Magda Castelhano-Carlos re-elected President of SPCAL
ICVS researcher and employee of the University of Minho School of Medicine, Magda Castelhano-Carlos, was re-elected President of the Portuguese Society of Laboratory Animal Sciences (SPCAL).
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ICVS study reveals new insights into the mechanisms underlying associative learning in the brain
A team of neuroscientists from ICVS recently published an article in the international scientific journal Journal of Neurochemistry that uncovers the mechanisms underlying associative learning in the brain.
Compound that aids in the digestion of fatty foods within the intestine demonstrates potential as a treatment for a rare brain disorder
In a work, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the Life and Health Science Research Institute (ICVS) at the University of Minho, in Portugal, used animal models of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 or Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD) to test a promising drug: the compound tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA for short).
How a traveller’s ordeal reveals the threat of artemisinin resistance in Africa – An ICVS Study
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The most deadly form of malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which is responsible for about 95% of all malaria cases…
ICVS Researcher Nuno Silva Wins CaixaResearch Health award
Nuno Silva was one of the Portuguese researchers to win the CaixaResearch Health Research 2023 award, a competition run by the “la Caixa” Foundation.
ICVS researchers win the Maria de Sousa 2023 award
Nuno Dinis Alves and Sara Calafate, researchers from ICVS at the School of Medicine, are distinguished this Thursday, November 16th, with the Maria de Sousa prize.
ICVS researchers win Grünenthal DOR Prize 2022
The Grünenthal Dor Prize 2022, in basic research, was awarded to work carried out by researchers from the ICVS ReNEU and NoPain thematic teams, published in the Stem Cells & Development journal.
António Salgado, Bruno Costa and Nuno Sousa among the most cited scientists in the world
The ICVS researchers are part of 65 UMinho scientists who are in the 2% most cited in the world over the last year, according to a study by Stanford University (USA) and the Elsevier editorial group.
ICVS at European Researchers’ Night 2023
“Discovering the Connections between Space and Human Health”, the activity developed by ICVS researchers was a success at the European Researchers' Night, an event that took place last Friday, September 29th, at Altice Forum Braga.
Miguel Quintas Neves awarded best scientific work of the year by the European Society of Neuroradiology
ICVS researcher Miguel Quintas Neves has received the award for best scientific work of the year by the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), on 21.09.2023 (World Alzheimer’s Disease Day), in Vienna, Austria, during the Society’s annual congress. “Divergent magnetic resonance…
