Program

VENUE

University of Aveiro - Rectorate Building

 

24 OCTOBER 2024

SESSION I 

 

13:00 REGISTRATION  

14:15 OPENING CEREMONY [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM]

Vítor Costa (SPB chair, UP), Margarida Fardilha (Congress chair, DCM-UA), Francisco Amado (Director of DCM-UA), Armando Silvestre (Director of DQ-UA), and Paulo Jorge Ferreira (Rector of UA)

14:30 Career Award Lecture - Miguel Seabra, NOVA Medical School, PT

                                               Chairs: Graça Soveral (UL) and Duarte Barral (UNL)

15:30-16:30 SYMPOSIUM S1/S2 [Parallel Sessions]

Symposium S1 – Clinical Biochemistry and Therapeutics [WATSON HALL]

[Chairs: Vítor Costa (UP) and Cecília Santos (UBI)]

                          15:30-16:00 Giuseppe Calamita, University of Bari, IT

                              Aquaporins in acute inflammation and sepsis: the emerging role and therapeutic                                  relevance of AQP9.

                          16:00-16:30 José Alexandre Ferreira, IPO-Porto, PT

                                     Turning the glycocalyx into cancer vaccines: setting a new paradigm for cancer                                      immunotherapy.

                          16:30-16:40 Sponsor SPECANALÍTICA | Ana Nogueira, SPECANALÍTICA, PT

                              CyBio FeliX: Automation as a partner in reducing hands on time in your multiplex                                  cell assays.    

Symposium S2 – Molecular Foundations of (Non-Communicable) Diseases: Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying Pathology I [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM]

[Chairs: Odete da Cruz e Silva (UA) and Tiago Gil Oliveira (UM)] 

                          15:30-16:00 Mathieu Bollen, KU Leuven, BE

                              Protein phosphatase PP1 in health and disease.

                          16:00-16:30 Co-organized with SPN

                          Cláudia Almeida, NOVA Medical School, PT

                                               Endosomal trafficking defects in brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease.                          

16:30 COFFEE BREAK and POSTER SESSION | Sponsored by DCM-UA 

17:30 SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S1/S2 [Parallel Sessions]

Symposium S1 [WATSON HALL]

[Chairs: Vítor Costa (UP) and Cecília Santos (UBI)] 

                             17:30-17:42 Beatriz Paiva, FFUC, PT

                                 Dietary nitrate reduces intestinal inflammation and sustains nitric oxide                                                   production in the human stomach under oral dysbiosis.    

                             17:42-17:54 Heloísa de Souza Camilo, UAlgarve, PT

                                 Biomedical applications of decavanadates with organic cations: Ca2+-ATPase                                       and P-gp inhibition potentials and antibacterial activities.

                             17:54-18:06 Inês Castro-Almeida, i3S, PT

                                 AHR on T(AHR)get: dissecting the impact of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor                                                 modulation in disease and therapy.

                             18:06-18:18 Rúben Moreira, UA, PT

                                 Impact of chromium picolinate steroidogenesis and antioxidant balance in                                             Leydig cell using an in vitro insulin resistance model.

                             18:18-18:30 Tomás Vieira, IMM, PT

                                 Harnessing the biomedical potential of 1-hydroxyphenazine against                                                         Staphylococcus aureus biofilms.

Symposium S2 [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM]

[Chairs: Odete da Cruz e Silva (UA) and Tiago Gil Oliveira (UM)] 

                             17:30-17:42 Catarina Marreiros, UAlgarve, PT

                                 Gla rich protein as a promising biochemical marker for cardiovascular risk                                               evaluation in chronic kidney disease. 

                             17:42-17:54 Maria Carmona Gouveia, Imperial College London, UK

                                 Investigating the role of CTCF in stress-induced senescence in astrocytes.

                             17:54-18:06 Filipa Silva, UC, PT

                                 The impact of nutrient sensing on lysosome-mitochondria contact sites. 

                             18:06-18:18 Paulo Gameiro, NOVA Medical School, PT

                                 A bioenergetic-signalling paradigm to decode TCA cycle (dys)function in health                                   and disease states.

                             18:18-18:30 Paulo Gaspar, INSA, PT

                                  Abnormalities in LIMP-2 knockout mice: investigating the role of LIMP-2 in lipid                                      metabolism.

18:30-19:30  WELCOME RECEPTION | Sponsored by Bruker 

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25 OCTOBER 2024

SESSION II 

 

8:30-10:30 SYMPOSIUM S3 - Biosciences Education [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM]

[Chair: Rui Oliveira (UMinho) and Manuel João Costa (UMinho)]

8:30    Introduction - Biosciences education: the current landscape and our next steps - Rui Oliveira and Manuel João Costa, UMinho, PT

8:45    PLENARY LECTURE I | FEBS EDUCATION NATIONAL LECTURE

           Thomas Lancaster, Imperial College London, UK

             Academic integrity in the generative AI age.

