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i3S Health Innovation Prize: winners revealed
In its 3rd edition, the i3S Health Innovation Prize distinguished four projects.
i3S team joins acceleration program
GrapHEMA team selected to join HiTech One program.
i3S project gets international funding
“Wings for Life” finances spinal regeneration project led by Mónica Sousa.
PT-OPENSCREEN now a reality
PT-OPENSCREEN joins National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures.
Rare cancer syndrome now has European guidelines
i3S researcher Carla Oliveira in the team that defined the first European guidelines for a rare hereditary cancer syndrome.
i3S researchers launch book on obesity
Researchers Rosário Monteiro and Maria João Martins launched the book "Understanding Obesity: From its Causes to Impact on Life".
Professor Maria de Sousa passed away
One of the most renowned Portuguese immunologists, Maria de Sousa succumbed to COVID-19
A final word
Clinical services still operating
Despite the closedown of i3S, the Center for Predictive and Preventive Genetic and Ipatimup Diagnósticos are still running.
i3S to start performing tests
i3S is ready to join nation-wide efforts to tackle COVID-19.
Big EU funding coming our way
i3S draws €8.5M in European projects
Temporary shutdown of i3S
i3S researchers win grant for cancer research
i3S researcher awarded by the Portuguese League Against Cancer.
i3S fellow picked to represent Fulbright Portugal
Jessica Phan, an American fellow at i3S, was selected for two international Fulbright conferences.
i3S team selected by the European Space Agency Academy
Artemis team made the highly selective ESA program Spin your Thesis!
FLAD supports i3S researcher's pancreatic cancer study
Doctoral student Carolina Ruivo is headed to the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Portuguese Society of Pulmonology acknowledges i3S project
The Portuguese Society of Pulmonology has recently distinguished the work of i3S researcher Maria Joana Catarata on lung cancer.
2020 Training Calendar
Calendar for the whole year of 2020 is now available.
Research made in i3S wins Santa Casa Neuroscience Award
Mónica Sousa's SPINY earns award worth 200K euros.
Fundação Amadeu Dias invests in i3S technology
Rita Mota coordinates the team behind the project.
i3S PhD student earns award for "excellent" research
Doctoral student Cláudia Martins' work is distinguished with an Early Career Investigator Prize.
EMBO distinguishes i3S students
Eunice Ferreira gets awarded a grant by EMBO.
Sobrinho Simões acknowledged once again
Manuel Sobrinho Simões recognized by the Royal College of Pathologists.
AstraZeneca awards i3S researchers
Young i3S researchers receive innovation prize from AstraZeneca.
i3S joins EATRIS
i3S is now part of EATRIS, a European translational research network.
i3S Fundraising Photo Competition
i3S Fundraising is launching its very first photo competition just in time of the Holiday Season.
ESB rewards cancer nanomedicine project
i3S researcher is named Best Student by the European Society of Biomaterials.
US Military funds i3S project
US Department of Defense allocates over one million euros to bowel disease research project
i3S integrates European project PREMUROSA
Meriem Lamghari is leading the Portuguese team of the project looking to treat musculoskeletal disorders
An idea lab to develop new skills
The Hybrid Lab Network hopes to elevate education to a new standard
ESB Meeting is coming to Porto
i3S researchers organize upcoming European Biomaterials Society Annual Meeting
i3S project among awardees of Fundación la Caixa
iPLUS, led by Alexandra Moreira, is one of the projects selected by CaixaImpulse, a program sponsored by Fundación la Caixa.
BiotechHealth - applications open
Now in its 7th edition, the BiotechHealth doctoral program is accepting applications until September 20th.
MCBiology PhD Program applications
The PhD program in Molecular and Cell Biology (MCBiology) from Universidade do Porto opens its 7th edition this year.
In defense of genome editing
Open letter signed by dozens of Portuguese scientists makes the case for genome editing.
i3S Fundraising awards short-term grant
Introducing the first edition of the Cancer Short-term fellowship by Quinta do Estanho. Applications open on September 15th.
European Society of Human Genetics rewards i3S PhD student
Rita Barbosa Matos presented her work in Sweden and made a splash.
i3S project among The Best of Portuguese Technology
After being selected for the CaixaImpulse Program, AntiBioCoat's potential is recognized yet again.
