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R&D Projects

Call for SR&TD Project Grants - 2020

Biological Sciences Evaluation Panel - 2020

Coordination

Kriton Kalantidis
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology/ FoRTH, Greece

Evaluation

Alessandro Chiarucci
University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Italy
Anastasios Tselepidis
University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies, Greece
Andrea Hinas
Uppsala University, Sweden
Andy Foggo
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Angel Borja
AZTI - Innovación marina y alimentaria, Spain
Carlos Vilá Arbonés
Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Spain
Daniela Delneri
University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Italy
Danny Huylebroeck
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, NL (main) and KU Leuven, BE (in part), Belgium
Felicity A. Huntingford
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Jan Dirk van Elsas
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Jan Lindstrom
University of Glasgow, Finland
Jonas Collen
Sorbonne University, France
Justin Travis
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Klaus Palme
Institute of Biology 2/Botany, University of Freiburg (Germany), Germany
Liesbet Temmerman
KU LEUVEN, Belgium
Martin Solan
National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom
Mohamed Jebbar
Université de Bretagne Occidentale-Brest, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Laboratoire de Microbiologie des environnements Extremes, France
Nova Mieszkowska
The Marine Biological Association of the UK, United Kingdom
Phil Stephens
Durham University, United Kingdom
Poulakakis Nikos
University of Crete, Greece
Sotirios Kampranis
University of Copenhagen, Greece
Stephane Génin
LIPM (INRA-CNRS), France
TERESA RADZIEJEWSKA
University of Szczecin, Faculty of Geosciences, Palaeoceanological Unit, Poland
Thierry Vernet
Institut de biologie structurale, France
Timothy James Foster
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Ulrika Candolin
University of Helsinki, Finland

Projects assigned

PTDC/BIA-MIC/0124/2020

Yeast adaptive laboratorial EVOLution and integrative genOMICS and transcriptomics approaches towards an enhanced production of succinic acid
Ricardo Franco Duarte
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1179/2020

Alternaria alternata surface composition, human lung colonization and asthma
Chantal Ana Vicência Fernandes
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/1328/2020

Functional Analysis of the Hrk1 kinase and related signaling pathways: towards superior yeasts
Isabel Maria de Sá Correia Leite de Almeida
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2302/2020

Disclosing conserved responses and adaptive evolution events in fungi exposed to environmental stressors: linking climate change to cross-Kingdom pathogenicity
Celso Martins
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/2365/2020

Population genomics and the evolution of drug resistance in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Ana Rita Macedo Bezerra
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/3460/2020

NEglected Marine Fungi: an untapped source Of biodiversity, bioactive natural products and biotechnological potential
Artur Jorge da Costa Peixoto Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/4026/2020

Can endofungal bacteria symbionts modulate life-threatening aspergillosis?
CRISTINA SILVA PEREIRA
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/5246/2020

MetaFungal-Metabolism of carboxylic acids in Fungal Infections
Sandra Cristina Almeida Paiva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/6910/2020

Comparative and functional genomics to disclose molecular mechanisms ruling pathogenicity and sexual behaviour of Colletotrichum kahawae

Helena Manuela Gil Azinheira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/7008/2020

ECOYEAST - Seeing through a Petri dish - An ecological and phylogeographic view of S. cerevisiae populations and phenotypes to foster bio-economy
José Paulo Sampaio
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/7159/2020

Engineering Paracoccidioides spp. genome via CRISPR/Cas9-related systems: insights into virulence factors
Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/0107/2020

Auxin homeostasis and epigenetics crosstalk in conifer embryogenesis
Célia Maria Romba Rodrigues Miguel
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/0175/2020

GA Signaling Under Stress: The Heavy Impact of DELLA SUMOylation
Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/0215/2020

Deciphering the role of cell wall modifying enzymes during spring in grapevine woody tissues towards their biotechnological application
Henrique Luis Silva de Noronha
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/1094/2020

Unraveling underexplored physiological processes and practices to boost water-use efficiency of olive tree in a changing climate
Carlos Correia
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/1922/2020

How do the highly conserved DRIFs control phase transitions during early plant development?
Rómulo Sacramento Sobral
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/2389/2020

GrapeVision, genomics of modern and ancient DNA to empower Portuguese grapevine genetic resources
Herlander Anselmo Queirós Pereira Azevedo
Associação BIOPOLIS (BIOPOLIS)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/2748/2020

Valorization of Bryopsidales macroalgae for food and high-value products
Sónia Marisa Gonçalves da Cruz
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/2861/2020

Remodelling of the Endomembrane System during Seed maturation and germination
José Pissarra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/3146/2020

Exploring the roles of cork oak aquaporins for the transport of water and other substrates, and their participation in plant-microbe interaction
Farzana Sabir
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/3721/2020

A comparative genomics study to trace the genetic basis of cork formation in Quercus suber.
Pedro Miguel Rodrigues de Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/4647/2020

Arabinogalactan Proteins and Calcium - a key connection for seed formation
Sílvia Coimbra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/4942/2020

Impacto da sinalização do acido abscisico na regulação do crescimento das plantas e na arquitetura da raiz
Elena Baena-González
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/5487/2020

Function of Arabidopsis clathrin vesicle adaptor proteins under abiotic stresses
Rita Teresa Pereira Teixeira
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/5832/2020

RNA-Based Control of Stress Responses during Seed Germination
Paula Duque
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/6189/2020

Signaling peptides in sexual plant reproduction: insights from the haploid plant Marchantia polymorpha
Luís Gustavo Carvalho Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-FBT/6434/2020

Past, Present and Future of Plant uses in Angola
Luís Catarino
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/1791/2020

Towards blood-free Anopheles rearing and control
Joana Marques
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/2872/2020

PRAIA - resPonses vaRiAbility clImate chAnges
Impacts of Environmental Variability and Climate Change on the Ecological Strategies of two sympatric seabird species

Verónica Neves
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/2970/2020

Origin, genetic diversity and ecological impacts of mammal introductions in the Azores
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Fernandes
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/4050/2020

Variation in responses to environmental change by arctic breeding shorebirds wintering in temperate and tropical systems
Afonso Duarte dos Rocha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/4139/2020

