BEAKDNA: PTDC/EPH-ARQ/4164/2014; Pedro Soares (PI) DINAMICAS: PTDC/MAT-STA/3358/2014; Jorge Pacheco (PI) TRANSACIDS: PTDC/BIAMIC/5184/2014; Margarida Casal (PI) FRESCHO: PTDC/AGRFOR/1627/2014; Ronaldo Sousa (Participant) FUNBIOPLAS: ERA-IB-2-6/0004/2014; Raul Machado (PI, Coordinator) WRANA: Inn-INDIGO/0004/2014; Pedro Santos (PI, European Coordinator) The Science Center of Guimarães has opened its doors to the public on 17th of December and STOL was present. The Science Center of Guimarães - Curtir Ciência is the result of a partnership between the City Council of Guimarães, University of Minho and the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture - Ciência Viva. It opens from Tuesday to Sunday. → More information The 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists will take place in Gualtar Campus of UMinho, Braga, from August 28th to September 1st, 2016. This symposium is an international forum to gather researchers from around the world, to share and discuss their findings regarding the broad and interdisciplinary field of Nematology. Deadlines: Early registration - May 15th, 2016 Abstract submission - May 31st, 2016 → More information The objective of this activity was to promote awareness for the role of biodiversity in the functioning of rivers and the threats caused by human activities. It included a brief theoretical presentation and two practical activities. Organization: Department of Biologia of the School of Sciences of the University of Minho, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, and the Landscape Laboratory Coordination: Cláudia Pascoal, Fernanda Cássio Lecturing: José Pedro Ramião, Francisco Carvalho → More information Covering different topics on Biological Sciences, CBMA invites distinguished researchers, on a weekly basis, to present their work. All seminars take place on Wednesdays at 9:30. Organizers: Paula Sampaio, Ricardo Duarte. → More information The III Symposium of PDBMA, organized by the PhD students from the 3rd and 4th edition (2011-2012, 2012-2013), took place on the 26th November 2015 at the School of Sciences Amphitheatre. This meeting intended to show the PDBMA in a scientific perspective, as well as to give the opportunity to the students to present their personal experiences throughout the development of their PhD thesis. The program included invited lectures, student presentations, and poster sessions. A prize for the best poster was attributed to Cátia Pereira. → More information This session took place on the 25th November 2015 in amphitheatre B2 at University of Minho, and was dedicated to the importance of green spaces aiming at the implementation of a botanic garden in University of Minho. The event was promoted by Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia Aplicada (NEBAUM) and by the CBMA members Fernanda Cássio and Cláudia Pascoal, with support from the school of sciences. → More information On behalf of CBMA, the editorial board acknowledges and congratulates all the PhD candidates that successfully completed their academic degrees. Inês Mendes. Systems biology approaches for the design of novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae winemaking strains for enhanced flavor compounds synthesis. November 19th, 2015. Eugénia Nogueira. Development of folate-targeted liposomes for rheumatoid arthritis therapy. December 10th, 2015. Ana Loureiro. Protein-based nanodevices for therapeutic applications. December 11th, 2015. Workshops and courses organized by the Portuguese Wildlife Society (SPVS): Workshop “LIFE+ MarPro: Sítios Natura 2000 marinhos e Pescas”, Matosinhos, December 2nd and 3rd, 2015 Environmental Education course, Universidade do Minho and Mosteiro de Tibães, November 21st and 22nd, 2015 → More information iLUX 2015 – Escola Secundária Carlos Amarante, October 13th, 2015. "Let there be light…" is a project from STOL, coordinated by Alexandra Nobre, with the collaboration of colleagues from the School of Sciences (University of Minho) and integrated in the International Year of Light. It is designed for children from first school grade and will be organized once-a-month, between February and December 2015, in the Library Lúcio Craveiro da Silva. “Let there be light… in Geology - The colors around the volcano”, October 23rd, 2015. “Let there be light… in Chemistry - Fire full of colors”, November 20th, 2015. “Let there be light… in Physics – We are all made of stars”, December 11th, 2015. International Conference on Communication and Light, November 2-4, 2015. The International Conference on Communication and Light (http://www.comlight2015.org) took place in Braga from 2 to 4 of November and was organized by the Communication and Society Research Centre /Uminho). STOL presented two projects: "Let there be light" and "iLUX 2015 - Shine like a cartoon". STOL was represented in the event, by Alexandra Nobre, STOL coordinator and Daniel Martins, STOL colaborator.  Escola Secundária Santa Maria Maior´s Experimental Sciences Department in collaboration with STOL commemorated the Science and Technology week by exhibiting “Homo numericus” and "Stitch by Stitch the Science Fills the Space", November 16-20, 2015. Escola Secundária de Barcelos in collaboration with STOL commemorated the Science and Technology week by exhibiting "Homo numericus" and "iLUX 2015", November 23-30, 2015. Round table "Science, education and school" - Champalimaud Foundation. Alexandra Nobre was present in the round-table of this event that brought together researchers, science communicators, teachers, students and parents in an open and informal discussion on "Science, education and school" topics. Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, November 25th, 2015. → More information “Ciência p´ra que te quero!”, organized by Experiment@Ciência (Project SCIENTIA.COM.PT) in partnership with NEBAUM, is a scientific interdisciplinary hands-on activity for children from 6 to 10 years held every 3rd Saturday of each month at the Library Lúcio Craveiro da Silva. “Ciência p´ra que te quero! - Micróbios: amigos invisíveis”, October 17th, 2015. “Ciência p´ra que te quero! - Micróbios de fugir a sete pés!”, November 21st, 2015. → More information For the list of publications in 2015 follow the link. → More information