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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 5h

2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: congratulations to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel! 👏👏👏 The award recognises the development of optogenetics, a technique that makes it possible to control the activity of neurons using light.💡 #NobelPrize #Neuroscience #Research #ICVS

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How do we study something as complex as the brain? 🧠 There is no single technique. We combine molecules, cells, behavior and human brain imaging to understand how the brain learns, stores memories and ages. 💭 #Neuroscience #ICVS #UMinho #Universityofminho #Universidadedominho

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caixaresearch.bsky.social @caixaresearch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/ 📢 Ya está abierta la Convocatoria de Investigación en Salud de la Fundación ”la Caixa”. Buscamos a las mentes más brillantes de España y Portugal para redefinir cómo diagnosticamos y tratamos la enfermedad. ¿Tienes una propuesta? Sigue leyendo. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5sdm27xu

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What’s happening behind the scenes in neuroscience at ICVS? 🔬 Find out at our Neuroscience Fair, on October 1st at 11:00 AM. Meet ICVS research teams, explore their projects and approaches, and discover the science being developed across the institute. See you there! 👋 #Neuroscience #ICVS #Uminho

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We spend a third of our lives asleep. 🌙 But the brain doesn't switch off! Sleep is intense activity, tied to synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation. What happens when sleep fails? That question, especially in Alzheimer's, drives our lab. 🧠 #Neuroscience #Sleep #ICVS #UMinho #Research #Science

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔔 𝙏𝙊𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙍𝙊𝙒 we have a very special guest. Dr. Claudia Krebs is a Professor of Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, specializing in anatomy education and biomedical visualization. 📅 September 30, 2026, at 2 PM, in A0.01 (Zulmira Simões Auditorium)

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October is coming with a handful of Advanced Seminars. 🍂 📅 Held at Escola de Medicina - Universidade do Minho, these seminars foster scientific discussion, interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration across institutions. 🗣️💬 We would be delighted to have you join us. ✨

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Taking over the ICVS social media from Leuven! 🇧🇪💙 I’m Ana Rita Fernandes, part of the MemAD team and a Joint PhD researcher at the University of Minho & KU Leuven. At VIB-KU Leuven, I study Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on APP processing and cellular mechanisms. 🧠🔬 #ICVS #MemAD #Neuroscience

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ICVS publishes review in Endocrine Reviews on the brain circuits of eating behaviour. 🍽️ 👉 Read the full article here: icvs.uminho.pt/icvs-team-po...

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🧪 In this video, we take you into the lab, from cell culture and genotyping to work with C. elegans and bacteriophage preparation. Follow the MedAD Team takeover week and discover the science behind our research! 🧠 #ICVS #UMinho #MedAD #Neuroscience #Memory #Hippocampus #Research

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The next Advanced Seminar is already this Thursday: 🧬 "Expanding the Available Toolkit: Developing Tools for Extracellular Vesicle Research," with Doctor Cláudio Pinheiro, from Ghent University. 🇧🇪 📅 September 24, 2026, at 1 PM, in A0.03 – School of Medicine (UMinho) We hope to see you there.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This Friday, we're bringing science out of the lab — join ICVS, B·ACIS, P5 & 2CA at Forum Braga for the European Researchers' Night. Talks, hands-on science, and the people behind it. Free entry, 2:30pm–midnight. 🔬 #ICVS #NEI2026 #EuropeanResearchersNight #UniversidadeDoMinho #Uminho

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Opinion piece cowritten by Professor Tiago Gil Oliveira, coordinator of the MemAD team at ICVS, in Público. Alzheimer's is now, per the WHO, the 3rd leading cause of death among women in 🇵🇹, 5th among men. The author calls for rethinking the national strategy. www.publico.pt/2026/09/21/c...

