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R&D Projects

Call for Funding of Research and Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2008

Painel de Avaliação de Ciências Biológicas - 2008

Coordination

Daniela Corda
Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Italy

Evaluation

Alberto Luini
Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Italy
Annalise Pastore
Anne Ridley
King´s College London, United Kingdom
Ben-Zion Shilo
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Daniela Corda
Didier Mazel
Institut Pasteur, France
Dorothea Bartels
Universitat Bonn, Germany
Paul Giller
Pilar Santisteban
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Spain
Rafael Ignacio Márquez Martínez de Orense

Projects assigned

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098109/2008

Developmental control of cell growth and survival by Dpp/TGF-beta pathway and Viriato.
Paulo Jorge Sousa Nunes Pereira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098185/2008

The human brain PP1 interactome identifies novel therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases
Edgar Figueiredo da Cruz e Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098272/2008

Mitochondrial signalling pathway in Alzheimer's disease: disclosure of new biomarkers
Sandra Morais Cardoso
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098400/2008

Dissecting the role of spindle assembly checkpoint components in regulating chromosome-microtubule attachment
Hassan Bousbaa
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098503/2008

The inhibitory function of the Scavenger-type receptors CD5 and CD6 in lymphocyte signaling.
Mafalda Maria dos Santos Pinto
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098591/2008

Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Maria Constança Campos Morgado Silva Pinto Baptista Coelho
Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (AIDFM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098621/2008

DNA damage stress and the cell cycle induced cohesin post-translational modifications.
José António Melo da Costa Nunes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098665/2008

AQP7 regulation of adipose cell size and obesity: screening for putative modulators.
Maria da GRAÇA Tavares Rebelo de SOVERAL Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098719/2008

Controlo de vias de sinalização neuronais pelo CYP46A1, um enzima do catabolismo do colesterol no encéfalo
Elsa Margarida Teixeira Rodrigues
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098819/2008

Redox proteomics in a human neurodegeneration cell model. The effect of serum bioavailable phytochemicals from highly antioxidant fruits
Maria Cláudia Nunes dos Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098837/2008

Acting on Apoptosis Targets to Improve Neural Differentiation: A Novel Role for Ursodeoxycholic Acid
SUSANA ZEFERINO SOLÁ DA CRUZ
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098913/2008

Membrane protein trafficking and phosphorylation - towards the discovery of novel mechanisms in human disease
Carlos Miguel Ribeiro da Silva Farinha
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098939/2008

Sirtuin 2: Crossing the bridge between aging and neurodegeneration
Tiago Outeiro
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/098960/2008

Coffee Oil phytochemicals as protective agents in Alzheimer disease
Francisco Manuel Pereira Peixoto
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099044/2008

Casuarina glauca-Frankia nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis: functional analysis of three defense-related genes, CgChi1, CgChi3 (encoding class I and III chitinases) and CgHIN1 (encoding a homologue of Hairpin Inducing Protein 1)
Patrícia da Conceição Ferreira dos Santos
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099152/2008

Single cell studies of the action of antibiotics
Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099231/2008

TBCCD1- a novel centrosomal protein containing a tubulin cofactor C domain
Maria Helena Antunes Soares
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099246/2008

Regulatory circuits controlling the expression of beta-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: exploring new concepts for antibiotic recycling
Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099272/2008

Can genomic DNA sequences vary systematically due to growth and cell determination? - A revolutionary approach in plant genomics
Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099284/2008

How photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhartii can be affected under stress conditions? A special attention to rubisco degradation
Maria da Glória Calado Inglês Esquível
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099334/2008

Integrating codon-usage, codon-context, tRNA abundance and environmental stress variables to unravel modulators of mRNA decoding fidelity
Gabriela Moura
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099367/2008

Genome-wide analysis of telomere protection in S. pombe
Miguel Godinho Ferreira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099565/2008

The origin and early diversification of plants: a phylogenomic approach employing novel composition-heterogeneous methods
Cymon John Cox
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099706/2008

Role of the transcription factor Cited2 in embryonic stem cell self-renewal
José Bragança
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099735/2008

Functional characterization of a novel gene regulating cell cycle progression
Peter Jordan
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099824/2008

Alternative Splicing of Androgen Receptor: Involvement in Spermatogenesis and Fertility
José Eduardo Brites Cavaco
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099836/2008

Functional analysis of new transcriptional regulators involved in abiotic stress responses in rice.
Nelson José Madeira Saibo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099856/2008

CONNEXIN… SHOULD IT STAY OR SHOULD IT GO? UBIQUITIN SOLVES THE CLASH. The molecular mechanisms involved in ubiquitin-dependent internalization and intracellular trafficking of gap junctions.
Henrique Girao
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099892/2008

Functional and molecular characterization of Daphnia longevity genes
Raquel M Silva
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099905/2008

Dissecting Biophysical Cellular Mechanisms during Regeneration of Complex Organs in Vertebrates: an integrative approach
Ana Catarina Certal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099906/2008

Functional approaches for studying IDS pre-mRNA splicing - analysing the clues provided by three nonconventional splicing mutations
Sandra Catarina da Conceição Alves
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100214/2008

Cellular and molecular commonalities between wound healing and pigmentation pattern formation
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100383/2008

Analysis of a group of HIV infected mothers living in Lisbon and Oporto enrolled in a study protocol of mother-to-child transmission: identification, characterization and evaluation of the viral molecular distribution pattern
Elizabeth Pádua
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100525/2008

Characterization of cell signalling pathways modulated by the Isc1 neutral sphingomyelinase: implications in chronological lifespan and oxidative stress resistance
Vítor Manuel Vieira da Costa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100557/2008

Determining the epigenetic mechanism of centromere assembly
Lars Jansen
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100622/2008

BRI2 and BRI3 as novel PP1 regulatory proteins involved in cellular/neuronal dysfunction.
Sandra Maria Tavares da Costa Rebelo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100809/2008

Functional analyses in Arabidopsis of novel highly conserved sequences identified on Rye B chromosomes with a potential role on chromatid segregation
Helena Sofia de Henriques Lebre de Campos Pereira
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100867/2008

O papel de genes da pluripotemncialidade durante a formação de orgão complexos
Joaquin Maria Rodriguez-Leon
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100911/2008

The response of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway to abiotic stress in several grapevine varieties: a genetic approach
Luísa Cristina dos Mártires Ferreira de Carvalho
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100987/2008

Molecular, enzymatic and genetic characterization of the ubiquitin/proteasome (UPS) pathway in Plasmodium spp.
Ana Júlia Pinto Fonseca Sieuve Afonso
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101030/2008

The role and regulation of alpha-synuclein phosphorylation in both pathological and physiological conditions
Sandra Isabel Nogueira Tenreiro
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101084/2008

Study of new transthyretin interactions and its physiological relevance
Maria Rosário Almeida
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101100/2008

RESIST: Heavy metals RESISTance induction in soil organisms
Mónica João Barros Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101113/2008

Interaction between class III peroxidases and arabinogalactan proteins in plant cell physiology
Mariana Sottomayor
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101122/2008

Molecular regulation of neuronal and glial differentiation in the mammalian cerebral cortex
Marta de Rocha Rosário
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101210/2008

Elucidation of the biological functions of survivin isoforms: towards new molecular targets for improved cancer gene therapy approaches using non-viral vectors
Maria da Conceição Monteiro Pedroso de Lima
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101252/2008

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs modulation of the Beta-catenin stability and its nuclear interaction with T-Cell Transcription Factor in human colorectal normal and tumoural cell lines expressing JC polyomavirus T-antigen
Luis Almeida
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101271/2008

Sorting and maturation of vacuolar class III peroxidases in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Patrícia Carla de Jesus Duarte Macedo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101282/2008

