PhD Thesis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Catarina Antunes Angélico Pinto Nabais
Dissecting the rules underlying de novo centrosome biogenesis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Catarina Cunha e Silva Soares de Albergaria
Behavioral state moduling of eyeblink conditioning in mice: Uncovering new circuit mechanisms of cerebellum-dependent associative learning
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Cátia Cláudia Bárria da Silva
Dynamics and Function of Ribonuclease R in Streptococcus pneumoniae
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Cátia Maria Nunes Trindade Soares
Inhibition of SNF1-related protein kinase1 by trehalose 6-phosphate and other metabolites and the interrelation with plant growth
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Cláudia Carolina de Almeida Mendes
Nutritional plasticity and evolutionary divergence in the Drosophila ovary
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Dana Marie Darmohray
Cerebellar contributions to locomotor coordination and learning mice
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Daniel Bodor
Quantitative Centromere Epigenetics and the accurate maintenance of centromeric CENP-A levels
[PhD Thesis in Biology] David Nunes Raposo
The role of posterior parietal cortex in multisensory decision-making
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Débora Alexandra Marques Tavares da Venda
Studies on non-typeability and molecular identification of the pneumococcus
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Delphine Pessoa
How to make a single structure per cell? Lessons from X chromosome inactivation and antigen receptor gene recombination
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Dennis Peter Herrmann
Investigation of Novel Circuits Involved in Virgin Female Receptivity of Drosophila melanogaster
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Diana Sofia Pereira Espadinha de Oliveira e Costa
Exploring the factors underlying Staphylocccus epidermidis’ pathogenicity
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Diogo André Passagem dos Santos
Understanding Fitness from Molecular mechanisms – a step towards predicting evolution
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Diogo Manuel Barros Magalhães da Rocha Peixoto
Single-trial correlates of decision-making in dorsal premotor and primary motor cortices
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Dragan Stajic
The role of epigenetic mechanisms in the adaptative evolution
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Edison Samir Mascarenhas Carvalho
Regulation of Heterochromatin and telomere length in S. pombe (fission yeast)
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Elves Heleno Gomes Duarte
Molecular bases of Wolbachia-host Interactions
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Elvira Lafuente Mazuecos
Evolution and regulation of developmental plasticity: body size and pigmentation in Drosophila
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ewa Renata Piskadlo
Maintenance of metaphase chromosome architecture by condensin I
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Fernando João Gomes dos Santos
Learning new tricks: Corticostriatal dynamics during novel skill learning
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Filipa Andreia Portugal Nunes
Determinants for the subcellular localization of the inner and outer spore coat hubs in Bacillus subtilis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Filipa Baltazar da Costa Vaz
Bacteria presente mechanisms that evade celular and humoral responses mediated through peptidoglycan recognition by PGRP-SA and PGRP-LC
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Filipe Manuel Beata da Silva Almeida
Functional analyses of inclusion membrane proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Francisca Ferreira de Vasconcelos
Ascl1 and MyT1 transcriptional networks in vertebrate neurogenesis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Gonçalo Cardoso Lopes
A Robust Role for Motor Cortex
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello
Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Interval Timing in the Striatum
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Helena Pires Sapeta
Jatropha curcas drought response – a morphophysiological, transcriptomic and biochemical study to uncover key protective mechanisms
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Inês Gomes de Noronha Trancoso
DNA editors of the Adaptive Immune System – physiology, repair regulation and evolution
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Inês Margarida Lourenço Figueira
Deciphering the potential of berries polyphenol metabolites for Parkinson’s Disease: Digestion, blood-brain barrier transposition and neuroprotective effect
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Inês Rodrigues Silva Cristo
Grainy Head in Wound Healing: Maintaining Identity within Caos
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Inês Silva Pires
Plant salinity tolerance: from the gene family to a single species perspective
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ioanna Nikolaos Oikonomidi
Regulation of celular signalling by trafficking control: Molecular control of proteolysis on the cell surface by the iRhom/TACE sheddase complex
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Irma Varela Lasheras
Gdf11/Smad2 signaling and Hox gene regulation during patterning of the mouse axial skeleton
