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

28 February 2024

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

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

24 February 2024

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

International partners of Startup Leiria in FANS project visited ciTechCare

16 February 2024

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

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

16 February 2024

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

Tackling disabilities with technology – A Science Swing Session

25 January 2024

Amaranta Rubio, lecturer in physiotherapy and researcher at the University of Córdoba, and Rafael Pinheiro, PhD, researcher at ciTechCare working in the analysis of biological signals and development of algorithms of artificial intelligence, are the speakers of the next Science Swing session, which was held at the Health Innovation Hub of Campus 5 of Polytechnic of Leiria, on 19th of January, 11am. This session focused on the application of virtual reality in healthcare, where both researchers with several papers published on this topic shared their knowledge with the scientific community in an event whose goal was to spread out science

What´s new in the 2023 FCT Call for R&D projects? – A Campus 5 O’Clock Talk session

25 January 2024

The first session of Campus 5 O’Clock Talk of the year took place on January 18, at 5 pm, at Campus 5 of the Polytechnic of Leiria. Maria Guarino guided the session whose aim was to inform and clarify the 2 announced calls by FCT, together with the National Innovation Agency (ANI), to fund R&D projects in all scientific fields: scientific research and technological development projects and exploratory projects. Applications are ongoing until March 1. However, the submission process requires the filling of a specific form. This session gathered around 40 participants (in presence and online), in order to