9:15    Workshop | Engaging conversations among participants to delve into the future of bioscience education - Margarida Fardilha, UA, PT, and Rui Oliveira, UMinho, PT 

10:15  Debriefing - Take home messages 

10:30 COFFEE BREAK and POSTER SESSION

11:00 PLENARY LECTURE II - Iseult Lynch, University of Birmingham, UK

                                                     Translating mechanistic understanding of nanomaterials impacts of living                                                       organisms into adverse outcome pathways.

                                                     [Chairs: Manuel Aureliano (UAlgarve) and Célia Antunes (UÉvora)]

12:00-13:00 SYMPOSIUM S3/S4/S5 [Parallel Sessions]

       Symposium S3 – Workshop | Lab simulations, smart worksheets: transforming science                       education, empowering educators to inspire the next generation of scientists.*

       [KREBS HALL] [Chair: Maria João Neuparth (CESPU-UP)]

                                 12:00-13:00 Bill Heslop, LearnSci, UK

                                      *Contact the organizing committee to schedule a private meeting with LearnSci                                            during the congress (1h available/day).

         Symposium S4 – Exploring Environmental Driven Effects: Unveiling the Interconnections

      [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM] [Chairs: Francisco Peixoto (UTAD) e Rosário Domingues (UA)] 

                            12:00-12:30 Luís Taborda Barata, UBI, PT

                              You are what you breathe: deleterious exposome-induced respiratory effects.

                          SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S4

                          12:30-12:40 Mónica Garcia, UTAD, PT

                              Assessing mitochondrial and antioxidant function in FVB/n mouse kidney:                                              comparative toxicity of fluorescent and non-fluorescent micro-nanoplastics.

                          12:40-12:50 João A. Rodrigues, CICECO-UA, PT

                              Exposure of non-target aquatic organisms to endocrine disruptors in a                                                    temperature rise scenario disrupts basal metabolism - a NMR metabolomics study.

                          12:50-13:00 Célia Antunes, UÉvora, PT

                              Unraveling 20-year allergy risk in Alentejo, Portugal.

Symposium S5 – Molecular Foundations of (Communicable) Diseases: Understanding the         Mechanisms Underlying Pathology II 

[WATSON HALL] [Chairs: Paula Ludovico (UMinho) and João Laranjinha (UC)]       

                          12:00-12:30 Miguel Castanho, UL, PT

                                      From molecules to mice, from Zika virus to Disease X - developing a broad                                            spectrum antiviral able to reach the brain and placenta.

                          SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S5

                          12:30-12:40 Pedro O. Corda, iBiMED-UA, PT

                              SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein recruits Protein Phosphatase 1 (PP1) to                                                            dephosphorylate Glycogen Synthetase Kinase 3 (GSK3).

                          12:40-12:50 Carolina Ruivinho, BioISI-FCUL, PT

                              Identification of novel viral miRNA-like molecules with a potential role in HIV                                          pathogenesis.

                          12:50-13:00 Gonçalo C. Justino, CQE-IMS, PT

                              Enhancing the preparedness toolbox through a post-omics expedition - unveiling                                the COVID molecular signature on biochemical pathways.                                               

13:00 GROUP PHOTO AND LUNCH 

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SESSION III 

14:30 PLENARY LECTURE III [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM] - Co-organized with SEBBM

                                 Fernando Corrales, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology, ES

                                     Proteomics: a toolbox for understanding liver biology and disease.

                                               [Chairs: Pedro Domingues (UA) and Francisco Ambrósio (UC)]

15:30-17:00 SYMPOSIUM S6/S7 [Parallel Sessions]

Symposium S6 – Harmony in Diversity: Global Perspectives on Omics in Biochemistry 

[NEUBERG AUDITORIUM] [Chairs: Manuel Santos (UC) and Carlos Farinha (UL)]

                          15:30-16:00 Johannes Swinnen, KU Leuven, BE

                              Spatial multi-omics as a tool to map tissue heterogeneity and to identify                                                exploitable lipid metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer.

                          16:00-16:30 Sílvia Rocha, UA, PT

                              Metabolomics - a key player in the construction of the future One-Health research.

                          SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S6

                          16:30-16:40 Patrícia Sousa, UMadeira, PT

                              MALDI-TOF MS-based urinary peptidomics biosignature of breast cancer as a                                        powerful approach for diagnosis.

                          16:40-16:50 Pedro C. Rosado, CQE-IMS, PT

                              Mapping New Druggable Sites in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a                                    post-omics approach to the ESKAPE pathogens.

                          16:50-17:00 Paulo Gaspar, INSA, PT

                              Metabolomics and a non-invasive method to identify of lysosomal storage                                              disorders.

Symposium S7 – SPBf session: Proteins in action 

[WATSON HALL] [Chairs: Armindo Salvador (CNC-UC) and Sandra M. Ribeiro (i3S)]                         

                          15:30-15:50 Co-organized with SBBq

                          Chuck S. Farah, University of São Paulo, BR

                          Structural and functional studies on a bactericidal type IV secretion system.

                         15:50-16:10 Ana Melo, UL, PT

                              Untangling the initial membrane-binding of tau protein at the single-molecule                                      level. 

