 'hotspot' de biodiversidade
Mário Rui Canelas Boieiro
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1025/2014

Genomics, conservation and inference: Madagascar as a model for comparative analyses in a changing world
Lounès Chikhi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1050/2014

Evolution of the genetic content of chromosomal inversions during adaptation in Drosophila subobscura – a genome-wide analysis
Sofia Gonçalves Seabra
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1070/2014

Eco-evolutionary interactions between spider mites and metallophyte plants: from physiology to experimental evolution
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1120/2014

Escape the parasites: a cross continental multidisciplinary approach to understanding the role of parasites in the dynamics of
biological invasions.

Gerardo Zardi
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1176/2014

Integrated risk assessment for wastewater-borne nanoparticles
Fabianne de Araújo Ribeiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1178/2014

Invasive Fishes and Food Web Dynamics
Christos Gkenas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1400/2014

Palaeogenomics of the Critically Endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus): population dynamics and conservation
Paula Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1543/2014

Metapopulation dynamics in “Gueltas”: integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understand and protect the role of isolated rock-pools in biodiversity dynamics and human persistence in desert environments
José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1625/2014

Ecological indicators of climate change in forests ecosystems
RUI MIGUEL PIRES BENTO DA SILVA ELIAS
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1689/2014

GROUNDECOS-Pioneer assessment of groundwater biodiversity and its application as tools for the sustainable management of groundwater dependent ecosystems and their services
ANA CATARINA FERREIRA DA SILVA
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1722/2014

Unveiling ‘hidden’ diversity – cryptic small mammal divergence and its implications for conservation
Joana Maria Jorge Pereira de Castro Paupério
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1728/2014

Incorporating resilience to climate change into conservation planning: a multi-disciplinary model approach using the reptiles of the Socotra Island
Raquel Campos Soares de Vasconcelos
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1753/2014

Bioaccumulation of metals in Bats: is there a potential risk?
João António Mendes Serra Pratas
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1848/2014

Patterns of Plant Nitrogen and Phosphorus Demands: Implications of changing NP supplies on Mediterranean species' distribution
Maria Teresa Machado Dias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1849/2014

Diversity, endemisms and conservation of the vascular plant flora of East-Timor
PAULO CARDOSO DA SILVEIRA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/1947/2014

Macaronesian Carrot Crop Wild Relatives as source of gene resilience to climate changes
Mónica Maria Tavares de Moura
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2106/2014

Passerine Hosts & Malaria Parasites in Macaronesia - Integrating immunology and ecology to unravel evolutionary & epidemiological processes in closed systems
Ricardo Jorge Lopes
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2163/2014

EUcaly-PT - Functional Conservation in Production Forests
Luís Miguel Rosalino
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2198/2014

CICAWARE: Cicada biodiversity - integrating conservation with socio economic potential of an endangered and poorly known group of insects (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea).
Paula Cristina Simões
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2281/2014

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2314/2014

Conservation of Portuguese kelp forests: drivers of vulnerability, provision of ecosystem services and restoration strategies
Isabel Sousa PInto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2369/2014

Conserving biodiversity, enhancing food security: the role of bats and birds as agents of suppression of insect pests of important cash and staple crops
Christoph Friedrich Johannes Meyer
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2509/2014

Ecophysiology and movements of bottlenose dolphins and pilot whales with distinct individual residency patterns in Macaronesia
Filipe Alves
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2567/2014

Marine invaders on oceanic islands: the consequences of remoteness
Eva Cacabelos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2745/2014

Island pollinators: an integrative approach to insular relevance of bumblebees as conservation agents
Patricia Alexandra da Silva Rosa
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2748/2014

BUSHRISK -- Tracking the bushmeat crisis in Africa: a molecular framework to link the bushmeat trade and risks of emerging diseases
Philippe Gaubert
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2803/2014

Trinidad and Tobago´s herpetofauna biodiversity assessment and conservation: Insights from phylogeography, ecological niche modelling and morphometrics.
Michael Jowers
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/2987/2014

Ecosystem effects of a top-predator reintroduction under prey population crashes: implications for conservation and sustainable management
Pedro Seabra Monterroso
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3129/2014

AQUASOUTH: Modelling southern African freshwater fishes and amphibians’ species distribution from natural history collections and survey data: Implications for biodiversity conservation under climate change
Maria Judite Silva Cardoso Alves
Universidade de Lisboa (UL) (Ulisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3192/2014

Aquatic fungi genetic manipulation for advanced copper bioremediation
Olímpia Maria Fraga Sobral
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3240/2014

EIGHT-LEGGED WOLVES AT RISK: mice impact on single island endemic wolf spiders
Ana Mota Cerveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3279/2014

The Culex pipiens complex (Diptera, Culicidae) and its role in arthropod-borne viruses circulation
Hugo Costa Osório
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3454/2014

Back to the future: assessing the evolution of insecticide resistance using historical mosquito collections
Luis Filipe Lopes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-BIC/3545/2014

Next Generation Conservation: preserving the continuum of life in space and time
Silvia Benoliel de Carvalho
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3565/2014

Influence of climate change on the adverse effects
caused by heavy metals on reptiles.

