OAT/CICS.NOVA blog sobre CoViD-19 and after...

O OAT/CICS.NOVA iniciou um blog sobre o quadro epistemológico em que esta pandemia se tem desenvolvido, e as visões acerca dos futuros que a pós-pandemia pode desenhar.
De acordo com o 1º post colocado no passado dia 5 de Maio, "importa refletir sobre o que aprendemos neste processo, e que experiências são relevantes, quer por sublinharem valores negativos, quer por estimularem valores positivos."

O blog pode ser seguido em: https://sites.fct.unl.pt/observatorio-avaliacao-tecnologia/blog

Innovation Hub Central Newsletter

MineHeritage is present in the lattest edition of the EIT Raw Materials Innovation Hub Central Newsletter. Check it out:

eit_newsletter_avril_2020.pdf

Grupo waste@NOVA participa em projeto que promove a economia circular no setor da construção

O grupo de resíduos do Polo MARE NOVA do Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente - FCT NOVA (waste@NOVA),  integra o consórcio do projeto “(Des)construir para a Economia Circular” que foi aprovado, no âmbito do Aviso – Projetos para a promoção da Economia Circular no Setor da Construção, do programa “Ambiente, Alterações Climáticas e Economia de Baixo Carbono” do EEA Grants (Mecanismo Financeiro do Espaço

Top downloaded article

Our article was in the top 10% downloaded among work published between January 2018 and December 2019.

Poster presentation @ Virtual ACS Spring Meeting

The ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo, scheduled to happen on 22-26th March in Philadelphia, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though we could not be physically present, we could still submit and present a poster, which can be seen here: https://doi.org/10.1021/scimeetings.0c02867

Applications for 2020

Applications for candidates for 3 PhD Scholarships are open from the 27th of April 2020 to the 22nd of May 2020

Please fill the on-line Application Form and check the available Research Projects for 2020.

THE ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE 17th OF DECEMBER

INVISIBLE considered one of ERC striking projects

"Forget USA, Japan; the field of transparent electronics has put Portugal well and truly on the map thanks to Professor Elvira Fortunato and one of the largest grants awarded to a Portuguese scientist. The European Research Council grant contributed to the installation of the recently opened NOVA Nano-Fabrication Laboratory, of which Prof Fortunato is the Director."

https://www.cenimat.fct.unl.pt/news/2011/04/invisible-considered-one-erc-striking-projects

Source: ERC

New review article on liquid crystals

Our latest review has been published online in the most recent issue of the Advanced Optical Materials journal.

Objective

Just published!

Our newest paper is out: 

MARTINS, C. & COSTA, P.M. (2020, in press). Technical updates to the Comet assay in vivo for assessing DNA damage in zebrafish embryos from fresh and frozen cell suspensions. Zebrafish (doi: 10.1089/zeb.2020.1857).

Booklets

Our first 13 booklets about historical mines from 11 european countries are now available for download on our new website:

https://mineheritage.appspot.com/

MARlab helps in the fight against Covid-19!

The MARlab team has contributed with ingredients for the manufacturing of disinfectant gel that will be delivered to the Santa Maria Hospital, in Lisbon. 

Around 300 litres of desifected gel will be produced.

nCoViD19

As Portugal and its academia is taking part in the international effort to fight the new coronavirus pandemia, the SeaTox Lab is suspending its wet lab work. We are still active and updates will be posted, though! We hope to get back to our normal routines soon.

Follow us also in our Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/seatoxlab/

Keep safe!