Presentation and discussion of scientific articles

14 dezembro 2016, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

The following articles were presented and discussed in class

Article 24 – Geisinger E, Isberg RR. 2015. Antibiotic Modulation of Capsular Exopolysaccharide and Virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii PLoS Pathog. 11(2):e1004691.

Article 25 – Peter Belenky, Jonathan D. Ye, Caroline B. M. Porter, Nadia R. Cohen, Michael A. Lobritz, Thomas Ferrante, Saloni Jain, Benjamin J. Korry, Eric G. Schwarz, Graham C. Walker, James J. Collins. 2015. Bactericidal antibiotics induce toxic metabolic perturbations that lead to cellular damage. Cell Rep. 13(5): 968–980. 5ª feira às 11h.

Article 31 – Sun X, Zhang CY, Wu MY, Fan ZH, Liu SN, Zhu WB, Xiao DG. 2016. MAL62 overexpression and NTH1 deletion enhance the freezing tolerance and fermentation capacity of the baker's yeast in lean dough. Microb Cell Fact. 15:54.

Article 32 – Minetaka Sugiyama, Shin-Pei Akase, Ryota Nakanishi, Hitoshi Horie, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Satoshi Harashima. 2014. Nuclear Localization of Haa1, Which Is Linked to Its Phosphorylation Status, Mediates Lactic Acid Tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Environ Microbiol. 80(11): 3488–3495.

Presentation and discussion of scientific articles

12 dezembro 2016, 08:30 • Isabel Sá-Correia

The following articles were presented and discussed in class by the students.

Article 19 – van der Heijden J, Reynolds LA, Deng W, Mills A, Scholz R, Imami K, Foster LJ, Duong F, Finlay BB. 2016. Salmonella rapidly regulates membrane permeability to survive oxidative stress. mBio 7(4):e01238-16 .4ª 18:30

Article 20 – Maldonado, R., Sá-Correia, I., Valvano, M., Lipopolysaccharide modification in Gram-negative bacteria during chronic infection, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 40(4): 480-493, 2016.

Article 21 – Shira R. Abeles, Marcus B. Jones, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez, Melissa Ly, Niels Klitgord, Shibu Yooseph, Karen E. Nelson, David T. Pride. 2016. Microbial diversity in individuals and their household contacts following typical antibiotic courses, Microbiome 4:39. 3ª feira às 18:30

Presentation and discussion of scientific articles

7 dezembro 2016, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

The following articles were presented by the students and discussed in class:

Article 16 – Anna Nowogrodzki. 2016. The nose knows how to kill MRSA. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20339

Article 17 – Biz, A., Sugai-Guérios, M.H., Kuivanen, J. et al. The introduction of the fungal d-galacturonate pathway enables the consumption of d-galacturonic acid by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microb Cell Fact (2016) 15: 144.

Article 18 – Yoon E-J, Balloy V, Fiette L, Chignard M, Courvalin P, Grillot-Courvalin C. 2016. Contribution of the Ade resistance-nodulation-cell division-type efflux pumps to fitness and pathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii. mBio 7(3):e00697-16

Presentation and Discussion of scientific articles

5 dezembro 2016, 08:30 • Isabel Sá-Correia

The following three articles were presented and discussed by students in class: 

Article 12 – Völzing KG, Brynildsen MP. Stationary-phase persisters to ofloxacin sustain DNA damage and require repair systems only during recovery. mBio 6(5):e00731-16, 2015.- 3ª 18h.

 Article 13 – Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Brady A, Crabtree J, Drabek EF, Ma B, Mahurkar A, Ravel J, Haverkamp M, Fiorino A-M, Botelho C, Andreyeva I, Hibberd PL, Fraser CM. Functional dynamics of the gut microbiome in elderly people during probiotic consumption. mBio 6(2):e00231-16, 2015.

 Article 14 – Zarraonaindia I, Owens SM, Weisenhorn P, West K, Hampton-Marcell J, Lax S, Bokulich NA, Mills DA, Martin G, Taghavi S, van der Lelie D, Gilbert JA. 2015. The soil microbiome influences grapevine-associated microbiota. mBio 6(2):e02527-14.

Presentation and Discussion of scientific articles

30 novembro 2016, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

The following three scientific articles were presented and discussed by students in class:

Article 9 – Mil-Homens D, Leça MI, Fernandes F, Pinto SN, Fialho AM., “Characterization of BCAM0224, a multifunctional trimeric autotransporter from the human pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia”, J Bacteriol. 196(11):1968-79, 2014.

Article 10 – Darkoh C, DuPont HL, Norris SJ, Kaplan HB. Toxin synthesis by Clostridium difficile is regulated through quorum signaling. mBio 6(2):e02569-14, 2015.

 Article 11 – Diaz Caballero J, Clark ST, Coburn B, Zhang Y, Wang PW, Donaldson SL, Tullis DE, Yau YCW, Waters VJ, Hwang DM, Guttman DS. Selective sweeps and parallel pathoadaptation drive Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution in the cystic fibrosis lung. mBio 6(5):e00981-16, 2015.