Biochemistry and Physiology Lab

8-11 April 2018
Aberystwyth, Wales

Embryotoxicity mode 😁

ASARISAFE kick Off meeting at Quingdao, China

Congratulações Lúcia de Marchi

Dia Mundial do Solo

5 de Diciembre, hoy es el Día Mundial del Suelo.

Inundemos las redes con fotos, videos, posts, etc.. sobre la importancia del suelo

1st International Conference on Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
8-9 September 2016 - Paris, France

Dbio participants at SETAC.
A successful team

SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting. Nantes, France

Ângela Almeida and Lucia de Marchi @ SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting. Nantes, France

Looking for Pacific oysters in the Poole Harbour (Rosa Freitas, Roger Herbert, Stefania Chiesa)

Emerging and novel inshore fisheries: research and management

Fotos da atividade com a Escola José Estevão no âmbito do ano internacional das leguminosas: As bactérias das raízes das leguminosas - isolamento e cultivo.

Today: Professor Etelvina Figueira

Advanced course: "Integrated approaches to perceive responses of organisms to environmental challenges"
Program and registration form here: https://www.ua.pt/dbio/page/20927

New paper published in "Environmental Pollution"

Collaboraters of the BSLab recently published a study that evaluated the effects of salinity on the biochemical responses of the Portuguese oyster (Crassostrea angulata) to Arsenic exposure.

This study demonstrated that salinity alters the oysters physiological and biochemical status, inducing a differentiated response towards As contamination. Lower salinities induced higher susceptibility to As accumulation, whereas at higher salinities oysters antioxidant responses were less effective. Findings obtained are important in the context of salinity shifts related to climate change, bringing new insights on this species fitness towards a changing environment.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.036

Today: PhD Student Roberta Socoowski Britto :)

One focus of our research are rhizobia, soil bacteria that form a symbiotic relationship with legumes constituing nodules on roots and being responsible for nitrogen fixation, a crucial nutrient for plant development and metabolism.

Um foco da nossa investigação: rizóbio, bactérias do solo que formam relações simbióticas com leguminosas, constituindo nódulos nas raízes e sendo responsáveis pela fixação do azoto, um nutriente crucial para o desenvolvimento e metabolismo das plantas.

New paper on "Marine Environmental Research"

Recently, collaborators of BSLab published a study concerning the impacts of seawater acidification in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor, a species commonly used as bioindicator. This study evaluated several biomarkers in organisms exposed to different pH levels (7.9, 7.6 and 7.3) during 28 days. Overall, the study demonstrated how polychaetes may respond to near-future ocean acidification conditions, revealing the polychaetes capacity to develop biochemical strategies which will prevent organisms from lethal injuries. Such defense strategies will contribute for polychaetes populations maintenance and survival under predicted ocean acidification scenarios.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.04.003

Rosa

Biochemical alterations induced in Hediste diversicolor under seawater acidification conditions Seawater pH is among the environmental factors controlling the performance of marine organisms, especially in calcifying marine invertebrates. However, changes in non-calcifying organisms (including polychaetes) may also occur due to pH decrease. Polychaetes are often the most abundant group of orga…

Presenting our researchers and collaborators :)
Today: PhD. Rosa Freitas

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Bolsas de pós-doutoramento vão ser substituídas por contratos de trabalho Medida foi aprovada no Conselho de Ministros.

Assim foi a inauguração do nosso novo espaço. Bem-vindos!