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R&D Projects

Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects - 2014

Experimental Biology Evaluation Panel - 2014

Coordination

Francesca Degrassi
Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology - National Research Council Department of Biology and Biotecnology - Charles Darwin Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Evaluation

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
Gernot Längst
Biochemistry III - University of Regensburg, Germany
Jonathan Flint
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
M. Angela Nieto
Universidad Miguel Hernández Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Manuela Sironi
Scientific Institute IRCCS, Italy
Paul Clarke
University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Per Lindahl
Department med Biochemistry and Cellbiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Roberto Mayor
UCL Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, United Kingdom
Zlatko Trajanoski
Biocenter, Division for Bioinformatics, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

Projects assigned

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0018/2014

Contribution of the mitochondrial genome to complex traits susceptibility
Ana Sofia Simões Domingues de Almeida Oliveira
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0422/2014

A novel telomeric satellite DNA long non-coding RNA: Biogenesis, Function and Regulatory Pathways
RAQUEL MARIA GARCIA DOS SANTOS CHAVES
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0464/2014

The PsMLO1 Protein - A Genetic Burden to Pisum sativum L.?
José Leitão
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0500/2014

Integrating mRNA epigenetics, mistranslation and human disease
Gabriela Moura
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0858/2014

Unraveling genetic and epigenetic basis of differential cold tolerance in carrot cultivars.
Maria Catarina Murteira Rico dos Santos Campos
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/0987/2014

CD8+T cell signature in different phases of Rheumatoid Arthritis development
Helena Maria Lourenço Carvalheiro
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1027/2014

Genetics and Epigenetics of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy (FAP ATTRV30M)
Alda Maria Botelho Correia de Sousa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1186/2014

Strengthening spindle assembly checkpoint response through regulation of active transcription during mitosis
cristina Ferrás
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1418/2014

Nanogold M/XDRTB: an in-vitro gold-nanoprobe-based assay for the early diagnosis of multi and extensive drug resistant tuberculosis in the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries.
Miguel Viveiros Bettencourt
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1515/2014

Understanding the role of karyotypic plasticity as a driver of evolutionary adaptation and speciation using red yeasts as model
Marco António Dias Coelho
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1560/2014

Decoding pseudogene transcriptional regulation during cell differentiation
Ana Rita Grosso
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1628/2014

Rapid evolution of decreased mutation rates in hypermutator bacteria
Ana Margarida Domingos Tavares de Sousa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1744/2014

Comparative genomics to evaluate phase variation in Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria
Inês Nunes Silva
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1837/2014

ARE RIBOSOMES IN CONTROL OF MAMMALIAN SPERMATOGENESIS?
Alexandra Manuel Ferreira Lopes
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1860/2014

BIOFISHING - Molecular responses of fish to aquatic pollutants: sensitive biomarkers to improve environmental monitoring and risk assessment
Laura Guimarães
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/1988/2014

microRNAs as neurodegeneration modifiers and biomarkers: from animal models to the human brain
Isabel Alonso
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2030/2014

Identification of genetic modifiers of Machado Joseph disease (MJD)
Marta Daniela Araújo Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2262/2014

Molecular decryption of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
VERA MÓNICA MARTINS GONÇALVES MANAGEIRO
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2357/2014

Evaluating the role of cis-regulatory elements in pancreatic cancer using a zebrafish model.
Jose Carlos Ribeiro Bessa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2382/2014

Integration of functional genomics in the study of breast cancer aetiology: identification of new cis-regulatory risk markers
Ana Teresa Luís Lopes Maia
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2411/2014

Modeling mtDNA heteroplasmy inheritance along genealogies.
Ana Goios Borges de Almeida
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2443/2014

The effect of human ancestry in the susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer development
Luisa Pereira
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2499/2014

Mechanisms of iron sensing and transport in malaria parasites
Ksenija Slavic
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2532/2014

Mutational change of X-linked disease genes in both the pathological and the evolutionary context
Luísa Cristina da Costa Azevedo
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/2739/2014

FHomics - Functional genomics, epigenomics and transcriptomics of patients with severe and unexplained familial dyslipidemia
Mafalda Bourbon
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/3128/2014

Genetic variation in innate antiviral immunity: Functional significance of variation on ubiquitination pathways.
Nelson Eduardo do Vale Martins
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/4006/2014

Mutation of voltage-gated postassium channel in the carcinogenesis of familial and sporadic follicular cell-derived thyroid tumors
Hugo João Marques Prazeres
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/4162/2014

Personalizing anti-malaria therapy through next generation point-of-care nanothechnology based devices for ultra-fast Plasmodium falciparum genetic typing
Jose Pedro Blanco Panadés Gil
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/4465/2014

