Cecília Roque is one of the 20 portuguese top researchers selected for the Project 20+20 by Expresso
Cecília Roque, head of the Biomolecular Engineering Lab at UCIBIO, has been chosen by the national newspaper Expresso as one of the 20 portuguese top researchers. In the Expresso news Cecília Roque explains her project on artificial noses to detect microorganisms. The scientist developed a set of sensors that can identify microorganisms in a quicker and no-invasive way through odour released.
The wild population of the wine yeast discovered by Portuguese researchers from UCIBIO
A research team led by José Paulo Sampaio at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (FCT-NOVA), identified for the first time the wild population that gave rise to the domesticated wine yeasts. This research work was published recently in Molecular Ecology.
A new strategy reported by the Bio-NMR group is particular relevant for the development of anticancer vaccines
A study led by Filipa Marcelo, post-doc researcher at the Bio-NMR group led by Eurico Cabrita at UCIBIO in Lisbon, reports, for the first time, a strategy to elucidate the key structural elements required to design an efficient anticancer vaccine. The work was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society in September 2015.
Discovery of the AOX enzyme 3D structure by X-ray crystallography is crucial as a guide for drug design
Catarina Coelho, Teresa Santos Silva and Maria João Romão from Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (FCT-NOVA) crystallized and determined the AOX 3D structure, after a long and laborious process, and the results can be used to improve drug design studies in ord