Schedule

Join us at BOD 2026 for three days of knowledge sharing, innovation and networking in the dynamic field of Bioinformatics.

Gualtar Campus, Pedagogical Complex II (CP2), Auditorium B1
MARCH 25TH - WEDNESDAY
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09:00 H
Registration
09:45 H
Opening Session
10:15 H
Keynote Lecture

Learning to Unravel Complex Life Science Data

Sanne Abeln

11:00 H
Coffee Break
11:30 H
Oral Communications [Session 1]

A Bayesian Framework for Inferring Selection Coefficients in Evolve-and-Resequence Experiments - Tiago Paixão

Characterizing Glycosylation Sites and Glycan Shielding on the Zika Virus Envelope Protein - Benedita Pereira

Novel Antiviral Biologics Targeting RSV F Protein: From Computational Design to Experimental Validation - André Bagão

12:15 H
Lunch Break
14:00 H
Keynote Lecture

Finding Transcriptomic Signature of Human Cellular Stress and Senescense

Nuno Morais

14:45 H
Oral Communications [Session 2]

Genomics and Systems Biology

D4-PortableV2, a novel tool for tumor clonality assessment in lung cancer - José Pedro Matos

GENNUS: generative approaches for nucleotide sequences enhance mirtron classification - Alexandre Paschoal

LASSO application for a GWAS study - Antonio Villasana

15:30 H
Poster Highlights [Session 1]
15:45 H
Poster Session 1 & Coffee Break

Posters nº 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31

16:45 H
Round Table
19:30 H
Social Dinner and Post-Dinner Activities
Restaurante Casa Alves - Av. Antero de Quental n.20 Braga
MARCH 26TH - Thursday
09:30 H
Registration
10:00 H
Keynote Lecture

The biophysics of computation: building living neuronal circuits

Paulo de Castro Aguiar

10:45 H
Coffee Break
11:15 H
Oral Communications [Session 3]

Mind the gap: An indel-integrating pipeline to evaluate HCF164 sequence similarity in Coffea spp. and trace SH9 rust resistance factor - Martim de Freitas

Multi Omics Integration Reveals Distinct Factors Related to Kidney Cancer Progression, Immune Activity and Patient Survival - Epitácio Farias

Constant-pH Molecular Dynamics Insights into the Monomer–Dimer Equilibrium of the pH-Sensing Protein PsbS - Sara Vitória

Omics and bioinformatics in Blue Biotechnology: Developing a pipeline to unravel unique proteins responsible - Catarina Faustino

12:15 H
Lunch Break
14:00 H
Keynote Lecture

How Technology and Bioinformatics Are Transforming Cancer Biology

Noel de Miranda

14:45 H
Oral Communications [Session 1]

Regulatory Network Architecture, Not Gene Loss, Drives Aglomerular Kidney Phenotypes in Antarctic Fishes? - José Teixeira

The secrets within: a metagenomic characterisation of thermal and nutritional effects on the diversity of the gut microbiota of Rana temporaria - Daniela Deodato

The transcriptomic portrait of anterior and posterior regeneration in a marine annelid after drastic amputation - Inês Moutinho Cabral

Two Roads to Protein Design: Library-Based and Generative Approaches for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer - Catarina Tavares Cavaleiro

X-linked transcriptome dysregulation across immune cells in systemic lupus erythematosus - Mafalda Soares

16:00 H
Poster Highlights [Session 2]
16:15 H
Poster Session 2 & Coffee Break

Posters nº 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30

17:15 H
Prizes and Closing Session
18:00 H
Social Activities: BBQ
MARCH 27TH - Friday
09:00 H
Registration
09:45 H
Workshops

[1] Structure-Based Enzyme Engineering with the GDEE Platform

João Correia

[2] Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis

María Gomez