I am a day late & I think you all know - but I have news to share - Starting March 1st I will join the VIB in Ghent 🇧🇪 as Head of the VIB BioImaging Core! I am really looking forward to working with the entire🔬community in this new role, particularly the team of experts and scientists in Ghent! 🎉

If you are celebrating today or tomorrow, my best wishes to you!! I hope you are celebrating exactly as you need to refill your fuel tank.

Imaging with the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência’s Electron Microscopy Facility - FocalPlane Imaging with the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência’s Electron Microscopy Facility - Imaging with...

A bit of fun at the start of the holidays… Dear Santa 🧑‍🎄 we wish for new microscopes 😁.

This is one of the many things I am looking forward to in our move. Belgium will be so much more central and I hope many trips can be done by train instead of plane. But I will miss the Portuguese sun…

It is an interesting experience jumping from one social media platform to another. It feels a bit like moving to a new city / country - now to unpack all the boxes and find my new favorite restaurants 🙂. This is practice for my real move in a few months.