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29 Influence of climate change on growth, biofilm production and antimicrobial resistance profiles in Aeromonas spp.

Miguel Luca Augusto Grilo 1Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal, 2Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida (ISPA), 1100-304 Lisbon, Portugal. miguelgrilomv@gmail.com Ana Pereira 2, Carla Sousa-Santos 2, Joana I. Robalo 2, Manuela Oliveira 1

28 Biosafety measures in freshwater fish ex situ breeding programs – a preliminary approach

Miguel Luca Augusto Grilo 1Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal; 2Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida (ISPA), 1100-304 Lisbon, Portugal. miguelgrilomv@gmail.com Guadalupe Amaro 1, Lélia Chambel 3, Carolina S. Marques 4, Tiago A. Marques 4,5, Fátima Gil 6, Carla Sousa-Santos 2, Joana I. Robalo 2, Manuela Oliveira 1 3BioISI – Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 4Departamento de Biologia Animal, Centro de Estatística e Aplicações da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 5Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 6Aquário Vasco da Gama, Lisbon, Portugal

27 QAS-hydrogels as a promising microbicide against sexually and perinatal transmitted infections

Rita Diogo de Almeida Calado NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal; Department of infectious diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) ritadiogoalmeida@gmail.com Bárbara B. Mendes1,3, João Conniot1,3, Carolina Ferreira2, João Carlos Rodrigues2, Winchil Vaz1, João Paulo Gomes2, João Conde1,3, Alexandra Nunes2, Otília Vieira1 1 NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal. 2 Department of infectious diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) 3 Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health, Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169 056 Lisboa, Portugal.

26 Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Identified in Environmental and Pathogenic Carbapenem Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Portuguese Wastewater Treatment Plant

Mónica Susana Claudino Nunes 1 - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal; 2 - iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal mnunes@ibet.pt Micaela Oliveira1,2; Inês Carvalho Leonardo1,2; Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo1,2; Ana Filipa Silva3 1 - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal; 2 - iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal; 3 - Section of Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

14 Preventing COVID-19 outbreaks through active screening of civil servants – A partnership between local government, a primary-care center and a research institute

Alexandra Sofia Oliveira Simões Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB-NOVA), Oeiras, Portugal assimoes@itqb.unl.pt Simões, A. S., S. T. Almeida, C. Valente, T. Touret, J. Lança, A. R. Cruz, M. Queirós, S. Martins, R. Nordin, T. Bacelar, L. Afonso, I. Afonso, A. A. Reis, C. Carvalhal, J. Lobo, R. Sá-Leão, ITQB NOVA COVID-19 Volunteer Working Group, ACES-LOO Healthcare Workers and the Clinical and Health Council, CMO Healtcare Workers.

13 An alternative way to purify recombinant E6 protein from Escherichia coli cells: a target for cervical cancer

Diana Vanessa Duarte Gomes 1-CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal. 2-UCIBIO–Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal. 3-Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal dianarouca@gmail.com Luís A. Passarinha1,2,3,4, Ângela Sousa1 1CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal. 2UCIBIO–Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal 3Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal 4Laboratório de Fármaco-Toxicologia-UBIMedical, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

12 Intra-species interactions in pneumococcal biofilms

Carina Valente ITQB-NOVA cvalente@itqb.unl.pt Ana R. Cruz*#, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal; Adriano O. Henriques, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal; Raquel Sá-Leão, ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal. *Equal contribution. #Current affiliation:INSERM, Paris, France