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Unravelling the complexity of microbial gene regulatory networks

Abstract

Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are the central control units determining the dynamics of living systems to changing environmental conditions. The recent advances in genomics and systems biology approaches have allowed the investigation of GRNs in at a resolution with no precedents. Yet, GRNs are combinatorial, where multiple signaling pathways acts together to control the large diversity of genes from each organism, and we still lack mechanistic understanding on how these complex systems at the molecular scale. This understanding is crucial for the generation of novel engineered organisms for biomedical and biotechnological application, one of the major goals of Synthetic Biology field. In this sense, in this current project will focus on the investigation of the molecular mechanism of combinatorial gene regulation in complex regulatory networks in microorganisms. In this sense, we will combine a wide number of experimental setups and computational tools to investigate the designing principles in GRNs in bacteria and yeast. Through the course of this project, we will use the knowledge generated here to construct novel expression systems aiming their use in biotechnologically relevant applications. For this, we will implement cutting edge technologies for the automatic construction synthetic GRNs, high-throughput experimental validation and the novel computational tools for data analysis. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
KIKUTI MANCILIO, LUCCA BONJY; RIBEIRO, GUILHERME AUGUSTO; RODRIGUES DE ALMEIDA, ERICA JANAINA; VIANA DE SIQUEIRA, GUILHERME MARCELINO; ROCHA, RAFAEL SILVA; GUAZZARONI, MARIA-EUGENIA; DE ANDRADE, ADALGISA RODRIGUES; REGINATTO, VALERIA. Adding value to lignocellulosic byproducts by using acetate and p-coumaric acid as substrate in a microbial fuel cell. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 171, . (18/05454-3, 19/25432-7, 18/15528-4, 14/50945-4, 18/12471-1, 19/15675-0, 15/04309-1)
BORELLI, TIAGO CABRAL; LOVATE, GABRIEL LENCIONI; SCARANELLO, ANA FLAVIA TONELLI; RIBEIRO, LUCAS FERREIRA; ZARAMELA, LIVIA; PEREIRA-DOS-SANTOS, FELIPE MARCELO; SILVA-ROCHA, RAFAEL; GUAZZARONI, MARIA-EUGENIA. Combining Functional Genomics and Whole-Genome Sequencing to Detect Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Bacterial Strains Co-Occurring Simultaneously in a Brazilian Hospital. ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL, v. 10, n. 4, . (19/00390-0, 15/04309-1, 19/06672-7, 16/18827-7, 19/15675-0, 18/18158-3)
GASPAR, GILBERTO G.; TAMASCO, GUSTAVO; ABICHABKI, NATHALIA; SCARANELLO, ANA FLAVIA T.; AUXILIADORA-MARTINS, MARIA; POCENTE, RENATA; ANDRADE, LEONARDO N.; GUAZZARONI, MARIA-EUGENIA; SILVA-ROCHA, RAFAEL; BOLLELA, VALDES R.. Nosocomial Outbreak of Extensively Drug-Resistant (Polymyxin B and Carbapenem) Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Collapsed University Hospital Due to COVID-19 Pandemic. ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL, v. 11, n. 6, p. 12-pg., . (21/01748-5, 19/15675-0)
TAMASCO, GUSTAVO; KUMAR, MANISH; ZENGLER, KARSTEN; SILVA-ROCHA, RAFAEL; DA SILVA, RICARDO ROBERTO. ChiMera: an easy to use pipeline for bacterial genome based metabolic network reconstruction, evaluation and visualization. BMC Bioinformatics, v. 23, n. 1, p. 13-pg., . (17/18922-2, 19/05026-4, 19/15675-0)
MONTEIRO, LUMMY MARIA OLIVEIRA; SARAIVA, JOAO PEDRO; TOSCAN, RODOLFO BRIZOLA; STADLER, PETER F.; SILVA-ROCHA, RAFAEL; DA ROCHA, ULISSES NUNES. redicTF: prediction of bacterial transcription factors in complex microbial communities using deep learnin. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME, v. 17, n. 1, . (19/15675-0, 18/21133-2, 16/19179-9)
ANZOLINI CASSIANO, MURILO HENRIQUE; SILVA-ROCHA, RAFAEL. Benchmarking Bacterial Promoter Prediction Tools: Potentialities and Limitations. MSYSTEMS, v. 5, n. 4, p. 16-pg., . (19/15675-0, 19/06672-7, 12/22921-8)