On this International Microorganism Day, know more about these incredible living beings by reading an article by Filipa Vale, who assure they are “the web of life that shapes the world”.

A team led by Maria José Calhorda, along with Paulo J. Costa and Frederico Martins, from BioISI, with chineese scientists, published a new paper that addresses the C–H functionalization of quinoline N-oxides catalyzed by Pd(II) complexes using computational methods. In this BioISI Digest, you will get to know how important these reactions are and what they are used for.

Filipa Vale is the most recent BioISI principal investigator. She started working on our research unit last July and will run the Pathogen Genomics and Translational Research Lab (at Ciências ULisboa). Get to know Filipa Vale a little better in this Researcher Profile.