Luísa Peixe awarded Maratona da Saúde Prize
Luísa Peixe, leader of the BactDrugs Research Lab at UCIBIO-Porto has been awarded the Maratona da Saúde Prize for Research in Infectious Diseases, in the Senior Category, for her research project on “A new weapon for fighting the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance: characterization of a potential antibiotic obtain from a soil extract” (“Uma nova arma para co
New Horizon project to convert plastic pollution into Eco-plastic prototypes
Maria Ascensão Reis, leader of the Biochemical Engineering Lab, and Filomena Freitas, researcher in the same lab at UCIBIO-NOVA, integrate the consortium of the project "EcoPlastiC - Eco conversion of lower grade PET and mixed recalcitrant PET plastic waste into high performing biopolymers". EcoPlastiC aims to provide a seamless route to resolving pe
UCIBIO researchers awarded funding for Bilateral Cooperation in Science between Portugal and Germany
Aldino Viegas, researcher at the (Bio)molecular Structure and Interactions by NMR research lab, Carolina Madeira, researcher at the SeaTox research lab,
New UCIBIO article reveals how a key enzyme intervenes in chlorophyll biosynthesis: a step towards a greener future
Pedro Silva, Associate professor at Universidade Fernando Pessoa and researcher at the Biomolecular Simulation Lab at UCIBIO in Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto, together with Qi Cheng (Hebei Agricultural University) has explored the reaction mechanism of a key, light-activated, enzyme in chlorophyll biosynthesis using quantum chemical methods.