Research Projects

Research Projects 

 

Ana Grenha: Study of the impact of dry powder insufflation over respiratory epithelial cells

 

Alexandra Reis/Natércia Conceição: From normative to poor readers: looking for genetic associations underlying reading abilities in adults

 

Alison Gontijo: Neuroendocrine control of development

 

Álvaro Tavares:  Dissecting the genetic and molecular control of cell proliferation

 

Catarina Homem: Regulation of Drosophila neural stem cells

 

César Mendes: Genetic Control of Locomotion

 

Clévio Nóbrega: Unravelling the role of RNA-binding proteins in Polyglutamine Diseases: from pathogenesis to therapeutics

 

Emilia Monteiro/Sofia Pereira: Targeting AhR metabolic circuitry for better diagnose and management of arterial hypertension

 

Hugo Miranda: Sugar Stress in the Brain

 

Inês Araújo/Gustavo Tiscornia: Is there efficient brain repair in the African spiny mouse?

 

José Bragança: Identification of genes responsible for Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: from bedside to the bench and back again

 

José Belo: Control of cardiomyocyte differentiation and proliferation in disease and regenerative medicine

 

Miguel Seabra: Reconstructing pigmented skin

 

Otília Vieira: Decipher the pro-atherogenic potential of a novel identified family of lipids in cardiovascular disease patients in vivo using zebrafish larvae

 

Paula Macedo: Non-Communicable diseases Stratification and Integration- a clinical to basic science approach

 

Paulo Gavaia/Vincent Laizé: Osteoclast contribution to the mechanisms of patterning and regeneration of the zebrafish fin rays

 

Paulo Pereira: Engineered exosomes as new therapeutic tools in disease and tissue regeneration

Pedro Castelo Branco: Unveiling the epigenetic signatures that control carcinogenesis

 

Raquel Andrade: Temporal Control of Mesoderm Specification

 

Rosalina Fonseca: Spatial and temporal rules of synaptic plasticity

 

Susana Lopes: Gene therapy approaches to restore ciliary function in CRISPR-Cas9 zebrafish mutant models of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

 

Wolfgang Link: Counteract Melanoma´s next Move: Characterizing TRIB2-mediated Resistance to Therapies