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Proposals for Research Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2006

Biological Sciences - Biology of Microorganisms

    Painel de Avaliação de Ciências Biológicas - MIC/BDE/QOR - 2006
  • Fred Wrona
  • Joseph Culp
  • Edward McCauley
  • Peter de Ruiter
  • Harold Koopowitz
  • Kornelia Smalla
PTDC/BIA-MIC/64010/2006

Impact of nonencapsulated strains on the ecology and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Raquel Sá-Leão, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €110,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/64071/2006

Role of beta-lactamase operon in the stabilization and expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Duarte Emanuel Soeiro Carvalho Oliveira, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €143,040.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/65210/2006

Regulation of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and virulence of Burkholderia cepacia by protein-tyrosine phosphorylation. Leonilde de Fátima Morais Moreira, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €118,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/65861/2006

Genetics of accelerated acquisition of drug resistance to multiple drugs (ARMD) in malaria parasites: dynamics and fitness studies. Virgilio Estolio do Rosario, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL). €141,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/66412/2006

Bacteriophage genome delivery to Gram-positive bacteria: virus and host cell requirements for DNA traffic. Carlos Jorge Sousa de São José, Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ensino e Investigação da Microbiologia (ADEIM). €197,148.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/67845/2006

Integrated view of the early steps in bacterial cell wall synthesis. Mariana Luisa Tomás Gomes de Pinho, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €132,384.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/70650/2006

Transcriptional regulation of the genes encoding the flavodiiron protein ROO and the cytochrome BDrespectively of the anaerobe bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas upon nitrosative stress. Claudina Amélia Marques Rodrigues Pousada, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €189,400.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71146/2006

Understanding how hyperthermophilic microorganisms cope with heat stress: the role of unique polyolphosphodiester compounds. Maria Helena Dias dos Santos, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €129,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71168/2006

Regulatory networks on Staphylococcus aureus cell wall physiology. Hermínia de Lencastre, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €136,979.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71280/2006

Mutational and physiological dynamics of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. MIGUEL VIVEIROS BETTENCOURT, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT/UNL). €120,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/71453/2006

Elucidating the Critical Role of RNase II family of Enzymes in RNA metabolism: Structural and Functional Studies. Sandra Cristina de Oliveira Viegas, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €150,913.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/72211/2006

The role of host cell kinases in Plasmodium development inside hepatocytes during the liver stage of malaria infections. Maria Manuel Dias da Mota, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João lobo Antunes (IMM/FM/ULisboa). €135,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/72512/2006

Multilevel modelling of physical and biochemical processes in phototrophic biofilms. Andreas Bohn, ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA/UNL). €94,000.

PTDC/BIA-MIC/72577/2006

Functional and biochemical analysis of the yeast multidrug resistance transporters Qdr2 and Aqr1. Miguel Cacho Teixeira, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €79,800.