Want to learn the latest tools to monitor and optimize crop growth? 🌱🌍
Join ITQB NOVA's short course and explore methods that support more accurate, data-driven decisions for sustainable agriculture.
Apply by 31 Mar: shorturl.at/AGY0g
How do bacteria disarm antimicrobials? 🦠
Researchers from ITQB NOVA’s Functional Biochemistry of Metalloenzymes Lab revealed new structural details of an enzyme that helps bacteria get rid of nitric oxide.
Know more: shorturl.at/92NpI
🌟 7th Webinar in the #MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar Series!
🎙️ Speakers:
Krzysztof Wrzesinski, CelVivo ApS
Carina Valente, @itqbnova.bsky.social
📅 February 5th, 2026, 2 PM (WET)
💻 Zoom
👉 forms.gle/XSSShSMHLZ9q...
📅 Register until February 1st, 2026 (5 pm)
See you there! 🚀
🍚 Ever wondered what rice you are really eating? The answer is in the genes.
A new ITQB NOVA study reveals new tools for distinguishing rice varieties and combating food fraud. 🧬
Know more: shorturl.at/F3kwW
We closed 2025 trainings with an inspiring workshop on Careers Beyond Academia @itqbnova.bsky.social.
20 early career researchers took part in hands-on sessions with trainer Dr. Ana Osorio to explore career options beyond academia and learn practical ways to stand out.
Thanks Chaperone!
#careers
Congrats to @henriqueslab.bsky.social for the @caixaresearch.bsky.social Health grant! 👏
The project will use AI to create smart microscopes that automatically adjust their lighting in real time, letting us watch the viral infection process over days.
🔗Know more: shorturl.at/yi9Rz
ITQB NOVA will be hosting EMBO’s Practical Course "Hack Your Microscope" from 20–25 April 2026!🔬
The course aims to innovate, democratize advanced #imaging technologies and shape the future of open-source #microscopy.
⏳ Only16 spots available! Apply by 12 DEC: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
ITQB NOVA researcher James Yates is part of one of 44 projects selected in the EIC Pathfinder call to support visionary science and disruptive innovation. 💡
Funded with €3M, the RamanProSeq project will develop a technology to sequence proteins with >99.9% accuracy.
Read more: shorturl.at/JFAn0
🚀🔬 Announcing #IMS2026 at @itqbnova.bsky.social! We're assembling a #LifeSciences #Microscopy symposium packed with ✨ speakers and 🧑🔬 workshops. All about imaging cells with photons, electrons and AI! If you love microscopy, you need to be here. Join us on March 19!
ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org
A new ITQB NOVA study unveils the crystal structure and mechanism of Dis3L2, a “molecular scissor” essential for RNA quality control and whose defects are linked to severe cancers and overgrowth disorders. ✂️🧬
🔗https://shorturl.at/RtiOy
The COMENZE Doctoral Network is officially launched!
ITQB NOVA, leader of the project, hosted the kick-off meeting of this initiative that will train a new generation of innovative and entrepreneurial scientists.
Know more: shorturl.at/LFWSZ
Congrats to Cláudia Lopes on her PhD in Plant Sciences! 👏🎓
Her research work, “A molecular approach to understand embryo development to seed filling in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)” was supervised by Pedro Fevereiro and co-supervised by Susana Araújo.
The first students of the Master's in Plant Biology for Sustainable Agriculture have arrived at ITQB NOVA! 👋
Ready to shape the future of agriculture through biotechnology. 🌱🌍
Another group of students just arrived @itqbnova.bsky.social! 👋
This time, we welcome students from the Master's in Medical Microbiology programme, who will deepen their knowledge of microbiology and health. 🧫
Want to deepen your knowledge of metalloprotein production and characterization? 🧪
📥 Apply by November 10: shorturl.at/IKKEK
This course is supported by Recuperar Portugal #prr #construirofuturo #nextgenerationeu. Know more at recuperarportugal.gov.pt
ITQB NOVA researchers revealed a way to distinguish between Shewanella species, bacteria emerging as pathogens worldwide. 🦠
The research team identified a gene unique to Shewanella seohaensis, that can serve as a tool to avoid misidentifications in research & diagnostics.
🔗 shorturl.at/1grWq
Say hi to the new students of the Master's in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics! 👋
This week marks the beginning of a journey full of challenges and discoveries at the interface between life sciences and information technology. 💻🧬
Twenty new students just started their Master’s in Biochemistry for Health journey. 🎓👋
Welcome to ITQB NOVA!
ITQB NOVA researchers found a new way to make enzymes withstand high temperatures, opening doors to more efficient and sustainable bioindustrial processes.🌡️
The findings were recently published in @pubs.acs.org.
🔗Read more: shorturl.at/NYEYy
Want to master protein purification? 🧪
Join the course “Protein Purification in AKTA Systems: From Theory to Practice” at #ITQBNOVA, from 24-28 NOV!
📥Apply by 14 OCT!: shorturl.at/KVwo9
Supported by Recuperar Portugal #PRR. Learn more at recuperarportugal.gov.pt
👏👏
Giulia Francescato, former PhD student at ITQB NOVA, won the 2024 Best Thesis Award for her work on compounds with antimicrobial or anticancer applications.
👉 Know more: tinyurl.com/yv77hw9c
📸 Yellow/reddish complexes formed by molecules reacting with metals.
What if artificial intelligence could tell how bacteria infect our cells?
Raquel Portela and Mario Del Rosario, winners of the ECRA Prize's 6th edition, are developing a tool to observe in real time the harmful effects of bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus in our cells. 🔬🦠
🔗 shorturl.at/sIIMK
ITQB NOVA researchers uncovered key details about how cells die under stress.
Their study, published in Nature Communications, solves a long-standing mystery about cell death triggered by protein stress. 🪰
👉 Read more:https://shorturl.at/jG8U5
🌱 Do you want to be part of the solution to global challenges in food, energy, and sustainability?
Apply for the PhD in Plant Sciences! 🎓
Contribute to more resilient crops, sustainable development, and the future of society.
📅 1st application phase: until 15 AUG
🔗 shorturl.at/7ToFD
Want to understand the mechanisms of life, one molecule at a time?
Apply for the PhD in Molecular Biosciences! 🎓
Explore the connection between molecules and living
systems and choose your specialty: Biology,
Biochemistry, or Biotechnology.
📅 1st phase: until 15 AUG
🔗 shorturl.at/wGE2i
Congrats to Diana Reis Barata on her PhD in Plant Sciences! 👏🎓
Her research work, “Interplay between TPS proteins and the SnRK1 kinase in the regulation of plant growth and development,” was supervised by Elena Baena and co-supervised by John E. Lunn and Mark Stitt. 🌿
💡Did you know #ITQBNOVA hosts the largest #NMR center in Portugal?
CERMAX was key in studying the “molecular velcro” of SARS-CoV-2 - a possible step toward new Covid-19 treatments. Tiago Cordeiro and his team spoke to Observador about the discovery.
📖 Read more: shorturl.at/Fyprv
(📸by Observador)
#ITQBNOVA PhD students Vanessa and Susana Costa from the Control of Gene Expression Lab were awarded at the 1st International Meeting on RNA & RNases! 🧬🦠
Susana won 1st Prize for Oral Presentation, and Vanessa was selected as a Cutting-Edge Oral Communication. Congrats! 👏
