Why do we age?
Very interesting video prepared by Inês Tomé about the molecular basis of ageing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfrZqNCY8kQ
2020 Progeria Research Foundation International Workshop
Several members of our group (Lino Ferreira, Patrícia Pitrez, Deolinda Santinha, Luís Monteiro and Simão) participated on the 2nd and 3rd of November in the 2020 PRF International workshop "Researching Possibilities, ExTENding lives". The event had more than 350 participants from 30 countries
TACKLING COVID-19: THE NEW EU-FUNDED COVIRNA PROJECT
The COVIRNA project, led by the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), is one of the 23 research projects awarded within the framework of the Horizon 2020 call for Expression of Interest “Innovative and rapid health-related approaches to respond to COVID-19 and to deliver quick results for society for a higher level of preparedness of health [...]
Open positions in our group
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Congratulations to Patrícia Pitrez
The research work of Patrícia Pitrez, just published in Nature Communications, has received a lot of attention by the national media! This study was focused on the vulnerability of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome - smooth muscle cells (HGPS-SMCs) to shear stress. A microfluidic chip with HGPS-SMCs differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells allowed the identification of [...]
Congratulations to Ana Luísa Carvalho and Lino Ferreira
Two projects, DYNABrain e RESETageing, led by Ana Luísa Carvalho and Lino Ferreira, respectively, were awarded with more than 3 million euros by the european programme Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation promoted by Horizon 2020. The main objective of the RESETaging project, financed in the twinning category, is to promote the scientific and invovation skills of the University of Coimbra in [...]
Multidiscliplinary Institute of Ageing
The kick off meeting of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing took place in Coimbra on the 21st of January. The main objective of this new institute is the creation of the first reference Centre in Southern Europe, focusing on the biological processes of ageing and on the design of new strategies to delay or surpress [...]
Science dissemination
Our research work, recently published in Angewandte, has received the attention of several news agencies websites, reaching a broader audience. This work describes the development of a light-sensitive nanoparticle library for the delivery of non-coding RNAs. From the 160 formulations identified, 6 were more efficient than the majority of the commercially available formulations, giving an [...]
Congratulations to Filipe Rodrigues
Filipe Rodrigues received the best poster prize at the XIIIth Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Controlled Drug Delivery with the poster "High-throughput screening of a combinatorial polymer library of nanoparticles for controlled delivery of messenger RNA". Filipe has been awarded with a travel grant to attend the 2020 Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition in Las Vegas.