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Proposals for Research Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2006

Painel de Avaliação de Ciências Biológicas - MIC/BDE/QOR - 2006

Coordination

Fred Wrona
aquatic Ecosystem Impacts research Division Environment Canada, Dept. of Geography, University of Victoria, Cape Verde

Evaluation

Edward McCauley
Ecology & Evolution Research Cluster Dept. of Biological Sciences University of Calgary, Cape Verde
Fred Wrona
Harold Koopowitz
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, United States
Joseph Culp
National Water Research Institute Environment Canada and Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Cape Verde
Kornelia Smalla
Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Institut für Pflanzenvirologie, Mikrobiologie und biologische Sicherheit, Germany
Peter de Ruiter
Soil Sciences Centre, Netherlands

Projects assigned

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64010/2006

Impact of nonencapsulated strains on the ecology and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Raquel Sá-Leão
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64071/2006

Role of beta-lactamase operon in the stabilization and expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64135/2006

Strategies developed to modulate programmed cell death during macrophage invasion by intracellular pathogens
Gabriela Santos-Gomes
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64410/2006

Chrysonilia sitophila-Study of the cellulolytic complexe: 3D struture
Maria Vitória Gonçalves San Romão
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64492/2006

Bacterial genes involved in the resistance to the oxidative/nitrosative stress
Ligia M Saraiva
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64572/2006

A genome-wide approach to identify mutations underlying mefloquine resistance in malaria parasites
Pedro Vitor Lemos Cravo
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64746/2006

Understanding the mechanisms of regulation and maturation of hydrogenases in cyanobacteria
Paula Tamagnini
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64885/2006

Microbial biodiversity profile of groundwater and bottled mineral water
Milton Simões da Costa
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/65210/2006

Regulation of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and virulence of Burkholderia cepacia by protein-tyrosine phosphorylation
Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/65614/2006

Synthesis of the Chlamydia cell wall - a biological paradox
Sérgio Joaquim Raposo Filipe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/65861/2006

Genetics of accelerated acquisition of drug resistance to multiple drugs (ARMD) in malaria parasites: dynamics and fitness studies.
Virgilio Estolio do Rosario
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/65870/2006

The role of ankyrin repeat-encoding genes of Wolbachia in inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila
Mahnaz Khadem
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66005/2006

Molecular mechanisms underlying catabolic control of capsule synthesis in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Ana Rute Ramos Neves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66412/2006

Bacteriophage genome delivery to Gram-positive bacteria: virus and host cell requirements for DNA traffic
Carlos Jorge Sousa de São José
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66562/2006

Biosynthesis of the methylglucose lipopolysaccharide in mycobacteria. Identification of the genes, characterization of enzymes and structural investigation of the potential targets for therapy.
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66768/2006

Control of flocculation of brewing yeasts: a physiological and molecular approach
Eduardo Jorge Valente Soares
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66772/2006

Cyanobacteria lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
Paulo José de Morais Simão Baptista Pereira
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66877/2006

Exploiting the diversity of polyketide producing bacteria for antibiotic discovery
JOSÉ CARLOS MÁRCIA ANDRADE
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66890/2006

Functional and structure characterization of a sulphide:quinone oxidoreductase - A key enzyme in sulphur metabolism and bioenergetics.
Manuela Alexandra de Abreu Serra Marques Pereira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66992/2006

MICROTOOL- Understanding Genomic Response to Heavy Metal Stress
Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/67154/2006

Cicadas and microbial symbionts: from the nutritional and evolutionary relationships to the biotechnological applications (SYMBIOCICADA)
Rogério Paulo de Andrade Tenreiro
Instituto de Ciência Aplicada e Tecnologia - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (ICAT/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/67217/2006

Attenuated Mycobacterium avium mutants
Rui Appelberg Gaio Lima
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/67524/2006

From genomes to phenotypes: the adaptive evolution to temperature in Saccharomyces sensu stricto
José Paulo Sampaio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/67757/2006

Metabolism and bioavailability of microcystins - cyanobacteria hepatotoxins in contaminated organisms
Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/67845/2006

Integrated view of the early steps in bacterial cell wall synthesis
Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/68431/2006