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🔬 We are proudly leading an international $600,000 research project investigating the link between the Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis. 👉 Read the full article here: lnkd.in/eJBZChh6 #UMinho #ICVS #ScienceAtUMinho #Research #Science #Health #Innovation

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧠 Beyond memory loss, Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects memory, thinking, language, orientation and autonomy. Understanding the disease is essential to reducing stigma and supporting those who live with it. #ICVS #Uminho #Med #Alzheimers

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🔬 What drives a scientist? And what does it take to leave a mark on Portuguese science? ICVS Director, Patrícia Maciel, is one of the featured researchers in the latest edition of “Faces of Portuguese Research” by The Portugal News. 👉 Read the full interview: lnkd.in/eYqrVMAQ

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎓 Patrícia Fernandes Fontão has been awarded a PhD in Biomedicine and Health Sciences! She is a PhD student at the School of Medicine/ICVS, under the supervision of Professor Rui Manuel Vieira Reis, Professor Olga Catarina Lopes Martinho and Professor Cristina Isabel Nogueira da Silva.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

💡 Today marks World Spinal Cord Injury Day. Spinal cord injury results from damage to the spinal cord that disrupts communication between the brain and the body. The ReNEU team at ICVS invites you to embrace curiosity. SCI can change a life, but knowledge and research can change the future. 🔬

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Filipa Antunes, a PhD student in the ReNEU team at ICVS, has been selected for the Neuratia Research Fellows Program 2026. Selected from more than 1,000 applicants across over 50 countries, Filipa is one of only 10 researchers chosen for the 2026 cohort. 👏 Congratulations to Filipa Antunes!

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The ICVS seminars for September are just around the corner, starting on September 17 📅 Throughout the month, the ICVS Advanced Seminars will bring together ICVS researchers and guest speakers to share insights into the work they are currently developing. We look forward to seeing you there!

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🏆 Ivone Martins, a researcher at the ICVS – Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, has been awarded the Best Flash Talk prize in the field of Phage Therapy at the Viruses of Microbes 2026 international conference in Prague, which brought together more than 900 experts from around the world.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🧠 What the Brain Wants: Circuits, Signals, and Decisions Our next Advanced Seminar takes place tomorrow and will feature our researcher Ana João Rodrigues, who will explore neuronal circuits and signaling in a thought-provoking seminar. 📅 July 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM, in Room A0.03!

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We visited Centro Escola da Naia in Braga for an activity with preschool and primary school students. With the aim of promoting health science, we challenged children to become scientists for a day. Through hands-on experiments, they learned in a fun and engaging way about the importance of science

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧠 Neuroscience and Mental Health: Past, Present, and Future Join us, tomorrow, for the next Advanced Seminars, featuring Joshua Gordon, former Director of the NIMH and Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia University, as he explores the evolution of neuroscience and the future of mental health.

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João Filipe Oliveira @joaofoliveira.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Ready for an exciting @fens.org Forum in #Barcelona! Visit our posters to check the latest findings in our different projects on #astrocyte involvement in #cortico-#limbic #circuit function! #ptglia @icvs-uminho.bsky.social @uminho.bsky.social

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Last week, the ICVS retreat brought our community together in Barcelos for two inspiring days of scientific sharing and discussion, and strategic reflection on our present and future. Thank you to everyone who contributed to another successful edition.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The ICVS Seminars for July are just around the corner and will kick off on July 9 📅 Throughout the month, the ICVS Advanced Seminars will bring together ICVS researchers and invited speakers to share insights into their latest research and ongoing work. We look forward to seeing you there!

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Day 2 of the ICVS Retreat 2026 featured an inspiring session by Maria Isabel Loza, Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, a poster session showcasing the institute's research teams 🧬, and valuable moments of discussion and knowledge sharing about the future of ICVS 🤝

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🚀 The first day of the ICVS 2026 Retreat has officially begun! 🧬 A two-day event dedicated to scientific discussions 🔬, as well as reflection and collaboration 🤝 among all members of the institute 🌟

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Inês Moreira Ribeiro, a PhD student at the School of Medicine, UMinho, under the supervision of Luísa Pinto and Sébastien Mériaux, has been awarded a PhD in Biomedicine and Health Sciences. Thesis title: "Impact of hippocampal Adult-Born Neurons for Brain Circuitry and Behavior in Depression"

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We passed the phone to the person most likely to… Between accusations, revelations and lots of laughter, we got to know the PEvoGen team a little more. 😅 #PEvoGen #ICVS #UMinho #PassThePhone #MostLikelyTo #TeamScience #LabLife #Bioinformatics

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

📢Science communication is also part of what we do! 🔬At PEvoGen, we believe that research does not end in the laboratory, at the computer or with published results. Sharing knowledge, bringing science closer to society and building bridges with different audiences are essential parts of our work.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🏆 We look back at recent moments of participation in events, awards, science communication and achievements by members of our team. These moments show that science goes beyond results: it involves creativity, collaboration, knowledge sharing and recognition of the work developed by researchers.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