Structural and functional features of the human mTOR IRES element and its relevance in cancer
Juliane Menezes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/5015/2014

Epigenetic regulation of neurogenesis in the adult brain
Miguel Filipe Tavares da Luz Soares
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/5245/2014

The role of UPS genes in neurodevelopmental disorders: functional analysis in C. elegans
Carlos Jorge Pereira Bessa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/5252/2014

Epigenetic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Inês Susana Pires Carreira da Conceição
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/5552/2014

In vivo dynamics of HIV-2 proviral integration into human lymphocytes: integrase and the role for specific HIV-2 integration sites into human genome.
Quirina Alexandra Pinto dos Santos Costa
FARM-ID, Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (FARM-ID)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/5835/2014

Genetic monitoring of mosquito vectors
João Pedro Soares da Silva Pinto
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/6733/2014

Discovery of new genes implicated in primary congenital glaucoma
Maria José Nobre Mimo Pinto Simões
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/BEX-GMG/6886/2014

Neuropsychiatric disease clustering in families with Autism Spectrum Disorder: exploring diagnostic boundaries, genetic factors and epigenetic and environmental modifiers
Astrid Vicente
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0027/2014

Macromolecular complexes regulating CFTR stability at the plasma membrane – towards novel therapeutic targets in Cystic Fibrosis
Carlos Miguel Ribeiro da Silva Farinha
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0080/2014

Stress Transcriptional Networks: from nuclear role of cytoplasmic Gim2/Prefoldin3 protein to genetic tools for OS-drug sensing

Lisete Celestina Perpétua Fernandes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0112/2014

Vesicle trafficking diseases under multi-scale imaging: from molecules towards the organism
Nuno António Gonçalves Moreno
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0374/2014

Interplay between mitochondrial quality control systems and stemness in cancer cells: Impact of alternative chemotherapy strategies based on melatonin.
Ignacio Vega Naredo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0432/2014

Spatiotemporal control of epithelial architecture during cell division
Eurico Manuel Januário Rodrigues Morais de Sá
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0542/2014

The cancer-immunity system as a target of therapy with human amniotic membrane in hepatocellular carcinoma
Maria Filomena Rabaça Roque Botelho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/0984/2014

Identification and characterization of redox regulatory proteins involved in cancer
Patrícia Alexandra Saraiva Madureira
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1111/2014

A new job for an old acquaintance. Gap junction protein Connexin43 mediates intercellular communication via exosomes
Henrique Girao
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1370/2014

Interorgan communication during growth perturbation
Alisson Marques de Miranda Cabral Gontijo
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1468/2014

Shedding new light on host cytoskeleton using bacterial pathogens: unsuspected roles for keratins and atypical tubulin structures
Sandra Sousa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1519/2014

Translating molecular interactions into new therapeutic approaches for Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3
Bruno Almeida
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1551/2014

Molecular basis of apoptosis-mediated anti-tumoral activity of lactoferrin
Maria Manuela Sansonetty Goncalves Corte Real
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1573/2014

Anticancer potential of the bacterial protein Azurin: deciphering the role of lipid rafts/caveolae
Arsénio Carmo Sales Mendes Fialho
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1695/2014

The PARL-PGAM5-PINK1 axis in mitochondrial homeostasis: implications for Parkinson´s disease.
Diana Filipa Ferreira da Silva
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1696/2014

Evaluation of the potential of cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) as antitumoral drugs
Sara Isabel Macedo Bernardes Pereira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1713/2014

Role of Arl13b-Exocyst Complex in Ciliogenesis and Ciliary Cargo Trafficking
Ana Cecilia Fernandes Seixas
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1752/2014

Host cell cytoskeleton responses against bacterial pore-forming toxins
Didier Cabanes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

P2020-PTDC/BEX-BCM/1758/2014

Spatiotemporal Control of Mitotic Spindle Assembly
Joaquim Jorge Gonçalves Ferreira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1774/2014

Chemical communication in tilapia
Peter Hubbard
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1918/2014

“Unraveling the role of Carcinoembryonic antigen posttranslational modifications in cancer cell invasion and metastasis”
Catarina de Sena Bastos Gomes
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/1921/2014

The Impact of Aneuploidy on Adult Stem Cell Behavior
Cláudio Enrique Sunkel Cariola
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2011/2014

A new player in eukaryotic RNA metabolism: functional studies and implications in disease
Sandra Cristina de Oliveira Viegas
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2018/2014

Coupling RNAPII transcription with alternative polyadenylation: Polo/Plk1, a candidate regulator
Alexandra Moreira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2064/2014

