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R&D Projects

Call for Funding of Research and Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2009

Painel de Avaliação da Área das Ciências Biológicas-2009

Coordination

Steve Oliver
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Evaluation

Bohdan Wasylyk
University of Strasbourg, France
Catherina Becker
University of Edinburgh, School of Biomedical Sciences, United Kingdom
Frank Jiggins
University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, United Kingdom
Guilhem Janbon
Institut Pasteur, France
James Houghton
National University of Ireland, Ireland
John Richardson
University of British Columbia, Cape Verde
Marc Cadotte
University of Toronto, Cape Verde
Piero Andrea Temussi
University of Naples, Italy

Projects assigned

PTDC/BIA-GEN/109826/2009

Total gene expression of differentiating hematopoietic stem cell in vitro cultures under influence of extremely-low frequency electromagnetic fields
Paulo Jorge Liberato Pereira de Almeida
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/110639/2009

SWITCH- Mecanismos moleculares responsáveis pela variação de fase no género Burkholderia
Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/110789/2009

What, if anything, is a rabbit?(*) Advances towards a comprehensive understanding of Lagomorphs' biology in the genomic era.
Maria Rita Monteiro de Lencastre Campos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/110917/2009

Understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of “cis-ruption disorders due to balanced chromosome translocations.
Dezso David
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/110964/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-GEN/111511/2009

Hypermutable genes in the human pathogen Candida albicans and their role in adaptation to the host: a metagenomic approach
ANA PAULA FERNANDES MONTEIRO SAMPAIO CARVALHO
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/111994/2009

DECIPHERING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF PHENOTYPIC CHANGE DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF ANIMAL DOMESTICATION
Miguel Carneiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/112135/2009

Systems biology approaches to elucidate cellular responses to proteome decay
Laura Cristina da Silva Carreto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/112285/2009

Quantitative biology of illegitimate DNA rearrangement in lymphocytes
Jocelyne Demengeot
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/112452/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-GEN/112799/2009

Comparative genomics approach to unravelling a new sexual reproduction system in fungi
PAULA MARIA THERIAGA MENDES BERNARDO GONÇALVES
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/113272/2009

Genome-wide scan of resistance to antimalarial quinolines used in Artemisinin Combination Therapies
Pedro Vitor Lemos Cravo
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/113430/2009

Alternative splicing and its impact on molecular interaction networks
Matthias Erwin Futschik
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/114677/2009

Hp Express: Helicobacter pylori diversity and gene expression profile linked to environmental stress conditions
Ana Filipa Ferreira do Vale
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/115033/2009

The evolutionary implications of socially learned mate preferences: reproductive isolation or hybridization? An experimental study in Drosophila (SocialSexEvo).
Susana Araújo Marreiro Varela
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/115402/2009

Genetic and molecular insights into the evolution of antifungal resistance.
Cidalia Pina Vaz
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-GEN/116041/2009

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-GEN/116106/2009

PANDEMONIUM- Ochrobactrum tritici genetic determinants involved in concerted physiological response to chromium stress
Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/109791/2009

AQP7 membrane channel regulation in adipose cells: searching molecular targets for obesity treatment
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/109864/2009

Analysis of the molecular and cellular function of SteA, a Salmonella virulence protein
Luís Jaime Gomes Ferreira da Silva Mota
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/109934/2009

Protein sorting in plant cells: an in vivo study of subcellular trafficking of recombinant proteins
Rita Sobral Moutinho Abranches
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110105/2009

Unveiling the molecular context of chromosome attachment to the mitotic spindle: a functional and proteomic-based analysis of the human kinetochore
Hassan Bousbaa
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110120/2009

Unraveling the cellular and functional heterogeneity of peroxisomes in nervous tissue.
Pedro Miguel Teixeira Brites
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110305/2009

Regulation of dendritic cells mobility through the expression of sialyl Lewis X
Paula Alexandra Quintela Videira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110329/2009

Identification of the molecular mechanisms of toxicity from the cyanotoxin microcystin in target human cells. A proteomics approach.
Alexandre Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110483/2009

DNA extraction methods from biological samples exposed to different conditions - comparative study
FRANCISCO MANUEL DE ANDRADE CORTE REAL GONÇALVES
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forense, I.P. (INMLCF/MJ)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110502/2009

A role for protein kinase WNK1 in the regulation of the plasma membrane glucose transporter
Peter Jordan
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110618/2009

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/110638/2009

The control of Myf5 and Myf6 expression by Hox genes
Moises Mallo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110750/2009

FUNCTIONAL STUDIES TO IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX-1 IN MAMMARY GLAND DIFFERENTIATION AND IN BREAST CANCER GROWTH
Luisa Alejandra Helguero
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110897/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110910/2009

ThAt Stress - triple omics approach to stress responses in model plants
CARLA MARIA ALEXANDRE PINHEIRO
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/110943/2009

Changes in BDNF-TrkB signaling activity during excitotoxic conditions and neuronal cell death
Carlos Jorge Alves Miranda Bandeira Duarte
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111008/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111071/2009

PP1 containing complexes relevant to protein targeting and nuclear signaling are essential for cellular/neuronal physiopathological mechanisms.
Sandra Maria Tavares da Costa Rebelo
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111073/2009

Cholesterol, myelin and neurons: a neurodegeneration triad?
CARLA ANDREIA FIDALGO TEIXEIRA
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111122/2009

Calcium regulated exocytosis and proton-dependent bioenergetics
Maria Paula Polónia Gonçalves
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111199/2009

Regulating body size: the mechanisms controlling size-dependent development in Drosophila melanogaster.
Christen Mirth
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111217/2009

Exploring programmed cell death in filamentous fungi
Arnaldo António de Moura Silvestre Videira
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111270/2009

Mitochondria membrane permeabilization during programmed cell death:searching for new components/regulators
Maria João Marques Ferreira de Sousa Moreira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111278/2009