Chlamydia trachomatis polymorphic membrane protein family: cellular receptors or antigenic pool ?
Maria José Borrego
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/68634/2006

Structure and function of prokaryote communities in salt marsh sediments
Maria Ângela Sousa Dias Alves Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/68827/2006

Studies on a model membrane complex involved in anaerobic respiration
Inês Antunes Cardoso Pereira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/69038/2006

Health Risks associated with cyanobacteria in recreational areas (LPS production and apoptotic effects)
Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/69296/2006

StressProb- Probiotics physiology under gut stress: Resistance induction by sub-lethal stresse
Isabel Maria Pires Belo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/69358/2006

Fungi genetics during metabolism and co-metabolism of persistent organic pollutants: Chrysonilia sitophila as a case study for ascomycete
CRISTINA SILVA PEREIRA
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/70650/2006

Transcriptional regulation of the genes encoding the flavodiiron protein ROO and the cytochrome BDrespectively of the anaerobe bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas upon nitrosative stress
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71146/2006

Understanding how hyperthermophilic microorganisms cope with heat stress: the role of unique polyolphosphodiester compounds
Maria Helena Dias dos Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71168/2006

Regulatory networks on Staphylococcus aureus cell wall physiology
Hermínia de Lencastre
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71252/2006

The multiple budding fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: molecular studies in cellular and nuclear division.
Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71280/2006

Mutational and physiological dynamics of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis.
Miguel Viveiros Bettencourt
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71324/2006

Cell cycle regulation of DNA repair in fission yeast
Miguel Godinho Ferreira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71453/2006

Elucidating the Critical Role of RNase II family of Enzymes in RNA metabolism: Structural and Functional Studies
Sandra Cristina de Oliveira Viegas
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71475/2006

Tolerance mechanisms mediated by glutathione in Rhizobium leguminosarum
Etelvina Figueira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71581/2006

Characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis acyl-CoA carboxylases
Anabela Medo Miranda
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71642/2006

Quorum sensing in Escherichia coli
Karina Xavier
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/72211/2006

The role of host cell kinases in Plasmodium development inside hepatocytes during the liver stage of malaria infections
Maria Manuel Dias da Mota
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/72512/2006

Multilevel modelling of physical and biochemical processes in phototrophic biofilms
Andreas Bohn
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/72577/2006

Functional and biochemical analysis of the yeast multidrug resistance transporters Qdr2 and Aqr1
Miguel Cacho Teixeira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/73078/2006

Common targets for cold and oxidative phenotype(s)
Lisete Celestina Perpétua Fernandes
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/73645/2006

Cloning and heterologous expression of genes coding for glycerol active transport systems and their relation with osmotic stress resistance
Rui Pedro Soares de Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64012/2006

Mechanisms of osmoregulatory impairment by cadmium in fish
Jonathan Mark Wilson
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64013/2006

Ammonia metabolism and elimination in fish. A comparative study of tolerant and sensitive species.
Jonathan Mark Wilson
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64087/2006

FISHIMPACT- Perspectives on ecosystem restoration: the impact of fishes in the water quality of sub-tropical volcanic lakes
Jose Manuel Viegas de Oliveira Neto Azevedo
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64092/2006

BioKarst: Biodiversity and conservation of arthropods in cave habitats
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64122/2006

Separating selection and demography in the mitochondrial DNA of the European rabbit through a genomic analysis
Madalena Simas Branco
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64158/2006

Evolutionary consequences of migratory connectivity in marshland passerines and their parasites
Júlio Manuel Malha Simões Neto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64193/2006

Larval recrutment of decapod crustaceans on coastal rocky substrates
MARIA MARGARIDA MIRANDA DE CASTRO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64285/2006

Extra-pair paternity, sex allocation and sexual selection in Savi´s Warblers
Júlio Manuel Malha Simões Neto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64348/2006

How and when did they get here? Palaeobiogeography and Neobiogeography of the marine invertebrates of the Azores: patterns and processes.
Sérgio Paulo Ávila Campos Marques
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64431/2006

Origin, Diversity and Conservation of European and African Sphagnum
Ana Séneca
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64488/2006

