GHTM member, João Pinto, carried out a training action on genotyping of knockdown resistance mutations (kdr) in malaria vectors at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of Cape Verde. The training took place in the Medical Entomology laboratory of INSP, located in Praia, between the 20 and the 24 of May 2019, involving nine […]
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2nd edition of the Science Management Course
The GHTM Scientific Coordinator, Henrique Silveira, and the Coordinator of Project Office, Sofia Santos, received in IHMT, on May 22, the participants of the 2nd edition of the Science Management Course, sponsored by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and La Caixa Foundation.
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Ongoing R&D Units Evaluation 2017/2018 promoted by FCT
The Panel of Health Sciences: Public Health, Nursing, Health and Sports Technologies, Rehabilitation and Well-being composed by: Loreto Carmona (Chair), Aslak Steinsbekk, Antonella Cardone, Craig Williams, Joanna Bowtell, Jørgen Lous, Matt Berriman, Peter Watt, Petia Radeva, Susanne Cruickshank and Daniel Carapau from FCT visited GHTM on May 6th as part of the ongoing R&D Units Evaluation […]
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GHTM Scientific Coordinator participates on a pioneering study at Kanazawa University
The GHTM Scientific Coordinator, Henrique Silveira, integrated Kanazawa University team researchers that surprised scientific community showing that inactivation of the mosquito salivary protein AAPP affects feeding on host blood, thus significantly reducing mosquito fitness characteristics. In this study transgenic mosquitos showed significantly longer probing and prediuresis times, and worse feeding success and meal sizes compared […]
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IDAI Mozambique
On 10 April the IHMT NOVA hosted a talk about the efforts being made by Mozambican authorities and civil society, together with international cooperation, to respond to the devastating effects of Idai, hurricane that in March hit the central zone of the country. We had the impressive testimony of Jorge Arroz, a doctor who for […]
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