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Congratulations to Alicia Candeias!

December 5, 2022
Congratulations to our student Alicia Candeias for successfully defending her MSc thesis in Biochemistry at NOVA School of Science and Technology.
Her thesis entitled "A molecular view on how a commensal bacterium thrives in the human gut" was supervised by Ana Luísa Carvalho, from XTAL, and Angelina Sá Palma, from the GlycoLab.

Congratulations, Doctor Francisco!

July 20, 2022
Congratulations to Francisco Leisico for successfully concluding his PhD Thesis, today!
His thesis is entitled "Unravelling the reaction mechanism of glutamate amidation in Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan", supervised by Teresa Santos-Silva and Maria João Romão.
Our best wishes for your future, Francisco!
Here's a photo of the nice, in person, lunch party!

Best Poster Award at Diamond-CCP4 Workshop to Filipa Trovão!

December 9, 2021
Congratulations to our PhD student Filipa Trovão for winning the Best Poster Award at the Diamond-CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop (https://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/DLS-2021)!

The workshop covered all aspects of 3D structure solution, from data collection through to phasing, refinement and validation, lectured by exp