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XXIII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras Professor Nicolau van Uden

XXIII Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras

October 9th and 10th, 2026

New Abstract Submission Deadline: July 20th
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Notification of Acceptance: July 27
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Program

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Friday, October 9, 2026

09:00
Registration
10:00
Welcome coffee
10:30
Welcome Session
Professor Nicolau van Uden
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
— Isabel Miranda
Yeast Diversity for Circular Bioeconomy and Environmental Sustainability
— Isabel Sá Correia
11:10
Plenary lecture
Moderators: Nuno Mira
Rethinking yeast genetics in the post-genome era, again
— Kyle Cunningham (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
11:50
Session I | Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Moderators: Nuno Mira, Isabel João Silva
11:50 • Keynote Lecture - Endohyphal Bacterial Symbionts in Aspergillus fumigatus: Expanding the Biology of a Pathogen
— Cristina Pereira (ITQB)
12:15 • Oral Communications
A New Pipeline for Meta Transcriptomic Data Integration in the Metabolic Model Yeast9.0.2 for Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Ethanol Production Optimization as a Case-Study
— Diogo Couceiro
Mechanistic Insights into Citrate Export by the CexA Transporter from Aspergillus niger
— Francisca Ferreira
Coupling Computational Design with Yeast Display: a High-Throughput Pipeline for Antiviral Discovery
— Andreia Pedras
12:45
Lunch
14:00
MIA Portugal lecture
Moderators: Paula Ludovico
Anti-aging properties of ketone bodies in budding yeast
— Jeffrey Smith (University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA)
14:40
Session II | Adaptation, Cell Death and Ageing
Moderators: Vitor Teixeira, Susana Chaves
14:40 • Keynote Lecture - Living, Dying and Ageing in Yeast
— Paula Ludovico (UM, Portugal)
15:05 • Oral Communications
Yeast Profilin(g): New Insights into the Yeast Cytoskeleton- Mitochondria Crosstalk
— Miguel Correia
Bioactive Metabolites Drive Lifespan Extension in a Yeast Model of Niemann-Pick type C1
— João Henrique Cardoso
15:25
Session III | Health
Moderators: Teresa Gonçalves, Paula Sampaio
15:25 • Keynote Lecture - Host Endotypes in Aspergillosis: Bridging Immune Mechanisms to Actionable Biomarkers and Therapies
— Agostinho Carvalho (UM, Portugal)
15:50 • Oral Communications
Iron Compromises Fluconazole Activity in Candida glabrata
— Carolina Mariano
Characterization and Immunomodulatory Effect of Alternaria alternata Extracellular Vesicles in Host-Pathogen Interactions
— Daniela Calheiros
Chitosan-Coated Alginate Capsules for Delivery of 2’-O-MethylRNA EFG1 Oligomers Targeting Candida albicans Filamentation
— Joana Costa
Obesity-Associated Gut Candida and Aspergillus Dysbiosis is Linked to Purinergic Receptor Polymorphisms
— Lisa Rodrigues
MycoSifter - A Consensus-Driven, Multi-Threshold Pipeline for Species-Level Environmental Contamination Removal in Clinical Mycobiome Studies
— Mariana Fernandes
Proteomic and Ultrastructural Dissection of N88S Seipin Inclusion Bodies Reveals Conserved Chaperone Defenses Against Motor Neuron Diseases
— Isabel Oliveira
Production and Evaluation of a Novel Yeast-Derived Recombinant Iduronate-2-Sulfatase as a Potential Therapeutic Alternative for Hunter Syndrome
— Natalia Novakowski
17:00
Coffee break + Poster session
PO1 - Biotechnological Potential of Killer Yeasts Isolated from Raw Milk Against Mastitis-Associated Staphylococci
Elly Ramos
PO2 - Development of a molecular diagnostic assay for rapid detection of Botrytis cinerea spores
Catarina Amaral
PO3 - Advancing the use of the non-conventional yeast Pichia kudriavzevii in valorisation of low-value feedstocks/residues into the high added value chemical itaconic acid
Alice Cruz Coimbra de Matos
PO4 - Rational Engineering of the Dct-02 Transporter for Enhanced Dicarboxylic Acid Bioproduction
Francisca Ferreira
PO5 - Integrated Discovery and Engineering of Chitinases for Antifungal Applications and Chitin Valorization
Sampaio P.
PO6 - Efficacy assessment of a combination of wavelengths of blue light against healthcare-related Candida species
Ângela Rita Fernandes
PO7 - Candida species and Hydrogen Peroxide: effect following repeated exposure
Ângela Rita Fernandes
PO8 - ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR DEFICIENCY RESHAPES GUT MICROBIOTA, INDUCING AN ENRICHMENT IN SACCHAROMYCES SPP.
Daniela Rosado
PO9 - Aspergillus fumigatus and Cryptic Species Exhibit Distinct Strategies for Adaptation to Host-Relevant Conditions
Alexandre Mendonça
PO10 - Exploring Alternaria alternata sialidase as a novel target for antifungal therapeutics
Gonçalo Conde de Oliveira
PO11 - Towards the identification of new molecules with potential to control the activity of pathogenic Candida yeasts
Afonso Correia
PO12 - Integrated gut mycobiome–urinary metabolome signatures in aortic stenosis patients after aortic valve replacement
Diana Martins
PO13 - Characterization of household mould exposure in patients with fibrotic ILDs
Andreia Coelho
PO14 - Host-Derived Polyols as Metabolic Regulators of Macrophage Function during Fungal Infection
Edgar de Abreu Leite
PO15 - Antifungal activity of natural extracts against Candida spp.: from chemical characterization to synergistic interactions
Miguel Neto
PO16 - Species-dependent phenotypic adaptation of vaginal yeast isolates from asymptomatic women to vaginal-like acidic conditions
Sayumara Delhote
PO17 - The Long Pentraxin PTX3 Shapes Macrophage Immunometabolic Reprogramming During Aspergillus Fumigatus Infection
Mathieu Lepas
18:20
Conference “Jovem Investigador” | Tribute to Professor Isabel Spencer Martins
Sponsored by Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (SPM)
20:00
Dinner

