This year, we celebrated the Brain Awareness Week by celebrating neurodiversity. We welcomed neurodiverse young people from the Portuguese Association for Developmental Disorders and Autism (APPDA-Norte) for a guided tour at the i3S. Our young guests saw the marvels of…
On March 4 we had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Dr. Wim Annaert, an expert in Alzheimer’s Disease. Prof. Dr. Annaert is a full professor at the KU Leuven and a group leader at the VIB-Center for Brain and Disease, Leuven, Belgium. We heard his…
Last July 22nd was World Brain Day and Dr. Olga Sin had the honor of promoting a short video to highlight the wonders of the brain, especially the unknown half of the brain.
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…
To celebrate Brain Awareness Week, Dr. Matthew Holt challenged the Ciência Viva Science Clubs and 7th, 8th and 9th graders to become neuroscientists and discover the unknown side of the brain.
Dr. Simone was invited to give a talk at the Lousada Secondary School as part of an initiative organized by the school to raise awareness for World Cancer Day.