i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health | UPorto
@i3suporto.bsky.social
Where ideas grow 👩🔬🧪👨🔬🇵🇹
Cancer | Infection, Immunity & Regeneration | Neurobiology & Neurologic Disorders
🔗 https://www.i3s.up.pt/
Cancer | Infection, Immunity & Regeneration | Neurobiology & Neurologic Disorders
🔗 https://www.i3s.up.pt/
On this National Scientific Culture Day, we take the opportunity to celebrate one of our initiatives dedicated to bringing science to younger generations — the #i3S Laboratório Aberto ("Open Laboratory") — which turned 18 this month.🥼
👉 tinyurl.com/3d48zue9
👉 tinyurl.com/3d48zue9
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On this National Scientific Culture Day, we take the opportunity to celebrate one of our initiatives dedicated to bringing science to younger generations — the #i3S Laboratório Aberto ("Open Laboratory") — which turned 18 this month.🥼
👉 tinyurl.com/3d48zue9
👉 tinyurl.com/3d48zue9
Bruno Sarmento (@brunocsarmento.bsky.social) will develop an implantable device to treat glioblastoma. 🧠
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Bruno Sarmento (@brunocsarmento.bsky.social) will develop an implantable device to treat glioblastoma. 🧠
Diogo Castro (@neurogenesis-i3s.bsky.social) will study how small changes in DNA can increase predisposition to autism 🧬
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Diogo Castro (@neurogenesis-i3s.bsky.social) will study how small changes in DNA can increase predisposition to autism 🧬
Ana Paula Pêgo (@nbtt-pegolab.bsky.social) will develop new therapies to combat brain damage 🧠
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ana Paula Pêgo (@nbtt-pegolab.bsky.social) will develop new therapies to combat brain damage 🧠
Our community is celebrating once again: three projects led by #i3S researchers Diogo Castro, Ana Paula Pêgo, and Bruno Sarmento were awarded today by the @caixaresearch.bsky.social, totaling three million euros in funding.
Congratulations! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/y3ehbkp7
Congratulations! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/y3ehbkp7
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Our community is celebrating once again: three projects led by #i3S researchers Diogo Castro, Ana Paula Pêgo, and Bruno Sarmento were awarded today by the @caixaresearch.bsky.social, totaling three million euros in funding.
Congratulations! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/y3ehbkp7
Congratulations! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/y3ehbkp7
NEWS 📰
The i3S research team led by Carla Oliveira studies Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and, more specifically, what mutation of the CTNNA1 gene risk of developing this cancer. With the findings, the team proposed 5 clinical guidelines called the ""Porto's Criteria"".
👉 tinyurl.com/2vknaud4
The i3S research team led by Carla Oliveira studies Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and, more specifically, what mutation of the CTNNA1 gene risk of developing this cancer. With the findings, the team proposed 5 clinical guidelines called the ""Porto's Criteria"".
👉 tinyurl.com/2vknaud4
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NEWS 📰
The i3S research team led by Carla Oliveira studies Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and, more specifically, what mutation of the CTNNA1 gene risk of developing this cancer. With the findings, the team proposed 5 clinical guidelines called the ""Porto's Criteria"".
👉 tinyurl.com/2vknaud4
The i3S research team led by Carla Oliveira studies Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and, more specifically, what mutation of the CTNNA1 gene risk of developing this cancer. With the findings, the team proposed 5 clinical guidelines called the ""Porto's Criteria"".
👉 tinyurl.com/2vknaud4
Then, a round table with Alexandre Quintanilha, Mónica Sousa, Miguel Neves and Mariana Simões, with Susana Magalhães as moderator.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Then, a round table with Alexandre Quintanilha, Mónica Sousa, Miguel Neves and Mariana Simões, with Susana Magalhães as moderator.
Gender equality is on the news today and is also on discussion at the i3S Annual Meeting. First, with a talk from Alexandre Quintanilha.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Gender equality is on the news today and is also on discussion at the i3S Annual Meeting. First, with a talk from Alexandre Quintanilha.