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Jacques Edgard Angelo Bourg
Amplification in cortical networks
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Jaroslaw Surkont
Tracing protein evolutionary trajectory: Homology inference with specific molecular constraints
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Joana Rita Gonçalves Araújo Rolo Mateus
Origin and evolution of the β-lactam resistance determinant in staphylococci
[PhD Thesis in Biology] João Miguel Barroso Batista
Adaptation of Escherichia coli to the mouse gut
[PhD Thesis in Biology] João Miguel da Silva Queiroga Monteiro
Mechanisms coordinating peptidoglycan synthesis with the cell cycle in Staphylococcus aureus
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ana Rita Basílio Santos
Tailor-made plant cell cultures for the improved production of recombinant proteins
[PhD Thesis in Biology] João Rui Alves Andrade Afonso
Multiplexed Simultaneous Representations of Cognitive and Motor Features, in the Mouse Medial Prefronta Cortex, During a Memory Guided Behavior
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Jordi Salmona
Comparative conservation genetics of several threatened lemur species living in fragmented environments. A glimpse through natural history of northern Madagascar lemurs
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Jorge André Pelaio de Moura Borges de Sousa
The role of clonal interference across genetic backgrounds and environments
[PhD Thesis in Biology] José Guilherme Pereira de Almeida Santos
Thymic activities in the establishment of tumor immune tolerance
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Kirsten Lex
Age as a carcinogen: are telomeres the culprit? Study of non-cell autonomous effects of telomers on carcinogenesis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Krzysztof Kus
At the crossroad between innate immunity and RNA editing: Structural and biochemical studies of the Zα domain family and the RNA editing enzyme ADAR1
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Leonor Ribeiro Duarte Margalha
Regulation of SnRK1-dependent energy signaling by sumoylation
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Lígia Antunes Gonçalves
Host genetic factors in mouse malaria liver stage infection
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Liliana de Jesus Duarte Ferreira
Insights into the epigenetic regulation of the rice genome: the role of DNA methylation and histone modifications in salt stress responses
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Luis Fernando Gomes Moreira
Mate-choice and social preference in mus musculus females
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Mara Lisa Vieira Alves
Exploring maize genetic diversity – a quality-driven perspective
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Marc Rajeev Gouw
New tools for old organelles: Bioinformatics for Evolutionary Cell Biology
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Maria Adelina Gonçalves Jerónimo
The origin and development of novelty: eyespots and immunity
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Maria Cecília Marques da Câmara Pina
OsCPK17, a calcium-dependent protein kinase that modulates rice response to abiotic stress
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Maria Inês Alves Vicente
Uncertainty in olfactory decision-making
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Maria Inês Ramos Grilo
Unfolding the physiological roles of the binding of Atl to eDNA in Staphylococcus aureus
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Maria Madalena Amaro da Costa Luz Carneiro
The role of short telomeres as cause of natural aging in zebrafish
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Maria Sarmento de Matos Paiva Raposo da Cunha
Identification and characterization of type III secretion effectors in Chlamydia trachomatis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Mariana Marcelino Belchior Cardoso
Endogenous and exogenous hemodynamic signals in primary visual córtex of alert non-human primates
(PhD Thesis in Biology) Mariana Miguel Rebelo da Palma
Study of seasonal weight loss tolerance in small ruminants – an NMR-Metabolomics approach
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Marta Sofia Pires Marialva
Effects of environmental and genetic factors on transposable elemento activity
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Matilde de Vasconcelos Manso de Ataíde Cordeiro
Salinity adaptation in Tunisian and Portuguese Medicago truncatula populations
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Mattia Carmelo Adamo
Regulation of plant energy signaling by componentes of the abscisic acid pathway
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Miguel Ricardo Guerreiro
Cell-based switch-on sensors for detection and quantification of label-free viruses
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Mihailo Mirkovic
Cohesion failure and Mitosis: From Molecular Mechanisms to Organismal Consequences
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Nádia Luísa Assunção Saraiva Castanheira
Biofertilizers for gramineous crops
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Nadine Simone Schweizer
The Role of the Fbox Protein CG6758 in Xbp1s Induced Retinal Degeneration in Drosophila
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Nuno Filipe Alves de Almeida
Comparative mapping of disease resistance gene in Lathyrus spp. using model legume genetic information
