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This summer, #CBMA welcomed curious young minds for a full week of #science:
🧪 Super materials to purify contaminated water
🍄 Fungi teaming up with cork oaks and chestnut trees
🧫 Unconventional yeasts — strange and promising
🌊 And yes, there was even an underwater treasure hunt!
#SummerOnCampus
🧪 Super materials to purify contaminated water
🍄 Fungi teaming up with cork oaks and chestnut trees
🧫 Unconventional yeasts — strange and promising
🌊 And yes, there was even an underwater treasure hunt!
#SummerOnCampus
July 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This summer, #CBMA welcomed curious young minds for a full week of #science:
🧪 Super materials to purify contaminated water
🍄 Fungi teaming up with cork oaks and chestnut trees
🧫 Unconventional yeasts — strange and promising
🌊 And yes, there was even an underwater treasure hunt!
#SummerOnCampus
🧪 Super materials to purify contaminated water
🍄 Fungi teaming up with cork oaks and chestnut trees
🧫 Unconventional yeasts — strange and promising
🌊 And yes, there was even an underwater treasure hunt!
#SummerOnCampus
🧪 Can we break down toxic PFAS using light… and bacteria?
At CBMA, the 3DMemBio project is testing a two-step system:
first, 3D-printed photocatalytic membranes; then, bacteria finish the job — all within a circular economy approach.
Funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
At CBMA, the 3DMemBio project is testing a two-step system:
first, 3D-printed photocatalytic membranes; then, bacteria finish the job — all within a circular economy approach.
Funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
July 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🧪 Can we break down toxic PFAS using light… and bacteria?
At CBMA, the 3DMemBio project is testing a two-step system:
first, 3D-printed photocatalytic membranes; then, bacteria finish the job — all within a circular economy approach.
Funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
At CBMA, the 3DMemBio project is testing a two-step system:
first, 3D-printed photocatalytic membranes; then, bacteria finish the job — all within a circular economy approach.
Funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
The Head of CBMA, Cláudia Pascoal, is now part of Braga’s new Advisory Council for Innovation and Science.
The council brings together 34 voices from research, academia, business and the public sector to help shape Braga’s future.
The council brings together 34 voices from research, academia, business and the public sector to help shape Braga’s future.
July 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Head of CBMA, Cláudia Pascoal, is now part of Braga’s new Advisory Council for Innovation and Science.
The council brings together 34 voices from research, academia, business and the public sector to help shape Braga’s future.
The council brings together 34 voices from research, academia, business and the public sector to help shape Braga’s future.
🧪 Can plant–soil interactions help tomatoes fight nematodes?
At #CBMA, the RHIPL project is using legumes to boost plant–soil communication and transfer resistance to nearby crops.
A natural approach to a persistent root pest.
📍Funded by FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
At #CBMA, the RHIPL project is using legumes to boost plant–soil communication and transfer resistance to nearby crops.
A natural approach to a persistent root pest.
📍Funded by FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
July 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🧪 Can plant–soil interactions help tomatoes fight nematodes?
At #CBMA, the RHIPL project is using legumes to boost plant–soil communication and transfer resistance to nearby crops.
A natural approach to a persistent root pest.
📍Funded by FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
At #CBMA, the RHIPL project is using legumes to boost plant–soil communication and transfer resistance to nearby crops.
A natural approach to a persistent root pest.
📍Funded by FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
🧪 #CBMA researchers developed a liposomal #vaccine that boosts survival in invasive #candidiasis. Published in NPJ Vaccines, the study supports the @who.int call to fight #fungal threats in a changing world.
👉 Full study: rdcu.be/erAdj
👉 Full study: rdcu.be/erAdj
June 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🧪 #CBMA researchers developed a liposomal #vaccine that boosts survival in invasive #candidiasis. Published in NPJ Vaccines, the study supports the @who.int call to fight #fungal threats in a changing world.
👉 Full study: rdcu.be/erAdj
👉 Full study: rdcu.be/erAdj
🧪🥇 AI4Microbes, developed at #CBMA, wins 1st place at the #IMFAHE Nodal Award Shark Tank!
Using AI to design microbial blends that could help restore soil health and cut down on chemical use.
Selected from 92 entries across 10 countries — science with global impact.