💻Dry lab explains wet lab concepts. This time, we challenged the dry lab team with a quick quiz on wet lab concepts. 🧬Dry lab refers to the computational side of research, including bioinformatics, genomics, programming, statistical analysis and interpretation of large datasets.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🧪 Wet lab explains dry lab concepts. For today’s PEvoGen Takeover, we challenged the wet lab team with a quick quiz on dry lab concept 🔬Wet lab refers to experimental work carried out in the laboratory, such as sample preparation, assays, cultures, extraction of biological material and generation

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

👥 Behind every sample, every sequence and every result are the people who make up PEvoGen. 🧬 We are a team with different areas of expertise, connecting experimental laboratory work with genomics, bioinformatics and data analysis. 🔬 From the bench to the data, this is the PEvoGen team.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🧬 PEvoGen: To open our Takeover on ICVS social media, our team coordinator, Dr. Isabel Veiga, answers a few quick questions about PEvoGen 🔬 Throughout this week, we will share our projects, people, behind-the-scenes moments, science communication activities and the collaborative spirit of our team.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🎙️🧬 ICVS researcher Ricardo Silvestre was featured on Antena 1’s 90 Seconds of Science programme, where he spoke about his project focused on developing a vaccine against Leishmaniasis💉🔬 👉 Listen to the interview here: www.rtp.pt/play/p2936/e...

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🌍 An international study published in Nature Medicine, with the participation of Patrícia Maciel, researcher of ICVS/EMUM, concluded that biological foundations of autism are shared across people from different ancestral and geographical backgrounds. Full study at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The ICVS took part in a science outreach activity at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo 🏫 The activity involved third-year undergraduate students from the Biotechnology degree programme and was led by researchers Luana Ferraz and Sara Lopes.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🎙️🧬 ICVS researcher Tiago Gil Oliveira participated in the "90 Seconds of Science" program on Antena 1 radio, where he discussed his project identifying new treatment pathways for Alzheimer's Disease. 🧠🔬 👉 Listen to the interview here: www.90segundosdeciencia.pt/episodes/ep-...

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The ICVS seminars for June are coming and start on June 11 📅 Throughout the month, the ICVS Advanced Seminars will bring together ICVS researchers and guest speakers to share knowledge about the work they are developing. We look forward to seeing you!

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🎉🔬 On June 1st, we celebrated Children's Day in a very special way at ICVS! We were delighted to welcome 5th-grade students from Teresiano School, got a closer insight into scientific research and take part in hands-on activities designed to spark their curiosity and interest in science.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🏆 Congratulations, Neide Vieira! Neide Vieira has been awarded the 3rd Place of the European Prize for Women Innovators, an initiative of the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🎙️🧬 ICVS researcher Carina Cunha was featured on Antena 1’s program 90 Seconds of Science, where she discussed her current project focused on the brain mechanisms underlying reward and aversion 🦠🔬 👉 Listen to the interview here: www.rtp.pt/play/p2936/e...

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🦠 World Leishmaniasis Day Today, we mark World Leishmaniasis Day, raising awareness about a neglected disease affects thousands of people worldwide.

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

João Filipe Oliveira led an international collaboration to advance the understanding of astrocyte physiology, one of the most complex and essential cell types in the brain. The work was published today at @natneuro.nature.com. Read the full study here: rdcu.be/fk0B7

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sara Duarte-Silva was awarded an Early Career Investigator Award by the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), in recognition of her innovative work on Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (SCA3), a currently incurable neurodegenerative disease.

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João Filipe Oliveira @joaofoliveira.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🧠 New preprint from our lab! #Hippocampal #astrocytes actively contribute to: 👉 the encoding of #context-specific #aversive stimuli 👉 predict #recall of #fear #behavior. @icvs-uminho.bsky.social @caixaresearch.bsky.social #PTglia

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ICVS - Life and Health Sciences Research Institute | UMinho @icvs-uminho.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Céline Gonçalves and Joana Silva were awarded the FCT – RESTART Grants 🎉🏅 The awarded projects are titled: EVolve: WNT6-driven extracellular vesicles as modulators and monitors of glioblastoma and TIA1-Mediated Control of Synaptic Function and Plasticity in Health and Stress. Congratulations 🎉

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