Ecology, use and land-cover changes in the mangroves of Guinea-Bissau
Luís Catarino
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64539/2006

Predator-prey interactions in the Antarctic Ocean during the International Polar Year (POLAR)
Jose Xavier
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64569/2006

Interferência mútua entre predadores e parasitóides: impacto de um coccinelídeo invasor
PATRÍCIA VENTURA GARCIA
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64573/2006

The taxonomy, origin and phylogeography of terrestrial slugs (Arion sp.): a phylogenetic analysis of the large Iberian arionids.
Ana Rita Correia de Freitas Castilho da Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64712/2006

Roads verges: traps or ecological refuges
António Paulo Pereira Mira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64825/2006

BIOFRAME: BIOdiversity of FReshwater habitats At Multiple scales and Ecosystem functioning: assessing temporary and permanent ponds
Paula Alexandra Costa Marçal Correia
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64878/2006

Bats from Madeira Archipelago. Systematics, Phylogeny and conservation
José Manuel Abreu de Jesus
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64881/2006

Diversity of spiders of genus Hogna (Araneae: Lycosidae) in the Madeira, Canary and Cape Verde archipelagos. Species surveying, characterization, and philogeography towards to a conservation policy.
José Manuel Abreu de Jesus
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65110/2006

Comparative phylogeography and population demography in pelagic seabirds (Procellariiformes): insights from multiple loci in co-distributed species
Mónica Sérvulo Correia Carneiro da Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65159/2006

Investigation of factors and synegistic effects in the antimicrobial activity of Portuguese honey
Sonia Murta Savluchinske Feio
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65164/2006

Patterns and processes of dispersion and colonization in oceanic islands: the shallow marine gastropods of the Azores as a case study.
Sérgio Paulo Ávila Campos Marques
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65194/2006

BIORESIST-Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in airplane and airport sewage and its potential impact on the health of the aquatic environment
Adriano Agostinho Donas Bôto Bordalo e Sá
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65276/2006

Diversity and molecular evolution of pathogen populations
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65290/2006

Bioinformatic Optimization of the Characterisation of Yeasts by ARDRA
João Manuel Gonçalves Couceiro Feio de Almeida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65295/2006

Evolutionary diversification: genetic basis and adaptive significance of variation in butterfly wing patterns
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65420/2006

Evolution of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Extreme Environments
Anabela Rodrigues Lourenço Martins
Escola Superior Agrária de Bragança (ESA/IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65549/2006

The impact of human activities on the terrestrial arthropod biodiversity of Madeira Archipelago
Artur Raposo Moniz Serrano
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65580/2006

Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary study of the European Brown Hare Syndrome (EBHS): Assessing the genetic base of resistance to EBHS virus.
Pedro José de Castro Esteves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65586/2006

The genetic control of sex determination in the Squalius alburnoides hybrid complex: new insights into the effects of hybridisation and genome interaction
Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65712/2006

TYTOTAGUS - post-fledging dispersion of Barn Owls in the Tagus Estuary and neighbour areas
João E Rabaça
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65733/2006

The genetic basis of adaptation to captivity: the Drosophila subobscura model
Margarida Matos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65767/2006

Potentialities of wild botanical and mycological ethnoflora from Montesinho Natural Park: Chemical, biochemical and bioactivity studies of secondary metabolites.
Anabela Rodrigues Lourenço Martins
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65913/2006

About man and mice: Colonisation of Atlantic Islands (Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde) by the house mouse (Mus musculus)
Maria Luz Costa Pereira Mathias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/66180/2006

The role of commensal bacteria in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes
Francisco André de Campos Pereira Dionísio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/66191/2006

Assessing the role of natural selection in a highly polymorphic species
Sofia Gonçalves Seabra
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/66519/2006

GENESTREAM. Landscape genetics of freshwater fishes: the geographical dimension of genetic diversity
Maria Judite Silva Cardoso Alves
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/66782/2006

Evolutionary and life history traits of Rajidae and Centrophoridae in Portuguese waters - LIFERACE
IVONE MARIA RIBEIRO FIGUEIREDO DA SILVA ROSA
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67124/2006

Real-time detection of natural selection
Octavio Salgueiro Paulo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67131/2006