Third Plenary Talk |Jürgen Knoblich (IMBA - Vienna)
Topic: Cerebral organoids - Modelling human brain development and disease in stem cell derived 3D culture
Topic: Cerebral organoids - Modelling human brain development and disease in stem cell derived 3D culture
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Third Plenary Talk |Jürgen Knoblich (IMBA - Vienna)
Topic: Cerebral organoids - Modelling human brain development and disease in stem cell derived 3D culture
Topic: Cerebral organoids - Modelling human brain development and disease in stem cell derived 3D culture
Round Table | “10 years of i3S Home – Past and Future”
Mário Barbosa, Alexandre Quintanilha, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Claudio Sunkel
Mário Barbosa, Alexandre Quintanilha, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Claudio Sunkel
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Round Table | “10 years of i3S Home – Past and Future”
Mário Barbosa, Alexandre Quintanilha, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Claudio Sunkel
Mário Barbosa, Alexandre Quintanilha, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Claudio Sunkel
Second Plenary Talk | Miguel Soares (GIMM, Lisbon, Portugal)
Topic: Inflammatory Metabolic Rewiring as a Defense Strategy
Topic: Inflammatory Metabolic Rewiring as a Defense Strategy
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Second Plenary Talk | Miguel Soares (GIMM, Lisbon, Portugal)
Topic: Inflammatory Metabolic Rewiring as a Defense Strategy
Topic: Inflammatory Metabolic Rewiring as a Defense Strategy
First Plenary Talk | Teresa Giráldez (Universidad de La Laguna - @ull.es)
Topic: BK Channels at the Nexus of Calcium Signaling, Neuroplasticity, and Disease
Topic: BK Channels at the Nexus of Calcium Signaling, Neuroplasticity, and Disease
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
First Plenary Talk | Teresa Giráldez (Universidad de La Laguna - @ull.es)
Topic: BK Channels at the Nexus of Calcium Signaling, Neuroplasticity, and Disease
Topic: BK Channels at the Nexus of Calcium Signaling, Neuroplasticity, and Disease
The 12th edition of our Annual Meeting is happening right now!
Today and tomorrow, the i3S community comes together in full force to strengthen connections, reflect on the past, and shape the future.
Follow along to see what is happening 👇
Today and tomorrow, the i3S community comes together in full force to strengthen connections, reflect on the past, and shape the future.
Follow along to see what is happening 👇
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The 12th edition of our Annual Meeting is happening right now!
Today and tomorrow, the i3S community comes together in full force to strengthen connections, reflect on the past, and shape the future.
Follow along to see what is happening 👇
Today and tomorrow, the i3S community comes together in full force to strengthen connections, reflect on the past, and shape the future.
Follow along to see what is happening 👇
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 🏆
The ALVA and VANTAGE4MB projects, developed at #i3S and focused on combating cancer, came in second and third place, respectively, in the 4th edition of the BIP Acceleration Program 2025.
Congratulations to all the i3S researchers involved. 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/4dyb53xe
The ALVA and VANTAGE4MB projects, developed at #i3S and focused on combating cancer, came in second and third place, respectively, in the 4th edition of the BIP Acceleration Program 2025.
Congratulations to all the i3S researchers involved. 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/4dyb53xe
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 🏆
The ALVA and VANTAGE4MB projects, developed at #i3S and focused on combating cancer, came in second and third place, respectively, in the 4th edition of the BIP Acceleration Program 2025.
Congratulations to all the i3S researchers involved. 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/4dyb53xe
The ALVA and VANTAGE4MB projects, developed at #i3S and focused on combating cancer, came in second and third place, respectively, in the 4th edition of the BIP Acceleration Program 2025.
Congratulations to all the i3S researchers involved. 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/4dyb53xe
World #AntimicrobialResistance Awareness Week
📅 19 Nov, 2025 |📍 i3S
To raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance i3S will host talks and poster presentations with experts.
🎯Open to all (registration is required).
📩Abstract submission until 13 Nov.
👉 tinyurl.com/dnvvk99c
#i3Sevents
📅 19 Nov, 2025 |📍 i3S
To raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance i3S will host talks and poster presentations with experts.
🎯Open to all (registration is required).
📩Abstract submission until 13 Nov.
👉 tinyurl.com/dnvvk99c
#i3Sevents
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
World #AntimicrobialResistance Awareness Week
📅 19 Nov, 2025 |📍 i3S
To raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance i3S will host talks and poster presentations with experts.
🎯Open to all (registration is required).
📩Abstract submission until 13 Nov.
👉 tinyurl.com/dnvvk99c
#i3Sevents
📅 19 Nov, 2025 |📍 i3S
To raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance i3S will host talks and poster presentations with experts.
🎯Open to all (registration is required).
📩Abstract submission until 13 Nov.
👉 tinyurl.com/dnvvk99c
#i3Sevents
ADVANCED TRAINING #i3S
📅 9 Dec 2025
📍 I3S
Career Next Steps Jumpstart: Unlock Your Actions
🎯i3S Members (PhD students and postdocs).
⏰Pre-registration deadline: 16 November 2025
➕info👉 www.i3s.up.pt/training-det...
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment #teamleader
📅 9 Dec 2025
📍 I3S
Career Next Steps Jumpstart: Unlock Your Actions
🎯i3S Members (PhD students and postdocs).
⏰Pre-registration deadline: 16 November 2025
➕info👉 www.i3s.up.pt/training-det...
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment #teamleader
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
ADVANCED TRAINING #i3S
📅 9 Dec 2025
📍 I3S
Career Next Steps Jumpstart: Unlock Your Actions
🎯i3S Members (PhD students and postdocs).