Searching for RNA regulators that control the segmentation clock
Maria Leonor Tavares Saúde
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101286/2008

Identification and characterization of mono-ubiquitinated proteins in mammals
Jorge Eduardo da Silva Azevedo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101311/2008

Modulation of programmed cell death by cellular free heme
Miguel Amado Franco Parreira Soares
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101532/2008

Subcellular trafficking of recombinant proteins in plants
Rita Sobral Moutinho Abranches
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101575/2008

Transcription-coupled mechanisms of gene regulation
Maria Carmo-Fonseca
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101585/2008

Inhibition of bacterial plant virulence by interference with interspecies cell-cell communication.
Karina Xavier
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101621/2008

Crosstalk between lysosome/vacuole and mitochondria in programmed cell death: mammalian and yeast cells as complementary models
Maria Manuela Sansonetty Goncalves Corte Real
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101662/2008

Identification of new applications for therapeutical molecules: Effects on larval skeletal development of zebrafish and de novo bone formation in regenerating caudal fins- Xenofish II
Paulo Gavaia
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101730/2008

Key enzymes and regulators of the massive, stress-induced carotenoid biosynthesis in Dunaliella salina
João Varela
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101854/2008

Mechanics and mechanisms of metamerization in vertebrates
Gabriel José Gonçalves Martins
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101915/2008

iMod - Immunomodulation properties of adipose tissue-derived and amniotic fluid-derived stem cells before and after osteogenic differentiation
Alexandra P Marques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/101924/2008

The role of Notch and Hedgehog signalling pathways in thymus organogenesis
Hélia Cristina de Oliveira Neves
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102044/2008

Role of the RhoBTB GTPases in the myelination of the nervous system
Joao Carlos Bettencourt de Medeiros relvas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102057/2008

Genomics of chronic proteotoxic stress in yeast
Laura Cristina da Silva Carreto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102072/2008

Post-transcriptional gene regulation in Plasmodium gametocytes
Gunnar Rudolf Mair
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102123/2008

Role of M. tuberculosis in microRNA controlling of actin assembly and other pro-inflammatory signals in infected macrophages.
ELSA MARIA RIBEIRO DOS SANTOS ANES
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102319/2008

Study on ontogeny, molecular markers and factors of CD8+ T suppressor cells
Elsa Maria Pereira de Oliveira Cardoso
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102395/2008

The evolutionary transition from freshwater algae to terrestrial plants: a phylogenetic study of chloroplast evolution using data- and time-heterogeneous substitution models
Cymon John Cox
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102421/2008

Integration of the nitrosative and oxidative stress response:Potential Roles of the Yeast Activators proteins
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102482/2008

Modelação e imagiologia morfodinãmica de células e tecidos
Jorge Carneiro
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102570/2008

A CHIP fate: a crosstalk between the UPS and CMA to improve equity in a time of crisis
Paulo Pereira
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102657/2008

Arsenic poisoning in eukaryotic cells: dissecting the cellular and molecular mechanisms of adaptation
Regina Menezes Echaniz
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102770/2008

The role of metacaspase and translational control on Saccharomyces cerevisiae apoptosis regulation
Paula Cristina da Costa Alves Monteiro Ludovico
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102781/2008

The role of autophagy under physiological and pathological cellular aging conditions
Paula Cristina da Costa Alves Monteiro Ludovico
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102912/2008

Drug:H+ antiporters in yeast response and resistance to chemical stresses: functional genomics strategies
Isabel Maria de Sá Correia Leite de Almeida
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102921/2008

HYALYEAST: Development of yeasts as Eukaryotic models and live tools to assess the molecular modulation of hyaluronan, human cells extracellular matrix component, underlying the aetiology and development of life-threatening and acute human pathologies.
Célia Maria de Jesus Ferreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103012/2008

Role of fascin in growth cone regulation by BDNF in hippocampal neurons
BRUNO JOSÉ FERNANDES OLIVEIRA MANADAS
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103048/2008

Interindividual variability in platelet sensitivity to antiplatelet therapy
Maria do Céu Rodrigues Monteiro
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103152/2008

TranSTraf - Trafficking and Structural analysis of plasma membrane Transporters in yeast
Sandra Cristina Almeida Paiva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103168/2008

Mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation of the vertebrate embryo molecular clock gene hairy1
Raquel Gláucia Varzielas Pego de Andrade
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103189/2008

Drosophila immunity: Rel/NFkappaB transcriptional targets take central stage in vivo
Nina Matova
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103302/2008

A Nuclear Architecture in Rodents. A 3D dynamic model for the nucleus: patterns of chromosome territories evolution and disease
Maria Filomena Lopes Adega
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103312/2008

Characterization of the role of Jagged1 ligand in the regulation of physiological and tumor angiogenesis
António José Freitas Duarte
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103384/2008

Molecular profiling strategy for hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies evaluation
Susana Isabel Rodrigues dos Santos
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103446/2008

Orphan family 2 GPCR function in mosquito and their modulation by crosstalk with human blood peptides in the malaria model
João Cardoso
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103525/2008

Development of a platform for the detection of genomic instability during ex-vivo stem cell expansion
Sofia Cabral de Andrade Duarte Ribeiro Campos Forte
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103646/2008

Cross-talk between actin cytoskeleton dynamics and calcium homeostasis in neurons: sensitivity to oxidative stress and vanadium compounds.
Manuel Aureliano Pereira Martins Alves
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103725/2008

Characterization of transcription factor MEF2C target genes: contribution to identify pathologies related to their abnormal expression/regulation. MefTarget.
Natércia Conceição
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103787/2008

Identification of conserved germ cell genetic modules as potential precursors of totipotency
Jörg Dieter Becker
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103800/2008

Using altered gene networks to design expression arrays for Cystic Fibrosis diagnosis.
Luka Alexander Clarke
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/103856/2008

Computational Studies on the Impact of RNA Editing in the Molecular Evolution of Higher Eukaryotes
Alekos Athanasiadis
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104021/2008

Molecular mechanisms of olfactory sensitivity to Ca2+ and Na+ ions in the goldfish (Carassius auratus).
Peter Hubbard
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104075/2008

Targeting physiological roles of Aspartic Proteinases: unravelling their processing, trafficking and network of interactions in vivo
José Pissarra
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104530/2008

Functional analysis of a newly identified CD27+CD28++ T-cell population and its role in autoimmune diseases
MARGARIDA LIMA
Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto (CHP/MS)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104604/2008

Cis-regulatory evolution and functional diversification upon gene duplication
José Élio da Silva Sucena
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104653/2008

MicroRNAs regulating vertebrate bone development and mineralization (BonemiR)
Leonor Cancela
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104708/2008

Characterization of Gla-rich Protein (GRP) function in normal and pathological mineralization processes using in vitro cell culture systems - GRPCELL
Leonor Cancela
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104852/2008

Tissue-specific regulation of Adherens Junctions dynamics.
Florence Janody
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104898/2008

From genes to behaviour: dissecting the basis for CO2 response across Drosophilids
Maria Luisa Caramalho Abrunhosa Vasconcelos
Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud (FC Champalimaud)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/104903/2008

Function(s) of the folding machinery component(s) in transcription
Lisete Celestina Perpétua Fernandes
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/105041/2008

Molecular Biology of Multidrug Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Isabel Couto
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/105184/2008

Rab GTPases in secretion
Miguel Seabra
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/105217/2008

Mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation in the Drosophila Unfolded Protein Response
Pedro Manuel Dias Neto Domingos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/105602/2008

Regulation of Cilia and Flagella Biogenesis
Monica Bettencourt Carvalho Dias
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/105610/2008

Transcriptional regulation of Plasmodium during host-vector transmission
Gunnar Rudolf Mair
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/105613/2008

