Raquel Portela awarded an ESCMID Research Grant
Raquel Portela, a researcher at UCIBIO-NOVA, was recently awarded a research grant from the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) to develop the project “Characterization and Application of a New Bacteriocin System of Staphylococcus aureus”.
Cecília Roque receives an ERC Proof of Concept grant
Cecília Roque, leader of the Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory at UCIBIO-FCT NOVA was distinguished with a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant with the project ENSURE: Non-invasive follow-up of urinary tract cancers.
DNAzymes – high-resolution characterization of DNA molecules with therapeutic potential
(Image description and credits: The binding arms on a DNAzyme (red) specifies where it binds to an RNA strand (yellow), which is then cleaved.
Credit: HHU/Manuel Etzkorn)
New study places the electronic nose closer to “smell” illness in urine and breath
Researchers from the Biomolecular Engineering Lab at UCIBIO-NOVA discovered how to control gelatin's affinity for water, giving rise to new materials that can detect odors in humid or dry environments.