Marlene Lages participates at the 20th Portuguese Congress of Diabetes

From 7 to 9 March, ciTechCare was represented at the 20th Portuguese Diabetes Congress by Marlene Lages, PhD fellow at ciTechCare, who joined the healthcare professionals and researchers to learn and discuss the challenges of diabetes in Portugal and worldwide. In this edition, the PhD fellow presented the poster entitled “Relationship between body mass index, intake of vitamins A, C, E and B6 and lung function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” and moderated a poster session in the field of Fundamental Research. As some studies have shown a beneficial association between increased dietary intake of vitamins A, C,

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Maria Guarino integrated the BIOSTEC 2024 as program chair of BIODEVICES 2024

Maria Pedro Guarino, the ciTechCare Coordinator, participated in the BIOSTEC 2024 – 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, as a Program Chair of BIODEVICES 2024 – 17th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices from february 21 to 23, in Rome, Italy. The coordinator and researcher of this research unit also chaired a discussion panel during the opening session of the conference titled “Biomedical Engineering in the Era of Digital Transition and Integrated Health Data,” which delved into crucial topics shaping the future of healthcare and technology integration. BIOSTEC is sponsored by the Institute for Systems

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ciTechCare researchers participate in the 54th Scientific Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology

Research fellows Sara Pimenta and Marlene Lages and the ciTechCare coordinator Maria Guarino were at NOVA Medical School | Faculty of Medical Sciences, whose Pharmacology Department hosted the 54th Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, the 42nd Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology and the 23rd Meeting of Toxicology, which took place between the 7th and 9th of February 2024. Each research fellow presented a oral communication of work carried out within the scope of ForPharmacy research project. Sara Pimenta highlighted the importance of the role of community pharmacies in the management and identification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, through the

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Marlene Rosa was at the University of Lleida for a mobility programme

From 12 to 16 February, Marlene Rosa, researcher in the area of health technologies applied to neuroscience and rehabilitation, was at the University of Lleida, as part of an interinstitutional visit. Professor Jorge Moya Higueras, researcher in the field of neuropsychology at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work, hosted Marlene for that week. He has developed studies and pedagogical interventions, inspired by the analogue game and he was also at ciTechCare to share their projects, in February 2023, in a ‘Science swing’ session. The ciTechCare researcher and coordinator of an action-research team in the field of gamification had

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FANS group

International partners of Startup Leiria in FANS project visited ciTechCare

From 16 to 19 January, ciTechCare received the visit of international partners of Startup Leiria in FANS project, an initiative funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ program that aims to create solutions for the integration of migrants. The presence of this working group of the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Center of the Czech Republic allowed them to better understand the focus of Startup Leiria in the softlanding of foreign entrepreneurs, as well as their experiences. Some of the projects incubated in the Startup Leiria Ecosystem, working in migrant integration, such as Inpulsar, Speak and Aproximar, explained their work to these partners, who

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ciTechCare researchers talk about ‘genes, biological clocks and metabolic disease’ in IEJ podcast

Maria Guarino and Marlene Lages were the guests of the Podcast IEJ – Educational Institute of Juncal, on World Food Day, October 16, to share their knowledge about metabolism, feeding and chrononutrition, and show how science can be applied to improving health and quality of life. The podcast is an initiative of the IEJ Academy of Creative Writing, together with the 11th grade students of the Professional Course of Communication, Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising Technician and this episode entitled ‘How your body works’ allowed the dissemination of science within the school community, raising awareness about the topic and the

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