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.
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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…
Agostinho Carvalho Co-Authors Study on How Low Albumin Increases Risk of Deadly “Black Fungus”
ICVS researcher Agostinho Carvalho is co-author of a study recently published in Nature that explains why some people are more likely to develop mucormycosis, a rare and often deadly fungal…
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Research outputs that create knowledge and
Research outputs that
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improve clinical outcomes
Research outputs that create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes
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April 2026
Apr
13
13
April
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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.
Apr
16
16
April
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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.
Apr
20
20
April
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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.
Apr
27
27
April
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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.
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Address
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
GPS: +41° 33′ 47.33″, -8° 24′ 3.39″
Copyright ©2025 ICVS. All Rights Reserved
Address
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
GPS: +41° 33′ 47.33″, -8° 24′ 3.39″
