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Marlene Lages and Rui Jorge participated at the 27th Portuguese Congress on Obesity

11 December 2023

The 27th Portuguese Congress on Obesity, organized by the Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity, took place from 10 to 11 November, in Porto, at Hotel Crowne Plaza. ciTechCare was represented by Rui Jorge, researcher at this unit and lecturer at Coimbra Health School and Marlene Lages, PhD fellow, through the presentation of their posters. At this congress, based on the subject ‘Obesity: lose weight, get healthy’ therapeutic strategies for the treatment of obesity were discussed, including lifestyle interventions and pharmacological and surgical therapies. The poster “Analysis of the labeling of dietary supplements for weight loss and possible

ciTechCare research highlighted at the Farm to Fork congress

28 November 2023

The Congress “Farm to Fork – Our food, our health, our Future”, which took place from november 16 to 18, in Castelo Branco, was attended by national and international scientists, with innovative work and research on Agrifood, Nutrition and Sustainability areas, where ciTechCare presented two different works. Researcher Marisa Gaspar presented the poster entitled “Valorization of ‘Rocha’ Pear residues for gummies Development and Optimization: a Sustainable and Healthy approach”, which is also co-authored by Ana Cristina Rodrigues, Maria Guarino, Luís Luís, Rafael Pinheiro andAfonso Silva, master student who was also present at the event. Rui Lopes, researcher at ciTechCare, also presented

Catarina Marques wins award for best oral communication at the 5th International Congress IACS

27 November 2023

The work ‘Dissemination of multiresistant Enterobacterales in long-term health care units’ presented by Catarina Marques, PhD student at ciTechCare, at the 5th International Congress ‘Infection Associated with Health Care’, was distinguished with the best oral communication award. The 5th International Congress IACS, which took place from october 25 to 27, was organized by the School of Health of the Portuguese Red Cross North (ESSNorteCVP) and the Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center (CHEDV), and was specially addressed to hospital health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, diagnostic and therapeutic technicians, pharmacists, among others. The awarded work resulted from the

CiTechCare promotes a commemorative session of the World Diabetes Day

19 November 2023

The Portuguese Society of Diabetology (PSD) invited ciTechCare to promote a session dedicated to World Diabetes Day, that took place at Arquivo bookstore, on november 14, at 17:30 PM. The panel of participants was composed by several professionals from clinical research, medicine, nutrition and physical exercise areas and a patient diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which enabled a global vision and a sharing of knowledge and experiences, in a session moderated by Elisabete Cruz, journalist at Jornal de Leiria. Diabetes type 2 is a very silent disease, and according to Alexandra Vieira, endocrinologist, ‘symptoms arise when the disease is decompensated, since

Science and Technology Week 2023– November 20 to 26

8 November 2023

Download Full Programme Download Full Programme ciTechCare Programme STW23 The Science and Technology Week is an initiative of Ciência Viva that intends to reveal national scientists, what they investigate and their contributions to the improvement of science and the well-being of society. In this week, all around the country, there will be hundreds of science and technology actions organized by scientific institutions, universities, schools, museums and science centers. At ciTechCare, from Monday 20 to Friday 24, our laboratories were open to the community so that people could understand what making science means to us and what is the scientists’ role.

Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences hosted Rafael Pinheiro on his international mobility programme

4 November 2023

Rafael Pinheiro, post-doctoral researcher at ciTechCare, working on the analysis of biological signals and the development of algorithms of artificial intelligence, experienced a 4-week RUN-EU International RDI mobility programme, whose goal was to transfer knowledge and establish connections for future collaborations with the Research Center for Microtechnology (RCM), at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FHV), Austria. The focus of the Research Center for Microtechnology (RCM) is determined by the guiding principle of improving the environment, climate and medical technology. RCM focuses on sensors and actuators, photonic applications and dynamics, and uses these competencies to develop innovative ideas, real processes and prototypes,