Ana Margarida Pereira, a research grantee at CBMA under the supervision of Raul Machado and Margarida Casal, was awarded the Prize Prof. Doutor Luís Archer for the Best Poster Presentation at the XXXIX Portuguese Genetics Conference by SPG (Sociedade Portuguesa de Genética). The work presented, entitle “Silk-based polymers functionalized with fibronectin type-II for improved cell adhesion” by Ana Margarida Pereira, Raul Machado, Telma Bernardo, André da Costa, Artur Ribeiro, Tony Collins, Andreia C. Gomes, Isabel Leonor, David Kaplan, Rui L. Reis and Margarida Casal, reports the development of biopolymers functionalized with a cell adhesion domain through genetics, namely recombinant DNA technology, to be used as biomaterials in tissue engineering and biomedical applications.

The XXXIX Portuguese Genetics Conference was held at Braga, from the 25th to the 27th of May 2015.

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Daniela Batista, student of the CBMA PhD program, won the Young Scientist Award - Best Platform Presentation in the SETAC 25th Europe Annual Meeting (3-7 May 2015 Barcelona, Spain), which was attended by more than 2.600 delegates.

The winner of the Young Scientist Award will receive a free registration to the next SETAC Europe Annual meeting and a prize money up to 1.000 €. 

The study was entitled Pollution induced community tolerance of microbial decomposers to silver nanoparticles  -  Daniela Batista, Ahmed Tlili, Mark O. Gessner, Cláudia Pascoal, and Fernanda Cássio

Daniela Batista is developing her PhD studies under the supervision of Fernanda Cássio and Cláudia Pascoal. 

The PhD thesis of Arunava Pradhan entitled Impacts of nanoparticles to microbes and invertebrates: from community responses to cellular targets developed at the CBMA in the University of Minho, under the supervision of Fernanda Cássio, Cláudia Pascoal and Sahadevan Seena, was among the best PhD theses developed in the Iberian Peninsula over the last 2 years, and was awarded with a special mention by the Iberian Association of Limnology.

The City Hall of Guimarães and the School of Sciences of UMinho attributed the Landscape Laboratory Award to the Master in Ecology. The award was attributed to Francisco Carvalho, who concluded the Master in Ecology last year. The award consists of a one-year fellowship to develop work at the Landscape Laboratory in Guimarães. (www.labpaisagem.pt).

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In the month when we celebrate World Water Day, we will discover some of the fascinating creatures that inhabit the rivers and lakes! Magnifying glass in hand and well watchful eyes will investigate what makes these creatures, beings as important for water quality and for humans!

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What have in common dogs and wolves? Come to test your knowledge and find many curiosities and stories that make these animals so captivating. Also prepare yourself to be a real animal detective and start looking for clues and traces! We wait for you and all your family to embark in one more adventure of "Wild Sundays at Quinta Pedagógica de Braga!"

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