Nuno P Mira’s Research Lab

Yeasts shape our world in very different ways, from driving traditional fermentations and emerging bioprocesses to causing serious human infections. At Mira’s Lab, one of the labs of the Biological Sciences Research Group within the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), we investigate these contrasting sides of yeast biology across conventional and non-conventional species. Combining genomics and other OMICS approaches with physiology and molecular microbiology, we study how yeasts function, adapt and evolve under different environmental and host-associated conditions. By integrating information across multiple cellular levels, our goal is to uncover the mechanisms behind yeast behaviour and use this knowledge to support new solutions in industrial and biomedical contexts.