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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,

Advanced methods to delineate complex microbial communities towards clinical application – a Science Swing session

3 November 2023

On october 25, ciTechCare received the visit of Alfonso Benitez Paez, principal investigator at The Laboratory for Host-Microbe Interactions in Metabolic Health, in the Principe Felipe Research Centre (Valencia, Spain) to share advanced methods of identifying complex microbial communities for clinical application, together with Ana Roque, PhD fellow at ciTechCare. The guest of this session holds a PhD in Molecular Biology specialised in microbiota analyses from the environment – and human-derived samples, and he has also advanced expertise in biocomputing sciences. He has been dedicated his research work to the analysis of the impact of human microbiota on the development of

Science Swing session brings together international researchers and professionals in palliative care

30 October 2023

Regarding the 2nd International Congress of Palliative Care, held in Leiria, on october 20 and 21, several researchers and professionals in the field of palliative care gathered to share their experiences as researchers in this area, in the past Science Swing session that took place in the Health Innovation Hub on October 19. The session was led by Bella Vivat, Cristina Costeira, Catarina Faria and Catarina Abreu, and the main goal was to promote the sharing of scientific knowledge and high-quality projects through their presentations. Cristina Costeira, PhD, ciTechCare researcher and lecturer at ESSLEI – School of Health Sciences talked about ‘Skills in Spiritual Care’, highlighting the competences needed in clinical practice. Catarina

Saúde Oral Journal highlights citechcare research

23 October 2023

Photos by Mike Sergeant | Saúde Oral Journal Marisa Gaspar, Ana Cristina Rodrigues, Luís Luís and Henrique Luís created a recent projet whose goal is to use the waste of the food industry that cannot be sold in the market, in order to produce new and inovative produts – more sustainable and healthier Pear jelly gums. This project was highlighted in the last edition of the Professional Journal of Stomatology and Oral Medicine, where the researchers could explain the research work itself. “What we do is to use pears with some physical damage and that cannot go to the market