Ongoing FCT projects
Starting Year |
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Principal Investigator |
2008 |
Searching for the functional/structural minimum common denominator in haem-copper oxygen reductases | Manuela Pereira |
2008 |
Investigating the energy transduction Q-cycle mechanism in complexes of respiratory chains | Manuela Pereira |
2008 |
Microbial enzymes involved in superoxide and nitric oxide reduction | Miguel |
2008 |
Identification and characterization of supercomplexes from the aerobic respiratory chains of the bacteria Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis | Ana Melo |
2008 |
Iron Metabolism Studies in Deinococcus radiodurans- Novel strategies | Célia V. Romão |
2005 |
Studies on quinone-protein interaction in complexes of respiratory chains | Manuela Pereira |
2005 |
Complexes I from the respiratory chains of the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus and of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC6803, model systems of the mitochondrial and chloroplastidial complexes I | Manuela Pereira |
2005 |
Heme-copper oxygen reductases - mechanisms of electron/proton transfer and oxygen reduction | Miguel Teixeira |
Colaborative Projects (FCT and Bilateral Agreements)
Duration |
Description |
2007-2008 |
" The role of flavodiron Proteins in NO detoxification", Bilateral Portugal-Italy ( University of Rome La Sapienza); GRICES/CNR |
2005-2008 |
"Structural characterization of membrane proteins of the respiratory chain of a thermoacidophilic organism " , Margarida Archer |
2002-2005 |
"Structure-function studies on novel iron-cluster containing proteins" , Carlos Frazão |
Past projects (FCT)
Duration |
Description |
2004-2007 |
"Energy transduction in a plant symbiont: Oxygen reductases from Sinerhizobium meliloti", Manuela Pereira |
2004-2006 |
"Reduction of nitric oxide in prokaryotes: new metabolic routes", Miguel Teixeira |
2003-2006 |
"Unravelling the aerobic respiratory chain of the "anaerobic" sulfate reducing bacteria", Miguel Teixeira |
2001-2004 |
"Mecanismos de resposta a oxigénio e ferro em procariotas anaeróbios", Miguel Teixeira |
2000-2003 |
"Novos complexos respiratórios: Bases moleculares de transdução de energia", Miguel Teixeira |
1997-1999 |
"Multi-redox center membrane proteins as Targets for Bioelectronics" |
1996-1998 |
"Estrutura e Função de MetaloProteínas Membranares" |
1994-1997 |
"Microorganismos em Ambientes extremos: Mecanismos de Adaptação" |
1993-1995 |
STRIDE, Bio 416 (JNICT) - Metaloproteínas membranares e solúveis isolados de Arquibactérias Termoacidofílicas |
1990-1993 |
PMCT - CEN-649-90 (JNICT) - "Caracterização de ferroproteínas envolvidas em processos biológicos fundamentais" |
European
Duration |
Description |
| 1996-1999 | "Construction from Redox Proteins from modular building blocks" (Collaborator) |
| 1996-1999 | "Extremophiles as Cell Factories" |
| 1995-1997 | Human Capital and Mobility Network "Structure-function relationships in iron-sulfur proteins" |
| 1994-1995 | Human Capital and Mobility Network "MADH Redox Chain from T.versutus " |
| 1993-1996 | Generic Project "Biotecnology of Extremophiles", CCE (Sub-coordinator) |
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