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Seminars

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

19 February 2026 | 12:00 PM

Group Leader Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Perpétua Pinto do Ó

Stem Cells in Regenerative Biology and Repair Group

Stem-progenitors/other cells in heart development and regeneration

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

12 March 2026 | 12:00 PM

Group Leader Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Eurico Sá

Epithelial Polarity & Cell Division Group

Getting round for cell division, moving around to shape tissues: uncovering the dual life of epithelial cells

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

18 March 2026 | 12:00 PM

Young Scientists

i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade

Vítor Yang

Epithelial Polarity & Cell Division Group, Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ICBAS

Spatial control of RhoA by RhoGAP15B promotes protrusive activity during collective cell migration

19 March 2026 | 12:00 PM

Group Leader Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Cristina Martins

BioEngineered Surfaces Group

A Nano-Scale Approach to Helicobacter pylori Eradication

25 March 2026 | 12:00 PM

Post-Doc Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade

Ana Cristina Magalhães

Genetic Diversity Group

Design of a Point-of-Care test for analysis of liver function

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

09 April 2026 | 12:00 PM

Group Leader Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Elsa Logarinho

Ageing and Aneuploidy Group

From genoprotection to geroprotection

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)

16 April 2026 | 12:00 PM

Group Leader Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Boris Safronov

Neuronal Networks Group

The trigeminocervical neuronal circuits involved in processing headaches

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

22 May 2026 | 12:00 PM

Friday Noon Seminar

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Steven Pollard

Institute for Regeneration and Repair, the University of Edinburgh

Synthetic super-enhancers enable viral immunotherapy for glioblastoma

Host: Diogo Castro

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

17 June 2026 | 12:00 PM

Young Scientists

i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago

Domenico Natale

Synapse Biology Group, Doctoral Program in Science from the Arenberg Doctoral School at KU Leuven, Belgium

Brain region–specific profiling of the astrocyte surface proteome in mouse

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