Eventos

Please join us on November 8th starting at 14:00.
No need to register - just show up in EBI 017.

Diana Filipa Moreira is our guest speaker.

Human nutrition depends on plants, their fruits and seeds, the reproductive units of flowering plants (angiosperms), providing 90% of the world's food energy intake.  Increasing our knowledge on mechanisms behind successful plant reproduction is fundamental to increase reproductive resilience, leading to further reliable crop production and higher yields. In angiosperms, reproduction relies on a series of complex molecular interactions between male (pollen) and female (pistil) tissues in the flower until seed development starts. Arabinogalactan Proteins (AGPs) are a common player in almost all the phases of plant reproduction. AGPs are a large family of proteins highly glycosylated, ubiquitously present in land plants. Glycosylation is an essential stage of AGP biosynthesis since 90% of these proteins are carbohydrates (sugars). For decades the function of AGPs sugar chains remained unknown. This work demonstrates the importance of AGP sugars chains, added by specific enzymes (Hyp-GALTs), towards AGPs biological functions in plant reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana. D. Moreira is currently working on the RADIANT ‘Realising Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilised Crops’ project at CBQF, continuing the focus on sustainable and resilient agricultural production leading to further reliable crop production and higher yields. RADIANT is a consortium of 29 partners across Europe, dedicated to promoting crop and seed diversification, preserving the environment and agrobiodiversity, and fostering fair economic development through the valorisation of underutilised crops.

The CBQF/LAE Research Seminar “Improvement of the accuracy of analytical results in separation techniques using new methodological approaches” with Paweł Świt, from Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, will take place on October 23, at 4:15 pm, in Arménio Miranda Auditórium, in the Biotechnology Building.

Abstract
Nowadays, due to the increasing demand from the economic environment, many chemical analyses are performed in analytical laboratories. For this reason, it seems reasonable to use such modifications in the course of the analytical procedure that will enable effective checking of the occurrence of systematic errors in the tested analytical system, elimination of these errors, and obtaining the most accurate analytical result possible together with the assessment of this accuracy. In recent years, several new calibration approaches have been developed that allow for the verification of accuracy. One of the calibration approaches included in this group is the integrated calibration method (ICM) in the basic version and in the version of the complementary dilution method (CDM), combining the features of both external calibration (EC) and the standard addition method (SAM) in a single procedure. The most important advantages of this strategy are simplicity and speed of execution, as well as versatility and ease of interpretation of the obtained data. Another approach - the H-point standard addition method (HPSAM) allows for the elimination of additive interferences. This lecture will present studies in which the above calibration methods were verified, modified, and combined into innovative calibration approaches. These methods have been verified in separation techniques by using high-performance liquid chromatography with different detection in three different areas: biomedical, environmental, and food research. In the first area, the quality of analytical results was improved in the simultaneous determination of glutamate and aspartate, as well as in acetylcholine in cerebrospinal fluid samples collected from laboratory animals after testing new psychoactive substances. Environmental studies focused on the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the context of simulated fires and in order to more reliably assess the sources of these contaminants. Instead, in the food area, the focus was on the determination of bisphenols in store bills and canned food with the use of two different methodological approaches. Research on the development of new, innovative calibration methods provides an opportunity to effectively investigate and eliminate interference effects and consequently obtain results with increased accuracy.

Biographical notes
Paweł Świt, Ph.D., Eng. – A graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, and the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. In 2017, he defended a Ph.D. dissertation entitled ‘Assessment and elimination of interference effects using innovative calibration methods’. Afterward, he started working at the Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, where he was involved in the determination of neurotransmitters levels in brain dialysates after the administration of new psychoactive substances using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In 2019, he joined the Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics, and his research interests were related to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Currently, he works at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Silesia. His scientific interests includes separation techniques, chromatography, development of analytical methods, validation of analytical methods, analytical and bioanalytical environmental chemistry, flow analysis and chemistry, and the use of chemistry in conservation.

• https://us.edu.pl/wydzial/wnst/en/2024/02/19/nauka-moja-pasja-pawel-swit/
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pawel-Swit
• https://sites.google.com/site/chemomlab/members/pawel-swit?authuser=0
• https://us.edu.pl/instytut/ich/dzialalnosc-naukowa/badacze-indywidualni/pawel-swit

O RUMO Especial Advocacia – Evento de Empregabilidade da Faculdade de Direito – Escola do Porto será realizado em formato integralmente presencial no dia 19 de novembro, no campus da Universidade Católica no Porto.

Um evento que traz ao campus Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Sociedades e Escritórios de Advogados que pretendem conhecer os nossos estudantes e alumni, mas também partilhar conhecimento sobre as grandes tendências no mundo do Direito, em particular neste setor. O RUMO Especial Advocacia é uma oportunidade de aproximar os nossos alunos e antigos alunos ao panorama atual de recrutamento nesta área jurídica.

Pretende-se que os nossos estudantes e diplomados conheçam melhor as entidades presentes, o papel que cada uma assume nas diferentes áreas da advocacia, os perfis profissionais que valorizam e, caso seja o tempo, as suas propostas de recrutamento.

Presenças Confirmadas (em atualização) | Hora do sócio

Convidamo-lo(a) a assistir ao próximo seminário CEGE4ALL: Markets & Policy, a cargo de Dante Viana Junior, subordinado ao tema “ADR intra-sector spillover effect on accrual-based earnings management”. 

Local: Católica Porto Business School, Edíficio do Paraíso, EP002
Data: 2 de dezembro
Horário: das 14h00 às 15h00

Este seminário será realizado num formato híbrido.
Poderá assistir presencialmente (sala EP002) ou online.

O registo é obrigatório.

Doutorado em Gestão, com especialização em Contabilidade (Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal, 2018-2021). Possui cursos de desenvolvimento profissional e académico na Brigham Young University-Idaho (2014-2015), Estados Unidos, e na WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management (2019), Alemanha. Atualmente é Professor Auxiliar na Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Algarve (FEUALG) e investigador integrado noCenter for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics (CEFAGE-UALG), Portugal. Tem experiência profissional em controlo de gestão, análise e elaboração de demonstrações financeiras contabilísticas. É autor de artigos publicados em revistas científicas de referência e em conferências de renome nacional e internacional na área da contabilidade e gestão. Interessa-se pela investigação na área da contabilidade internacional e da qualidade dos resultados.