A novel approach for tracing cells into organs and the forces that shape the embryo
Gabriel José Gonçalves Martins
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111279/2009

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/111290/2009

The emerging role of melanocortins in adipocyte: from fat to facts
Alexandra Maria Monteiro Gouveia
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111320/2009

Understand Chlamydomonas photosynthesis in order to improve the new sources of energy. A special attention to rubisco
Maria da Glória Calado Inglês Esquível
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111415/2009

Evaluation of Novel Compounds as Probes for Functional Monitoring of Multidrug Resistance
Filipa Fernandes Mendes
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111451/2009

Splicing-coupled mechanisms of chromatin remodeling and their global role in transcription
SÉRGIO ALEXANDRE FERNANDES DE ALMEIDA
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111455/2009

DNA double strand break repair and cohesins - post-translational modifications and cell cycle.
José António Melo da Costa Nunes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111461/2009

The role of mRNA translation on nonsense-mediated decay inhibition in transcripts with AUG-proximal nonsense codons
Luísa Romão
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111588/2009

Unravelling the molecular nature of heterogeneity in the cellular response to proteotoxic stress in yeast
Laura Cristina da Silva Carreto
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111617/2009

Polyphenols as protective agents in cellular models of alpha-synucleinopaties, in particular Parkinson's disease
Ricardo Manuel de Seixas Boavida Ferreira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111645/2009

Effect of environmental stresses on rice epigenome.
Ana Paula Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111676/2009

Characterisation of a novel meiotic mutant with abnormal chromosome segregation during meiosis II
José António Melo da Costa Nunes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111700/2009

Study of the molecular mechanisms involved in maintenance of embryonic stem cells pluripotency and cardiac cell lineages differentiation
José Bragança
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111735/2009

Molecular mechanisms of melanosome transfer and processing by keratinocytes
Duarte Barral
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111759/2009

Transport of small domains antibodies against Dengue virus to the central nervous system
Isa Domingues Serrano
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111822/2009

Constraints on gene expression during early embryonic development.
Rui Gonçalo Viegas Russo da Conceição Martinho
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111856/2009

Activation Induced Cytidine Deaminase mutants, orthologs and distant relatives: lessons for its regulation and the evolution of DNA editing in eukaryotes.
Vasco M Barreto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111918/2009

Vascular morphogenesis in Medicago truncatula root nodules.
Ana Margarida Gonçalves Campilho
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111938/2009

Tonoplast transporters: key players in grape berry and wine quality
Ana Paula Regalado
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111958/2009

Establishment of an in vitro model of normal human gastric epithelial cells. Study of the molecular mechanisms of the infection by Helicobacter pylori.
Mónica Alexandra Roxo Cruz Rosa Iglésias
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111981/2009

The molecular interaction mechanisms between proteins in Machado-Joseph Disease: transcriptional regulatory network of Ataxin-3.
Clevio David Rodrigues Nobrega
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112005/2009

Alterations in tumour cell metabolism underlying sensitivity or resistance to therapy with carboxylates HDAC inhibitors
Jacinta Serpa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112128/2009

Quantitative Models of Gene Expression: From Noise to Monoallelic Expression
Vasco M Barreto
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112260/2009

iMod-Immunomodulation of Adipose Tissue- and Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem Cells for Bone Tissue Engineering application
Alexandra P Marques
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112263/2009

MycoPATH- Molecular insights into Mycobacterium bovis pathogenesis: assessing the benefit of confinement-induced biofilm strategies supported by a comparative genomics approach
MÓNICA SOFIA VIEIRA CUNHA
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112279/2009

HIV-2 Vif dependent HIV proviral DNA incorporation and activation
Isabel Maria Corrêa Calvente de Barahona
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL (CESEM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112304/2009

Sperm expressed proteins with fusogenic roles during double fertilization in Arabidopsis
Leonor Maria de Fatima Chagas Boavida
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112391/2009

Regulation of Ifng and Il17 gene expression during T cell differentiation in vivo
Anita Gomes
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112402/2009

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/112509/2009

Preliminary studies of 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/112622/2009

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-BCM/112635/2009

Elucidating the role of novel CFTR interactors - new mechanisms in membrane protein trafficking
Carlos Miguel Ribeiro da Silva Farinha
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112673/2009

Harnessing molecular markers in diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Susana Isabel Rodrigues dos Santos
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112693/2009

Unveiling the transcriptional network involved in photosynthetic responses to drought stress
Nelson José Madeira Saibo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112701/2009

Molecular mechanisms and relevance of angiogenesis induced by low-dose ionizing radiation
Susana Constantino Rosa Santos
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112705/2009

Looking for human brain tricellulin: expression, distribution, function and modulation
Maria Alexandra de Oliveira Silva Braga Pedreira de Brito
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FF/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112732/2009

Regulation of the endocytic recycling pathway
Duarte Barral
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112736/2009

Microtubule Regulation in Centriole Biogenesis Mechanisms
Monica Bettencourt Carvalho Dias
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112752/2009

Protein translocation across the mammalian peroxisomal membrane - mechanism and quality-control
Jorge Eduardo da Silva Azevedo
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112773/2009

Search for biomarkers of Cr(VI)-induced lung cancer: a cytogenetic and epigenetic approach using in vitro cell models
Maria Carmen Alpoim
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112811/2009

MicroRNAs regulating vertebrate bone development and mineralization (BonemiR)
Daniel António Martins Tiago
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112842/2009

The role of TERRA and the MAPK pathway in the regulation of Telomerase activity in immunosenescence
Maria Godinho Alves Vieira Duarte Soares
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112851/2009

Molecular basis of sphingolipid signalling regulated by the neutral sphingomyelinase: effect on cell death induced by oxidative stress and ageing
Vítor Manuel Vieira da Costa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112903/2009

Mechanisms of cellular signaling by viral proteins in apoptosis induction and CD4+ T-lymphocytes depletion: implications on the minor virulence of HIV-2 and HIV pathogenesis modulation
José Miguel Azevedo Pereira
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112914/2009

