Carolina Ruivinho and Cláudia Estima were distinguished, respectively, with the Prof. Dr. Amândio Sampaio Tavares award for the best oral communication (ex-aequo), and the best poster award in the Biomedical Genetics session and the Prof. Luís Archer award for the best poster communication (ex-aequo) within the 3rd International Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Genetics.

This paper reports the research led by Andreia Figueiredo and first-authored by Gonçalo Pereira, showing that certain enzymes involved in the process of DNA methylation have an important role on grapevine cultivar’s susceptibility or tolerance to develop downy mildew disease. Find out in detail this research work by reading this digest.

Nuno A. G. Bandeira publsihed a new research article on which he describes the structure and properties of four cobalt (II) complexes presenting single-ion magnet behavior that can, for instance, ultimately revolutionise the industry of all electronic devices from desktop PCs to smartphones. Find out how in this BioISIDigest.