11:00h
Registration
14:00h
Welcome Session
14:30h
Plenary Lecture #1
Chairperson: Teresa Crespo & Vitor Vasconcelos
Maria Barbosa – Wageningen University, Netherlands
PL1 – “Hypes, Hopes and the way forward for Microalgal Biotechnology”
15:30h
Topic #1 – Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology
Chairperson: Teresa Crespo & Vitor Vasconcelos
Keynote lecture
Vitor Vasconcelos – CIIMAR – Universidade do Porto, Portugal
KL1 – “Cyanobacteria and their metabolites: implications for human health and the environment”
16:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #1
17:00h
Topic #1 – Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology
Chairperson: Mónica Cunha & Paula Morais
Keynote lecture
Paula Morais – CEMMPRE – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
KL4 – “Microbial technology for sustainable development: exploring bacterial strategies for metal interaction”
Oral Presentations
OP1.1
“Mucus of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata: proteome and anti-bacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
Diana Lopes, Susana S. Aveiro, Eva Cunha, Sónia Cruz, Manuela Oliveira, Pedro Domingues, Paulo Cartaxana
OP1.2
“The Microbiome of Octocorals: From Community Structure, Function and Metabolic Interaction to Blue Biotech Opportunities”
Tina Keller-Costa, Sandra G. Silva, João Almeida, Daniela Silva, Ângela Taipa, Jorge Gonçalves, Asunción Lago-Lestón, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, Rodrigo Costa
OP1.3
“Antibiotic-resistant bacteria hitchhiking microplastics in a river: detailed analysis of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the Plastisphere”
Isabel Silva, Marta Tacão, Isabel Henriques
OP1.4
“Peptides from entomopathogens as a source of new bioinsecticides”
Duarte Toubarro, Jorge Frias, Tiago Paiva, Nelson Simões
OP1.5
“Screening for plastic-degrading potential in marine bacteria associated with net biofilms and hydrocarbon degradation”
Rafaela Perdigão, Maria Fátima Carvalho, Catarina Magalhães, Sandra Ramos, Cristina Marisa Almeida, Ana Paula Mucha
19:30h
Beira Interior of Honor – Faculty of Engineering, Universidade da Beira Interior.
11:00h
Registration
15:30h
Topic #7 – New and Emerging Technologies
Chairperson: Isabel Sá – Correia & José Teixeira
Keynote lecture
Simão Soares – SilicoLife – Braga, Portugal
KL2 – “AI + Biology for sustainable ingredients”
16:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #1
17:00h
Topic #6 – Bioprocess Engineering
Chairperson: Cristina Dias-Cabral & Gabriel Monteiro
Keynote lecture
Duarte Miguel Prazeres – IST – Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
KL5 – “Vibrio natriegens as a new host for plasmid DNA production”
Oral Presentations
OP6.1
“Continuous production of influenza VLPs as vaccine candidates: a multi-stage bioreactor approach”
Ricardo Correia, Taja Zotler, Miguel Graça, Bárbara Fernandes, Gorben Pijlman, Paula M. Alves, António Roldão
OP6.2
“Assessment of microalgae side streams potential for VFA production in batch fermentation”
Claudia Duarte, Marisa Cardoso, Mariana Matos, Joana Fradinho, Bruno Ferreira, Jorge Pereira, Maria Reis
OP6.3
“Monitoring productivity and predicting crash of Phaedactylum tricornutum cultures using spectroscopy and machine learning”
Pedro Brandão, Constança Bertrand, Rodrigo Martins, Francisco Nunes, Claúdia Galinha, Francisco Nascimento
OP6.4
“New shuttle vector-based expression system to improve the biosynthesis and purification of membrane bound catechol-O-methyltransferase”
Ana Margarida Gonçalves, Márcia Correia, Claúdio Jorge Maia, João Queiroz, Maria João Romão, Luís António Passarinha
OP6.5
“A molecular modeling perspective on the development of synthetic affinity ligands”
Carlos Costa, Carolina Natal, Jéssica Rodrigues, Ana Margarida Dias, Ana Cecília Roque, Arménio J. M. Barbosa
19:30h
Beira Interior of Honor – Faculty of Engineering, Universidade da Beira Interior.