#Sustainability
Using AI to design microbial blends that could help restore soil health and cut down on chemical use.
Selected from 92 entries across 10 countries — science with global impact.
#Sustainability
June 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🧪🥇 AI4Microbes, developed at #CBMA, wins 1st place at the #IMFAHE Nodal Award Shark Tank!
Using AI to design microbial blends that could help restore soil health and cut down on chemical use.
Selected from 92 entries across 10 countries — science with global impact.
#Sustainability
Using AI to design microbial blends that could help restore soil health and cut down on chemical use.
Selected from 92 entries across 10 countries — science with global impact.
#Sustainability
🧪🌍 World Environment Day
Science isn’t optional — it’s how we protect the environment.
Knowledge drives environmental protection.
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ScienceForThePlanet
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Science isn’t optional — it’s how we protect the environment.
Knowledge drives environmental protection.
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ScienceForThePlanet
@arnetla.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🧪🌍 World Environment Day
Science isn’t optional — it’s how we protect the environment.
Knowledge drives environmental protection.
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ScienceForThePlanet
@arnetla.bsky.social
Science isn’t optional — it’s how we protect the environment.
Knowledge drives environmental protection.
#WorldEnvironmentDay #ScienceForThePlanet
@arnetla.bsky.social
🧪A SIC destacou a nossa #investigação sobre a #algainvasora Undaria pinnatifida. Esta espécie ameaça os #ecossistemasmarinhos — mas há formas de travar o impacto.
Portuguese TV covered our #research on the #invasivealga Undaria pinnatifida.
📽️Complete report (PT): bit.ly/3ZOBMxk
Portuguese TV covered our #research on the #invasivealga Undaria pinnatifida.
📽️Complete report (PT): bit.ly/3ZOBMxk
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🧪A SIC destacou a nossa #investigação sobre a #algainvasora Undaria pinnatifida. Esta espécie ameaça os #ecossistemasmarinhos — mas há formas de travar o impacto.
Portuguese TV covered our #research on the #invasivealga Undaria pinnatifida.
📽️Complete report (PT): bit.ly/3ZOBMxk
Portuguese TV covered our #research on the #invasivealga Undaria pinnatifida.
📽️Complete report (PT): bit.ly/3ZOBMxk
🧪 #CBMA research explores the potential of plants like carqueja, alecrim-do-campo and estrela-do-egipto.
Topical cream with carqueja sped up wound healing in diabetic animals — confirming antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
#Biodiversity as a source of real-world solutions.
🔗 bit.ly/3Z8heQf
Topical cream with carqueja sped up wound healing in diabetic animals — confirming antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
#Biodiversity as a source of real-world solutions.
🔗 bit.ly/3Z8heQf
June 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🧪 #CBMA research explores the potential of plants like carqueja, alecrim-do-campo and estrela-do-egipto.
Topical cream with carqueja sped up wound healing in diabetic animals — confirming antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
#Biodiversity as a source of real-world solutions.
🔗 bit.ly/3Z8heQf
Topical cream with carqueja sped up wound healing in diabetic animals — confirming antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
#Biodiversity as a source of real-world solutions.
🔗 bit.ly/3Z8heQf
#CBMA secured €2.5M in #funding from FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology).
14 out of 29 proposals approved — a 48% success rate.
Advancing research to address major #GlobalChallenges.
#ScienceWithImpact #ResearchFunding
14 out of 29 proposals approved — a 48% success rate.
Advancing research to address major #GlobalChallenges.
#ScienceWithImpact #ResearchFunding
May 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#CBMA secured €2.5M in #funding from FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology).
14 out of 29 proposals approved — a 48% success rate.
Advancing research to address major #GlobalChallenges.
#ScienceWithImpact #ResearchFunding
14 out of 29 proposals approved — a 48% success rate.
Advancing research to address major #GlobalChallenges.
#ScienceWithImpact #ResearchFunding
🧪 CBMA welcomes Sofia Duarte — the newest researcher joining our team via the @ARNET Associated Laboratory!
ARNET brings together #CBMA, @marescience.bsky.social and cima.ualg.pt to link science, policy & action to protect aquatic ecosystems.
Follow @arnetla.bsky.social to keep up with the latest!
