ICVS – Life and Health Sciences  Research Institute

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.

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November 28, 2024

ICVS Seminar “Smart Assistant for Laparoscopic Surgeries: Surgical Instrument Segmentation”

13h | A0.03 | 02.12.2024 | Marcos Fernández-Rodríguez, ICVS / EM, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

November 22, 2024

ICVS Seminar “To Eat or to Seek: the role of autophagy in food sensing mechanisms”

13h | A0.03 | 25.11.2024 | Jorge Fernandes, ICVS, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

November 15, 2024

ICVS Seminar “Promoting Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration through the Combination of Stem Cell Secretome and the Omega-3 fatty acid Docosahexaenoic acid”

13h | A0.03 | 18.11.2024 | Jonas Campos, ICVS / EM, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

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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ICVS Seminar “Smart Assistant for Laparoscopic Surgeries: Surgical Instrument Segmentation”

ICVS Seminar “To Eat or to Seek: the role of autophagy in food sensing mechanisms”

ICVS Seminar “Promoting Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration through the Combination of Stem Cell Secretome and the Omega-3 fatty acid Docosahexaenoic acid”

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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