Next Monday at 1 pm, don’t miss Consuelo Micheli “Unveiling tuberculosis susceptibility: the key role of alveolar macrophages” at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine. I obtained a degree in Biological Science in 2015 and a Master degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 2019 both awarded by the University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy). In 2020, I moved to Portugal in the context of the Erasmus+ project to study the role of alveolar macrophages in tuberculosis immunity which allowed me to generate preliminary data to successfully secure a Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) PhD fellowship. I…

Don’t miss Luísa Ferraz “Impact of modulating hippocampal dentate gyrus adult-born cells in the context of depression and Psilocybin treatment" at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

Don’t miss "GreenLabs Initiative" (EN) by GreenLab working group and "Sustainability and Environmental Awareness" (PT) by Pedro Machado from Braval at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

March 3rd at 1 pm, don’t miss Luís Fernandes "Compound Library Screening for Neural Repair: Finding New Drugs for Old Problems" at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine. 

March 10 at 1 pm, don’t miss Bruno Silva "Smart Assistant for Laparoscopic Surgeries: Soft Tissue Tracking" at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

March 17th at 1 pm, don’t miss João Viana "AstroWars: The return of the astrocytic metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (in cortico-limbic function and behavior)" at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine. 

March 24th at 1 pm, don’t miss Alexandra Santos "White matter microstructure is differentially affected by co-pathologies in Alzheimer's disease" at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.

March 31st at 1 pm, don’t miss Helena Figueiredo "Clinical value of a WNT6-driven Molecular Signature in Glioblastoma Liquid Biopsies" at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine. 

We are excited to announce the launch of the ICVS Advanced Seminars, a weekly series aimed at fostering discussion on cutting-edge research. The seminars will take place every Thursday at 1 PM.
Our first speaker, Ricardo Silvestre, Principal Investigator at the i3D thematic team, will present his talk titled "Integrating lipid and immunometabolic pathways in Leishmania pathogenesis” in room A0.03 next Thursday, April 3rd at 1PM.

April 7th at 1 pm, don’t miss Patrícia Soares Coelho "The Mental Health Cost of Gambling: An Epidemiological Study on Scratch Card Use and Pathological Gambling in Portugal" at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.