ARNET brings together #CBMA, @marescience.bsky.social and cima.ualg.pt to link science, policy & action to protect aquatic ecosystems.
Follow @arnetla.bsky.social to keep up with the latest!
May 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🧪 CBMA welcomes Sofia Duarte — the newest researcher joining our team via the @ARNET Associated Laboratory!
ARNET brings together #CBMA, @marescience.bsky.social and cima.ualg.pt to link science, policy & action to protect aquatic ecosystems.
Follow @arnetla.bsky.social to keep up with the latest!
ARNET brings together #CBMA, @marescience.bsky.social and cima.ualg.pt to link science, policy & action to protect aquatic ecosystems.
Follow @arnetla.bsky.social to keep up with the latest!
Why does biodiversity matter?🧪
Four CBMA researchers share their thoughts on how it sustains life, ecosystems, and the future of our planet.
🎥 Watch the video & find out what drives our research.
#CBMA #ARNET #BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityMatters
Four CBMA researchers share their thoughts on how it sustains life, ecosystems, and the future of our planet.
🎥 Watch the video & find out what drives our research.
#CBMA #ARNET #BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityMatters
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Why does biodiversity matter?🧪
Four CBMA researchers share their thoughts on how it sustains life, ecosystems, and the future of our planet.
🎥 Watch the video & find out what drives our research.
#CBMA #ARNET #BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityMatters
Four CBMA researchers share their thoughts on how it sustains life, ecosystems, and the future of our planet.
🎥 Watch the video & find out what drives our research.
#CBMA #ARNET #BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityMatters
🧪 #Microplastics found in sediment-dwelling organisms from rivers in Northern Portugal — even in ecologically healthy sites. Midge larvae and aquatic worms were contaminated across all rivers. Urban land use alone doesn’t explain it.
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s107...
@arnetla.bsky.social
#CBMA #ARNET
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s107...
@arnetla.bsky.social
#CBMA #ARNET
May 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🧪 #Microplastics found in sediment-dwelling organisms from rivers in Northern Portugal — even in ecologically healthy sites. Midge larvae and aquatic worms were contaminated across all rivers. Urban land use alone doesn’t explain it.
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s107...
@arnetla.bsky.social
#CBMA #ARNET
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s107...
@arnetla.bsky.social
#CBMA #ARNET
🧪 Dia Nacional do Cientista
Hoje celebramos e reconhecemos a contribuição da comunidade científica para o avanço do conhecimento, do progresso e do bem-estar da sociedade.
O nosso reconhecimento a todos os cientistas portugueses — com um agradecimento especial aos nossos. 🩵
Hoje celebramos e reconhecemos a contribuição da comunidade científica para o avanço do conhecimento, do progresso e do bem-estar da sociedade.
O nosso reconhecimento a todos os cientistas portugueses — com um agradecimento especial aos nossos. 🩵
May 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🧪 Dia Nacional do Cientista
Hoje celebramos e reconhecemos a contribuição da comunidade científica para o avanço do conhecimento, do progresso e do bem-estar da sociedade.
O nosso reconhecimento a todos os cientistas portugueses — com um agradecimento especial aos nossos. 🩵
Hoje celebramos e reconhecemos a contribuição da comunidade científica para o avanço do conhecimento, do progresso e do bem-estar da sociedade.
O nosso reconhecimento a todos os cientistas portugueses — com um agradecimento especial aos nossos. 🩵
🧪 How do cellular membranes work — from mammals to fungi? Join us in Braga for CellMeD2, organised under the #MetaFungal project.
📍 INL, Portugal
📅23–29 May 2025
🔗 uminho18.wixsite.com/2cellmed
📍 INL, Portugal
📅23–29 May 2025
🔗 uminho18.wixsite.com/2cellmed
May 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🧪 How do cellular membranes work — from mammals to fungi? Join us in Braga for CellMeD2, organised under the #MetaFungal project.
📍 INL, Portugal
📅23–29 May 2025
🔗 uminho18.wixsite.com/2cellmed
📍 INL, Portugal
📅23–29 May 2025
🔗 uminho18.wixsite.com/2cellmed
🧪 13 new marine worm species discovered in a CBMA-led international study.
Hidden biodiversity revealed through DNA sequencing and integrative taxonomy.
