Two ICVS researchers awarded CaixaResearch Health Research 2026 grants
Ana João Rodrigues and Agostinho Carvalho will lead projects on the role of zinc in neuronal communication and on a rare fungal infection
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Five ICVS researchers among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists
Agostinho Carvalho, António Salgado, João Espregueira-Mendes, Natália Cruz-Martins and Rui M. Reis are included in the 2026 ranking by Stanford University and Elsevier.
ICVS Study Underscores the Need to Include Both Sexes in Spinal Cord Injury Research
A recently published study by researchers from the ReNEU team at ICVS shows that males and females exhibit distinct immune responses following spinal cord injury, highlighting the importance …
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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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