Daily Schedule

September 10th

13:30

Registrations Open


14:30

Opening Ceremony

Professor Vitor Vasconcelos


14:45

Keynote Speaker

Davide Degli-Esposti


15:20

Student Orals

André Silva

Biostimulant activity of microalgae and cyanobacteria for agricultural purposes


Luís Afonso

Environmental DNA to characterise marine pelagic megafauna communities in Portuguese seamounts


Nicola Gambardella

Thermokarst lakes mercury dynamics in Canadian Arctic: the role of prokaryotic methylators and demethylators


16:00

Coffee Break


16:30

Poster Session


16:50

Student Orals

Alexandre Barroso

In silico proteolysis approach to uncover the repertoire of antimicrobial peptides from Cnidaria


Jacinto Cunha

Quantifying the role of saltmarsh as a vulnerable carbon sink: a case study from Northern Portugal


Francisco Pascoal

Identification of rare microorganisms employing unsupervised machine learning


17:30

Closing Session


September 11th

09:00

Opening Ceremony


09:15

Keynote Speaker

Pedro Cunha


09:50

Student Orals

Adriana Alves-de-Oliveira

Protein Hydrolysates from agri-food by-products boost Sparus aurata growth, oxidative status and preserve intestinal integrity


Daniela Rebelo

Toxicity of aromatic amines in aquatic environments: impacts of 4-chloroaniline and 3,4-dichloroaniline on D. rerio embryos


Cláudia Teixeira

Evaluating the effects of dietary glutamine and glutamate supplementation in zebrafish (Danio rerio) juveniles


10:30

Coffee Break


11:00

Poster Session


11:20

Student Orals

Jesús Fernández-Gutiérrez

Bryozoans and entoprocts in marinas of North Portugal


Carla Sousa

Fish quality under the microscope: the impact of parasitic load and seasonality


Nádia Silva

PNPLA1: a case of gene loss in sperm whales


12:00

Lunch Break


13:30

Keynote Speaker

João Varela


14:05

Student Orals

Francisco Camacho

Chemical-mediated interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae


Anne Liong

Trichlorination by a single cyanobacterial non-heme iron- and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent halogenase


Mohamed Emam Mansour

Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals Age-Dependent Infection Response Disparities to SARS-CoV-2 Infection


14:45

Poster Session


15:05

Student Orals

Inês Gonçalves

Exploring the unknown beta-oxidation pathway in cyanobacteria


Mariana Oliveira

Exploring the antimicrobial and anticancer potential of Actinomycetota from Mozambique marine sponges


João Reis

Discovery of novel hydroxylated bartolosides – a biological mechanism perspective


15:45

Coffee Break


16:05

Guest Speaker

Rita Torre

Waves of positivity: navigating towards happiness and success at work


17:30

Sponsor Presentation

Francisca Simões – Blue Bio Value


17:40

Awards + Closing Session


18:00

Sunset