[with Society] International Microorganism Day

The 2^nd International Microorganism Day is an European event based on an initiative of the Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM), in collaboration with Ordem dos Biólogos, Ciência Viva Agency, the Portuguese Society of Ecology and the high patronage of the Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO.

ITQB NOVA will be present again this year, with hands on activities and invited lectures.

The activities will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico, in connection to diverse activities organized around Portugal and Europe, promoted by several Microbiology Societies associated to FEMS (Federation of the European Microbiology Societies), that, together with the European Culture Collection Organization (ECCO) and the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), sponsor the event.

This Day’s celebrations aim to disseminate and promote Microbiology as a field of professional activities, and to raise awareness among young people and the society in general on the essential role that a multitude of invisible living beings play in our health, environment and quality of life, as well as of their biotechnological potential.

ITQB NOVA participation

Hands-on activities, Main Hall Central Building

9h30-18h30

• Cleaning the world with bacteria and light, Inês Cardoso Pereira Lab and Ricardo Louro Lab
• Antimicrobial materials, Cristina Silva Pereira Lab
• Watching fungi in our daily lives, Cristina Silva Pereira Lab
• Metals and yeast, a strong relationship, Claudina Pousada Lab

Talks, Salão Nobre Central Building

10h10 - The revolution of microscopy in cellular and molecular microbiology: Electron Cryomicroscopy, Célia Romão

14h45 - Bacterial Cell Division, Mariana Gomes de Pinho

Coordination: Lígia Saraiva Lab

With Science Communication Office