LUSOVENOME - Proteomic study of Portuguese snake venom.
Stéphane Pierre Besson
COFAC, Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (COFAC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/107924/2008

The role of microRNAs in plant energy signaling
Elena Baena-González
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108020/2008

On the monoallelic expression of autosomal genes
Vasco M Barreto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108030/2008

Regulation of RNA production of immune modulators
Alexandra Moreira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108044/2008

A systems approach to apical cell growth
José Alberto Bernardo de Magalhães FEIJÓ
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108082/2008

Dynamic Analysis and Modeling of Zebrafish Tissue Morphogenesis
Mathias Koeppen
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108096/2008

Specific targeting to proteasomal degradation of the human neurotropic polyomavirus JC large T antigen: effect on controling its transformation potencial in transfected human colorectal epithelium cells.
Luis Almeida
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108203/2008

Modulation of neurotransmitter release machinery by presynaptic receptors: on the role of purines.
Joao Miguel da Silva Cordeiro
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108338/2008

Plant ExPerNet Fx. Plant extensin peroxidases and extensin network effects in development.
Philip Anthony Patrick Jackson
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108350/2008

Role of microglia-neuronal cell cross-talk in the molecular context of synucleinopathies
Maria Teresa Albuquerque Santos Faria Pais
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108548/2008

MaxillOBlast - New Routes towards Maxillofacial Reconstruction: from Stem Cells to Clinical Application
Nuno Neves
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108850/2008

Regulation of the stability of the messenger RNA for the GluR1 subunit of glutamate receptors
Ana Luisa Carvalho
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/108893/2008

Allosteric-Ribozymes as biosensors for early cancer disease diagnosis
ALEXANDRE RUI DE SAMPAIO TEIXEIRA
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/109154/2008

Identification of new piRNAs oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster
Vítor José de Sousa Barbosa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/098158/2008

Mind the gap: How extracellular respiration is linked across the periplasmic space to the cytoplasmic oxidation of substrates. A key step in bioenergy harvesting.
Ricardo Saraiva Loureiro de Oliveira Louro
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/098224/2008

Functional study of a diiron protein with the unique role of repairing iron-sulphur clusters
Ligia M Saraiva
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/098335/2008

Do protein native structures correspond to the global minima of the free energy?
MARIA LEONOR NUNES RIBEIRO CRUZEIRO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/098762/2008

IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE TRANSTHYRETIN-METALLOTHIONEIN INTERACTION IN AMYLOID BETA DEPOSITION?
Cecília Reis Alves SANTOS
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/098882/2008

A novel bacterial system involved in copper tolerance
Sofia Pauleta
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/098942/2008

Traffic - Integrative study of Rab interactions in protein trafficking and organelle specialization
José Bartholo Pereira Leal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/099148/2008

Ligand-binding stereospecificity of grapevine dirigent proteins: a putative role in the spacial differentiation of lignan and stilbene deposition.
Sara Alexandra Valadas da Silva Monteiro
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/099479/2008

Studying the radiation-induced damage on iron-sulfur cluster-containing DNA repair enzymes.
Maria Alice Santos Pereira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100053/2008

Molecular cis-associations and signaling properties of β2m-free HLA-B27 heavy chains
Fernando Aguilar Arosa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100074/2008

Hemagglutinin: structural characterization of the membrane fusion mechanism
Claudio Manuel Simões Loureiro Nunes Soares
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100145/2008

Molecular determinants for substrate specificity in multicopper oxidases
Lígia Maria Oliveira Martins
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100288/2008

Structural and functional investigation of type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductases.
Manuela Alexandra de Abreu Serra Marques Pereira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100318/2008

Molecular mechanisms of electron transfer in proteins and enzymes containing multiple redox centres
Catarina Morais Vaz Paquete
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100365/2008

Small Scale Structural Metallomics Project in Deinococcus radiodurans
Celia Romao
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100503/2008

Hydrolysis mechanisms of subclass B2 metallo-beta-lactamses: the case of SfhI
ANTÓNIO CARLOS MATIAS CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100537/2008

Histone variant assembly and maintenance across the cell cycle
Lars Jansen
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100642/2008

New Aspartic Inhibitors from seeds
Paula Cristina Veríssimo Pires
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100791/2008

Disentangling single electron transfer steps in an enzyme: experimental and theoretical approach
Smilja Todorovic
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100877/2008

Characterization of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase biogenesis pathway in Neurospora crassa
Maria Margarida de Sa Duarte
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100917/2008

Structural analysis of an essential and Trypanosome-specific class I transcription factor complex: a putative drug target
Frederico Silva
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101041/2008

Order and disorder in the spliceosome.
Francisco Javier Enguita
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101159/2008

Regulation of FtsZ polymerization by interacting proteins
Dirk-Jan Scheffers
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101624/2008

H2O2 role in endothelial function as a modulator of histone post-translational modifications
Carla Sofia Fernandes do Amaral Real Afonso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101631/2008

Structural and functional characterization of TTL from Arabidopsis thaliana
Ana Margarida Moreira Leitão de Barros Martins Damas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101837/2008

Mössbauer spectroscopy and density functional theory studies of NO and O2 reductases
Filipe Alexandre Ferreira Tiago de Oliveira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/102859/2008

The Yeast transcription-factor Haa1p: function-structure studies
Carlos Maria de Noronha Galvao Franco frazao
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103310/2008

Molecular mechanisms of energy transduction
Miguel Nuno Sepúlveda de Gouveia Teixeira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103338/2008

Establishing a focused NMR Structural Proteomics initiative on hyperstable proteome subsets
Manolis Matzapetakis
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103718/2008

Structural biology of membrane transporters from Archaea
Margarida Archer Frazão
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103798/2008

Bringing knowledge to unknown pieces of the enteroccoal genome: role of hypothetical proteins
Maria de Fátima Silva Lopes
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103815/2008

Regulation of protein Structure-Function Relationship by SUMO addition, in Response to Abiotic Stress Conditions.
Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103833/2008

Sensing of Foreign Nucleic Acids in Innate Immunity: Structure-Function Studies of the Cytoplasmic DNA receptor DAI
Alekos Athanasiadis
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103926/2008

Structural and Functional analysis of early events in centriole biogenesis
Tiago Miguel Guerra Miranda Bandeiras
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/103980/2008

Structure and function of novel Glycoside Hydrolases and Carbohydrate-Binding Modules of Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome
Shabir Husein Najmudin
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/104134/2008

Relationship between polymorphism, structure and activity in cytochromes P450
Paulo José Martel
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/104378/2008

Including protonation effects in the simulation of peptides and proteins in membrane environments
António Manuel Simões Carrão Albuquerque Baptista
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/104521/2008

Understanding Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Through Functional Assay-Assisted Structural Studies
Vasco M Barreto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/104696/2008

Effect of H-Ras constitutive activation or removal in the regulation of cardiomyocyte function by cGMP
Ignacio Verde
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/104727/2008

Pathways of SOD1 aggregation in ALS motor nerve degeneration
Cláudio Emanuel Moreira Gomes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/105013/2008

Biomineralization and iron release control in enzymes of the ferritin family.
Pedro Tavares
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/105047/2008

PROTHELIX - Are there amino acid subsequences relevant to alpha-helix stabilization in proteins?
Alexandre Lopes de Magalhães
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/105492/2008

Double Lanthanide Binding Tags for simplified protein purification, protein structure and complex determination
Patrick David Groves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/105687/2008

BiohighligHTS - High throughput screening for in vitro biocompatibility evaluation of materials and scaffolds
Johan Martin Veiga Benesch
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/108175/2008

GRIM-19, a novel protein involved in cell apoptosis: structure-function characterization
Isabel Maria Travassos de Almeida de Jesus Bento
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/108564/2008