                          16:10-16:30 Pedro Fernandes, UP, PT

                                               Snake venom: toxin-based drugs and drugs for toxins. 

                          SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S7

                          16:30-16:40 Duangnapa Kiriwan, LAQV/REQUIMTE - BioSIM, PT

                              Tripeptide-based inhibition of EGFR tyrosine kinase in lung cancer: findings from                                  computational and experimental studies.

                          16:40-16:50 Fábio Martins, LAQV/REQUIMTE - BioSIM, PT

                              Development of a computational protocol for the rational design of                                                        nanomedicines aimed at cardiovascular diseases.

                          16:50-17:00 Tânia Francisco, IBMC/i3S, PT

                              Nonconventional ubiquitination at a cysteine residue: protecting PEX5 from                                          overubiquitination.

17:00 COFFEE BREAK and POSTER SESSION | Sponsored by LICORbio

18:00-19:30 SYMPOSIUM S8 | Biochemistry in Motion: Driving Practical Applications for Society and Sustainable Development Goals through Innovative Product Design | Organized by the SPB Junior Section

[NEUBERG AUDITORIUM] [Chairs: Vitória Baptista (UMinho) and Ana Galveias (UÉvora)]

      18:00-18:30 Fadhil Musa, Delox, PT

      From Technology to Market: How DeloxHP is Transforming Bio-decontamination.

       SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S8

      18:30-18:45 Diana Costa, UC, PT

Acetylcholinesterase response to root-knot nematode management sustainable technology.

      18:45-19:00 Amid Mostafaie, UA, PT

Improving soil quality with olive pomace-based entomofertilizer from Hermetia illucens.

      19:00-19:15 Beatriz Velosa da Fonseca, ICVS-UMinho, PT

Enhancing human Malaria parasites for large-scale multistage drug screening.

      SELECTED FLASH TALKS S8

      19:15-19:20 Paula A. Lopes, FMV-UL, PT

Behavioural hallmarks in Alzheimer’s disease 5xFAD mice fed sustainable DHA-enriched diets. 

      19:20-19:25 Tiago Coutinho, CITAB-UTAD, PT

Assessment of the antioxidant, safety profile and anti-inflammatory activity of two flavonoids: taxifolin and silybin.

      19:25-19:30 Questions

20:00 CONGRESS DINNER 

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26 OCTOBER 2024

SESSION IV 

 

9:00    PLENARY LECTURE IV [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM] - Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre, UK

  Polycomb memory to register environmental exposure.

                                                                      [Chairs: Margarida Oliveira (ITQB-UNL) and José de S. Câmara (UMadeira)]

10:00  COFFEE BREAK and POSTER SESSION | Sponsored by DCM-UA

10:30-12:00 SYMPOSIUM S9/S10 [Parallel Sessions]

Symposium S9 – SPBP session: Plant Biochemistry [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM]

[Chairs: Margarida Oliveira (ITQB-UNL) and Maria Manuela Costa (UM)]

                             10:30-11:00 Elena Baena-Gonzalez, University of Oxford, UK                                                          Regulation of plant growth by the energy signaling pathway.

                            11:00-11:30 Pedro Humberto Castro, BIOPOLIS-CIBIO, PT                                                                    SUMOylation, the hallmark of the environmental stress response in plants.

                            SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S9

                            11:30-11:40 Diana Matos, CESAM-UA, PT

                                Biocontrolling late wilt in maize: effects of bacterial inoculation on the                                                    biochemistry, physiology and nutritional status of infected plants.

                            11:40-11:50 Sara Coelho, CBMA-UMinho, PT

                                Unveil the function of the DDR gene regulatory model in the bryophyte                                                  Marchantia polymorpha.

                            11:50-12:00 Cecília Calado, COPELABS-ULusófona, PT

                                Development of a biomarker related to the antimicrobial effect of the                                                      macroalgae extracts based on the FTIR spectra and chemometrics techniques.

Symposium S10 – Food Biochemistry [WATSON HALL]

[Chairs: Sílvia Rocha (UA) and José de S. Câmara (UMadeira)] 

                            10:30-11:00 Christophe Courtin, KU Leuven, BE

                                Leveraging biochemistry for healthy foods.

                            11:00-11:30 Maria do Céu Costa, Lusófona University, PT

                                        Myths and facts about food supplements: are there hidden benefits and dangers?

                            SELECTED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS S10

                            11:30-11:40 Carlos M. Gomes, CITAB-UTAD, PT

                                Salvianolic acid A induces prophylactic antioxidant protection against oxidative                                    damage in Caco-2 cells through Nrf2 activation.

                            11:40-11:50 Bernardo Ferreira, UA, PT

                                Phosphate’s role in meat products and potential alternatives.

                            11:50-12:00 Raquel N. da Silva, FCUP, PT

                                Turning juice by-products into nutrient-rich snacks: a circular economy strategy.

12:00 CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRIZES [NEUBERG AUDITORIUM]

12:30 LUNCH