Enrique García Muñoz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3572/2014

Cetaceans in the Iberian Peninsula: Vulnerable Resident Species
José Vítor de Sousa Vingada
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3656/2014

Moving on from the past: Reconstructing climate from fossil pollen to explore biodiversity patterns in Europe and the Mediterranean
José Pedro Rodrigues Tarroso Gomes
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3872/2014

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/3942/2014

Benthic diatoms, a valuable but neglected component in Mediterranean temporary streams: classical, molecular and biochemical approaches
Maria Helena Batista da Costa Guerreiro de Novais
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4214/2014

Microbial Ecosystems in Health and Disease
Ana Nunes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4328/2014

SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS IN ANTHROPIC ENVIRONMENTS: ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINS
Nuno Miguel Peres Sampaio Pedroso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4339/2014

WILD RESOURCES OF BRASSICA SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION AS ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL CONSUMPTION
Alfredo Augusto de Carvalho Aires
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4432/2014

OCT-OMICS: Next Generation Sequencing for the conservation of octocoral species.
Jean-Baptiste Ledoux
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4550/2014

CRYPTONITE – Enhancing the use of CRYPTOgams in a National Integrative Ecological modelling Tool to assess the climate change consequences in diversity
HELENA CANHA PINTO HESPANHOL
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4565/2014

Species interactions and hybridization dynamics in a Neotropical cryptic species complex
Fernando Jorge Guimarães Sequeira
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4631/2014

INVASION - can phenotypic plasticity be the key for the invasive success of a cichlid fish in Southern Portugal?
João Luis Vargas de Almeida Saraiva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4641/2014

Searching for signatures of selective sweeps in the Iberian honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) from over 250 whole-genome sequences
Maria Alice da Silva Pinto
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4711/2014

NGS-MAR - A platform for the Analysis of Animal Diversity in Marine Environmental Samples using Next Generation Sequencing
António Múrias dos Santos
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4757/2014

Novel methods for the remote study of movement and behavioural ecology
João Paulo Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4818/2014

Dispersal and Impacts of Invasive Mollusks
Pedro Manuel Silva Gentil Anastácio
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4838/2014

Conservation genomics in endangered aquatic mammals, manatees, river dolphins and hippopotamus: inference of demography and identification of regions involved in local adaptation
Coralie Nourisson
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/4945/2014

The roles of phenotypic plasticity and maternal effects on the ability of an invasive fish expand its range to areas with novel thermal regimes
Alfredo Fernandez Ojanguren
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5030/2014

PLASmidomics analyses of microbial communities involved in the process of oil HYDROcarbon decontamination in estuarine sediments
Vanessa Jesus de Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5136/2014

Processes sustaining diversity in highly dynamic human-dominated landscapes
Miguel Porto Bértolo Adão Pereira
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5193/2014

The cetaceans' microbiome project
Ana Duarte
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-BIC/5223/2014

PLANTSHIFTS: Fine scale characterisation of dispersal kernels to predict range shifts in the Anthropocene
CRISTINA GARCIA PEREZ
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5454/2014

Metagenome of Apis mellifera iberiensis and their honey
MARIA JOANA DA FONSECA BAGOIM AMADO GUIMARÃES
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5474/2014

A multifaceted approach to understanding responses to drought in Mediterranean forest species: integrating soil microbes, plant genotype and phenotypic plasticity.
Susana Rodríguez Echeverría
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5526/2014

Assessing the role of climate changes on gene flow dynamics to predict future species responses in a biogeographical crossroad
Fernando Martínez Freiría
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5558/2014

Spatial scaling of species diversity
Luís António da Silva Borda de Água
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5570/2014

Mosquito-borne arboviruses in Alqueva irrigation areas: current outlook and implications for public health
Maria Manuela Queiroz Martins Mantero Morais
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5693/2014

Nanoparticles coated with quorum sensing InhibitoRs for Virulence control of AeromoNas hydrophila in Amphibians
Victor Manuel Fernandes Galhano
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5779/2014