Generational shifts: the role of juvenile settlement and recruitment in facilitating population responses to environmental change
Jose Augusto Belchior Alves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/4246/2020

A transcriptomic approach into the Hyalomma marginatum and Hazara virus interactions towards Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus control.
Ana Isabel Amaro Goncalves Domingos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/4469/2020

An Interdisciplinary Study of the Portuguese Primate Collections: Review, Assessment and Improvement.
Cecilia Veracini
Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP/Ulisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ZOE/6474/2020

Integrated vector management for the control of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in Portugal using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
Hugo Costa Osório
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0094/2020

MiFISH: Impact of pollutants in waste and environmental waters on fish microbiomes and resistomes
PATRÍCIA ISABEL SILVESTRE PINTO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0134/2020

ChangingWebs - Invasion potential of non-indigenous species in future warmer food webs
Catarina Vinagre
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0165/2020

Mimicking Sea Slugs: keeping functional chloroplasts outside of algal cells
Felisa Rey
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0167/2020

Gardens of gorgonians and hydrozoans under climate change in Northeast-Atlantic coasts: genetic biodiversity, bioactivity, genomic evolution and comparative phylogeography

Carlos Filipe Justo Moura
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0190/2020

Unravelling the molecular networks of transgenerational plasticity under a changing ocean: a multi-omics approach in marine organisms
Diana Sofia Gusmão Coito Madeira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0208/2020

Assessment and valuation of the blue carbon stocks in Portuguese marine coastal ecosystems
Bernardo Duarte
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0210/2020

CoralInvader - Invasion potential of the highly invasive sun coral in warm-temperate European waters
Marta Andreia Duarte Dias
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0217/2020

Vulnerability of shallow marine ecosystems to warming - from the species to complex food web networks
Vanessa Sofia Alegria Mendonça
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0280/2020

Effects of climate change and regional stressors on emissions of climate-relevant trace gases (CH4, N2O, DMS) by salt marshes and seagrass meadows
Ana Alexandre
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0291/2020

Marine microorganisms: the gold of oceans in the management of Psoriatic Plaque
Graciliana Luísa Lino Lopes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0811/2020

CyanoHABsLake - Modelling potentially harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a small eutrophic lake
Daniela Rebelo de Figueiredo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0897/2020

The colours of our seas: An evolutionary tale of porphyrin pigment metabolism in marine Polychaeta
Pedro Manuel Brôa Costa
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0957/2020

The adaptive potential of small pelagic fish in the response to climate change: integration of genomic tools in spatio-temporal predictive models
Gonçalo Jorge Franco Silva
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0979/2020

Modelling and Monitoring the Movement of Marine Invasive Alien Species – Advancing Predictability of Spread and Impacts
Heliana Teixeira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/0985/2020

Mussel_METAPOPS: A metapopulation approach to the sustainable management of mussel fishery and aquaculture resources
Henrique José de Barros Brito Queiroga
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1197/2020

Ecophysiology and nutritional status of estuarine key-species: latitudinal trends and global change impacts
Joana Costa Vilhena de Bessa Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1242/2020

SABELLARIA REEFS: STATUS, THREATS AND CONSERVATION
Maria Purificación Veiga Sánchez
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1252/2020

Diatom motility as driver of estuarine microphytobenthos productivity: species-specific photobehavior, photoprotection strategies, and light sensing mechanisms
João Serôdio
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1392/2020

MicroSponges: Exploiting sponges´ microbiome for the discovery of novel bioactive compounds.
Joana Soares de Oliveira Martins
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1494/2020

Unravelling evolutionary physiology landscapes of coastal marine fauna under extreme temperatures using a multi-layer Systems Biology approach
Sara Carolina Gusmão Coito Madeira
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1634/2020

Immune and neuroendocrine response of teleost fish species to climate change
Patrícia Anacleto
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1812/2020

Ácidos gordos de cadeia curta ou cadeia média como ingredientes funcionais para promover a performance e saúde de robalo (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Aires Oliva Teles
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1866/2020

Development of new approaches using eDNA on biomonitoring of rivers and streams with diatoms and macroinvertebrates.
Salomé Fernandes Pinheiro de Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1893/2020

Temperature and nutrient interactions in aquatic ectotherms: individuals, populations and communities at latitudinal edges
Bruno Carreira
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/1975/2020

Development of new molecular tools to improve the culture of the native clam Ruditapes decussatus in Europe (VITAL)
SERGIO FERNANDEZ BOO
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2133/2020

New insights into harmful algal blooms: disentangling biological associations and responses to a changing world
Isabel Cristina Gomes Teixeira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2153/2020

Exploring the relationship between wave impact and thermal stress in one of the most exposed rocky shores in the world (Praia Norte, Nazaré, Portugal)
Rui Seabra
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2277/2020

Effects of nanoplastics in streams: From ecosystem processes to biomolecules
Seena Sahadevan
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2288/2020

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture with Probiotic-rich Biofloc as novel strategy for sustainable Aquaculture
Filipe Coutinho
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2335/2020

Valuing Portuguese nori (Porphyra dioica) farmed using sustainable aquaculture - an omics approach
Maria do Rosário Gonçalves dos Reis Marques Domingues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2444/2020

The lost phase of vertebrate species at sea
Vânia Baptista
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2457/2020

Nanoplastics in coastal and estuarine ecosystems: presence, accumulation and combined effects with organic compounds to vertebrates and invertebrates
Mário Jorge Faria dos Santos Araújo
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2632/2020

Global warming and microplastics as vectors for contaminants in fish early life stages: within and transgenerational effects
Ana Rita José Lopes
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2765/2020

intraCOR: Comparing intra and interspecific physiological, transcriptomic and ecosystem-level responses to thermal stress, acidification and heat wave in coastal ecosystem engineers
Regina Lopes da Cunha
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2837/2020

PSYCoast: distribution, toxicity and ecological risk assessment of exposure to psychoactive pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in coastal ecosystems
Vanessa Fonseca
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2847/2020

