Curriculum Vitae
César David Rodrigues Casanova
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- César David Rodrigues Casanova
- Date of birth
- 1998/09/28
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Casanova, César
- César R. Casanova
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5619-F428-F0EB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4724-1464
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesarrcasanova/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
- Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism
- Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
- Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemical Research Methods
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Other Biological Topics
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Italian | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2024/11/06 - 2025/11/19
Ongoing
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Course of Competencies in Scientific Research on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (Outros)
3B's Research Group, Portugal
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2021 - 2023
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"Investigating the role of obesogens affecting tumour microenvironment: the tributyltin-adipose tissue-prostate cancer cells
triad" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2021/06/24 - 2021/06/25
Concluded
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Young Researcher Training (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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17 |
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2017/08 - 2021
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
""Efeitos de produtos naturais na proliferação do glioblastoma"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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12 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/11/20 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal | ||
| 2024/03/11 - 2024/11/19 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal |
| Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal (...) |
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| 2022/07 - 2023/12 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal | ||
| 2021 - 2023 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal | ||
| 2017 - 2021 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/11 - 2023/07 | Member of the Social Action Council of the Social Action Services | Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal | ||
| 2022/01 - 2022/12 | Recreational and Cultural Section of the Board of AAUBI | Associação Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2021 | President | UBIQuímica, Portugal |
| 2019/12 - 2020/12 | Second Secretary of the General Assembly of Members | UBIQuímica, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/12/08 - Current | Subject Matter Expert Translator | Exfluency, Switzerland |
| 2022/06 - 2023/07 | Master thesis development | Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/05 - 2023/12 | ARGOS - Desregulação do tecido Adiposo peRiprostático induzida por químicos ambientais e aGressividade do cancrO da próstata
ARGOS
Researcher
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Associação Portuguesa de Urologia |
| 2022/05 - 2023/12 | MICROBIO-PCa - Estudo das alterações metabólicas do cancro da próstata desencadeadas pelo bacterioma: implicações na progressão
da doença e na clínica
MICROBIO-PCa
Researcher
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Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro |
| 2020/01 - 2023/12 | Health Sciences Research Centre
UIDB/00709/2020
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - Current | BioONCOScan | Engineered Biocomputers for Real-Time Tumor Monitoring
Research Fellow
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Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa'
Under evaluation
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| 2025/02 - Current | Bone-ON | A Microfluidic Model of Osteolytic Bone and Bone Marrow for Future Drug Discovery
Research Fellow
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Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa'
Under evaluation
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| 2025/02 - Current | Membranas transparentes de nanofibras electrofiadas para monitorização ótica em tempo real e perfilagem de miRNA de vesículas
extracelulares no cancro colorretal
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Under evaluation
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| 2025/02 - Current | Estruturas nanocompósitas criobioimpressas com gradiente funcional para a engenharia do tecido osteocondral
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Under evaluation
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| 2024/11/20 - Current | ONCOSCREEN - A European “shield” against colorectal cancer based on novel, more precise and affordable risk-based screening
methods and viable policy pathways
Research Fellow
Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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| 2024/11 - Current | C-Niche | 3D Modeling of the Bone Pre-Metastatic Niche: A Platform for Tailored Cancer Therapies
Research Fellow
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Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa'
Not funded
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| 2024/10/15 - Current | BioComp4Me: Engineering Living BioComputers for Personalized Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
ERC-2025-STG: 101223028
Research Fellow
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European Research Council
Not funded
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| 2025/01/03 - 2028/12/30 | EngVIPO - Engineering Vascularized Implants for Personalised Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration: From medical imaging to pre-clinical
validation
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
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European Commission Horizon 2020 European Union Ongoing
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| 2024/03/11 - 2025/12/31 | ICVS/3B’s - Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute / Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics
Research Group
LA/P/0050/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2024 - 2024 | InnoDetect-CRC: Pioneering Advances in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis: Nanotechnology-Enabled On-Chip Detection and Precision
Biofluid Diagnostics