Non-coding RNAs involved in glioblastoma pathogenesis: targets and therapies
Ana Maria Sequeira Cardoso
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2090/2014

Ageing: cells losing their mitotic fitness and chromosome balance
Elsa Logarinho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2113/2014

A closer look into NF-kB architecture dynamics: from cell lines to animal models.
Cláudia Patrícia Oliveira Grou
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2121/2014

A biologia das modificações do RNA
Manuel António Silva Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2214/2014

Becoming stiffer: A requirement to boost oncogenic activity in pre-malignant lesions?
Florence Janody
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2222/2014

Unraveling new regulatory mechanisms of kinetochore-microtubule interaction and spindle assembly checkpoint signaling
Carlos Alberto da Silva Conde
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

P2020-PTDC/BEX-BCM/2311/2014

The molecular mechanisms of peroxisome biogenesis
Jorge Eduardo da Silva Azevedo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2409/2014

Unraveling molecular mechanisms of sialidase effect on Dendritic cells toward improved immune potency
Zélia Maria Cordeiro da Silva
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2431/2014

GastroMIMETIC - Development and functional characterization of a gastric biomimetic microsystem modelling tissue epithelial homeostasis and the onset of precancerous lesions
Bruno Miguel Correia Pereira
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2503/2014

Modelling Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in eukaryotic models of hIAPP aggregation: unravelling disease-associated pathways and potential therapeutic compounds
Regina Menezes Echaniz
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2515/2014

Unlocking the potential of ion channels as therapeutic targets: a path to novel analgesics embracing the potassium channels?
Marisa Isabel Lopes de Sousa
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2553/2014

Identification of novel Neurodegeneration drug targets from NAD metabolic networks
Raquel M Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2557/2014

A micro-step for proteins, a macro-leap for autophagy: characterizing mechanisms of selective macro- and microautophgy.
Maria João Jorge Pinho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2612/2014

Comprehensive study of the dynamics of epigenetic processes involving lncRNAs during iPSC reprogramming
Simão José Teixeira da Rocha
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2651/2014

Osteoimmunology and aging - the role of the canonical Wnt pathway
Joana Ribeiro Caetano Lopes
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2654/2014

System biology approach for the study of the underlying mechanism of Familial Combined Hyperlipidaemia
Ana Catarina Alves
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2759/2014

A role for the endocytic recycling pathway in the exocytosis of lysosomes.
Cristina Isabel Caniço Escrevente
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2981/2014

Impact of rapamycin on insulin action, thermogenic function and microRNA profile in brown adipose tissue
Daniel Omar Espinoza
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/2988/2014

IDENTIFICATION OF POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS ON PUMILIO ACTIVITY AND EFFECTS ON THE REGULATION OF THE APOPTOTIC PATHWAY.
MARIA DE FÁTIMA AFONSO CAIRRÃO
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/3012/2014

Unraveling the central molecular switch of plant stress signaling
Elena Baena-González
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/3015/2014

Membrane trafficking control of inflammation
Colin Adrain
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/3127/2014

In search of a novel riboswitch: Role of RNA secondary structure in zinc-mediated posttranscriptional regulation in Arabidopsis
Dora Szakonyi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/3399/2014

Metabolic modulation of haematopoietic stem cell fate
Ricardo Neves Pires das Neves
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/3592/2014

Dissection of microRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of gd T cell differentiation
Anita Gomes
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/3709/2014

Molecular mechanisms of melanin transfer and processing in skin pigmentation
Francisco José Cabral Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4045/2014

Transgenerational effects of endocrine disruptors on spermatogenesis and testicular cancer
Sara Carina de Lima Correia
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4074/2014

Triarylmethyl derivatives for glioblastoma treatment
Raquel Frutuoso Machado Frade
FARM-ID, Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (FARM-ID)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4269/2014

Characterization of cellular and molecular effects induced by radiation of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasmas (NTAPP) on biological material.
Antonio Brehm
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4406/2014

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

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4458/2014

Co-culture Systems for Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Cell-cell interactions and intercellular signaling
Marta Luisa Sousa Dias Alves da Silva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4579/2014

Allatostatin-GPCR system in food signaling, reproduction and infection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Rute Castelo Félix
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4653/2014

Hippo(plasia): the role of Hippo signaling in lung growth
Rute S Moura
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4752/2014

Molecular insights of Candida krusei resistance to azole antifungals
Elisabete Ricardo
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4792/2014

Decoding the epigenetic and translational signatures of the aged hippocampus
Rui Artur Paiva Loureiro Gomes
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/4823/2014