Understanding collagen and adhesive secretions from a sea anemone envisaging biotechnological valorization
Mariana Dias Almeida
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/2973/2020

CLIMATE4SEA- Long-term Assessment of Climate Change in Antarctic Marine Ecosystems
Jose Xavier
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3027/2020

Coccidian parasites in aquaculture fish
Luís Filipe da Cunha Melo Silva Rangel
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3039/2020

Exploring the endolithic niche of coral symbiotic microalgae inside reef sand grains
Jörg Christian Frommlet
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3060/2020

Gastropod shell loss: a potential large scale impact of ocean acidification
Carlos Miguel Miguez Barroso
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3073/2020

INCEPTION – sINgle and Combined Effects of uv-filters and PlasTicIzers On marine iNvertebrates
Hugo Ricardo Soares Monteiro
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3127/2020

Why them? Unraveling the mechanisms of resilient invertebrates to resist human impacts in the deep sea
Patricia Esquete Garrote
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3143/2020

Biological Traits as a tool to monitor deep-sea mining disturbance
Sofia Pinto Ramalho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3154/2020

Seaweeds farming for high bioactivity production
Teresa Mouga
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3163/2020

The effects of climate change on temperate and tropical seahorses: from cells to organism
Marta Cristina Silva Pimentel da Silva
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3175/2020

TRANSHARK: shark reproductive biology and transgenerational acclimation in a changing ocean
Rui Rosa
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3266/2020

Development of a novel nanotechnology-based Drug Delivery System targeted to flat oyster intracellular parasites elimination
Anthony Peter Moreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3276/2020

Eco-Evolution of habitat-forming octoCORals under climate change: providing the missing baselines for the conservation of biodiversity hotspots along the Western Iberic coast.
Jean-Baptiste Ledoux
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3324/2020

Microbiome therapy of the octocoral holobiont in a changing ocean
Tina Keller-Costa
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3413/2020

Boosting benthic biomonitoring in coastal and transitional ecosystems using high-throughput DNA sequencing
Sofia Alexandra Ferreira Duarte
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3561/2020

MODEST- Developing predictive models in estuarine systems: new tools and approaches to accurately forecast ecological shifts in communities, under global change.
Susana Oliveira Braga Silva França
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3688/2020

Eco-friendly nanotechnology in fish health management for sustainable aquaculture development in Portugal
Victor Manuel Fernandes Galhano
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/3844/2020

Lipidomics to boost the untapped potential of PalMARIA palmata as sustainable resource of healthy fats for food and feed
Tânia Sofia Rodrigues de Melo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4198/2020

Tracking Environmental Changes using Dinoflagellates: A Benthic Perspective
Helena Isabel Dias David
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4216/2020

Who is the fast grower? The contribution of gene expression for the development of a growth potential prediction tool in aquaculture
Cátia Andreia Lourenço Marques
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4286/2020

Long-term drivers of marine Fish Recruitment variability: influence of Oceanography and Climate
Filipe Miguel Duarte Martinho
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4294/2020

Towards predicting zooplankton functional responses to Global Change and their impact in exploited fish populations
Ana Lígia Sequeira Primo
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4307/2020

Observations in the deep sea: faunal behaviour, impacts (resilience and recovery) and monitoring of in situ experiments
Daphne Valérie Cuvelier
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4319/2020

ChangingMoods: Ontogeny of cooperative cleaning behaviour in a changing ocean
José Ricardo Maceiras de Paula
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4610/2020

Regulation of the bicarbonate Secretion METAbolon in FISH
Sílvia Filipa Vicente Gregório
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4618/2020

Cracking the black box: using METAbarcoding approach to unravel aquatic FUNgal biodiversity
Isabel Rodrigues Fernandes
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4621/2020

SharkClim - Avaliação do impacto das alterações climáticas nas preferências ambientais e susceptibilidade à exploração pesqueira de tubarões pelágicos
Nuno Miguel Cabral Queiroz
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4691/2020

FishVen - Unexploited venoms from north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean scorpionfish
Frederico Almada
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/4958/2020

intraPLASTIC: The impact of plastic pollution on biodiversity below the species level
Katy Nicastro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5009/2020

Big Data approach to Drivers of Change in Benthic Communities
Inês Pena dos Reis Alfaro Cardoso
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5041/2020

Assessing underwater soundscapes and anthropogenic noise impact on fish in Portuguese estuaries
Maria Clara Correia de Freitas Pessoa de Amorim
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5086/2020

Assisted evolution tools to support seagrass restoration under climate change
João Miguel Sousa da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5183/2020

Living by the sea - a hybrid approach for assessing the vulnerability of shoreline biodiversity to climate change.
Cândida Gomes Vale
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5312/2020

Life history plasticity in catadromous species- causes and mechanisms
Carlos Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5389/2020

Deep-sea Corals under Climate Change: reproduction, larval dispersal and connectivity in the NE Atlantic
Ana Margarida Medrôa de Matos Hilário
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5407/2020

Winners and losers in a phytoplankton ecological succession under marine heat waves and iron limitation
Vanessa Lopes Letria
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5582/2020

Spatial ecology of meagre on the West African coast
David Maria Aguiar Abecasis
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5621/2020

Halo4Bio: Can a pinch of salt-loving Archaea be an extra condiment for blue biotechnology?
Tânia Isabel Sousa Caetano
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5685/2020

The role of plankton interactions in future ocean: from community responses to the underlying mechanisms - PlOcean
Joana Barcelos e Ramos
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/5976/2020

Essential lipids in the Octopus vulgaris paralarvae: An holistic approach through the diet.
Manuel Nande
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6006/2020

An Eco-Evolutionary Approach to Project Combined Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification on Marine Food Provisioning.
Sónia Cristina Ferreira Cotrim Marques
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6032/2020

Ecotoxicological impacts of CLImate stressors and Pharmaceuticals interactions on fitness and Sex differentiation of the European eEL (Anguilla anguilla)
Tiago Fernandes Grilo
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6069/2020

Multi observation tools for the detection of harmful algal blooms and forecasting shellfish contamination
Príscila Raquel Fernandes Costa Goela
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6140/2020

