Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis generally consists of anti-inflammatory drugs
Teresa Santos-Silva, FCT investigator, explains the impact and relevance of her research:
Impact Pubblication
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis generally consists of anti-inflammatory drugs, but here Teresa Santos-Silva explains why she hopes carbon monoxide will become the treatment of the future
The dominant theory on the evolution of sex chromosomes challenged
In many animals and plants, sex chromosomes show marked differences both in structural and genetic terms. This is related to the fact that these chromosomes have lost the ability to recombine over part of their length. This is particularly the case in the human species between the X chromosome and the Y chromosome whose size is considerably reduced.
Carla Gonçalves awarded Best Oral Presentation
Carla Gonçalves, PhD student in the Yeast Genomics Lab, at UCIBIO in FCT NOVA, was awarded the Best Oral Presentation at the Comparative genomics of eukaryotic microbes: Dissecting sources of evolutionary diversity Conference, held in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain (14 - 19 October 2017).
UCIBIO at the European Researchers Night 2017
On 29th September from 18:00 to 24:00, researchers from UCIBIO - FCT NOVA will be at Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC) in Lisbon, with various activities. The project, “SCILIFE – Science in Everyday Life” aims to aware citizens to the influence and great impact of research in their everyday life, as well as in the resolution of various problems that arise in the daily life of our society.