Issue 2
March 2015

  Highlights

· ECS|ICVS Open day for
  MsC and PhD candidates
· 2CA Braga: Grants

  More in this issue

· Representative Research Papers
· International Postgraduate Program
· PhD Thesis

Welcome! On the 25th March, the School of Health Sciences (ECS) and the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) open their doors for all that may be interested in our Post-Graduate Programs. This open day will privilege direct contact with researchers, research activities and students.

Programme
10:00 – 11:00 | Introdution to ECS/ICVS MsC and PhD programs
11:00 – 12:30 | Overview of ICVS research (Microbiology & Infection; Surgical Sciences; Neurosciences)
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 | Guided visit to the School and Institute
15:00 – 16:00 | Informal meeting with current MsC and PhD students

More information: here and here.

For the second year our research partner “2CA-Braga” attributed grants for clinical research and scientific initiatives. This year there were 13 applicants and the winners were:

· Ana João Rodrigues (ICVS), Cristina Nogueira-Silva (ICVS/HB), Pedro Morgado (ICVS/HB) e Pedro Leão (ICVS/HB) – “Long Term Impact of Prenatal Glucocorticoid Exposure” - Clinical project to study pulmonary, gastrointestinal and neurologic long-term effects of corticosteroids administered during pregnancy, involving Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department from Hospital Braga and ICVS.

· Pedro Morgado (ICVS/HB) – “Treating Refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Using Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurofeedback”- Clinical study of Fmri in obsessive-compulsive patients, involving the Psychiatry Department of Hospital Braga and ICVS.

· Ana Sofia Silva (FAUP (Faculty of Architecture of Porto University) – “Architecture and Health: the architectonic environment’s impact in hospital’s daily life” – intending to study the rooms/spaces for patients consultation and its direct impact in the patients well-being. This study from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto involves physicians from the Hospital Braga and the School of Health Sciences.

The “2CA-Braga” promotes clinical and translational research aligned with the needs of the surrounding community in the provision of healthcare and research of excellence. With dedicated Medical and Clinical Research Staff, High Quality Equipment, Technology & centred in the patients and their needs the “2CA-Braga” is the appropriate partner to host your clinical studies. Visit www.ccabraga.org for more information, or contact the 2CA Braga team through at 2ca@ccabraga.org.

Central autonomic nervous system response to autonomic
challenges is altered in patients with a previous episode
of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (2015 Jan 27)
Pereira VH, Marques P, Magalhães R, Português J,
Calvo L, Cerqueira JJ, Sousa N Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

iNKT cell production of GM-CSF controls
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2015 Jan 13)
Rothchild AC, Jayaraman P, Nunes-Alves C, Behar
PLoS Pathog., 10(1):e1003805

Effector memory CD4(+) T cells are associated with
cognitive performance in a senior population (2015 Jan 08)
Serre-Miranda C, Roque S, Santos NC, Portugal-Nunes C,
Costa P, Palha JA, Sousa N, Correia-Neves M
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm., 2(1):e54

The Role of the Mammalian DNA End-processing Enzyme
Polynucleotide Kinase 3'-Phosphatase in Spinocerebellar
Ataxia Type 3 Pathogenesisingle (2014 Fev 02)
Chatterjee A, Saha S, Chakraborty A, Silva-Fernandes A, Mandal SM,
Neves-Carvalho A, Liu Y, Pandita RK, Hegde ML, Hegde PM, Boldogh I,
Ashizawa T, Koeppen AH, Pandita TK, Maciel P, Sarkar PS, Hazra TK.
PLoS Genet, 11(1):e1004749


other research papers

International Postgraduate Program
March to April ‘15

Training in Clinical Sciences
BASIC LAPAROSCOPY
FOR RESIDENTS (8th Edition)
March 27 - 28, 2015

AUDITORY IMPLANTS
April 9 - 11, 2015

3D-VIDEO-ASSISTED
EXTRAPERITONEAL LAP.
PROSTATECTOMY (4th Edition)
April 16, 2015

ADVANCED 3D-VIDEO-ASSISTED
UROLOGICAL SURGERY (6th Edition)
April 17-18, 2015

ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC
ENDOSCOPY - EMR & ESD (5th Edition)
hands-on training with
live porcine models
April 27-28, 2015

Training in Biomedical Sciences
A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO STEM
CELLS AND TISSUE CULTURE
from cell isolation, manipulation and
characterization to advanced microscopy
March 2-13, 2015

METHODS FOR GROUPING
VARIABLES WITH IBM SPSS
STATISTICS (4th Edition)
April 2, 2015

AUTOPHAGY IN HEALTH
AND DISEASE
conceptual and methodological advances
April 7-17, 2015

PATHOGENESIS OF
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
finding a common ground
April 20-30, 2015



more information

April 27th, 2015
Harnessing the potential of pluripotent stem cells to develop
novel platforms to study human motor neurons in vitro
Candidate: Nuno Lamas
Supervisors: Prof. Nuno Sousa, Prof. Hynek Wichterle
and Prof. Christopher Henderson