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Nuno Filipe da Silva Soares
Understanding adaptation to new ecological niches – the case of Drosophila suzukii
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Nuno Miguel Loureiro Gonçalves
Insights into the rice response to abiotic stress: The role and regulation of the only DELLA protein of rice
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ojas Vinay Deshpande
Cytoskeletal dynamics during inter-nuclear spacing in the Drosophila syncytial embryo
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Özhan Özkaya
Dynamics of Interbacterial Cooperation and Cheating
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Özlem Aybüke Isik
Functional Characterization of Rib-repressing Activity of Hox PG10 Proteins
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Patrícia Cátia Isidoro Amaral
Metabolic control of spore development in Bacillus subtilis: the role of pyruvate dehydrogenase
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Patrícia Marçal Alves Correia
The role of serotonin in behavior: Shining light on the maestro of the brain
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Pedro Ângelo Pereira da Silva
Quantitative image analysis of cells using morphodynamical models: Sea urchin spermatozoa as case study
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Pedro Mendes Moreira
Effectiveness of Selection Methods for Improvement of Portuguese Maize. The study of fasciation
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Pedro Mota Prego Rosmaninho
Zeb1 function and its transcriptional network in Glioblastoma Multiforme
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Pedro Newparth Alexandre Garcia da Silva
Task Related Representations of Long Range Feedback: A Comprehensive Framework for the Monitoring and Tracing of Long Range Feedback Projections
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Pedro Rafael da Silva Álvaro Magalhães
Inclusion of protonation effects in the simulation of proteins in membrane environments
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Inês Couto Coelho
Responses to liver damage: Macrophage plasticity in tissue recovery and dysbiotic drifts
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Raquel Patrícia de Sousa Abreu
PreBötzinger Complex SST+ neurons modulate breathing rhythm and pattern
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Raquel Patrícia de Sousa Abreu
PreBötzinger Complex SST+ neurons modulate breathing rhythm and pattern
Postponed[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ricardo Andrés Zacarias Silva
Mechanisms of Defensive Action Selection in Flies
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ricardo Andrés Zacarias Silva
Mechanisms of Defensive Action Selection in Flies
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ricardo Filipe da Cruz Duarte dos Santos
More than an RNA matchmaker: Expanding the roles of Hfq into ribosome biogenesis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ricardo Jorge Fonseca Tavares Godinho Pais
How cells initiate Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. A computational modelling of celular and supra-cellular networks to unravel the control of EMT
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Ricardo Nuno Silva Moura Pinho
Stability, Robustness, and Phenotype Accessibility in Boolean Gene Regulatory Networks
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Rodrigo Manuel Abril de Abreu
Social Eavesdropping in Zebrafish
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Rômulo Braga Areal
Reciprocal interactions between Helicobacter hepaticus and the mouse immune system
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Samantha Lucille Herbert
How the nervous system responds to and regulates amino acid homeostasis
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Samuel James Walker
More than Fruit Flies: Neuronal mechanisms of nutrient selection in Drosophila
[PhD Thesis in Biochemistry] Sandra Isabel Pereira dos Santos
Unraveling the protection mechanisms in the radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans: Cross-talk between Dps proteins triggers manganese distribution as a defense strategy against oxidative stress
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Sandra Raquel de Oliveira Tavares
The role of actin cytoskeleton downstream of the Src oncogene in the earlier events of breast tumor progression
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Sascha Werner
The role of intraflagellar transport in ciliary maintenance
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Scott Mckenzie Rennie
Rats hunt stag: Integration of social and economic information drives cooperation in a collective decision making task
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Sevinç Mutlu
Anatomical and functional mapping of striatal circuits controlling
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Sofia Lima da Silva Soares
Time in the basal ganglia: The contributions of striatal and midbrain dopamine neurons to timing behavior
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Simone Lackner
How larval zebrafish respond to changes in illumination
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Soraia Cristina Marques Caetano
Stress response mechanisms underlying metal detoxification in yeast: the cases of cobalto, cadmium and iron
[PhD Thesis in Biology] Tânia Catarina Cidade da Costa Silva Ferreira
The role of PKCs in Morphogenesis
