The project called “PADRE: Predicting Antiviral Drug Resistance before its Emergence”, developed by Professor Dr. Ana Abecasis and by the Master student Francisco Merca, of the TB, HIV and opportunistic diseases and pathogens (THOP) group, from Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), got accepted by the 2022 call of the EUTOPIA alliance PhD-Co tutelle programme. […]
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Scientist returned to school
Recently, the IHMT researcher Ana Tavares accepted the challenge of “Cientist@ Regressa à Escola” program and returned to her old school to developed a science workshop with children. Implemented by Native Scientist, “Cientista Regressa à Escola” is a communication and science educational program, which promotes the return of scientists from all scientific fields to their […]
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GHTM researchers awarded with Bilateral Research Fund from PARSUK
The Bilateral Research Fund is a Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK) research programme powered by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and the British Embassy – UK Science and Innovation Network. The six-month awarded research project “LINFTAG – Adapting CRISPR/Cas9 protein tagging in Leishmania infantum Portuguese strains” led by […]
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Encontro Ciência’22: Review on demand
From 16 to 18 May, the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa was the venue for the 2022 edition of Encontro Ciência, where scientists presented and discussed the main research topics that are at the heart of R&D units in Portugal and that reflect the key issues in the world of science today. During this event, […]
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Encontro Ciência’22: GHTM-IHMT represented in the session “Genetics, Genomics and Neuroscience”
On the third and final day of Encontro Ciência’22, genetics, genomics and neuroscience took centre stage in a session with the same name. GHTM researchers Sofia Seabra and Sandra Antunes were among the group of researchers whose submitted abstracts were selected for an oral presentation. Viral genomic surveillance: phylodynamic analysis of Zika virus and […]
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