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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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ICVS at a glance

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2001

Establishment of ICVS

INSTITUTIONAL

2003

Recognition as an R&D unit by FCT

INSTITUTIONAL

1º Ciência Falada

OUTREACH

2004

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

INSTITUTIONAL

First completed PhD

POS-GRADUATION

2005

First outreach activities

OUTREACH

2006

Launch of the MD/PhD program

POST-GRADUATION

2007

First registered patent

TRANSLATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2008

Inauguration of the definitive facilities of ICVS/ECS

INSTITUTIONAL

2009

Creation of MSc and PhD programs by ICVS/ECS

POST-GRADUATION

2010

Launch of the first spin-off in Medical Devices – iSurgical3D

TRANSLATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

STORZ minimally invasive surgery laboratory

INSTITUTIONAL

2011

Status of Associate Laboratory to ICVS/3B’s

INSTITUTIONAL

2012

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

INSTITUTIONAL

1st European project coordinated by ICVS

SCIENTIFIC

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

TRANSLATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

>10000 participants in ICVS outreach activities

OUTREACH

2013

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

TRANSLATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2014

1000 peer-reviewed published articles

SCIENTIFIC

2017

Inauguration of the new animal house facilities

INSTITUTIONAL

2018

1st La Caixa Foundation project

SCIENTIFIC

2019

Patent sold for > € 1 million – KidneyNav

TRANSLATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2000 peer-reviewed published articles

SCIENTIFIC

2020

> 100 PhD researchers

INSTITUTIONAL

Diagnostic service to the community – COVID-19

TRANSLATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

1st ERC grant

SCIENTIFIC

2021

1st researcher in tenure track

INSTITUTIONAL

2022

Restructuring of ICVS into thematic teams

INSTITUTIONAL

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