iBET’s expertise highlighted at MicroBiotec’23 with 2 oral and 11 poster presentations

A delegation of scientists from several research labs at iBET participated in the Microbiotec 2023 conference, held at the University of Beira Interior in Covilhã, Portugal, between the 7-9th December.

The biannual event provided a forum to facilitate discussions and collaborations among national and international researchers and stakeholders in the fields of Microbiology and Biotechnology.

iBET's participation included 2 oral and 11 poster presentations:

• António Roldão - “Continuous production of influenza VLPs as vaccine candidates: a multi-stage bioreactor approach” (Oral presentation).
• Pedro Brandão - “Monitoring productivity and predicting crash of Phaedactylum tricornutum cultures using spectroscopy and machine learning” (Oral presentation).
• Carolina Santos - “Water disinfection using UVC diodes that emit light at different wavelengths” (Poster).
• Ana Paula Marques – “Evaluate the effectiveness of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes for food microbiological safety” (Poster).
• Nicole Ferreira – “Disinfection of irrigation water using ultraviolet light emitting diodes” (Poster).
• Carolina Santos – “Explore light emitting diodes and photocatalytic surfaces to prevent biofilm formation in food industry” (Poster).
• Rodrigo Martins – “Biotechnological prospects of marine bacteria isolated from the sado estuary” (Poster).
• Francisco Nascimento – “Microbiome recruitment and assembly dynamics in nannochloropsis oceanica cultivations” (Poster).
• Constança Bertrand – “Unlocking the biotechnological potential of an iridescent marine bacteria associated with microalgae – cellulophaga lytica nfxs1” (Poster).
• João Batista – “Heterotrophic cultivation and monitorization strategies to boost bioprocesses based on the portuguese green microalgae chlorella sp. nfx-arg and dydimogenes sp. nfx-pl1” (Poster).
• Inês Leonardo – “Are guaiacol and halophenols the only ones to blame for the off-flavour spoilage by alicyclobacillus spp.?“ (Poster).
• Elsa Mecha – “Impact of gut microbiota on the phenolic composition and bioactivity of virgin olive oil” (Poster).
• Joana Almeida – “Advancing manufacture of hipsc-derived hepatocytes with improved functionality: a nature inspired bioprocess” (Poster).

In addition, Teresa Crespo, Head of the Food Safety and Microbiology Area at iBET, served as a member of the scientific committee.

The Microbiotec congress, co-organized by the Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology, takes place biannually since 2005. The full Abstracts Book is available here.