Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

• Abstract

  The objective of this study is the integration of experiences in the identification and characterization of bioactive compounds (peptides from animal origin and secondary compounds from plants). Studies involving synergism between peptides and amides based on natural products may contribute to understand structure-activity relationship and to the describe biological processes involved in …

  VIDA-FROG: valorization of molecules isolated from aquatic Portuguese amphibians, AP.R

• Abstract

  The increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main gas responsible for the further greenhouse effect, is unequivocal and not an isolated event, accompanied by increases in global mean temperature and changes in precipitation patterns. Among the important factors to be understood in this context are changes in water relations and production of carbon skeletons …

  A systems approach to understand the impact of climate changes in Coffea spp., AP.R

• Abstract

  Extreme surface winds and ocean waves pose a major threat to marine and coastal safety. Their induced risks depend on the location and time, being liable to important intensification due to climate changes. The extreme wind and wave climate in the Atlantic Ocean will be investigated and future prognostics as well as long-term extreme quantiles will be estimated, using a regional approach.…

  Extreme Wind-Wave modeling and statistics in the Atlantic Ocean, AP.R

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• Hidden colors in the forest: evolutionary genetics of neotropical anuran color patterns, BP.TT

• Abstract

  In this project we will uncover the potential of molecules which form part of the innate immune response from Portuguese amphibians. This will increase knowledge of the value of Portuguese biodiversity, as well as tackling three major health problems. We will isolate new Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) from two amphibian species native to Portugal. Amphibian secretions are a rich source of …

  Bioactive peptides from aquatic Portuguese amphibians, BP.PD

• Abstract

  Problems of cutting irregular pieces consist of cutting an object a given set of pieces with irregular shapes. The cutting pattern found is optimal for some objective function to be defined. This problem has a wide variety of applications in furniture, textiles, and leather cutting. However, the need to readjust production planning due to uncertainties has not yet been explored in the lit…

  Alternative approaches for dealing with uncertainties in nesting problems, BP.PD

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

• Participation of mitochondria in the induced anti-apoptotic effect in insect cells by a protein isolated from hemolymph of Lonomia obliqua, BE.PQ
• Nuclear mitochondrial relationships controlling recombination and DN repair in Aspergillus nidulans, BE.PQ