2018 Edition March 5-16 Advances in Plant Molecular Biology Organizers: Manuela Costa April 9-20 Advanced in Invasion in Biology Organizers: Ronaldo Sousa April 23 – May 4 Bionanoparticles: challenges and therapeutic opportunities Organizers: Andreia Gomes and Paula Sampaio May 7-18 Ecology of Coastal and transition Waters Organizers: Pedro Gomes May 7-18 Biopolymers based on renewable resources: from synthesis to applications Organizers: Raúl Machado and André Costa May 21 – June 1 Oxidative stress and antioxidants Organizers: Alberto Dias June 4 – 15 Metabolic Engineering Organizers: Bjorn Johansson June 11 – 22 River Restoration and Ecosystem Services Organizers: Cláudia Pascoal and Fernanda Cássio June 18 – 29 Mammalian and yeast cells as complementary models to understand programmed cell death and autophagy Organizers: Manuela Côrte-Real and Maria João Sousa July 2 – 13 Protein Degadation and Trffickiing in Health and Disease Organizers: Sandra Paiva July 2 – 13 Advances in microbial genomics and bioinformatics Organizers: Pedro Santos and Pedro Castro