Maria Francisca Coutinho

🤔 Ever heard that less is more? 🧐 Well, if you happen to be attending the @ibimedsymposium, go check 👩🏻‍🔬Matilde Almeida's poster! She'll tell you why, by showing how RNA drugs may help us 'treat' a rare genetic disorder in vitro.

In the meantime, our #LabBabies 👩🏻‍🔬Matilde Almeida e 👩‍🔬Catarina Sandiares are attending the @ibimedsymposium and showcasing their latest results on two challenging #LysosomalStorageDisorders: #Sanfilippo and #NiemannPickC.

We're out of the lab to attend the 3rd meeting of our @fct_pt AL #Al4Animals. Right now, 👨‍🔬@claudio_sunkel is asking all the right questions, when sharing his thoughts on how to build a strong & successful research environment, ensuring quality & standard of publication.

We kick-off with an inspiring lecture by 👩🏼‍🏫@e_weitkamp on how #art & #science may work together - a topic that is certainly dear to me, for it waves at the child I once was, whose sketchbook was full of naïve (yet somehow heartwarming) "experimental observations". 🖌➕️🔬

📍Currently attending @scicomPT 2024 meeting. Looking forward to these 3 days❕️

Registration is open NOW for our joint symposium on lysosomes and autophagy by the DFG research unit FOR2625 and the ESGLD in Berlin, Germany in June. Don't wait too long as the number of participants is limited... Please share and re-tweet! See you in Berlin 🥳 #lysosomes

O @irj_pt participou na Semana da Ciência e da Tecnologia, que decorreu entre 20 e 26 de novembro. A atividade desenvolvida incidiu sobre as Doenças Lisossomais de Sobrecarga. Saiba mais ➡️ insa.min-saude.pt/instituto-rica… #GenéticaHumana #INSA #InstitutoRicardoJorge #SNS @cienciaviva

Today we're at @ICBAS_UPorto, showcasing much of the work that is being performed at 👩🏼‍🏫Sandra Alves' lab on Lysosomal Storage Disorders (@irj_pt). #Al4Animals #OneHealth #TranslationalMedicine #LysosomalStorageDiseases

👩🏼‍🔬📝 Hoje, viemos ao @nortemedico, para a quarta reunião #MPS360. O desafio, este ano, é abordar as #mucopolissacaridoses numa perspectiva centrada no doente e na sua individualidade, abrindo caminho a um futuro de 🩺👤#medicinapersonalizada. #mps360

Luísa Romão, investigadora do Departamento de Genética Humana, foi eleita presidente do Conselho Científico do @irj_pt para o triénio 2023-2026, substituindo no cargo Peter Jordan, também ele investigador do DGH. Saiba mais ➡️ insa.min-saude.pt/luisa-romao-e-… #INSA #InstitutoRicardoJorge

@irj_pt ❕️ Se nos quiserem ajudar, basta entrar em contacto comigo, seja por mensagem aqui nas redes, ou por mail: francisca.coutinho@insa.min-saude.pt. ✅️ Se quiserem saber um pouco mais sobre esta iniciativa @fct_pt, espreitem a página da Ciência Viva: cienciaviva.pt/ciencia-viva-n…

@irj_pt Por isso, aqui fica o aviso à navegação para as Famílias cujos membros mais novos tenham 🦷dentinhos a abanar por estes dias: a nossa Fada dos Dentes vai treinar duas pequenas 👩🏼‍🔬estagiárias em Agosto, e vai precisar novamente de caninos e incisivos.

🧚‍♀️🦷🧬🔬 Lembram-se da Fada dos Dentes? Aquela que nos tem vindo a ajudar a estudar doenças raras, aqui no @irj_pt ? Pois é: parece que ela vai precisar mais uma vez da vossa ajuda!

🧐 Back to today's @CiimarUp & @BlueBio4Future workshop on #graphicaldesign. ⬇️ While we've heard about 📑#manuscripts and how to illustrate them during the morning, our focus for the afternoon will be 🗣#oralpresentations and 📰#posters. #scicomm

🤫 And, talking about graphical design & manuscript figures, I am happy to share that this paper also counts with a hand-drawn #illustration. 📑 I hadn't drawn anything in a while, let alone for publishing. So, I must admit I feel particulary proud to see it online. ✏️🦷

Special thanks to the other #scibabies in the team, 🧑🏼‍🔬@hugoddavid and 👩‍🔬@princesaaNitaa, for designing all the figures in the manuscript, and helping us make more informative and appealing. ⚠️ Remember: it is your work they're highlighting here 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🤫 Wanna know the best part of it❔️ This is more than a summary of the existing #iPSC or iPSC-dervied #MPS cell models; it is a reflection on the potential of a special group of naturally-occuring #stemcells for that same purpose ➡️ the 🦷#dentalpulp #stemcells❕️

🧐 Guess who's been higlighted in @Biomed_MDPI's main page❔️ ❕️ The lastest paper from our #lysosomalstoragediseases lab at @irj_pt. ⬇️ An extensive review on the use of #iPSC to model #MPS diseases, signed by the #ToothFairy assistant herself, 👩‍🔬@Sofiapcarvalho_.

Graphical Design for science communication workshop today organized by @BlueBio4Future @CiimarUp !

📆 Today is #scicomm training day back at @CiimarUp. ⬇️ We'll be learning how illustration may be used & useful for scince visual communication. 📝 Looking forward to this graphical design workshop.