Lymnaea truncatula - morphologic and genetic biodiversity and the Fasciola hepatica life cycle
Maria Conceição
Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC/IPC)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67179/2006

LaMOD - A biophysical modelling study of larval fish dynamics and related ocean processes
ANTÓNIO MIGUEL PIECHO DE ALMEIDA SANTOS
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67429/2006

Bioecology and genetics of Unio pictorum (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in Rivers Tua and Sabor basins (Trás - os - Montes, NE Portugal)
Altino Branco Choupina
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67557/2006

NISTRACKS - Factors contributing to a different invasive behaviour of a non indigenous species in two Portuguese estuaries and ecological impact on native key species.
Lucia Maria das Candeias Guilhermino
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67691/2006

INTER-ACTIONS: Intertidal interactions between turfs, limpets and crabs on Azorean rocky shores
Ana Isabel de Melo Azevedo Neto
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67850/2006

Occurrence of intermediate snail hosts of Fasciola hepatica and Schistossoma spp.: Predict and patterning the effects of environmental parameters/climatic variation on their abundance, population dynamics and susceptibility to parasite infection
Ana Maria Antão-Geraldes
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/68454/2006

Changing landscapes in southern Portugal: consequences and challenges for carnivore conservation
Maria Margarida Mello Santos Reis G Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/68627/2006

Analysis of contact zones and speciation processes in marine organisms: the Patella rustica model in the Mediterranean.
Paulo Jorge de Barros Alexandrino
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/68848/2006

“PROActive management of GUAdiana Estuary: Model Integration for the Sustainability of ecosystem functioning and human uses PROAGUAS
Luis Manuel Zambujal Chicharo
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69108/2006

The Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) in the Iberian Peninsula - a phylogeographic and landscape approach
Paulo Célio ALVES
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69253/2006

Biodiversity and impact of microsporidia on two biocontrol agents Leptomastix dactylopii and Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, natural enemies of citrus mealybugs key pests, Planococcus citri and Lepidosaphes beckii.
MARIA TERESA FERREIRA RAMOS NABAIS DE OLIVEIRA REBELO
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69278/2006

Molecular, morphological and ecological characterization of Elaphoglossum semicylindricum (Bowdich) Benl. (Lomariopsidaceae). Development of propagation techniques.
Maria Manuela Câmara de Gouveia
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69397/2006

Natural vegetation and disturbance: evaluating climate change and human impacts at Madeira Island (Portugal).
Miguel Pinto da Silva menezes de Sequeira
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69502/2006

Looking for sex in the putatively asexual yeast genus Cryptococcus - a molecular approach (Crypto-Sex)
Álvaro Luis Afonso Moreira Rato da Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69579/2006

BIOGEOGRAPHIC AND EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN ENDEMIC AND ISOLATED VERTEBRATES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SAHARA
José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69628/2006

Guide to the Cephalopods of Portugal
Maria leonor Martins Braz de Almeida Nunes
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69671/2006

Ammonia-oxidising Archaea and their relevance in the nitrogen cycle in soils
Maria Paula Abranches Alvarinhas Fareleira
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69769/2006

Evolutionary processes in the origin of “hotspots for biodiversity”: insights from southern Portuguese areas based on novel nuclear multilocus approaches in target freshwater fishes and amphibians
Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69792/2006

RECOM- Stressor combination effects to Daphnia magna generations: natural and chemical stressors
Susana Patrícia Mendes Loureiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69813/2006

Bait worm digging and accidental introduction of exotic bait worm species: environmental risk assessment and management tools
Miguel José Baptista Gaspar
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69902/2006

Biodiversity Conservation in a Ramsar Wetland (bioCONSERV)
Maria José Lemos Boavida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69991/2006

BIOFUN: Linking biodiversity to the functioning of stream ecosystems under anthropogenic stress
Fernanda Maria Fraga Mimoso Gouveia e Cassio
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69995/2006

The role of non-random extinctions and species spatial distribution in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship: a test using marine intertidal communities.
Francisco Arenas Parra
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70024/2006

Cultural eutrofication and temporary ponds: Is our richness threatening them? (PONDWEB)
Maria José Caramujo Rocha de Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70100/2006

