Católica Medical School invites you to participate in the seminar on “Disrupting Mycobacterium tuberculosis adaptation to host free fatty acids", which will take place on October 17th 2024 at 12:30 pm at Católica Medical School Multicare auditorium.

Keynote speaker: Tiago Beites, PhD

hosted by Paulo Bettencourt

Tiago Beites obtained his PhD degree in Biology from the University of Porto in 2013. In 2015, he joined the laboratory of Professor Sabine Ehrt at Weill Cornell Medicine (New York, US) as a postdoctoral associate to work on fundamental biology of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. From 2020 until 2023, he held junior faculty positions at Weill Cornell Medicine (New York, US), first as Instructor and later as Assistant Professor of Research. In July 2023, he joined the Immune Regulation research group at i3S - University of Porto as a CEEC Assistant Researcher to establish a team under the umbrella concept of pathogens target biology, with a current focus on M. tuberculosis.