Dammed-up: the effects of low-head dams (<10m) on the ecological function and biodiversity of upland rivers
kieran monaghan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5866/2014

Biomonitoring Atlantic deepwaters through the assessment of shark biomarkers
João Pedro Santos Correia
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5939/2014

Hacking the nature´s code: connecting biological information with sea and landscapes (hacking)
Fernando Cánovas García
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6213/2014

A biodiversity and ECOlogical ASSESSment of soil fauna of Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique).
José Paulo Filipe Afonso de Sousa
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6418/2014

Maintaining tropical forest biodiversity: the resilience of São Tomé Island forest ecosystems to human activities
Ricardo Faustino de Lima
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6429/2014

The evaluation of biodiversity change in Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia: Case study of documented early 20th century herbaria.
Cecília Loff Pereira Sergio da Costa Gomes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6577/2014

Biodiversity, Autonomous Environmental Monitoring and Mercury in Acid Mine Drainage
Sisenando Nogueira de Abreu
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-BIC/6582/2014

‘MateFrag’ – Impacts of habitat fragmentation on social and mating systems: testing ecological predictions for a monogamous vole through non-invasive genetics
Ricardo Miguel Miguéns Cardoso Cadete Pita
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6611/2014

Bio-ecology of sandflies vectors of Leishmania and studies on the possibility of using biological control methods against the vectors on an endemic area.
Luís Miguel Mascarenhas Neto
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6856/2014

Strontium isoscapes: A key tool to track fish migrations and advance connectivity conservation of diadromous species
Patrick Reis-Santos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/7211/2014

Cryptic variation: modelling geopolitical biases to reassess conservation priorities
David James Harris
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0060/2014

Staphylococcus aureus niche adaptation for resistance to the Human innate immunity
Ligia M Saraiva
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0208/2014

Enzymology of ribonucleases in foodborne pathogens and their biotechnological applications
Rute Margarida Gonçalves Matos Luís
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0278/2014

Chronological aging in pathogenic Aspergillus species
Manuela Oliveira
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0436/2014

Erythrocyte as a host cell – always a wealthy accommodation? Implications of the human erythrocyte deficiency in triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) for the Plasmodium development
Ana Paula Martins dos Reis Arez
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0548/2014

Defining the molecular mechanisms of a novel ECF sigma factor
Marta Vaz Mendes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0574/2014

Cyclic Nucleotides as Signalling Molecules in Listeria monocytogenes
Joana Alves Moscoso
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0766/2014

Effect of gastrointestinal microbiota in Candida homeostasis and pathogenecity
Mariana Contente Rangel Henriques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0881/2014

Targets of a mycobacterial protease in phagocytes and neuronal cells
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0885/2014

Two-component signal transduction systems regulate the mucoid morphotype and biofilm formation in the cystic fibrosis pathogen Burkholderia multivorans
Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0925/2014

Papel das holinas na susceptibilidade bacteriana à acção lítica das endolisinas: implicações na exploração de enzibióticos
Carlos Jorge Sousa de São José
FARM-ID, Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (FARM-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0971/2014

Metabolic adaptation of fructophilic yeasts to the floricolous niche: a special role for Horizontal Gene Transfer?
PAULA MARIA THERIAGA MENDES BERNARDO GONÇALVES
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1038/2014

METALSELECT - Picking out metals with biomolecular tweezers
Romeu Miranda Francisco
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1199/2014

Find new targets for the control of Clostridium difficile growth in biofilm.
Mónica Paula Fernandes Serrano Miranda
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1257/2014

The role of epistasis between phage-resistance mutations and antibiotic-resistance determinants in bacterial evolution.
Francisco André de Campos Pereira Dionísio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1399/2014

Determination of the architecture and the RNA degradation strategy of Ribonuclease R: implications for pathogen control.
Cecilia Maria Pais de Faria de Andrade Arraiano
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1470/2014

Mycobacterial MGLP biosynthesis: characterization of the missing key enzymes
Susana Alarico
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1478/2014

Impact of microbiome changes in the development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Maria Miragaia
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1487/2014

The role of biofilm-released cells in S. epidermidis virulence
Nuno Miguel Dias Cerca
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1564/2014

Tularemia: study of a zoonosis in a context of One Health
Isabel Lopes de Carvalho
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1615/2014

CNCVir - The coding and noncoding virulome of Burkholderia cenocepacia
Jorge Humberto Gomes Leitão
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1716/2014

A new paradigm on fungal nuclear cycles? An investigation to the widespread occurrence of diploid nuclei throughout the life cycle of rust fungi and comparison with other Pucciniomycetes
Pedro TALHINHAS
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1787/2014

