The goal of this course is to provide to the participants with current and practical knowledge on urban ecology, including ecological and social aspects.

This course promotes a multidisciplinary approach presenting the most recent findings on the topic and challenging the traditional way of considering symbiotic associations as exceptions and not as the rule.

This course is conceived to give an integrated view of the living component of soils, and its key role on ecosystem functions and processes.

Objectives: Under the general framework of Global Change Ecology, the goal of this course is to provide the participants with the most recent and practical knowledge on the use of Functional Diversity. This includes the selection of functional traits and calculation of Functional Diversity Indexes. Examples of the application of this knowledge will be given regarding Ecological Indicators and Ecosystem Services.

The specific objectives are:

Objectives: Evolutionary theory provides a framework for understanding all living systems. Nevertheless, throughout the 20th century, with a few exceptions, evolutionary biologists have “avoided” using evolution to address problems related to our own species. EvoS is a program created by David Sloan Wilson at the University of Binghamton, and later adopted at other faculties that have joined into the EvoS international consortium.

Overview: Currently, climate changes or alterations are known to be reflected on the stable isotope ratios of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Oxygen and Sulphur present in atmospheric gas forms, fresh or ocean water, as well as in plants and animals and organic matter in the soil. Samples from those matrices can provide a record for such changes across a given length of time and / or space. Also, ecological and physiological processes often reflect on stable isotope ratios, again setting a record in plant, animal or other living tissues.

José Ricardo Maceiras de Paula defende a tese "Cleaning stations in a changing ocean: Bio-ecological responses of cleaning mutualisms to ocean warming and acidification".

Transmissão em direto disponível aqui.

Daniel Filipe Soares Pereira da Cruz defende a tese "Regulation of the TGF-β1 signaling in cystic fibrosis: the role of LMTK2".

Transmissão em direto disponível aqui.

Cancelamento motivado pela aplicação do plano de contingência da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, na sequência das orientações da Direção-Geral de Saúde e das recomendações por parte da Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, relativamente ao novo Coronavírus (COVID-19).

Mais informações: https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/saude.