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Prof. Vasco Bonifácio, from the Bioengineering Department at IST, gave an invited keynote lecture in the American Advanced Materials Congress that took place in Miami (USA) from 29 October to 5 November 2022. The lecture “Sustainable Biomaterials” was focused on research developed by his research team in the last years at iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IST), including recent achievements and ongoing research using nanobiomaterials. The lecture highlighted the importance of the development of new sustainable protocols for the synthesis and formulation of nanotherapeutics as well as its impact on the design and production of novel biomaterials for regenerative medicine. This research is full aligned with the green transition, a social change strategy that will allow us to turn the current environmentally unsustainable global situation into a new sustainable paradigm. Also, it takes in account the European Green Deal that aims to make Europe climate neutral by 2050 and boost the economy through green technology. In this congress, Prof. Vasco Bonifácio also chaired two scientific sessions.

Ricardo Ribeiro, PhD student from the PhD program AEM - Applied

Environmental Microbiology delivered an oral presentation at the 7th Conference on Physiology of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi titled “Yeast response and tolerance to acetic acid: focus on the cell envelope” The work involves a collaboration between researchers from BSRG-iBB and BioISI. The meeting brought together researchers to exchange knowledge in the field of applied

physiology of yeasts and filamentous fungi, boosting the  understanding of these systems, envisaging their application in biotechnological, food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The conference took place in Milan, Italy, on the 24th-27th June.

Carla CCR de Carvalho (iBB-BERG) presented the work entitled “Marine bioprocesses with bacteria from the Portuguese coast” at the “One Sustainable Ocean”, a side event of the UN Ocean conference (UNOC) held in Lisbon. The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.