⏰Pre-registration deadline: 16 November 2025
➕info👉 www.i3s.up.pt/training-det...
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment #teamleader
📅 9 Dec 2025
📍 I3S
Career Next Steps Jumpstart: Unlock Your Actions
🎯i3S Members (PhD students and postdocs).
⏰Pre-registration deadline: 16 November 2025
➕info👉 www.i3s.up.pt/training-det...
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment #teamleader
The project CenAGE, led by #i3S researcher Elsa Logarinho, has just been awarded a Synergy Grant by the #ERC.
The €10 million grant will allow the researcher and her team to further explore the role of centromeres in ageing.
Congratulations, Elsa! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/42wnhy4e
The €10 million grant will allow the researcher and her team to further explore the role of centromeres in ageing.
Congratulations, Elsa! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/42wnhy4e
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The project CenAGE, led by #i3S researcher Elsa Logarinho, has just been awarded a Synergy Grant by the #ERC.
The €10 million grant will allow the researcher and her team to further explore the role of centromeres in ageing.
Congratulations, Elsa! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/42wnhy4e
The €10 million grant will allow the researcher and her team to further explore the role of centromeres in ageing.
Congratulations, Elsa! 👏
📰 tinyurl.com/42wnhy4e
📣𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟
The consortium TRANSFIRESAÚDE, which includes #i3S, is awarding, for a second edition, a research project in the field of primary health care. The prize is worth 5000€.
⏰𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵➡️ tinyurl.com/um6bn6h7
Learn➕about TRANSFIRESAÚDE➡️ lnkd.in/dTa7cj-x
The consortium TRANSFIRESAÚDE, which includes #i3S, is awarding, for a second edition, a research project in the field of primary health care. The prize is worth 5000€.
⏰𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵➡️ tinyurl.com/um6bn6h7
Learn➕about TRANSFIRESAÚDE➡️ lnkd.in/dTa7cj-x
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📣𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟
The consortium TRANSFIRESAÚDE, which includes #i3S, is awarding, for a second edition, a research project in the field of primary health care. The prize is worth 5000€.
⏰𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵➡️ tinyurl.com/um6bn6h7
Learn➕about TRANSFIRESAÚDE➡️ lnkd.in/dTa7cj-x
The consortium TRANSFIRESAÚDE, which includes #i3S, is awarding, for a second edition, a research project in the field of primary health care. The prize is worth 5000€.
⏰𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵➡️ tinyurl.com/um6bn6h7
Learn➕about TRANSFIRESAÚDE➡️ lnkd.in/dTa7cj-x
Hope shined bright at i3S, once again 💚
Last night, our building glowed green, the color of hope, as we proudly joined the global movement to raise awareness for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition.
#rarediseases #internationaldays #PMSAD
Last night, our building glowed green, the color of hope, as we proudly joined the global movement to raise awareness for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition.
#rarediseases #internationaldays #PMSAD
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hope shined bright at i3S, once again 💚
Last night, our building glowed green, the color of hope, as we proudly joined the global movement to raise awareness for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition.
#rarediseases #internationaldays #PMSAD
Last night, our building glowed green, the color of hope, as we proudly joined the global movement to raise awareness for Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition.
#rarediseases #internationaldays #PMSAD
EVENTS
Advanced course | Empowering Healthcare: Energy Harvesting in Smart Health Technologies
⚠️ Registration deadline: 27 October 2025
📅27-28 November 2025 📍#i3S
➕info: tinyurl.com/mr4j64un
#i3Sevents #blood2power #EICpathfinder #EUfunding
Advanced course | Empowering Healthcare: Energy Harvesting in Smart Health Technologies
⚠️ Registration deadline: 27 October 2025
📅27-28 November 2025 📍#i3S
➕info: tinyurl.com/mr4j64un
#i3Sevents #blood2power #EICpathfinder #EUfunding
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
EVENTS
Advanced course | Empowering Healthcare: Energy Harvesting in Smart Health Technologies
⚠️ Registration deadline: 27 October 2025
📅27-28 November 2025 📍#i3S
➕info: tinyurl.com/mr4j64un
#i3Sevents #blood2power #EICpathfinder #EUfunding
Advanced course | Empowering Healthcare: Energy Harvesting in Smart Health Technologies
⚠️ Registration deadline: 27 October 2025
📅27-28 November 2025 📍#i3S
➕info: tinyurl.com/mr4j64un
#i3Sevents #blood2power #EICpathfinder #EUfunding
EVENTS
14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapy
⚠️ Registration until October 21
📅 20-21 november 2025
📍 #i3S
info: tinyurl.com/4uv4nrm6
#i3Sevents #stemcells
14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapy
⚠️ Registration until October 21
📅 20-21 november 2025
📍 #i3S
info: tinyurl.com/4uv4nrm6
#i3Sevents #stemcells
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