Physiological and behavioural mechanisms behind the invasive potential of the cichlid fish Australoheros facetus - a comparative and predictive approach
Pedro Miguel Guerreiro da Costa Guerreiro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6197/2020

UNRAVELING THE OCEANIC TROPHIC PHASE OF THE SEA LAMPREY USING BIOMARKERS, GENETICS AND BIOLOGGING
Maria João Lança
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6323/2020

Random Array of Drifting Cetacean Acoustic Listeners
Marcos Martins
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6363/2020

Myxosporea – life cycle and genomics of fish host recognition and invasion
Sónia Raquel Oliveira Rocha
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto - Associação (i3S)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6513/2020

(Micro)Plastics in freshwater ecosystems: toxicity to aquatic detrital food webs and biodegradation
Daniela Batista
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6538/2020

The unknown marine hosts of the giant viruses discovered in amoeba - what is the impact of megaviruses in the zooplankton?
António Pedro Alves Matos
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6648/2020

Marine cyanobacteria biodiversity in a North-South scenario. Hints for global warming impacts
Hassouani Meryem
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6682/2020

The biomedical potential of microalgae polysaccharides for the development of new bioactive wound dressings
Paula Isabel Teixeira Gonçalves Coutinho Borges
Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (IPG)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6937/2020

Untapping immunity and TRAining memory In mariNE bivalvEs
João Cardoso
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/6946/2020

Reproductive success in sea cucumbers: The role of environmental and social factors.
Nathalie Marquet
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7053/2020

Neuronal mechanisms involved in ocean acidification driven behavioral alterations in fish
Rita Alves Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7132/2020

Climate-driven evolution of marine forests across oceans
Maria Ester Tavares Álvares Serrão
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7309/2020

DIVERLITH - Studying maërl/rhodolith beds and associated fauna, consequences of climate change, and impacts for the industry
Dimitri de Araujo Costa
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7443/2020

Madeira Plankton Diversity and Trophic Webs
Sonia KM Gueroun
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7483/2020

Deep Atlantic Reefs & Walls: Islands as Natural Laboratories (DARWIN_Lab)

João Canning Clode
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7566/2020

Adapting to ocean acidification in the Atlantic
João Faria de Oliveira Santos
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7724/2020

Tropicalization as a promoting agent of refuge: will reef-building organisms thrive in higher latitude?
Francesca Gizzi
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/7831/2020

Transforming microAlgae Protein diversity and uniqueness into add value bioresourses
Liliana Isabel Tome Dos Anjos Guerreiro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BMA/8079/2020

Regulation of germ cell differentiation and effect of temperature in European sea bass
Rute Sofia Tavares Martins
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0085/2020

MOSSentinel - Moss spectra indicators to monitor the ecosystem health and functioning of Northwestern Iberian peatlands under climate change
HELENA CANHA PINTO HESPANHOL
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0204/2020

The assembly, functioning, evolution and collapse of remote food webs
Ruben Heleno
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0207/2020

UNRAVELING THE DRIVERS AND IMPACTS OF INVADERS IN A CHANGING WORLD

Luís Miguel Nunes Valente Afonso Reino
Associação BIOPOLIS (BIOPOLIS)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0229/2020

REFUGIA: Behavioural responses and adaptations of grassland birds to environmental and climate change
João Paulo Silva
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0270/2020

VENOM-CHANGE - Integrating evolutionary and ecological research on venomous snakes to reduce human-snake conflict and infer conservation strategies under anthropogenic change for the Western Mediterranean region
Fernando Martínez Freiría
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0433/2020

SYSTematic reviews in AQUAtic sciences: synthetizing research to produce general conclusions, analyze the causes of variation in research results and provide evidence-based management support
Verónica Ferreira
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0565/2020

Do really some like it hot?! Effects of heat stress in avian reproduction
Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/0629/2020

Investigating how ectotherms are facing dehydration and temperature extremes under climate change
Marco Sannolo
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/1507/2020

Unravelling the influence of nutrients and eutrophication on the development of harmful algal blooms in the Ria Formosa lagoon and adjacent coastal waters
Rita Isabel de Oliveira Soares Branco Domingues
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/1648/2020

MAPping and projecting thE Island biogeography of the Anthropocene
César Dinis Santos Capinha
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT/Ulisboa/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/1783/2020

Intertidal Sand Beach Biological Assemblages - Abundance, diversity, seasonality, spatial distribution and response to anthropogenic changes
Nuno Miguel da Silva Ascensão Vaz Álvaro
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/1807/2020

The role of whole-organism performance in biological invasions – a tale of two lizards
Verónica Alexandra Seixas Gomes
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/1983/2020

The role of animal seed dispersal on post-fire community reassembly
Sérgio Timóteo
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/2350/2020

An integrative multiscale and multimarker approach for ecotoxicity assessment of biopesticides to non-target organisms: from lab to farm.
Sara Raquel Boaventura Rodrigues
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/2934/2020

Effects of climate change on soil functioning and greenhouse gases fluxes in Antarctica
Jorge Durán Humia
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3112/2020

Functional characterization of the nearshore marine community and the impact of anthropogenic activities
Joana Baptista
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3292/2020

Predicting multi-level ecological interactions in tropical bat assemblages under contrasting matrix permeability
Ricardo Rocha
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3330/2020

Forest ecological intensification
Daniel Montesinos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3541/2020

Host-microbial symbiont relationships and immune gene diversity and evolution in Cartilaginous Fishes
Fabiana Neves
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3570/2020

LONG-IAS: Long-term ecological changes caused by a highly invasive alien species
Adriana Araújo Novais
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3680/2020

The genomic, epigenomic and microbiomic contribution to the success of acacias in new environments
Maria Helena Machado Trindade Donato
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3799/2020

Environmental drivers at oceanic island wakes: using bioacoustics to investigate fine-scale spatial-temporal cetaceans occurrence in dynamic ecosystems
Ana Margarida Brites Caetano Diniz
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3924/2020

COASTWET – Coastal Wetlands Sustainability under Multiple and Climate-related Threats: Unravelling Impacts on Blue C and Pollutants Mitigation
Ana Isabel Francisco Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/3950/2020