The role of microRNAs in polarisation and homing of adaptive immune responses
DULCE MARIA METELO FERNANDES DOS SANTOS
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5041/2014

Molecular mechanisms Plasmodium falciparum malaria resistance to Artemether-lumefantrine
Maria Isabel Mendes Veiga
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5053/2014

New lipid messengers in uterine cross-talk: implications to pregnancy outcome
Bruno Miguel Reis Fonseca
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5179/2014

Role of Ssu72 phosphatase in telomere regulation
Jose Escandell Planells
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5296/2014

Activation of PDHA2 gene expression as a potential therapeutic agent in Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Maria Silva
FARM-ID, Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (FARM-ID)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5297/2014

Sphingolipidome profile of leukocytes in autoimmune diseases as a platform to design lipid arrays suitable for a multiplexed chip-based detection and early diagnosis of AID
Artur Paiva
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5354/2014

Rab GTPases exosomes: implications for neovascularization
Sara Maria de Oliveira Maia
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5365/2014

The spore of the intestinal pathogen Clostridium difficile as a delivery vehicle for the TcdA cytotoxin
Adriano O Henriques
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5384/2014

Super-resolution microscopy techniques: new tools for advancing cell biology and nanomedicine research
Jana Berit Nieder
Laboratório Ibérico Internacional de Nanotecnologias INL LIN (INL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5561/2014

A miR-dependent regulatory network: from models to functional outcomes
Margarida Henriques da Gama Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5620/2014

Promote Endothelial progenitor cell function in diabetic wound healing
Ermelindo Carreira Leal
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5739/2014

Epigenetic regulation of neural differentiation and function
Cristina Joana Moreira Marques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5894/2014

The role of the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) in regulating cell fate following DNA damage or stress.
Richard James Hill
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5899/2014

Making sense of antisense transcription
Maria Carmo-Fonseca
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/5900/2014

Epigenetics and Genetics of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Heterogeneity
Vasco M Barreto
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6251/2014

A new function for the novel Ca CA2 protein family: calcium transport in synapses.
Maria Paula Polónia Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6427/2014

Taming neurosecretion dysfunction by modulating mediatophores
Joao Miguel da Silva Cordeiro
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6455/2014

Sirtuin 2: a link between ageing and neurodegeneration
Rita Machado de Oliveira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6457/2014

The role of V-ATPases in ciliary length regulation
Ana Bárbara Tavares dos Santos
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6493/2014

Key parameters of eukaryotic DNA replication- a novel approach
João António Augusto Ferreira
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6709/2014

Notch trafficking and signaling at distance through epididymosomes: a candidate novel therapeutic method
DANIEL JOSÉ DE MOURA CARITA DINIS MURTA
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCM/6777/2014

Molecular mechanisms of centromere/kinetochore function – the essencial role of Mob
CLÁUDIA SUSANA RESTE FLORINDO TAVARES
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0329/2014

Extracellular matrix in epithelial-mesenquimal transitions in the embryo and in cancer
Maria Gabriela Gomes de Figueiredo Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0330/2014

Dissecting the role of laminin niches in skeletal muscle development and disease.
Solveig Thorsteinsdottir
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0395/2014

Molecular constraints to pre-mRNA splicing in fast dividing cells.
Rui Gonçalo Viegas Russo da Conceição Martinho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0487/2014

Cross-talk between Drosophila TGFβ signaling pathway and Myc in stimulation of cell growth
Paulo Jorge Sousa Nunes Pereira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0531/2014

Molecular mechanisms regulating flow-dependent endothelial cell polarization in vascular patterning
Claudio Franco
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0646/2014

Genetic etiology of congenital heart disease
Renato Hélder Morais Pires
Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, EPE (HDESPD, EPE)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0689/2014

Beyond cell cycle control: functional genomics to study the role of string/cdc25 in nervous system development and disease
Carla Sofia Silva Lopes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0822/2014

The role of Yap in tissue proliferation and differentiation during eye development and disease
Raquel Lourenço
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0899/2014

The control of vertebrate axial progenitors during and after trunk to tail transition
Moises Mallo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/0928/2014

Temporal and metabolic regulation of stem cells.
Catarina C F Homem
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1134/2014

Epithelial mechanics: novel roles of septate junctions in development and repair
Lara Cristina de Jesus Carvalho
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1411/2014

The role of fluid dynamics in the molecular mechanisms of organ laterality.
Susana Santos Lopes
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1452/2014

Uncovering mechanisms of vascular remodelling during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish
Ana Catarina Esteves Ribeiro
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BID/1901/2014

The role of zinc finger transcription factor Casz1 in the development of the nociceptive system
Deolinda Maria Valente Alves Lima Teixeira
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/2080/2014

