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3rd Anniversary of NOVIRUSES2BRAIN



The three years of NOVIRUSES2BRAIN: An ambitious project and a hope for the clinic! "To develop a single drug to simultaneously eradicate multiple virus species from the central nervous system of co-infected individuals." This is the mission of a group ...
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World Mosquito Day



In Portugal, mosquitoes are more frequent in summer due to high temperatures. Because of climate change, it is expected that, in the future, there will be "new species of mosquitoes" in Southern Europe and Portugal will be no exception. ...
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World Brain Day



Today, July 22, is World Brain Day. This is a day dedicated to raising awareness of our brain health. And it aims to draw attention to the importance of research in order to find an answer to neurological diseases ...
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27th American Peptide Symposium



Professor Miguel Castanho has attended to the 27th American Peptide Symposium at Whistler, Canada from 11-16 June 2022. This year’s theme, “Peptide Science at the Summit,” have covered a broad range of topics connecting chemical, structural, materials, biological, pharmaceutical ...
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UPF at International peptide research community



Toni Todorovski, da Universidade Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona attended the 17th Naples Workshop on Bioactive Peptides, a scientific meeting with around 200 attendees, gathering experts on peptide medicinal chemistry, from EU, Israel, USA, etc. Toni Todorovski delivered an invited oral ...
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World Environment Day



Here at MCastanho Lab, we are taking part in this campaing with real actions! #OnlyOneEarth and #WorldEnvironmentDay We are a group of 15 researchers dedicated to collecting single-use plastic from our laboratory so that it can be properly recycled and hopefully ...
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Biophysics Festival 2022



NOVIRUSES2BRAIN team have participated in the 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, the “Biophysics Festival”, which held in Aveiro on the 3rd June 2022.  This event was an excellent opportunity for students and young researchers to share their research and ideas with other young scientists and ...
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