João Borralho

I am a PhD student working in Sá-Leão’s Lab at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA) in Portugal.

My research focuses on understanding whether antimicrobial peptides produced during the competence state mediate competition between closely related streptococci. Additionally, I would like to gain insights on how production of these peptides is regulated, how they act, and the implications of their production for horizontal gene transfer within the Streptococcus genus.