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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 17h

Another MPS_NOVA Workshop is coming up! This time, we’re focusing on Gender Equality in Hiring and Job Promotion, with training led by Daniela Dixon (MDC). Open to researchers, research managers & hiring staff. 📅 20 Oct | 📍 ITQB NOVA | 25 places 🔗 forms.gle/kBSsSEbPvhj5...

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MPS_NOVA will be at the #EuropeanResearchersNight in Oeiras and Lisbon on 25 September with interactive activities and games. Come meet the team and talk with us at the stand with the MPS_NOVA logo. 📍 Jardins do Marquês, Oeiras | 20:00–22:00 📍 Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon | 19:00–00:00

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🎉 News from #MPS_NOVA! Cristina Demelas and Daniel Crispim from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange opportunity Human Technopole as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project! 👏 Join us in congratulating Cristina and Daniel in the comments!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🌟 7th Webinar in the #MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar Series! 🎙️ Speakers: Krzysztof Wrzesinski, CelVivo ApS Carina Valente, @itqbnova.bsky.social 📅 February 5th, 2026, 2 PM (WET) 💻 Zoom 👉 forms.gle/XSSShSMHLZ9q... 📅 Register until February 1st, 2026 (5 pm) See you there! 🚀

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

News from #MPS_NOVA! 🎉 Daniel Pereira, Isabella Ramella Gal e Mariana Pereira from @itqbnova.bsky.social, iBET and NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange at @humantechnopole.bsky.social as part of our Twinning project! 👏 Join us in congratulating them in the comments!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🎉 Concluding the 2nd Edition of Training Workshop 1 “NEW IN VITRO MODELS: Alternatives to Animal Models in Research”, dedicated to exploring innovative in vitro systems as powerful alternatives to traditional animal models.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🚀 Just completed: MPS_NOVA Staff Exchange at MDC, Berlin From 3–11 November, the MPS_NOVA Twinning project held its SE3 - Methods to Characterize Stem Cells and Organoids hosted by our partner Max Delbrück Center and expertly organized and facilitated by Agnieszka Rybak-Wolf and Stefan Kempa.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🌟 Join Us for the 6th Webinar in the MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar Series this December! 🌟 - Gut-on-Chip for anaerobic microbiota–host communication studies - Reconstructed skin models for pigmentation and cutaneous melanoma research 📅 December 4th, 2025, 2 PM (WET) 👉 Register here: lnkd.in/dkKrmtBb

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🚀 New Video Release! We are proud to share an interview with Sarela García Santamarina, Coordinator of MPS_NOVA Twinning project led by ITQB NOVA in collaboration with NOVA Medical School, dedicated to strengthening MicroPhysiological Systems research capacity in Portugal. youtu.be/82OqOWmID3s

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🌍 Strengthening collaboration and communication at hashtag#MPS_NOVA! We closed this vibrant month of October with a Staff Exchange and institutional alignment mission at Human Technopole in Milan, one of our key partners in the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

On October 16–17, we gathered at NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas in Lisbon for our Interim Meeting — two days of scientific exchange, networking, and forward-looking discussions. A perfect moment to take stock, celebrate progress, and plan the challenges ahead.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

On October 16–17, we gathered at NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas in Lisbon for our Interim Meeting - two days of scientific exchange, networking, and forward-looking discussions. A perfect moment to take stock, celebrate progress, and plan the challenges ahead.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🔬 October was an intense and inspiring month for MPS_NOVA! We were thrilled to host the 2nd edition of our training workshop on Advanced Organ-on-Chip & Advanced Microscopy, bringing together researchers and students to strengthen technical skills and exchange knowledge across disciplines.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are thrilled to highlight the participation of Inês Fonseca from NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, who presented a flash talk on her poster titled: “Uncovering the effect of ultraviolet radiation on melanin processing in keratinocytes.”

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are delighted to announce that Ana Rita Garcia from NIMSB_NOVA and Catarina Baptista from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange opportunity, "Organoids Characterization” at Fondazione Human Technopole as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Last Friday, the MPS_NOVA Twinning project proudly joined the European Researchers’ Night at Marina de Oeiras, an inspiring event that brought science closer to society. 🌍🔬

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This month, Joana Cavadas, PhD student at ITQB NOVA, had the exciting opportunity to attend the EMBO | EMBL Symposium: The Human Microbiome. Joana presented her poster titled: “An intestine-on-chip model to study the role of gut microbiota in host metal homeostasis” 🧬✨

