Team

Meet the “Yeasties”

Meet the people behind our research and discover what they do

Principal investigator

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Nuno Pereira Mira

Group Leader 
Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico

Students and Researchers

Team members shown: 11

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Maria Joana Pinheiro

Postdoc Researcher
LactoCan
Antifungal resistance
Clinical & environmental Candida
Yeast adaptation
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Bárbara Coelho

PhD Student
SMARTWINE
SO₂ tolerance
Yeast physiology
Wine preservation
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Diogo Santos

PhD Student
SMARTWINE
Hanseniaspora yeasts
Aroma production
Wine fermentation
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João Sousa

PhD Student

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Marcos Esteves

PhD Student

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Vlademiro Magaia

PhD Student

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Afonso Correia

Research Fellow

TRAMONTE

Sorbus aucuparia
Plant-derived bioactives
Antifungal activity

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Alice Matos

MSc Student

Itaconic acid productio
Non-conventional yeasts
Waste valorization
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Joana Baptista

MSc Student

Anti-Candida therapies
Melittin
CgHaa1 regulation
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Ricardo Gatinho

MSc Student

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Teresa Ferreira

MSc Student

Hanseniaspora yeasts
Comparative proteomics
Microbial cell factories