Marta V. Mendes (MVM) graduated in Biochemistry at the University of Lisbon in 1997 and in 2003, completed her PhD degree (cum laude) in Biological Sciences (Plant and Microbial Biotechnology) at the University of León (Spain). During the PhD she was responsible for the elucidation of the post-PKS biosynthetic steps of a polyene antibiotic. Her interest in the biosynthesis and regulation of specialized metabolites in Streptomyces continued during her two postdoctoral periods, first in Spain (Institute of Biotechnology of León) and then in France (Université Henry Poincaré), as a team member of a European FP6 funded project (ActinoGEN). In 2005, MVM returned to Portugal as a postdoctoral research fellow and since 2007, she has been able to continuously attract competitive funding (National and European) as principal investigator, focusing her research on the regulatory networks that control Streptomyces physiology and metabolism. Currently she is the coordinator of a joint ERA-IB-2 / ERASynBio research project (TACRODRUGS) that includes seven European partners. TACRODRUGS introduces the concept of a ?specialized? expression host for the production of high added-value products through the synergic use of synthetic biology principles and metabolic engineering methodologies.

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