Presentation and discussion of scientific articles

25 novembro 2015, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Presentation  and discussion of 3 scientific articles on the following topics:
8 - Yeast toxicogenomics: lessons from a eukaryotic cell and cell factory
9 - Genome-wide screening of Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes required to foster tolerance towards industrial wheat straw hydrolysates
12 - Adaptative response to acetic acid in the highly resistant yeast species Zygosaccharomyces bailii revealed by quantitative proteomics

Presentation and discussion of scientific articles

23 novembro 2015, 08:30 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Presentation and discussion of 3 scientific articles on the following topics:
1 - Identification of a new Class of Antifungals Targeting the Synthesis of Fungal Sphingolipids
2 - MFS transporters required for multidrug/multixenobiotic resistance in the model yeast: understanding their physiological funtion trought post-genomic approaches
3 - MFS multidrug transporters in pathogenic fungi: do they have real clinical impact?

Preparation of the students´ presentations to be held over the next weeks

18 novembro 2015, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Preparation of the students´ presentations of scientific articles to be held over the next weeks. This class follows individual discussions with the different groups of students to examine the content of the respective article and to guide them in the preparation of the oral presentations to be delivered in class.

Organelle function, biogenesis and inheretance. Mechanisms of pathogenicity in Candida species

16 novembro 2015, 08:30 • Miguel Nobre Parreira Cacho Teixeira

Organelle function, biogenesis and inheretance: mitochondria, peroxisomes and endoplasmic reticulum.

Mechanisms of pathogenicity in fungal pathogens of the Candida genus. Phenotypic switching, dimorphic growth, biofilm formation, excretion of proteases, lipases and phospholipases. Differences among the most common candida pathogens in the context of virulence mechanisms.

Stress response in eukaryotes (cont.) and membrane composition and structure

11 novembro 2015, 09:00 • Miguel Nobre Parreira Cacho Teixeira

Apoptosis as mechanisms of stress response. Membrane composition and structure: phospholipids, sphingolipids and sterols. Lipid rafts and eisosomes.