Creation of DNA Smart Lesions towards Cancer Therapies
Maria de Fátima Guerreiro da Silva Campos Raposo
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCTUNL/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112919/2009

Impact of the winemaking key unit operations on the maximization of the polyphenolic content of Vitis vinifera L. red wines. Evaluation of its protective role against oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
José Câmara
Universidade da Madeira (UMA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112923/2009

Making mitosis error-free: role and regulation of mammalian CLASPs at the kinetochore-microtubule interface
Helder Jose Martins Maiato
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112952/2009

Hedgehog - unraveling a novel human-like morphogenic signaling pathway in yeast. A step towards the use of yeast as eukaryotic model for complex pathologies assessment. (HYGUP)
Cândida Manuel Ribeiro Simões Lucas
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112990/2009

Mechanism of action of GATA family transcription factors in the transcriptional regulation of PIGM
António Medina de Almeida
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113008/2009

Influence of different glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-addition signal sequences on the subcellular destination of Arabidopsis proteins
Luís Gustavo Carvalho Pereira
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113038/2009

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/113381/2009

Unveiling the multiple functions of mammalian ZG16p, a unique secretory lectin, in different locations
Michael Schrader
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113423/2009

Exploring novel roles of splicing factors U2AF65 and PTB in the regulation of mRNA metabolism
Margarida Henriques da Gama Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113443/2009

UbYTrap - Ubiquitylation and endocytosis of yeast plasma membrane transporters
Sandra Cristina Almeida Paiva
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113534/2009

Regulatory T Cells: correlation between in vivo behavior and suppressor activity
Carlos Eduardo Tadokoro
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113689/2009

Studies on the molecular mechanisms underlying the heterogeneous phenotypic response to beta-lactams in Staphylococccus aureus
Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113707/2009

Ubiqutin bridges the GAP between internalization and degradation of Cx43. A new molecular mechanism involved in ubiquitin-dependent trafficking of gap junctions
Henrique Girao
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra (FM/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113764/2009

Posttranscriptional control of hemojuvelin gene expression
Ana Luísa Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113879/2009

Characterization of distinct actin filament structures in Drosophila larval tissues.
Florence Janody
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114012/2009

Endocannabinoids in pregnancy: characterization of signalling pathways in the fetoplacental unit
Georgina Lopes Correia da Silva
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114068/2009

Function and Infectivity of Prions During Neural and Hematopoietic Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells
Eduardo Pinho Melo
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114094/2009

Co-transcriptional quality control of mammalian gene expression
Noélia Maria Fernandes Custódio
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114098/2009

Lactate production or comsumption by cancer cells- adaptation or transformation?
Jacinta Serpa
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114133/2009

IRES-mediated regulation of HSP90 during cell death in yeast and mammalian cells
Paula Cristina da Costa Alves Monteiro Ludovico
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114215/2009

Metal Ions and Enterococcus faecalis: role of the first on the virulence of the second.
Maria de Fátima Silva Lopes
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114250/2009

Reproductive pheromones in the Mozambique tilapia: from the olfactory epithelium to the brain.
Peter Hubbard
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114395/2009

Functional characterisation of orphan family 2 GPCR receptors in the malaria model
João Cardoso
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114425/2009

Deciphering the role of sirtuin 2 in metabolism, aging, and neurodegeneration
António Pedro Barros Gomes
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114455/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114733/2009

The neuronal ischemic response through Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors: genetic expression profile and mechanisms of receptor trafficking
Armanda Emanuela Castro e Santos
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114877/2009

A role for tubulin in maintaining integrity of pericentriolar material
Viacheslav Malikov
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114910/2009

Role of ccbe1 in the directed differentiation of mES cells towards the cardiac lineage
José António Henriques de Conde Belo
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114918/2009

In vitro reprogramming of zebrafish skin derived cells into pluripotent ES-cell-like state to generate chimera fish
Vijayakumar Parameswaran
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/114954/2009

SerumLess - Novel Serum-free Culture Conditions for the expansion and controlled differentiation of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from adult sources
Ana Margarida Garcez Luis de Frias
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115144/2009

Refining the role of microRNAs as co-regulators of branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex
Maria João Prata
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115171/2009

Investigation of the gene expression signature in cystic fibrosis.
Luka Alexander Clarke
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115209/2009

SUMOProt - functional association of SUMO Proteases with plant abiotic stress
Herlander Anselmo Queirós Pereira Azevedo
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115274/2009

Transcriptional regulation of proteins in mitosis
Sukalyan Chatterjee
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115337/2009

Protein misfolding and aggregation in vivo: Identification of the cellular response mechanisms by pathway proteomics.
Ricardo Jorge Anjos Gomes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115518/2009

Pumilio-regulated gene expression of malaria during mosquito vector to mammalian host transmission
Gunnar Rudolf Mair
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115569/2009

The role of extracellular matrix in the establishment of muscle stem cells in the developing embryo
Maria Gabriela Gomes de Figueiredo Rodrigues
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115609/2009

Identification of transcription factor MEF2C targeted genes by a genome-wide functional analysis and the role of MEF2C in osteoporosis. MefTarget.
Natércia Conceição
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115772/2009

Role of Rlm1 transcription factor polymorphism in Candida albicans survival and adaptation to the host
ANA PAULA FERNANDES MONTEIRO SAMPAIO CARVALHO
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115855/2009

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase in human chondrocytes: what for?
Alexandrina Maria Ferreira dos Santos Pinto Mendes
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115862/2009

Investigating lipid patterns in neuronal membranes during normal and pathological metabolism
Pedro Afonso dos Santos Baltazer de Lima
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/115864/2009

The role of histone H1 in antigenic variation of African trypanosomes
Luisa M Figueiredo
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/116013/2009

Visualization of oskar mRNA and transacting proteins in the drosophila oocyte
Musa M. Mhlanga
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/109796/2009

