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.

Just published!

June 9, 2020

Mariaelena led a publication just published in Marine Drugs. The work is an important milestone in our quest for novel phtosensitisers from marine invertebrates, Polychaeta in the case.

Congrats, Dr. Raquel dos Santos!

June 8, 2020

Many congratulations to Dr. Raquel dos Santos, that successfully defended her PhD work last friday afternoon (05.06.2020).

Her thesis is entitled "Developing non-chromatographic strategies for biopharmaceuticals purification", supervised by Dr. Ana Luísa Carvalho and Prof. Cecília Roque. 

Happy Oceans Day!

June 8, 2020

Did you know that the oceans are connected to human health? They're the earth's lungs as they provide us most of the oxygen that we breathe!

Let's preserve and protect them!

Happy Oceans Day!

SCENT project in NOVA Science magazine

June 5, 2020

Our group is present in the new edition of NOVA Science magazine. Learn about the #SCENT_project, funded by the European Research Council, in the page 64 (page 33 of the pdf). Download: https://bit.ly/NOVAScience2019pdf

Congratulations, Dr. Cláudia Fernandes!

June 1, 2020

Many congratulations to Dr. Cláudia Fernandes for successfully defending her PhD work last friday evening, 29th May 2020.

Her thesis is entitled "Exploring affinity for the development of novel biomaterials", supervised by prof. Cecília Roque and co-supervised by Dr. Ana Pina and Dr. Tiago Fernandes.

New paper just accepted!

May 31, 2020

Cátia Gonçalves, our newest Ph.D. student, leads a new publication on the histochemistry of thiols in gladular tissue of Polychaeta, just accepted for publication in Histochemistry and Cell biology. More information will be added soon.

MARlab is back!

May 15, 2020

After the quarantine imposed by the State of Emergency, the MARlab team is returning to the labs, following all safety protocols!

Stay safe!