News

Carina Soares-Cunha Appointed Euro-BioImaging Scientific Ambassador

Carina Soares-Cunha, young principal investigator at ICVS, was appointed Scientific Ambassador to the Euro-BioImaging cohort of 2026, highlighting both her scientific leadership and the inst…

News

Nuno Dinis Alves Awarded ISN Career Support Grant

ICVS researcher Nuno Dinis Alves was granted with the Career Support Grant by the International Society for Neurochemistry.

News

ICVS Brings Hands-On Neuroscience to Alto Minho Science Fest

ICVS took part in the second edition of the Alto Minho Science Fest 2026, held from March 12 to 15 in Arcos de Valdevez, bringing science closer to the community through a dynamic programme…

Research outputs that create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that
create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

April 2026

Apr 13

13 April 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ICVS Student Seminar “Deciphering the Role of Galectin-3 in Innate Immune Responses to Fungal Infections”

April 13th at 1 pm, don’t miss Inês Pereira's “Deciphering the Role of Galectin-3 in Innate Immune Responses to Fungal Infections” at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

Find out more

Apr 16

16 April 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ICVS Advanced Seminar “Susceptibility and resilience to chronic pain”

April 16th at 1 pm, don’t miss Hugo Leite-Almeida's “Susceptibility and resilience to chronic pain” at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

Find out more

Apr 20

20 April 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

ICVS Student Seminar “Genetic engineering of the CD81 large extracellular loop for targeted delivery of mesenchymal stem cell derived vesicles for spinal cord injury repair"

April 20th at 1 pm, don’t miss Diogo Santos's “Genetic engineering of the CD81 large extracellular loop for targeted delivery of mesenchymal stem cell derived vesicles for spinal cord injury repair” at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

Find out more

Apr 27

27 April 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

ICVS Advanced Seminar “Tauopathy in Alzheimer´s disease and Frontotemporal dementia”

April 27th at 12 pm, don’t miss Karen Duff's “Tauopathy in Alzheimer´s disease and Frontotemporal dementia” at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

Find out more

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.

Years

m² of scientific and technological facilities

0 +

Researchers

0 +

What’s new?

Carina Soares-Cunha Appointed Euro-BioImaging Scientific Ambassador

Nuno Dinis Alves Awarded ISN Career Support Grant

ICVS Brings Hands-On Neuroscience to Alto Minho Science Fest

Research outputs that create knowledge and improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that create knowledge and improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that create knowledge and improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that create knowledge and improve clinical outcomes

Next on ICVS

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

Let’s Build Something Together

Home

Contact us

Address

Home

Home

Contact us

Address

Home

Contact us

Address

Research outputs that
create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

Research outputs that
create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

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