It’s getting hot in here! Will extreme warming events affect progestins degradation and toxicity? New strategies of environmental remediation
Patricia Cardoso Teixeira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4247/2020

Marine Megafauna aggregations, science and engineering for sustainable management and conservation
Jorge Miguel Rodrigues Fontes
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4289/2020

Functional equivalence and connectivity between natural and man-made habitats: trade-offs for waterbirds using rice fields
Teresa Catry
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4599/2020

GO-WILD: Valuing wild pollinators for sustainable pollination services
Sílvia Castro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4745/2020

How environmental fluctuations, extreme climatic events and cognition affect animal social structure
Gonçalo Canelas Cardoso
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4749/2020

Diversity of rodent anti-predator strategies in a changing desert environment
Zbyszek Boratynski
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4826/2020

Predicting the evolution of Portuguese pine forests under climate change
Maria Teresa Calvão Rodrigues
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4827/2020

Seedling culture as a tool to improve seagrass restoration
Laura Guerrero Meseguer
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4871/2020

The lure of waste: ecological footprint of anthropogenic food subsidies on birds
Inês Catry
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4948/2020

microCOOL: tampão térmico endossimbiótico microbiano contra ondas de calor
Gerardo Zardi
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/4976/2020

Impact assessment of invasive species using a multi-networking approach: the invasion of red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) in Europe
Pedro Miguel Filipe Pereira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/5069/2020

ShellValue - Optimizing environmental solutions and new products for bivalve shells’ aquaculture surplus
Marina Dolbeth
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/5195/2020

Microbial Breath Indicators Of Cetacean Health for Environmental Monitoring
Ana Mafalda Tomás Correia
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/5419/2020

Connectivity of medium-sized cetaceans in oceanic islands´ system and scientific dissemination through interactive technology
Filipe Alves
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/5784/2020

Resilience to ocean acidification and eutrophication of coastal planktonic food webs dominated by toxic species
Aldo Barreiro Felpeto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/6067/2020

A real-time dynamic biodiversity prediction toolbox for application in landscape management and ecosystem restoration
Miguel Porto Bértolo Adão Pereira
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/6128/2020

BioMonitoring: Monitoring biodiversity with autonomous sound recording stations
Ana Isabel Leal
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/6409/2020

A comprehensive Bioinformatic toolbox for Auditing and Grading DNA barcode-based libraries for biodiversity monitoring and research
Pedro Emanuel Ferreira dos Reis Vieira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/6476/2020

Plant Fitness and Realized Niches in Stressful Environments
Helena Cristina de Matos Serras Cadete Serrano
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/6523/2020

Using ecological networks to predict resilience of marine ecosystems: understanding the effects of the links between different habitats
Sofia Henriques
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/6582/2020

Illuminating bird community interactions and ecosystem functions through metabarcoding and ecological networks
Luís Fernando Pascoal da Silva
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECO/7794/2020

The present and future of subtidal kelp forest functioning in northern Portugal: a contribution to key physico-chemical drivers and ecosystem services provision.
Pieter van der Linden
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/0257/2020

History of early whaling and sealing in coastal Iberian, Mediterranean and Macaronesian communities: a molecular perspective
Paula Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/0387/2020

Conservation of Portuguese kelp forests: identifying ecosystem services, assessing vulnerability drivers and developing management recommendations to achieve socio-ecological sustainability
João N Franco
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/0523/2020

Effects of land use changes on long distance migrants: how to fuel incredible journeys on a rapidly changing world?
Pedro Miguel Mendes Araújo
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/0583/2020

Geneticlue: Insight into the population and evolutionary dynamics of the European sardine towards the implementation of a genetic monitoring plan.
Bruno Emanuel Pereira Louro
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/0865/2020

Madagascar and beyond: Comparative and Demographic Analyses of Genomes
Lounès Chikhi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/0873/2020

Uncovering the cryobiology of Prunus dulcis following a multi-omics approach
Octávio Manuel Ribeiro Serra
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1145/2020

Cultural landscapes and dry-stone structures as tools for biodiversity conservation
Eduardo Manuel Silva Loureiro Alves Ferreira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1209/2020

Species interactions under biological invasion: an island model
Ricardo Faustino de Lima
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1349/2020

Trait-based prediction of extinction risk for Macaronesian arthropods
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1365/2020

A Climate-Smart Pest Management Strategy for Resilient and Sustainable Olive Growing
José Muñoz Rojas Morenés
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1384/2020

Biodiversity scaling patterns and processes in archipelagos
Maria Cristina Duarte
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1550/2020

Marine plankton dynamics in remote outer regions: unraveling patterns, environment-induced responses and ecological consequences to improve species conservation strategies
Régis Vinícius Souza Santos
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1638/2020

INVADER V - INVasive Acacias biocontrol & invadeD Ecosystem Restoration
Elisabete Maria Duarte Canas Marchante
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/1668/2020

Eucalyptus plantations´ ecological role for mammals: HABITat providers, connectors or movement bARriers?
Luís Miguel Rosalino
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/2107/2020

Predicting chemical effects in Mediterranean aquatic MODEL ecosystems using mechanistic effect MODELS
Michiel Adriaan Daam
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/2134/2020

Shellfisheries and aquaculture hEalth and wEalth: from prevention to Disease resistance mechanisms
Luísa Magalhães
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/2278/2020

ANTHROPOPHIBIAN: Phenomic, genomic and microbiomic responses to anthropogenic pressures

Guillermo Velo Antón
Associação BIOPOLIS (BIOPOLIS)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/2340/2020

Soil Ecosystems in the XXI Century: pressures, conservation and future scenarios
Carlos António Bastos de Morais Guerra
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/2844/2020

The phenomics of global warming: from fitness to metabolome.
MARTA ALEXANDRA ARANDAS DOS SANTOS
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3106/2020

Genomics of adaptation to climate warming
Pedro Miguel Simões
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3166/2020

The meridional Harbor Porpoise (Phocena phocoena): population health status and extinction risk
Catarina Isabel da Costa Simões Eira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3305/2020

