nBTT | Pêgo Lab

What a day for our lab – our brilliant Beatriz Custódio @bmariacustodio has just aced her PhD viva last October 29th!! What a fin-tastic milestone!🎉 Outstanding work on developing zebrafish models to explore novel therapeutics for neurological diseases 🐟🧠💊

Good news! Our work has received over 1,000 views since publication! Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm… #ViewsMilestone

Today is #WorldStrokeDay! 🧠 Stroke is the second highest cause of death and a leading cause of disability worldwide, with 12.2 million people suffering a stroke every year.🏥🌍 In our lab, we are interested in the science and development of therapies to tackle stroke 💊🥼

Last week we received the visit of Prof @ZJ_Pei in the context of our project funded by @AFOSR. Fantastic talk by ZJ and great discussions on our progress. Stay tuned on our progress! @i3S_UPorto #glia

Time flies when you are having fun! Can’t believe 4 yrs passed… let’s talk about the future of Glial Engineering! ⁦⁦@Astrotechproje1⁩ ⁦@AFOSR⁩ ⁦@i3S_UPorto⁩ #glia

It is now known that the human genome codes for over one thousand microRNAs! Read this great piece from @sciam about the key regulatory role of microRNAs in gene expression trib.al/qUh8k60

Fundamental and disruptive science! The work of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates highlights how microRNAs are crucial for organisms development and function, based on groundbreaking research with the tiny C. elegans 🧬🔬🪱

First day of #7thPhDDay at @i3S_UPorto and we are very excited to have one poster from our lab! Come meet our recent PhD student Duarte Silva and hear more about his work in designing a dendritic contrast agent for stroke diagnosis! ⚗💊🧠

Yesterday, the nBTT Lab celebrated the European Researcher’s Night 2024!🥼🌙 Beyond the lab coat, our incredible team members were outstanding in communicating our science to the public, diving deeply into the therapeutic strategies we explore to treat brain diseases.🧠🔬💊

Neuroexploradores - viajando pelo cérebro! Este é o nosso mote! Venha conhecer o nosso grupo e ver como temos explorado nanobiomateriais para “entrar” no cérebro e promover a regeneração do sistema nervoso.

CESB2024 has been a success! Only 1 week passed and we are already looking forward to engaging in CESB2026! Congrats @Boccaccini_Lab and @ESB for the fantastic organization.

Last weekend Ana Pêgo was in Suzhou to attend the SIPCD2024! Thanks to Prof Zhiyuan Zhong and Prof Stefaan de Smedt for a great event!!! Also it was great to celebrate Jan Feijen career and 80th Anniversary!!

@CESB2024 has been a success! Only 1 week passed and we are already looking forward to engaging in CESB2026! Congrats @Boccaccini_Lab and @ESBiomaterials for the fantastic organization. #biomaterials @i3S_UPorto

Congrats Debora! Great pitch! Great science! ⁦@DAMoreira_PhDSt⁩ ⁦@i3S_UPorto⁩ @ESBiomaterials⁩

We are in the beautiful city of Nuremberg to attend the #CESB2024 meeting ⁦⁦⁦@ESBiomaterials⁩ Check our presentations today (by Debora Moreira) and on Wednesday (Ana Paula Pego)!!

We are thrilled to announce that our PhD student @anapnspencer has been nominated for the Activa Inspirational Women Awards in the Science category! 🏆 
Ana worked with #nanoparticles to deliver #nucleicacids to the treatment of neurological disorders.🌟 #revistaActiva

Shoutout to our incredible nBTT team members who participated in the "Volta a Paranhos" run! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Francisco, Pedro, and Sofia Santos laced up their running shoes and hit the pavement for this event. 🎽 Their determination and spirit truly exemplify the values of our team. 👏

Cláudia nailed her #master's defense "Evaluation of anti-gene #oligonucleotide strategy for targeted shutdown of activated telomerase: a novel therapeutic approach in #cancer" 🎓 A successful collaboration between nBTT and Cancer Signalling & Metabolism group at @i3S_UPorto 🤩

@SaraZarzoArias and Victoria Leiro attended the Final Meeting of @carthagoEU in Davos. This #EC Consortium has been working during the last 3 years in the "Cartilaginous tissue regeneration by gene therapy - taking the hurdles towards efficient delivery". @MSCActions

Yesterday at @WBC2024, Ana Paula organized and chaired a session focused on a new and exciting field on #Biomaterials: applications in glia! ⭐️🧠 all the feedback proved that the field is now less ‘neurocentric’ and that #glia is starting to be noticed! 🙌🏼