Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
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Portuguese #Research Center founded in 1990, aiming to foster #biomedical research and multidisciplinary graduate #teaching. CNC-UC integrates CiBB R&D Unit.
Coimbra, Portugal
Joined June 2017
🥇 Kevin Leandro received 1st place for Best Oral Presentation.🎨 Bárbara Vicente Santos won Best Artistic Image in the “Inside EV – An Art Showcase”.👏 Congratulations to both for their outstanding contributions!.
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#CNCResearchers Kevin Leandro and Bárbara Vicente Santos were awarded at the National Meeting on Extracellular Vesicles (PNEV 2025) held in Faro. @UnivdeCoimbra @genet_pt
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📰 Explore this subject in the opinion article by #CNCResearcher Cláudia Cavadas, published in Público:
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This week, the European Commission unveiled the “Choose Europe for Life Sciences” strategy — a new roadmap to strengthen Europe’s research, innovation, and technological development in the fields of life and health sciences. @CcavadasLab @EU_Commission @Publico @UnivdeCoimbra.
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#CNCResearcher Paulo Pinheiro takes part on the latest article on the CaixaResearch blog explores the complex effects of stress on the brain and body. 🔗 Read the full article:
1/🌍¿Qué tienen en común Okinawa, Cerdeña y Nicoya?. Son Blue Zones: lugares donde viven más y mejor. ¿Su secreto? Vivir con poco estrés. Hablamos con3️⃣investigadores #CaixaResearch sobre el impacto del estrés y su impacto en la salud. ¿Nos acompañas?👇.
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During his stay, Stern gave an in-depth interview to Público, reflecting on the challenges faced by science in today’s political and social climate, particularly in the United States. 🔗 Full interview available here:
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From June 25–28, Peter Stern, senior editor at Science magazine, visited CNC-UC and the University of Coimbra as an invited speaker at the European Social Club 2025.
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As a reward, she will take part in an entrepreneurship course in Silicon Valley (USA), with visits to companies such as Google, Apple, IBM, and Stanford University. Learn more about this news here:
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Throughout the academic year, Inês developed the project Empower2Change, which included initiatives focused on PhD funding opportunities, innovation, alternative careers for scientists, and the promotion of entrepreneurship among doctoral students.
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Inês Escoval, a PhD student at the CNC-UC, was recognized as Ambassador of the Year in the 9th edition of Académica Start UC (ASUC).
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RT @PasGras_Project: 📢It’s out! . Read our latest Nature Medicine article: “Tackling overweight and obesity in the youth with the PAS GRAS….
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RT @spquimica: ⏰ LAST CHANCE to submit an abstract for oral/flash presentations for #GLUPOR15GlycoTwinning📍 Coimbra, 🇵🇹|📅Sept 15–17, 2025.….
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This award recognizes contributions to translational and biomedical science and includes a 1000€ prize and the opportunity to publish a review article in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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#CNCResearcher Raquel Esteves has been awarded the 2025 Young Investigator Award by the European Society for Clinical Investigation. @UnivdeCoimbra @ESCI_Society
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RT @spquimica: ⏰ NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE to submit an abstract for oral/flash presentations for #GLUPOR15GlycoTwinning📍 Coimbra, Sept 15–17,….
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RT @spquimica: ⏰ Only 3 days left to submit an abstract for oral/flash presentations for #GLUPOR15GlycoTwinning📍 Coimbra, 🇵🇹 | 📅 Sept 15–17….
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Congratulations to the 42 winners of the CiBB Researchers Awarded FCT SR&TD Projects! 🎉.The FCT SR&TD Projects (Scientific Research & Technological Development) are regular funding calls run by Portugal’s Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) to support R&D initiatives.
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This visit reinforces the international scope of GeneT, the gene therapy center at UC, and reflects the growing impact of GCure in building scientific excellence and future-ready innovation. Read the full news:
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Jude Samulski was the first scientist to demonstrate that adeno-associated virus (AAV) could be used as a vector for gene therapy — a breakthrough that laid the foundation for several of today’s approved treatments for rare genetic diseases.
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