Read the full article: www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS24059
Hidden biodiversity revealed through DNA sequencing and integrative taxonomy.
Read the full article: www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS24059
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🧪 13 new marine worm species discovered in a CBMA-led international study.
Hidden biodiversity revealed through DNA sequencing and integrative taxonomy.
Read the full article: www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS24059
Hidden biodiversity revealed through DNA sequencing and integrative taxonomy.
Read the full article: www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS24059
🚨 We’ve just opened 6 new research grant calls at CBMA!
Join us in advancing #EnvironmentalResearch.
🔗 Details: cbma.uminho.pt/news-archive/
#ScienceJobs #ResearchGrants #BiologyJobs
Join us in advancing #EnvironmentalResearch.
🔗 Details: cbma.uminho.pt/news-archive/
#ScienceJobs #ResearchGrants #BiologyJobs
May 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨 We’ve just opened 6 new research grant calls at CBMA!
Join us in advancing #EnvironmentalResearch.
🔗 Details: cbma.uminho.pt/news-archive/
#ScienceJobs #ResearchGrants #BiologyJobs
Join us in advancing #EnvironmentalResearch.
🔗 Details: cbma.uminho.pt/news-archive/
#ScienceJobs #ResearchGrants #BiologyJobs
3D-printed multilayer membranes degrade ciprofloxacin, a persistent water pollutant.
Salt leaching and direct ink writing enhance porosity, strength, and reusability — advancing scalable water treatment solutions.
Study with CBMA contribution: lnkd.in/dvwiXTjY
Salt leaching and direct ink writing enhance porosity, strength, and reusability — advancing scalable water treatment solutions.
Study with CBMA contribution: lnkd.in/dvwiXTjY
April 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
3D-printed multilayer membranes degrade ciprofloxacin, a persistent water pollutant.
Salt leaching and direct ink writing enhance porosity, strength, and reusability — advancing scalable water treatment solutions.
Study with CBMA contribution: lnkd.in/dvwiXTjY
Salt leaching and direct ink writing enhance porosity, strength, and reusability — advancing scalable water treatment solutions.
Study with CBMA contribution: lnkd.in/dvwiXTjY
💧🧪 Europe’s waters are in poor health.
📢 +450 scientists urge EU action — including researchers from CBMA, CIMA & MARE, part of the ARNET a leading aquatic research network.
🔗 Statement: bit.ly/4hTipK0
🔗 More about ARNET: arnet.pt
#ProtectWater #CleanWater #ARNET
📢 +450 scientists urge EU action — including researchers from CBMA, CIMA & MARE, part of the ARNET a leading aquatic research network.
🔗 Statement: bit.ly/4hTipK0
🔗 More about ARNET: arnet.pt
#ProtectWater #CleanWater #ARNET
March 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
💧🧪 Europe’s waters are in poor health.
📢 +450 scientists urge EU action — including researchers from CBMA, CIMA & MARE, part of the ARNET a leading aquatic research network.
🔗 Statement: bit.ly/4hTipK0
🔗 More about ARNET: arnet.pt
#ProtectWater #CleanWater #ARNET
📢 +450 scientists urge EU action — including researchers from CBMA, CIMA & MARE, part of the ARNET a leading aquatic research network.
🔗 Statement: bit.ly/4hTipK0
🔗 More about ARNET: arnet.pt
#ProtectWater #CleanWater #ARNET
PhD done! Congratulations to our newest Doctor, Patrícia Silva!👩🎓
Patrícia successfully defended her thesis on "ZnO-based thin films with antifungal properties to prevent surface cross-contamination."
Here's to a future of success for Patrícia!✨
Patrícia successfully defended her thesis on "ZnO-based thin films with antifungal properties to prevent surface cross-contamination."
Here's to a future of success for Patrícia!✨
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
PhD done! Congratulations to our newest Doctor, Patrícia Silva!👩🎓
Patrícia successfully defended her thesis on "ZnO-based thin films with antifungal properties to prevent surface cross-contamination."
Here's to a future of success for Patrícia!✨
Patrícia successfully defended her thesis on "ZnO-based thin films with antifungal properties to prevent surface cross-contamination."
