Romeu Filipe Nobre Viana (PD/BD/150586/2020), “Development of improved antifungal therapies: from deciphering drug resistance evolution mechanisms to the identification of new drugs and new drug targets”, FCT PhD AEM, PhD in Biotecnology and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2024. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira).
Mónica da Luz Galocha (PD/BD/143027/2018), “Genome-wide evolution towards pathogenesis in Candida glabrata”, FCT PhD AEM, PhD in Biotecnology and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2023. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira) – Awarded the Best PhD Work in Research and Infectious Diseases by redeSAÚDE, ULisboa.
Mafalda Banazol de Santa Rita Cavalheiro (PD/BD/116946/2016), "Deciphering mechanisms of pathogenesis in Candida glabrata: in the crossroad between drug resistance and virulence", FCT PhD BIOTECnico, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2020. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Pedro Henrique Magalhães Fernandes Pais (PD/BD/113631/2015), "Deciphering antifungal drug resistance mechanisms in the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata: aiming the development of improved diagnosis and therapeutic approaches", FCT PhD BIOTECnico, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2019. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Catarina Costa (SFRH/BD/69809/2010), "Multidrug resistance in Candida glabrata: systematic analysis of the role and regulation of the poorly characterized DHA1 transporters using gene and genome-wide approaches", PhD in Biotecnology and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2014. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Veerle van Berkum, “Characterization of an intriguing novel pathway in antifungal drug susceptibility in C. glabrata: using a CRISPR-Cas9 based genome-editing approach”, MSc in Microbiology, IST, 2023. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Maria Olegovna Zolotareva, “Genome-wide understanding of biofilm formation phenotypic variability in C. glabrata clinical isolates”, MSc in Applied Microbiology, FCUL, 2023. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
João Manuel Romano Fragoso de Almeida, “Elucidation of Natural Product Biosynthesis Capacities and Antifungal Activities in Marine Bacteria”, MSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics, FCUL, 2022. (Supervisor: Tina Keller-Costa; co-supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Carolina Correia Paiva Parada, “A Metabolic-Regulatory Genome-Scale Integration for Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Predicting Targets for Increased Ethanol Production”, MSc in Biological Engineering, IST, 2021. (Supervisor: Pedro Monteiro; co-supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Claudine Chaouiya)
Diogo Alexandre Carracedo Couceiro, “Construction of a Metabolic Model for the Human Pathogen Candida parapsilosis and Early Identification of Putative Novel Anti-Fungal Drug Targets”, MSc in Microbiology, IST, 2021. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Tiago Melo de Sousa Lima Carreiro, “Construction of a global stoichiometric model for the human pathogen Candida auris: Aiming the identification of new drug targets”, MSc in Microbiology, IST, 2021. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Inês Margarida Vieira Marques da Costa, “Role of the Candida glabrata mediator complex subunit Pgd1 in azole drug resistance and susceptibility: a transcriptomics approach”, MSc in Applied Microbiology, FCUL, 2021. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Inês Lopes Malpique, “Studies on drug resistance and biofilm formation in Candida glabrata: focus on the implementation and optimization of CRISPR-Cas9 tools for C. glabrata genome editing”, MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2020. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Pedro Pais)
Maria Teresa Beirão Abreu, “Identifying Pdr1-independent azole resistance mechanisms in Candida glabrata, based on directed evolution and genome sequencing”, MSc in Pharmaceutical Engineering, IST, 2019. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Maria Vanda Pinto de Almeida Sá Dias, “Genome-wide prediction of the regulatory mechanisms of probiotic activity in Saccharomyces boulardii”, MSc in Biological Engineering, IST, 2019. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Pedro Monteiro)
Melike Yilmaz, “Predicting the mechanisms of probiotic activity in Saccharomyces boulardii: contribution to the development of the ProBioYeastract database”, MSc in Biological Engineering, IST, 2019. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Pedro Monteiro)
Susana Cristina Vagueiro Santos, “Role of the transcription factor Tog1 in C. glabrata virulence”, MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2018. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Raquel Da Silva Califórnia, “Deciphering new regulators of drug resistance in pathogenic yeasts: the role of Rpn4 and Mrr1”, MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2018. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Romeu Filipe Nobre Viana, “Driving microevolution towards virulence and azole resistance in Candida glabrata”, MSc in Microbiology, IST, 2018. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Dalila Mil-Homens)
Diana Gomes Pereira, “Biofilm formation by human pathogenic yeasts: the regulator CgTec1_2 and its targets”, MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2018. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Carla Sofia Amorim Pires, "Response to flucytosine in Candida glabrata at the membrane proteome level: role of the DHA family and the transcription factor CgPdr1", MSc in Applied Microbiology, FCUL, 2018. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Ana Carolina Peixoto Leitão, “Biofilm formation by the human pathogen Candida glabrata: the regulator CgEfg2 and its targets”, MSc in Biomedical Engineering, IST, 2018. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Mónica da Luz Galocha, “New players controlling multidrug resistance and biofilm formation in C. glabrata: the important role of Rpn4”, MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2017. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Catarina Costa)
Sauvagya Manna, "Development of the PathoYeastract database: aiming the study of transcriptional regulation in pathogenic yeasts", MSc in Biotechnology (ERASMUS MUNDUS MSc in Systems Biology - EuSysBio), Instituto Superior Técnico, 2016. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; co-supervisor: Pedro Monteiro, INESC-ID/DEI-IST)
Daniela Ferreira Romão, "Functional analysis of the Candida glabrata drug:H+ antiporters Dtr1 and Tpo4: role in stress resistance and virulence", MSc in Applied Microbiology, FCUL, 2016. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Mafalda Banazol de Santa Rita Cavalheiro, "Unveiling the mechanisms of evolution towards fluconazole resistance of a Candida glabrata clinical isolate", MSc in Biotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2015. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira; Co-Supervisor: Isabel M Miranda, FMUP)
Rui Filipe Ramos Santos, "Role and regulation of multidrug transporters in Candida glabrata virulence and antifungal drug resistance", MSc in Microbiology, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2015. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Pedro Henrique Magalhães Fernandes Pais, "Response to clotrimazole in Candida glabrata at the membrane proteome level: role of the DHA family and the transcription factor CgPdr1", MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2014. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Jonathan Ribeiro, "Profiling antifungal drug resistance in a collection of Candida glabrata clinical isolates: correlation with the expression of multidrug efflux pumps", MSc in Biomedical Engineering, IST, 2013. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Andreia Filipe da Ponte, "Genome-wide identification of mechanisms of resistance to the antifungal drug flucytosine: from S. cerevisiae to C. glabrata", MSc in Biotechnology, IST, 2013. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Guida Filipa Bartolomeu de Campos Camacho, "Contribution to the functional analysis of the paralogous gene-pairs CgTpo1_1 and CgTpo1_2 and CgFlr1_1 and CgFlr1_2 from the human pathogen Candida glabrata", MSc in Biological Engineering, IST, 2012. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
André Marques Sales Henriques, "Role of the multidrug efflux pumps CgAqr1 and CgTpo2/3 in Candida glabrata resistance to flucytosine and azole drugs", MSc in Biomedical Engineering, IST, 2012. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)
Joana de Jesus David Nunes, "Functional analysis of the uncharacterized Candida glabrata drug:H+ antiporters CgAqr1 (ORF CAGL0J09944g) and CgTpo2/3 (ORF CAGL0I10384g): role in antifungal drug resistance", MSc in Biomedical Engineering, IST, 2011. (Supervisor: Miguel Cacho Teixeira)