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Congrats, Frederico!

November 20, 2017

Today, our MSc student Frederico Lourenço defended his thesis entitled "Assignment of new roles for malectin-like domains to understand their divergent evolution". Congratulations to Frederico and his supervisor Benedita Pinheiro! All the best for future projects!

Maria João appointed Co-Editor of Acta F

October 5, 2017

Congratulations to our group leader Maria João Romão, who is now Co-editor of Acta Crystallographica Section F (Structural Biology Communications), appointed by the IUCr Executive Committee!
Maria João is now part of an excellent Editorial Board of renowned scientists.

This journal welcomes articles on relevant aspects of structural biology.

Congrats, Diogo!

September 22, 2017

Diogo Melo, MSc student supervised by Catarina Coelho and Maria João Romão, is right now defending his master's thesis! His research work is entitled “Structure based reaction mechanism studies on periplasmic nitrate reductase”. Congratulations and all the best for your future projects, Diogo!

At GLUPOR12

September 13, 2017

PhD student Diana Ribeiro presented her work on the functional and structural characterization of a new protein that binds to chitin. Well done, Diana!

At GLUPOR12

September 13, 2017

In her oral presentation, PhD student Viviana Correia described how she looks for new protein-glycan interactions of the human microbiome. Another successful talk!

At GLUPOR 12

September 13, 2017


Doctor Benedita Pinheiro presented her research results on the functional and structural characterization of a very important protein that plays a crucial role in the human endoplasmic reticulum. Congratulations, Benedita!

At the GLUPOR12

September 12, 2017

Raquel Costa and Frederico Lourenço are presenting their research work as poster communications at Glupor12, in Aveiro!

New paper online!

August 12, 2017

Ion-Exchange Membranes for Stable Derivatization of Protein Crystals

New paper online!

July 19, 2017

Highly selective tungstate transporter protein TupA from Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20
Ana Rita Otrelo-Cardoso, Rashmi R. Nair, Márcia A. S. Correia, Raquel S. Correia Cordeiro, Alejandro Panjkovich, Dmitri I. Svergun, Teresa Santos-Silva & Maria G. Rivas 

Maria João Romão elected member of the Faculty's Council

July 12, 2017

Congratulations to Maria João and the other new members of the Faculty's Council, elected yesterday!

If you want to know more about the FCT-NOVA Council's duties: http://www.cf.fct.unl.pt