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🌊✨ Meet the Team! We're happy to introduce Mariane Fagundes, PhD in Food Science and Technology. As part of our BlueBio4Future project, Mariane brings her expertise in #Microalgae, #Biorefinery, and #Metabolomics to our team!

Great news! 🎉 Our BlueBio4Future researcher, Mariane Bittencourt Fagundes, took 3rd place in the #BusinessIgnitionProgram with the innovative project OCEAN SLIM-G, winning a €2,000 prize! 🏆 Congrats, Mariane! 👏

Catch Pedro Leão on Biosfera RTP2 ! 🌱 He discusses BlueBio4Future 's research into natural products that could drive sustainability and innovation, from eco-friendly enzymes to potential new treatments for infections and cancer. CIIMAR-UP European Research Executive Agency

The CMIA Vila do Conde is hosting the online talk “Natural Products: Discovery, Isolation, and Biotechnological Applications of Nature's Most Valuable Secrets” by CIIMAR-UP researcher Sara Freitas. 🗓️ November 22 🕐 14h 👉 forms.gle/UP3aAJZQvpNdEV… BlueBio4Future #CIIMARcmias

🌏 Palestra Online «Decifrar Enzimas: Bioinformática, Processamento de Linguagem Natural (PLN) e Inteligência Artificial (IA) a ligar a Bioquímica à Biotecnologia.» 📆 17 de dezembro 🕐 15h30 👉 A inscrição é gratuita e obrigatória em: forms.gle/3w8Q3UJL15bzND… CIIMAR-UP

As the year comes to a close, we celebrate the achievements, innovation, and hard work dedicated to a sustainable and blue future. 💫💙

Registrations are OPEN for the Short Course in Bioinformatics! 📅 March 17-19, 2025 | 💻 Learn cutting-edge tools like antiSMASH, BiG-SCAPE, MicrobeMASST (GNPS), NapDos2 ⚠️ Apply by Feb 17, 2025 🔗 Learn more at: bb4f.ciimar.up.pt/short-course-i… European Research Executive Agency CIIMAR-UP

🌟 Exciting News! Our review on Fatty acyl-AMP ligases (FAALs) in bacterial natural product biosynthesis has just been published in Natural Product Reports, Royal Society of Chemistry! 🎉 Special thanks to Pedro Leão BlueBio4Future CIIMAR-UP Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar UP pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

CIIMAR is participating in the 12th World Ocean Summit & Expo. This event brings together experts to explore solutions for #OceanSustainability. 🔗Read more: ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-at-the-… #CIIMARnews #CIIMARresearch #WorldOceanSummit

CIIMAR-UP is at the 12th World Ocean Summit & Expo in Japan, showcasing IGNITION and our commitment to improving animal welfare in #aquaculture amidst the challenges of #ClimateChange🌊 A big thank you to our colleagues for bringing us along!

Proud to have CIIMAR-UP showcasing GRINNAQUA and our focus on improving aquaculture through capacity building and innovation at the 12th World Ocean Summit 🇯🇵! Huge thank you to our colleagues at BlueBio4Future for representing us so well!

Day 2 of the #BlueBio4Future Short Course is underway! We started with an inspiring session by Hans Singh (Univ. of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) on phylogenetic approaches for natural product discovery & NaPDo2S. Now, participants are getting hands-on with NaPDo2S & BiG-SCAPE!

After a morning on phylogenetics & biosynthetic clusters, the afternoon took us into protein & enzymology structure/function prediction. 🧬 👨‍🏫 Lectures from Arménio Barbosa (UNL) & Raquel Castelo Branco (CIIMAR) guided participants before diving into hands-on sessions.

🎉 The final day of BlueBio4Future was a huge success! Today’s open session featured amazing talks on topics ranging from protein structural prediction to the chemical ecology of ant-fungi symbiosis and genome mining tools! Huge thanks to all who joined—let’s keep going! 🚀

Our research technician Mariana Moutinho is starting a staff exchange at NIVA under #BlueBio4Future! She’ll develop skills in bioprocess optimization, scale-up & bioreactor setup for microalgae. This will boost #CIIMAR’s expertise in marine biotech! 🍀💙

Meet Mariana Moutinho 👩‍🔬 Biologist + biotech expert, Mariana works on optimizing cyanobacteria cultivation and green extraction of metabolites. She’s advancing marine biotech with BlueBio4Future ! #WomenInSTEM #SyntheticBiology #Bioprocessing

🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess review in our latest issue by Anne Liong & Pedro Leão from Leão Lab - CIIMAR (U.Porto) CIIMAR-UP looking at fatty acyl-AMP ligases in bacterial natural product biosynthesis Check it out on our website👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…