Programme

Workshop BioPlant UM 2011
From Gene to Biotechnology
28th February to 4th March
Department of Biology (Amphitheater Mica), University of Minho
Programme
th
28
February
10h00 - General presentation of University of Minho and Department of Biology(Amphitheater
Mica, UM)
Alberto Dias CITAB - BD/UM, Director of BioPlant
10h30 - Campus de Gualtar visit
Carmencita Lino - BioPlant Secretary
12h30 - Lunch
14h00 - "BioFIG presentation and main research activities". ( Idem)
Rui Tavares, coordinator from BioFIG-UMinho
14h30 -" Biological control strategies to restrain plant diseases".( Idem)
Teresa Lino Net, BioFIG - DB/UM
15h30 - "An effective assay for detecting antimicrobial activity of filamentous fungi". ( Idem)
Cristina Aguiar, CBMA - DB/UM
16h00 - Coffee Break
16h30 -" Cork Oak Consortium for EST sequencing". ( Idem)
Rui Tavares, BioFIG - DB/UM
17h30 - Lab visit - Plant Functional Biology Lab
Coordination, Rui Tavares - DB/UM & Teresa Lino Neto - DB/UM
01st March
10h00 - "Strategies for the functional characterization of unknown genes". (Amphitheater
Mica, UM)
Herlânder Azevedo , BioFIG - DB/UM & Óscar Oliveira, BioFIG - DB/UM
10h45 -" Molecular role of Arabidopsis tetraspanins". ( Idem)
Óscar Oliveira, BioFIG - DB/UM
11h30 - Coffee Break
12h00 - "Regulated degradation of HMG-CoA reductase. Insights into functions and use for
cellular quality control" ( Idem)
Vitor Silva, BioFIG - DB/UM
12h45 - Lunch
14h30 - "Characterization of relevant proteins in plant heat responses" ( Idem)
Teresa Lino Neto, BioFIG- DB/UM
15h15 - "HRR, a novel RNA-binding protein involved in Arabidopsis thermotolerance
responses".
( Idem)
Juliana Oliveira, BioFIG - DB/UM
16h00 - Coffee Break
16h30 - "Characterization of molecular interactions in the establishment of A. majus flower
dorsoventral asymmetry". ( Idem)
Manuela Costa, Rómulo Sobral, BioFIG - DB/UM
2nd March
10h00- Abertura do ano Lectivo do BioPlant/ Opening of the school year. (Amphitheater Mica,
UM)
Alberto Dias, DB-UM/CITAB - Director do Programa Inter - Universitário de Doutoramento em
Biologia de Plantas, BioPlant
Apresentação de Projectos realizados pelos Alunos da 1ª edição / Project
presentation made by
students of the 1st edition - 2009/2010
10h30-"Characterization of arabinogalactan proteins and their glycosylphosphatidylinositol
anchoring in Arabidopsis and Physcomitrella gametogenesis"( Idem)
João Paulo Costa Pinto, FCUP
11h00 - Coffee Break
11h30-
"Natural agents to combat Alzheimer’s disease: development of an integrated
methodology for efficient screening of active compounds"( Idem)
Juliana da Silva Oliveira, FCUP / IBMC "
12h00- "Development of nanoparticles containing extracts and/or compounds of medicinal
plants (Curcuma longa and Hypericum perforatum) with neuroprotective properties"(
Idem)
Marslin Gregory, DB - UM
12h30 - Lunch
14h00- "Biotechnological, biochemical and molecular approaches towards the study of
solutes accumulation (mineral and organic compounds) in the vacuole of grape berry
cells"( Idem)
Viviana Maria Varajão Martins, DB - UM
14h30- "Evaluate the anticancer potential of biapigenin and other plant extracts with
phenolic compounds"( Idem)
Cláudia Marta Libreiro de Pinho, DB - UM
15h00- "Study of the neuroprotective potential of extracts and/or compounds of Crataegus
oxyacantha and development of brain targeted nanoparticles containing them"(
Idem)
Ana Isabel de Freitas Tavares de Oliveira, DB - UM
16h00- Coffe Breack
16h30 - Screening for secondary metabolites and the capacity to fix nitrogen in benthic
cyanobacteria isolated from the Portuguese coast"( Idem)
Ângela Marisa Oliveira Brito, FCUP / IBMC
17h00 - Chill Out
3rd March
Biological activities of Natural Products Section. (Amphitheater Mica, UM)
10h00- “Induction of cellular stress responses as a mechanism for the health improving
effects of phytochemicals”. ( Idem)
Cristóvão F. Lima, CITAB-UM
10h30- "Construction of a transactivation assay to study the ability of phytochemicals to
induce the protective Nrf2/ARE signalling pathway ".( Idem)
Ana Cristina Carvalho, AC Gomes, C Pereira-Wilson, CF Lima, CITAB-UM
11h00 - Coffee Break
11h30- "Anticancer properties of natural compounds ".( Idem)
C Pereira-Wilson, CBMA , UM
12h30 - Lunch
14h00 – “Neuroprotective effects of plant phenolics”.( Idem)
Alberto Dias, CITAB-UM
14h45- "Analysis of DNA damage and repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the comet
assay in the characterization of antigenotoxicity of plant extracts and
phytochemicals".( Idem)
Rui Oliveira, CBMA - DB/UM
15h15 - Lunch
15h30- "Allelopathic activities of plant extracts and propolis using in vitro cultures of flax as
plant model ".( Idem)
Ana Cunha, CITAB-UM
16h00- "BioProP - Projecto Biological Activities of Portuguese Propolis ".( Idem)
Cristina Aguiar, CITAB-UM
16h30- Open discussion
4th March
10h00 - Lab visit (Applied Plant Biology Lab. )
12h30 - Lunch
14h00- “Fitorremediação aplicada ao tratamento de águas residuais”. (Amphitheater Mica,
UM)
Isabel Mina, CITAB-UM
15h00- "How Hypericum cells face Agrobacterium ".( Idem)
Gregory Franklin, CITAB-UM
15h45- "Project Grape berry factory" ( Idem)
Hernâni Gerós, Alberto Dias, Ana Cunha, CITAB-UM
"Desenvolvimento e amadurecimento do bago da uva: modificações estruturais,
fisiológicas, bioquímicas e moleculares ".( Idem)
Hernâni Gerós, CITAB-UM
“Mapping the histology of grapeberry photosynthesis by PAM fluorometry”. ( Idem)
Ana Cunha, CITAB-UM
17h00- Open Discussion
18h00 - Chill Out
P.S: Students and Researchers from the Universities of Minho, Aveiro and Porto
are invited to participate in the workshop or part of it. Please contact Carmencita
Lino ([email protected]) one day in advance.