Lisbon meeting of the Deep View project

It took place last 21st June 2019 a conference and project meeting of an European project where CICS.NOVA is partner. Nuno Boavida, from the Observatory of Technology Assessment, organised and leaded the meeting with the agenda in the following link: https://www.facebook.com/notes/observat%C3%B3rio-de-avalia%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-tecnologia/agenda-for-the-deep-view-project-lisbon-meeting/1326759927490138/.
The other partners are Notus-asr (Spain, project coordinator), PRAXIS (Estonia), FORBA (Austria) and FAOS (Denmark).

Coordinator of the PhD program invited to the Cybersecurity Observatory

António B. Moniz, coordinator of the PhD program on Technology Assessment at Nova University of Lisbon, was recently invited to take part in the Cybersecurity Observatory (OCS) which belongs to the National Cybersecurity Centre (CNCS).
The OCS is a platform for analysis and knowledge systematization around multidisciplinary themes related to cybersecurity. It identifies trends, and discusses information on social and economical aspects of cybersecurity, public policies, ethics and risk management.

Ciência Viva open week in CENIMAT

Public-engagement event organized in the host institution of the project, targeted to pre-university young students, with activities in the scope of SuperSolar

Title of theme: Make the Sun your Energy Source

Objective: to foster research and innovation interest in young students, particularly in the field of solar electricity (photovoltaics, PV)

Mining Building - Geocaching

Did you Geocache today?
Check out the first MineHeritage Geocache!!! "Mining Building" (GC88HHE) is placed and published! Let's visit Croatia and it´s Cultural Heritage related to Mining.

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC88HHE_mining-building-rudarska-zgrada

MineHeritage is funded through EIT Raw Materials, a body of the European Union, under the Horizon 2020.

Call: Research grant, Masters degree, iSkin2 project

A call is open for hiring a researcher holding a masters degree in Biomedical Engineering (or a related field) to work in the iSkin2 project.

Applications are accepted until the 15th July

Full call text: http://bit.ly/2N0FZLk

Seminário Internacional VIDRO A HISTÓRIA E CULTURA DO VIDRO NO DESENVOLVIMENTO E NA IDENTIDADE DE UM POVO

28 Maio 2019 | Oliveira de Azeméis

O VIDRO TARDOMEDIEVAL EM PORTUGAL, Teresa Medici

IS-LE "Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750)" COST Action CA18129

1st Meeting | 3-4 June 2019 | FCGulbenkian

The Project and Objectives

Last conferences attended: Gordon and ISOEN 2019

We have been busy traveling and participating in internatinal conferences this last month.

First Cecília Roque went together with Carina Esteves and Ana Pina to the Gordon Research Conference on "Self-Assembly and Supramolecular Chemistry" at Les Diablerets, Switerzland.


Expo FCT 2019, mais um ano a abrir as portas aos alunos do ensino secundário

Estivemos mais uma vez, no dia 24 de Abril, a participar na EXPO FCT 2019

Jornadas Património Geológico e Geoconservação

MineHeritage was present at “Jornadas do Geoconservação” in Braga, Portugal, from 2-3 May 2019. A 5-minute pitch explained what MineHeritage is all about and allowed for the establishment of a network of interested supporters of the project through cooperation and access to Historical Mining facilities.

https://geoheritage.wixsite.com/jornadas2019

PAHMIX at SETAC Annual Meeting 2019

Two posters will be presented at SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting 2019, being held at Helsinki from 26-30 May:

- Figueiredo, N., Matos, B., Diniz, M.S., Costa, M. H., Martins, M. Fish primary hepatocytes as a tool to assess the toxicity of complex mixtures of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 

- Martins, M., Branco, V., Diniz, M.S., Carvalho, C., Costa, M.H. Effects of PAH mixtures over the glutathione system in HepG2 cells.

Dois terços dos grandes mamíferos de Portugal extinguiram-se no último milhão de anos

2019.05.14

Tese de Mestrado em Paleontologia mostra que dois terços dos grandes mamíferos de Portugal extinguiram-se no último milhão de anos

O declínio dos mamíferos no planeta já era conhecido mas um novo estudo da Universidade Nova de Lisboa mostra os números avassaladores em Portugal: quase metade dos mamíferos extinguiram-se e o número chega a dois terços para mamíferos de grande porte.

Des.solve in the ISGC 2019, La Rochelle, France

This week, Des.solve is also represented in the ISGC 2019 (International Symposium of Green Chemistry), which is being held in La Rochelle, France.

Des.solve in the PPEPPD 2019, Vancouver, Canada

Members of group Des.solve are in Vancouver, participating in the PPEPPD 2019 (International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design), where they will present developed scientific work in the scope of the project.