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create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

The Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
was established in 2003 to develop biomedical research
within the School of Medicine of the University of Minho.

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March 2025
Mar 31
Mar 31, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

March 31st at 1 pm, don’t miss Helena Figueiredo "Clinical value of a WNT6-driven Molecular Signature in Glioblastoma Liquid Biopsies" at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine. 

April 2025
Apr 07
Apr 07, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

April 7th at 1 pm, don’t miss Patrícia Soares Coelho "The Mental Health Cost of Gambling: An Epidemiological Study on Scratch Card Use and Pathological Gambling in Portugal" at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

Apr 10
Apr 10, 2025 April 10 - April 12

Course on Gynecological Laparoscopic Surgery with three components: theoretical lessons, practical hands-on sessions on animal model in a fully equipped surgical lab, and live surgery.