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Last month, Ana Botelho, PhD student at ITQB NOVA, participated in the Gordon Research Conference on Staphylococcal Diseases. She presented a poster entitled ‘Divergent host interaction profiles of the two major S. epidermidis lineages during skin colonization’.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

On 22-24 July, #MPS_NOVA held the Training Workshop Pluripotent Stem Cell Basics, hosted by our partner #HumanTechnopole. The event brought together researchers and students for three intensive days of theoretical and hands-on training on the cultivation and preservation of hPSCs.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project is pleased to announce the successful completion of our first Staff Exchange “Reprogramming Somatic Cells into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)” — hosted by Giovanni Faga group at Human Technopole.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🌟Join Us for the 4th Webinar of the #MPS_NOVA On July 10th will feature two distinguished speakers at the forefront of advanced therapeutic development using organoids. 👉 Registration here: lnkd.in/dMKs5-Ku 📅 Registration Deadline: July 8th, 2025 (5 pm, WET)

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

📍 Collaboration in Action at ITQB NOVA On May 26th, the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from the Innovation and Funding Offices of the Max Delbrück Center, Dr. Nevine Shalaby and Dr. Seda Çöl Arslan, for a highly productive meeting.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

On May 26th we hosted the #MPS_NOVA training workshop on "Strategy in R&I Management", with facilitators from our partner institution, the Max Delbrück Center.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🔬✨ MPS_NOVA at the @Oeiras Valley Science Festival! ✨ On May 23, the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project joined the ITQB NOVA stand at the Oeiras Valley Science Festival in Taguspark — a true “laboratory-outside-the-laboratory” experience!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

On the 16th and 17th of June, #MPS_NOVA held its fifth training workshop — “Stem Cells, Organoids, and Methods to Characterize Them” — hosted by our partners at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Maria Beatriz Felgueiras and Quélia Ribeiro from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange on Methods to Characterize Stem Cells and Organoids at Max Delbrück Center as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🎥 Dynamic42 GmbH interviewed Sarela García Santamarina, #MPS_NOVA Coordinator, during the recent MPS World Summit 2025. Watch the video to hear her insights on the goals and achievements of the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project.

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Part 5 of our #MPS2025 series highlights Inês Silva, a PhD student at NOVA Institute, Portugal. She developed a microphysiological method to study dopaminergic injury and inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. --> zurl.co/Ow9gg

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Minds Behind - Inês Silva (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Inês, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has deve...

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Part 6 of our #MPS2025 series: Meet Daniela Marques, PhD student at @NIMSB_NOVA, Portugal. She develops a microglia crosstalk MPS model of the blood-brain barrier to explore polyphenol metabolites' potential --> zurl.co/Ad5dv

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Minds Behind - Daniela Marques (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Daniela, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has d...

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Part 7 of our #MPS2025 interview series highlights Adrian Feile, a PhD student at University Hospital Jena. He explores how DPO-dependent quorum sensing affects Vibrio cholerae biofilm behavior in a 3D intestine-on-chip model --> zurl.co/WJraJ

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Minds Behind - Adrian Feile (University Hospital Jena, Germany)

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Adrian, a PhD Student at the University Hospital Jena in Germany. He has shown that DPO (3,5-...

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube! 🎙️ Raquel Portela (ITQB NOVA) 📢 Modelling Bacterial Pneumonia Infection Dynamics in Lung-on-chip: A Comparative Study of Legionella pneumophila and Staphylococcus aureus. #ITQB #MPS_NOVA #Research #Innovation

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎉 We’re proud to see our hashtag#MPS_NOVA Twinning Conference Attendance Fellowship supporting young researchers at top international events! Luana Macedo presented her work on extracellular vesicles in inter-organ communication at the ISEV 2025 Annual Meeting in Vienna. #ISEV2025 #NMS #Innovation

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎉 Introducing the NMS MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series! On April 4th, 2025, we proudly launched the first session of the NMS MPS_NOVA Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings . #MPS_NOVA #ExploratoryResearch #OrganOnChip #RetinalOrganoids #DiabeticRetinopathy #ParkinsonsDisease #NMS #BiomedicalResearch

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🎉 Exciting Launch: ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series! On March 17th, we kicked off the ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Twinning Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings, a new initiative spotlighting the innovative early-stage research emerging from our vibrant community. #MPS_NOVA #Twinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🌐The MPS_NOVA website is live!🌐 This will be the go-to place to recap all key information about the project, past and upcoming events, and future opportunities. #TrainingWorkshop #StaffExchange #VirtualSeminarSeries #MentoringProgram lnkd.in/dfUC9SY5

