Tiago Cardoso graduated in Biology and Geology in 2019 and obtained his MSc in Molecular Genetics from the University of Minho. During his MSc, his research focused on the analysis of the cellular responses produced by pesticides in the yeast S. cerevisiae, including optimizing a screening approach in a collection of yeast mutants to characterize its mode of action. After his MSc, Tiago worked on the evaluation of the antifungal activity of essential oils against several filamentous fungi and the characterization of raw samples and ethanol extracts of Gerês. In 2022 Tiago was a member of the research team in the WINE-TUNING project, where carried out a phenotypic screen to identify yeast strains with characteristics relevant to fermentations affected by climate changes. He also mentored other students (degree and master students) in the scope of the project. In 2023, Tiago joined Dr. Fernando Rodrigues’s research group as a research fellow at ICVS, where he is interested to understanding the contribution of sialidase-1 overexpression to the increased pathogenicity of Sporothrix brasiliensis comparatively with S. schenckii, using different models of infection.