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Ana Pfluck Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences

Ana Pfluck Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences | iBB | Scoop.it
Ana Carolina Dolvitsch Pfluck will be defending her Ph. D. thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, friday the 15th december 2017 (10:00 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Luís Fonseca from BERG-iBB, Ana studied the enzymatic synthesis of polyesters. The title of Ana's thesis is ”Polyester Synthesis Using Enzyme: A Case Study of Enzymatic Stability, Biocatalysis and Selection of the Reaction Media”.
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Marisa Santos Defends PhD Thesis in Bioengineering

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Marisa Andreia Viegas dos Santos will be defending her Ph D thesis in Bioengineering (MIT Portugal program) at Instituto Superior Técnico, thursday the 24th july 2017 (10:30 H, room PA.3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Frederico Ferreira from BERG-iBB, Marisa focused her efforts on the use of the yeast Moesziomyces antarcticus as a cell factory for the biosynthesis of surface active glycolipids of the mannosylerythritol class. The title of Marisa's thesis is “Mannosylerythritol lipids bioproduction by Moesziomyces antarcticus: Sequential stages approach”.
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Marta Costa Defends PhD Thesis in Bioengineering

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Marta Costa will be defending her Ph D thesis in Bioengineering (MIT Portugal program) at Instituto Superior Técnico, friday the 24th may 2017 (11:00 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Frederico Ferreira and Cláudia Lobato Silva from SCERG-IBB, and from Todd McDevitt from the USA, Cláudia focused her efforts on the manipulation of the microenvironment of MSCs. The title of Marta's thesis is “Engineering the microenvironment of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (MSC) to tune their trophic activity”.
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Sílvia Henriques Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences

Sílvia Henriques Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences | iBB | Scoop.it
Sílvia Catarina Filipe Henriques will be defending her Ph D thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, monday the 6th april 2017 (11:30 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Isabel Sá-Correira from BSRG-IBB, Sílvia focused her efforts on the study of the effect of weak acids on yeast. The title of Sílvia's thesis is ”Towards the Improvement of Tolerance to Acetic Acid and Formic Acids in Yeast: Identification of Candidate Genes and Engineering of the Haa1 Transcription Factor”.
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António Soure Defends PhD Thesis in Bioengineering

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António Soure will be defending his Ph D thesis in Bioengineering (MIT Portugal program) at Instituto Superior Técnico, friday the 17th march 2017 (11:00 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Joaquim Cabral and Cláudia Lobato Silva from SCERG-IBB, António focused his efforts on the study of the manufacturing of MSC for cell therapy applications. The title of António's thesis is “Scalable Manufacturing of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells for Cell Therapies and the Role of the Notch Signaling Pathway in the Human Hematopoietic Systems”.
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Filipa Baker Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences

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Filipa de Canaveira Roque Baker will be defending her Ph D thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, friday the 6th october 2017 (11:00 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Isabel Sá-Correira from BSRG-IBB, Filipa focused her efforts on the study of the high acetic acid tolerance of the yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii. The title of Filipa's thesis is ”Unravelling genes, the Haa1-signalling pathway and cell envelope properties responsible for the remarkably high acetic acid tolerance of Zygosaccharomyces bailii”.

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Rui Carvalho Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences

Rui Carvalho Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences | iBB | Scoop.it
Rui Nuno Leitão de Carvalho will be defending his Ph D thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, thursday the 20th july 2017 (9:30 H, salão nobre). During the last years, and under the supervision of Luís Fonseca from BERG-iBB, Rui focused his efforts on the development of ion jellly-based materials for bioenergy applications. The title of Rui's thesis is “Design of Ionic liquid-based biomaterials for development of a new generation of Biofuel Cells”.
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Gonçalo Rodrigues Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences

Gonçalo Rodrigues Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences | iBB | Scoop.it

Gonçalo Rodrigues will be defending his Ph D thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, thursday the 11th may 2017 (10:30 H, room PA3). During the last years, and under the supervision of Joaquim Cabral and Margarida Diogo from SCERG-iBB and David V. Schaffer from the University of California, Gonçalo focused his efforts on the study of neural differentiation for cell therapy applications. The title of Gonçalo's thesis is “Defined and Scalable Systems for Neural Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells”.

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Joana Feliciano Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences

Joana Feliciano Defends PhD Thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences | iBB | Scoop.it
Joana Rita Rodrigues Feliciano will be defending her Ph D thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, monday the 27th march 2017 (10:30 H, room PA1). During the last years, and under the supervision of Jorge Leitão from BSRG-IBB, Joana focused her efforts on the study of the virulence mechanisms of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. The title of Joana's thesis is “Towards the unveiling of the multifarious virulence mechanisms of the Burkholderia cepacia complex: exopolysaccharide biosynthesis, RNA chaperones, and development of an animal infection model”.
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