LyoTIDEs: From molecular to meso-scale powder assemblies of lyophilized peptides and proteins
Carla Martins Lopes
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa (FECFP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/108629/2008

Biomineralization studies on the composition of Anodonta cygnea shells and its use for climate reconstruction.
Jorge Machado
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/098264/2008

POOLSURF-The microbial horizontal gene pool at the surface microlayer of estuaries
Cláudia Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/098283/2008

InteGral - understanding integron function from molecules to bacterial communities
ANTÓNIO CARLOS MATIAS CORREIA
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/098542/2008

Exploring new approaches in fungal identification using spectral analysis
Nelson Lima
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/098637/2008

Proteomics of Bacterial Cell Division
Adriano O Henriques
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099151/2008

The cell wall synthetic machinery of Staphylococcus aureus and its response to the presence of antibiotics
Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099173/2008

CANDIDHA: Functional analysis of Candida glabrata Drug:H+ Antiporters: role in antifungal drug resistance and transcriptional regulation
Miguel Cacho Teixeira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099287/2008

Relevance of phenotype switch in Burkholderia cepacia complex clinical isolates
Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099304/2008

AMOX - Relative importance of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers in estuarine ecosystem function: the role of environmental controls
Catarina Maria Pinto Mora Pinto de Magalhães
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099496/2008

Estuarine bacterioneuston as a bioreactor: impacts of ultra violet radiation (NESTOR)
Maria Ângela Sousa Dias Alves Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099551/2008

Computational mining of virulence associated motifs in Streptococcus pneumoniae cellular networks
Francisco Rodrigues Pinto
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099707/2008

Induction of programmed cell death for the development of anti-fungal and anti-tumor therapies
Arnaldo António de Moura Silvestre Videira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099742/2008

Heavy metal-induced stress mechanisms in bacteria
Paolo De Marco
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099963/2008

PneumoCaPTS - Regulation of virulence factors by glucose-dependent catabolite repression
Ana Rute Ramos Neves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099974/2008

Wide genomic and transcriptomic surveys of genes encoding for hypothetical proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis
JOÃO PAULO DOS SANTOS GOMES
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100020/2008

A genome sequencing approach to unravelling the mechanisms of radiation and desiccation resistance in the genus Deinococcus.
Maria da Conceição Venâncio Egas
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100028/2008

IMAGES-N2 Integrated Molecular Analysis of Nitrogen Cycle for a Good Environment Surveillance
Elsa Maria Carvalho de Almeida Vara
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100205/2008

Evaluating the dispersion and persistence of microbial populations under optimal and stressful conditions using Aspergillus as a model organism
Ricardo Jorge Pinto Araujo
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100301/2008

CONTROLFLOC - Control of brewing yeast flocculation
Eduardo Jorge Valente Soares
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP/IPP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100494/2008

Transcriptional response and virulence of Candida albicans clinical isolates upon interaction with gastrointestinal mucosal cells
ANA PAULA FERNANDES MONTEIRO SAMPAIO CARVALHO
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100502/2008

Insights into ROS-dependent bacterial infectivity: elucidating the ties between frankiae oxidative defenses and actinorhizal infection by functional genomics.
Fernando Tavares
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100511/2008

Characterization of Rrp44, the Catalytic subunit of the Exosome: the Ultimate RNA Degrading Machine.
Cecilia Maria Pais de Faria de Andrade Arraiano
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100539/2008

Functional multidisciplinary analyses of PCP metabolisms by selected members of the Ascomycota and Zygomycota phyla.
CRISTINA SILVA PEREIRA
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100647/2008

Microbial population dynamics of the human stomach infected by Helicobacter pylori
Ana Filipa Ferreira do Vale
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100747/2008

Tracking the synthesis of the Chlamydia cell wall - a biological paradox in intracellular and evasive bacteria
Sérgio Joaquim Raposo Filipe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100999/2008

Evolution of the chromosomal sex-determining regions of tremellaceous yeasts: beyond the Cryptococcus neoformans paradigm (Tremello-MAT)
Álvaro Luis Afonso Moreira Rato da Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101036/2008

Regulation of iron homeostasis in cyanobacteria
Matthias Erwin Futschik
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101062/2008

What is the function of ABCB proteins in Neurospora crassa? Putative role in apoptosis, lipid metabolism and multidrug resistance
Andreia de Sousa Fernandes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101319/2008

YEASTREME: Metal resistance mechanisms in extremophilic yeasts: functional and evolutive aspects
Mário João Gadanho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101332/2008

Functional characterization of a new anti-repressor of the central element 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/101375/2008

Metabolic circuits in inflicted bacterial cell death
Rita Gonçalves Sobral de Almeida
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101495/2008

Genetic evaluation of antibiotic resistance and virulence factors in Enterococcus spp. strains
Gilberto Paulo Peixoto Igrejas
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101587/2008

Exploiting novel non-conventional yeasts to improve pentose fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: towards second generation bioethanol (BIOPENTY)
César Simões da Fonseca
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101671/2008

The physiological and evolutionary relevance of genes and enzymes unique to hyperthermophiles: the role of exquisite osmolytes in thermoadaptation
Nuno Miguel Formiga Borges
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101673/2008

Studies on the role of the protein Hfq and of small RNAs on the virulence of bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex
Jorge Humberto Gomes Leitão
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101891/2008

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

PTDC/BIA-MIC/101897/2008

Searching for sex in the basidiomycetous 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-MIC/102324/2008

Kynetics and dynamics of microcystins and cylindrospermopsin in intoxicated organisms
Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/102331/2008

Mobilome: Mobile genetic elements in human bacterial pathogens (FLEXIGENE)
Teresa Maria Leitão Semedo Lemsaddek
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/102407/2008

Marine surface microlayer as a source of viruse: assessment by viriome analysis.
Maria Adelaide de Pinho Almeida
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/102517/2008

DESERT - DESiccation resistance and ExtReme Tolerance to oxidative stress in actinobacteria: the contribution of specific compatible solutes
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/102704/2008

Comparison of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains: clinical versus environmental isolates from natural mineral water
Olga Maria Antunes Rodrigues Carvalho Cardoso
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/103496/2008

Epidemiological study of fish pathogenic bacteria isolated in Portugal
José Américo Pereira de Sousa
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/103544/2008

Pathogenesis and virulence of dermotropic and viscerotropic Leishmania strains and host immune response
Sofia Judice da Costa Cortes
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/103733/2008

Targeting Helicobacter pylori with antimicrobial cyclotides.
Sónia Troeira Henriques
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104030/2008

Metabolic engineering of an anaerobic bacterium for biological hydrogen production
Inês Antunes Cardoso Pereira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104102/2008

CandBioTol - Insights on the mechanisms of Candida biofilm tolerance to antifungal agents
Mariana Contente Rangel Henriques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104547/2008

Helicobacter pylori bacteriophage collection
Jorge Manuel Barreto Vítor
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104580/2008

Microbial community structure and function in saltmarsh (Spartina maritima) and seagrass (Zostera noltii) rhizospheres across a gradient of urban pollution
Rodrigo da Silva Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104652/2008

Deciphering the regulatory mechanisms controlling compatible solute biosynthesis in Thermus thermophilus during osmo- and thermoadaptation
Milton Simões da Costa
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104654/2008

Microevolution of Legionella pneumophila. Correlation between the genetic structure of L. pneumophila inferred from virulence-related genes and the pathogenic ability
António Verissimo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104682/2008

Microbe-mediated recovery of salt marshes contaminated with oil hydrocarbons (MIMO)
Maria Ângela Sousa Dias Alves Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/104905/2008

ArsTOOL-Construction of a bioacumulator for bioremediation of arsenic
Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/105213/2008

Impact of genetic polymorphism of Chlamydia trachomatis putative antigens on immunorreactivity
Maria José Borrego
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/105278/2008