Cetaceans and junk food: Ecotoxicological effect of (micro)plastics on cetaceans
Silvia Monteiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3352/2020

BioDivInSoil - Biodiversity in vineyard soils subjected to different managements
Romeu Miranda Francisco
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3428/2020

Unraveling extinction risks and local adaptation in response to climate change through genomics and ecological niche models
Michael Jowers
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3501/2020

Rehabilitation of Portuguese Coral Gardens: the Role of Deep Refuges
Márcio André Guerreiro Coelho
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3508/2020

BIONOMIAL – Promoting biodiversity conservation through the management of the flagship - invader species binomial
Victor Bandeira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3571/2020

Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture by Promoting Functional Soil Biodiversity and Crop Quality
Susana Patrícia Mendes Loureiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3599/2020

BRACICA – Cataloging and preserving the unexplored diversity of cicadas of Brazil with integrative taxonomy and citizen science
Vera Lúcia Martins Nunes
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3610/2020

The remarkable relationship between Freshwater Mussels and Fish: including biotic interactions to advance conservation planning
Manuel Peixoto de Magalhães Lopes Lima
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3689/2020

Incorporating Adaptive GENomic variation in CLImate change Models
David Draper Munt
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/3939/2020

Evaluating the efficiency of mitigation actions for Human-Wildlife conflicts: an approach focusing a large carnivore in human-dominated landscapes
Nuno Miguel Negroes Soares
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4138/2020

Trophic ecology and morphological patterns in endemic Macaronesian pigeons
David Afonso da Rocha Gonçalves
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4204/2020

How global change drivers affect species interactions in cork oak agroforestry systems, and their consequences for biodiversity and the economy
Fernando Ascensão
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4238/2020

Seabird and coastal birds as sentinels of marine pollution in a changing world
Cátia Sofia Andrade dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4290/2020

Desert Wetlands and Global Change: feedbacks between biodiversity conservation and human development
José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4377/2020

How does climate change affect host-disease interactions? Integrating genomics with physiology to model susceptibility of hosts to pathogens in ectotherms
Rodrigo Manuel Megía Palma
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4772/2020

The ecosystem services provided by top predators as a tool for their conservation
Rui do Nascimento Fazenda Lourenço
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/4778/2020

Climate changes in the Coimbra Botanical Garden: crossing past and present to prevent the future
Ana Cristina Pessoa Tavares dos Santos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5015/2020

EcoRestore – Ecological consequences of restoring populations of mega-herbivores in African savannas
Jorge Manuel Palmeirim
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5111/2020

Environmental effects on Marine Protected Areas performance: towards effective conservation of keystone marine predators
André Sucena Afonso
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5295/2020

Shifting targets for pelagic fisheries: exploring the potential of Atlantic and horse mackerel as sustainable alternatives to sardines
Miguel Baltazar-Soares
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5334/2020

Diagnosis of European Marine Protected Areas
Barbara Horta e Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5394/2020

A new approach to forecasting species´ spatial distributions in a changing world using metabolic theory.
Luís António da Silva Borda de Água
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5536/2020

Sensory threats from coastal shores to open waters: Assessing ecological impacts in island ecosystems
Eva Cacabelos
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação - Associação (ARDITI)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5547/2020

Hybridization between an exotic fish and an endemic hybrid system as a biological barrier to invasion: an empirical study
Miguel Filipe Morgado dos Santos
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5577/2020

DYNAFOR – DYnamics of NAtive oak FORests to guide conservation and management strategies in the Anthropocene: Modelling forests towards restoration
SALVADOR ARENAS CASTRO
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5655/2020

Improving monitoring efforts to control the introduction of non-indigenous species along the Portuguese coast
María del Pilar Cabezas Rodríguez
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5678/2020

EVOlution meets conservation biogeoGRAPHY: A cross-regional study to understand how intra-specific diversity is structured in space to support post-2020 conservation strategies

Silvia Benoliel de Carvalho
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5706/2020

Assisted Evolution of Zooxanthellae for the Preservation of Coral Reefs in a Warming Ocean: using heat-tolerant zooxanthellae to repopulate reef-building corals upon bleaching events
Miguel Simões Nabais de Nogueira Baptista
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5719/2020

The burden of short-term captivity: a harm-benefit approach on the use of wild small mammals in experimental procedures
Maria Luz Costa Pereira Mathias
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5735/2020

Promoting reduction of invasions by nonnative fish in Iberian watercourses
Ana Filipa da Silva Pereira Machado Filipe
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5771/2020

Ecological function of linear field margins in intensively used Mediterranean farmland: An assessment using small mammals
Ricardo Miguel Miguéns Cardoso Cadete Pita
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5885/2020

Preservation of Cape Verdean biodiversity through the valorisation of endemic species: from molecular profiling towards novel ingredients for bioindustries
Maria Inês Moreira Figueiredo Dias
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/5946/2020

A holistic social-ecological approach for the conservation of river basins in highly overaged rural areas
AMÍLCAR ANTÓNIO TEIGA TEIXEIRA
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/6478/2020

Assessing the risks of metal contamination on cave-dwelling bats in Portugal
José Paulo Filipe Afonso de Sousa
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020

The Paris Agreement and the global redistribution of marine biodiversity
Jorge Assis
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/6530/2020

Assessing the sensitivity of plant dune species to hydrological drought
Cristina Maria Nunes Antunes
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7423/2020

A call to the rescue of natural habitats remnants in agro-silvo-pastoral systems as key elements for biodiversity conservation, sustainability and resilience
Carlos António Marques Pereira Godinho
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7525/2020

Understanding phenotypic responses of biodiversity to past and present environmental variation to forecast the impacts of global change
Urtzi Enriquez Urzelai
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7604/2020

Temperate marine forests under threat: biodiversity baselines and impacts of climate change in floras facing migratory constraints
João Miranda Neiva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7630/2020

Can we use wildlife roadkill data for monitoring biodiversity trends in Mediterranean farmland ongoing intensification?
António Paulo Pereira Mira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7719/2020

Effects of roads and land-uses on seed dispersal by mesocarnivores in Mediterranean agroecosystems
Nuno Miguel Peres Sampaio Pedroso
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7760/2020

