A team of researchers from the School of Medicine's ICVS saw their project recognized by the Rui Osório de Castro Foundation (FROC) / Algebra Capital, with 10,000 euros for research funding in the field of pediatric cancer.
An ICVS team of researchers, from the School of Medicine, saw their work recognized and published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, where the potential differentiators between individuals who have or do not have the post-COVID-19 Condition were explored.
Andreia Teixeira-Castro and Stéphanie Oliveira saw their investigation awarded, which seeks to test the use of an antidepressant as a potential treatment for Ataxias.
A team of researchers from the ICVS of the Medical School of the University of Minho has developed a new technology that makes it possible to study malaria in human brains, in the laboratory, using brain organoids.
The ICVS researcher at the School of Medicine of the University of Minho was distinguished with the 2023 Scientific Merit Award during the celebrations of the 49th anniversary of the University of Minho, which took place last Saturday.
ICVS researcher Joana Cabral and Noam Shemesh from the Champalimaud Foundation are the authors of the study, published today in the scientific journal Nature Communications, that found evidence of resonant waves in rat brain activity using ultrafast and ultrahigh field magnetic resonance imaging.
Diana Carneiro and Rafaela Oliveira, ICVS researchers at the UMinho School of Medicine, saw their work recognized with the attribution, by the Portuguese League Against Cancer (LPCC), of two Research Grants in Oncology.
ICVS researcher Joana Pinheiro was one of the recipients of an R&D@USA Scholarship, awarded by the Luso-American Foundation for Development.
This grant for Masters, Doctorate and Junior Researchers students allows them to carry out research internships in the USA, related to innovative scientific and technological topics.
Researcher Patrícia Maciel, from the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) of the School of Medicine of the University of Minho (EMUM), was elected director as a result of the vote held on 26 January. Patrícia Maciel succeeds Professor Jorge Correia Pinto in the position, with a four-year term and will be accompanied by Fátima Baltazar and Agostinho Carvalho as Vice-Directors.
The ICVS researcher at the School of Medicine of the University of Minho, Carina Cunha, was distinguished by the
Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) with €100,000.
This FEBS Excellence Award 2022 will support research in the area of neurosciences that Carina Cunha has been developing.
