A new strategy reported by the Bio-NMR group is particular relevant for the development of anticancer vaccines
A study led by Filipa Marcelo, post-doc researcher at the Bio-NMR group led by Eurico Cabrita at UCIBIO in Lisbon, reports, for the first time, a strategy to elucidate the key structural elements required to design an efficient anticancer vaccine. The work was published in Journal of the American Chemical Society in September 2015.
Discovery of the AOX enzyme 3D structure by X-ray crystallography is crucial as a guide for drug design
Catarina Coelho, Teresa Santos Silva and Maria João Romão from Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (FCT-NOVA) crystallized and determined the AOX 3D structure, after a long and laborious process, and the results can be used to improve drug design studies in ord
Project W|inove - it’s a grape idea selected the winner at the Acredita Portugal Competition
The project W|inove - it’s a grape idea, developed by FARMA|inove, and Luís Magalhães and Marcela Segundo, researchers from UCIBIO at FF-UP, was selected the winner of the Acredita Portugal Competition - category New Ideas. W|inove presents an innovative method, which is more sustainable to perform the wine analysis by the wine makers. The project has been distinguished among 18 thousands project applications on this competition, the largest entrepreneurship competition in Portugal.
Office paper is successfully used as a quick test for bacterial detection
A study published last monday at Scientific Reports: Nature Publishing Group concludes that office paper can be used as a sensor for electrochemically active bacteria detection.