Role of inositol and fatty acid synthase in Saccharomyces cerevisise resistance to hydrogen peroxide
Maria Luisa Santos Sousa Cyrne
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/105283/2008

Microbial diversity and mechanisms of adaptation to hydrocarbon pollutions in mangrove sediments
Newton Carlos Marcial Gomes
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/105389/2008

Integrating mRNA profiling, metabolomics and phenomics approaches to elucidate the variability of yeast biological, physiological and biochemical features in the environment.
Ana Catarina Batista Gomes
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/105509/2008

Helper compounds against multidrug resistant bacteria: revealing their mechanism of action
Miguel Viveiros Bettencourt
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/107968/2008

Inter-species Quorum Sensing in Bacillus subtilis gut isolates
Michal Bejerano-Sagie
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108008/2008

NewPEPS - New peptide and poliketide synthetases from unusual environments as sources of novel antibacterials.
Sónia Alexandra Leite Velho Mendo Barroso
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108068/2008

A glance in the dark: Life in subsurface terrestrial deep aquifers
António Verissimo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108327/2008

Analysis of Wolbachia protection against viruses in Drosophila melanogaster
Luis Manuel Valla Teixeira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108346/2008

RESET- Rare antibiotic resistance on common natural environments
Isabel Henriques
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108747/2008

Controlo da homeostase do ferro pelas proteínas activadoras em levedura (Yaps) em células eucarióticas
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/097945/2008

Trophic regimes of marine invertebrate larvae before and during upwelling: impacts on settlement and recruitment (TROPHIMIL)
Ricardo Jorge Guerra Calado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098014/2008

Hidden diversity: does disturbance differentially affect non-cryptic and cryptic communities?
Cleary Daniel
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098149/2008

Bats from Madeira Archipelago: ecology, phylogenetics, systematics and implications for their conservation
José Manuel Abreu de Jesus
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098213/2008

Evolution of latitudinal clines in reverse: how much do populations converge under adaptation to a novel, common environment?
Margarida Matos
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098263/2008

Origin and maintenance of genes that encode toxins and antitoxin in bacterial genomes
Ana Rita de Heaton Ayres Ponce
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098277/2008

A combinação de genética, ecologia e morfologia na determinação de padrões de especiação e distribuição nos macroinvertebrados dulçaquícolas da Macaronésia
Samantha Jane Hughes
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098289/2008

Unravelling pneumococcal interactions in the nasopharyngeal niche
Raquel Sá-Leão
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098349/2008

Mating system and sexual selection in malaria vectors: bridging field and laboratory research for genetic control
Patrícia Isabel Rosa Salgueiro
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098509/2008

Parasites of the Blackspot Seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) from the Portuguese ZEE (southern North East Atlantic) and their use for discrimination of host population
Aurélia Maria de Pinho Marques Saraiva
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098547/2008

HerViG - Virtual Herbarium of Guinea-Bissau
Luís Catarino
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098565/2008

Could competitive exclusion among closely related colonists play a role in constraining island biodiversity?
David Afonso da Rocha Gonçalves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098589/2008

Líquen@África - Establish the roots of lichenology in the African Portuguese Language Countries
Rui Figueira
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098729/2008

Adaptive divergence and conservation in Reed Buntings
Júlio Manuel Malha Simões Neto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098783/2008

Adaptive significance and genetic basis of a balanced colour-polymorphism
Sofia Gonçalves Seabra
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098820/2008

GEO-GENOMICS: Mapping adaptation along the Northeast Atlantic coast using next generation DNA sequencing tools to dissect the genomes of a keystone group of rocky intertidal molluscs
Madalena Simas Branco
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098886/2008

OLIVE GROVE MANAGEMENT - IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY
Isabel Calha
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098929/2008

Comparative Phylogeography of Passerine 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-BEC/099010/2008

Habitat differences in disease-risk resulting from age-related differential migration in waders
Luisa Cristina Gouveia Mendes
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099015/2008

EVO-GAL Causes and consequences of maintaining variation in a multi-locus gene network - phenotypic evolution and galactose utilization in the yeast Saccharomyces kudriavzevii
José Paulo Sampaio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099020/2008

Opening a can of worms: systematics, biodiversity and phylogeography of lumbricid earthworms
Marcos Perez Losada
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099028/2008

Analysis of epistatic effects during adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster experimental populations
Ivo Chelo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099088/2008

Suiformes karyotype evolution. Genomic plasticity: causes and consequences
Maria Filomena Lopes Adega
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099122/2008

Non-volant terrestrial vertebrates biodiversity in production forests stands: conservation through forest management and silviculture
Luís Miguel Rosalino
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099138/2008

Conflict between human activities and the conservation of island endemics in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot
Artur Raposo Moniz Serrano
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099252/2008

IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE ON PROCESSES IN EARLY PHASES OF ESTUARINE FISHES
MARIA ALEXANDRA ANICA TEODÓSIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099317/2008

Insect Biodiversity Conservation: spatial genetic structure and phylogeography of red-listed odonates
Elsa Froufe
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099323/2008

Spheres of Ecosystem Response to Nitrogen (SERN): A case study in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem in southern Portugal.
Cristina Cruz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099344/2008

A molecular genomic approach for unraveling the evolution of natural toxins: insights from diverse poisonous metazoan organisms
Agostinho Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099362/2008

Cryopreservation as a tool for preserving genetic variability of three endangered species endemic from Algarve region
Anabela Maria Lopes Romano
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099416/2008

Neuronal pathways involved in olfactory activation of navigational systems
Paulo Alexandre Esteves Jorge
ISPA,CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099421/2008

Bad luck or just a lack of sand? The influence of glaciations in oceanic islands
Sérgio Paulo Ávila Campos Marques
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099441/2008

Consequences of telomere-driven genomic instability in cell variability
Miguel Godinho Ferreira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099472/2008

Distribution and diversification patterns in the European peninsulas: a comparison of northern (glaciated) and southern (refuge) regions using Carabid beetles
Ana Márcia Enes Barbosa
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099481/2008

WHY IS EXTENSIVE HYBRIDIZATION OCCURRING IN IBERIAN CYPRINIDS?
Maria Ana Couto Pinto Aboim
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099673/2008

Chemical and Molecular Diversity in Mentha species: Assessment, Valorization and Conservation.
ANA MARIA DA SILVA MONTEIRO
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099686/2008

Sexual selection in Hippocampus guttulatus and H. hippocampus: insights from situ and ex situ studies using molecular parentage analysis
José Pedro Andrade
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099689/2008

Cultural heritage constituent materials biodeterioration: characterization of phenomena that lead to fungal communities niche specialization associated with wood and stone deterioration
Nuno Gonçalo Figueiredo de Freitas Leal
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099712/2008

Modulation of fish social behaviour by chemical signals
Eduardo Nuno Picoto Lopes Barata
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099770/2008

Cryptic population structure in a highly mobile mammalian species: identifying the determinants of genetic structuring and evaluating their implications in the conservation of the Iberian grey wolf (Canis lupus)
Maria Raquel Barata Godinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099796/2008

Evaluation of coalescent methods of population dynamics inference using simulated DNA sequences
Marcos Perez Losada
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099808/2008

The contribution of novel genes to the formation of evolutionary novelties
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099855/2008

Evolution of vector-parasite transmission complexes of onchocerciasis
Ramiro Morales Hojas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099899/2008

MARSHIND - Ecological indicators of tidal salt marsh restoration:characterization at Ria de Alvor
FILOMENA MARIA COELHO GUERRA DA FONSECA
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099922/2008

Diversity of Trichogrammatidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in the Algarve - the special case of Trichogramma genus.
Luís Miguel Mascarenhas Neto
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099972/2008