Understanding the multiplicity of stress response genes in rhizobia genomes: their role in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis
Ana Isabel Pereira Alexandre
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1816/2014

From the tap to the gut
Ivone Vaz-Moreira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1857/2014

Definir os Limites do Ciclo do Azoto nos Ambientes Terrestre Extremos da Antártida.
Catarina Maria Pinto Mora Pinto de Magalhães
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1939/2014

Gene evidence from novel genomes: bacterial methanesulfonate catabolic genes
Paolo De Marco
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-MIC/2007/2014

Host cell factors and molecular mechanisms implicated in intoxication by AIP56, a bacterial toxin targeting NF-kB
Ana Maria Silva do Vale
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2094/2014

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

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2268/2014

Tales from a revisited molecule – Peptidoglycan´s secrets
Rita Gonçalves Sobral de Almeida
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2270/2014

Novel functions for old molecules - or how peroxiredoxins contribute to Leishmania infectivity
Ana Maria Luís Ramos Tomás Tomás
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2337/2014

The importance of soil thermophilic bacteria in crops seasonally exposed to high temperatures; exploring their interaction with Glomus intraradices and Solanum lycopersicum
Margarida Maria Cabral Lages Azevedo Santana
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2524/2014

HeliOMV_GeneReg – Regulation of host DNA repair by Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles (OMVs).
Carla Marina Gonçalves Leite
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2563/2014

The Legionella pneumophila pangenome: searching for novel pathogenesis mechanisms in a strain recently isolated from an outbreak in Portugal
Irina Luísa Saraiva Franco
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2681/2014

Biocide and staphylococci: a new perspective on antimicrobial resistance emergence
Isabel Couto
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2810/2014

Roles of exoribonucleases and small RNAs in the bacterial adaptation to stress conditions
Vânia Pobre
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2895/2014

Diversity and function of cyanobacterial dialkylresorcinols
Pedro Nuno da Costa Leão
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3056/2014

Evaluation of a Burkholderia cenocepacia Outer Membrane Vesicle vaccine in a mouse pulmonary infection model
Dalila Madeira do Nascimento Mil-Homens
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3255/2014

Unveil biosynthesis, structure and biological activities of Archaea´s lanthipeptides
Tânia Isabel Sousa Caetano
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3370/2014

Phage lysins – taming antibiotic resistant staphylococci
Maria dos Anjos Lopez Macedo
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3465/2014

Heavy Metal Homeostasis in Cyanobacteria and its multiple layers: from Regulome to Exoproteome
Matthias Erwin Futschik
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3575/2014

Omics approach to unravel virulence determinants of Acinetobacter baumannii triggered by host interaction
Ana Rita Martins Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3655/2014

Eavesdropping on host-microbe conversations: using marine sponge-bacteria chemical signalling to illuminate the evolution of the animal holobiont
Tina Keller-Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3938/2014

Discriminating the mechanisms of resistance and action of the different echinocandins in C. glabrata: a genome-wide view
Ana Catarina da Silva Portinha e Costa
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3995/2014

The more the merrier? The role of holobiont diversity in species adaptation at range edges threatened by climate change
Tânia Aires
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3997/2014

LIPIDOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANT BACTERIA
Cláudia Sofia Oliveira Simões
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4046/2014

Deciphering the role of BolA in persistence and biofilm formation
Ricardo António Neves Moreira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4188/2014

The role of inter-species quorum sensing in the recovery from antibiotic-induced imbalances of gut microbiota
Karina Xavier
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4355/2014

Outlining the phenotypical and molecular pathways of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria biofilms
Inês Conceição Barata Moura
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4405/2014

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

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4429/2014

Microbial Exopolysaccharides from Kefir: Promising Biopolymers for Cartilage Repair
Hajer Radhouani
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4514/2014

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

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4521/2014

The role of birds in the maintenance and spread of ticks and borreliae
Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4600/2014

Playgrounds ecosystems as reservoirs of antibiotic resistant bacteria
Helena Barroso
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4632/2014

Ready to Eat Foods resistome: an integrated approach
Maria Leonor Faleiro
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4756/2014

Control of foodborne pathogens using hyperthermia produced by magnetic-nanoparticles
Diana Alexandra Ferreira Rodrigues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4774/2014

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/4901/2014

CO2 and CO to produce biofuel: carboxydotrophs as biorefineries
Luís Pedro Gafeira Gonçalves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4985/2014

Food ID-card: Microbial barcoding for Portuguese traditional fermented food products
Teresa Maria Leitão Semedo Lemsaddek
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5145/2014

