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BioISI Participation @ Encontro Ciência 2022
Encontro Ciência 2022 will take place from 16 to 18 May, in Centros de Congresso de Lisboa. This is the biggest event on Science and Technology in Portugal bringing and it brings together researchers, industry and the general public. BioISI will be there!
BioISI Researchers @ Tec Labs Demo Day
BioISI Researchers Olga Ferreira, Elisabete R. Silva and Hugo Botelho participated at at Tec Labs Demo Day to showcase their research projects and services due to their potential interest for industry stakeholders.
Margarida D. Amaral’s retrospective on her BioISI Coordination
Margarida D. Amaral was involved in the creation of BioISI back in 2015 and headed the institute from that time until now. We have interviewed her to discover how she evaluates her Coordination.

Latest Research
Endogenous VIP VPAC1 Receptor Activation Modulates Hippocampal Theta Burst Induced LTP: Transduction Pathways and GABAergic Mechanisms
Rocha-Caulino A, Rodrigues NC, Ribeiro JA, Cunha-Reis D (2022) Endogenous VIP VPAC1 Receptor Activation Modulates Hippocampal Theta Burst Induced LTP: Transduction Pathways and GABAergic Mechanisms. Biology, 11, 627. doi: 10.3390/biology11050627
Comprehensive Analysis of Retrotransposon Insertions within the Survival Motor Neuron Genes Involved in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Pinto A, Cunha C, Chaves R, Butchbach MER, Adega F (2022) Comprehensive Analysis of Retrotransposon Insertions within the Survival Motor Neuron Genes Involved in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1239736/v1
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics
Formenti G, Theissinger K, Ferandes C, Bista I, Bombarely A, Bleidorn C, Ciampor F, Ciofi C, Crottiini A, Godoy JA, Höglund , Malukiewicz J, Mouton A, Oomen RA, Paez S, Palsboll PJ, Pampoulie C, Ruiz-López MJ, Svardal H, Theofanopoulou C, Vries J, Waldvogel AM, Zhang G, Mazzoni C, Jarvis ED, Bálint M, European Reference Genome Atlas Consortium [including Cunha MV](2022) The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(3), 197-202. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008
Challenges for modelling interventions for future pandemics
Kretzschmar ME, Ashby B, Fearon E, Overton CE, Panovska-Griffiths J, Pellis L, Quaife M, Rozhnova G, Scarabel F, Stage HB, Swallow B, Thompson RN, Tildesley MJ, Villela D, (2022) Challenges for modelling interventions for future pandemics. Epidemics, 38, 100546. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100546
BioISI Coordination Inaugural Session | May 5, 15h
We invite all our community members to join the BioISI Coordination Inaugural Session, next May 5, starting at 15h, at FCiências.ID Amphitheater and broadcasted on BioISI Youtube channel.
BioISI Research Seminar, May 20th, 11H00 – Philip A. Wigge
BioISI Research Seminars How do plants sense temperature? Philip A. Wigge, [...]
BioISI Research Seminar, April 8th, 11H00 – Vânia Gonçalves
BioISI Research Seminars Ibuprofen disrupts a WNK1/GSK3β/SRPK1 protein complex required for expression [...]
BioISI Research Seminar, February 4th, 11H00 – Ana Neves-Costa
BioISI Research Seminars Role for the metabolic regulator Gdf15 in sepsis [...]