Sobrinho Simões gets new distinction
The member of the i3S Board of Directors is handed the Pío del Río Hortega award.
Updated training calendar
The Advanced Training Unit has released the training actions scheduled for the second half of the year.
AOSpine funds i3S project
AOSpine Foundation acknowledges research project focused on the vertebral column, led by i3S researcher Carla Cunha.
i3S is advocating INTEGRITY
i3S joins international consortium for developing educational resources.
MicroBioSyn lab draws funding
i3S project to regenerate burned soils starts in Mortágua with financing of 180 thousand euros.
L'Oreal Medal finds its way into i3S once again
Joana Caldeira is one of the winners of the L'Óreal Portugal Medals.
U.Porto's researcher of the year belongs to i3S
Universidade do Porto named Hélder Maiato its researcher of the year.
i3S part of European project to study skeletal pain
i3S researcher Meriem Lamghari heads the project's Portuguese team.
Pulido Valente Science Prize rewards i3S work
Pulido Valente Science Prize rewards i3S work in the area of 3D bioprinting skin. i3S researcher Rúben Pereira earns 5.000€ to pursue his work.
i3S Fundraising Travel Grant
The i3S Fundraising team is glad to announce the open call for the 1st edition of the i3S Fundraising Travel Grant.
i3S researcher acknowledged with fellowship
Acute myeloid leukemia project wins D. Manuel de Mello fellowship.
Georg Schmorl Prize granted to i3S researchers
Research on spinal disc hernias rewarded by the German Spine Society.
Research in thyroid awarded by SPEDM
An i3S team received the Prof. E. Limbert of the SPEDM / Genzyme in thyroid pathology fellowship.
i3S-Hovione Capital Innovation Award grand winner revealed
The grand winner of the prize was announced on February 4th, at i3S, but other projects were acknowledged.
i3S-Hovione Capital Innovation Award
For the second edition, an international jury will appraise the innovative potential of the eight finalist projects.
2nd edition of the i3S-Hovione Award
i3S and Hovione Capital launch the 2nd Innovation in Health Award.
Training calendar for 2019
Plan your new year ahead by learning what the Advanced Training Unit has in store for you.
i3S renews FELASA accreditation
IBMC/i3S runs the only FELASA-accredited course in Portugal since 2008.
Joint project to study TB
Project in Guinea-Bissau launched to study tuberculosis caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium africanum.
Young i3S researcher wins ESHG Fellowship
Ana Rita Matos gets her work acknowledged by the European Society of Human Genetics.
Salomé Pinho draws in more funding
Researcher receives award from international organization for a project in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Open positions at i3S
i3S opens international calls for 8 doctorate research positions. Applications welcome until November 29th.
MCbiology: 3rd call open
The doctoral program MCbiology has its third call for applications open until November 16th.
i3S project wins Pfizer Award
Pfizer Awards acknowledge Céu Figueiredo and her team.
i3S Call for new Research Groups
In this open international call, we are looking for junior/mid-career researchers from any nationality.
World’s most influential pathologist is i3S researcher
Fátima Carneiro, i3S researcher and Professor at FMUP, was voted the most influential pathologist in the world by her peers.
World-class art
A piece included in the curation of “Enhancement: MAKING SENSE” is on exhibit in Dublin.
Innovation projects selected to training program
AntiBioCoat and HECOLCAP selected to Caixa Impulse, an acceleration program designed to help promising bio-health projects make it in the big game.
BiotechHealth still accepting applications
The doctoral program BiotechHealth is accepting applications until October 12th and the best candidates are eligible for a scholarship.
Newly invested ombudsperson
PhD students at i3S now have an official representative, who will act as their proxy in academic matters .
MyRNA Diagnostics is acknowledged once again!
Kit for depression diagnosis through blood analysis wins Innovation prize from Exame Informática.
i3S, IPO-Porto and Phyzat in a partnership against cancer
i3S, IPO-Porto and Phyzat, a biopharmaceutical company, teamed up to venture into the development of a new cancer therapy.
