Lab Photos
PhD André Taborda, 1st October 2025, principal examiners Andrea Mattevi (Univ Pavia, IT) and Manuela Pereira (FCUL-UL), members of the Jury: Ângela Taipa (IST-UL) and Tiago Cordeiro (ITQB-NOVA), President: Cecília Arraiano (ITQB-NOVA)
Pedro & Tiago at Boston, July 2025
Farewell lunch to our dearest Catarina Coelho (30/4/25)
WHO ELSE is a bubble tea lover?? 
Budapest, March 2025
MET lab team at ITQB Open day 15th March 2025
PhD Mario De Simone, 6th February 2025, principal examiners Elvira Romero (IMDEA Energy, SP) and Gabriel Monteiro (IST-UL), members of the Jury Rita Ventura (ITQB-NOVA) and Tiago Cordeiro (ITQB-NOVA), President Cecília Arraiano (ITQB-NOVA)
Patícia & Tomás collecting data at @ESRF 30th Jan 25
Caminhada da NOVA/desporto UNL- Pelos Bosques da Malveira (Sintra)- 14 Dec 2024
Catarina Coelho PhD defense at the University of Coimbra: "Exploring the Porcellio dilatatus gut microbial diversity for lignocellulosic biomass degradation," co-supervised by Igor Tiago, Ligia Martins and António Veríssimo - Coimbra, 10 Dec 2024
A typical lab photo, but! at the ITQB's hotspot ;) 21st Nov24
Pedro Jesus defended his MSc thesis in Biotechnology in FCT-NOVA, "Engineering a galactose oxidase for enlarged biotechnological applications."
He worked under the supervision of André Taborda and made significant advances in improving the properties of the enzyme using directed evolution! Furthermore, he presented his work confidently and answered the questions with expertise and clarity. His work was scored with an 18/20. Well done, Pedro. We are all very proud of you! Caparica, 15 Nov 2024
Wear it PINK: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024
The ITQB team from Microbial and Enzyme Technology and Bioorganic Chemistry labs involved in the paper on the Enzymatic Valorization of Lignin in ChemSusChem (from left to right, V Brissos, M Rénio, L Martins and R Ventura)
Cheers to Diogo Silva & Carolina Dias, previous PhD and MSc students at MET lab 
Typic Polish dinner at Lublin, Poland, June 2024 
Farewell to Raluca Bianca Tomoiga,
a PhD student at Babes-Bolyai University (Romania) in the Chemistry Doctoral School, Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center, who stayed at our lab from February to April 2024
Provas de Agregação em Ciências Biomoleculares
ITQB-NOVA, 17-18 Jan 2024
Christmas 2023
Paulo Durão, Vânia Brissos, Carolina Rodrigues, Catarina Coelho, Lígia Martins, Tiago Lopes, Mario De Simone, Constança Lorena, Tomás Frazão, Patrícia Borges, Pedro Jesus, Diogo Silva, André Taborda
Farewell, Riccardo Tomao Sep 2023
Mario De Simone, Paulo Durão, André Taborda, Tiago Lopes, Pedro Jesus, Carolina Rodrigues, Constança Lorena, Vânia Brissos, Diogo Silva, Catarina Coelho
Diogo Silva Ph.D. defense, July 2023
Ricardo Louro, Rita Ventura, Smilja Todorovic, Nikola Loncar, Raquel Aires Barros
La Rochelle, France, June 2023
Mario De Simone, Paulo Durão, André Taborda, Tiago Lopes, Patrícia Borges, Carolina Rodriges, Constança Lorena, Vânia Brissos, Diogo Silva
João Costa our MSc student is now at BBEPP, Gent, Belgium:)
Farewell dinner to Carolina Dias, November 2022
Eniko's farewell dinner, Oct 2022
