====== Maria João Frias ======


===== Bio =====

**Full Name**: Maria João Rua Frias\\

**Academic Qualification**: 
  * Master Degree: Clinical Microbiology - FML/UL\\
  * Degree: Biochemistry - FC/UL\\
 

===== Current Position =====
**PhD Student**\\ 
[[http://www.imm.fm.ul.pt/web/imm/molecularmicrobiologyandinfection|Molecular Microbiology and Infection Unit]], [[http://www.imm.fm.ul.pt/web/imm/home|Instituto de Medicina Molecular]]\\
Instituto de Microbiologia,[[http://www.fm.ul.pt/|Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa]], Universidade de Lisboa\\ 

===== Research Interests =====



===== Websites =====


===== Contacts =====

**Emails**: 
  * mfrias_at_fm.ul.pt (replace _at_ by @)\\

===== Publications =====


The autolysin LytA contributes to efficient bacteriophage progeny release in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
**Frias MJ**, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Sep;191(17):5428-40.

Emergence of optochin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae in Portugal.
Aguiar SI, **Frias MJ**, Santos L, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M; Portuguese Surveillance Group For Study Of Respiratory Pathogens.
Microb Drug Resist. 2006 Winter;12(4):239-45.

Underexpression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma in PAX8/PPARgamma-negative thyroid tumours.
Marques AR, Espadinha C, **Frias MJ**, Roque L, Catarino AL, Sobrinho LG, Leite V.
Br J Cancer. 2004 Aug 16;91(4):732-8.