Grant awarded to i3S researchers
i3S team receives scholarship to study bone lesions caused by multiple myeloma.
i3S project wins innovation award
Therapy to boost nervous system regeneration wins Bluepharma Innovation Award / University of Coimbra 2017.
i3S rewarded to develop therapies against lower back pain
With so many people suffering from lower back pain, this newly secured funding awarded by EUROSPINE to i3S could mean good news in the future.
Millennium bcp Foundation supports Alzheimer's research
Isabel Cardoso and her team just got awarded funding by Fundação Millennium. An important contribution to pursue their research on Alzheimer's.
i3S researcher wins Crioestaminal Prize
This year's winner of the Crioestaminal Prize is i3S researcher Nuno Alves!
Award-winning project to improve therapies against lymphomas
IMUNOLINF earned i3S researcher Nuno Santos a Gilead GÉNESE Program grant.
i3S nominated to RegioStars Awards 2018
The institute’s contribution to regional development was acknowledged by the EC placing i3S in the final stage of the RegioStars Awards.
New training calendar
The training calendar for the second semester of 2018 is now available.
An "Expression of Hope" is on display at i3S
First shown at Assembleia da República back in February, "Expression of Hope" is now being exhibited at i3S and is open to the public until May 10th.
1st iteration of the program RESOLVE ends with awards
The i3S-born acceleration program RESOLVE closed a cycle with a ceremony to distinguish the Best Innovation Project and Best Business Proposal.
i3S researchers awarded with Prémio Norte Empreendedor
Three PhD students at i3S with an entrepreneurial disposition have just seen their hard work acknowledged with 5 thousands euros.
New research center in the works
Scientists from 11 different research institutes - i3S among them - come together to devise a new national center in electron cryomicroscopy.
Immunotherapy project wins award
i3S researcher Sónia Melo was awarded the 1st Prémio FAZ Ciência, worth 35K euros, for her immunotherapy project for pancreatic cancer patients.
i3S researcher on the Board of the ESHG
Carla Oliveira has just been elected for a 4-year term in the Executive Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics.
Pooling resources for diagnostics of the future
SOLVE-RD research program is a consortium in which i3S takes part designed to improve the diagnosis of rare diseases.
i3S Researcher on Editorial Board of Biomaterials
Ana Paula Pêgo is the second European to join the journal's Editorial Board.
i3S project funded by the EU
Joint diseases research project MIRACLE receives 6.2 million euros from Horizon 2020, a project that numbers a few i3S researchers among its members.
GABBA turns 20!
GABBA is one of the oldest doctoral programs in the country.
Training calendar now available
You may now know which training actions are scheduled 6 months ahead.
i3S researcher awarded grant by the Amyloidosis Foundation
i3S researcher Alexandra Silva has just been granted $50.000 by the Amyloidosis Foundation.
Immunethep gets funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Immunethep's work caught the attention of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Diana Santos awarded by the SPGH
The researcher was recently awarded the prize for the best original publication in 2016 by the Portuguese Society of Human Genetics.
2017 Annual Meeting turned over a new leaf
Participants in the 6th Annual Meeting were surprised with a few changes.
Depression diagnosis kit wins BfK IDEAS 2017
A kit to diagnose and improve the monitoring of depression through a blood test was the winning project at BfK IDEAS 2017.
Young i3S researcher receives international award
Joana Loureiro is one of the newest recipients of the ASHG’s Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research.
Grünenthal Foundation awards i3S researcher
i3S researcher Joana Barroso wins a Grünenthal Foundation grant to study chronic pain.
The 6th i3S Annual Meeting is just around the corner
Everybody is making plans and preparing their pitches for the i3S event of year
i3S-Hovione Capital Innovation Prize
The i3S has just launched an international award aimed at rewarding innovative ideas in health
EUROSPINE awards therapeutic strategy for low back pain
The project «Disc degeneration, neuro and immuno-modulation» was recognized by Eurospine and received funding worth 50 000 €
i3S team reaches the final phase of COHiTEC
The MyRNA Diagnostics team from the i3S was selected to participate in this year's COHiTEC program
Award-winning project gives rise to company
PathoWatch.med aims periodically monitors pathogens that colonize hospital surfaces and promotes preventive measures to reduce contamination
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