Yesterday, ICVS researchers brought neuroscience to 70 preschoolers at Centro Social da Paróquia de Gualtar, sparking curiosity and fun while exploring the brain. The children’s enthusiasm made the day truly inspiring! 💙

#ICVS #ScienceForAll #Neuroscience

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Luisa Lopes's talk "Hippocampal Circuit Dysfunction in Aging".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

On March 23rd, ICVS researchers visited Simães Kindergarten for hands-on science activities: building neurons, learning about handwashing and focus challenges. Inspiring young minds through fun science!

#ICVS #ICVSOutreach

📢 Thursday at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Luisa Lopes's talk "Hippocampal Circuit Dysfunction in Aging".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Matthias Gunzer's talk "On the role of neutrophils for stroke and its aftermath".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

🧠 Brain Awareness Week continues at ICVS! Today, students from EB1 Nogueira explored the brain through hands-on activities, scientific tools, and interactive moments. A morning full of curiosity and discovery! 🧠✨ #BrainAwarenessWeek #ICVS

🧠 Brain Awareness Week 2026 has started at ICVS! Students from Gandra Primary School joined interactive activities, experiments, storytelling, and a guided visit sparking curiosity about the brain. 🔬With support from Braga City Council.
#SemanaDoCérebro #BrainAwarenessWeek #ICVS #CiênciaParaTodos

📢 Thursday at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Matthias Gunzer's talk "On the role of neutrophils for stroke and its aftermath".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

🌙 For World Sleep Day, Dr. Ana Vieira answers key questions about sleep: hours needed, what happens in the brain, factors affecting quality, and tips for better rest.

Watch the video and improve your sleep! 😴

#WorldSleepDay #Sleep #Health #ICVS

Only 2 days to the Alto Minho Science Fest!

ICVS hosts “Brain in the Lab: The Science of Nerve Signals” for 2nd Cycle students at the Sustainability Lab. Explore science hands-on!
🔗 Program: amsfest.pt/programa-eve...

#ICVS #AltominhoScienceFest #ScienceInTheCommunity

📢 Thursday at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Sara Silva's talk "Glucocorticoid receptor signaling in Machado-Joseph disease: bile acids as a therapeutic intervention".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Taís Nobrega de Sousa's talk "Host Pharmacogenetics and Plasmodium Drug Resistance: Who Determines the Cure?".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Monday at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Taís Nobrega de Sousa's talk "Host Pharmacogenetics and Plasmodium Drug Resistance: Who Determines the Cure?".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

🧠🔬 ICVS is already at UPA – University of Minho Open Days in Guimarães!

Visit us at the Azurém campus to explore hands-on science, discover the nervous system with NeuroSpike, observe cells under the microscope and take a VR tour of ICVS.

👉 Come experience science with us!

#UPA #ICVS

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join João Oliveira's talk "Following the brain stars: Astrocytes integrate neuronal circuits and are involved in behavioral processing".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Thursday at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join João Oliveira's talk "Following the brain stars: Astrocytes integrate neuronal circuits and are involved in behavioral processing".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Isabel Veiga's talk "Deciphering Antimalarial Drug Response: From Parasite Genetics to Therapeutic Failure".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Thursday at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Isabel Veiga's talk "Deciphering Antimalarial Drug Response: From Parasite Genetics to Therapeutic Failure".
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Belém Marques’s talk “The Proteostasis Code of the iMSCs Secretome in Parkinson’s Disease" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Tomorrow at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Belém Marques’s talk “The Proteostasis Code of the iMSCs Secretome in Parkinson’s Disease" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 ICVS seminars return on February 19 with an Advanced Seminar!

🗓 Feb 19, 1 pm | A0.03, School of Medicine, University of Minho
🎤 Belém Marques
🧬 “The Proteostasis Code of the iMSCs Secretome in Parkinson’s Disease”

Save the date! #ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Today at 2 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Tânia Catarina Medeiros’s talk “Mitochondria: from Selfish symbionts to Cooperative organelles?" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Tomorrow at 1 PM in room A0.02 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Luisa V. Lopes’s talk "Hippocampal Circuit Dysfunction in Aging" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Today at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Joana Sousa’s talk "High-Throughput Screening Made Simple: Meet Our New Institute Platform" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Thursday at 1 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Joana Sousa’s talk "High-Throughput Screening Made Simple: Meet Our New Institute Platform" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📌 This week at ICVS
🎗️ Feb 4 — Cancer in Perspective (UMinho) – fully booked
🎗️ Feb 7 — Open conversation (FNAC Braga) – you can still join!
Science, dialogue, and connection with society.
#WorldCancerDay #ICVS #CancerInPerspective

🗣️ Cancer in Dialogue – Feb 7, 16:00, FNAC Braga. Doctor, caregiver & patient share human insights on living with cancer. Free entry – join us!

#ICVS #BiTCancer #Cancer #FNACBraga

📢 Today at 15 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Bruno Manadas’s talk "New approaches on Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: translational research to diagnose and monitor stem cell therapy" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

📢 Tomorrow at 15 PM in room A0.03 (UMinho’s School of Medicine), join Bruno Manadas’s talk "New approaches on Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: translational research to diagnose and monitor stem cell therapy" .
#ICVS #AdvancedSeminars

🔬 ICVS Social Media Takeover | i3D Team

This week, the i3D team at ICVS takes over our social media. They study the immune system in action, from pathogen defense to inflammation and tissue damage. Follow us to learn more this week. #ICVS #i3D #ICVSTakeOver