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

On April 2nd, Pedro Pedrosa, Head of Innovation at ITQB NOVA, visited the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin as part of the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project. The visit focused on learning from MDC’s Innovation Office to enhance innovation at UNL. #Innovation #KnowledgeExchange

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube! 🎙 Catarina Brito | Innate Immunocompetent Human 3D Cell Cultures for Preclinical Assessment of Advanced Therapeutics 🎙 Martin Raasch | How to Get Started with Organ-on-Chip lnkd.in/dyBavNwN

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

💡 Can we reproduce human physiology in a space as small as a chip? 🧐🔬 This was the big question at our #MPS_NOVA stand during the #ITQBNOVA Open Day. There will be more events soon! 👋 #MissionScience #OrganOnChip #OpenDay #ScienceForAll

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🎥 MPS_NOVA is now on YouTube! To start, we are sharing our first webinar of the Virtual Seminar Series, presented last December by Vania Silverio: 🔬 Microfluidics and the Future of Organ-on-Chip: Driving Innovation Through Standardization lnkd.in/de74G4MD

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

#MPS_NOVA Awards Funding to 20 Exploratory Research Projects! On 27th February, the MPS_NOVA Research Exploratory Project meeting took place at NOVA Medical School, featuring an inspiring pitch session where each project proposal was presented. Congratulations to all the researchers involved!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🌟 Exploring Organ-on-Chip in Respiratory Viral Infections 🌟 Are you interested in cutting-edge approaches to studying respiratory viral infections? 🦠🔬 Don’t miss this insightful review, where our MPS_NOVA member Alexander Mosig contributes as a co-author! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Deciphering respiratory viral infections by harnessing organ-on-chip technology to explore the gut–lung axis

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🚀 Exciting Job Opportunity at NOVA Medical School! Are you passionate about cell culture, organoids, organ-on-a-chip, and stem cell research? Do you have hands-on experience working in BSL2 environments and advanced microphysiological systems? 📌More information: lnkd.in/dmj7UVjM

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

📢 #MPS_NOVA Training Workshop on Strategy in R&I Management is now open for application!📢 🗓 Date: May 16, 2025 📍 Location: ITQB NOVA, Oeiras 👥 Vacancies: 25 📌 Deadline for application: April 16, 2025 lnkd.in/dvmNwhC9 Trainers: Seda Çöl Arslan and Nevine Shalaby (MDC)

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

🎉 Exciting News from #MPS_NOVA ! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that Carlos Vital and Rita Pais from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange opportunity at Human Technopole as part of the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project! 🏆✨ 👏 Join us in congratulating Carlos and Rita in the comments!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🎉 ITQB & #MPS_NOVA Mentoring Program – Strategies for Mentees Workshop 🎉 Today, our mentees gathered at ITQB NOVA for an interactive workshop led by Raquel Oliveira, focusing on the power of mentoring, effective engagement strategies, and self-monitoring. #MentoringProgram #EUTwinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

ITQB NOVA & MPS_NOVA Mentoring Program Launches! The ITQB NOVA Mentoring Program, supported by the #MPS_NOVA Twinning project, is now underway! This edition connects 18 Mentees with experienced Mentors from research, academia, industry, and scientific publishing across Europe. #Mentoring #EuTwinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Join NOVA Medical School and MPS_NOVA EU Twinning Project Seminar 🗓️ February 19, 2025 ⏰ 12:00 PM 📍 NOVA Medical School 🎤 Advancing Biomedical Research with Microfluidic Biosensors and Cell-Chip Technologies (João Pedro Conde, INESC) #MPSNOVA #BiomedicalResearch

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

📣 @mpsnova.bsky.social Virtual Seminar: Feb 6, 2025, 2 PM UCT 🔬 Featuring: - Dr. Catarina Brito: 3D cell cultures - Our CEO Dr. Martin Raasch: Organ-on-Chip intro Register by Feb 4, 5 PM UTC: shorturl.at/PX97q

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

🌟 Join Us for the 2nd Webinar in the #MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar Series! 🌟 👉 Read the abstracts and register here: lnkd.in/dCMzrE_c 📅 Registration Deadline: February 4th (5 pm, WET) We can’t wait to see you there! #MPS_NOVA #OrganOnChip #3DCellCultures #EUTwinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🎉Great news! The abstract submission deadline for the 2025 MPS World Summit has been extended to January 31, 2025! lnkd.in/ghgDKMus 💡 MPS_NOVA members can provide support! For more info send an email to ana.marques@itqb.unl.pt. Submit your abstracts now! 🌍✨ #MPSWorldSummit2025 #MPSNOVA

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