Detalhes

Encontro Científico Anual do CEB 2017

One-day meeting with oral research highlights and poster presentations. The programme is now available.

Ficheiros/Links Externos

The CEB Scientific Annual Meeting 2017 will take place in July 6th, at Campus de Gualtar of University of Minho. It is an annual event in which CEB researchers gather together to present and discuss their latest projects, scientific results, and explore novel ideas.
The one-day programme will include oral and poster presentations. Details on the programme are shown below. 

Book of Abstracts

The Book of Abstracts is now available at RepositóriUM.

Presentation Rules

Presentations at the meeting should be in English.
Oral presentations - The time assigned for each oral communication is 15 minutes. It is recommended to keep the presentation time in a maximum of 10 minutes, leaving 5 minutes for discussion. If you consume the 15 minutes in your presentation you will not be allowed to take the questions from the audience.
Posters - Poster orientation should be portrait with A0 size (118.9 cm by 84.1 cm). A mandatory template is made available in CEB intranet/NAS.

Detailed Programme


09:00 Opening session

 

09:15 Eugénio Campos Ferreira – CEB Facts and Figures

 

Industrial and Food Biotechnology and Bioengineering – Research Highlights

Chair: José A. Teixeira

09:45

Ana Cristina Pinheiro

Unravelling the behavior of nanostructures during digestion and absorption

10:00

Ricardo Pereira

Greener technologies in by-products and wastes processing - the case of electric fields in extraction and proteins functional modification

10:15

Carla Oliveira

Genetic engineering approaches for enhanced lignocellulosic-based bioprocesses

10:30

Tatiana Aguiar

Contributes for the development of Ashbya gossypii as a cell factory

10:45

Armando Venâncio

Mycotoxins in Food and Mitigation of its effects

11:00

Isabel Belo

Bioprocesses development based on wastes up-grading by fermentation technology, submerged and solid-state, for added-value compounds production

11:15

Lígia Rodrigues

Synthetic biology: Heterologous production of bioactive agents

11:30

Isabel Rocha

In silico metabolic engineering – from research to market (SilicoLife)


11:45     Coffee-break / Poster Session

 

13:00     Lunch

 

Environmental Biotechnology and Bioengineering – Research Highlights

Chair: Madalena Alves

14:30

Ana Júlia Cavaleiro

Facts and challenges on hydrocarbons bioremediation

14:45

Andreia Salvador

Acceleration of methane production by Carbon Nanotubes

15:00

Joana Alves

Perspectives on syngas fermentation

15:15

Daniela Mesquita

Quantitative Image Analysis: a monitoring tool in wastewater treatment

15:30

Teresa Tavares

Rehabilitation of Contaminated Natural Systems – Advanced Bioremediation towards Sustainability

15:45

Nelson Lima

Bioprospecting fungi for biodegradation of textile dyes

 

16:00     Coffee-Break

 

Health Biotechnology and Bioengineering – Research Highlights

Chair: Joana Azeredo

16:45

Eugénia Nogueira

Liposomal formulations of rheumatoid arthritis

17:00

Carla Silva

Bioproduction of Polyesters

17:15

Paula Jorge

The in vitro and the in silico power couple: facilitating the discovery of novel anti–infective strategies based on antimicrobial peptides and quorum sensing inhibitors

17:30

Isabel Pereira

Dextrin-based hydrogel for the development of injectable bone substitute

17:45

Sónia Silva

Application of antisense oligomers based approaches to control candidiasis

18:00

Hugo Oliveira

Bacteriophage-derived enzymes: from exploration to exploitation

18.15

Fernando Dourado

Bacterial cellulose – from lab to market, spin-off

 

18:30     Closing session



2018 © DEB - Departamento de Engenharia Biológica. Todos os Direitos Reservados.