The role of disturbance (fire and clear-cutting) on the invasibility of Acacia spp.
Otilia da Conceição Alves Correia Vale de Gato
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70214/2006

PETALA - Research for metallophytes among Portuguese endemics
PAULO CARDOSO DA SILVEIRA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70683/2006

When migrants meet resident conspecifics: coexistence and competition at the winter quarters, with implications for the evolution of bird migration
Paulo Catry
ISPA,CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70705/2006

Biosystematics of the genus Andryala L. (Asteraceae)
Miguel Pinto da Silva menezes de Sequeira
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70740/2006

Genetic characterization of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, and evolution of the expansion of pine wilt disease.
MANUEL GALVÃO DE MELO E MOTA
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70748/2006

An innovative real-time system to study the relevance of temporal dynamics in 13C and 18O isotope ratios of ecosystem respired CO2 to partition carbon and water fluxes.
Cristina Maria Filipe Máguas da Silva Hanson
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70802/2006

Dispersal and speciation on oceanic islands: insights from a multi-gene analysis approach of Tarphius beetles and Hipparchia butterflies of the Macaronesian archipelagoes
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70835/2006

Integrating conventional, biotechnological and molecular approaches in conservation strategies for Drosophyllum lusitanicum
Anabela Maria Lopes Romano
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70852/2006

Metabolomic, genomic and morphological study of Portuguese Digitalis species
Olga Maria Duarte Silva
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70880/2006

Diversity of producers and consumers and its effects on ecosystem function in temperate and tropical streams
MANUEL AUGUSTO SIMÕES GRAÇA
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70907/2006

Plant invasions in Cape Verde islands: from modelling their expansion to planning control measures
Maria Cristina Duarte
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70943/2006

Does curiosity kill the wildcat? Optimizing monitoring networks for wildlife conservation
João Luis Gustavo Matos
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/70982/2006

Genome assembly and annotation of a morphological derived mammalian species: insights into the genomic basis of macroevolutionary changes.
Agostinho Antunes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71000/2006

Comparative Phylogeography of Birds in Macaronesia - Multi-gene and multi-species approach to unravel evolutionary processes in islands
Ricardo Jorge Lopes
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71034/2006

Development of an Ecological Quality assessment and classification system for Northern Portugal running waters based on benthic macroinvertebrates - a contribution to the EC Framework Directive implementation
Carlos Antunes
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71067/2006

Potential application of edible mycorrhizal mushrooms in biotechnology: A multidisciplinary approach
Anabela Marisa de Jesus Rodrigues Azul
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71068/2006

Integrating molecular, cytologenetical and ecological markers to the understanding of the present distribution of Mediterranean water shrew.
Maria da Graca Morgado Ramalhinho
Fundação da Universidade de Lisboa (FUL/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71102/2006

Successes and "failures": what turns a quiet alien into a powerful invader? An assessment of invasive plant traits [A-LIST].
Helena Maria de Oliveira Freitas
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71116/2006

Assessing the causes of geographic expansion of the marine gastropod, Patella rustica L. 1758, in the northeast Atlantic.
António Múrias dos Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71237/2006

Portuguese Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
Patrícia Nóbrega Coito Garcia Pereira
Tagis - Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal (Tagis)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71299/2006

Demographic and genetic responses to habitat fragmentation and habitat loss in large forest mammals
Lounès Chikhi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71388/2006

Effects of Dimethoate on Zebrafish Reproductive Success
Dominic Louis Poccia
COFAC, Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (COFAC)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71390/2006

Female promiscuity: testing for genetic benefits and mechanisms of sperm choice
Pedro Lopes Moreira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71489/2006

The 2010 Target for the conservation of biodiversity in Europe - Predicting the distribution of rare species.
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71527/2006

Being Positive - Positive forces affecting intertidal rocky shore populations and assemblages in SW Portugal
Teresa Paula Goncalves Cruz
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71591/2006

Entomo-vigilance on the introduction of exotic species, vectors of pathogenic agents with Public Health relevance
Antonio Jose dos Santos Gracio
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71631/2006

