The most important members of the team (from left to right and top-down): Escherichia coli, E. coli, E. coli, E. coli, E. coli, E. coli, E. coli, E. coli, E. coli,.........

These members live in Petri Dishes such as these:

Team composition

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Sinopse. Nota de imprensa

Livro de Divulgação Científica

Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microorganisms book

 

 Book chapter: Dionisio et al 2012 "What mantains plasmids among bacteria?"

Francisco Dionisio

e-mail: (my last name)@fc.ul.pt

 

Team Leader (Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) at Lisbon University - Faculty of Sciences - Plant Biology Department)

We started this research group at the Faculty of Sciences - Lisbon University in 2007. We belong to the "Centro de Biologia Ambiental" and "Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência" (external group). This group is doing research mostly in evolutionary ecology of microorganisms, with a focus on bacteria, viruses and plasmids. Our approach involves both laboratory work and theoretical research. We study bacterial genetics, cooperation, competition, spite, and sex among bacterial cells, and their impact on pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance. 
Good News:
  1. Feb 2012 João Gama published in PLoS Pathogens.
  2. Francisco Dionísio published his book "Uma Tampa para cada Tacho" about genetic conflicts (in portuguese).
  3. Iolanda Domingues just got a 4-years PhD fellowship (FCT) to start 1/2012.
  4. Teresa Nogueira got renewal for another 3-years Post-Doc fellowship.
  5. July 2011 Rui Silva, Sílvia Mendonça (co-first authors) published in PLoS Genetics
  6. April 2010 Sandra Trindade published in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B
  7. February 2010 Luís Carvalho published in Oikos
  8. November 2009 – Teresa Nogueira, published in Current Biology
  9. July 2009 – Sandra Trindade,  published in PLoS Genetics

Ana M. Reis

Assistant Professor (Professora Auxiliar) at Lisbon University - Faculty of Sciences - Plant Biology Department

   Teresa Nogueira

Post-Doc

  Luís M. Carvalho 

 
Post-Doc 

Sandra Trindade

Ph.D. Student (co-oriented by Isabel Gordo from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência)

António Miranda

Ph.D. Student
 Sílvia Mendonça
BI fellow / technician
 
 
Iolanda Domingues 
 
PhD student

Diana Alves

MSc 

 Rui F. Silva

MSc

   João Gama

MSc
 Bernardino Moreira 
MSc
Ana Sofia Nunes

MsC Student 

 
 
Ana Marta Matos 
BSc Student / Fellow Fundação Amadeus Dias