C2C, a spin-off from CQE, is supporting families affected by Storm Kristin with SOS power kits (battery + 230 V inverter + car-powered charger; gasoline/diesel vehicles). These kits can keep a fridge running ~10–20 days, depending on use.
📍 Alcobaça → Vieira de Leiria → Pombal
CQE Members Co-Found Ripenew 🌿
Members of CQE have co-founded Ripenew, a startup developing solutions to reduce post-harvest food waste by extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
#CQELisboa #ULisboa #técnicoscientists #tecnicolisboa
Uma conversa dedicada ao crescente interesse global pelo Ártico e pela Antártida que contou com a participação de João Canário, investigador do CQE🎙️
rr.pt/artigo/da-ca...
CQE at Técnico Innovation Summit 2026 💡
CQE was present through the participation of Smartfreez, Delox and C2C and live demonstrations on contact lenses with pharmacological activity, as well as roundtable discussions.
#CQELisboa #ULisboa #técnicoscientists #técnicolisboa
We will be at Técnico Innovation Summit 2026 🚀 #TIS2026
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Don’t forget to register: tis.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
CQE is officially confirmed for Técnico Innovation Summit 2026! 🚀
Proud to be part of such a dynamic ecosystem, where talent meets the business world. TIS is the perfect stage to uncover the next big ideas.
🎟️ Registrations are now open here:
tis.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
#TIS2026
Armando Pombeiro has been elected member of the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), the highest strategic and governance body of this Academy.
📣 On December 17 we'll have a Chemforum talk by Prof. Cristiano Raminelli, from Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP (Brazil).
The MINDlab Team (mindlab.pt) has attended the IMS 2025 Day at Técnico Lisboa, presenting several posters and participating in the round table.
imsla.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ims-day-2025...
@cqelisboa.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social
#scicomm #chemistry
Técnico professors comment on the pioneering work of Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/esvw6y5x
#TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
⛓Quando iões metálicos e moléculas orgânicas se juntam, formam estruturas porosas, chamadas estruturas metalorgânicas. A descoberta foi agora premiada com o Nobel da Química.
João Pires da Silva, professor de CIÊNCIAS, explica a sua importância e as várias aplicações que podem ter.
🔗 t.ly/TOokc
Inês Feliciano, a PhD student from CQE at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social supervised by Carlos Bernardes and Manuel Minas da Piedade, won the best poster award at the “2nd Workshop on Benchmarking Solid-State Properties”.
📸 credits: Tomasz Nowacki
Last Friday, CQE researchers shared their latest projects and discoveries at the European Researchers' Night 2025. Have a look at some moments from the event here: shorturl.at/iND3i
📢O Encontro Ciência 2025 tem início amanhã, 9 de julho, na Nova SBE. A sessão conjunta IMS/LAQV REQUIMTE “Na era da sustentabilidade e da desinformação, a Química é a solução” será moderada por Joana Lobo Antunes do @istecnico.bsky.social e contará com a participação de Pedro Mendes/CQE.
CQE researcher and DEQ- @istecnico.bsky.social Professor João Salvador Fernandes was elected to the Board of Administrators of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) for the 2026–2028 term.
The lab facilities of the Bio(Organic) Chemistry & Biochemistry group of CQE/@cienciasulisboa.bsky.social welcomed 21 students and 3 teachers of Biotechnology from Vives University, Belgium.
🎓 CQE member Andreia Bento Oliveira defended her doctoral thesis titled “Tackling fungal resistance with new ketoconazole derivatives targeting plasma membrane sphingolipids” on April 14 at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social. The thesis was supervised by Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida from CQE/FCUL.
CQE researchers participated in @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social Open Day on May 7 🌿🔬
The program included short-format discussions between researchers and visitors, as well as a laboratory demonstration focused on the conversion of carbon dioxide using light and catalysts.
𝐂𝐐𝐄 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 | Take a look at some of the activities planned for our Annual Meeting next week at @istecnico.bsky.social Alameda Campus!
CC/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
#CQEdays2025 #CQEdays #CQELisboa #Ulisboa #técnicoscientists #tecnicolisboa #ciencias #fcul #somosciencias #chemistry
📢Our latest issue is now online!
Check out the paper behind the front cover by Amélia Pilar Rauter & co from @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social & @unisevilla.bsky.social reporting purine nucleosides as selective inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase #chemsky #orgchem
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
On April 29, @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social marked its 114th anniversary with “Dia de Ciências,” an event that brought together the entire academic community.
As part of the celebrations, CQE researchers Ricardo Teixeira and Ana S. Viana were formally honored for their exceptional achievements.
Our latest work was featured on ChemistryViews. If you are interested, please check the details of this work.
@cqelisboa.bsky.social @chemistryeurope.bsky.social @chemistryviews.bsky.social
www.chemistryviews.org/c-scorpionat...
O CQE vai estar presente no Dia Aberto do @istecnico.bsky.social, este sábado das 10h às 17h.
Venham saber mais sobre o futuro da energia, biocombustíveis, produção de leite mais sustentável e materiais à nanoescala!
#CQELisboa #Ulisboa #técnicoscientists #tecnicolisboa
ChemForum, CQE's chemical dissemination platform, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a special event on April, 9 (14h to 18h30). Our coffee break will be a perfect opportunity for exchanging ideas, networking, and socializing.
CC/ @istecnico.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
Marta M. Alves has been appointed as the CQE ambassador for @istecnico.bsky.social Ambassadors Programme, which aims to promote its Guiding Values 🏛️
+info: tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/news/camp...
📣Our CQE days 2025 will be held on the 12th and 13th of May at the @istecnico.bsky.social Alameda Campus. More information coming soon!
CC/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
📣 On March 13 we'll have a Chemforum talk by Yuri M. Strzhemechny from Texas Christian University (USA).
A team integrating João Canário, Rute Cesário, Alexandra Antunes and Margarida Romão from CQE received 300k€ of funding from the EU HOP ON call 2024 to join the Horizon Europe Project ILLUQ with the proposal “ILLUQ-PT: the process component” 💰
cqe.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/funding-from...
📣 On February 12 we'll have a Chemforum talk by Carlos Monteiro from CQE.
#ChemForum #CQELisboa #Ulisboa #técnicoscientists #tecnicolisboa #ciencias #fcul #somosciencias #chemistry
Professor Armando Pombeiro was elected as a Corresponding Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He is the first professor from @istecnico.bsky.social to be included in the list. 🎖️
🔗 tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/news/camp...
#CQELisboa #Ulisboa #técnicoscientists #tecnicolisboa