Topic #1: Microbiotech in Health & Disease

Teresa Conceição Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Oeiras, Portugal teresagc@itqb.unl.pt Manuela Ribeiro2, Lídia Carvalho2, Susana Matos3, Margarida Pinto4, Zélia Videira5, Ana Margarida Almeida5, Luísa Sancho6 José Melo-Cristino7, Maria Alberta Faustino8, Hermínia de Lencastre1,9 Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Oeiras, Portugal1; Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal2; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal3; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal4; Instituto Português de Oncologia, Lisboa, Portugal5; Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisboa, Portugal6; Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal7; Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal8; Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA9

Ana Isabel Mauricio Marques Algarve Biomedical Center-Research Institute, Faro, Portugal anamarques458@gmail.com João Martins1,2, Nadiia Gumerova3, Annete Rompel3, Manuel Aureliano2, Maria Faleiro1 Algarve Biomedical Center-Research Institute, Faro, Portugal1, CCMar, Faro, Portugal2; Universität Wien, Wien, Austria3

Mónica Serrano ITQB NOVA serrano@itqb.unl.pt Mónica Louro, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Roseiro, Adriano O. Henriques, Mónica Oleastro National Institutes of Health

Joana Nunes Bugalhão1,2 1Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal; 2UCIBIO - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Caparica, Portugal. joanabugalhao@fct.unl.pt Carolina Brizida1,2, Maria Pequito Luís1,2, Inês Serrano Pereira1,2, Maria da Cunha1,2, Sara Vilela Pais2 and Luís Jaime Mota1,2 1Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal; 2UCIBIO - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Caparica, Portugal.

Nuno Alexandre Aparício Pedro iBB, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico – Department of Bioengineering, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal nunoapariciopedro@gmail.com Catarina Lima1, Andreia Pimenta1, Dalila Mil-Homens1 Sandra C Pinto2, Marta Alves2, Arsénio Fialho1, Nuno Mira1 iBB, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico – Department of Bioengineering, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal1, Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal2

Ana Rita Santos Oliveira ITQB NOVA ars.oliveira@itqb.unl.pt Lígia M. Saraiva, Sandra M. Carvalho INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA ANTÓNIO XAVIER

Viktor Nikonov San Bento Veterinary Hospital viktor_u_d_p@hotmail.com José Coucelo San Bento Veterinary Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

Viktor Nikonov San Bento Veterinary Hospital viktor_u_d_p@hotmail.com Joana Cordeiro1, Mariana Silva2, Luciana Pardini3 San Bento Veterinary Hospital

Joana Andreia Fernandes Couceiro Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) and Institute for Health and Bioeconomy (i4HB), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) joana.couceiro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Tina Keller-Costa1,2, Matilde Marques1,2, Nikos Kyrpides3,4, Tanja Woyke3,4, William B. Whitman5, Rodrigo Costa1,2,3,4 1 - Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), 2 - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy (i4HB), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal, 3 - Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, and 4 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; 5 - Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA

Luís Jaime Mota Associate Laboratory i4HB/UCIBIO/NOVA School of Science and Technology ljmota@fct.unl.pt Maria da Cunha1,2, Inês Serrano Pereira1,2, Carla Gonçalves1,2, Paula Gonçalves1,2 1Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal, 2UCIBIO – Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal.