Our group is organizing a conference entitled "Ageing: models, mechanisms and therapies" to be held on the 28th and 29th of June in Coimbra. The conference will have the contribution of renowned scientists from 3 continents that will discuss for 2 days new approaches to model, prevent and treat ageing-related diseases. For further information follow [...]
Hugo Fernandes organized a biotechnology course in IEC (instituto de Educação e Cidadania) for high school students. This course is focused on advanced therapies with application in Biomedicine, covering several topics such as, regenerative medicine, nanobiotechnology, gene therapy, etc. The course consists of weekly seminars given by researchers from UC-Biotech and from other institutions.
Miguel Lino was interviewed by RFI, an international radio broadcaster. The interview was focused on our nanotechnology platform for the remote controlled release of microRNAs, recently published in ACS Nano. The interview can be listened here http://pt.rfi.fr/mundo/20190129-nanoparticulas-com-controlo-remoto-aumentam-sucesso-de-celulas-transplantadas
Lino Ferreira participated in the NanoGateway Winter School in Braga with a talk focused on triggerable biomaterials for regenerative medicine. The NanoGateway is a project co-funded under the Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal Cooperation Programme and is led by the Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. The main objective of this project is the implementation of a strategy to unlock [...]
Open position for a PhD student in the NANOSTEM Initial Training Network (Marie Skłodowska-Curie-ITN) http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=106205
Our research work, recently published in ACS Nano, has received the attention of several news agencies websites, reaching now a broader audience. http://noticias.uc.pt/universo-uc/nanoparticulas-com-controlo-remoto-por-laser-aumentam-o-sucesso-de-celulas-transplantadas/ https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/lifestyle/1102222/controlo-remoto-por-laser-leva-ao-sucesso-de-celulas-transplantadas https://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2018-10-18-Nanoparticulas-com-controlo-remoto-por-laser-aumentam-sucesso-de-celulas-transplantadas
September 7-9, 2018- Cambridge, MA Bob Langer is the most cited engineer in history and one of the ten most cited individuals in history. He directs the largest biomedical engineering lab in the world. During the last days, Langer lab alumni celebrated his birthday in Boston. It was a memorable event, full of emotion, respect [...]
From 20 to 22nd of July, the EraChair project, represented by Luís Estronca, was present in Praça Vida+. Praça Vida+ was an event organized by the University of Coimbra and Instituto Pedro Nunes under the scope of the European project "Healthy Lifestyle Innovation Quarters for Cities and Citizens". This event aims to bring scientific knowledge [...]
Luís Monteiro and Lino Ferreira wrote a short article about the cardiovascular system and exercise. The article was published in Diário de Coimbra and resulted from the colaboration between CNC, European network FOIE GRAS, the Program Erasmus+ and Federação Académica de Desporto Universitário under the scope of European Universities Games 2018 that took place in [...]
A two day event, held in Strasbourg, was organized by the ERC and the European Parliament's Science and Technologies Option Assessment Committee (STOA) and counted with the presence of several ERC grantees and members of the European Parliament. The event promoted the discussion between politicians and academics, in an attempt to address tomorrow´s challenges, such as [...]
