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  • November 25, 2025

ICVS Celebrates Science with Dialogue, Discovery, and Art

On 24th of November, ICVS marked World Science Day and the National Day of Scientific Culture by hosting the roundtable “Science: It’s Fundamental!”, an event designed to spotlight the essential role of fundamental science in driving innovation in health and shaping the society of tomorrow.

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  • November 20, 2025

ICVS Spin-off IPLEXMED closes landmark technology transfer agreement with UMinho and INL

A spin-off born at the ICVS has just taken a significant step toward translating biomedical innovation into reality. IPLEXMED signed a major technology transfer agreement with the University of Minho and the INL, acquiring exclusive rights to groundbreaking graphene-based biosensing technology for the detection of malaria and other pathogenic bacteria.

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  • November 11, 2025

ICVS Researchers Help Uncover How a Natural Brain Molecule May Restore Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease

A new international study, with contribution by a team from the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute at the School of Medicine of the University of Minho has found how increasing the levels of a natural brain molecule, known as NAD⁺, can restore memory in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • October 31, 2025

Dalila Costa’s Nature Reviews article proposes new concept for explaining cirrhosis progression

ICVS researcher Dalila Costa authored a review in Nature Reviews, “Interaction of inflammation and portal hypertension in cirrhosis progression” proposing a new concept for explaining the mechanisms of decompensated cirrhosis, a serious, but still uncurable disease that affects thousands of people worldwide.

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  • October 23, 2025

Luísa Pinto and Nuno Dinis Alves secure over 800,000 euros for mental health research

Luísa Pinto and Nuno Dinis Alves have secured over 800,000 euros in funding from the renowned British foundation Wellcome, under the “Mental Health” program.

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  • October 2, 2025

Francisco Almeida Wins the 2025 ESNR Scientific Award

Francisco Almeida, a PhD student and researcher at the ICVS – Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (School of Medicine, University of Minho), has been awarded the prestigious 2025 ESNR Scientific Award by the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), one of the highest international honors in the field of neuroradiology.

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University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal

GPS: +41° 33′ 47.33″, -8° 24′ 3.39″
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