15 young i3S researchers distinguished at IJUP

At the 16th edition of the IJUP – “Youth Research Meeting of the University of Porto”, which took place from the 10th to the 12th of May – students who are carrying out research at i3S had the opportunity to show their projects and represent themselves by winning several distinctions in the areas of Health Sciences and Biological Sciences.

Considered one of the biggest national scientific events dedicated to young researchers, the IJUP had more than 1200 students enrolled this year, of which 779 had the opportunity to share their work in oral communication (359) and poster (420) format. These numbers constitute a new record for the event, surpassing the values recorded in the 2021 edition, held in an entirely online format.

In these three days in which we sought to discover the best young research produced at the University of Porto, the following i3S researchers were recognized:

Health Sciences
Best oral presentations:
Ana Catarina Costa (Epithelial Interactions in Cancer)
Inês Castro Almeida (Immune Sensing & Signaling) 
João Morais (Microenvironments for New Therapies)
Maria Botelho (Ageing & Stress) (Henrique Almeida)
Mariana Ribeiro (Host Targets of Infection)

Best poster:
Ânia Gomes (Ageing & Stress)
Bárbara Ferreira (Nanomedicines & Translational Drug Delivery)
Mariana Nascimento (Molecular Neurobiology)
Nuno Ribeiro (Immunobiology)
Rafaela Nogueira (Immunology, Cancer & GlycoMedicine)
Vítor Dias (Nerve Regeneration)

Biological Sciences
Best oral presentations:
Ana Sofia Ramos (Host Targets of Infection)
Maria Mendes da Silva (Ageing and Aneuploidy)

Best posters:
Carlos Moreira (Cancer Drug Resistance)
Inês Pinto (Cell Division & Genomic Stability)