Sirtuins as regulators of yeast aging: emerging roles in genomic stability and proteostasis
Belém Sampaio Marques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-MIC/5184/2014

Structural-functional studies of carboxylic acid transporters: Novel tools in production optimization using industrial microbes
Margarida Paula Pedra Amorim Casal
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5231/2014

SCLEROLYME-Multiple Sclerosis and the hidden Borrelia: exploring a possible association
Maria Luísa Jorge Vieira
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5494/2014

Catabolic genes in promiscuous plasmids: optimization and direct captures from polluted environments
Cláudia Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5634/2014

Analysis of the replication of negeviruses, and disclosure of their potential use as agents of viral interference, able to hinder the replication of pathogenic mosquito-borne viruses in mosquito cells.
Ricardo Manuel Soares Parreira
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5688/2014

The role of suberin degradation in signalling morphogenesis/development during fungal saprophytic and pathogenic life-cycles
Isabel Tavares Lima Martins
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5752/2014

Omics approaches towards the industrial exploitation of Torulaspora delbrueckii: Elucidation of the molecular basis underlying complex cellular traits
Maria João Marques Ferreira de Sousa Moreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5810/2014

“Decoding” syphilis
JOÃO PAULO DOS SANTOS GOMES
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5836/2014

Anticipating the antimicrobial resistance genetics for the new putative “superbug”
Alexandra Isabel Cardoso Nunes
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5842/2014

To bind or not to bind: Molecular determinants of Yap1 and Yap8 that dictate promoter discrimination under arsenic stress
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5947/2014

Molecular determinants of bacterial cellulosome diversity in different ecological niches
Carlos MGA Fontes
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6409/2014

Novel Strategies to Combat Salmonella Infection
Inês de Jesus de Almeida e Silva
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6472/2014

Ecological dynamics driven by allelopathy
Aldo Barreiro Felpeto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-MIC/6473/2014

Assessing the ECOlogical functions and potential bioTECHnological applications of plasmid assemblages from microbial symbionts of marine SPONGEs
Newton Carlos Marcial Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6512/2014

Targetting inhibition of microbial sulfidogenesis: Biochemical and structural characterization of DsrD
Inês Antunes Cardoso Pereira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6535/2014

Arcobacter spp. – study on distribution, characterization and antimicrobial resistance
Susana Margarida Paraíso Ferreira
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6682/2014

Constraints in Brucella spp. genomic evolution - novel approach to reverse vaccinology
RICARDO PEDRO MOREIRA DIAS
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6716/2014

Insights into Quinol Peroxidase from E.coli - Functional and structural studies
Sofia Pauleta
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6847/2014

Assessment of possible routes in the evolution of the oxacillin resistant phenotype in contemporary Staphylococcus aureus strains
Catarina Isabel Catarino Milheiriço
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6868/2014

Gold nanoparticle-assisted LCR for multiplex bacterial detection
Karola Böhme
Laboratório Ibérico Internacional de Nanotecnologias INL LIN (INL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6916/2014

Establishment of a Trojan horse in insect communities
Pol Nadal-Jimenez
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/7020/2014

Adaptation to iron overload: a promoter of fungal survival or a shield against antifungal activity?
Catarina Isabel Ribeiro Pimentel
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0009/2014

The genetics basis of consumer/resource interactions during adaptation to stressful environments

Ivo Chelo
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0017/2014

Adaptive Developmental Plasticity: genetic and environmental components of phenotypic variation
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0077/2014

Genetic diversity of Diplodia corticola on oak trees in the Western Mediterranean region.
Alan John Lander Phillips
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0087/2014

Interactions between genes and their genomic environment
LÍLIA DE FÁTIMA GOMES PERFEITO
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0149/2014

Wine Yeast Genomics – understanding the multiscales of microbe domestication and enhancing regional breeds
José Paulo Sampaio
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0198/2014

Reproductive protein evolution in broadcast-spawning Hawaiian limpets
Regina Lopes da Cunha
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0234/2014

The canary bird as a model for elucidating the genetic basis of vocalization traits
Miguel Carneiro
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0557/2014

Pseudogenes: explorações sobre evolução, estrutura e função
Maria João Prata
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0610/2014

Triticum Adaptation, Domestiction and Evolution (TrADE): combining genomic and transcriptomics to investigate wheat´s evolutionary history.
Hugo Rafael Cardoso Oliveira
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0683/2014

Floristic dynamic of the North Iberian Peninsula Mountains – effects of climate change on grasslands habitats
António Luis Crespí
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0793/2014

Femoral gland: the key innovation that fostered species diversification of the mantellid frogs (Anura: Mantellidae) of Madagascar?
Angelica Crottini
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0954/2014

