European Researchers' Night is returning to Oeiras on 25 Sep! Join us for an evening of hands-on activities, science demonstrations, games and conversations. 📍Jardins do Palácio Marquês de Pombal 🕓 4-10 PM Science belongs to everyone. Let's celebrate it together! 🔗 itqb.unl.pt/nei2026

Congrats to our researcher Carlota Vaz Patto on being elected President of the International Legume Society (@legumesociety.bsky.social)! 👏🫛 The researcher aims to "strengthen an increasingly inclusive, interdisciplinary, and global scientific community.” Read more: shorturl.at/yv9dS

Want to contribute to a more sustainable future?🌱 Join the MSc in Plant Biology for Sustainable Agriculture at ITQB NOVA and address the challenges of food security, sustainable production, and climate change. 👉 Apply by Jul 17: shorturl.at/dZEug

🎥 Where does EvaMobs stand today, and what's next? Hear from co-coordinators Cláudio M. Soares and Diana Lousa, and meeting host José María Valpuesta, on the outcomes of our recent consortium meeting in Madrid. @itqbnova.bsky.social @cnb-csic.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsX4...

EvaMobs consortium meeting 2026

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LS4FUTURE warmly welcomes Mariana Pinho, @itqbnova.bsky.social, as our new Coordinator, confident that she will contribute to our continued success. Our community also expresses its gratitude to the previous coordinator, Inês Cardoso Pereira, for her dedication, professionalism, and commitment.

How do bacteria build time capsules? ITQB NOVA researchers from the Microbial Development lab show how a key spore-coat protein, studied for years, orchestrates the assembly of the innermost layer of the “shield” that protects bacterial spores. 🛡️ 🔗Read more: shorturl.at/p35jm

Who interacts with whom inside bacteria? 🔬 ITQB NOVA researchers developed and implemented an advanced microscopy technique, FLIM-FRET, to observe how proteins interact inside dividing bacteria. Now in Nature Communications! 📰 Read more: shorturl.at/L5Vpm

Second day at the @embo.org course hack your microscope. Today the teams will start approaching the challenges: organoids separation in flow, and live/dead automatic staining. The place is amazing and the course fantastic. @itqbnova.bsky.social

Day 5 at 🔬 #EMBOmicroscope Get you LEGO out 🔧 Julien Colombelli from @irbbarcelona.org showcasing #LEMOLish 🤩 i In case you would like to connect to the 🇪🇸🇵🇹 microscopy community #SPAOM2026 is a great opportunity! #openscience #openhardware @itqbnova.bsky.social

Three years into #EvaMobs, we met again in Madrid 🇪🇸 From designing to testing thousands of monobodies, nanobodies, and miniproteins, we’re learning what works and narrowing down what could make a real impact.🔍 Next step: move successful candidates to pre-clinical testing!🚀 #PandemicPreparedness

ITQB NOVA (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), EvaMobs’ coordinator, will host European RosettaCon 2026! Theme: “Crossing Boundaries with Protein Design” 📅 28–30 Oct 2026 | 📍 Lisbon Registration & abstracts open in March. Details: europeanrosettacon.org #RosettaCon #ProteinDesign @itqbnova.bsky.social

#Microbial #warfare helps #bacteria evolve ... | #evolution | #microbes | #Streptococcus | #infections | #pneumonia | By @itqbnova.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social

Microbial warfare helps bacteria evolve

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in more severe cases, meningitis or sepsis. It shares the human respiratory…

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David Aragão (@aragaod.bsky.social), ITQB NOVA alumnus, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (@rsb.org.uk). 🗣️ "ITQB NOVA gave me the rigour and scientific mindset that allowed me to evolve towards instrumentation science on a global scale." Congrats! Read more: shorturl.at/RpU7P

Want to learn the latest tools to monitor and optimize crop growth? 🌱🌍 Join ITQB NOVA's short course and explore methods that support more accurate, data-driven decisions for sustainable agriculture. Apply by 31 Mar: shorturl.at/AGY0g

How do bacteria disarm antimicrobials? 🦠 Researchers from ITQB NOVA’s Functional Biochemistry of Metalloenzymes Lab revealed new structural details of an enzyme that helps bacteria get rid of nitric oxide. Know more: shorturl.at/92NpI

