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Nov
08

Study coordinated by the CBMA finds solution to mitigate Alzheimer’s progression

A study coordinated by the CBMA has discovered an effective method of delivering drugs to the brain that may slow the progression and symptoms of diseases like Alzheimer. Scientists have developed a non-toxic transporter with the proper size to cross the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood and stops [...]
By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Outreach . Research
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Sep
28

CBMA joined the European Researchers Night

CBMA joined the European Researchers Night (NEI (PT)) with several outreach activities. About 1,200 people attended the Altice Forum Braga last Friday for the 2021 edition of the European Researchers' Night, an initiative of the School of Sciences of the University of Minho (ECUM), with support from the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). “The importance [...]
By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Outreach
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Sep
20

CBMA joined the Ecology Day

CBMA joined the Ecology Day (September 14th) developing several activities in different parts of Minho region. The aim was to draw attention to threats to biodiversity and to some possible paths towards biosustainability. Participants had the opportunity to get in close contact with CBMA researchers and their routines, in the laboratory or in the field, [...]
By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Outreach
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Sep
14

Janine Silva was awarded with the best student oral presentation prize at Euromal 2021

The congress had more than 450 participants and brings together experts from different areas and includes the main topics related to current research in malacology (study of molluscs).

By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Research
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Sep
13

Researchers and Students from CBMA participate in an agroecology event in Italy

Two CBMA researchers, Hernâni Gerós and Sofia Costa and six master’s and doctoral students, Angélica Silva, Hélder Costa, Mariana Vale, Rui Pedro Fernandes Carvalho, Rita Gomes Gonçalves and Bruna Pereira Gonçalves, landed this weekend in italian territory  to participate in the II Agroecology Summer School.

By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Research
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Sep
03

Lorena Donzella was awarded with the Microbiology Society Poster Prize

Her poster was titled: “Studying native Kluyveromyces marxianus transporters to reprogramme the balance between hexose and pentose transport”, part of this work was recently published in FEMS Yeast Research Journal.

By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Research
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Mar
24

Poor planning and management of dams and canals is “fatal to many species”.

The alert is given by Ronaldo Sousa, from CBMA, in an investigation now published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology.

By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Research
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Mar
12

CBMA team discovers enzyme with potential for biofuels and pharmaceuticals

A team, led by Björn Johansson from CBMA, discovered an enzyme that degrades one of the most abundant sugars in nature, with potential in the production of biofuels and molecules with pharmacological interests.

By CBMA Andreia Pacheco | Research
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