creating a
healthier future

Seminars

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
14 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Carla Oliveira
Expression Regulation in Cancer Group
A Research Lab Enters a Hospital and Asks: Does My Work Save Lives or Increase Healthcare Costs?
18 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Satellite Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Tracey L. Weissgerber
CNC-UC, CIBB, University of Coimbra
Reproducibility starts with methods: Building a culture of openness and reuse
Host: Susana Magalhães
20 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Post-Doc Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Joana Silva
Molecular Biomaterials Group
Native hyaluronan networks stabilized by rationally designed peptides for 3D cell culture
21 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Paulo Aguiar
Neuroengineering and Computational Neuroscience Group
Keeping neurons under control
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
29 May 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Zdeněk Lánský
Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
The role of ATP as a regulator of tau-microtubule interaction
Host: Mónica Sousa
03 June 2026 | 12:00 PM
Post-Doc Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Bárbara Matos
Molecular Biomaterials Group
Enzyme-responsive self-assembling peptides for targeted drug delivery in prostate cancer
12 June 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Charles Baroud
Institut Pasteur & Ecole Polytechnique
War and peace in a microfluidic droplet: Cancer immune interactions and stem-cell fate
Host: Estrela Neto
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
18 June 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Jorge Azevedo
Organelle Biogenesis & Function Group
How a Shuttling Receptor, a Transmembrane Pore, RINGs, and AAA‑ATPases Build a Peroxisome
02 July 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Cristina Martins
BioEngineered Surfaces Group
A Nano-Scale Approach to Helicobacter pylori Eradication
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
08 July 2026 | 2:00 PM
Satellite Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Rein Ulijn
Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
Peptide Materials for Protection and Encapsulation
Host: Helena Azevedo
MOBILIsE ERA Chair
09 July 2026 | 12:00 PM
Group Leader Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Florence Janody
Cytoskeletal Regulation & Cancer Group
The Stickiness Paradox in Cancer Progression
09 July 2026 | 2:00 PM
Satellite Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Corino de Andrade
Ana Maria Papini
Interdepartmental Research Centre of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology Departments of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” and NeuroFarBa, University of Florence, Italy
The End of Dirty Chemistry: Industrializing Ethics in Peptide Cosmetics
Host: Helena Azevedo
MOBILIsE ERA Chair
25 September 2026 | 12:00 PM
Friday Noon Seminar
i3S | Auditorium Mariano Gago
Vered Padler-Karavani
Tel Aviv University
Targeting the sweet spot of human diseases
Host: Salomé Pinho