ICVS – Life and Health Sciences  Research Institute

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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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Agostinho Carvalho Secures Grant for Innovative Sarcoidosis Study

Agostinho Carvalho, a principal investigator at ICVS, has received more than $450,000 in funding from the Ann Theodore Foundation to lead a two-year research project focused on the mechanisms of sarcoidosis, a rare complex inflammatory disease that remains poorly understood. The research will be conducted in close collaboration with Dr. Hélder Bastos and the FIBRALUNG consortium, the largest nationwide patient registry and biobank for interstitial lung diseases.

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Joana Silva Receives ISN Career Developmental Grant

ICVS researcher Joana Silva was distinguished with the Career Developmental Grant 2024 from the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN). The award was officially given in June 2025.

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Reframing Aging: A therapeutic strategy against Machado-Joseph Disease

Aging is typically seen as a driver of neurodegenerative diseases – but what if it could be harnessed as part of the solution? A new study, published in the journal Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, by researchers at ICVS suggests that.

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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Agostinho Carvalho Secures Grant for Innovative Sarcoidosis Study

Joana Silva Receives ISN Career Developmental Grant

Reframing Aging: A therapeutic strategy against Machado-Joseph Disease

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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