Evolutionary routes to parthenogenesis on islands
Dora Aguin Pombo
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/0972/2014

Eco-evolutionary dynamics of commensal species within the gut microbiota
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1106/2014

EHPACO - Evolutionary History of PArasitic COpepoda: from origin to diversification
Francisca Isabel Merino Nunes Cabral Cavaleiro
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1340/2014

MODULUS | THE ORIGINS AND DYNAMICS OF EVOLUTIONARY MODULES IN THE MAMMALIAN SKULL: A DEEP TIME PERSPECTIVE FROM NON-MAMMALIAN THERAPSIDS
Ricardo Araújo
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1450/2014

An evolutionary dimension for social identity? Testing predictions of Multilevel Selection Theory (MLST) using behavior in group membership-manipulated ultimatum games
FILIPA DE FREITAS VALA SALVADOR
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1499/2014

Determining the causes of inter-genomic conflict in the land plant phylogeny

Cymon John Cox
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1624/2014

CHANGE – Seasonal Coat Colour and the impact of Climate Change on the genetic composition of boreal species
José Melo-Ferreira
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1637/2014

EVOLVING BIODIVERSITY: USING EVOLUTIONARY THEORY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THE MEDITERRANEAN ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST HOTSPOTS
Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1655/2014

Genomics of adaptation between two species of desert specialists. In the face of climate change.
Zbyszek Boratynski
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1798/2014

Systems biology of earthworm-microbe interactions
Marcos Perez Losada
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1963/2014

Dating ancient interactions between Iberian paleobasins: an integrated approach using fish genetics and sedimentary data.
Joana Isabel Espírito Robalo
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/1986/2014

Molecular basis of organ size variation between Drosophila americana and Drosophila novamexicana
Micael Fernandes dos Reis
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2059/2014

Copepod Evolution in a changing ocean - multigenerational adaptation to global warming, ocean acidification and expanding hypoxia
Tiago Filipe Baptista da Rosa Repolho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2460/2014

Is hybridization between wolves and dogs shaping the evolutionary trajectory of wolf populations in human-dominated landscapes?
Maria Raquel Barata Godinho
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2529/2014

SALOMICS: Genetic and ecological drivers of reproductive mode shifts in salamanders: a comparative approach
Guillermo Velo Antón
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/2871/2014

Beyond the lek paradox: sustainable genetic variability even under extreme directional selection
Nuno Miguel Pinto de Sousa Monteiro
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3352/2014

Genomic signals of introgressive hybridization during species diversification
Gareth Anthony Pearson
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3620/2014

Mating systems and the evolution of mate-choice copying: a species wide analysis across the Drosophila phylogeny
Susana Araújo Marreiro Varela
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/3633/2014

The evolution of coloration and its role in the explosive adaptive radiation of Lake Malawi cichlid fish – a genomic and transcriptomic approach
Catarina Pinho
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-EVF/3635/2014

Bacterial evolution beyond the cultured isolates - Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis as a paradigm
Fernando Tavares
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4359/2014

Genetic exchange as evolutionary driver of speciation in dolphins
Ana Rita Gabirro Silva Teixeira Amaral
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4397/2014

Deciphering Tuberculosis Flow Between Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) through Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Analysis
Isabel Portugal
FARM-ID, Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (FARM-ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4425/2014

The molecular underpinnings and genomic footprints of alternative life histories in lampreys
Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4467/2014

The evolutionary value of a yellow coloration
Paulo Jorge Gama Mota
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4577/2014

An Evolutionary Platform to Engineer the Synthesis of Bioactive Peptides
Guillermin Agüero Chapin
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4582/2014

The Evolutionary "dawn" of Nuclear Receptors in Metazoans: from evolution to disruption and back-again
Filipe Castro
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4740/2014

Evolutionary legacy of (allo)polyploid radiations: hopeful monsters, eco-niche divergence and beyond
João Miranda Neiva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4852/2014

The biology of friendship: How non-sexual social associations shape sexual selection and phenotypic evolution.
Gonçalo Canelas Cardoso
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/4864/2014

O papel da competição espermática na evolução de características reprodutivas que promovem a especiação.
Cristiane Mary Oliveira Bastos Silveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/5021/2014

Unravelling the role of non-B DNA conformations in mitochondrial genome rearrangements
Filipe Adão Macedo Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/5249/2014

Assessing the role of direct benefits in the evolution of cooperation
Rita Covas Monteiro
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6046/2014

Small vs large: Analysis of allometry during embryonic development with mesoscopic imaging
Gabriel José Gonçalves Martins
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6078/2014

