People
Rita Sobral
Research Lab Leader
Email
rgs@fct.unl.pt
Phone number
212948530
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- Portela, R; Faria, NA; Mwangi, M; Miragaia, M; de Lencastre, H; Tomasz, A; Sobral, RG. 2022. Analysis of a Cell Wall Mutant Highlights Rho-Dependent Genome Amplification Events in Staphylococcus aureus. MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM, DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02483-21
- Espadinha, D; Sobral, RG; Mendes, CI; Meric, G; Sheppard, SK; Carrico, JA; de Lencastre, H; Miragaia, M. 2019. Distinct Phenotypic and Genomic Signatures Underlie Contrasting Pathogenic Potential of Staphylococcus epidermidis Clonal Lineages. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01971
- Reichmann, Nathalie T.; Tavares, Andreia C.; Saraiva, Bruno M.; Jousselin, Ambre; Reed, Patricia; Pereira, Ana R.; Monteiro, João M.; Sobral, Rita G.; VanNieuwenhze, Michael S.; Fernandes, Fábio; Pinho, Mariana G.. 2019. SEDS–bPBP pairs direct lateral and septal peptidoglycan synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Microbiology, 4, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0437-2
- Raquel Portela; Catarina RLeal; Pedro LAlmeida; Rita GSobral. 2019. Bacterial cellulose: a versatile biopolymer for wound dressing applications. Microbial Biotechnology, 12(4), DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13392
Main research interests
- Molecular Microbiology of Bacterial pathogens
- Antibiotic resistance mechanisms
- Bacterial cell wall structure
- Bacterial stress response
- Host-pathogen interaction