Overview: There are thousands of totally sequenced genomes freely available in the Internet. The number keeps on growing as at least one genome sequence is released every day. Large-scale sequencing requires bioinformatics analysis, whose algorithms will be the aim of this course, and that underlie the generation of reliable databases. Algorithms are also the basis of reliable sequence databases generation. An intelligent analysis of these databases allows the extraction of information and scientific knowledge.

Phylogenetics is one of the scientific areas of Biology that has grown fast and evolved in methodological terms in the last years. Its applications go from the studies of the evolution of species and populations to the least expected, as the study of the origin of the AIDS virus or seasonal cycles of the flu. The course is aimed at students and professionals that intend to get started in phylogenetic analysis as well as researchers already with some experience wanting to deepen or update their knowledge in the field.

On completion of the course, the students shall have acquired the following knowledge and understanding:

Sónia Catarina Reis Vieira apresenta a tese "Photosynthetic metabolism in microphytobenthos: modulation by temperature and dissolved inorganic carbon".

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:

Lack of fertile land to feed the exponentially growing population, insufficient water availability and quality, changes in the flow of nutrients through the bio-geo-cycles (especially N and P) and climate and land use changes are impacting ecosystems and their capacity to deliver goods and services for humans. It is striking that all these issues interact around one common resource - SOIL and its biodiversity.

Candidaturas a Bolsas de Doutoramento até 7 de outubro de 2016.

Mais informações disponíveis no sistema de Concursos e no site do Programa Doutoral.

A sessão será proferida pelo investigador Luiz Felipe Guanaes (PUC - Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) e consistirá na exposição dos principais desafios em que o NIMA - Núcleo Interdisciplinar do Meio Ambiente está inserido (sustentabilidade do campus da PUC - Rio de Janeiro, elaboração de parâmetros e procura de respostas aos desafios das pesquisas multidisciplinares, sustentabilidade urbana).

O cE3c - Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais está mais uma vez a organizar dois seminários avançados - Seminário I (1.º semestre) e Seminário II (2.º semestre) - que vão decorrer durante o ano letivo 2016/2017 na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.