On Friday, November 14th, Filipa Engrola successfully defended her PhD in Biochemistry, with a thesis entitled: “Understanding Molybdenum Enzymes through Structural and Biophysical Techniques: Pathways to Biotechnological innovation”, supervised by Teresa Santos Silva and Aldino Viegas.

Wishing you every success in your new position at NOVA FCT, Cristiano. Your dedication and excellent work are truly appreciated, and you can always rely on the support of your XTAL colleagues!

Past June 6th, XTAL members Maria João Romão, Ana Luísa Carvalho, Cristiano Mota, Guilherme Alves, Fernando Ribeiro, Carolina Videira, Guilherme Oliveira and Marco Graça attended the 11th ENURS meeting (https://www.itqb.unl.pt/meetings-and-courses/enurs), at ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
MSc student Carolina Videira was selected for Oral Comunication, entitled " Structural insights into the catalytic reduction site of human aldehyde oxidase".

Today, our PhD student Guilherme Vilela-Alves, supervised by Cristiano Mota and Maria João Romão, from XTAL, and Harmut Luecke, from the CryoEM group at NOVA FCT, has publicly presented his PhD Thesis Plan. The whole group is proud of you, Guilherme! Great work and stimulating discussion!