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The Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
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within the School of Medicine of the University of Minho.

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April 1, 2025

ICVS Researcher Filipa Antunes Wins ART 3R Award for Innovative Parkinson’s Therapy

Filipa Antunes, a researcher at ICVS, has won the ART 3R Award for 2025. Her project, “Intranasal Administration as a Minimally Invasive Alternative for Stem Cell-Based Parkinson’s Disease Therapy in Rodents,” has been awarded a €3,000 grant to explore a more humane and cost-effective method for treating Parkinson’s disease in animal models.

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March 31, 2025

ICVS Researchers Join Innovative GALActIC Study to Combat IAPA

ICVS is a contributing partner in the launch of GALActIC, a pioneering European Union research project aimed at tackling Influenza-associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (IAPA). The study, led by a European consortium, is funded by the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) and promises to pave the way for more effective identification and treatment of this severe condition.

March 27, 2025

ICVS Student Seminar “Behavioral and neuropathological characterisation of the Dp(16)1Yey mouse model of Down Syndrome”

April 28th at 1 pm, don’t miss Sara Guerreiro “Behavioral and neuropathological characterisation of…

April 2025

Apr 07

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

ICVS Student Seminar "The Mental Health Cost of Gambling: An Epidemiological Study on Scratch Card Use and Pathological Gambling in Portugal"

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.

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Apr 10

Apr 10, 2025 April 10 - April 12

Gynecological Minimally Invasive Surgery Course

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.

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Apr 14

Apr 14, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ICVS Student Seminar “Targeting CD147- and GLUD1-mediated metabolic reprogramming in cancer and muscular dystrophy”

April 14th at 1 pm, don’t miss Andreia Nunes “Targeting CD147- and GLUD1-mediated metabolic reprogramming in cancer and muscular dystrophy” at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

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Research outputs that 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.

ICVS at a glance

Establishment of ICVS

Recognition as an R&D unit by FCT

1st Ciência Falada

Inauguration and certification by the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture of the animal house facilities

1st completed PhD

First outreach activities

Launch of the MD/PhD program

1st registered patent

Inauguration of the definitive facilities of ICVS/ECS

Creation of MSc and PhD programs by ICVS/ECS

Launch of the 1st spin-off in Medical Devices – iSurgical3D

STORZ minimally invasive surgery laboratory

Status of Associate Laboratory to ICVS/3B’s

Launch of the Clinical Academic Center of Braga (2CA-Braga)

1st European project coordinated by ICVS

Launch of the 1st spin-off in Life Sciences – BnML

>10000 participants in ICVS outreach activities

Launch of the 1st spin-off in Medical Education – iCognitus

1000 peer-reviewed published articles

Inauguration of the new animal house facilities

1st La Caixa Foundation project

Patent sold for > € 1 million – KidneyNav

2000 peer-reviewed published articles

> 100 PhD researchers

Diagnostic service to the community – COVID-19

1st ERC grant

1st researcher in tenure track

Restructuring of ICVS into thematic teams

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ICVS Researcher Filipa Antunes Wins ART 3R Award for Innovative Parkinson’s Therapy

ICVS Researchers Join Innovative GALActIC Study to Combat IAPA

ICVS Student Seminar “Behavioral and neuropathological characterisation of the Dp(16)1Yey mouse model of Down Syndrome”

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Research outputs that
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.

1^st Ciência Falada

1^st completed PhD

1^stregistered patent

Launch of the 1^st spin-off in Medical Devices – iSurgical3D

1^st European project coordinated by ICVS

Launch of the 1^st spin-off in Life Sciences – BnML

Launch of the 1^st spin-off in Medical Education – iCognitus

1^st La Caixa Foundation project

1^st ERC grant

1^st researcher in tenure track