An #ERACHAIR BlueBio4Future @EU_H2020 funded project that will increase the levels of the research activity in the area of bioengineering at #CIIMAR_UP
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We’re happy to share our update to the fischerazoles story with the discovery of FshF, a SAM-dependent methyl transferase that catalyses an unusual fatty acid rearrangement 🧪
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Great energy at our microalgae bioprocessing short course early this week! Thank you to our amazing speakers and participants 💙 #BlueBio4Future @CiimarUp
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In just 3 days we kick off our Short Course in Bioprocesses as part of the @BlueBio4Future ERA Chair! We're excited to welcome all the participants and expert speakers to explore microalgae bioprocesses 🧪
🔗 bb4f.ciimar.up.pt/short-cour…
#BlueBio4Future @CiimarUp
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BlueBio4Future retweeted
Jan 21
🚀 New paper & tool out: FAALPred - our AI tool to predict fatty acid chain-length specificity of FAAL enzymes from protein sequence.
🔗faalpred.ciimar.up.pt/
@CiimarUp @ICBAS_UPorto @leao_lab @mattoslmp @pnleao @BlueBio4Future
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3 Oct 2025
Meet Lígia 👩🔬
PhD in Biology | Science and Technology manager
At #BlueBio4Future, she drives project management, compliance, funding & outreach.
We’re thrilled to have her expertise shaping the future of blue biotech! 🌊🔬
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11 Aug 2025
🌊 Meet the Team: Leandro Mattos Pereira – Junior Bioinformatics Researcher at #BlueBio4Future.
🎓 PhD in Functional Genomics with expertise in genome analysis, pathway reconstruction & AI-powered discovery of natural compounds and enzymes.
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BlueBio4Future retweeted
13 May 2025
🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess review in our latest issue by @AnneMLiong & @pnleao from @leao_lab @CiimarUp looking at fatty acyl-AMP ligases in bacterial natural product biosynthesis
Check it out on our website👇
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16 Apr 2025
Meet Mariana Moutinho 👩🔬
Biologist biotech expert, Mariana works on optimizing cyanobacteria cultivation and green extraction of metabolites. She’s advancing marine biotech with @BlueBio4Future !
#WomenInSTEM #SyntheticBiology #Bioprocessing
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21 Mar 2025
Our research technician Mariana Moutinho is starting a staff exchange at @NIVAforskning under #BlueBio4Future! She’ll develop skills in bioprocess optimization, scale-up & bioreactor setup for microalgae.
This will boost #CIIMAR’s expertise in marine biotech!
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19 Mar 2025
🎉 The final day of @BlueBio4Future was a huge success!
Today’s open session featured amazing talks on topics ranging from protein structural prediction to the chemical ecology of ant-fungi symbiosis and genome mining tools!
Huge thanks to all who joined—let’s keep going! 🚀
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18 Mar 2025
After a morning on phylogenetics & biosynthetic clusters, the afternoon took us into protein & enzymology structure/function prediction. 🧬
👨🏫 Lectures from Arménio Barbosa (UNL) & Raquel Castelo Branco (CIIMAR) guided participants before diving into hands-on sessions.
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18 Mar 2025
Day 2 of the #BlueBio4Future Short Course is underway!
We started with an inspiring session by Hans Singh (Univ. of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) on phylogenetic approaches for natural product discovery & NaPDo2S. Now, participants are getting hands-on with NaPDo2S & BiG-SCAPE!
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17 Mar 2025
📢 #BlueBio4Future Short Course: Day 1 Highlights!
Packed classroom & amazing talks from top researchers:
Adriana Rego (CIIMAR), Leandro Pereira (CIIMAR) &
Catarina Loureiro (WUR)
Missed it? You can still attend the last day of lectures this Wednesday, March 19th!
Check comments!
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BlueBio4Future retweeted
13 Mar 2025
@CiimarUp is at the 12th World Ocean Summit & Expo in Japan, showcasing IGNITION and our commitment to improving animal welfare in #aquaculture amidst the challenges of #ClimateChange🌊
A big thank you to our colleagues for bringing us along!
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BlueBio4Future retweeted
13 Mar 2025
Proud to have @CiimarUp showcasing GRINNAQUA and our focus on improving aquaculture through capacity building and innovation at the 12th World Ocean Summit 🇯🇵!
Huge thank you to our colleagues at @BlueBio4Future for representing us so well!
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CIIMAR is participating in the 12th World Ocean Summit & Expo.
This event brings together experts to explore solutions for #OceanSustainability.
🔗Read more: ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-at-the-1…
#CIIMARnews #CIIMARresearch #WorldOceanSummit
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BlueBio4Future retweeted
19 Feb 2025
🌟 Exciting News! Our review on Fatty acyl-AMP ligases (FAALs) in bacterial natural product biosynthesis has just been published in Natural Product Reports, Royal Society of Chemistry! 🎉
Special thanks to @pnleao @BlueBio4Future @CiimarUp @ICBAS_UPorto
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BlueBio4Future retweeted
6 Feb 2025
Registrations are OPEN for the Short Course in Bioinformatics!
📅 March 17-19, 2025 |
💻 Learn cutting-edge tools like antiSMASH, BiG-SCAPE, MicrobeMASST (GNPS), NapDos2
⚠️ Apply by Feb 17, 2025
🔗 Learn more at: bb4f.ciimar.up.pt/short-cour…
@REA_research @CiimarUp
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