Recent work published in ACS Nano
We developed a nanomaterial that has the capacity to track cells in vivo by magnetic ressonance imaging (MRI) and efficiently release miRNA. The work has been recently published in ACS Nano.
Invited Seminar: Luc Stoppini (University of Geneva)
I would like to invite you for a seminar that will take place on June 4th at 12.00h (Sala Formação, Edifício Sede). The seminar is entitled “Development of a microfluidic biochip for chronic monitoring of 3D neural tissues derived from human Embryonic Stem Cells” and will be given by Dr. Luc Stoppini from University of Geneva (Switzerland). […]
International Meeting on Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine and Drug Screening
The I International Meeting on Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine and Drug Screening will cover some of the newest concepts and technical approaches related to the topic of stem cells for Regenerative Medicine and Drug Screening. The meeting is organized in 3 sessions covering the following topics: (i) stem cell bioengineering, (ii) translation of stem [...]
SPCE-TC Registration Award for Best Abstracts for Sezin Aday
Sezin Aday, member of our laboratory have won the SPCE-TC Registration Award for the Best Abstracts with the work entitled “A stable and reproducible human blood-brain barrier model derived from hematopoietic stem cells” in the 8th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society Stem Cells and Cell Therapies […]
Our Lab joined Science & Technology Week 2012! Every year, research institutes, universities, museums, schools of Portugal open their doors to students during “The Science and Technology Week” organized by CIENCIA VIVA. Last year, this event was held from November 19-24. We were happy to show our laboratories in Biocant Park and therefore explained a little [...]
Congratulations to Helena Vazão for her PhD
Helena Vazão, PhD Student at University of Coimbra, defended her PhD on December, 18th. Congratulations!
New Recruitment in our Lab: Josephine Blersch
Josephine was born and raised in Albstadt - a small city in the middle of the Suabian Alb in Germany. To be closer to the Alps, she moved for her studies to the nice city of Ulm. In 2012, she graduated in Biology and Chemistry at the University of Ulm where she worked on the [...]
Congratulations to Cristiana Paulo for her PhD
Cristiana Paulo, Bioengineering Systems PhD student at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) under the MIT Portugal Program, defended her thesis on November, 21st. The discussion of the thesis Permanent antifungal materials and coatings: bioactivity and cytotoxicity characterization have take place at IST (Amphitheater PA-3; Floor -1 Pavilion Mathematics), 3:30 pm GMT. Critiana’s thesis was supervised by Lino da Silva [...]
Lino Ferreira awarded with prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Lino Ferreira has been awarded with a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Only five projects to be executed in Portugal have been approved under this call. The ERC calls are targeting top researchers of any nationality who are based in, or willing to move to Europe, this year more than 4741 applications were received. [...]
Collaboration with Liliana Bernardino published in ACS Nano
The work reports for the first time a nanoparticle formulation able to modulate in vivo the subventricular zone neurogenic niche. The work is available in ACS Nano.