PROGRAMME | 4 JUNE

9:00 – 9:30 - Registration
9:30 – 9:45 – Welcome session

9:45 – 10:45 - Invited Lecture in Cell Genetics
Statistical proteomes: can they shake current concepts of the gene?
Manuel Santos, CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro

CELL GENETICS

10:45-11:00 – An evolutionary perspective on metazoan NAD salvage pathways
Raquel M. Silva

11:00-11:15 – Screening for novel germline genes using Drosophila melanogaster
Paulo Navarro-Costa

11:15-11:45 – Coffee break

11:45 – 12:00 - Genome mistranslation induces proteome aggregation and oxidative stress in zebrafish embryos
Marisa Reverendo

12:00 – 12:15 - Epigenetic regulation of Mammalian Replication Origins
Sofia Madeira

12:15 – 12:30 - Temporal dynamics of Erk and Gli3 Signaling Pathways evidence parallelisms in SHH morphogen interpretation in multiple tissues of the chick embryo
Hugo Marcelino

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 - Invited Lecture in Evolution, Genomics and Population Genetics
Strategies to uncover the drought tolerance mechanism of the biodiesel plant Jatropha curcas
(purging nut)
Margarida Oliveira, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

 

EVOLUTION, GENOMICS AND POPULATION

15:00 – 15:15 - Evolutionary conservation of the eumetazoan gene regulatory landscape
André F. Rendeiro

15:15 – 15:30 - The genetic basis of Drosophila adaptation to viral infection with DCV
Élio. Sucena

15:30 – 15:45 - Elusive functional impact of adaptive mitochondrial protein evolution in a lineage of arctic hares (genus Lepus) assessed from comparative mitogenomic analyses
Joana Vilela

15:45 – 16:45 - Coffee Break and Poster session

16:45 – 17:00 - The genetic structure and admixture of the NE Portuguese communities of Jewish origin: news from the autosomal markers
Célia Neto

17:00 – 17:15 - Population Structure of the African Sahel inferred from Genome-Wide SNP Screening
Petr Triska

17:15 – 18:30 – Poster session

 

PROGRAMME | 5 JUNE

9:30 – 10:30 - Invited Lecture in Conservation Genetics
Conservação e melhoramento dos recursos genéticos na era da genómica
Albano Beja Pereira, CIBIO

 

CONSERVATION GENETICS

10:30-10:45 – Detection of lead toxicity by morphological parameters and ISSR markers in Lactuca sativa L.
Patrícia Silva

10:45-11:00 – Assessment of genetic variability of HSP101C gene in Triticum durum Portuguese varieties
Sónia Pereira

11:00-11:15 – Chloroplast genome variability in marginal grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars from Vinhos Verdes DOC Region
Isaura Castro

11:15-11:45 – Coffee break

11:45 – 12:00 - Cytogenetic characterization of hybrids wheat containing the system msH1
Luis Rocha

12:00 – 12:15 - Evidence of the existence of native Pinus sylvestris L. populations in Serra do Gerês by nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite markers
Ivo Pavia

12:15 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 - Invited Lecture in Genetic Disorders and Health
Clearance of extracellular misfolded proteins in systemic amyloidosis: experience with transthyretin
Maria João Saraiva, IBMC, Universidade do Porto

 

GENETICS DISORDERS AND HEALTH

15:00 – 15:15 - A C. elegans mutant of an intellectual disability-associated gene shows behavioral deficits and GABAergic/cholinergic circuit abnormalities
Carlos Bessa

15:15 – 15:30 - Association of FTO rs9939609 polymorphism to type 2 diabetes and obesity in Portuguese women
Fábio Ferreira Carlos

15:30 – 15:45 - Transcription factor Nrf2 Protects Against Dietary Iron-Induced Liver Injury: Is Nrf2 A Potential Genetic Modifier Of Iron Overload-Associated Liver Disease?
Tiago L. Duarte

15:45 – 16:15 - Coffee Break

16:15 – 16:30 - Genome-wide association study identifies FUT2 as a novel genetic risk factor for Behçet’s disease
Joana M. Xavier

16:30 – 16:45 - Exome-Sequencing in familial thyroid carcinoma: genetic and functional characterization
Catarina Salgado

16:45 – 17:00 – Closing Remarks