iBB

Massive representation of IBB at FEMS 2023, the largest Microbiology meeting in Europe, that took place in Hamburg, 9-13 July 2023. PhD students Sara Gomes (Poster entitled “Evolution of Burkholderia multivorans traits required for persistent infections of the cystic fibrosis lung”), Mirela Ferreira (Poster entitled “Characterization of multicellular aggregates formed by Burkholderia multivorans”), Marta Mota (Co-chairing the Industrial Microbiology and Bioeconomy Session and Offered Talk entitled “Candida boidinii, an oleaginous methylotrophic yeast species attractive as a platform for methanol-based biomanufacturing”), Miguel Antunes (Offered Talk entitled “The Hrk1 kinase as a modulator of ion homeostasis and acetic acid stress tolerance in yeast”) and Inês Costa (Offered Talk entitled “Candida glabrata’s genomic plasticity shapes the clinical evolution of biofilm formation”) have presented their work. Miguel Cacho Teixeira (Member of the Program Committee, Charing the Genetics and Genomics Session and Invited Talk entitled “Drug transporters in pathogenic yeasts: in the crossroad between drug resistance and pathogenesis”) and Isabel Sá-Correia (Co-chairing the Yeast strategies to resist relevant stresses in bioindustries and fungal biology and chemistry Session and Invited Talk entitled “Mechanisms underlying adaptation and tolerance to short-chain fatty acids in yeasts”) were also invited to participate. Altogether, all have enjoyed the conference and the chance to re/connect with colleagues and friends from the European microbiology community.