Unraveling the genomics of speciation of the Iberian Microtus sister species
Ana Sofia Magueijo Pais Quina
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6091/2014

Applying next-generation sequencing (NGS) to the characterization of novel non-human primate adenoviruses (NHPAdV) isolated from animals in captivity.
Aida Maria da Conceição Esteves Simões
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6132/2014

SPEciEs Diversification and niche evolution: historical and contemporary patterns in neotropical mammals
Carlos Manuel Martins Santos Fonseca
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6175/2014

EVOLUTION ON ISLANDS: an integrated approach to dissect rates, patterns, and processes in a replicated animal model
DANIELE SALVI
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6243/2014

Testing alternative hypotheses on islands colonization: Tools and applications for conservation
Antonio Jesus Muñoz Pajares
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/6859/2014

Evolve Leg - How evolution shapes Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis
António Verissimo
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/7230/2014

Genomics of adaptation and hybridization in the Eurasian shads (Alosa sp)
Paulo Jorge de Barros Alexandrino
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0024/2014

Rummaging Three Test-Media-Sourced Nano-Transition Metals (Alone or Joint) Toxicity-Targets and Tolerance-Tactics in Vicia faba L. During Its Ontogeny by Biochemical-Cytogenetic-Proteomic Integrated Studies
Naser Aziz Anjum
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0059/2014

Deciphering the cell-specific regulatory mechanisms of C4 monocot species: towards improving crop productivity
Nelson José Madeira Saibo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0061/2014

Common mechanisms in different symbioses: secrets of a winning strategy
Silvana Munzi
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0492/2014

DNA methylation signatures of rice genome for salt stress tolerance
Ana Paula Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0710/2014

Signaling and regulation of the metabolic flux coordinating plant stress responses
Carla Ines Paquim Santos ANTONIO
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0763/2014

Invasive species as model systems for the study of the early stages of allopatric speciation
Daniel Montesinos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/0983/2014

Study of the role of Glutamine synthetase of the prokaryotic type (GSI-like) in nitrogen signalling in Medicago truncatula.

Maria Helena Guimarães Bastos de Carvalho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/1084/2014

Alternative Splicing and SR Proteins in ABA-mediated Stress Responses
Paula Duque
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/1402/2014

EvoMod- Origin and Evolutionary establishment of a transcriptional module controlling flower asymmetry
Maria Manuela Ribeiro Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/1475/2014

Molecular interactions and signaling in pollen/pistil communication
Sílvia Coimbra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/1483/2014

Unraveling the role of a rice RLK (OsRMC) in the ABA pathway
Tiago Filipe Lourenço
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3463/2014

BIOCYANOLICHEN – Bioprospecting bioactive natural compounds from cyanobacteria isolated from lichens
Ana Luisa Frazão Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3608/2014

Early identification of embryogenic cells for transcriptomic and proteomic analysis - tamarillo, a case study
Sandra Isabel Marques Correia
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3736/2014

A NOT so simple change of fate: The CCR4-NOT complex and its role during male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis
Jörg Dieter Becker
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3809/2014

The study of terpene synthase genes in Thymus caespititius and T. mastichina: identification, characterization and regulation of its expression
Maria Helena Machado Trindade Donato
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3829/2014

Understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of genome duplications: what can we learn from neopolyploids?
Sílvia Castro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3892/2014

Sculpting the sex: the role of miRNA in Vitis sex specification
Margarida Rocheta
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/3965/2014

Molecular and cellular characterization of embryo development of Quercus suber
Maria Isabel de Pinho Pessoa de Amorim
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4057/2014

How DNA methylation directed by RNA modulates the response to water deficit in legumes?
Pedro Fevereiro
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4082/2014

Plant cell cultures as factories for biopharmaceuticals: targeting transgene silencing for efficient production of recombinant proteins
Rita Sobral Moutinho Abranches
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4102/2014

Molecular switches to overcome genotype-dependent adventitious rooting in Eucalyptus globulus
Célia Maria Romba Rodrigues Miguel
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4196/2014

SuberDReG - Deciphering drought tolerance regulatory genes in cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
Rui Manuel Peixoto Tavares
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4342/2014

Functional studies of plant membrane trafficking and secretion in tip growing cells – the phosphoinositide pathway in the responses to abiotic stress
Rui Malhó
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4468/2014

Role of GCN2 pathway under iron stress in Arabidopsis
Ana Margarida Gonçalves Campilho
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4541/2014

Exploring natural varibility in carrot wild relatives for temperature stress tolerance

Hélia Cristina Guerra Cardoso
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/4995/2014

