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).
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
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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.
