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Friday, October 9, 2026<\/h3>\n\n
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09:00<\/div>\n
Registration<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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10:00<\/div>\n
Welcome coffee<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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10:30<\/div>\n
Welcome Session
Professor Nicolau van Uden<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
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\n \n On behalf of the Organizing Committee \n
\n \u2014 Isabel Miranda<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Yeast Diversity for Circular Bioeconomy and Environmental Sustainability \n
\n \u2014 Isabel S\u00e1 Correia<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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11:10<\/div>\n
Plenary lecture<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n
\n Moderators:<\/span>\n Nuno Mira<\/strong> <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n
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\n \n Rethinking yeast genetics in the post-genome era, again \n
\n \u2014 Kyle Cunningham<\/strong> (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)<\/small> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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11:50<\/div>\n
Session I | Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n
\n Moderators:<\/span>\n Nuno Mira<\/strong>, Isabel Jo\u00e3o Silva<\/strong> <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n
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\n 11:50<\/strong> • \n \n Keynote Lecture - Endohyphal Bacterial Symbionts in Aspergillus fumigatus: Expanding the Biology of a Pathogen \n
\n \u2014 Cristina Pereira<\/strong> (ITQB)<\/small> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n 12:15<\/strong> • \n \n Oral Communications \n <\/div>\n
\n \n 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 \n
\n \u2014 Diogo Couceiro<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Mechanistic Insights into Citrate Export by the CexA Transporter from Aspergillus niger \n
\n \u2014 Francisca Ferreira<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Coupling Computational Design with Yeast Display: a High-Throughput Pipeline for Antiviral Discovery \n
\n \u2014 Andreia Pedras<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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12:45<\/div>\n
Lunch<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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14:00<\/div>\n
MIA Portugal lecture<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n
\n Moderators:<\/span>\n Paula Ludovico<\/strong> <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n
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\n \n Anti-aging properties of ketone bodies in budding yeast \n
\n \u2014 Jeffrey Smith<\/strong> (University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA)<\/small> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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14:40<\/div>\n
Session II | Adaptation, Cell Death and Ageing<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n
\n Moderators:<\/span>\n Vitor Teixeira<\/strong>, Susana Chaves<\/strong> <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n
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\n 14:40<\/strong> • \n \n Keynote Lecture - Living, Dying and Ageing in Yeast \n
\n \u2014 Paula Ludovico<\/strong> (UM, Portugal)<\/small> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n 15:05<\/strong> • \n \n Oral Communications \n <\/div>\n
\n \n Yeast Profilin(g): New Insights into the Yeast Cytoskeleton- Mitochondria Crosstalk \n
\n \u2014 Miguel Correia<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Bioactive Metabolites Drive Lifespan Extension in a Yeast Model of Niemann-Pick type C1 \n
\n \u2014 Jo\u00e3o Henrique Cardoso<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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15:25<\/div>\n
Session III | Health<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n
\n Moderators:<\/span>\n Teresa Gon\u00e7alves<\/strong>, Paula Sampaio<\/strong> <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n
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\n 15:25<\/strong> • \n \n Keynote Lecture - Host Endotypes in Aspergillosis: Bridging Immune Mechanisms to Actionable Biomarkers and Therapies \n
\n \u2014 Agostinho Carvalho<\/strong> (UM, Portugal)<\/small> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n 15:50<\/strong> • \n \n Oral Communications \n <\/div>\n
\n \n Iron Compromises Fluconazole Activity in Candida glabrata \n
\n \u2014 Carolina Mariano<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Characterization and Immunomodulatory Effect of Alternaria alternata Extracellular Vesicles in Host-Pathogen Interactions \n
\n \u2014 Daniela Calheiros<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Chitosan-Coated Alginate Capsules for Delivery of 2\u2019-O-MethylRNA EFG1 Oligomers Targeting Candida albicans Filamentation \n
\n \u2014 Joana Costa<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Obesity-Associated Gut Candida and Aspergillus Dysbiosis is Linked to Purinergic Receptor Polymorphisms \n
\n \u2014 Lisa Rodrigues<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n MycoSifter - A Consensus-Driven, Multi-Threshold Pipeline for Species-Level Environmental Contamination Removal in Clinical Mycobiome Studies \n
\n \u2014 Mariana Fernandes<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Proteomic and Ultrastructural Dissection of N88S Seipin Inclusion Bodies Reveals Conserved Chaperone Defenses Against Motor Neuron Diseases \n
\n \u2014 Isabel Oliveira<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n \n Production and Evaluation of a Novel Yeast-Derived Recombinant Iduronate-2-Sulfatase as a Potential Therapeutic Alternative for Hunter Syndrome \n
\n \u2014 Natalia Novakowski<\/strong> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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17:00<\/div>\n
Coffee break + Poster session<\/div>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n