Issue 5 | November 2017
• Medial Frontal Lobe Neurochemistry in Autism Spectrum Disorder is Marked by Reduced N-Acetylaspartate and Unchanged Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid and Glutamate + Glutamine Levels.
Carvalho Pereira A, et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Nov 24
• Intracellular delivery of more than one protein with spatio-temporal control.
Lino MM, et al. Nanoscale. 2017 Nov 22.
• Disruption of mitochondrial function as mechanism for anti-cancer activity of a novel mitochondriotropic menadione derivative.
Teixeira J, et al. Toxicology. 2017 Nov 12
• IWR-1, a tankyrase inhibitor, attenuates Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cancer stem-like cells and inhibits in vivo the growth of a subcutaneous human osteosarcoma xenograft.
Martins-Neves SR, et al. Cancer Lett. 2017 Nov 8
• The Use of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.
Dionísio A, et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Oct 27
• Lipophilic Fraction of Cultivated Bifurcaria bifurcata R. Ross: Detailed Composition and In Vitro Prospection of Current Challenging Bioactive Properties.
Santos SAO, et al. Mar Drugs. 2017 Nov 1
• Combination of Anti-miRNAs Oligonucleotides with Low Amounts of Chemotherapeutic Agents for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy.
Passadouro M, Faneca H. Methods Mol Biol. 2017 Oct 31
• The Influence of Adipose Tissue on Brain Development, Cognition, and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disorders.
Letra L, Santana I. Adv Neurobiol. 2017
• Combination of Poly[(2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] and Poly(β-amino ester) Results in a Strong and Synergistic Transfection Activity.
Santo D, et al. Biomacromolecules. 2017 Oct 9
Luís Pereira de Almeida’s group – Research on Machado-Joseph disease
• Awards PhD Transition Fellowships [see here] (foto)
Sara Lopes e Patrícia Albuquerque (3rd award)
• Award Thomé Villar/Boehringer Ingelheim 2017 from the Portuguese Society of Pneumonoly
Nuno Empadinhas – Research on the “Prevalence and Genetic Variability of Non-tuberculosis Mycotherapies in Domestic Environment”
• “Ciência, Saúde e Comunicação” Meeting | 24 November 2017, Porto (Portugal)
CNC representation by João Ramalho-Santos, Sara Amaral and Ana Teresa Viegas
• “Jornadas Cannadouro” | 18 – 19 November 2017, Porto (Portugal) [see here]
Participation of Atilla Kofalvi
• XXXIII Congresso de Pneumonologia | 9 – 11, Albufeira (Portugal) [see here]
Participation of Nuno Empadinhas
• Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia | 14 – 24 November, Coimbra (Portugal) [see here]
“Diabetic Journeys” – Comics about Diabetes published in Público newspaper [see here]
Open Labs – Visits from students to CNC labs
Visits to schools – Hands-on activities with the students
Workshop for high-school teachers “A aprendizagem das células: Biologia Reprodutiva e Células Estaminais” (2nd edition)
2nd PubhD Coimbra | 23 November, Aqui Base Tango, Coimbra (Portugal) [see here]
Participation of João Silva – “Metabolismo”
• Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia 2017 at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro | 21 November 2017, Vila Real (Portugal)
Participation of Paulo Oliveira – “Mitochondrial Alterations in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Tale of (Bad) Nutrition and Batteries”.
• Reception of the event “Paisagens Neurológicas – arte & ciência” | 11 November, CNC, Coimbra (Portugal) [see here]
The Science Communication Office would like to thank everyone who have been involved in our activities.
Are you following us on social media? We are on LinkedIn (@CNC UC), Instagram (@cnc.uc), Twitter (@cnc uc) and Google+ (CNC UC) accounts. Find us also on Facebook (@CNC UC) and YouTube (@CNCmediachannel).
• News about the work coordinated by Ricardo Vieira-Pires. [see here]
• News about the funding received by Luís Pereira de Almeida’s team from the international fund Richard Chin and Lily Lock. [see here]
• Interview with Sara Amaral about Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia 2017 on RUC (Rádio Universidade de Coimbra. [see here]
• News about the international project coordinated by Lino Ferreira. The news can be found here and the paper here.
New faces | New roles
Master’s student
Neuroendocrinology and Aging Group
Master’s student
Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Group
Master’s student
Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Group
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Group
• Happy Birthday to us! On the 26th November we completed 27 years of scientific research. Watch here the video about CNC.
• We invite you to fill out the Google Form to allow for the gathering of information regarding the CNC’s community. Please click here.
• Announcement of the date of 2nd Meeting on Biomedical Research @ UC will take place December 21st at Pólo III Auditorium, University of Coimbra.
Registration until December 14th to Susana Rocha (srocha@cnc.uc.pt).
Fall Series - Next talks
@CNC / UC-Biotech, Cantanhede
• "Unexpected phenotypic variability of parasites occupying the adipose tissue"
Luísa Figueiredo (IMM, University of Lisbon)
Host: Ana Eulálio
December 6
• “At the heart of stem cells in Regeneration and Repair”
Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó (I3S/INEB and ICBAS, University of Porto)
Host: Miguel Mano
December 13
@CNC, Pólo I, Coimbra
• “Meet the Industry 3: Coimbra Genomics”
Bruno Soares (Coimbra Genomics)
Host: Ana Catarina Gomes
December 7
• “Proteasis and mitochondrial function in human epicardial adipose tissue”
Ana Catarina Fonseca (CNC, Coimbra)
Host: Ana Burgeiro
December 15
Core Facilities
December 4
Coordinators: Luísa Cortes, Isabel Nunes, Conceição Egas
Biostatistics
January 8 -19
FMUC
Connecting the Researchers with the society
January 22 – 26
Science Communication Office
Contents:
Science Communication Office | Ana Teresa Viegas, Sara Varela Amaral, Adalberto Fernandes, Claudia Cavadas (Coordinator)
Design and Layout:
Lia Lopes and Ana Sofia Mergulhão
