Category: Topic #5: Cool tools in Microbiotech

253 Repurposing of new drug candidates for Buruli ulcer treatment

Juan Dominguez 1Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal, 2ICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal juanopablodomin@hotmail.com Juan Dominguez1 2, Ana Pacheco1 2, Maria Peixoto1 2, Ana Mendes1 2, Alexandra Fraga1 2, and Jorge Pedrosa1 2 1Life and Health Sciences Research Institute… Continue reading 253 Repurposing of new drug candidates for Buruli ulcer treatment

256 Counter-Propagation-Artificial Neural Network and FT-MIR spectroscopy: the proper strategy for detailed antimicrobial activity analysis

Pedro Nuno de Sousa Sampaio 1DREAMS-Centre for Interdisciplinary Development and Research on Environment, Applied Management and Space, Faculty of Engineering, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal pedro.sampaio@ulusofona.pt Ana Calheiros; Fernando Duarte; Cecília Calado 1DREAMS-Centre for Interdisciplinary Development and Research on Environment, Applied Management and Space, Faculty of Engineering, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal; 2IPLUSO, Instituto Politécnico da Lusofonia,… Continue reading 256 Counter-Propagation-Artificial Neural Network and FT-MIR spectroscopy: the proper strategy for detailed antimicrobial activity analysis

135 Influence of the water physicochemical parameters in the antimicrobial photodynamic therapy effectiveness

Adelaide Almeida Universidade de Aveiro aalmeida@ua.pt Maria Bartolomeu1, Carlos J. P. Monteiro2, Milton Fontes3, M. Graça P. M. S. Neves2, M. Amparo F. Faustino2, Adelaide Almeida1 1 CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal, 2 LAQV-REQUIMTE & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal, 3 Águas do Centro Litoral… Continue reading 135 Influence of the water physicochemical parameters in the antimicrobial photodynamic therapy effectiveness

151 Isolation of novel Chlorella vulgaris mutants with higher biomass productivities for food and feed applications: a non-GMO strain improvement approach

Mafalda Trovão dos Santos Allmicroalgae Natural Products S.A., Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon,, UCIBIO – Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon mafs.8@hotmail.com Ana Barros1, Adriana Machado1, Joana Ribeiro1, Bernardo Carvalho1, Nádia Correia1, Humberto Pedroso1,… Continue reading 151 Isolation of novel Chlorella vulgaris mutants with higher biomass productivities for food and feed applications: a non-GMO strain improvement approach

169 Pyranoanthocyanins affecting the expression of Quorum Sensing-related genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

Lucinda J. Bessa Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Egas Moniz – Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL, Almada, Portugal lbessa@egasmoniz.edu.pt Patrícia Coelho1, Iva Fernandes1, Joana Oliveira1, Patrícia Correia1, Paula Araújo1, Ana Rita Pereira1, Paula Gameiro1 1LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

116 Abrogation of endocytosis blocks the spread of alpha-synuclein in the yeast model of synucleinopathies

Belem Sampaio-Marques Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho mbmarques@med.uminho.pt Hélder R. Pereira1,2, Sandra Paiva3 and Paula Ludovico1,2 1Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, 2ICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, 3Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of… Continue reading 116 Abrogation of endocytosis blocks the spread of alpha-synuclein in the yeast model of synucleinopathies

118 The effect of alternative sugars in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae fitness

Belem Sampaio-Marques Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho mbmarques@med.uminho.pt Beatriz Ferreira1, Maxime Gomez1, Sara Dourado1, Cristina Martins1, Paula Ludovico1 Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, 4710-057 Portugal and ICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal