🎥 MPS_NOVA is now on YouTube! To start, we are sharing our first webinar of the Virtual Seminar Series, presented last December by Vania Silverio: 🔬 Microfluidics and the Future of Organ-on-Chip: Driving Innovation Through Standardization 🎥 lnkd.in/de74G4MD

💡 Can we reproduce human physiology in a space as small as a chip? 🧐🔬 This was the big question at our hashtag#MPS_NOVA stand during the ITQB NOVA Open Day. There will be more events soon! 👋 #MissionScience #OrganOnChip #OpenDay #ScienceForAll

🎥We’re excited to share the second webinar from our Virtual Seminar Series, featuring expert talks on advancing preclinical models for therapeutics and integrating Organ-on-Chip (OoC) technology into research. lnkd.in/dyBavNwN

On April 2nd, Pedro Pedrosa, Head of Innovation at ITQB NOVA, visited the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin as part of the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project. The visit focused on learning from MDC’s Innovation Office to enhance innovation at UNL.

🌐The MPS_NOVA website is live!🌐 This will be the go-to place to recap all key information about the project, past and upcoming events, and future opportunities. #TrainingWorkshop #StaffExchange #VirtualSeminarSeries #MentoringProgram lnkd.in/dfUC9SY5

🎉 Exciting Launch: ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series! On March 17th, we kicked off the ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Twinning Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings, a new initiative spotlighting the innovative early-stage research emerging from our vibrant community. #MPS_NOVA

🎉 Introducing the NMS MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series! On April 4th, 2025, we proudly launched the first session of the NMS MPS_NOVA Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings .

🎉 We’re proud to see our hashtag#MPS_NOVA Twinning Conference Attendance Fellowship supporting young researchers at top international events! Luana Macedo presented her work on extracellular vesicles in inter-organ communication at the ISEV 2025 Annual Meeting in Vienna.

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube! 🎙️ Raquel Portela (ITQB NOVA) 📢 Modelling Bacterial Pneumonia Infection Dynamics in Lung-on-chip: A Comparative Study of Legionella pneumophila and Staphylococcus aureus. lnkd.in/d7wb5nVR

Part 5 of our #MPS2025 series highlights Inês Silva, a PhD student at NIMSB_NOVA, Portugal. She developed a microphysiological method to study dopaminergic injury and inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. --> youtu.be/5eqEredyMOg MPS NOVA Twinning

Part 6 of our #MPS2025 series: Meet Daniela Marques, PhD student at NIMSB_NOVA, Portugal. She develops a microglia crosstalk MPS model of the blood-brain barrier to explore polyphenol metabolites' potential --> youtu.be/Pp50aTpxDVo MPS NOVA Twinning

🎥 Dynamic42 GmbH interviewed Sarela García Santamarina, #MPS_NOVA Coordinator, during the recent MPS World Summit 2025. Watch the video to hear her insights on the goals and achievements of the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project.

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Maria Beatriz Felgueiras and Quélia Ribeiro from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange on Methods to Characterize Stem Cells and Organoids at Max Delbrück Center as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

On the 16th and 17th of June, #MPS_NOVA held its fifth training workshop — “Stem Cells, Organoids, and Methods to Characterize Them” — hosted by our partners at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.

🌟Join Us for the 4th Webinar of the #MPS_NOVA On July 10th will feature two distinguished speakers at the forefront of advanced therapeutic development using organoids. 👉 Registration here: lnkd.in/dMKs5-Ku 📅 Registration Deadline: July 8th, 2025 (5 pm, WET)

🔬✨ MPS_NOVA at the @Oeiras Valley Science Festival! ✨🔬 On May 23, the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project joined the ITQB NOVA stand at the Oeiras Valley Science Festival in Taguspark — a true “laboratory-outside-the-laboratory” experience!

On May 26th we hosted the #MPS_NOVA training workshop on "Strategy in R&I Management", with facilitators from our partner institution, the Max Delbrück Center.

📍 Collaboration in Action at ITQB NOVA On May 26th, the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from the Innovation and Funding Offices of the Max Delbrück Center, Dr. Nevine Shalaby and Dr. Seda Çöl Arslan, for a highly productive meeting.

The MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project is pleased to announce the successful completion of our first Staff Exchange “Reprogramming Somatic Cells into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)” — hosted by Giovanni Faga group at Human Technopole.

On 22-24 July, #MPS_NOVA held the Training Workshop “Pluripotent Stem Cell Basics”, in Milan, hosted by our partner Fondazione Human Technopole.