Lysosomes and Disease Lab

During last week, our PI Dr. Otília Vieira was at the University of Oslo arguing the Liv Elfmark PhD defence with Jenny  Hirst (Cambridge University). During her stay, Dr. Otília gave a seminar at the Cancer Institute about on-going work of our group.

🎉 NOVA Medical School research exceeds the national average in the Exploratory Projects Competition (PeX) 2023 of the @fct_pt! 📈 Five projects by NOVA Medical School researchers were funded - a success rate of 33.3%, a result above the national average of 22.5%. (1/2)

When #EUTOPIA Vice-Rectors meet the #YoungLeadersAcademy: a rare opportunity to debate the fellows' possible involvement in the governance of the Alliance and find a way for them to give back to EUTOPIA following their enriching 2-year appointment as #YLA. #EUTOPIAWeek

Our research group joined the protest against precarious work in science! 💪📢 We stand for fair working conditions for those driving essential scientific advancements. Together, we fight for a future where research is valued and researchers are respected. #EndPrecarity

Our team participated in the NMS PhD Retreat 2024 with 3 PhD students! Inês and Elizeth gave oral presentations, while Catarina presented a poster and won the Best Poster of the Day award! After this fantastic work, they enjoyed a well-deserved long weekend in Madrid!

Otília Vieira, Principal Researcher at NOVA Medical School's Lysosomes in Chronic Human Diseases group, discussed a cationic surfactant-based hydrogel effective against gonorrhea bacteria on @antena1rtp's "90 Segundos de Ciência." Listen to it here 👇 rtp.pt/play/p2936/e79…

(1/2) 🔬 André Marques, senior researcher at NOVA Medical School, has been selected as a fellow for the EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy as one of @NOVAunl's representatives! Congratulations on this achievement, André!

Last Friday we were present at #EuropeanResearchersNight2024 with some awareness activities on cardiovascular diseases. We presented our work while playing some games on how to keep a healthy lifestyle. Thank you to those who visited us! @nei_2024pt @nova_medschool

@nova_medschool @RGozzelino @MiguelSeabra6 @CNanolab Fantastic! Both our senior scientists are in the Top 2% most cited scientists! 🤩 Congrats Otília and Winchil

Five researchers and professors from NOVA Medical School were recognized in Stanford University's “World's Top 2% Scientists Ranking”, standing out among the most cited in the world. Congratulations to all! Read all about it here: bit.ly/4eDcNlC

There is nothing like celebrating the Summer with a successful grant application and a PhD fellowship! Congrats André and Catarina 🥳👩‍🔬🌅 #FCT @nova_medschool

Huge congratulations to our brilliant Research Fellow, Catarina, for successfully defending her post-graduation🥳Your dedication and hard work have truly paid off. We are incredibly proud of you and excited to see all the amazing things you will accomplish in the future! 🌟

We are thrilled to share that our EVCA members Paulo Pereira, Rita Teodoro, Sandra Tenreiro, and Otilia Vieira participated in the Ciência 2024 event held from July 3-5 in Porto, presenting their innovative work with extracellular vesicles! #EVCATwinning #Ciência2024

Ready to meet another EVCA Member? Meet Otília Vieira, a Principal Investigator at @nova_medschool. Follow us for more exciting updates on the EVCA project and to learn more about our amazing team! #EVCATwinning #EVCAMembers #HorizonEU

Yesterday Inês and Madalena presented their BSc projects and made us very proud 🤩 Congratulations and best of luck in your future endeavours! 👩‍🔬🧪🥼 A special thanks to Ana Pêgo and Ana Raimundo for the insightful discussions @nova_medschool @FCTNOVA @CNSantos_lab

We have a research fellowship for a MSc (BI) for 12 months, renewable until the end of the project. This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic young researchers in organelle dysfunction and loss of cell homeostasis in disease! Contact: otilia.vieira@nms.unl.pt

@DammeMarkus @NatureCellBio @Kathaschnatta @OceaneGuelle @AllUNeedIsLoew Congrats!

More than happy to finally see our paper out in @NatureCellBio! We de-orphanized MFSD1 as a lysosomal dipeptide uniporter. Fantastic work of @Kathaschnatta, @OceaneGuelle, @AllUNeedIsLoew and Bruno Gasnier: nature.com/articles/s4155… so nice to see the structure of MFSD1&GLMP!

Our group was awarded with the Bluepharma Innovation Honorable Mention due to our work on the development of a surfactant containing hydrogel with antimicrobial properties 📜🤩 @BluepharmaSA @nova_medschool

Having a great time at our FOR2625 symposium in Berlin with great science of our FOR2625 members and amazing external speakers from around the world 👌😀

Inês and Elizeth, are in Berlin for the 25th ESGLD Workshop and FOR2625 Lysosomes & Autophagy Symposium! Inês gave an oral presentation at the ESGLD, and both presented posters at the FOR2625. Grateful to the organizers for granting us a travel grant. #ESGLD2024 #FOR2625