🌟 7th Webinar in the #MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar Series! 🎙️ Speakers: Krzysztof Wrzesinski, CelVivo ApS Carina Valente, @itqbnova.bsky.social 📅 February 5th, 2026, 2 PM (WET) 💻 Zoom 👉 forms.gle/XSSShSMHLZ9q... 📅 Register until February 1st, 2026 (5 pm) See you there! 🚀

🍚 Ever wondered what rice you are really eating? The answer is in the genes. A new ITQB NOVA study reveals new tools for distinguishing rice varieties and combating food fraud. 🧬 Know more: shorturl.at/F3kwW

We closed 2025 trainings with an inspiring workshop on Careers Beyond Academia @itqbnova.bsky.social. 20 early career researchers took part in hands-on sessions with trainer Dr. Ana Osorio to explore career options beyond academia and learn practical ways to stand out. Thanks Chaperone! #careers

Congrats to @henriqueslab.bsky.social for the @caixaresearch.bsky.social Health grant! 👏 The project will use AI to create smart microscopes that automatically adjust their lighting in real time, letting us watch the viral infection process over days. 🔗Know more: shorturl.at/yi9Rz

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Light from high-res microscopes can damage cells and limit the study of viral infection cycles. With a #HealthResearch grant, @henriqueslab.bsky.social (@itqbnova.bsky.social) uses AI to adjust light in real time and boost our understanding of infectious diseases. https://tinyurl.com/3y8zwyes

ITQB NOVA will be hosting EMBO’s Practical Course "Hack Your Microscope" from 20–25 April 2026!🔬 The course aims to innovate, democratize advanced #imaging technologies and shape the future of open-source #microscopy. ⏳ Only16 spots available! Apply by 12 DEC: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...

ITQB NOVA researcher James Yates is part of one of 44 projects selected in the EIC Pathfinder call to support visionary science and disruptive innovation. 💡 Funded with €3M, the RamanProSeq project will develop a technology to sequence proteins with >99.9% accuracy. Read more: shorturl.at/JFAn0

🚀🔬 Announcing #IMS2026 at @itqbnova.bsky.social! We're assembling a #LifeSciences #Microscopy symposium packed with ✨ speakers and 🧑‍🔬 workshops. All about imaging cells with photons, electrons and AI! If you love microscopy, you need to be here. Join us on March 19! ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org

AI-driven Optical Biology Lab@aiopticalbiolab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵?🤔 Discover imaging techniques that will unlock new directions in your work. Join us for two immersive days of live demonstrations,expert talks and hands-on workshops.🔬 📝Register at: ims2026.itqbnovacommunity.org

A new ITQB NOVA study unveils the crystal structure and mechanism of Dis3L2, a “molecular scissor” essential for RNA quality control and whose defects are linked to severe cancers and overgrowth disorders. ✂️🧬 🔗https://shorturl.at/RtiOy

The COMENZE Doctoral Network is officially launched! ITQB NOVA, leader of the project, hosted the kick-off meeting of this initiative that will train a new generation of innovative and entrepreneurial scientists. Know more: shorturl.at/LFWSZ

Congrats to Cláudia Lopes on her PhD in Plant Sciences! 👏🎓 Her research work, “A molecular approach to understand embryo development to seed filling in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)” was supervised by Pedro Fevereiro and co-supervised by Susana Araújo.

The first students of the Master's in Plant Biology for Sustainable Agriculture have arrived at ITQB NOVA! 👋 Ready to shape the future of agriculture through biotechnology. 🌱🌍

Another group of students just arrived @itqbnova.bsky.social! 👋 This time, we welcome students from the Master's in Medical Microbiology programme, who will deepen their knowledge of microbiology and health. 🧫

Want to deepen your knowledge of metalloprotein production and characterization? 🧪 📥 Apply by November 10: shorturl.at/IKKEK This course is supported by Recuperar Portugal #prr #construirofuturo #nextgenerationeu. Know more at recuperarportugal.gov.pt

ITQB NOVA researchers revealed a way to distinguish between Shewanella species, bacteria emerging as pathogens worldwide. 🦠 The research team identified a gene unique to Shewanella seohaensis, that can serve as a tool to avoid misidentifications in research & diagnostics. 🔗 shorturl.at/1grWq

Say hi to the new students of the Master's in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics! 👋 This week marks the beginning of a journey full of challenges and discoveries at the interface between life sciences and information technology. 💻🧬