2019 Edition February 4- April 9 Introduction to entrepreneurship Organizers: Raul Machado April 1-11 Mammalian and yeast cells as complementary models to understand programmed cell death and autophagy Organizers: Manuela Corte-Real and Maria João Sousa April 8-18 Invasion Ecology Organizers: Ronaldo Sousa May 6-17 River Restoration and Ecosystem Services Organizers: Cláudia Pascoal, Fernanda Cássio, Cláudia Carvalho-Santos and Giorgio Pace May 6-17 Host-fungus interactions and virulence Organizers: Teresa Lino-Neto May 20-31 Oxidative stress and antioxidants Organizers: Alberto Dias May 20-31 Cancer therapy: from basic research to clinic Organizers: Ana Preto June 3-14 Protein Degradation and Trafficking in Health and Disease Organizers: Sandra Paiva June 3-14 Bionanoparticles: challenges and therapeutic opportunities Organizers: Andreia Gomes and Paula Sampaio June 3-14 Ecology of Coastal and Transition Waters Organizers: Pedro Gomes July 1-12 Advances in microbial genomics and bioinformatics Organizers: Pedro Santos and Pedro Castro 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