Keynote Speakers

Prof.  Vítor Vasconcelos

CIIMAR – Univ. Porto, Environmental Biotechnology

“Cyanobacteria and their metabolites: implications for human health and the environment”

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Prof. Jorge F. B. Pereira

University of Coimbra, Bioprocess Engineering

“Ionic liquids as additives for stabilization and formulation of protein-based products”

Prof. Nuno Cerca

CEB – Univ. Minho, Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Physiology

“Probing bacterial interactions in polymicrobial biofilms to better understand Bacterial vaginosis”

Prof. Paula Morais

CEMMPRE – Univ. Coimbra, Environmental Microbiology

“Microbial technology for sustainable development: exploring bacterial strategies for metal interaction

Prof. Duarte Miguel Prazeres

IST – UL, Bioprocess Engineering

“Biomanufacturing of Nucleic Acids”

Prof. Arsénio Fialho

IST – UL, Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Physiology

“Adhesins in opportunistic respiratory pathogens: from seeing to determining their biological function”

Prof. Cecília Roque

FCT – Univ. Nova Lisboa, Health Biotechnology

“Nature inspired solutions in Health Biotechnology”

Prof. Manuela Pintado

Univ. Católica Portuguesa, Food Biotechnology

“Enzymatic hydrolysis: A tool to produce functional and sustainable food ingredients”

Prof. Maria Leonor Faleiro

Univ. Algarve, Health Microbiology

“Disclosing gut bacterial signatures in elderly from Algarve”

Eng. Simão Soares

SilicoLife | President at P-BIO, Emergent technologies

AI + Biology for sustainable ingredientes

Prof. Sandrina Heleno

IPB, Food Microbiology & Biotechnology

“Natural preservatives for the food and beverage industries”

Prof. Nelson Lima

PT-mBRCN, Biological Resources centers and Networks

“Microbial culture collections: strains, services, projects and consortia to underpin the MicroBiotech innovation”

Prof. Luísa Peixe

Univ. of Porto, Health Microbiology

“Unleashing the Power Against Superbugs: Unraveling Global Challenges and Innovations in Antimicrobial Resistance”

Prof. Paula Lopes

UTAD, From Science to Society

“Nucleic Acid Biosensing Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Detection”

Prof. Ângela Sousa

CICS-UBI – Univ. Beira Interior, Bioprocess Engineering

“New generation of DNA vaccines against cancers induced by HPV infection”