Insights into novel bacterial cytochrome c peroxidases from pathogenic bacteria, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Escherichia coli
Sofia Pauleta
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/111046/2009

Transtirretina: uma metaloprotease com função no sistema nervoso?
Márcia Raquel Pereira de Almeida e Liz
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/111382/2009

Structural and biophysical characterization of viral latency proteins M2 and ORF73
Colin McVey
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/111485/2009

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/111656/2009

Arabidopsis cell cultures for the production of L-PGDS: a pilot study to establish a system for production of biopharmaceuticals
Ana Sofia De Carvalho Paiva Fernandes Pires
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/111940/2009

Structural determinants of superoxide reduction - A detoxification system essential for life
Tiago Miguel Guerra Miranda Bandeiras
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/111961/2009

Strategies developed by Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis to adapt to metal stress conditions and their influence in the bioinsecticide production.
Maria Gabriela Rivas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112026/2009

Correlation between the kinetic, spectroscopic and structural properties of the enzymes nitrate reductase and nitrite oxidase.
Pablo Javier Gonzalez
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112107/2009

Tool for Automatic 2D PAGE Image Analysis
Hamid Reza Shahbazkia
Centro de Investigação Tecnológica do Algarve (CINTAL/UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112267/2009

Structural and catalytic properties of peroxidises in enzyme electrodes designed for hydrogen peroxide biosensing
Smilja Todorovic
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112389/2009

Functional characterization Na+ transporters from the Neisseria meningitidis cytoplasmic membrane
Ana Margarida Nunes Portugal Carvalho Melo
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical,I.P. (IICT) (IICT/MNE)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112573/2009

Biochemical and structural studies of small trihaem citochromes from Geobacter sulfurreducens
Jose Pedro da Silva Trincao
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112616/2009

Molecular mechanisms that orchestrate a two-electron reduction coupled with protonation in redox enzymes that contain chains of single electron redox co-factors.
Catarina Morais Vaz Paquete
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112710/2009

Structural characterisation of NOD2 domain interactions in signal transduction
Maria Arménia Abreu Fonseca de Carvalho Teixeira Carrondo
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112761/2009

Plant EPs: Stuctural studies of Extensin peroxidase interactions with extensin
Philip Anthony Patrick Jackson
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/112810/2009

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/112962/2009

Recognition of Pathogen Nucleic Acids by Innate Immunity: Structure-Function Studies of the Cytoplasmic DNA Receptor DAI Pathway
Alekos Athanasiadis
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/113064/2009

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/113126/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-PRO/113223/2009

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/113231/2009

Analysis of the relevance transthyretin-metallothionein interactions in amyloid beta homeostasis
Cecília Reis Alves SANTOS
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/113491/2009

Mechanisms of SOD1 misfolding and aggregation in ALS neurodegeneration
Cláudio Emanuel Moreira Gomes
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/114079/2009

Searching for therapeutic agents against Transthyretin amyloidosis: computational and experimental approaches
Rui Brito
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/114279/2009

Molecular mechanisms of ABC transporters. Contributions from biomolecular simulation.
Claudio Manuel Simões Loureiro Nunes Soares
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/114446/2009

Biomineralization studies on the composition of Anodonta cygnea shells
Jorge Machado
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/114573/2009

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/114732/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-PRO/114809/2009

Structural Biology of vitamin C membrane transporters: a structural genomics approach
Miguel Pedro Januário Pessanha
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/114925/2009

Structural basis for the inhibitory effect of mannosylglycerate on alpha-synuclein amyloid fibril formation
Maria Helena Dias dos Santos
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/115203/2009

Development of NMR screening methods for systems biology
Patrick David Groves
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/115433/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-PRO/115525/2009

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/115559/2009

Turning an hyperthermostable metallo-oxidase into a laccase
Lígia Maria Oliveira Martins
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/115602/2009

The role of additives, impurities, oligomers and aggregates on protein crystallization
Fernando Alberto Nogueira da Rocha
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/109971/2009

Assessment of the survival to abiotic stress factors among multi-resistant Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp. and Salmonella spp.
Paulo Manuel Rodrigues Martins da Costa
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/110288/2009

Unravelling the effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on the tight junctional adhesion molecule JAM-A
Ceu Figueiredo
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/110479/2009

CARE - Characterization of the Antibiotic Resistome in Environmental reservoirs
Patrick de Oliveira Freire
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/110518/2009

DESERT - The contribution of specific compatible solutes to DESiccation resistance and ExtReme Tolerance to oxidative stress in Actinobacteria.
Milton Simões da Costa
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/110700/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-MIC/110956/2009

Cell morphogenesis and cytoskeleton in Gram-positive bacteria: can cocci be shaped into rods?
Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111087/2009

GENEMOBILE - Dinamics of genetic determinants associated with tolerance to heavy-metals vs antibiotics in animal production.
Paula Sá-Pereira
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111404/2009

Crosstalk between ROS homeostasis and secondary metabolism - disclosing regulatory molecular mechanisms in Streptomyces.
Marta Vaz Mendes
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111450/2009

Legionella pneumophila population genetics and correlation with virulence traits.
António Verissimo
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111517/2009

A new approach to phage therapy in plants
Margarida Maria Cabral Lages Azevedo Santana
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111587/2009

Extreme thermoacidophilic microorganisms and their novel biocatalysts: bioprospecting S. Miguel Island solfataric hot springs in Azores
Ana Maria Carneiro Anselmo
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111605/2009

Methanesulfonate-degrading marine bacteria: e molecular biological approach
Paolo De Marco
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, CRL (CESPU)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111607/2009

Physiological response to heavy metals in Escherichia coli
Paolo De Marco
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111817/2009

Synthesis of peptidoglycan in Streptococcus pneumoniae - where, when and why is it necessary to branch?
Sérgio Joaquim Raposo Filipe
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111850/2009