SACCCT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Not funded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2025 | MICROS: Microbiota Interactions in Cancer Research On a Chip
Research Fellow
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European Commission
Not funded
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| 2024 - 2025 | BRIGHT – Biofluidgnostic: a Rising microfluidic platform with nanofiber technology for Innovative cancer care and Global Health
Outcomes
Research Fellow
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European Commission
Under evaluation
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| 2024 - 2025 | BioSculpt – Precision Oncology with Patient-Derived Gut Organoids
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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European Commission
Under evaluation
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| 2024 - 2024 | RegenBioSense | Bioactive Fiber-Integrated Biocomputers for Tissue Regeneration and Disease Monitoring
V International Zendal Awards
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
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Not funded
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| 2024 - 2024 | BIOND | Exploring B Cell-Osteoclast dynamics in a Biomimetic Bone Cancer-on-Chip Model for New Therapies Research
V International Zendal Awards - BIOND
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
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Not funded
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| 2024 - 2024 | ChipThera | Functionalized biological entities on a chip for investigation of the safety of drugs/cell therapeutics
V International Zendal Awards
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal
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Not funded
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| 2024 - 2024 | MIMIC: Multicancer Microfluidic Integration Chip for CRISPR-Based Detection and Editing
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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European Commission
Not funded
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| 2024 - 2024 | BIOSIM: Biofabricated Intestinal/CRC On-Chip Model
Research Fellow
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European Commission
Not funded
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| 2024 - 2024 | NANO-CRC: Nanotechnology-Enhanced Non-Invasive Platform for Colorectal Cancer Early Detection
Research Fellow
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European Commission
Not funded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference abstract |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Intellectual property
| Patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/07/11 | Periprostatic adipose tissue as a target of the obesogen tributyltin: Implications for prostate carcinogenesis | XVIII international CICS-UBI Symposium
CICS-UBI (Covilhã, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/09/22 - 2025/09/26 | 15th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers (2025/09/22 - 2025/09/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos, Portugal |
| 2022/11 - 2022/11 | I snow summit AAUBI, moving toward the future (2022/11 - 2022/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2021/05 - 2021/05 | I Ciclo de Webinares UBIQuímica (2021/05 - 2021/05)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
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UBIQuímica, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/04/03 - 2025/04/05 | “UPA-Universidade Portas Abertas da Universidade do Minho”: annual presentation of UMINHO to students of all ages, teachers, parents and guardians, and the general public, where different workshops and visits to the University's research laboratories take place and, in parallel, occurs an educational offer fair with cultural and sports presentations. | UPA - UMinho Portas Abertas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2025/02/04 - 2025/02/04 | Dia Mundial da Luta Contra o Cancro
Conference
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Dia Mundial da Luta Contra o Cancro
Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal
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| 2024/04/18 - 2024/04/20 | "UPA-Universidade Portas Abertas da Universidade do Minho”: annual presentation of UMINHO to students of all ages, teachers,
parents and guardians, and the general public, where different workshops and visits to the University's research laboratories
take place and, in parallel, occurs an educational offer fair with cultural and sports presentations.
Exhibition
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UPA - UMinho Portas Abertas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2023/07/10 - 2023/07/11 | The 2023 edition of the International Symposium of the Health Sciences Research Center of the University of Beira Interior
highlights the work being carried out by this R&D unit, based at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Symposium
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XVIII International CICS-UBI Symposium 2023
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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| 2023/02/15 - 2023/02/15 | Microscopy in Focus Workshop & Flash Course Series 2022-23 @ CICS-UBI, Covilhã (Portugal)
Workshop
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Workshop Colocalization: Are We Together?
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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| 2023/02/13 - 2023/02/15 | HSRCongress2023 aimed to highlight innovative research in the biomedical field and be an excellent opportunity to create a
bridge between basic academic research and industrial experts, promoting knowledge interchange and establishing potential
partnerships to help create connections for early-career scientists.
The event focused on recent advances in biomedical research about aging and cancer, neurosciences, biopharmaceutics, biomaterials
and tissue engineering, microbiology, and the translation from the laboratory to clinics.
Congress
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IV International Congress in HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH towards innovation and entrepreneurship: Challenges from Research to
Clinics
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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| 2023/01/11 - 2023/01/11 | Microscopy in Focus Workshop & Flash Course Series 2022-23 @ CICS-UBI, Covilhã (Portugal)
- Confocal LSM 710
- Axio Observer Z1
- Axio Observer Z2
Workshop
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Flash Course Microscopy, What’s That ?
