Dia Mundial da Lesão Medular

Hoje, dia 5 de setembro, celebra-se o dia mundial da lesão medular. No Centro de Reabilitação do Norte (CRN, da ULSGE), a equipa da Dra Maria Cunha, também investigadora do SparkLab - iBiMED (Universidade de Aveiro e Centro Académico Clínico CAC-EMHA) e a terminar o seu PhD na UA, organizou o evento 'Reabilitação Sexual na Lesão Medular', com gincanas, quizzes, conversas das boas, e lançamento do livro com o mesmo título.

Muitos parabéns pela iniciativa e que tenham um ótimo dia!

Porque, como diz esta fantástica equipa, e bem: 'A lesão medular não tira o desejo, só muda o manual de instruções!…'.

Participation in the 4th Meeting SCI PT Researchers

The 4th edition of the International Meeting of Portuguese Researchers in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) took place on September 16th at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL). The event was organized by the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) research group, led by Dr. Leonor Saúde.

https://www.medicina.ulisboa.pt/4th-meeting-sci-pt-researchers

Our lab was well-represented by PhD students Bárbara Sousa, José Gabriel Figueiredo, and Bruna Cruz, who delivered two oral presentations and one poster communication. Bárbara gave a short talk on her PhD work, titled ‘Rehabilitation-Induced Serum Proteome Dynamics in Spinal Cord Injury Patients’. José Gabriel presented his research on the ‘Activation of a Rhythmic Movement Pattern of the Lower Limbs During the Implementation of a Brain-Machine Interface in a Case of Complete Spinal Cord Injury’. Meanwhile, Bruna presented a poster sharing key findings from our GoBack project, titled ‘What Drives Neuronal Regeneration? A Comparative Study of Early Injury Responses in Rat Regenerating vs. Non-Regenerating Neurons’.

We are thrilled to announce that José Gabriel won the prize for Best Oral Communication. Congratulations to José Gabriel on this well-deserved recognition, and a big thank you to all three for presenting and disseminating the work from our lab!

The most recent member in our team: Welcome Jhenifer!

This month, we welcomed Jhenifer Rodrigues, a PhD Student from the Institute Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, in Brazil, for a 6-month stay in our lab.

Jhenifer's PhD work 'Bacterial L-asparaginases: unraveling the mechanism of action and immunogenicity for the development of improved biopharmaceuticals.' envisages the development of an innovative therapeutic approach to treat leukemia. Jhenifer's research group in Fiocruz aims to improve treatments for diseases of interest to public health through the development of more specific molecules to achieve the desired cure with quality of life for patients.

Welcome Jhenifer! We hope you enjoy your stay in Aveiro!