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.
Duarte B, Goessling JW, Fonseca VF, Jacobsen SE, Matos AR (2022) Quinoa variety identification based on fatty acid composition and multivariate chemometrics approaches. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 114, 104798. doi: 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104798
Borges PT, Silva D, Silva TFD, Brissos V, Cañellas M, Lucas MF, Masgrau L, Melo EP, Machuqueiro M, Frazão C, Martins LO (2022) Unveiling molecular details behind improved activity at neutral to alkaline pH of an engineered DyP-type peroxidase. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 20, 3899-3910. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.07.032
Fernandes C, Palma E, Silva F, Belchior A, Pinto CIG, Guerreiro JF, Botelho HM, Mendes F, Raposinho P, Paulo A (2022) Searching for a Paradigm Shift in Auger-Electron Cancer Therapy with Tumor-Specific Radiopeptides Targeting the Mitochondria and/or the Cell Nucleus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 23, 7238. doi: 10.3390/ijms23137238
Duarte B, Feijão E, Cruz de Carvalho R, Matos AR, Cabrita MT, Novais SC, Moutinho A, Lemos MFL, Marques JC, Caçador I, Reis-Santos P, Fonseca VF (2022) Effect Biomarkers of the Widespread Antimicrobial Triclosan in a Marine Model Diatom. Antioxidants, 11(8), 1442. doi: 10.3390/antiox11081442
This study reveals that urea has an important role when it comes to desegregate certain proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
García-Vaquero ML, Gama-Carvalho M, Pinto FR, De Las Rivas J (2022) Biological interacting units identified in human protein networks reveal tissue-functional diversification and its impact on disease. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 20, 3764-3778. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.07.006
The paper reports that the type of microorganisms present in the fruit fermentation process have an impact on the chemical and sensorial characteristics of the distillates to be used in the production of spirit bevareges.