11:00h
Registration
15:30h
Topic #5 – Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Physiology
Chairperson: Arsénio Fialho & Nuno Cerca
Keynote lecture
Nuno Cerca – CEB – Universidade do Minho, Portugal
KL3 – “Probing bacterial interactions in polymicrobial biofilms to better understand bacterial vaginosis”
16:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #1
17:00h
Topic #5 – Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Physiology
Chairperson: Arsénio Fialho & Nuno Cerca
Keynote lecture
Arsénio Fialho – IST – Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
KL6 – “Adhesins in opportunistic respiratory pathogens: from seeing to determining their biological function”
Oral Presentations
OP5.1
“The unique ability of Staphylococcus epidermidis phage SEP1 activating dormant cells”
Maria Daniela Silva, Graça Pinto, Ângela França, Joana Azeredo, Luís Melo
OP5.2
“Unravelling Mechanisms of Pneumococcal Intra-Species Interactions”
Carina Valente, Ana Raquel Cruz, Adriano Oliveira Henriques, Raquel Sá-Leão
OP5.3
“Genome mining and biochemical characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates produced by bacterial isolates from UCCCB”
Paula V. Morais, Diogo Vicente, Diogo Neves Proença
OP5.4
“Exploring the functional and structural aspects of the citrate transporter CexA from Aspergillus niger”
João Alves, Maria Sousa-Silva, Pedro Soares, Michael Sauer, Margarida Casal, Isabel Soares-Silva
OP5.5
“Exploring Genomic Plasticity in Candida glabrata and its Impact on Biofilm Evolution in Clinical Environments”
Inês Vieira Costa, Maria Zolotareva, Mafalda Cavalheiro, Mónica Galocha, Miguel Cacho Teixeira
19:30h
Beira Interior of Honor – Faculty of Engineering, Universidade da Beira Interior.
08:30h
Registration
09:00h
Plenary Lecture #2
Chairperson: Cecília Roque & Fani Sousa
Sophia Hober, KTH – Stockholm, Sweden
PL2 – “Affinity proteins for biotechnological and medical purposes”
10:00h
Conference Photo
10:10h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #1
11:00h
Topic #4 – Health Microbiology
Chairperson: Madalena Pimentel & Maria Leonor Faleiro
Keynote lecture
Maria Leonor Faleiro – Universidade do Algarve
KL7 – “Disclosing gut bacterial signatures in elderly from Algarve”
Oral Presentations
OP4.1
“Controlling diarrheagenic coli with bacteriophages: facts and challenges”
Francisca Rodrigues, Isidro García-Meniño, Azucena Mora, Luís Daniel Melo, Ana Oliveira
OP4.2
“A portrait of the interaction established between vaginal colonizing Lactobacillus species and the pathogenic yeasts Candida albicans and Candida glabrata”
Nuno A. Pedro, Gabriela Fontebasso, Sandra N. Pinto, Dalila Mil-Homens, Arsénio Fialho, Nuno Pereira Mira
OP4.3
“Probe-based Metagenomics: an added value for clinical decision?”
Luís Coelho, Rita Ferreira, Daniel Sobral, João Dourado, Joana Isidro, Verónica Mixão, Miguel Pinto, Alexandra Nunes, Sílvia Duarte, Luís Vieira, Vítor Borges, João Paulo Gomes
OP4.4
“How do metalloenzymes help in the fight against Clostridioides difficile’s infection?”
