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On September 5th, the auditorium of the School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic of Leiria (ESSLei) hosted the closing workshop of the MorphoPlay project, an event opened to the envolved community, in particular, but also to those interested in learning more about this project. During the session the project team talked about the serious game construction process, the challenges in data collection and data analysis and the commitment for the future, which will need more funding. The MorphoPlay project, funded since 2023 by the Foundation for Science and Technology, resulted in a joint collaborative work between ciTechCare, Linguist Center of

Ana Isabel Roque, PhD student in Biology at NOVA FCT and research fellow at ciTechCare was distinguished by the Luso-American Foundation for Development, with a grant in the amount of 6000 euros, intended for the internship that the PhD student will carry out at the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, in Boston and which will begin on September 23, 2024. Over 8 months, Ana Isabel Roque, member of the research team of the CELIACT(TIV) project, intends to investigate the mechanisms of autoimmunity in celiac disease, in particular, foster the knowledge about the specific interactions

Luís Soares Luís participated at the International Symposium on Dental Hygiene, which took place from 11 to 13 July in Seoul, South Korea, where he presented the oral communication entitled “Sweet revolution: Xylitol and pear on anticariogenic gummy candies for sustainable oral health”, co-authored with researchers Henrique Luís, Ana Cristina Rodrigues and Marisa Gaspar. This work was developed in the scope of the FRUIGU project, and had the specific goal of promoting oral health from gums that have in their composition pear Rocha residues and Xylitol, a sweetener with anti-cariogenic activity already demonstrated. The sensory analysis performed allowed to observe