Transport_ACE. A holistic view of acetic acid transport in microbes: the road from physiology towards structural-functional understanding of permeases
Margarida Paula Pedra Amorim Casal
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111861/2009

Role of Hfq proteins and small non-coding RNAs on Burkholderia cepacia complex virulence
Jorge Humberto Gomes Leitão
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/111865/2009

A functional genomics approach to the regulation of oxidative stress defences in nitrogen-fixing symbiotic frankiae - insights into bacterial infectivity
Fernando Tavares
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112030/2009

Salivary composition in children with trisomy 21
David José Casimiro de Andrade
Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade do Porto (FMD/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112167/2009

Kynetics and dynamics of microcystins and cylindrospermopsin in target organisms
Alexandre Campos
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112429/2009

Understanding oil pollution in salt marshes: unravelling rhizosphere-microbial interactions by combining metatranscriptomic and metabolomic approaches (METAMARSH)
Maria Ângela Sousa Dias Alves Cunha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112497/2009

Ribonucleases Dynamics and Characterization of the Metabolism of Newly Discovered Classes of Prokaryotic Small RNAs
Michal Malecki
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112670/2009

LignoDIG: Lignocellulosic Digestion and bioenergetic valorization with Ascomycetes
Philip Anthony Patrick Jackson
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112852/2009

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/112881/2009

YEASTARS - Insights on the mechanisms of arsenic tolerance in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Regina Menezes Echaniz
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/112944/2009

Cross-talk between nitrosative and oxidative stress: Potential role of Yeast AP-1 like proteins
Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113051/2009

A novel molecular approach to uncover sex and population structure in tremellaceous yeasts closely related to Cryptococcus neoformans
Alan John Lander Phillips
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113172/2009

Functional analysis of new multidrug transporters in Candida glabrata: role in antifungal drug resistance and transcriptional regulation in lab strains and in clinical isolates
Miguel Cacho Teixeira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113229/2009

Biodiesel crops - A green solution to rehabilitate heavy-metal contaminated soils
Mani Rajkumar
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113674/2009

Functional characterization of a new anti-repressor controlling the expression of beta-lactam resistance in staphylococci
Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113733/2009

ROOT-INT- Role of a two-component regulatory system in the early interaction between Sinorhizobium meliloti and plant root hairs
Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113785/2009

Transcriptomic and genomic survey of Chlamydia trachomatis plasmid and plasmid-related chromosomal ORFs: tracking the plasmid biological role
Maria José Borrego
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113966/2009

Biology and physiology of marine Planctomycetes from the Portuguese coast: exploring the biotechnological and ecological potentials
Rui Pedro Soares de Oliveira
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114342/2009

SLUDGEUKPROK - STUDY OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC POPULATIONS OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE BY CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
Ana Paula Mesquita Rodrigues da Cunha Nicolau
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114349/2009

The role of quorum sensing signaling in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis morphogenesis, viability and pathogenicity: identifying novel therapeutic targets to combat paracoccidioidomycosis.
Marcus Henricus Johannes Sturme
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114513/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114542/2009

Mobilome: Flexible gene pool in human bacterial pathogens (FLEXIGENE)
Teresa Maria Leitão Semedo Lemsaddek
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114627/2009

Study of molecular and cellular pathogenicity mechanisms of Arcobacter and Campylobacter species
Fernanda Domingues
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114716/2009

How do ALS proteins contribute for Candida albicans cell surface variation?
Isabel M Miranda
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114720/2009

Interrogating the Respirome of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 - a proteomic approach.
Maria Gabriela Machado de Almeida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115020/2009

Protein/DNA/Carbohydrate interactions involved in signal transduction in Bacillus
Isabel de Sá-Nogueira
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115204/2009

Unravelling novel mechanisms of horizontal transfer of integrons: the nexus of antibiotic resistance and bacterial evolution
Gabriela Conceição Duarte Jorge da Silva
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115213/2009

BIOPENTY - Exploiting novel non-conventional yeasts to improve pentose fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: towards second generation bioethanol
César Simões da Fonseca
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115295/2009

Unveiling the novel role of catecholamines in Candida antifungal resistance: a bedside to bench approach
Cidalia Pina Vaz
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FM/UP)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115306/2009

ACIDYEAST: An integrated approach involving phylogenomics to unveil metal resistance mechanisms and its evolution in acidophilic yeasts
Mário João Gadanho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115566/2009

TRADISH - Assessment of genetic factors underlying TRAnsmissibility, DISpersion, and Host range of M. bovis strains
Ana Rosa Pombo Botelho
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, I.P. (INRB)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115751/2009

Nitric oxide signalling in Leishmania infantum: S-nitrosylation in proteins and thiols during parasite development and infection
Marta Sousa Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/115757/2009

A proteomics approach to mycobacterial identification bridging the gap between phenotypic and genotypic differentiation
Susana David
Pró-INSA, Associação para a Promoção da Investigação em Saúde (Pró-INSA/INSARJ)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/109923/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110167/2009

MHCYPRIN. Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genetic diversity in Iberian cyprinids: a better marker for measuring selection and local adaptation.
Natacha Pio Mesquita
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110184/2009

Ecological niche modeling and systematics of the Simulium damnosum complex, vectors of human onchocerciasis
Ramiro Morales Hojas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110230/2009

In cold blood: evolution of reptile hemoparasites
David James Harris
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110249/2009

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-EVF/110298/2009

Comparative analysis of DNA sequence evolution in nuclear and mitochondrial backgrounds in inbred mice.
Ana Goios Borges de Almeida
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110521/2009

HOW DOES SEXUAL SELECTION SHAPE LIZARD EVOLUTION? LOOKING AT SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, MATING SYSTEMS AND HERITABILITY
Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110864/2009

EVOLUTION ON OCEANIC ISLANDS: COMPARING DIVERSIFICATION PATTERNS IN MARINE GASTROPODS
Regina Lopes da Cunha
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110903/2009

