creating a
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Seminars

18 November 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Carla Santos
Genetic Diversity Group, Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ICBAS
Closing the Gap: A Sub-Saharan African Cancer Cell Line Panel for Ancestry-Representative Precision Oncology
19 November 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Teresa Summavielle
Addiction Biology Group
How Psychostimulants Reshape the Brain
20 November 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Nikolche Gjorevski
Institute of Human Biology (IHB), Roche Innovation Center Basel
Engineering inflammation: from organoids to organs
Host: Bruno Sarmento
25 November 2026 | 12:00 PM
Post-Doc Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Tobias Kletter
Chromosome Instability & Dynamics Group
Chronicles of mitosis across time and space
26 November 2026 | 10:30 AM
Satellite Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
José Sousa
University of Coimbra, Portugal; Sano – Centre for Computational Personalised Medicine, Poland
AI 4 Continuous Learning and the understanding of ageing
Host: Claudio Sunkel
26 November 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Ana Xavier Carvalho
Cytoskeletal Dynamics Group
Actomyosin network specialization: insights from C. elegans
27 November 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Ohad Medalia
Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
The Molecular Basis of Chromatin Anchoring to the Nuclear Lamina
Host: Jorge Ferreira
02 December 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Cátia Ramos
Glycobiology in Cancer Group, Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ICBAS
Extracellular vesicles enriched in short O-glycans drive tumor-adipocyte crosstalk in gastric cancer
04 December 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Rice University Departments of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Design, Self-assembly and Biomedical Applications of Collagen Triple Helices and Multi Domain Peptide Nanofibers
Host: Helena Azevedo
MOBILIsE ERA Chair
09 December 2026 | 12:00 PM
Post-Doc Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Cristian Marchant
Epithelial Polarity & Cell Division Group
Mechanical Regulation of Epithelial Rotation at the Inter-Tissue Boundary
16 December 2026 | 12:00 PM
Young Scientists
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Paulo Faria
Nanomedicines & Translational Drug Delivery Group, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, ICBAS
Multifunctional hydrogel for localized chemotherapy following glioblastoma resection
17 December 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Luísa Pereira
Genetic Diversity Group
A sub-Saharan cancer cell line panel to advance precision oncology in populations of African ancestry
08 January 2027 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Joana Araújo
Immunology Lilly, a Medicine Company
Evolving Clinical Trials
Host: Silvia Ferreira
12 March 2027 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Inbal Goshen
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Astrocytes in High Brain Function
Host: Matthew Holt
NCBio ERA Chair