Invited Speakers
Schedule
09.00 - 09.30
09.30 - 10.00
10.00 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.20
11.20 - 11.50
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11:50 - 12.20
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12.20 - 14.45
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14.45-15.15
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15.15 - 15.45
15.45 - 16.20
16.20 - 16.50
16.50 - 17.20
17.20 - 17.50
17.50 - 18.20
April 22
Opening Session
PANEL 1 - HUMAN BIOLOGY
Miguel Prudêncio - IMM, Plasmodium Infection & Anti-malarial Interventions
A new approach to malaria vaccination................................................................................PDF
Margarida Gama-Carvalho- BioISI, Genetics
RNA in Health and Disease ............................................................................................................................................................PDF
Maria João Amorim - IGC, Immunology
Mechanisms of influenza A virus assembly ............................................................................................................................................................PDF
Coffee-Break
PANEL 2 - BIOTECHNOLOGY
Pedro Fevereiro - ITQB, Plant Biotechnology
Plant Genetic Engineering: A molecular breeding technology for plant improvement..................................................................................................................................PDF
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Maria Carlota Vaz Patto - ITQB, Genetics and Genomics of Plant Complex Traits (PlantX)
Using genomics to decipher plant quality riddles ...........................................................................................................................................................PDF
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Lunch Break
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PANEL 3 - CELL DYNAMICS
António Jacinto - CEDOC, Tissue morphogenesis and repair
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João Ramalho - CNC, Stem Cells
Adventures in Reproduction and Stem Cells: From Metabolism to Ethics and Outreach..........................................................................................................................................PDF
Coffee-Break
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PANEL 4 - NEUROBIOLOGY
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César Mendes - CEDOC, Neurobiology
Neurogenetics of Locomotion...................................................................................................PDF
Teresa Summavielle – IBMC, Addiction Biology
New insight on psychostimulant regulation of neuroinflammation .....................................................................................................................PDF
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Ana Cristina Rego- CNC, Neurodegeneration
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as promising therapeutics agents in Huntington's Disease - tackling transcription regulation and mitochondrial function ............................................................................................................................................................PDF
Closing Session
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