CAPRIMULGUS - Biology of the Red-necked nighjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) and European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus): ecological constraints in sympatric and allopatric occurrence areas and the importance interspecific relationships
Diogo Figueiredo
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71658/2006

THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT UPON THE PERSISTANCE OF SPATIALLY STRUCTURED POPULATIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN FARMLAND: A CASE STUDY APPLIED TO SOUTHERN WATER VOLES AND CABRERA VOLES
António Paulo Pereira Mira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71684/2006

Combining the use of coalescent simulations with the analysis of recombination and linkage disequilibrium to test the impact of Quaternary glaciations in the genetic diversity and divergence of vertebrates
Maria Raquel Barata Godinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71734/2006

Evolutionary ecology of wild populations of Saccharomyces from the bark of Fagaceae
José Paulo Sampaio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71829/2006

Candidate genes for the detection of adaptive evolution in non-model organisms
Octavio Salgueiro Paulo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71830/2006

Comparative colonization patterns of Europe
Pedro Duarte Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71882/2006

Top predators and biodiversity, productivity and stability in Mediterranean ecosystems
João E Rabaça
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71917/2006

Map-related and non-map-related effects of olfactory and magnetic deprivation
Paulo Alexandre Esteves Jorge
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72052/2006

Pathogenic potential and biological impact of iridovirus on the Portuguese fauna
António Pedro Alves Matos
Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade de Lisboa (FMD/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72055/2006

Origin of multiple parthenoforms of Empoasca leafhoppers in Madeira island
Dora Aguin Pombo
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72070/2006

Delineation of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo Brünnich, 1768) stock(s) in the Azores Sea using otolith elemental and isotopic chemical analysis.
ALBERTO TEODORICO RODRIGUES MOURA CORREIA
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72082/2006

The role of ecological factors in the allochronic isolation of a Thaumetopoea pityocampa Den. & Schiff. (Lep. Notodontidae) population.
Maria Teresa Calvão Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72137/2006

Reconstructing the evolutionary history of several commercially important species of crustaceans from the Macronesian islands
Elsa Froufe
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72145/2006

A multidisciplinary approach to the study of demographic connectivity in birds across the Western Mediterranean: a test with sedentary vs migratory raptors
LUÍS MANUEL QUINTAIS CANCELA DA FONSECA
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72272/2006

Patterns and processes involved in biological invasions of marine algal communities.
Francisco Arenas Parra
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72369/2006

Phylogenetic relationships of Holcus L. (Aveneae, Poaceae) taxa based on ITS and trnl-F sequence data
Miguel Pinto da Silva menezes de Sequeira
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72495/2006

ARISTA - Clarification of the taxonomic status of two endemic fescues and consequences for its conservation
PAULO CARDOSO DA SILVEIRA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72570/2006

Biodiversity conservation at multiple scales: agro-forestry and pastoral management practices of montados and their impact on bats and birds.
Jorge Manuel Palmeirim
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72719/2006

Amanita ponderosa population dynamics - production, conservation and sustainability
Celeste Maria Martins Santos-Silva
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72850/2006

Genetic status of the De Brazza´s Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) population in the Mathews range, Northern Kenya
Luis Vicente
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72896/2006

Ecological roles of organisms natural products chemistry on marine biodiversity
Fernando Manuel Raposo Morgado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73005/2006

Assessing environmental tolerance, genetic variation and differentiation patterns in Portuguese Daphnia: an eco(toxico)logical approach
Fernando José Mendes Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73150/2006

Patterns of genetic diversity and recent demographic history: the case of a highly endangered primate in a fragmented environment
Lounès Chikhi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73163/2006

Rate and effects of mutations in the protozoa Tetrahymena thermophila
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73379/2006

Constructed biofilms for phosphorus control in aquatic ecosystems: modelling for ecodesign
Regina Maria de Oliveira Barros Nogueira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73566/2006

Worldwide biogeography of the astaxanthin-producing yeast Phaffia rhodozyma: Mapping populations and host associations
José Paulo Sampaio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73661/2006

Genetics and ecology of the NE Atlantic stocks of a planet-wide distributed oceanic fish: the swordfish (Xiphias gladius).
Mário Jorge Verde Pereira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73675/2006

Pesticide exposure under predation risk. Consequences for individual fitness and population dynamics of aquatic invertebrates
Amadeu Mortágua Velho da Maia Soares
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73687/2006

SSLIPRE- Spawning Sea Lamprey In Portuguese River Ecosystems
kieran monaghan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73762/2006

LWBFLD (Light-Weight Bird Flight Logging Device), a solution for recording flight paths of homing pigeons by means of a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) device.
Paulo Alexandre Esteves Jorge
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73805/2006

Effects of cyanobacterial secondary metabolites on aquatic organisms digestive tract and cell lines
Alexandre Manuel Silva Lobo Cunha
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73990/2006

Fisheries and Fish Communities in the Berlengas MPA
Pedro Conte de Barros
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/74068/2006

Minho river basin catchment area suitability for the European eel
Carlos Antunes
Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/74289/2006

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS OF AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE BIODIVERSITY IN THE PALEARCTIC
Neftalí Sillero
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/74723/2006

Reticulate evolution in Mediterranean plants: contrasting phylogenetic patterns, spatial-temporal relationships and ecological factors
MARIA AMÉLIA BOTELHO DE PAULO MARTINS CAMPOS LOUÇÃO
Fundação da Universidade de Lisboa (FUL/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/74927/2006

Effects of spatial and temporal variation in the risk of wolf predation on free-grazing livestock: implications for wolf conservation.
Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/75237/2006

Dusky Grouper Project - Eco-biology of Azores Dusky grouper
João Pedro da Silva Ramos Barreiros
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/75896/2006

Spatially explicit modelling of the economic and ecological impacts of an invasive species (Procambarus clarkii) during its expansion.
Pedro Manuel Silva Gentil Anastácio
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/76113/2006

Conservation and utilization of the genetic resources of aromatic and medicinal plants, as alternatives and source of new biomaterials for the Madeiran and "Entre Douro e Minho" agriculture.
Susana Maria Gouveia Sá Ventura Fontinha
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/79115/2006

Helminth parasites and their hosts as tools in the assessment of toxic elements
Catarina Isabel da Costa Simões Eira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/80036/2006

Comparison of wolf ecology research methodologies in Mediterrean-type ecossystems: efficacy, cost-benefits and conservation implications
Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/80843/2006

Evolutionary history of Cabrerae's vole (Microtus cabrerae)
Ana Rita Correia de Freitas Castilho da Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/81236/2006

The origin of endemic insects of Macaronesia
Paulo Jorge Quintais Cancela da Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/81457/2006

Microbial diversity in alkaline groundwater
António Verissimo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/64735/2006

Web-based information management for the molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus
Marta Aires de Sousa
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/65167/2006

Portuguese Collection of Listeria Strains (CPEL)
Amália de Jesus Figueiredo Vieira Gomes Ferreira
Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária (LNIV/MADRP)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/65428/2006

Digital Network of Portuguese Herbaria. North and Azores.
António Luis Crespí
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/66702/2006

IMBAMBA - Implementing Biodiversity Data Access and Management of Botanical Collections in Angola
Luís Catarino
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/68211/2006

Determining the role of dirigent proteins during grapevine/Uncinula necator interactions
Ricardo Manuel de Seixas Boavida Ferreira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/70172/2006

Portuguese Herbaria Digital Network: South and Madeira
Maria Dalila Paula Silva do Espírito Santo
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/70488/2006

Structuring and Organizing the Network of INIAP Collections of Insects and Fungi from Agro-Florestal Ecosystems
Helena Machado
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/70551/2006

African collection online
Jorge Americo Rodrigues de Paiva
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/70552/2006

Plants of Portugal online
Jorge Americo Rodrigues de Paiva
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/70598/2006

Information network of genebanks and Botanic Gardens´ seed banks (GermNet)
Miguel Angelo Almeida Pinheiro de Carvalho
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/70653/2006

Database of living collections in the Portuguese Botanic Gardens
Maria Ireneia Moita de Melo
Fundação da Universidade de Lisboa (FUL/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/71061/2006

Cryptogams from COI online (Calyptra)
Jorge Americo Rodrigues de Paiva
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/71492/2006