Reproductive biology, conservation and search of bioactive compounds in Juniperus navicularis
Maria Dalila Paula Silva do Espírito Santo
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100008/2008

Study of the mechanisms of gene silencing in an allopolyploid vertebrate - an evolutionary context
Ângela Inácio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100101/2008

Genetic determination and evolutionary implications of seasonal phenotype variation of coat-colour in arctic species
José Melo-Ferreira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100117/2008

ECOBARCODE: Tackling molecular aquatic biodiversity in Portugal - a stepping stone for integrated ecosystem monitoring and conservation
Filipe José Oliveira Costa
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100118/2008

Molecular basis for olfactory ability in Procellariiform seabirds
Mónica Sérvulo Correia Carneiro da Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100176/2008

Genetic effects of habitat loss and fragmentation: comparative analysis of several lemur species in two neighbouring regions of Madagascar.
Lounès Chikhi
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100181/2008

ControlAlg: Control of algal growth by autochthonous aquatic and riparian macrophytes
Ana Maria Antão-Geraldes
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100182/2008

Predicting extinctions on islands: a multi-scale assessment
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100243/2008

Coping with changing environments: genetic and physiological mechanisms of adaptive plasticity
PATRÍCIA MARGARIDA DO Ó DE OLIVEIRA BELDADE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100272/2008

Searching for climatic patterns in exotic plant invasion
Maria Cristina Duarte
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100329/2008

The ocean sunfish as a model to understand the mathematical principles underlying movements of marine fish
Nuno Miguel Cabral Queiroz
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100355/2008

Search for imprints of past demographic events on Lepidopteran species from Iberia and North-West Africa
Ana Rita Correia de Freitas Castilho da Costa
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100356/2008

Ophidiaster ophidianus - An Atlantic Mediterran Red Link - REDLINK(Conservation ecology)
Ana Cristina Matos Ricardo Costa
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100369/2008

Assessment of the adaptive genetic variation of natural populations
Octavio Salgueiro Paulo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100378/2008

A global phylogeny for Bupleurum (Apiaceae): evolution and systematics in plants with pharmacological properties
Susana Maria de Sousa Silva Neves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100464/2008

Origins of the world´s richest insect fauna: evolutionary patterns and ecological processes in neotropical butterflies
Marianne Elias
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100566/2008

Biodeterioration of carbonate stones applied in Portuguese monuments
Maria Filomena Meireles Abrantes de Dinis
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100587/2008

How fragmented a plant species can be? Genetics and Conservation of two rare fragmented plantain species: are reproductive system and metal-rich soils keys in persistence of these fragmented populations of Plantago algarbiensis and P. almogravensis?
Helena Cotrim
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100621/2008

Evolution of the gametophytic self-incompatibility S-pollen gene in Rosaceae
Cristina Alexandra Gonçalves Paula Vieira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100656/2008

Ex situ conservation of Portuguese threatened endemic plant species: providing scientific knowledge to improve seed conservation practises
Adelaide Clemente
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100668/2008

Molecular and metagenomic studies of marine methanesulfonate utilizers
Paolo De Marco
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100683/2008

Diversity and evolution of the Cape Verde endemic flora
Maria Romeiras
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100685/2008

Diversity and population dynamics of skates and rays from the Portuguese continental coast (SKAYPOP)
IVONE MARIA RIBEIRO FIGUEIREDO DA SILVA ROSA
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100707/2008

How many crop pests? Impact of an invasise mite, Tetranychus evansi, on the populations of a native species, Tetranychus urticae.
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100829/2008

Assessment of morphological and molecular diversity patterns in oceanic islands taxa
Mónica Maria Tavares de Moura
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100853/2008

Role of biotic interactions in microbial adaptation
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101047/2008

Flexible and Economical Approach to Massive Yeast Identification - In Silico Optimization of ARDRA Tests
João Manuel Gonçalves Couceiro Feio de Almeida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101166/2008

Seagrass photosynthesis in changing light environments: understanding the limits
João Miguel Sousa da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101198/2008

Mäerl calcification, photosynthesis and metabolism in an acidified ocean
João Miguel Sousa da Silva
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101200/2008

Hypericum biodiversity in Portugal
Generosa Maria Manso Teixeira Xavier
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101220/2008

IMPROVE- Inner shelf hydrographic and biological processes controlling invertebrate population in the Portuguese coast, using decapods as models
Antonina Maria de Melo dos Santos
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101249/2008

FRAGILE: FRAGmentation Leading to Extinction. Components of extinction proneness in recently fragmented landscapes.
Miguel Angel Carretero
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101479/2008

finishing the programming and carrying out a thorough testing of a novel type of population-genetic simulation
marcos antezana
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101511/2008

Effects of habitat fragmentation on the population structure and connectivity of forest-dwelling species: a comparative landscape genetics approach
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Fernandes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101595/2008

asymptotically exact algorithm for calculating a phylogeny´s likelihood under neighbor-base-dependent mutation
marcos antezana
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101616/2008

Octopus - ecological tracers for trophic role and pollutants
Sónia Isabel Fernandes Borges Pena Seixas
Universidade Aberta (Uab)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101659/2008

The recolonization of Europe after glaciations: new answers for old questions
Ana Perera Leg
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101778/2008

ECOLOGICALLY SCALED EDGE RESPONSES: PATTERNS, MECHANISMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELLING
Pedro Rui Correia de Oliveira Beja
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101838/2008

Parental effects in sardines with emphasis to the role of essential fatty acids for larvae survival (PARFISH)
Carla Susana Ferreira Garrido Coelho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101918/2008

PREDATOR - Effects of predator removal on the population structure of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) and on the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cunniculus) population density
Maria Margarida Mello Santos Reis G Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101964/2008

Genomic and epigenomic variability mediated by polyploidization and high temperature stress: biodiversity dynamics in an evolutionary perspective
Maria Manuela Antunes Gomes Silva
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102140/2008

How does acoustic divergence correlate with morphology and genetic distance in speciation? Issues raised by pairs of closely related species of Mediterranean cicadas (Insecta, Hemiptera).
Paula Cristina Simões
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102169/2008

The floristic post-Miocene paths for the West of the Iberian Peninsula
António Luis Crespí
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102240/2008

Experimental evolution of genotype-phenotype functions in Caenorhabditis elegans
Henrique Nuno Patricio Carreira Pereira Teotonio
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102263/2008

Landscape genetics of Lyme Borreliosis spirochetes in Portugal
Margarida Maria Ivens Collares Pereira
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102433/2008

DILEMA - Alien species and conservation dilemmas: the effects of native competitors and alien prey species on the spread of the American mink in Portugal
Maria Margarida Mello Santos Reis G Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102516/2008

Hybridisation between polecats and ferrets and the origin of the domestic ferret: clues from geographic comparisons, genetics, and cytogenetics
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Fernandes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102707/2008

benchmarking and publication of a novel method to detect selection in haplotype DNA data
marcos antezana
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102733/2008

BIOECOFUN: Impacts of biodiversity loss on the functioning of detritus based foodwebs in freshwaters
Cláudia Pascoal
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102841/2008

Climate Change and Lake Eutrophication: Multiple Pressures and Key Indicators of Ecosystem Change - CCLAKE
Maria José Lemos Boavida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103004/2008

An integrated assessment of invasion by Carpobrotus edulis: implications for conservation and management of Portuguese sand dunes.
Sara Maltez Ribeiro Mouro
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103194/2008

Genetic variation, epigenetic reproductive diversity and ecology modeling: novel strategies for conservation of endemic and rare Portuguese coastline Limonium species
Ana D Caperta
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103251/2008

Evolution of avian mitochondrial genome architecture
Patrícia Filipa Homem de Campos Tavares de Brito
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103266/2008

The application of the Metabolic Theory of Ecology in marine systems: the 3/4-power scaling law and metabolism-based predictions of diversity gradients in cephalopods
Rui Rosa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103411/2008

