Registration

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Welcome Session

Opening Session and “Update of the GenomePT”

Manuel Santos (iBiMED – Institute of Biomedicine, University of Aveiro)

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Plenary Session 1

"Evolution of Robustness to Protein Mistranslation"

Ana Rita Bezerra (iBiMED – Institute of Biomedicine, University of Aveiro)

Coffee Break

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Session 1 Talks – Evolutionary Genomics

Re-coding the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome through codon ambiguities Ana Rita Guimarães

The order of the adaptive steps of Escherichia coli in the mammalian gut is influenced by a mutational hotspot and strong effect mutations

Ana Margarida Sousa

Mitochondrial DNA suggests a human migration from Southern into Eastern Africa by the time of the Out of Africa migration

Daniel Vieira

Differences in wing size and shape between Drosophila novamexicana and Drosophila americana

Rodrigo Lata

Lunch

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Plenary Session 2

“Clostridium difficile: genetics and cell biology of a human enteric pathogen”

Adriano Henriques (Microbial Development Group, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

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Session 2 Talks – Microbial Genetics

Switching between planktonic and biofilm life-style: uncovering the roles of a new transcription regulator

Ana Maria da Silva

MAEBL is required for the successful establishment of Plasmodium berghei sporozoites in the mammalian liver

Mónica Sá

The impact of carbon source in Candida albicans virulence: participation of RLM1 in host pathogen interaction

Rosana Alves

An RNA chaperone controlling ribosome biogenesis and translation fidelity

Ricardo dos Santos

Coffee Break & Poster Session

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Selected Posters

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Plenary Session 3

"The background effect on the prediction of the deleterious effect of a mutation"

Luisa Azevedo (Population Genetics Group, IPATIMUP - I3S)

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Session 3 Talks – Human Genetics

Can FMR1 [CGG] repeat number be used as a fertility prognostic biomarker?

Bárbara Rodrigues

CRISPR-based models to study chromatin remodelers in ASD - A tale of MBD5

Catarina Seabra

Investigation of OPA1 gene in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

Célia Gomes

OFD1 missense variant causing an Oral-Facial- Digital Syndrome milder phenotype

Nuno Maia

Non-invasive and allele-specific silencing of mutant ataxin-3 alleviates neuropathology and motor deficits of Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (Machado–Joseph disease)

Rui Jorge Nobre

General Assembly SPG

Congress Dinner

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Plenary Session 4

"Regulation of synaptogenesis through local mRNA translation"

Ramiro Almeida (CNC, University of Coimbra and School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto)        

Session 4 Talks – Gene Regulation and Expression

Computational modelling to uncover the functioning of regulatory networks Claudine Chaouiya

Genetic cell models to assess the role of colorectal cancer-associated glycans Constança do Amaral

A Role for microRNAs in Haematopoiesis and Immunity in Drosophila melanogaster

Joana Carvalho

Defining the role of dynactin’s microtubule binding activity during cell division Joana Duro

The oocyte epigenome temporally controls late prophase I transcription and chromatin remodeling

Rui Martinho

Coffee Break & Poster session

Selected Posters

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Plenary Session 5

"Exploring the genetic repertoire of Pseudomonas towards a la carte    

biotransformation of terpenes"

Pedro Santos (CBMA, University ofMinho)

Lunch

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Session 5 Talks – Genetics and Biotechnology

Uncovering the critical role of “NP(A/V)P(L/F)GL(M/S)” AceTr family motif in acetate uptake  

David Ribas

Genetically engineered Silk-Elastin-Like Proteins as a versatile platform for the development of new biomaterials

Raul Machado

Epigenetic modulation of Medicago truncatula cell cultures with histone deacetylase inhibitors increases recombinant protein production

Rita Santos

PP1 inactivates MPS1 to ensure efficient Spindle Assembly Checkpoint silencing Margarida Moura

Mps1 phosphorylates BubR1 to promote Spindle Assembly Checkpoint signaling Sofia Silva

Plenary Session 6

“Alternative splicing control of plant stress tolerance”

Paula Duque (Plant Molecular Biology Group, IGC)

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Session 6 Talks – Plant Genetics

The role of a rRNA methyltransferase in the somatic embryogenesis of tamarillo (Solanum betaceum)

Sandra Correia

Is Fabaceae Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility system S-RNase based? – Vanessa Teixeira

A new strategy for Vitis vinifera L. varietal identification based on high-resolution melting

Sónia Gomes

Chromatin remodelling during the progamic phase of Quercus suber

Teresa Ribeiro

Coffee Break

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Awards* and Closure Session

*Awards for:

•    Best oral presentation – Prize Prof. Doutor Amândio Tavares (200€, CGC Genetic)

•    Best poster presentation – Prize Prof. Doutor Luís Archer (150€, SPG)