On this International Microorganism Day, we want to invite you to participate in two different scientific outreach events promoted by BioISI researchers that certainly will allow you to know more about these “invisible agents. Don’t judge microorganisms by their size. It is – indeed - inversely proportional to their role in our world!  

Jorge Marques da Silva obtained his professorship aggregation in Biology (field of Physiology & Biochemistry) at Ciências ULisboa, last July. Get to know Jorge - the scientist and the man - a little better by reading this Researcher Profile.

Researchers identified the traits conferring wheat resilience to water scarcity and hight temperatures and can now provide breeders a program to plant a more resistant wheat variety to climate change.