Investigating the role of biodiversity and ecosystem disturbance in risk of viral pathogen emergence in Southern Africa
Pedro Seabra Monterroso
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7780/2020

Take a walk on the roadside: a valuable habitat to promote native vegetation and biodiversity in Mediterranean landscapes
Anabela Dias Ferreira Belo
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-CBI/7880/2020

An integrative approach to the biogeography and conservation planning of mammals in Iran under climate change scenarios
GholamHosein Yusefi
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/0453/2020

Iberian species of the Mediterranean ecosystem as reservoirs for emerging zoonotic viruses
Joana Abrantes
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/1033/2020

Carotenoids on Health - Genomics to solve the missing link
Ricardo Jorge Lopes
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/2366/2020

Dominance pheromones in cichlids: the chemical communication of aggression
Peter Hubbard
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/2594/2020

Enemy within: the unexpected Role of Red Blood Cell Homeostasis in the Onset of Malarial Anemia

Cristina Fernandez Arias
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/2912/2020

Pace of Life in the City – Wild Mammals in the Urban Environment
Sophie von Merten
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/3247/2020

New perspectives on lichens: microbiome, mycorrhizas and the regulatory mechanisms inhibiting mycobiont’s parasitic behavior and favoring mutualism
Silvana Munzi
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/3396/2020

New insights into cell non-autonomous mechanisms governing yeast chronological aging
Belém Sampaio Marques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/3582/2020

BacSURVEY_Surveillance of plant biohazard bacterial populations by third generation sequencing
Fernando Tavares
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/4059/2020

Nano-polymers and matters of the heart
Zélia Cristina Pereira Velez
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/4230/2020

Understanding the influence of non-B DNA conformations in human mtDNA replication process
JOÃO MIGUEL SOTTO MAIOR FARIA CARNEIRO
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/4403/2020

New functions for somatostatin
ADELINO VICENTE MENDONÇA CANÁRIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/4649/2020

Unraveling biodiversity and distribution of marine fish species in mainland Portugal with Marine eDNA
Ana Rita Correia de Freitas Castilho da Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/6091/2020

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-BIO/6536/2020

Linking single cell Epigenetics with salt stress tolerance traits in rice
Ana Paula Santos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BIO/6727/2020

Drosophila adaptation to infection: genomics, genetics and physiology
José Élio da Silva Sucena
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/0289/2020

Big and small – How do we fit all? An integrative framework for investigating character displacement
Raquel Campos Soares de Vasconcelos
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/0836/2020

Phenotypic plasticity in multifactorial environments
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1061/2020

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of development in a facultative pedomorphic salamander and the effect of endocrine disruptive substances on metamorphosis
GONÇALO ESPREGUEIRA CRUZ THEMUDO
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1100/2020

Harnessing comparative genomics to understand the role of horizontal acquired genes in the evolution of yeast metabolism
PAULA MARIA THERIAGA MENDES BERNARDO GONÇALVES
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1186/2020

EvoNeering: An Evolution-Motivated Genetic Engineering for the Biosynthesis of Antitumor Peptides derived from Marine Cyanobacteria
Guillermin Agüero Chapin
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1212/2020

The role of polyploidy in shaping current patterns of plant diversity in nature: an ecological and evolutionary perspective
Mariana Oliveira e Castro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1307/2020

HybridChange – The potential of hybridization to promote rapid adaptation during climate change
José Melo-Ferreira
Associação BIOPOLIS (BIOPOLIS)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1435/2020

Adaptation and resilience of freshwater mussels to climate change
Joaquim Reis
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1696/2020

Ancient GEnomics of Speciation and hybridization
Miguel Carneiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/1931/2020

Cascading eco-evolutionary dynamics in response to soil pollution
Inês Regina Lopes de Mendonça Fragata Almeida
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/2349/2020

Can the impact of global warming on flower fertility be mitigated by elevated CO2? - An integrated multi-omic approach for the sustainability of the coffee crop
Isabel Cristina Dos Santos Lourenço Marques
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/2620/2020

Diversification in arid environments: a genomic and spatial perspective.
José Pedro Rodrigues Tarroso Gomes
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/3137/2020

The impact of climate change on the evolution of mating patterns and host-plant adaptation
Ana Leonor Rapoula Rodrigues
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/3481/2020

The genomic basis of parallel temporal adaptation, divergence and speciation in sympatric storm-petrels
Mónica Sérvulo Correia Carneiro da Silva
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/3679/2020

Understanding the evolution of human lice: building bridges between researchers and communities to address a health problem
Catarina Pinho
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/4239/2020

Title: Assessing genomic variation of a highly invasive aquatic reptile: Towards enhancing population control strategies in the Iberian Peninsula
Tibisay Escalona Varela
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/4401/2020

Using organellar phylogenomics to elucidate brown algal crust evolution
Manuela Isabel Parente Cardoso
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/4428/2020

Dissecting the molecular basis of convergent evolution at multiple scales in lizards
Pedro Andrade
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/4552/2020

The mitigation and modelling of time-heterogeneous substitution processes in the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships
Cymon John Cox
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/4789/2020

Selective pressures in opportunistic fungal infections
Patrícia Filipa Homem de Campos Tavares de Brito
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/5252/2020

Understanding mitochondrial-nuclear coevolution using experimental and genomic approaches on two sister species of Microtus voles
Ana Sofia Magueijo Pais Quina
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/5416/2020

SKELETA – A digital repository for zooarchaeology, paleogenomics and imaging data
Silvia de Lima Guimaraes Chiarelli
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/5432/2020

The Environment, Phenotype and Genotype Triad: uncovering adaptations to an increasingly arid world
Martim Ferreira Pinto Pinheiro de Melo
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/5453/2020

COEVOL - The arms race between the European rabbit and Lagovirus europaeus GI.2/RHDV2/b: a genotype-phenotype approach
ANA MARGARIDA LIMA LOPES
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/6282/2020

Can hybridization fuel adaptation and species response to environmental change? Genomics and proteomics of endemic Iberian freshwater fish
Vítor Martins Conde e Sousa
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/6388/2020