EVOGAL - Galactose utilization and the evolution of a multi-locus gene network in the yeast Saccharomyces kudriavzevii under changing selection regimes
José Paulo Sampaio
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/110941/2009

The genetic impact of agropastoral dispersals in Sub-Saharan Africa
Leonor Gusmão
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111125/2009

Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology of Dinosauria and associated fauna from Portugal and their macroevolutionary role in the Western Europe Mesozoic
Vanda Arlete Faria dos Santos
Fundação da Universidade de Lisboa (FUL/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111179/2009

The opportunity for postcopulatory sexual selection under sex-role reversal
Nuno Miguel Pinto de Sousa Monteiro
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111284/2009

BONES: Who runs faster and who runs better? The evolution of limb bones form and function in the European hare and European rabbit and locomotor behaviour
Fernando Manuel Salvado Capela e Silva
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111390/2009

Towards a phylogenetic classification of freshwater dinoflagellates
António José Calado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111442/2009

Biogeographic and evolutionary patterns in model vertebrate species from Corsica and Sardinia
DANIELE SALVI
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111686/2009

Holo-pleistocenic corridors: Jasione L. in the Mediterranean Basin (CORRIDOR1)
António Luis Crespí
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112028/2009

Chromosomal speciation in the house mouse: evolutionary and ecological processes
Maria Luz Costa Pereira Mathias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112037/2009

Cyanotoxins and phylogeny of pteridophytes and lichens cyanobionts
Ana Luisa Frazão Pereira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112142/2009

To clone or not to clone, that´s the question: clonal vs sexual reproduction in sea-anemones
Sara Judite Lopes Teixeira
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112282/2009

Capturing the evolutionary information necessary for proactive management of emergent viruses: arenaviruses and their murine hosts in Africa.
Gouy de Bellocq Joelle
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112353/2009

Mechanisms of isolation and hybridisation between incipient species of the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)
João Pedro Soares da Silva Pinto
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112368/2009

Genetic analysis of Neisseria gonorrhea in the context of emergence of antibiotic resistance
Marcos Perez Losada
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112376/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112508/2009

Coevolution of Host-Parasite interactions and the maintenance of genetic diversity
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/112827/2009

Search for the missing links in the evolution of the resistance determinant SCCmec
Maria Miragaia
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113018/2009

Adaptive divergence, speciation 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-EVF/113129/2009

The conquest of land: a phylogenetic study of charophyte and land plant chloroplast evolution using data- and time-heterogeneous substitution models.
Cymon John Cox
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113222/2009

DINOEGGS - Dinosaur eggs and embryos in Portugal: paleobiological implications and paleoenvironmental settings
Octávio Mateus
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113338/2009

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-EVF/113537/2009

Hybridisation between polecats and ferrets and the origin of the domestic ferret: a genetic and cytogenetic approach to informative geographic isolates
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Fernandes
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113709/2009

Bacterial adaptation under predation by macrophages
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113876/2009

Evolution and functional relevance of the ataxin-3 like retrogene (Xp22.2) and ataxin-3 pseudogene (8q23.2) in comparison to the parental ataxin-3 gene (14q32.1)
Sandra Martins
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113896/2009

Studies of the Impact of A to I RNA editing in Molecular Evolution
Alekos Athanasiadis
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114179/2009

Does acoustic signalling play a significant role in explosive speciation and adaptive radiation of Malawi cichlid fishes?
Maria Clara Correia de Freitas Pessoa de Amorim
ISPA, CRL (ISPA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114460/2009

Consequences of genome instability to adaptation and speciation
Miguel Godinho Ferreira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114545/2009

Towards a comprehensive view of protein trafficking evolution
José Bartholo Pereira Leal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114596/2009

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-EVF/114622/2009

Epistasis in antibiotic resistance
Isabel Gordo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114688/2009

Elucidação da história evolutiva das enzimas envolvidas na síntese de um osmólito típico de (hiper)termófilos
Nuno Miguel Formiga Borges
ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114723/2009

Living on the dark side: evolutionary patterns of subterranean aquatic life
Fernando Cánovas García
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/114845/2009

Past and present population genetics of the vector Aedes aegypti: a tool for supporting dengue control policies
Patrícia Isabel Rosa Salgueiro
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115021/2009

The nature of species boundaries in Santolina L.
Aixa Ofelia Rivero Guerra
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115056/2009

Speciation in the sea: the missing insights from marine hybrid zones
Alexandra Isabel Sá-Pinto
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115183/2009

The role of multiple origins in polyploid evolution: the evolutionary impact of variation in ancestral diploids on tetraploid wild wheats of the genus Aegilops.
Meimberg Harald
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115252/2009

The evolution of extensive duplications in avian mitochondrial genomes
Patrícia Filipa Homem de Campos Tavares de Brito
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115258/2009

Adaptation to environmental hypoxia: lessons from the molecular and physiological characterization of Lagomorph haemoglobins.
Maria Rita Monteiro de Lencastre Campos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115765/2009

Lifestyle and dietary adaptations in African populations: insights from genetic diversity patterns
Maria João Prata
Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP/UP)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115859/2009

Unraveling how ocean currents affect patterns of gene flow around small islands: a case study in the Madeira Archipelago
Agostinho Antunes
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/116090/2009

High-level phylogeny and the evolution of ecomorphotypes in scorpions
Arie van der Meijden
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/116257/2009

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-ECS/111085/2009

DECON8 - Microbial biogeochemistry and functional diversity of degraded mining areas
Paula Sá-Pereira
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/111722/2009

Yeasts in floral nectar: quantification and associations with pollinator-type and nectar chemistry
Ana C Sampaio
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/111878/2009

COOL BOX: From genes to eCOsystem: ecOLogically relevant effects, a linking tool BOX
Mónica João Barros Amorim
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/112208/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-ECS/112347/2009

Ecological sustainability of agroecosystems
Manuela Abelho
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/113106/2009

