Seminars
16 January 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
César Nombela Arrieta
University of Zürich
Remodeling of bone marrow microenvironment during aging and acute myeloid leukemia
Host: Delfim Duarte
22 January 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Vítor Costa
Yeast Signalling Networks Group
Lipid metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders: insights from yeast
29 January 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Alexandre Carmo
Cell Activation & Gene Expression Group
Coming with a plus one, acting solo: regulation of CD5L activity by IgM
02 February 2026 | 11:00 AM
Satellite Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Pedro Russo
Pedro Russo, Leiden University, the Netherlands / Ciência Viva, Portugal
Perspectives in Science & Society
Host: Claudio Sunkel
02 February 2026 | 3:00 PM
Satellite Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Heinz Läubli
Senior Physician, Oncology; Assistant Professor for Cellular Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Basel
Targeting Tumor Glycosylation to Break Immune Suppression
Host: Salomé Pinho
06 February 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Benjamin Schumann
Francis Crick Institute-UK and Technische Universität Dresden-Germany
Glycosyltransferase Engineering to Dissect Protein O-Glycosylation
Host: Ana Magalhães
12 February 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Claudio Sunkel
Cell Division & Genomic Stability Group
Long-distance relationships: how do kinetochores and centrosomes talk to each other during cell division
18 February 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Liliana Ferreira
Glycobiology in Cancer Group, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, ICBAS
Unraveling glycosylation dynamics in gastric disease and therapeutic resistance using patient-derived organoids
26 February 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Alexandra Moreira
Gene Regulation Group
How tiny sequences orchestrate gene expression across vertebrates
27 February 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Blanca Díaz Castro
Centre for Vascular Dementia Research | UK Dementia Research Institute | Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research | The University of Edinburgh
Molecular Alterations of the Vasculature-Astrocyte Interactions in Dementia
Host: Matthew Holt
NCBio ERA Chair
04 March 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Maria Miguel Castro
Cancer Metastasis Group, Doctoral Program in Biomedicine, FMUP
Cell-cell adhesion loss promotes stress granules formation: a survival strategy in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
13 March 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Naoko Mizuno
NIH
Molecular neuro biology studied by cryo-EM
Host: Mónica Sousa
27 March 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Nadav Ahituv
UCSF Institute for Human Genetics
Functional characterization and therapeutic targeting of gene regulatory elements
Host: McBiology students
01 April 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Ana Carolina Monteiro
Neuro & Skeletal Circuits Group, Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology Applied to Health Sciences, ICBAS
Microphysiological Systems for Modeling the Tumor-Nerve Crosstalk in the Bone Microenvironment
10 April 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Pere Roca-Cusachs
IBEC, Barcelona
Understanding and controlling mechanotransduction, from integrins to the nucleus
Host: Jorge Ferreira
15 April 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Ana Filipa Castro
Genetics of Cognitive Dysfunction Group, Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ICBAS
Neurodevelopmental alterations in spinocerebellar ataxia type 37 (SCA37)
17 April 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Cayetano González
IRB Barcelona
Drosophila Models of Pediatric Oncogenic Fusion Genes: Development meets Cancer
Host: Eurico Sá and Ana Carvalho
13 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Filipa Neves
Host-Parasite Interactions Group, Doctoral Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, FFUP
Understanding the role of SPATR in malaria sporozoite infectivity
27 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Telma Costa
Intercellular Communication and Cancer Group, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, ICBAS
ETV6::JAK2 fusion promotes central nervous system invasion in murine B- cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
08 July 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Alexandre Coelho
Differentiation & Cancer Group, Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ICBAS
Leveraging patient-derived tumoroids to study chemotherapy resistance