ISN Satellite Workshop Astrocytic Control of Brain Circuits and Behavior

ICVS – School of Medicine, Braga, Portugal ICVS – School of Medicine, Braga, Portugal

This satellite event will gather experts to discuss the contribution of the underlying astrocyte physiological mechanisms to this equation: molecular, morphological, metabolic, and functional heterogeneity; and the balance between focal and global calcium astrocyte activity.

Training Course | Biliary Laparoscopy

Hands-on and theoretical course on the basis of laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct is the maintenance of the biliary environment. Training includes choledocoscopy, cholangiography, suture, and biliary anastomosis on inanimate, organic, and animal models.

ICVS Seminar ”Sweet models for personalized therapy development in gastric cancer”

Next Monday at 1 pm, don’t miss Filipe Pinto ”Sweet models for personalized therapy development in gastric cancer” at the A0.03 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine. Filipe Pinto holds a degree in Genetics and Biotechnology, an MSc in Biotechnology for Health Sciences from UTAD, and a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Minho. Right after his PhD in 2016, F. Pinto was invited to work at IPATIMUP, Porto, to study the role of glycans in gastric cancer within the scope of Horizon2020. In 2017, he was awarded a FCT post-doc 6-year individual grant (SFRH/BPD/115730/2016) to demonstrate that…

Advanced Course | Microsurgical Anastomosis

Hands-on course focused on Microsurgical Anastomosis for orthopedic, plastic, urology and general surgeons, and veterinarians.