ProTTEct - PROtection of Tropical and Temperate Ecosystem structure and funCTion by integrating ecological monitoring and molecular ecotoxicological tools
Marco Lemos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/113828/2009

FreshBioFun: Biodiversity and the functioning of detritus food-webs in freshwaters
Cláudia Pascoal
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/114332/2009

Linking community ecology and biogeography: effects of the regional pool on the local diversity, structure and functioning of Macaronesian laurophyllous-forest arthropod assemblages
Joaquín Hortal
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/114827/2009

The Consequences Of ChaNnelization For Ecosystem FunctIon aNd RivEr BioDiversity (CONFINED)
kieran monaghan
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/114933/2009

The effect of herbivorous pest evolution on the expression of plant defences and on competitive interactions among herbivores.
sara Magalhães
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/115260/2009

MineSuccess - Modeling the ecological succession and vegetation assemblage patterns for ecological restoration of contaminated areas: a data-driven approach
Cristina Branquinho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/115261/2009

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-ECS/115372/2009

Biodiversity and socio-ecological processes across scales - BioScale
Henrique Pereira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/115489/2009

A conceptual model to predict pathways and decomposition rates of leaf litter in forested headwaters
MANUEL AUGUSTO SIMÕES GRAÇA
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/115593/2009

Local disappearences, oceanic Islands and glaciations: a global biogeographical hypothesis
Sérgio Paulo Ávila Campos Marques
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/115896/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/109805/2009

REPRESS - Ecosystem RESponse to anthropogenic PRESSures: effects of different contamination sources over macroinvertebrate species.
Rosa de Fátima Lopes de Freitas
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/109972/2009

Characterization of the biodiversity for the conservation of the highly endemic sea lavender Limonium multiflorum from Western Continental Portugal: reproduction mode, genetic diversity, ecology and demography dynamics
Ana D Caperta
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110097/2009

Mammals and roads interactions: from shifts in behavior to genetic structures
Clara Bentes Grilo
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110130/2009

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-BIC/110277/2009

The mystery of sex bias in Squalius alburnoides complex. An environmental and genetic approach.
Maria Manuela Gomes Coelho de Noronha Trancoso
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110328/2009

WILDZOO: WILD Mammals Conservation and Management Implications of ZOOnoses in Mediterranean Landscapes
Luís Miguel Rosalino
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110564/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110761/2009

Studying biodiversity and ecological processes to promote sustainable farming in the extensive agro-ecosystems of Castro Verde
Helena Castro
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111142/2009

Terpenoid Functionalization with microorganisms
Jesus Miguel López Rodilla
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111184/2009

Temporal dynamics of the impacts of forest fragmentation on Neotropical bat assemblages
Christoph Friedrich Johannes Meyer
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111275/2009

ECOLOGICALLY SCALED EDGE RESPONSES: PATTERNS, MECHANISMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELLING
Luís Miguel Nunes Valente Afonso Reino
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111514/2009

FLIP - Fish Larvae Identification Progress - New Tools and Archive Improvement
Rita Alexandra Duarte Borges
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111549/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111584/2009

EDEN Azorean Habitats - Environmental Defense of Endangered Natural Azorean Habitats
PATRÍCIA VENTURA GARCIA
Universidade dos Açores (UAçores)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/111897/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112043/2009

Genetic and phytochemical diversity in Portuguese Mentha species: Assessment, valorization and Conservation.
ANA MARIA DA SILVA MONTEIRO
Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112203/2009

Patterns of fauna recolonization after glaciations: a multi-organism approach
Ana Perera Leg
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112252/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112584/2009

Emerging zoonotic diseases: the role of wildbirds in the spread, maintenance and transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi and flavivirus
Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112807/2009

TRUFFLE: The ecology of Tuber spp and Sustainability of Truffle Cultivation in Montado Ecosystems
Anabela Marisa de Jesus Rodrigues Azul
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112816/2009

COI - Phycological Digital Collection
Leonel Carlos dos Reis Tomás Pereira
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112894/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/112955/2009

The Eurasian otter as reservoir for bacterial virulence factors
Manuela Oliveira
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113066/2009

Microbiogeography of intertidal rocky-shores: how does heterogeneity of substratum determine sessile species´ distribution?
António Múrias dos Santos
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113157/2009

New trophic link in early phases of estuarine fishes
MARIA ALEXANDRA ANICA TEODÓSIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113168/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113264/2009

Rapid Identification Methods Based on Spectral Analysis for Fungi of Clinical Interest.
Nelson Lima
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113398/2009

Native oak forests - genetic diversity, conservation and use
JOSÉ EDUARDO LIMA-BRITO
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113411/2009

Factores que determinam a longevidade de sementes de espécies Mediterrânicas em bancos de sementes
Adelaide Clemente
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113552/2009

Mechanisms underlying olfactory system asymmetry in flatfish
ADELINO VICENTE MENDONÇA CANÁRIO
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113582/2009

Biogepgraphy and genetic diversity of Pacific and Atlantic marine forests: seeing the wood for the trees
Maria Ester Tavares Álvares Serrão
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113712/2009

Shrub bootstrapping of ectomycorrhizal fungi: preserving fungal diversity and promoting pine forest regeneration in Mediterranean ecosystems affected by wildfires (MYCOBOOTS)
Susana Rodríguez Echeverría
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113728/2009

Implementing a conservation strategy for Plantago algarbiensis, Thymus lotocephalus and Tuberaria major, endangered species endemic from Algarve
Anabela Maria Lopes Romano
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113743/2009

Development of an Affordable Method to Characterise Large and Diverse Microbial Groups
João Manuel Gonçalves Couceiro Feio de Almeida
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/113932/2009

Plant biodiversity and conservation status of sand dune habitats of South-Western Portugal
Joaquín Hortal
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114053/2009

Hymenopteros parasitas como indicadores da biodiversidade geral dos ecossistemas. O caso particular da família Trichogrammatidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea).
Luís Miguel Mascarenhas Neto
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114054/2009