Hematovascular Development and Autism: Role of the Deleted in Autism-1 Related (DIA1R) gene
Ana Teresa Fernandes Nunes Tavares
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BID/2211/2014

Hox13 genes and the search for the transcriptome architecture associated with limb development, evolution and birth defects.
Carla Renata Gonçalves de Freitas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/2291/2014

Deciphering the Prrxl1 phosphorylation code: role in spinal nociceptive neuron differentiation
Carlos Reguenga
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/2707/2014

Distinct roles for different integrin heterodimers in photoreceptors-glia interactions
Ligia Maria Silva Tavares
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BID/4488/2014

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

PTDC/BEX-BID/5340/2014

Integrating multiple environmental conditions with developmental programs to alter body size and developmental timing
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/5410/2014

TIMING CELL DIFFERENTIATON: Gene Regulatory Network in Temporal Control of Mesoderm Specification
Raquel Gláucia Varzielas Pego de Andrade
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BID/5597/2014

Establishing the Limb Molecular Clock as an Integral Component of the Limb Patterning Machinery
Caroline Jeya Sheeba Daniel Sunder Singh
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BEX-BID/6440/2014

Cell transdifferentiation in Drosophila hematopoiesis
José Élio da Silva Sucena
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/6598/2014

Adenosine A2A receptors as a novel control system in neuronal development
Ângelo José Ribeiro Tomé
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BID/6768/2014

Mechanistic links between swimming-induced mechanical loading and de novo osteogenesis in the zebrafish model of fin regeneration
Paulo Gavaia
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BEX-BID/6944/2014

The larval fat body uses Growth Blocking Peptides as nutrition-sensitive signals to regulate body size
Takashi Koyama
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BID/7109/2014

Danio rerio sex markers inheritance
Ana Maria Monteiro Paiva Coimbra
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/0772/2014

CoMEDy - A COmputational Modelling platform for Epithelial DYnamics to explore the role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stemness acquisition in cancer recurrence
Claudine Chaouiya
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1237/2014

Transcriptional profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa- Candida albicans consortia response upon antibiofilm treatment in respiratory tract infections
Anália Maria Garcia Lourenço
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1256/2014

The Alternate ncRNA window: unveiling the complexity of small non-coding RNA processing in the vertebrate immune system
Andreia de Jesus Amaral Gomes Barbosa Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1781/2014

Modeling angiogenesis in type 2 diabetes mellitus – integrating experimental and theoretical approaches
Rui Travasso
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/1872/2014

MOLLY - Dynamic GPU-Based Detection, Rendering and Visualization of Cavities on Molecular Surfaces of Proteins as Tentative Binding Sites
Abel João Padrão Gomes
Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/2402/2014

Pseudoautosomal regions of sexual chromosomes: paradoxical evolutionary landscapes
António Manuel Amorim dos Santos
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/2440/2014

Teoria e estatísticas das razões de mutação: reformulação do enquadramento matemático e software
Nádia Maria Gonçalves de Almeida Pinto
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/2494/2014

3D protein structure prediction model by fragment binding
Maria Luísa Castro Guedes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/2708/2014

RNA regulation in colorectal cancer: transcriptomic landscapes of metastasis and their clinical implications
NUNO LUÍS BARBOSA MORAIS
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/3199/2014

Beyond Sequence: 3D DNA conformations impact in human evolution and disease
JOÃO MIGUEL SOTTO MAIOR FARIA CARNEIRO
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/4022/2014

MetaLife: modeling metagenomes for life sciences and bioengineering
ÓSCAR MANUEL LIMA DIAS
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/4845/2014

The risk of dengue and chikungunya in Madeira and Southern Europe: integrating field vector data, remote sensing and human mobility modelling
Andrea Parisi
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/5584/2014

3D tumour spheroids for understanding cancer progression mechanisms: An integrative experimental/computational modelling approach.
Marta Ramos
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/5603/2014

Bridging tumor biology with targeted nanomedicines through a computer modeling approach.
Rui Manuel Jesus Lopes
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/5850/2014

Characterization and modulation of the interaction dynamics between Z-alpha domains and nucleic acids.
Francesco Colizzi
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/6026/2014

Characterization and prediction of human phenotypes through transcriptome analysis across tissues and individuals
Pedro Gabriel Dias Ferreira
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/6221/2014

Comparative genomics as a tool to determine species boundaries in the plant-pathogenic fungal genus Diaporthe
Liliana Tavares dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BEX-BCB/7129/2014

ReOmics - Representation Learning in Proteomics
Carlos Manuel Jorge da Silva Pereira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)