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Presentation and discussion of scientific articles by students in class

3 dezembro 2018, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Three articles were presented and discussed by group of three students each. The titles follow:

-Lipopolysaccharide modification in Gram-negative bacteria during chronic infection
-Microbial diversity in individuals and their household contacts following typical antibiotic courses
-Mutational evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to ribosome-targeting

Presentation and discussion of scientific articles by students in class

28 novembro 2018, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Three articles were presented and discussed by group of three students each. The titles follow:
-Functional dynamics of the gut microbiome in elderly people during probiotic consumption
-The soil microbiome influences grapevine-associated microbiota
-Salmonella rapidly regulates membrane permeability to survive oxidative stress

Presentation and discussion of scientific articles by students in class

26 novembro 2018, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Three articles were presented and discussed by group of three students each. The titles follow:
-Periodontitis, Microbiomes and their Rolein Alzheimer’s Disease.
-The microbiome and cancer.
-Toxin synthesis by Clostridium difficile is regulated through quorum signaling.

Presentation and discussion of scientific articles by the students in class

21 novembro 2018, 09:00 • Isabel Sá-Correia

Three scientific articles were presented and discussed in class by groups of three students each. The titles follow:
-Traditional Norwegian Kveik Are a Genetically Distinct Group of Domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae Brewing Yeasts
- Engineering yeast for the production of breviscapine by genomic analysis and synthetic biology approaches
-Expression of cocoa genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae improves cocoa butter production

Membrane composition and structure. Mechanisms of pathogenicity in Candida species

19 novembro 2018, 09:00 • Miguel Nobre Parreira Cacho Teixeira

Membrane composition and structure: phospholipids, sphingolipids and sterols. Lipid rafts and eisosomes.

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.