Here's to a future of success for Patrícia!✨
History shows how science has been twisted to justify harmful ideologies - now, invasion biology faces the same fate. 🧪
A study with CBMA’s Ronaldo Sousa warns: comparing migration to biological invasions fuels xenophobic narratives.
#ScienceMatters #Migration #invasionbiology
A study with CBMA’s Ronaldo Sousa warns: comparing migration to biological invasions fuels xenophobic narratives.
#ScienceMatters #Migration #invasionbiology
March 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
History shows how science has been twisted to justify harmful ideologies - now, invasion biology faces the same fate. 🧪
A study with CBMA’s Ronaldo Sousa warns: comparing migration to biological invasions fuels xenophobic narratives.
#ScienceMatters #Migration #invasionbiology
A study with CBMA’s Ronaldo Sousa warns: comparing migration to biological invasions fuels xenophobic narratives.
#ScienceMatters #Migration #invasionbiology
We’re in #Brazil! Andreia Gomes is leading a course on Zebrafish & Translational #Neuroscience. She’s also opening the 1st Cearense Zebrafish Symposium, sharing insights on #zebrafish embryos in #nanotherapy.
At #CBMA, we take our research further!🧪 🌍
At #CBMA, we take our research further!🧪 🌍
March 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We’re in #Brazil! Andreia Gomes is leading a course on Zebrafish & Translational #Neuroscience. She’s also opening the 1st Cearense Zebrafish Symposium, sharing insights on #zebrafish embryos in #nanotherapy.
At #CBMA, we take our research further!🧪 🌍
At #CBMA, we take our research further!🧪 🌍
👩🎓🧪#PhDdone! Congrats to Sofia Lavrador for defending her #thesis on “Optimization of DNA-metabarcoding for the early detection and improved monitoring of non-indigenous species (#NIS) in Portuguese coastal ecosystems".
Wishing Sofia a future full of success & innovation!✨
Wishing Sofia a future full of success & innovation!✨
March 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
👩🎓🧪#PhDdone! Congrats to Sofia Lavrador for defending her #thesis on “Optimization of DNA-metabarcoding for the early detection and improved monitoring of non-indigenous species (#NIS) in Portuguese coastal ecosystems".
Wishing Sofia a future full of success & innovation!✨
Wishing Sofia a future full of success & innovation!✨
🏆 Study on invasive seaweed Undaria pinnatifida wins #IACOBUS Paper 2024!🧪
Researchers from CBMA, Univ. of Vigo & Univ. of Parma explored its potential for green synthesis of metallic #nanoparticles with #antioxidant & #antimicrobial properties.
🔗 Paper here: bit.ly/4h6z24h
Researchers from CBMA, Univ. of Vigo & Univ. of Parma explored its potential for green synthesis of metallic #nanoparticles with #antioxidant & #antimicrobial properties.
🔗 Paper here: bit.ly/4h6z24h
March 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🏆 Study on invasive seaweed Undaria pinnatifida wins #IACOBUS Paper 2024!🧪
Researchers from CBMA, Univ. of Vigo & Univ. of Parma explored its potential for green synthesis of metallic #nanoparticles with #antioxidant & #antimicrobial properties.
🔗 Paper here: bit.ly/4h6z24h
Researchers from CBMA, Univ. of Vigo & Univ. of Parma explored its potential for green synthesis of metallic #nanoparticles with #antioxidant & #antimicrobial properties.
🔗 Paper here: bit.ly/4h6z24h
🌊 Undaria pinnatifida, a #seaweed used in sushi, is expanding along Portugal’s northern coast, affecting native #biodiversity. Researchers from CBMA & CIIMAR have mapped its distribution and propose mitigation strategies.
🔗 Read more: cbma.uminho.pt/sushi-seawee...
#WorldWildlifeDay
🔗 Read more: cbma.uminho.pt/sushi-seawee...
#WorldWildlifeDay
March 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🌊 Undaria pinnatifida, a #seaweed used in sushi, is expanding along Portugal’s northern coast, affecting native #biodiversity. Researchers from CBMA & CIIMAR have mapped its distribution and propose mitigation strategies.
🔗 Read more: cbma.uminho.pt/sushi-seawee...
#WorldWildlifeDay
🔗 Read more: cbma.uminho.pt/sushi-seawee...
#WorldWildlifeDay