Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an outlier in many ways. One of them is keeping a high degree of functional redundancy despite its obligate pathogen lifestyle. In this review, we reflect on the biological meaning of M. tuberculosis functional redundancies. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Excellent teamwork with my talented PhD students @marcopsilva.bsky.social and @alexjpinto.bsky.social Also happy because this is the first outcome 100% @i3suporto.bsky.social made. Hopefully, the first of many more to come.

I'm excited to share my first, first-author paper!

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis long-chain fatty acid resistome reveals the universal stress protein TB15.3 as essential for infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.14.648703v1

What a great conference #EMBOtuberculosis has been! Amazing science, amazing food and a very friendly community! And it was a pleasure to share the work we’re developing at i3S U. Porto.

Excited to share the work I have been a part of and also my first paper, regarding how different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induce IL-1B production and inflamassome activation academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Introducing my wonderful team at i3S - University of Porto. PhD student @marcopsilva.bsky.social and research fellow @alexjpinto.bsky.social