Portuguese research increases the effectiveness of dexamethasone in the treatment of COVID-19

July 21, 2020

Following our previous publication about the benefit of specific THEDES in the administration of dexamethasone for Covid-19, we are now pleased to share with you the press releases. Check it in the links below:

https://raiox.pt/investigacoes-portuguesas-podem-vir-a-contribuir-para-o-tratamento-da-covid-19/

Newsletter

July 20, 2020

MineHeritage third Newsletter is now available! Check it out to find out more about our latest activities:

mineheritage_3rd_newsletter.pdf

D4Ss is back to the field: summer sampling campaign!

July 20, 2020

This past few weeks, members from MARlab, with collaboration from MARE-UÉ went back to the Sado estuary to conduct the summer sampling campaign for the D4Ss project.

PROJECTOS "VERÃO COM CIÊNCIA 2020" : FÍSICA NUCLEAR APLICADA

July 14, 2020

1. Sumário

A Escola de Verão – Fiísica Nuclear Aplicada insere-se nos objectivos gerais da FCT/UNL e do LibPhys-UNL de contribuir activamente para o desenvolvimento do conhecimento cientiífico e da sociedade em diversas aáreas.

Portugal Campus Party

July 7, 2020
Cecília Roque is an ambassador and speaker of the 1st edition of Portugal Campus Party. This exciting event is the perfect place to hear about innovation & technology, exchange of ideas, jobs and networking for young entrepreneurs around the world.
Visit Portugal Campus Party between the 9-11 July in a free digital concept.

Congratulations, Rita Ramos

July 7, 2020

Congratulations to Rita Ramos for the great presentation and discussion of her Bachelor's Project in Biochemistry, entitled "Production and purification of an affinity ligand discovered through in vitro combinatorial libraries", supervised by Prof. Cecília Roque and Manuel Matos, MSc. We wish you the best for your future!

      Lanterna Magica on air

July 1, 2020

The project Lanterna Magica was selected to be broadcast at the Antena 1 radio station on the program "90 Segundos de Ciência" and was on air on June 22nd and 23rd, 2020 (Episode 882) | To listen to this interview with Ângela Santos please click here.

New papers are out

June 30, 2020

Our new papers are out!

"Natural multimerization rules the performance of affinity-based physical hydrogels for stem cell encapsulation and differentiation", by Cláudia S. M. Fernandes, André L. Rodrigues, Vitor D. Alves, Tiago G. Fernandes, Ana Sofia Pina and Ana Cecília A. Roque in https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00473

New BSc-level fellowship: Plastisphere Project

June 25, 2020

Our new project PLASTISPHERE - UNDERSTANDING MICROPLASTIC BIOTA COMPOSITION AND DYNAMICS ALONG THE COASTS OF ISRAEL AND PORTUGAL, has a fellowship available for candidates with a BSc in the biological sciences area, and currently enrolled in a MSc.

You can find all the details of this fellowship HERE (in portuguese)!

What are you waiting for?

Apply now and join us! 

RIVER-SEA Project Presentation @ Quintas do MARE

June 25, 2020

Quintas do MARE is an initiative where MARE researchers have the opportunity to give short 30 minute lectures about their work to the general public every two weeks. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the initiative addapted to the online format

The lattest session was about the RIVER-SEA project where Ana Pires, Bárbara Sá and Pedro Santos spoke about the work done so far, the results obtained and what's next for the project.

The lecture is available on Youtube!

DES-based new product in the BfK RISE Program

June 24, 2020

In the ambit of Born from Knowledge RISE Acceleration Program, promoted by Agência Nacional de Inovação, yesterday, some members of our team participated in the Demo Day (Alentejo edition) final event, representing Des Solutio and a new product. During 3 months, the team had intensive training and mentoring to take the product to the market. The presented product was ImproVITA - a natural solution to increase the shelf-life of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables - which is based on Deep Eutectic Systems.

DES on the spotlight to fight COVID-19

June 19, 2020

Regarding the latest news about Dexamethasone, THEDES (Therapeutic Deep Eutectic Systems) may play an important role in the fight of COVID-19. In a research study, carried out by LAQV-REQUIMTE, in collaboration with 3B´s Research Group, it was found that THEDES based on Choline Chloride and Ascorbic Acid significantly enhance the bioavailability of Dexamethasone in physiological media.

Diana Rodrigues @ 90 Seconds of Science

June 18, 2020

Diana Rodrigues, PhD student at MARE-NOVA and MARlab member, was invited to the portuguese radio show 90 Seconds of Science, where she spoke about the work being developed in her PhD. This program airs every week day in the national portuguese radio Antena 1.

You can listen to the show here (in portuguese) HERE.

Congratulations Diana!

NOVA Science magazine – ERC Grantees

June 16, 2020

The annual publication of Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Science magazine – highlighted, in 2019, some ERC Grantees, that represent the excellent research carried out at the University. One of them is Drª. Ana Rita Duarte, Principal Investigator of the project DES.SOLVE. You can read the full article in the following link (page 66 of the publication and page 34 of the PDF):

https://www.unl.pt/sites/default/files/nova_science_2019.pdf

New video!

June 16, 2020

To make our challenging ERC-funded SCENT Project better known, a fantastic video was produced and spread through our social channels.