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MAY 22-23, 2025
University of Aveiro
DAY 1 | MAY 22 2025
nd
08h00
08h30
09h00-10h45
09h00
09h40
10h00
10h20
10h45
11h15-13h00
11h15
11h20
12h00
12h20
12h40
13h05-14h30
14h30-16h10
14h30
15h10
15h30
15h50
16h15
16h40-18h00
18h00
19h30
Registration and Poster delivery
Opening Session
Session 1 - Public Health & Clinical Research
Felipe V.C. Machado
The Role of Exercise to Optimize Body Composition and Promote Healthy Aging
Luís Taborda-Barata
Breathing dangerously: how air pollution affects the respiratory system
Alda Marques
Scaling Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Beyond the patient and traditional models
Flash Talks
Coffee Break
Session 2 - Omics & Bioinformatics (Sponsored by Enzifarma)
Enzifarma presentation
Maarten van den Berge
Nasal transcriptome signatures reflect the lower airways in T2-high and low asthma
Bruno Manadas
Functional Proteomics in Health and Disease
Alexandra Nunes
Vibrational Spectroscopy and Metabolomics: A Synergistic Tool for Biomedical Science
Flash Talks
Lunch Break
Session 3 - Biomedical Therapeutics
Sergi Bermúdez i Badia
Harnessing VR and Physiological Data for Precision Rehabilitation
Duarte Silva
Designing Smart Contrast Agents for Enhanced Stroke Imaging
Sandra Vieira
GoBack: Identifying new regeneration-associated genes for Spinal Cord Injury Therapy
Flash Talks
Coffee Break
Poster Session
Closing Remarks
Symposium Dinner
Day 1
DAY 2 | MAY 23 2025
rd
08h45
09h00-10h40
09h00
09h40
10h00
10h25
11h15-13h00
11h15
11h55
12h15
12h35
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14h30-17h45
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Opening Session
Session 4 - Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms: Organic Systems
Manuel Collado
Cellular reprogramming as a strategy to improve health
Bruno Jesus
Aging and cell state conversion: a role for lncRNAs and metabolism
Flash Talks
Coffee Break
Session 5 - Immunology & Host-Microbe Interactions
Eva Herker
Lipids go Viral: on the Function of Lipid and Lipid Droplets in Flavivirus Infection
Fátima Macedo
From Lysosomal Storage Diseases to iNKT cells and back
Ana Margarida Sousa
Microbial evolution in the inflamed gut
Flash Talks
Lunch Break
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Round Table - Competitive Strategies for Funding, Career Success, and Impactful Communication​
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Moderator: Odete Cruz
Ana Raquel Soares
Bárbara Pinho
David Pina
Inês Correia
Awards and Closing Remarks
Day 2
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