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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| 2022/11/15 - 2022/11/17 | The "I Snow Summit AAUBI, Moving Toward the Future" was a landmark event hosted by the Academic Association of the University
of Beira Interior, showcasing a grand fusion of international perspectives and forward-thinking discussions. This significant
gathering was designed to transcend traditional academic boundaries, bringing together scholars, professionals, and students
from around the globe in a dynamic and enriching setting.
Congress
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I Snow Summit AAUBI, moving toward the future
Associação Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2022/10/12 - 2022/10/12 | Microscopy in Focus Workshop & Flash Course Series 2022-23 @ CICS-UBI, Covilhã (Portugal)
Workshop
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Workshop The Basics of Fluorescence Microscopy
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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| 2022/10/12 - 2022/10/12 | Stericycle "Management of hospital waste and hazardous liquid waste"
Skills acquired:
Packaging Hospital Waste in such a way as to control the associated risks;
Correct sorting of hazardous and non-hazardous hospital waste;
In Hazardous Waste, improve sorting between Chemical Risk Waste and Biological Risk Waste;
Improve sorting of non-hazardous waste between recyclable and non-recyclable waste;
Improve the packaging of Hospital Waste to control the associated risks.
Conference
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Stericycle "Management of hospital waste and hazardous liquid waste"
Stericycle Inc, United States
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| 2022/07/20 - 2022/07/21 | The 17th International Symposium of the CICS-UBI presents an opportunity to present and discuss the current scientific topics
and results of research carried out by the CICS-UBI R&D unit
Symposium
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XVII International CICS-UBI Symposium 2023
Universidade da Beira Interior Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
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| 2021/01/21 - 2021/01/21 | The aim of the "Biochemists Made in UBI" lecture series is to publicize the different career and professional paths of former
biochemistry students at the University of Beira Interior
Conference
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Ciclo de Palestras BIOQUÍMICOS MADE IN UBI
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2020/12/21 - 2020/12/21 | The aim of the "Biochemists Made in UBI" lecture series is to publicize the different career and professional paths of former
biochemistry students at the University of Beira Interior
Conference
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Ciclo de Palestras BIOQUÍMICOS MADE IN UBI
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2020/05/20 - 2020/05/20 |
Workshop
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Análise estatistica com GraphPad
UBIQuímica, Portugal
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| 2020/05/15 - 2020/05/15 | The aim of the "Biochemists Made in UBI" lecture series is to publicize the different career and professional paths of former
biochemistry students at the University of Beira Interior.
Conference
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Ciclo de Palestras BIOQUÍMICOS MADE IN UBI
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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| 2018/03/23 - 2018/03/26 | VI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química (VI ENEQUI)
Congress
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VI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química (VI ENEQUI)
UBIQuímica, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Química (ANEQ), Portugal |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/11 - 2022/11 | I Snow Summit AAUBI, moving toward the future.
The "I Snow Summit AAUBI, Moving Toward the Future" was a landmark event hosted by the Academic Association of the University
of Beira Interior, showcasing a grand fusion of international perspectives and forward-thinking discussions. This significant
gathering was designed to transcend traditional academic boundaries, bringing together scholars, professionals, and students
from around the globe in a dynamic and enriching setting.
Member
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Associação Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal |
| 2021/05 - 2021/05 | I Ciclo de Webinares UBIQuímica
The "I Ciclo de Webinares UBIQuímica" was a pioneering series of webinars organized by UBIQuímica, designed to foster scientific
exchange and learning beyond the classroom. This initiative brought together experts and enthusiasts in a virtual setting
to explore a wide range of topics within the realms of chemistry and biochemistry.
Director
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UBIQuímica, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2020 | SCIENCE AT HOME #STAYHOMESTAYSAFE SCIENCE AT HOME was an innovative initiative by UBIQuímica during the COVID-19 pandemic, designed to continue the dissemination of science in a time of crisis. Recognizing the constraints imposed by global health guidelines, UBIQuímica transitioned its outreach to a virtual format, harnessing the power of virtual meetings to host a series of engaging scientific lectures. | UBIQuímica, Portugal |