Mario De Simone, Paulo Durão, André Taborda, Eniko Hermann, Carolina Dias, Carolina Rodriges, Diogo Silva, Constança Lorena
Firenze, Italy, July 2022
Mario De Simone, André Taborda, Carolina F Rodrigues, Carolina Dias, Diogo Silva, Magallí Scocozza, Francisco Vieyra
2022 during the Oxizymes Meeting in Siena Italia
2022 dinner with collaborators: from left, Smilja Todorovic, Tiago Cordeiro, Lígia Martins, Carlos Frazão, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Borges, Vânia Brissos, Margarida Archer, Nikola Loncar, Maria Fatima Lucas & husband
2021 Lab Photo: Towards a Bio-based Society, during Quarantine
from left: Diogo Silva, Margarida, João Costa, Tomás Frazão, Mario De Simone, Ricardo Estevinho, André Taborda, Patrícia Borges, Helena Gonglaves, Carolina Rodrigues, Vânia Brissos
2020 Lab Meeting during Quarantine| Zoom. Vânia Brissos, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Borges, André Taborda, Carolina Ferro Rodrigues, Margarida Ruivo, Mario de Simone, Helena Gonçalves, Ricardo Estevinho
2020 Team Building Outdoor Activity. Vânia Brissos, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Borges, André Taborda, Carolina Ferro Rodrigues, Margarida Ruivo, Mario de Simone, Helena Gonçalves, Ricardo Estevinho
Magali´s Farewell Dinner 2019. Vânia Brissos, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Borges, André Taborda, Magdalena Lejmel, Francisco Nunes, Magali Scocozza, Carolina Ferro Rodrigues, Margarida Ruivo, Mario de Simone, Helena Gonçalves
2019. Francisco Nunes, Vânia Brissos, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Borges, André Taborda, Magdalena Lejmel, Vera Guerra, Joana Pedroso, Magali Scocozza
Maria Paula Robalo and Lígia Martins, long-term collaborators at Lignobiotech Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2018
2017. Diana Santos, Ana Fernandes, Patrícia Reis, LO Martins and Vânia Brissos
2017. Diogo Silva, Ana Fernandes, Luís Vicente, Zuleica Duarte, Vânia Brissos, Diana Santos
2016. Luís Vicente, Sónia Mendes, Mara Marques, Vânia Brissos, Ana Isabel Vicente, Ana Fernandes
2015. Sonia´s PhD defense
Smilja Todorovic, Guilherme Ferreira, Angel Martinez, Cecília Arraiano, Helena Pinheiro
2014. Sónia Mendes, Lúcia Sabala, Joaquim Madeira, Antonieta Gabriel, Marcin Jarzebski, Diogo Tavares, Kamil Trzebinski, Vãnia Brissos
Oxizymes in Vienna, 2014
Wee´s farewell dinner 2012. Sofia Almeida, Vânia Brissos, Pedro Bernardo, Ana Filipa Santos, Weeranuch Lang, Zenjhia Chen, Yasmina Mekmouche
Summer 2012. Maura Ferreira, Sofia Almeida, Vânia Brissos, Sónia Mendes, Nádia Gonçalves, Pedro Bernardo, Lina Jobuškaitė, Marek Voišnis
Debjani Dutta´farewell dinner 2010. Debjani Dutta, Sónia Mendes, André Fernandes, Tânia Rosado, Rita Catarino, Paulo Durão
Oxizymes in Helsinki, Summer 2008. Vânia Brissos, André Fernandes, Paulo Durão, Luciana Pereira
2007. André Fernandes, Luciana Pereira, Vânia Brissos, Catarina Pimenta, Paulo Durão, Zhenjhia Chen
Rui´s Master defense lunch. 2006. Luciana Pereira, Rui Coelho, Núria Gomez, Zenjhia Chen, Vânia Brissos, André Fernandes, Paulo Durão
Cordoba Summer 2006. André Fernandes, Luciana Pereira, Paulo Durão
2006. André Fernandes, Luciana Pereira, Rui Coelho, Amanda Fillat, Paulo Durão
2005. Paulo Durão, Diana Mateus, Luciana Pereira, André Fernandes