Filipe Folgosa, Maria C. Martins, Nicolas Kint, Carolina A. Feliciano, Claire Morvan, Susana F. Fernandes, Bruno Dupuy, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete, Miguel Teixeira
12:45h
Lunch
14:15h
Plenary #3
Chairperson: Maria José Saavedra & Susana Ferreira
Avelino Álvarez-Ordóñez – University of León, Spain
PL3 – “Mapping food microbiomes to identify sources and patterns of succession linked with quality and safety traits”
15:15h
Topic #7 – New and Emerging Technologies
Chairperson: Ângela Novais & Jorge Pedrosa
Keynote lecture
Cecília Roque – FCT – Universidade Nova de Lisboa
KL10 – “Nature inspired solutions in Health Biotechnology”
Oral Presentations
OP7.1
“Commensalism vs pathogenicity in Staphylococcus epidermidis – uncovered by an integrated omics approach”
Luís G. Gonçalves, Elisabete Morais, Filipe Magalhães, Susana Santos, Laidson P. Gomes, Jean Armengaud, Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva, Ana Gil, Maria Miragaia, Ana V. Coelho
OP7.2
“Phenotypic, physiological and genomic portrait of a “human-naïve” Candida glabrata strain: a shed of light into the path towards colonization of the human host”
Maria Joana Pinheiro, Dalila Mil-Homens, Ana Mendes-Ferreira, Nuno Pereira Mira
16:15h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #2
17:15h
Topic #4 – Health Microbiology
Chairperson: Gabriela Silva & Miguel Teixeira
Oral Presentations
OP4.5
“Unveiling the Protective Mechanisms of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency against Malaria: Transforming Vulnerability into Resilience”
Ana Balau, Daniel Sobral, Patrícia Abrantes, Maria Carvalho, Inês Morais, Verónica Mixão, Márcia M. Medeiros, Filomena A. de Carvalho, Maria Alexandra Antunes, João Paulo Gomes, Sandra Antunes, Ana Paula Arez
OP4.6
“Characterization of biofilm formation of bacteria associated with the midgut of Anopheles mosquito vector of malaria”
Margarida Marques, Sofia Santos Costa, Sandra N. Pinto, Henrique Silveira
OP4.7
“Deciphering host-Rickettsia interactions: moonlighting APRc recruits human complement regulator C4BP acting as an evasin”
Ana Luísa Matos, Isaura Simões
20:00h
Conference Dinner – Puralã – Wool Valley Hotel & SPA
08:30h
Registration
10:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #1
11:15h
Topic #3 – Health Biotechnology
Chairperson: Ângela Sousa & Jorge Pereira
Keynote lecture
Jorge Pereira – CIEPQPF – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
KL8 – “Ionic liquids as additives for stabilization and formulation of protein-based products”
Oral Presentations
OP3.1
“Avian Antibody Production for SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein: Epitope-Specific Insights”
Tiago Ochôa-Pires, Rafaela Seabra, Beatriz, Ana Marques, Guilherme Gabriel, Rui Jorge Nobre, Luís Pereira de Almeida, Ricardo S. Vieira-Pires
OP3.2
“Keratin-based materials for biomedical applications”
Cariny Polesca, Bruno Neves, Jason Hallett, João Coutinho, Helena Passos, Mara Freire
OP3.3
“A Novel Bacteriophage Receptor Binding Protein for Improved Salmonella Detection”
Ana Brandão, Sílvio Santos
OP3.4
“Cytoprotective Guardians: Quantifying the cytoprotective efficiency of extracellular vesicles (EVs) against Staphylococcus aureus Alpha Hemolysin (Hlα)”
Diogo Gonçalves, Ricardo Silva, Beatriz Avó, Nuno Bernardes, Ana M. Azevedo, Sandra N. Pinto, Fábio Fernandes
12:45h
Lunch
15:15h
Topic #2 – Food Microbiology & Biotechnology
Chairperson: Ângelo Luís & Teresa Gonçalves
Keynote lecture
Sandrina Heleno – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
KL11 – “Natural preservatives for the food and beverage industries”
Oral Presentations
OP2.5
“More than coloring agents: natural pigments with antimicrobial activity”
Nuno Ribeiro da Silva, Lina Ballesteros, Carla Fonseca, Bruna Basto, José Teixeira, Sara Silvério
OP2.6
“Sustainable film solutions: Exploring cutin recovery from tomato by-products for hydrophobic applications”
Andreia Simões, Isabel M. Coelhoso, Vítor D. Alves, Carla Brazinha
16:15h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #2
17:15h
Topic #1 – Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology
Chairperson: Célia Manaia & Jorge Rocha
Oral Presentations
OP1.6
“Bacteria-Based Biorefinery: Generating Bioactive Oligosaccharides from a Single Fermentation of Seaweed”
Duarte Toubarro, Duarte Seixas, Nelson Simões
