Topic #1: Microbiotech in Health & Disease

Ângela Martins Lima LIBRO - CEB, University of Minho angela.lima695@gmail.com Joana Castro1, Lúcia G. V. Sousa1, Aliona S. Rosca1, Nuno Cerca1, Christina A. Muzny2 LIBRO - CEB University of Minho1, Division of Infectious Diseases - University of Alabama at Birmingham2

Célia Leão National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP), Portugal celia.leao@iniav.pt Ana Amaro, Patrícia Themudo, Lurdes Clemente National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP), Portugal

Lurdes Clemente National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP), Portugal lurdes.clemente@iniav.pt Célia Leão, Patrícia Themudo, Ana Amaro National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP), Portugal

Ana Amaro National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP), Portugal ana.amaro@iniav.pt Célia Leão, Teresa Albuquerque, Patricia Themudo, Lurdes Clemente National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP), Portugal

Matilde Sangreman Proença Maia Marques Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) and Institute for Health and Bioeconomy (i4HB), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal matildesangremanmarques@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Tina Keller-Costa1,2, Asunción Lago-Lestón3, Ulisses Nunes da Rocha4, Nikos Kyrpides5,6, David Páez-Espino5,6, Rodrigo Costa1,2,3,4 Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB)1 and Institute for Health and Bioeconomy (i4HB)2, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal, División de Biología Experimental y Aplicada (DBEA), Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico3, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany4, Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute5, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA6

Beatriz Gameiro Ramos 1 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; 2 Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. beatriz.g.ramos@gmail.com Luís Miguel Rosalino 1, Josman D. Palmeira 3, Rita T. Torres 3, Mónica V. Cunha 1,2. 1 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; 2 Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; 3 Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.

Nuno Cerca LIBRO, CEB, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal nunocerca@ceb.uminho.pt Aliona S. Rosca1-2, Lúcia G. V. Sousa1, Joana Castro1, Ângela França1, Mario Vaneechoutte2 1 LIBRO, CEB, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2 LBR, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Maria Fernandes Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL), Lisboa, Portugal a21000164@ihmt.unl.pt Andreia Cavaleiro, Teresa Carreira, Rosa Teodósio, Maria Luísa Vieira

Mariana Andrade Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Portugal a21001252@ihmt.unl.pt Catarina Morais1, Patrícia Abrantes1, Constança Pomba2,3, Isabel Couto1, Sofia Santos Costa1 1 Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal, 2 CIISA, Centre of Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 3 GeneVet, Laboratório de Diagnóstico Molecular Veterinário, Carnaxide, Portugal

Márcio Ricardo Moura Alves Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro mmalves@utad.pt Ana Beatriz Moreira1, Cristina Saraiva1,2, Ana Raquel Cândido3, Alexandra Esteves1,2 Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (ECAV), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal1, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV), UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal2, PEC-NORDESTE Indústria de Produtos Pecuários do Norte, S.A, 4564-909 Penafiel, Portugal3