Just published!

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!

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

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

Stay safe!

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