Microbiologia Celular

This curricular unit will provide competences in the understanding of molecular and cellular aspects of microbial infections, in particular on the interplay between microbial pathogens and eukaryotic host cells. This implies the acquisition of knowledge on mechanisms underlying microbial virulence, and on the methods used to study it, as well as the acquisition, or strengthening, of knowledge on eukaryotic cell biology and on immunology. Upon completion of this curricular unit, the students should be able to: i) know the general mechanisms used by bacterial pathogens to resist host cell defenses; exemplify host cell processes and molecules that are manipulated by bacterial virulence proteins; iii) understand experimental data related to microbe-host cell interactions.