Preservation, multiplication and economic use of Lavandula luisieri, Cistus ladanifer and Pterospartum tridentatum for the recovery of plant biodiversity in desertified ecosystems
José Carlos Dias Duarte Gonçalves
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114095/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114140/2009

Combining genetics, ecology and morphology to determine patterns of speciation and distribution in Macaronesian freshwater macroinvertebrates
Samantha Jane Hughes
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114194/2009

BADNEIGHBOURS - The potential for invasion and competition of exotic birds in wetlands: a bad neighourood in Tagus Estuary
João E Rabaça
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114309/2009

Conservação sustentada de um endemismo do ecossistema dunar português: Juniperus navicularis
Maria Amely Zavattieri
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114334/2009

Using an Azorean avian model to solve a biogeographic puzzle: a comparative study of population genomics, morphology, and acoustics of Old and New World snipe
Sergei V Drovetski
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114340/2009

CHEMSIGNAL: Chemical signalling of dominance in fish
Eduardo Nuno Picoto Lopes Barata
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114374/2009

BioGrad - Altitudinal, latitudinal and peninsular gradients in biodiversity: a multi-scale analysis with European ground beetles
Ana Márcia Enes Barbosa
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114426/2009

SNPs´ panel able to differentiate Iberian wolf from domestic dogs for application in ecological and conservation studies
Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114756/2009

Is domestication shaping wild populations? Insights from wolf and wildcat and their domestic relatives.
Maria Raquel Barata Godinho
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114784/2009

Genomic Diversity in Suiformes: causes and consequences
Maria Filomena Lopes Adega
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114939/2009

Sea anemones Actinia equina and Anemonia sulcata as bioindicators of chemical contamination and genetic divergence in the Iberian Coast
Fernando Manuel Raposo Morgado
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114979/2009

PREDATOR: Effects of predator removal on the population structure of red fox and Egyptian mongoose and on the European rabbit population density
Carlos Manuel Martins Santos Fonseca
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115111/2009

How critical is the issue of inbreeding for the effective conservation of animal genetic resources?
Maria do Mar Jácome Félix Oom
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115223/2009

Endemic pigeons of São Tomé: developing science-based conservation and sustainable use of African forest pigeons
Jorge Manuel Palmeirim
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115320/2009

Marine connectivity in syngnathid fishes (seahorses and pipefishes): spatial genetic structure in fragmented seagrass habitat
Onno Everhardus Diekmann
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMar)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115376/2009

What makes Amanita phalloides a successful invader? Insights from studies in its native range (AMANITA)
Susana Cláudia de Freitas Rodrigues Gonçalves
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115505/2009

Líquen@África-Establish the roots of lichenology in the African Portuguese Language Countries
Palmira Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115511/2009

CicadaCon - Testing congruence among patterns of variation in morphology, acoustics and genetic distance in the divergence of selected species of Mediterranean Cicadas (Insecta, Hemiptera).
Paula Cristina Simões
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115601/2009

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-BIC/115699/2009

Evaluation of naiads (Bivalvia: Unionoida) translocation as a conservation measure for populations endangered by river regularization
Jorge Machado
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/115970/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-GEN/110383/2009

DECODING: Large scale approaches to unravel genome decoding rules
Gabriela Moura
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/111215/2009

Unraveling the interplay between Listeria monocytogenes infection and the host cell cycle
Sandra Sousa
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112138/2009

A systematic functional analysis for Rab proteins in phagocytosis and phagosomal maturation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Otília Vieira
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112459/2009

The enigmatic mycobacterial maltokinase
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/112730/2009

Rho GTPases in Peripheral Nervous System myelination and remyelination
Joao Carlos Bettencourt de Medeiros relvas
Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC/UP)

PTDC/BIA-BCM/113738/2009

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-PRO/110523/2009

Pathway for the synthesis of the mycobacterial MGLP. Biochemical and structural characterization of the key enzymes
Nuno Empadinhas
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNBC/UC)

PTDC/BIA-PRO/111141/2009

Protein-Carbohydrate interaction characterization of Laforina - A human protein involved in lafora Disease
Pedro Miguel Dias Castanheira
BIOCANT - Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia (BIOCANT)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/113450/2009

Molecular interactions between S. epidermidis biofilm cells and the murine host response
Nuno Miguel Dias Cerca
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114116/2009

Study on the relationship between aging and autophagy in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Paula Cristina da Costa Alves Monteiro Ludovico
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/BIA-MIC/114958/2009

ArsTOOL-Construction of a bioacumulator for bioremediation of arsenic
Paula Maria Vasconcelos Morais
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111368/2009

A multidisciplinary experimental evaluation of the mechanisms contributing to the emergence of reproductive isolation between two subspecies, Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus and O. c. cuniculus, of the European rabbit
Jose Antonio Blanco Aguiar
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/111931/2009

Assessing the impact of adaptation and species range shifts during glacial cycles on mitochondrial DNA introgression
José Melo-Ferreira
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-EVF/113805/2009

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

PTDC/BIA-EVF/115069/2009

CRYPSIS - Genetic determination and evolution of seasonal phenotype variation of coat-colour in boreal species
Paulo Célio ALVES
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-ECS/114859/2009

River biomonitoring: an integrative approach
Rui Manuel Vitor Cortes
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110587/2009

CrypDiv - Unveiling bat cryptic divergence in Iberia: using distribution modelling and genetic analyses to investigate the isolation and differentiation of species.
Hugo Emanuel Vitorino Rebelo
Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/110824/2009

Evolutionary changes to reproductive systems during the invasion process of the polyploid Oxalis pes-caprae
João Carlos Mano Castro Loureiro
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/BIA-BIC/114526/2009

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-BIC/115837/2009

PatelGene - Genetic Structure of Azorean Limpets: Implications for Conservation and Marine Protected Areas
Ana Isabel de Melo Azevedo Neto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)