AI-driven Optical Biology Lab

Congrats to @JDamianMtzR on the preprint release of his project #VLab4Mic, a tool able to virtually predict whether a biological structure will be resolved by a chosen microscopy or labeling.🎉 Congrats @Bruno_MSaraiva @_mariod @HenriquesLab Read at: shorturl.at/vnQy1

Last week, our researcher Bruna Henriques presented her recently published work on the 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼@𝗢𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘀 project at @scicomPT conference in Évora. The results of the citizen science project were published in @FEMSmicro and available at: shorturl.at/6M9yD

On 24 March after the launch of the project 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼@𝗢𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘀 (a collaboration between @itqbnova @OeirasValley) the students, soon to be mentors, had the opportunity to visit a laboratory and get inspired for their new adventure with fungus and bacteria.🦠🧫

A special thanks to our lab for the incredible action and involvement in the 𝗜𝗧𝗤𝗕 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 on 19-20 March at @itqbnova!🏆 A 2-day event joining 110 participants, international and national experts, poster session & workshops.

Last days to register for 𝐈𝐌𝐒𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 organized by @itqbnova. DON´T miss these amazing researchers on 19/03: Seamus Holden, Cecile Morlot, Guillaume Jacquemet, @sara_spereira, Helder Maiato @i3S_UPorto, Mariana Pinho, Catarina Pinho, @HenriquesLab 🔗:ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org

Congratulations to the newest PhD graduate at our lab, supervised by @HenriquesLab, now Dr. Afonso Mendes @afonsomendes92!👨🏼‍🎓👏 His research work culminated in the publication of #SReD in @NatureComms. Read it here: nature.com/articles/s4146… @GIMM_Institute @itqbnova @NOVAunl

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?🤔 🧫Expansion Microscopy🦾3D Printing🔬Microscopy Demos🖼️AI Image Analysis🦠Sample Prep Come to @itqbnova for 2 days of demos,workshops and expert talks. shorturl.at/tPTEQ

Do you know how far phototoxicity can hinder your experiments?🤔 @_mariod & @gomez_mariscal have just published their work on #PhotoFiTT in @natcomms where they explain how to quantitatively measure it in live-cell imaging.⚡🧫🔬 Congrats!👏 Read more at: shorturl.at/ly9Zn

Do you know how far phototoxicity can hinder your experiments?🤔@_mariod & @gomez_mariscal have just published their work on #PhotoFiTT in @NatureComms where they explain how to quantitatively measure it in live-cell imaging.🧫🔬 Congrats!👏 Read more at: shorturl.at/ly9Zn

🔬 O ITQB NOVA recebeu 500 mil euros para desenvolver microscópios com IA. O projeto VirusAwareScopes coloca Oeiras na vanguarda da ciência e inovação em saúde. ℹ️ oeirasvalley.com/meio-milhao-de…“

Our Researcher @_mariod and @PPortela_Raquel from Pedro Matos Pereira Lab were invited by @healthnews_pt to talk about their new collaboration project awarded by Early Career Research Award, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗧. Read the full interview at: tinyurl.com/infectofitt

@FundlaCaixa @FundlaCaixaCAT @OriolNolis @fct_pt @FundacionLuzon @BreakthroughT1D @WHO @cabimer @NBTT @ZAIDAALVAREZ 19/ 🔚We have reached the end of the event! Thank you for joining us and for your commitment to the future of health. Congratulations to all the selected projects!🎉👏 Stay tuned, we’ll be sharing more highlights and details from the ceremony soon!👀

Great news for @aiopticalbiolab! @HenriquesLab has been awarded #HealthResearch grant from @caixaresearch.🎉 This milestone strengthens the pursue of our scientific objectives and is an important step forward for the future of our lab.🦠🔬 #laCaixaFoundation @itqbnova @NOVAunl

Just in time for the presentation of his PhD work at the 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗧𝗤𝗕 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, our researcher @Antonio_DBrito’s paper on #mAIcrobe🦠in collaboration with @Bruno_MSaraiva has just been released. 👇Learn more about it in the post below.👇

🤝🏼 This event is made possible thanks to the support of @IzasaMedical by Palex and collaboration with Bacterial Imaging Cluster (BIC) and MostMicro at @itqbnova

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵?🤔 Join us for two immersive days of live demos, expert talks & workshops.🔬 📝Register now at ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org

The 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 was the last outreach event at our lab with @ArisDaria,@gomez_mariscal,@_mariod and @jdamianmtz.👩‍🔬👩‍💻 Scientists from diverse fields showed the work being developed at @itqbnova. It was truly inspiring!🤩

Last week, @_mariod & @PPortela_Raquel presented their ECRA-award collaboration project, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗧 at the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆. The event happened in Oeiras at Santo Amaro Beach and was organized by @itqbnova & @OeirasValley

👏Congratulating to researchers @ArisDaria & @_mariod for their post-graduation in the StartUp Research Program where they had to develop a startup project and present it to a panel of experts and venture capital reps.🎯 @itqbnova @NovaSBE @OeirasValley @NIMSB_NOVA @STABVIDA

🏖️ Summer at @itqbnova means Summer Science - summer's internship programme for undergraduates. Our lab welcomed one motivated student supervised by @_mariod. 👩‍🔬Students got to experience 27h of hands-on lab work and a sailing baptism!⛵ Read about it at:shorturl.at/n55Qj