**Meet the editors**

Cândida Lucas is a Portuguese, born at Porto in 1958. She has a PhD degree in Biology/Microbiology from the New University of Lisbon/Gulbenkian Institute of Science (1988), following a degree in Biology (University of Lisbon [1982]). She is a full professor of the Biology Department from the University of Minho, Portugal, since 2015. Then, since 1990, she contributed to create

postgraduation courses and programmes on Molecular Biology/Genetics. She directed the Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology Research (CBMA) (2006–2013) and is presently a codirector of the Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S) from the University of Minho (http://ib-s.uminho.pt/). Her scientific interests covered diverse aspects of yeast biology, from plasma membrane transporters and osmotolerance to the extracellular matrix and differentiation (h-index 18).

Célia Pais has a PhD degree in Biology/Microbiology from the University of Minho, Portugal (1990), and a postgraduate degree in Plant Pathology from the Imperial College, London, UK, following a degree in Biology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal (1978). She is an associate professor with habilitation at the Biology Department, University of Minho, where she was the

vice-president of the School of Sciences (2002–2006) and the head of the Biology Department (2012–2014). She participated in the creation of the PhD Programme in Environmental and Molecular Biology that she coordinated from 2008 to 2012. She develops her scientific activity at the Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology Research (CBMA), focusing on the study of yeast diversity and the development of new molecular tools for diagnosis and genotyping.

## Contents


#### Chapter 7 **HMGB Proteins from Yeast to Human. Gene Regulation, DNA Repair and Beyond 139**

Vizoso-Vázquez Ángel, Barreiro-Alonso Aida, Rico-Díaz Agustín, Lamas-Maceiras Mónica, Rodríguez-Belmonte Esther, Becerra Manuel, González-Siso María Isabel and Cerdán María Esperanza

#### **Section 3 Yeast Versus Plant - Unknown Territory 167**

Chapter 8 **Endophytic Yeast and Hosts: A Mutualistic Association Friendly to the Environment 169**

Esperanza del Pilar Infante Luna
