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Carlos Júnio Caridade Rodrigues will be defending his PhD thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, Friday the 26th of July 2022, at 10:00 am (Amphitheater PA-3, floor -1, Mathematics building, Alameda campus). During the last years, and under the supervision of Carla Carvalho from iBB, Carlos focused on the development of novel integrative bioprocesses by accessing the enzymatic machinery of marine bacteria and improving cultivation techniques of ‘unculturable’ bacteria. The title of his thesis is “Developing bioprocesses with marine bacteria for sustainable industrial applications". Check some of Carlo´s PhD outputs here.

Sara Barbosa Salazar will be defending her PhD thesis in Biotechnology and Biosciences at Instituto Superior Técnico, Friday the 17th of June 2022, at 14:00 am (https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/82325109047). During the last years, and under the supervision of Nuno Mira from iBB, Sara investigated the stress resilience and pathogenesis of the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata. The title of her thesis is “Deepening the role of CgHaa1- and CgPdr1- pathways in stress resilience and pathogenesis of Candida glabrata to foster new antifungal treatments".