Team
Meet the “Yeasties”
Meet the people behind our research and discover what they do
Principal investigator
Team members shown: 21
Joana Pinheiro
Bio4Pak
Antifungal resistance
OMICS analyses
Clinical & environmental Candida
Bárbara Coelho
PhD Student
SMARTWINE 2.0
Wine preservation
Saccharomycodes yeasts
OMICS analyses
Diogo Santos
PhD Student
SMARTWINE 2.0
Hanseniaspora yeasts
Wine fermentation
Wine aroma formation
João Sousa
PhD Student
Wine Microbiology & Biotechnology Lab, UTAD — Alexandra Mendes-Ferreira
Biocontrol
Winemaking
OMICS analyses
Marcos Esteves
Wine Microbiology & Biotechnology Lab, UTAD — Alexandra Mendes-Ferreira
Biocontrol
Winemaking
Fungal phytopathogens
Vlademiro Magaia
PhD Student
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Antifungal Resistance
New diagnostic tools for Candida
Epidemiology of Candida infections
Afonso Correia
Research Assistant
AS4R
Plant-derived bioactives
Antifungal activity
New and old anti-Candida molecules
Alice Matos
Research Assistant
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Non-conventional yeasts
Add-value carboxylic acids
Bioeconomy and residue valorization
Joana Baptista
Bio4Pak
Heterologous protein expression
New and old antimicrobials
Smart packaging for food preservation
Ricardo Gatinho
Research Assistant
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Antifungal Resistance
OMICS analyses
ABC transporters
Teresa Ferreira
Research Assistant
SMARTWINE 2.0
Hanseniaspora yeasts
Wine aroma formation
Wine fermentation
Ongoing
Beatriz Barradas
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Plant-derived bioactives
Antifungal activity
New and old anti-Candida molecules
Ongoing
Diogo Pereira
MSc Student
Ongoing
Filipe Sande
MSc Student
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Candida/Lactobacillus interactions
Mammalian cell culture
Ongoing
Inês Borges
MSc Student
Ongoing
João Sousa
MSc Student
Ongoing
Leonor Proença
MSc Student
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Peptide-based anti-Candida treatments
Heterologous protein/peptide expression
Ongoing
Matilde Martins
MSc Student
Ongoing
Rodrigo Pessoa
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Peptide-based anti-Candida treatments
Heterologous protein/peptide expression
Ongoing
Sara Cruz
MSc Student
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Candida–Lactobacillus interactions
Microbiome engineering strategies
OMICS analyses
Ongoing
Simão Costa
MSc Student
The NPM team along the years
