MPS_NOVA Twinning Project

We are thrilled to highlight the participation of Inês Fonseca from NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, who presented a flash talk on her poster titled: “Uncovering the effect of ultraviolet radiation on melanin processing in keratinocytes.”

We are delighted to announce that Ana Rita Garcia from
NIMSB_NOVA and Catarina Baptista from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange opportunity, "Organoids Characterization” at Fondazione Human Technopole as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

Last Friday, the MPS_NOVA Twinning project proudly joined the European Researchers’ Night at Marina de Oeiras, an inspiring event that brought science closer to society. 🌍🔬

This month, Joana Cavadas, PhD student at ITQB NOVA, had the exciting opportunity to attend the EMBO | EMBL Symposium: The Human Microbiome.
Joana presented her poster titled:
“An intestine-on-chip model to study the role of gut microbiota in host metal homeostasis” 🧬✨

Last month, Ana Botelho, PhD student at ITQB NOVA, participated in the Gordon Research Conference on Staphylococcal Diseases. She presented a poster entitled ‘Divergent host interaction profiles of the two major S. epidermidis lineages during skin colonization’.

On 22-24 July, #MPS_NOVA held the Training Workshop Pluripotent Stem Cell Basics, hosted by our partner #HumanTechnopole.
The event brought together researchers and students for three intensive days of theoretical and hands-on training on the cultivation and preservation of hPSCs.

The MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project is pleased to announce the successful completion of our first Staff Exchange “Reprogramming Somatic Cells into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)” — hosted by Giovanni Faga group at Human Technopole.

🌟Join Us for the 4th Webinar of the #MPS_NOVA
On July 10th will feature two distinguished speakers at the forefront of advanced therapeutic development using organoids.
👉 Registration here: lnkd.in/dMKs5-Ku
📅 Registration Deadline: July 8th, 2025 (5 pm, WET)

📍 Collaboration in Action at ITQB NOVA
On May 26th, the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from the Innovation and Funding Offices of the Max Delbrück Center, Dr. Nevine Shalaby and Dr. Seda Çöl Arslan, for a highly productive meeting.

On May 26th we hosted the #MPS_NOVA training workshop on "Strategy in R&I Management", with facilitators from our partner institution, the Max Delbrück Center.

🔬✨ MPS_NOVA at the @Oeiras Valley Science Festival! ✨
On May 23, the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project joined the ITQB NOVA stand at the Oeiras Valley Science Festival in Taguspark — a true “laboratory-outside-the-laboratory” experience!

On the 16th and 17th of June, #MPS_NOVA held its fifth training workshop — “Stem Cells, Organoids, and Methods to Characterize Them” — hosted by our partners at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Maria Beatriz Felgueiras and Quélia Ribeiro from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange on Methods to Characterize Stem Cells and Organoids at Max Delbrück Center as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

🎥 Dynamic42 GmbH interviewed Sarela García Santamarina, #MPS_NOVA Coordinator, during the recent MPS World Summit 2025.
Watch the video to hear her insights on the goals and achievements of the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project.

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Inês, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has deve... Minds Behind - Inês Silva (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

Part 5 of our #MPS2025 series highlights Inês Silva, a PhD student at NOVA Institute, Portugal. She developed a microphysiological method to study dopaminergic injury and inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. --> zurl.co/Ow9gg

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Daniela, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has d... Minds Behind - Daniela Marques (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

Part 6 of our #MPS2025 series: Meet Daniela Marques, PhD student at @NIMSB_NOVA, Portugal. She develops a microglia crosstalk MPS model of the blood-brain barrier to explore polyphenol metabolites' potential --> zurl.co/Ad5dv

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Adrian, a PhD Student at the University Hospital Jena in Germany. He has shown that DPO (3,5-... Minds Behind - Adrian Feile (University Hospital Jena, Germany)

Part 7 of our #MPS2025 interview series highlights Adrian Feile, a PhD student at University Hospital Jena. He explores how DPO-dependent quorum sensing affects Vibrio cholerae biofilm behavior in a 3D intestine-on-chip model --> zurl.co/WJraJ

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube!

🎙️ Raquel Portela (ITQB NOVA) 📢 Modelling Bacterial Pneumonia Infection Dynamics in Lung-on-chip: A Comparative Study of Legionella pneumophila and Staphylococcus aureus.

#ITQB #MPS_NOVA #Research #Innovation

🎉 We’re proud to see our hashtag#MPS_NOVA Twinning Conference Attendance Fellowship supporting young researchers at top international events!
Luana Macedo presented her work on extracellular vesicles in inter-organ communication at the ISEV 2025 Annual Meeting in Vienna.
#ISEV2025 #NMS #Innovation

🎉 Introducing the NMS MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series!

On April 4th, 2025, we proudly launched the first session of the NMS MPS_NOVA Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings .
#MPS_NOVA #ExploratoryResearch #OrganOnChip #RetinalOrganoids #DiabeticRetinopathy #ParkinsonsDisease #NMS #BiomedicalResearch

🎉 Exciting Launch: ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series!
On March 17th, we kicked off the ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Twinning Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings, a new initiative spotlighting the innovative early-stage research emerging from our vibrant community.
#MPS_NOVA #Twinning

🌐The MPS_NOVA website is live!🌐
This will be the go-to place to recap all key information about the project, past and upcoming events, and future opportunities.
#TrainingWorkshop #StaffExchange #VirtualSeminarSeries #MentoringProgram

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On April 2nd, Pedro Pedrosa, Head of Innovation at ITQB NOVA, visited the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin as part of the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project. The visit focused on learning from MDC’s Innovation Office to enhance innovation at UNL.
#Innovation #KnowledgeExchange

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube!
🎙 Catarina Brito | Innate Immunocompetent Human 3D Cell Cultures for Preclinical Assessment of Advanced Therapeutics
🎙 Martin Raasch | How to Get Started with Organ-on-Chip
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💡 Can we reproduce human physiology in a space as small as a chip? 🧐🔬

This was the big question at our #MPS_NOVA stand during the #ITQBNOVA Open Day.

There will be more events soon! 👋

#MissionScience #OrganOnChip #OpenDay #ScienceForAll

🎥 MPS_NOVA is now on YouTube!

To start, we are sharing our first webinar of the Virtual Seminar Series, presented last December by Vania Silverio:

🔬 Microfluidics and the Future of Organ-on-Chip: Driving Innovation Through Standardization

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#MPS_NOVA Awards Funding to 20 Exploratory Research Projects!
On 27th February, the MPS_NOVA Research Exploratory Project meeting took place at NOVA Medical School, featuring an inspiring pitch session where each project proposal was presented.
Congratulations to all the researchers involved!

🌟 Exploring Organ-on-Chip in Respiratory Viral Infections 🌟
Are you interested in cutting-edge approaches to studying respiratory viral infections?
🦠🔬 Don’t miss this insightful review, where our MPS_NOVA member Alexander Mosig contributes as a co-author!
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🚀 Exciting Job Opportunity at NOVA Medical School!

Are you passionate about cell culture, organoids, organ-on-a-chip, and stem cell research? Do you have hands-on experience working in BSL2 environments and advanced microphysiological systems?

📌More information: lnkd.in/dmj7UVjM