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ICVS researcher Tiago Gil Oliveira has been awarded the 2024 BIAL Clinical Medicine Award for his groundbreaking work in Alzheimer's disease research. His project, titled “Unveiling the Mysteries of the Brain’s Regional Susceptibility to Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease: From Neuropathology to Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” identifies the specific regions of the brain most affected by Alzheimer's, offering hope for earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments.

Three researchers from ICVS were awarded funding by “Fundação Bial” of €60,000 each to carry out their research projects in neuroscience. The financial support will fund projects investigating the role of neural circuits in learning, memory, and cognitive flexibility, with a total funding amount of approximately €180,000.

The Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro - Núcleo Regional do Norte (LPCC-NRN) has awarded three one-year research grants to ICVS researchers, Julieta Afonso, Joana Vieira, and Ana Raquel Cunha, as part of its commitment to supporting innovative oncology research in Portugal.

Beatriz Assis has received a R&D@USA scholarship from the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). This scholarship, aimed primarily at Master’s and PhD students, offers exceptional opportunities for conducting research internships in innovative scientific and technological sectors in the United States.

ICVS researcher Sara Calafate has been awarded an EMBO Installation Grant, an accolade that supports early-stage group leaders in establishing their laboratories.

Neuroscientists at the Institute for Research in Life and Health Sciences (ICVS), at the University of Minho School of Medicine, have made significant progress in understanding how the brain processes positive and negative stimuli. Their findings, published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, shed new light on the role of neurons in a region of our brain that is key to perceiving pleasure and aversion, the nucleus accumbens.

ICVS researchers Agostinho Carvalho and Patrícia Maciel won the CaixaResearch Health 2024 award, a competition run by the “la Caixa” Foundation.

Bruno Silva and Marcos Fernández-Rodríguez, two PhD students at the ICVS in the surgical sciences and allied technology (SS&AT) research team, obtained three prestigious awards at the MICCAI 2024 international conference held in Marrakesh from the 6th to 10th of October for Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.

Samuel Gonçalves, researcher at the ICVS, is honored this Wednesday, October 9th, with the Maria de Sousa prize awarded by the BIAL Foundation. The award-winning project tries to understand how the metabolism of our cells can contribute to susceptibility to aspergilosis disease, allow us to find new therapeutic targets and develop new personalized medicine strategies.

“Breathing is Essential! Breathe in, Breathe out and Learn about it!”, the activity developed by ICVS researchers was a success at the European Researchers’ Night, an event that took place last Friday, September 27th, at Forum Braga.