Recovering the past, recording the present, and preparing the future of zoological collections in Portugal.
Cristiane Mary Oliveira Bastos Silveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/72306/2006

Digitization and WEB dissemination of the collections of vascular plants and seeds of the Lisbon and Oporto Herbaria(Herbarium LISU and Herbarium PO)
Ana Isabel Vasconcelos Dias Correia
Fundação da Universidade de Lisboa (FUL/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/72721/2006

Digitisation, and WEB dissemination of the cryptogamic plant collections from Oporto and Lisbon Herbaria (Herbaria PO and LISU).
João Paulo de Sousa Cabral
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/74404/2006

Modern paradigms for dissemination of biodiversity data: increasing the accessibility of zoological collections in the Internet age
José Pedro Oliveira Neves Granadeiro
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/81097/2006

Cape Verde biological collections: a specimen information network
Maria Cristina Duarte
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64044/2006

UNDERSTANDING THE GENETIC ARCHITURE AND EVOLUTION OF HUMAN PIGMENTARY TRAITS: ADMIXTURE MAPPING STUDIES IN CAPE VERDE
Sandra de Sousa Beleza
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64063/2006

Understanding the factors that promote the prevalence of infectious diseases in migratory shorebirds
Luisa Cristina Gouveia Mendes
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/64111/2006

Genetic Diversity, Conservation and Phylogenetic History of the African Wild Ass (Equus africanus): A Non-invasive molecular Approach.
Albano Gonçalo Beja Pereira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65425/2006

Connect - Connectivity of marine populations assessed with genetic and numerical modelling tools
Henrique José de Barros Brito Queiroga
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65625/2006

Development and Application of a Population Genomics Analysis Pipeline (PGAP) to Detect Adaptive Molecular Variation in Natural, Agricultural and Human Populations
Gordon Luikart
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/65745/2006

Molecular evolution of the herpetofauna of the Indian Ocean Islands
David James Harris
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/66210/2006

Divergence and speciation in Lake Malawi cichlids
Catarina Pinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/66765/2006

The evolution of ecologically relevant genes
Jorge Manuel de Sousa Basto Vieira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67286/2006

Mechanisms of the dynamics of insular biodiversity: consequences for the dynamics, the genetic structure and the conservation of the Azorean populations of petrels (Aves, Procellariiformes)
Joël Jean-Michel Bried
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/67678/2006

Helmiths and lizards: Codaptation, cospeciation and host switching
Miguel Angel Carretero
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/68730/2006

Spatial structure of amphibian (meta)populations in Mediterranean farmland: implications for conservation management
Pedro Rui Correia de Oliveira Beja
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/68999/2006

On the edge of the Bantu expansions: inferring recent African population history with independently evolving haplotypic systems
Jorge Rocha
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/69144/2006

Phenogenetic drift in evolution: insights into the genetic basis of vertebrate developmental genes
Agostinho Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/71826/2006

Spatial genetic structure and phylogeography of lampreys (Petromyzontidae): definition of conservation and management units
Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72277/2006

Evaluating the importance of the X-chromosome "large effect" in the initial stages of reproductive isolation between two pairs of divergent lagomorph taxa
Nuno Ferrand
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72304/2006

Genomics, Selection and DNA sequence variation in the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
Wessel van der Loo
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/72841/2006

The combined use of biomarker and in situ Chironomus riparius bioassays to monitor environmental hazards of contaminants in Iberian rivers
Amadeu Mortágua Velho da Maia Soares
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/73467/2006

Speciation in Drouetia: evidence of punctuated equilibrium?
António Manuel de Frias Martins
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/74288/2006

Modelling terrestrial biodiversity in the Cape Verde islands: combining ecogeographical information with molecular markers
David James Harris
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/74349/2006

Gene flow across the pillars of Hercules: the role of North Africa in the postglacial recolonization of Europe
David James Harris
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BDE/75690/2006

DisrupTox - Edaphic Endocrine Disruption Assessment Tool Box
Mónica João Barros Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/66755/2006

Willkomm Herbarium: historical collection online
Maria de Fatima Matias Sales Machado
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-QOR/71319/2006

Algoteca de Coimbra (ACOI): a unique collection of microalgae
Lilia Santos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)