OP1.7
“Valorization of Gelidium corneum by-product through solid-state fermentation”
Marta Ferreira, José Manuel Salgado, Helena Peres, Isabel Belo
OP1.8
“Exploring the fate of chiral pharmaceuticals in an AGS system under saltwater intrusion phenomena”
Catarina Miranda, Catarina Amorim, Clara Piccirillo, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, Paula Castro
18:30h
SPM general assembly
20:00h
Conference Dinner – Puralã – Wool Valley Hotel & SPA
08:30h
Registration
10:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #1
11:15h
Topic #2 – Food Microbiology & Biotechnology
Chairperson: Célia Silva & Manuela Pintado
Keynote lecture
Manuela Pintado – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
KL9 – “Enzymatic hydrolysis: A tool to produce functional and sustainable food ingredients”
Oral Presentations
OP2.1
“Traditional cheeses as bio-factories for probiotic bacteria”
Susana Serrano, Maria V. Ferreira, Cinthia Alves-Barroco, Maria Teresa Barreto-Crespo, Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek
OP2.2
“Genotypic diversity and off-flavors production in Dekkera bruxellensis as drivers for selection of biocontrol agentes”
João Sousa, Emanuel Peixoto, Rogério Tenreiro, Nuno Mira, Ana Mendes-Ferreira
OP2.3
“Characterization of foodborne pathogenic Vibrio in environmental and seafood samples collected from Angola”
Inês C. Leal, Babak Najafpour, Eunice Cassoma, Isaac Bumba, Carmen dos Santos, Adelino V. M. Canário, Deborah M. Power, João C. R. Cardoso
OP2.4
“Fire4CAST – An integrative strategy for accurate prediction of fire blight disease outbreaks in portuguese orchards”
Daniel McGuire, Francisco Pinto, Telma Costa, Joana Cruz, Rui Sousa, Miguel Leão de Sousa, Carmo Martins, Ana Tenreiro, Rogério Tenreiro, Margarida Gama-Carvalho, Leonor Cruz
12:45h
Lunch
Sponsor Talks
13:00h
QUILABAN
Bruno Taveira – Country Lead Portugal
“A mudança é possível: Dos diagnósticos convencionais à operacionalidade do BD MAX™”
13:30h
STABVIDA
Francisco Sousa – STAB VIDA Lda, Lisbon, Portugal
“Doctor Vida Pocket PCR – A true lab-on-phone”
15:15h
Topic #9 – Biological Resources centers and Networks
Chairperson: José Teixeira & Nelson Lima
Keynote Lecture
Nelson Lima – Biological Resources centers and Networks, Portugal
“Microbial culture collections: strains, services, projects and consortia to underpin the MicroBiotech innovation”
Oral Presentations
OP9.1
“EATRIS | European infrastructure for translational medicine”
Helena Paula Baião
OP9.2
“European Network for diagnosis and treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections (EURESTOP)” COST action presentation
Maria Amparo Faustino
16:15h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #2
17:15h
Topic #1 – Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology
Chairperson: Lucília Domingues & Paula Castro
Oral Presentations
OP1.9
“The quest for natural microbiomes: Transforming CO2 into valuable bioproducts through photosynthesis”
André Freches, Inês Cardoso, Joana Fradinho, Maria Reis
OP1.10
“An allosteric redox switch enables oxygen protection of a Formate Dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough”
Ana Rita Oliveira, Cristiano Mota, Rita Rebelo Manuel, Guilherme Vilela-Alves, Neide Pedrosa, Vincent Fourmond, Kateryna Klymanska, Christophe Léger, Bruno Guigliarelli, Maria João Romão, Inês Cardoso Pereira
OP1.11
“Harnessing Saccharomyces cerevisiae for sustainable FDCA production: optimizing 5-HMF detoxification and derivative synthesis”
Cristiana Martins, Carlos E. Costa, Joana Cunha, Lucília Domingues
18:30h
SPBT general assembly
20:00h
Conference Dinner – Puralã – Wool Valley Hotel & SPA
08:30h
Registration
09:00h
Plenary lecture #4
Chairperson: Luísa Peixe & Miguel Viveiros
Andre G. Buret – University of Calgary, Canada
PL4 – “Enteric infections disrupt gut microbiota biofilms: From mechanisms to therapy”
10:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #2
11:00h
Topic #4 – Health Microbiology
Chairperson: Luísa Peixe & Miguel Viveiros
Keynote lecture
Luísa Peixe – Universidade do Porto, Portugal
KL13 – “Unleashing the Power Against Superbugs: Unraveling Global Challenges and Innovations in Antimicrobial Resistance”
Oral Presentations
OP4.8
“The small non-coding RNA ncRNA3 is involved in antibiotic resistance in bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex”