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

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103450/2008

Public information and conspecific cueing in birds: a step forward in understanding the cultural evolution in social species
Paulo Marques
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103484/2008

Exploring pathogen diversity in disease epidemiology and vaccine research
Maria Gabriela Miranda Gomes
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103702/2008

Evolutionary history of the family Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) with emphasis on the genus Petrolisthes and related genera
Alexandra Hiller
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103729/2008

Understanding the origin and persistence of Microtus species in the Iberian Peninsula: the genetical, behavior and ecological forces.
Cristiane Mary Oliveira Bastos Silveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103819/2008

Preservation, multiplication and phytochemical use of Thymus mastichina, Lavandula luisieri and Cistus ladanifer for enhancement of plant biodiversity in Beira Interior
José Carlos Dias Duarte Gonçalves
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103835/2008

(HostStress) Host-parasite interactions in multiple stress scenarios
Bruno Castro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103880/2008

ECOATIC- Effects of combined multiple stressors to generations of aquatic organisms
Susana Patrícia Mendes Loureiro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103891/2008

Bio-indicators: microrganisms/benthic macroinvertebrates. Witch relationship?
Teresa Maria Gonçalves Moreira de Jesus
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa (FECFP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103914/2008

The contribution of fog and dew on the maintenance and conservation of coastal sand dunes
Otilia da Conceição Alves Correia Vale de Gato
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103916/2008

Adaptation in action: comparing invasive and native populations to understand processes influencing species boundaries.
Gerardo Zardi
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103933/2008

Revolutionising software for analysis of hybrid zones and admixture
STUART JAMES EDMISTON BAIRD
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104007/2008

Mass seabird die-offs as potential selective events - a multidisciplinary study of mtDNA evolution
Sergei V Drovetski
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104026/2008

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pheromone detection in the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).
Peter Hubbard
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104097/2008

Tempo and mode of Eurasian shads diversification
Rui Miguel Macieira de Faria
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104165/2008

Evaluation of biological effects of medical plants
Isabel O Neill de Mascarenhas Gaivao
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104177/2008

Understanding phenotypic evolution in Saccharomyces - the role of the glycolysis in ecological speciation
PAULA MARIA THERIAGA MENDES BERNARDO GONÇALVES
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104287/2008

Is domestication shaping wild populations? Insights from wildcat and wolf and their domestic relatives
Paulo Célio ALVES
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104571/2008

What can the Macaronesian islands teach us about speciation? A case study of Tarphius beetles and Hipparchia butterflies.
Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104916/2008

New resources of anti-tumour phenolic compounds and its role in breast, cervical and prostate cancer: the case of International Douro Natural Park
RUI Manuel de MEDEIROS Melo Silva MEDEIROS
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPO Porto)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104937/2008

Postgenomic assessment of the ecological dimension of antimicrobial resistance
Manuela Caniça
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104975/2008

Spatial structure of fish (meta)populations in seasonally-drying Mediterranean streams: implications for conservation management
Maria Filomena Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104981/2008

The paths of parallel speciation and their genetic crossroads
Rui Miguel Macieira de Faria
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105032/2008

New seagrass index for environmental quality assessment under the WFD
Susana Isabel dos Santos Cabaço
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105077/2008

POPmess - The effects of Benzo(a)Pyrene On Poecilia reticulata: fish strategies to counteract and adapt to cheMical strESS
Carlos Gravato
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105101/2008

Development of a SNPs´ panel able to discriminate Iberian wolf from domestic dogs with application in ecological and conservation studies
ANA ELISABETE GODINHO PIRES
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105216/2008

The role of extreme selective gradients in speciation: insights from marine intertidal organisms
Alexandra Isabel Sá-Pinto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105266/2008

Identification of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo Brünnich, 1768) stocks in the NE Atlantic using otolith elemental and isotopic analyses.
ALBERTO TEODORICO RODRIGUES MOURA CORREIA
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105431/2008

(META-Pond) Metacommunities of ponds and pools in Serra da Estrela: ecological status, biodiversity, and genetic fluxes
Bruno Castro
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105495/2008

SLIPPERY - Spawning sea Lamprey: drIving the Productivity of PortuguesE River ecosYstems?
kieran monaghan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105622/2008

The evolution of retinoid and thyroid hormone signalling pathways, and their modulation by endocrine disrupting chemicals.
Miguel Santos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105661/2008

SeReZoox - Sexual reproduction of zooxanthellae: an overlooked aspect of coral bleaching?
João Serôdio
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/107906/2008

Detection of adaptive evolution in a non-model species by candidate genes
Octavio Salgueiro Paulo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/107965/2008

Sex-specific interactions of an endemic dioecious shrub, Corema album, with belowground antagonists and mutualists [COREMA]
Helena Maria de Oliveira Freitas
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/107994/2008

Phetish- Evaluating veterinary pharmaceuticals effects and modes of action using Zebrafish as a model organism
Inês Domingues
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/107996/2008

The ecology of speciation in tropical mimetic butterflies
Marianne Elias
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108000/2008

Biodiversity, a key for breeding of healthier blackberries (Rubus sp.)
Pedro Nogueira Brás de Oliveira
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108221/2008

Stone rafts* in the Western Mediterranean: how much of the biological diversification of this global hotspot is still traceable to its complex Tertiary palaeogeography?
Maria Helena Aguiar Gonçalves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108301/2008

PHYLOMED - Evolutionary Ecology of Mediterranean Vegetation in the Global Scale: phylogenetic structure and evolutionary processes of ‘mediterranean trait syndromes' in the Iberian Peninsula, Madeira Island, California and South Africa.
Jorge Henrique Capelo Gonçalves
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108307/2008

SHIFTVEG - Predictive Mapping of Natural Potential Vegetation in Climate Change Scenarios: a tool to predict risk of species loss in biodiversity hotspots.
Jorge Henrique Capelo Gonçalves
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108434/2008

Recovery, monitoring and tracking of wild birds of prey. Efficiency of the recovery centres and tracking methods.
António Manuel Silva Luís
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108469/2008

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Mediterranean camel spiders (Solifugae).
Arie van der Meijden
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108515/2008

Rivers Paiva and Pavia as investigative field Labs: use of bioindicators of water quality, and analysis of Spongillidae in view of a preliminary assessment of their potential pharmacological interest.
Isabel Cristina de Mesquita Simoes do Canto de Loura
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108536/2008

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

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108549/2008

Impounded loTic ecoSystems: Determining the effect of low-heAd daMs (<10m) oN Ecological function and bioDiversity (ITS DAMNED)
kieran monaghan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108648/2008

Feasibility for Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus reintroduction in the south-east of Portugal
José Vítor de Sousa Vingada
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108652/2008

Assessment and monitorization of the freshwater bivalve Margaritifera margaritifera and its habitat requirements in Portugal
Jorge Machado
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108700/2008

DiverseShores - Testing associations between genetic and community diversity in European rocky shore environments
Henrique José de Barros Brito Queiroga
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108742/2008

CONTAFISH - Endocrine disruptive effects from organic contamination in fish from the Tagus River Estuary
Maria Angela Pereira Serafim
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108984/2008

ExoticA - Archaea in extreme hot acidic environments of Azores: a survey on the Sulfolobus genera and their viruses
Ana Maria Carneiro Anselmo
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/109062/2008

Production and Escapement of Silver Eels from Continental Waters - ProEscape
José Lino Vieira de Oliveira Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/109137/2008

Variability of adult height in the Portuguese population: contribution of genomic variants in the growth hormone and related genes
Manuel Lemos
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/109144/2008

Evolution on islands: Testing global patterns of island adaptation and unraveling the underlying processes
Rita Covas Monteiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/099613/2008

