The ERA Chair team, led by Matthew Holt, has received the Jorge Ruas Award for their groundbreaking gene therapy targeting primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) — a severe form of MS that currently lacks effective treatment. Affecting 10–15% of all…
In October 2024, we had the Portuguese workshop on Blood Brain Barrier Crossing Strategies, co-organized with Luís Pereira de Almeida (GeneT, CNC-UC) and Rui Jorge Nobre (ViraVector, UC) at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra (CNC-UC). This meeting was an opportunity to share research interests…
Last June 20th we invited all stakeholders who supported the ERA Chair candidacy to the official launch of the NCBio Stakeholder Hub. Dr. Mónica Sousa—Project Coordinator and Director of IBMC—officially opened the meeting by introducing the NCBio project and the…