Gonçalo Matos; Joana Feliciano; Beatriz Jesus; Jorge Leitão
OP4.9
“Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) nasal screening at ICU admission as a predictive tool for subsequent MSSA respiratory infection”
Teresa Conceição, Mafalda Felgueiras, Silvia Ferreira, Marisa Simões, Daniela Carvalho, Angelina Lameirão, Ana Marques, Dulce Pascoalinho, Maria Paula Gonçalves, Ana Fernandes, Hermínia de Lencastre, Valquíria Alves
OP4.10
“SCCmec acquisition is linked to Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream infection outbreaks in a neonate intensive care unit”
Nuno Alexandre Faria, Roberta Filipini Rampelotto, Rosmari Hörner, Maria Miragaia
OP4.11
“Emerging threat: resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam and other last-line antibiotics amongst carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Portugal”
Ana Beatriz Gonçalves, Valquíria Alves, Isabel Neves, Maria Antónia Read, Luísa Peixe, Ângela Novais
OP4.12
“Cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli from urine infections and environmental waters: a comparative analysis”
Joana Abreu Silva, Catarina Ferreira, Célia M. Manaia
13:00h
Lunch
14:30h
Plenary #5
Chairperson: Jorge Pedrosa & Raquel Aires-Barros
Luuk A.M. van der Wielen – University of Limerick, Ireland
PL5 – “Bioeconomy and other renewables opportunities for Portugal”
15:30h
Career Award Plenaries
Award Professor Júlio Maggiolly Novais
Laureate: Professor Joaquim Manuel Sampaio Cabral – Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
Award Professor Nicolau van Uden
Laureate: Professor Rogério Paulo Andrade Tenreiro – Faculdade de Ciências – Universidade de Lisboa
16:30h
Prizes & Closing session
08:30h
Registration
10:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #2
11:15h
Topics #3, #4 – Health Biotechnology and Microbiology
Chairperson: Joana Rolo & Luís Passarinha
Keynote lecture
Ângela Sousa – CICS-UBI, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
KL14 – “New generation of DNA vaccines against cancers induced by HPV infection”
Oral Presentations
OP3.5
“Cat derived antibody fragments as a promising strategy for treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection”
Isa Moutinho, Mafalda Henriques, Sara Cardoso, Teresa Coutinho, Luís Tavares, Solange Gil, Telmo Nunes, Frederico Aires-da-Silva
OP3.6
“New fluoroquinolone-phenothiazine hybrids with antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus”
Marina Cassago Posso, João Lourenço Serrano, Paulo Almeida, Fernanda Domingues, Samuel Silvestre, Susana Ferreira
OP4.13
“Breaking the Wall: Mycobacterium bovis transmission at the animal-environment interface”
André C. Pereira, Daniela Pinto, Mónica V. Cunha
OP4.14
“High and homogeneous levels of oxacillin resistance in MRSA through the activation of the stringent stress response leads to up-regulation of the capsular polysaccharide”
Catarina Milheiriço, Vítor Borges, João Paulo Gomes, Beatriz Silva, Alexander Tomaz, Hermínia de Lencastre
OP4.15
“Characterization of a novel quorum sensing system in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron”
Carina Ribeiro Galhofa, Kai Papenfort, Karina Xavier
13:00h
Lunch
08:30h
Registration
10:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session #2
11:00h
Topic #8 –From Science to Society
Chairperson: Artur Alves & Raquel Aires-Barros
Keynote lecture
Paula Lopes – Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
KL15 – “Nucleic Acid Biosensing Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Detection”
Oral Presentations
OP8.1
“Bioconversion of plastics’ building blocks into bacterial cellulose towards circular economy”
Cátia Gil, Maria Reis, Filomena Freitas, Cristiana Torres
OP8.2
“Unravelling the potential of orange juice side streams: hesperidin-rich extraction and electrospraying for a bio-based ingredient development”
Ana A. Vilas-Boas, Cristina Prieto, Débora A. Campos, Marta Correia, Jose Maria Lagaron, Manuela Pintado
Round table on Career Development
- Luuk A.M. van der Wielen – University of Limerick, Ireland
- Andre G. Buret – University of Calgary, Canada
- Raquel Aires – Barros – IST – Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
- Paula Morais – CEMMPRE – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
- Diana Gomes – PhD Student, UBI