Peroxisomes in Health and Disease: Unveiling the role of phosphatases and kinases in the biogenesis and proliferation of peroxisomes
Michael Schrader
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100088/2008

New host factors hijacked by human bacterial pathogens to promote and establish infection: role of tyrosine-phosphorylated Myosin IIA and Cytokeratin 18
Sandra Sousa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/100305/2008

The role of Polo kinase on the regulation of microtubule-kinetochore interaction during mitosis
Cláudio Enrique Sunkel Cariola
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/102776/2008

Molecular mechanisms regulating the expression of IL-12 cytokines by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages and dendritic cells
Margarida Saraiva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/099861/2008

Structure and function of a membrane protein, a sodium-proton antiporter
João Morais Cabral
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/099888/2008

CO-EVOLUTIONARY STUDY OF NAD BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS
Raquel M Silva
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/100059/2008

A peptide aptamer-based approach to neurodegenerative disorders
Sandra de Macedo Ribeiro
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101111/2008

Biochemical and biophysical characterization of AIP56, a novel bacterial apoptogenic exotoxin
Nuno Miguel Simões dos Santos
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/101260/2008

Crystal growth engineering used to improve the X-ray diffraction properties of protein crystals
Pedro Miguel Martins
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/098228/2008

The role of Gardnerella vaginalis in mixed species biofilms occurrence in Bacterial Vaginosis
Nuno Miguel Dias Cerca
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/099826/2008

Reversion of a genetic code alteration in the human pathogen Candida albicans
Manuel António Silva Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100370/2008

Regulation and maturation of hydrogenases in cyanobacteria
Paula Tamagnini
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/100910/2008

Survey of the Leishmania thiol system for the development of new anti-parasitic formulas
Helena Maria de Sousa Castro
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/105247/2008

Planctomycetes - an unusual deep-rooted lineage. Unveiling the mechanisms involved on stress adaptation.
Milton Simões da Costa
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108309/2008

Unraveling the specific involvement of the small Rho-like GTPase Cdc42 in the highly polymorphic nature of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast cells
Fernando José dos Santos Rodrigues
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/108811/2008

HELIWATER - Water and associated biofilms as a possible vector for Helicobacter pylori transmission among the human population
Maria João Lopes da Costa Vieira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098414/2008

Sexual selection and range expansion in the Estrildidae
Gonçalo Canelas Cardoso
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098553/2008

Unraveling the evolutionary radiation of the acorn barnacles (Thoracica: Sessilia: Balanomorpha) using molecular and morphological data
Marcos Perez Losada
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/098596/2008

The role of Competitive Ability in Biological Invasions: Fitness Comparison of Invasive and Non-Invasive Genotypes of Aegilops cylindrica under Experimental Conditions
Meimberg Harald
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099640/2008

Patterns and processes of (neutral and adaptive) variation in the honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) hybrid zone of the Iberian Peninsula: a population genetics approach integrating population genomics and landscape genetics
Maria Alice da Silva Pinto
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPBragança)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099915/2008

Assessing the importance of rear edge populations for biodiversity conservation in Southern Iberian Peninsula: a multi-species comparison under a scenario of climate change using amphibians as a model.
Maria Helena Aguiar Gonçalves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099933/2008

Can polymorphism in the same set of genes explain within-species variation in life-history traits in divergent species?
Jorge Manuel de Sousa Basto Vieira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/099934/2008

METALAND: Inferring Metapopulation Dynamics with Landscape Genetics for Vertebrates of Mauritanian Mountains
José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100616/2008

RNase gametophytic self-incompatibility evolution: characterization of the S-RNase gene in Fabaceae, Rhamnaceae and Rubiaceae
Cristina Alexandra Gonçalves Paula Vieira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/100733/2008

Insights into the adaptation of Cenococcum geophilum to serpentine soil: ecology and genomics combined (CENECOGEN)
Ludo Alexis Henry Muller
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/101256/2008

Evolution of lizard ecophysiology. Applying character tracking and mechanistic models
Miguel Angel Carretero
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102179/2008

On the road to speciation: an integrated analysis of the evolution of reproductive isolation in a cryptic species complex
Catarina Pinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102253/2008

Genetics of ecological speciation in two avian radiations
Martim Ferreira Pinto Pinheiro de Melo
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102280/2008

HOUSE: a multidisciplinary approach to determine home ranges of Iberian lacertids
Neftalí Sillero
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/102834/2008

RESCOE - Risk Assessment And Ecological Sustainability of Cork Oak in Montado ecosystems
Sofia Costa
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103158/2008

Why the Myxoma virus infection is highly lethal for the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), while in other leporids it is benign?
Pedro José de Castro Esteves
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103258/2008

Assessment of the recruitment success of the main Portuguese populations of P. marinus through biotransformation, stress markers and ionic transport in juveniles during the trophic migration (RECRUIT)
Pedro Miguel Raposo de Almeida
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103435/2008

The role of ecology and behavior in population differentiation: Evolution of the endemic forest avifauna in the Caucasus.
Sergei V Drovetski
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103440/2008

Mouse sex ratio distortion
STUART JAMES EDMISTON BAIRD
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103507/2008

Below and aboveground mutualisms in the invasion by Australian acacias: relevance on invasive dynamics and consequences for native ecosystems - MUTUALNET.
Susana Rodríguez Echeverría
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103716/2008

NANOkA: NANO Particles: standardization of methods for environmental risk Assessment
Mónica João Barros Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103734/2008

RISE & SHINE- Recruitment of intertidal rocky invertebrates: different components, scales and processes
Teresa Paula Goncalves Cruz
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/103818/2008

Towards an understanding of the value of helping behaviour in cooperatively breeding species: Maternal effects and life history trade-offs in the sociable weaver Philetairus socius
Rita Covas Monteiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104125/2008

MIDGE - MIcroevolutionary Dynamics and Genetic Erosion in pollution-affected Chironomus populations
João Luís Teixeira Pestana
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104401/2008

Genetic assessment of a successful invasion: Population genetics of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in Portugal
Carlos Manuel Martins Santos Fonseca
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/104644/2008

Diversification in the biomechanical and physiological performance of scorpions across biogeographic barriers.
Arie van der Meijden
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105083/2008

Testing the weak phylogeographical hypothesis and hybrid zone movement in Iberian amphibians using a combination of multilocus analyses, simulation methods and ecological niche modelling
Fernando Jorge Guimarães Sequeira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105093/2008

TESTING HYPOTHESES OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN A NEOTROPICAL CRYPTIC SPECIES COMPLEX: A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH
Fernando Jorge Guimarães Sequeira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105110/2008

PERSIST - The role of matrix permeability for metapopulation PERSISTence in complex agricultural landscapes. The cases of Cabrera (Microtus cabrerae) and southern water voles (Arvicola sapidus).
António Paulo Pereira Mira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105182/2008

Dispersal of Invasive Decapoda
Pedro Manuel Silva Gentil Anastácio
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105221/2008

Gamete Recognition Proteins: the key for cryptic sexual selection?
Alexandra Isabel Sá-Pinto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105325/2008

Why be so colorful? Sexual selection and the evolution of coloration in a sexually dichromatic cardueline finch: the Serin.
Paulo Jorge Gama Mota
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105327/2008

Parallel patterns of mitochondrial selective sweeps in European geckos: a model for investigating cyto-nuclear discordance in phylogeographic studies
Ana Perera Leg
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/105447/2008

The role of ecological speciation and selection in the divergence of shads Alosa spp.
Paulo Jorge de Barros Alexandrino
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BEC/108866/2008

Comparing the Mechanisms of Biological Invasion with Natural Colonizations on Archipelagos: Analysis of geneflow and admixture in the species complex of Micromeria (Lamiaceae) form the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Meimberg Harald
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)