MicroMundo encourages Portuguese students to pursue career in science while addressing a worldwide health threat – diminishing supply of effective antibiotics.

Oporto, Portugal
Joined September 2018
This week our group participated in the International Science Festival in Oeiras @FestFICA with science activities for schools and the general public and promoting the @MicroMundoUP project. Well done to our scientists and Micritas! @UCIBIO_Research #FFUP #FCNAUP
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The second training session of #FFUP and #FCNAUP students for @MicroMundoUP has just started! Today we will have 2021/2022 MICRITAS ready to go!
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If you are a student, teacher, parent, guardian, educator or just a microbe-enthusiast, save the date for the World Microbiome day Webinar Registration is free but compulsory to receive the links Register here: forms.gle/YJtSotrA9dfbBwgh8 @bioadr @CdCienciaUV @UV_EG @SWIValencia
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Replying to @UCIBIO_Research
@UCIBIO_Research @patantunes1973 @filipa_grosso together with #FFUP/#FCNAUP students are participating in Mostra da @UPorto to show school students and the general community how to be part of @MicroMundoUP. Join us at mostra.up.pt/! youtu.be/qkeCf5reMe4 #AMR
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📢European Public Health WEEK #EUPHW 👉Wednesday 19 May: Your local community @MicroMundoUP project joinning forces with our school community against Antimicrobial Resistance #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR #KeepAntibioticsWorking
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
UCIBIO researchers from the BacT_Drugs Lab, led by @LpeixeLuisa, are involved in the preparation of the transport media of biological samples to be collected for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals. #covid19 #FightCovid19 @FaculdadeFarmácia @UPorto
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
"A dream team quickly adapted to the new times" BacT_Drugs Lab meeting - discussing science from home #StayAtHome #sciencefromhome @UCIBIO_Research @FCTNOVA FCTNOVA
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New preprint from previous lab with @LpeixeLuisa @filipa_grosso. The recently identified ciprofloxacin-modifying crpP gene was inserted in several P. aeruginosa genomes via ICEs biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Important news on OptrA and linezolid resistance in enterococci from @AnaPTedim @Carla_Novais11 @anarpf1981 and @valflanza . Great work!
Super happy with this work just published in @micgenomics: Yes, we can expect a rise in the frequency of optrA and linezolid resistance among enterococci! With @AnaPTedim @Carla_Novais11 @valflanza @LpeixeLuisa @MicrobioSoc microbiologyresearch.org/con…
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
🇵🇹 💡🧶📏🖌️🦠 Tens uma mente criativa? Estamos à procura de um símbolo que represente a ameaça global da resistência aos #antibióticos Há um prêmio de 2.000€! Concurso aberto até 31 de março. Mais informações em: bit.ly/37f7gyL #AntibioticResistanceSymbol @DGSaude
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
We are seeking for motivated PhD candidates to develop groundbreaking research on diagnosis and virulence of antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens.
The BacT_Drugs research group from UCIBIO@Requimte (ucibio.pt) is seeking for PhD candidates to develop groundbreaking research on diagnosis and virulence of antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens. More info here:
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Promissor (promising)!
📸 One of the soil isolates obtained during MICRITAs training in December ❤️ Stay tuned for our project MicroMundo@UPorto in schools!
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Great! University students ready to spread MicroMundo to Porto schools.
📢 Training of our Micritas just finished! They are now ready for the sessions that will take place in schools as part of the 2nd edition MicroMundo@UPorto 2019/2020.
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Celebrating the the 1st MicroMundo@UPorto workshop! Congratulations to the great team organizing MicroMundo!
🎥 Here's a short video showing how awesome the 1st MicroMundo@UPorto workshop was! m.youtube.com/watch?feature=… Thanks to Liliana Rodrigues (FLUP, Uni Porto) ⛱️ Happy holidays!
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
When we think about health we think of hospitals, or whether we exercise or smoke. But for most the key ingredients for a healthy life are actually a good home, education, job & networks to feel part of. See more in 'A-Z of the root causes of ill health' bit.ly/2LWEOLI
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
UCIBIO researchers finalists of the HiTech 2019: Congratulations to Ângela Novais, Ana Freitas & Teresa Ribeiro @UCIBIO @FFUP for the IR Bactyping project and to Anjos Macedo & Gabriela Almeida @UCIBIO @FCTNOVA for the Nitrogen Sensing Solutions project bit.ly/HiTech2019UCIBIO
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Watch the final pitch of IR Bactyping, a bacterial strain typing for real-time epidemiology. The researchers Ângela Novais, Ana Freitas and Teresa Ribeiro are from the BacT_Drugs lab at UCIBIO at @FFUP IR Bactyping (HiTech 2019) youtu.be/Oi9HJQRIBJA via @YouTube
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Happy to share with you new findings on chlorhexidine tolerance: Identification of 2CS-CHXT operon signature of chlorhexidine tolerance among Enterococcus faecium biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
Organized by UCIBIO researchers from the BacTdrugs lab at FFUP, the 1st Workshop @MicroMundoUP took place on July 19. The first year experience of the MicroMundo@UPorto project was presented. bit.ly/MicroMundoUP1 #KeepAntibioticsWorking
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MicroMundo@UPorto retweeted
So proud of being part of this 'new generation team'! 🔬💊 #beantibioticsaware
📸 New generation of MICRIPIs (TEPIs/SWIPIs) - the MicroMundo Partner Instructors!! A BIG thanks to Víctor Jiménez @VictorJCid & Nichole Broderick @nabroderick! MicroMundo@UPorto MicroMundo/SWI@Spain #letskeepantibioticsworking
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