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Spread awareness, prevent antimicrobial resistance – A science swing session

5 September 2024

On July 19, Catarina Marques and Katie Phair were the invited speakers of the Science Swing session dedicated to raising awareness and preventing antimicrobial resistance. ‘Prevention is Better than cure? A contribution of infection prevention and control’ was the theme presented by Catarina Marques, PhD fellow at ciTechCare in Occupational Safety and Health, focusing on measures to prevent pathogens with multidrug resistance spread in long-term care units. On the other hand, Katie Phair, PhD student at the South East Technological University, in Ireland, attending during 2 month the Erasmus programme at ciTechCare, brought to the audience the topic ‘Safe food

Requalification project at Campus 5 will improve and create new laboratories

4 September 2024

An investment of around 600,000 euros will be applied to the Health Innovation Hub of the Campus 5 of Polytechnic of Leiria, in order to enhance the comfort of the building and adapt the spaces, allowing an optimization of the functioning, particularly at scientific and pedagogical level, for the health area. In particular, the requalification project aims to improve the Assistive Technology and Occupational Performance Laboratory (aTOPLab) and the Health Simulation Center (C2S), as well as the creation of two new laboratories, one in the scope of Nutrition and Food Technology and other in the area of Functional Rehabilitation and

Ana Isabel Roque awarded a FLAD grant

9 August 2024

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

ciTechCare visited the University of Burgos

30 July 2024

A delegation from ciTechCare visited the University of Burgos (UBU) from the 1st to the 6th of july. The visit, arranged with the UBU Faculty of Health Sciences, showcased an array of advanced facilities and fostered promising discussions for future collaborations. During the mission, ciTechCare Coordinator Maria Guarino presented the research unit’s innovative projects and objectives to UBU’s research teams, highlighting ongoing research and potential collaborative opportunities. ciTechCare team, Marisa Gaspar, Rui Fonseca Pinto, Ana Cristina Rodrigues, and Sara Dias, visited several of UBU’s state-of-the-art laboratories, including the “Laboratorio de Autonomía Avanzada,” “Laboratorio de Prácticas en Biomedicina,” and the “Centro de Simulación

Sustainable gums developed at ciTechCare were highlighted at ISDH 2024

25 July 2024

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

CiTechCare was present at the Portuguese Science Summit 2024

16 July 2024

ciTechCare Senior Researcher Sónia Gonçalves Pereira and PhD students Catarina Marques and Katie Phair participated in the largest annual Science and Innovation event in Portugal, which was held from the 3rd to the 5th of July at Alfândega do Porto, under the theme “+Science for One Health and global well-being”. They joined the Portuguese Science Summit 2024 on the 4th of July to present a total of 5 e-posters regarding the projects their are working on at ciTechCare, under the guidance of the Senior Researcher. Sónia Gonçalves Pereira presented two e-posters that derived from CeliAct(TIV) project, one presenting the project layout and