Workshop_03_Junho 2015 - icaam

Workshop in frame of a Bilateral Cooperation Portugal-India
(FCT Proc.º 441.00 INDIA)
Guest: R. Sathishkumar
Assistant Professor and Group Leader, Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Department of
Biotechnology, BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Organization: Hélia Cardoso and Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt in frame of a Bilateral Cooperation Portugal-India
(FCT Proc.º 441.00 INDIA)
Site: Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra
Edifício Principal do Pólo da Mitra, sala de reuniões da Zootecnia (sala 239)
Date: 3rd June 2015
10:00 – Welcome and introduction to the workshop
Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt
10:15h – Study of DcAOX genes functionality associated with cell reprogramming under abiotic
stresses
Hélia Cardoso
10:45h - Overview of ongoing research- case studies on DNA barcoding, molecular pharming and
metabolic engineering
R. Sathishkumar
11:30h - Calorespirometry as a phenotyping tool for carrot growth temperature response
Amaia Nogales
12:00h - Western blot and yeast expression system for AOX protein analysis
Isabel Velada
12:30 - Lunch
14:30h - Probing nature on symbiont specificity - a first step towards fit-for-purpose AMF? An
opinion
Tânia Nobre
15:00h - Detection of inter and intra spore variability in Rhizophagus irregularis by AOX
resequencing
Maria Catarina Campos
15:30h - Coffee break
15:45h - Discussion in frame of the Bilateral Cooperation
17: 00h - Workshop ending