Chairperson: Gabriela Silva & Miguel Teixeira

Oral Presentations

OP4.5 “Unveiling the Protective Mechanisms of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency against Malaria: Transforming Vulnerability into Resilience”

Ana Balau, Daniel Sobral, Patrícia Abrantes, Maria Carvalho, Inês Morais, Verónica Mixão, Márcia M. Medeiros, Filomena A. de Carvalho, Maria Alexandra Antunes, João Paulo Gomes, Sandra Antunes, Ana Paula Arez

OP4.6 “Characterization of biofilm formation of bacteria associated with the midgut of Anopheles mosquito vector of malaria”

Margarida Marques, Sofia Santos Costa, Sandra N. Pinto, Henrique Silveira

OP4.7 “Deciphering host-Rickettsia interactions: moonlighting APRc recruits human complement regulator C4BP acting as an evasin”

Ana Luísa Matos, Isaura Simões