FreshWAter bioDIversity and its environmental drivers in arid North Africa
Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/6769/2020

What is the evolutionary value of a yellow coloration? Testing the trade-off and shared pathway hypotheses for the evolution of a sexually selected carotenoid coloration in birds.
Paulo Jorge Gama Mota
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/6877/2020

Rosaceae genes determining if a fruit is a pome, drupe, or achene
Sara Maria de Jesus Freitas Rocha
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto - Associação (i3S)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/6894/2020

Evolution of phylogenetically diverse strains of commensal E. coli in the gut of lean and obese mice
Anastasia Kottara
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/6931/2020

The Path to the Deep Sea. Genomic adaptations of marine fishes to deep waters for conservation and proper management politicies.
David Barros-García
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/7079/2020

Myxoma virus leap into Lepus: Unravelling the mechanisms behind poxvirus host species jump
Pedro José de Castro Esteves
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/7546/2020

Evolution of commensal bacteria in the mammalian intestine
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/7725/2020

In The Blood: Data mining for parasites
David James Harris
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/7842/2020

What can inversions tell us about adaptation to environmental changes in the intertidal?
Rui Miguel Macieira de Faria
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVL/7848/2020

Local Adaptation in Macrocystis pyrifera
Gareth Anthony Pearson
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/0074/2020

ProZyme – Novel probiotics isolated from fish gut microbiota for improving insect meal utilization, gut health and disease resistance of carnivorous fish species
Paula Cristina Enes Oliveira da Silva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/1780/2020

Improving cyanobacterial chassis and molecular toolbox for the production of industrially-relevant compounds
Catarina Coutinho Gouveia Lopes Pacheco Vergueiro
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto - Associação (i3S)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/1978/2020

Biomarker discovery in prostate cancer: Volatilomics and biosensor-based approaches for clinical diagnosis



Paula Guedes de Pinho
REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia - Associação (REQUIMTE-P)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/2237/2020

Cyanobacterial Outer-Membrane vesicles: From the gEnes To the nano-scale biotechnological applicaTIons
Paulo Miguel Nunes de Oliveira
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto - Associação (i3S)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/3395/2020

Oleic acid as functional ingredient: a nutritional strategy to improve the use of alternative lipid sources in European sea bass diets
Carolina Oliveira Castro
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/3683/2020

Thyroid disruptors: from human exposure to cardiovascular diseases
Carla Patrícia Quintaneiro Antunes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/3711/2020

Metabolic and pro-inflammatory determinants of pluripotency in Cr VI carcinogenesis: tools for developing more effective therapies
Maria Carmen Alpoim
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/4217/2020

Improvement of sperm quality through the action of Melatonin as an antioxidant, in two aquaculture important species
Catarina Cortes Valente de Oliveira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/4389/2020

Finding the perfect match between PGPR and soil thermophilic bacteria to promote tomato growth under drought conditions
Margarida Maria Cabral Lages Azevedo Santana
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/4706/2020

Marine bioactives as therapeutics for osteoporosis
Joana Alexandra Teixeira Rosa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/4861/2020

Development of immunomodulatory nanosystems for stimulation of innate immune memory against vulvovaginal candidiasis
ANA PAULA FERNANDES MONTEIRO SAMPAIO CARVALHO
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/4872/2020

Machine learning applied toward high-throughput multi-omics data for the discovery of new antibacterial drug combinations against multidrug-resistant bacteria
Joana Vanessa Cordeiro Melro Mourão
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/5544/2020

Unlocking Robertsonian centromeres by targeted chromosome sequencing
Sandra Louzada Gomes Pereira
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/6126/2020

MARine BIOactives for new skinCARE products development
RUI FILIPE PINTO PEDROSA
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (IPLeiria)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/6153/2020

Comparative analysis of the physiological effects of nanoparticles exposure on vertebrate cell lines using cell-based sensors: endotherms vs ectotherms
Rute Castelo Félix
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/6169/2020

Unravelling maternal thyroid hormone role in generating cell diversity during zebrafish spinal cord neurodevelopment
Marco António do Nascimento Sequeira de Jesus Campinho
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/6772/2020

Integrated engine for species identification and high-throughput sequencing data analysis
Nádia Maria Gonçalves de Almeida Pinto
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto - Associação (i3S)

PTDC/BIA-OUT/7548/2020

Decoding FA-SAT ncRNA in human cells – proliferation and apoptotic cell signaling pathways. What´s the meaning of its conservation?
RAQUEL MARIA GARCIA DOS SANTOS CHAVES
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-COM/0151/2020

A genetic model for neurorehabilitation: genes and circuits controlling motor recovery.
César S Mendes
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-COM/2644/2020

Neurobiology of avian social networks: short- and long-term effects in a wild avian model
Sandra Trigo
Associação BIOPOLIS (BIOPOLIS)

PTDC/BIA-COM/2648/2020

Neuronal control of energetic and macronutrient homeostasis in Drosophila
Gonçalo Poças
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)

PTDC/BIA-COM/3068/2020

Genetic toolkits and the molecular evolution of social behaviour: teleost fish as a comparative study model
Rui Oliveira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-COM/3402/2020

FishPersona - Which fish personality traits will be linked to fitness under future global warming?
Ana M Faria
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-COM/3722/2020

Cleaning stations as hubs for the maintenance and recovery of microbial diversity on coral reefs: a multidisciplinary approach
Sónia Cristina Cobra Cardoso
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-COM/4854/2020

The neurobiological and behavioural effects of female Poecilia reticulata’ exposure to male coercion: a new model system to study sex X environment interactions
Marta Soares
ICETA - Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto (ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-COM/5220/2020

The role of social interactions in health and disease
Kyriakos Kareklas
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-COM/5770/2020

Searching for the principles of collective motion and collectives decisions: a new generation of experiments and models based on Interpretable AI
GONZALO GARCIA DE POLAVIEJA
Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (FC Champalimaud)

PTDC/BIA-COM/6124/2020

Deconstructing collective cognition in Drosophila: neurobehavioural mechanisms of social and asocial learning
Susana Araújo Marreiro Varela
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)