EVENTS
14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapy
⚠️ Registration until October 21
📅 20-21 november 2025
📍 #i3S
info: tinyurl.com/4uv4nrm6
#i3Sevents #stemcells
14th International Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Stem Cells and Cell Therapy
⚠️ Registration until October 21
📅 20-21 november 2025
📍 #i3S
info: tinyurl.com/4uv4nrm6
#i3Sevents #stemcells
NEWS
Scientific discovery may have an impact on delaying and treating Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from i3S have discovered that replenishing vitamin C in the brain's immune cells delays the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
📰👉https://tinyurl.com/3wcnnzak
#peopleofi3S #i3Snews
Scientific discovery may have an impact on delaying and treating Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from i3S have discovered that replenishing vitamin C in the brain's immune cells delays the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
📰👉https://tinyurl.com/3wcnnzak
#peopleofi3S #i3Snews
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
NEWS
Scientific discovery may have an impact on delaying and treating Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from i3S have discovered that replenishing vitamin C in the brain's immune cells delays the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
📰👉https://tinyurl.com/3wcnnzak
#peopleofi3S #i3Snews
Scientific discovery may have an impact on delaying and treating Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from i3S have discovered that replenishing vitamin C in the brain's immune cells delays the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
📰👉https://tinyurl.com/3wcnnzak
#peopleofi3S #i3Snews
ADVANCED TRAINING #i3S
📅 8, 9, 22 January and 5 February 2026
Course Building and Leading Research Teams
This course will equip research leaders to effectively build, manage and inspire a research group.
⏰Pre-registration until: 26 October 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/yryxsydh
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment
📅 8, 9, 22 January and 5 February 2026
Course Building and Leading Research Teams
This course will equip research leaders to effectively build, manage and inspire a research group.
⏰Pre-registration until: 26 October 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/yryxsydh
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ADVANCED TRAINING #i3S
📅 8, 9, 22 January and 5 February 2026
Course Building and Leading Research Teams
This course will equip research leaders to effectively build, manage and inspire a research group.
⏰Pre-registration until: 26 October 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/yryxsydh
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment
📅 8, 9, 22 January and 5 February 2026
Course Building and Leading Research Teams
This course will equip research leaders to effectively build, manage and inspire a research group.
⏰Pre-registration until: 26 October 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/yryxsydh
#i3Straining #careerdevelopment
EVENTS
III ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting
The Microbe-Host Interface: Interactions and Evolution
⚠️ Abstract submission until 17 October
📅5 December 2025
📍#i3S
⏰Registration deadline: November 7th
➕info: lnkd.in/d8uY-BF3
#i3Sevents #ERAChairs #ImmunoHUB #EUfunding
III ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting
The Microbe-Host Interface: Interactions and Evolution
⚠️ Abstract submission until 17 October
📅5 December 2025
📍#i3S
⏰Registration deadline: November 7th
➕info: lnkd.in/d8uY-BF3
#i3Sevents #ERAChairs #ImmunoHUB #EUfunding
October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
EVENTS
III ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting
The Microbe-Host Interface: Interactions and Evolution
⚠️ Abstract submission until 17 October
📅5 December 2025
📍#i3S
⏰Registration deadline: November 7th
➕info: lnkd.in/d8uY-BF3
#i3Sevents #ERAChairs #ImmunoHUB #EUfunding
III ImmunoHUB Annual Meeting
The Microbe-Host Interface: Interactions and Evolution
⚠️ Abstract submission until 17 October
📅5 December 2025
📍#i3S
⏰Registration deadline: November 7th
➕info: lnkd.in/d8uY-BF3
#i3Sevents #ERAChairs #ImmunoHUB #EUfunding
EVENTS
Genetic Odyssey
29 October and 10 December, 2025 | #Online and/or in-person in Porto
Registrations until October 24.
More odisseiagenetica.i3s.up.pt/nova_edicao/ #i3Sevents #i3Scourses #geneticheritage #DNA #onlineevents
Genetic Odyssey
29 October and 10 December, 2025 | #Online and/or in-person in Porto
Registrations until October 24.
More odisseiagenetica.i3s.up.pt/nova_edicao/ #i3Sevents #i3Scourses #geneticheritage #DNA #onlineevents
October 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
EVENTS
Genetic Odyssey
29 October and 10 December, 2025 | #Online and/or in-person in Porto
Registrations until October 24.
More odisseiagenetica.i3s.up.pt/nova_edicao/ #i3Sevents #i3Scourses #geneticheritage #DNA #onlineevents
Genetic Odyssey
29 October and 10 December, 2025 | #Online and/or in-person in Porto
Registrations until October 24.
More odisseiagenetica.i3s.up.pt/nova_edicao/ #i3Sevents #i3Scourses #geneticheritage #DNA #onlineevents