Saturday, October 10, 2026

08:30
Registration
09:00
Plenary lecture
Moderators: Sofia Costa Oliveira
Evolutionary perspectives from fungal genomes
— Geraldine Butler (University College Dublin, Ireland)
09:40
Session IV | Genomics and Evolution
Moderators: Gabriela Moura, Artur Alves
09:40 • Keynote Lecture - Lose, Gain, Thrive: Genome Remodeling as a Driver of Adaptation in a Floral Yeast Clade
— Carla Gonçalves (FCT Nova, Portugal)
10:05 • Oral Communications
YEASTRACT+ Upgrades to a Quantitative Regulatory Resource: Transcriptome Integration for Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling in Yeasts
— Luís Coutinho
Characterization of a Novel Aphelid, a Fungal-Related Parasitoid, Infecting Industrial Nannochloropsis Cultures
— Mélissa José
10:25
Coffee break + Poster session
PO18 - Investigating the Role of a LysR-Type Bacterial Transcriptional Regulator in Starmerella bombicola
Jirameth Angchuan
PO19 - Dissecting Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer using Yeast Models
João Melo
PO20 - Population-level dynamics of horizontally transferred genes in Wickerhamiella versatilis
João Coito
PO21 - Comparative evolutionary genomics of Candida albicans clinical isolates spanning asymptomatic colonisation, mucosal infection, and invasive candidiasis
Vânia Varela
PO22 - Leveraging Nanopore Sequencing for elucidation of high-resolution genomic analysis of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii strains
Teresa Ferreira
PO23 - Gene Losses and Gains Shape Genome Evolution in the bee-associated Wickerhamiella/Starmerella Yeast Clade
João Bento
PO24 - Exploring the phenotypic space leading to ecological diversification in a complex yeast lineage
Jose Paulo Sampaio
PO25 - Urban waters: a hidden reservoir of antifungal-resistant Candida spp.
Micael F. M. Gonçalves
PO26 - SF1 is a novel marine-derived compound with promising antifungal activity
Margarida Gonçalves
PO27 - Developing an Interactive Web Application for Promoter-Region Analysis in Antifungal Resistance Studies
Martins Mupueleque
PO28 - From environmental microbiome to antifungal leads
Ana T. Loureiro
PO29 - Dissecting the role of the ABC transporter Aus1 in azole resistance in the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata
Joana Pinheiro
PO30 - Landscape of the frequency of isolation of Candida strains in clinical samples obtained from healthcare settings in the Lisbon area
Vlademiro Magaia
PO31 - Toxicogenomic Analysis of the Cellular Response to Cymoxanil
Chaves S.R.
PO32 - When Less is More: Activity of Pterospartum tridentatum in Combination with Fluconazole Against Candida guilliermondii
Sofia Moura
11:45
Session V | Fermented Foods and Beverages
Moderators: Maria João Sousa, Catarina Prista
11:45 • Keynote Lecture - Wine Yeasts: Addressing Old and New Winemaking Challenges
— Alexandra Mendes Ferreira (UTAD, Portugal)
12:10 • Oral Communications
Exploring Glucose Transport to Improve the Fermentative Performance of Torulaspora delbrueckii
— Bruna Oliveira
Genomic and Phenotypic Screening of Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts for Climate-Resilient Winemaking
— Carolina Osório
Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii’s Ethanol Stress Response
— Diogo Santos
12:40
Lunch
14:00
Plenary lecture
Moderators: Teresa Gonçalves
Exploring the extracellular biology of yeast-like pathogens
— Márcio Rodrigues (UFRJ, Brazil)
14:40
Session VI | Drug and stress resistance
Moderators: Catarina Pimentel, Miguel Teixeira
15:10 • Keynote Lecture - From genetic variation to translational regulation: emerging determinants of antifungal and stress resistance in Candida albicans
— Ana Rita Bezerra (UA, Portugal)
15:35 • Oral Communications
OMICS Analyses to Disclose Tolerance Mechanisms to the Antimicrobial SO2 in the Wine Spoilage Yeast Saccharomycodes ludwigii
— Bárbara Coelho
Drug Repurposing as a Strategy for Antifungal Adjuvant Development and Efflux Modulation in Candida albicans
— Débora Marques
From CUG Decoding Ambiguity to Proteome-Wide Mistranslation in Clinical Isolates of Candida albicans
— Inês Correia
Exploring the Antifungal Potential of Novel 2-Aminoimidazole Azo Dyes Against Candida krusei and Candida auris
— Maria Inês Pacheco
From Urban Water to Clinical Settings: Hidden Reservoirs of Opportunistic Antifungal-Resistant Yeasts
— Nuno Reisinho
Overcoming Fluconazole Resistance in Candida glabrata via PDR1-Targeted Antisense Oligomers
— Patrícia Serra
Exploring the Potential of Molecular Glues for the Development of Novel Antifungals Against Candida albicans
— Rute Chitas
Pentabromopseudilin: a Marine Bacteria-Derived Compound with Potent Antifungal Activity Against Pathogenic Fungi
— Teresa Pissarro
16:25
Closing Session
Farewell Coffee