Dissecting the mechanisms of energy signaling in plants
Ana Isabel Confraria da Silva Augusto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/5009/2014

Laser and Omics tools to unravel membrane Lipid remodeling processes: investigating drought tolerance of Arabidopsis fatty acid mutants
Ana Rita Matos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/5670/2014

Plant extremophiles – adaptations to harsher environments and identification of useful thermostable molecules for industry
Sílvia Cristina Xavier Bettencourt
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/5754/2014

SALINITY STRESS IN RICE – SETTING UP TOOLS FOR BREEDING
M Margarida Moutinho Girao de Oliveira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/5991/2014

Comparative genomics of Curtobacterium spp: insight into the plant growth promoting traits and phytopathogenic life style
Ana Paula Kuan Yon Chung
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/6092/2014

Unravel new mechanisms that confer resistance to Citrus tristeza virus
Natália Tomás Marques
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/6250/2014

Impact of metal Nanoparticles and fullerene on plants metabolism: a multifaced approach
maria da conceiçáo Lopes Vieira dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/6810/2014

Functional Organization of the Secretory System – A putative role for the Cell Wall
Maria Susana Jorge Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/6954/2014

Involvement of diacylglycerol kinase 4 in biotic stress induced by Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis thaliana: a Transcriptome and lipid metabolic analysis
Fernando Manuel Vaz Dias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PLA/7114/2014

Uncovering the genetic expression of developing maize endosperm transfer and starchy cells
Paulo Monjardino
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-PLA/7143/2014

Integração da sinalização hormonal e de energia em plantas
Américo do Patrocínio Rodrigues
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/0214/2014

Evolutionary dynamics of the vertebrate stomach: developmental insights and the story of loss.
Jonathan Mark Wilson
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/0318/2014

TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION IN A GECKO: FROM PROXIMATE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS TO ULTIMATE OUTCOMES.
Catarina Castela dos Santos Rato
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/0697/2014

Regeneration in the African Spiny Mouse
Gustavo Tiscornia
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/0810/2014

Behavioural and evolutionary ecology of social cognition: experimental approaches in zebrafish
Rui Oliveira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/1296/2014

PERSONAR - Individual Variation in Dolphin Sonar Performance: Effects of Sex, Age and Personality
Manuel Eduardo de Noronha Gamito Afonso dos Santos
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/1707/2014

Disentangling the various roles that odours may play in spatial behaviour
Paulo Alexandre Esteves Jorge
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/1868/2014

Searching for the social brain in a model organism: unveiling the neural circuitry underlying social cognition in zebrafish
Ana Rita Silva Martins Nunes
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/2415/2014

´INNOVA-ThermoRead´ - Innovation in Non-Invasive Automated Thermal Reading of Laboratory Animals
Nuno Henrique Franco
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/2660/2014

Unveiling olfaction beyond the nose
Zélia Cristina Pereira Velez
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/2935/2014

THE FISH URINARY BLADDER - A MODEL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL PLASTICITY

Pedro Miguel Guerreiro da Costa Guerreiro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3181/2014

Host and gut symbionts interactions in native and invasive termite species
Lina Maria Ribeiro Nunes
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3270/2014

Evolution of the adaptive immune systems in basal vertebrates - the blue shark Prionace glauca as a case-study
Pedro José de Castro Esteves
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/3484/2014

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/3743/2014

Causes and consequences of individual variability in the migratory strategies of a pelagic seabird, with relevance for marine monitoring in a context of global changes
Paulo Catry
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4051/2014

Accurate interactive identification keys and mapping for insects with forensic relevance (Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae)
MARIA TERESA FERREIRA RAMOS NABAIS DE OLIVEIRA REBELO
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/4158/2014

Adaptation to extreme environments: a approach to freshwater and marine fish
Alexssandro Geferson Becker
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

P2020-PTDC/BIA-ANM/4622/2014

Functional Chloroplasts inside Animal cells: cracking the puzzle
Sónia Marisa Gonçalves da Cruz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/5487/2014

Sexual behaviour in deer: the reasons behind the choices of males and females
Joana Alexandra Silva Alves
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/5780/2014

The invasion ecology of black rats (Rattus rattus) onto the Alqueva dam islands: a biogeographical modelling framework incorporating species invasiveness and ecosystem invasibility.
Maria Luz Costa Pereira Mathias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/6012/2014

Sex steroids and alternative phenotypes in a vocal fish
Teresa Isabel Mendonca Modesto
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ANM/6087/2014

A functional genomic approach for snail-borne diseases control

Maria Manuela Palmeiro Calado
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)