Interaction with Academia
Collaboration with Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, regarding the study of pathogenicity and resistance of Aliarcobacter butzleri, sustained by joint publications and shared supervisions of master and PhD students.
Knowledge Transfer actions (Interaction with Industry)
1) Collaboration with Labfit-HPRD Lda (various funded projects - development of the product CovidOUT Spray, and PhD development on non-academic environment – Patrícia Gomes Ruivo).
2) Collaboration with Termalistur and Prados Embalados companies (in scope of the funded project Aqvatopic).
Clinical interactions
Interaction with Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira (Service of Human Reproduction) in the scope of a PhD Project.
Outreach activities (Interaction with Society)
1) Participation by invitation in the session “Do alto da Serra para o bule de chá: a ciência das mezinhas” (From the top of the mountains to the teapot: the science of home remedies), as part of the aBEIRAr project -Parceria de Ciência Cidadã para a Valorização do Território, Covilhã, 26/11/2022.
2) Participation by invitation in the session ““Azeite, ouro líquido: património, cultura, economia e sustentabilidade” (Olive oil, liquid gold: heritage, culture, economy and sustainability), as part of the aBEIRAr project- Parceria de Ciência Cidadã para a Valorização do Território, Guarda, 10/12/2022.
3) Ana Paula Duarte, “Canábis: caracterização fitoquímica” (Cannabis: phytochemical characterization), Session“Canábis medicinal vs. Canábis recreativa” (Medical cannabis vs. recreational cannabis), Junior Academy of Sciences of UBI (AJSTEAM), UBI, 2022.
4) Ana Paula Duarte, “Os remédios que vêm da natureza e a valorização dos recursos pela investigação: do alecrim às cerejas” (Medicines that come from nature and the valuation of resources through research: from rosemary to cherries), conference by invitation at Feira de Inovação Agrícola, Fundão, October 2022.
5) International Microorganism Day, various activities for children and for high school students. 21st September 2022.
6) Project within the scope of the Junior Academy of Sciences of UBI (AJSTEAM) called "Microbiology of everyday life".
7) Project within the scope of the Junior Academy of Sciences of UBI (AJSTEAM) called "Development of new food packaging materials".
8) Workshop organization in the scope of the Science and Technology Week, CICS-UBI, Covilhã, Portugal, 21 to 25 November 2022, with a Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance, aimed at university students and “Microbiologist for a day” for high school students.
9) Collaboration with Clube de Ciência Viva na Escola in the Sabugal Group of Schools designated by "eCôalizar".
10) Project Ciência Viva no Laboratório – Scientific Occupation of Young People On Holidays 2022, two 11th grade secondary school students took part in the project "Assessment of the virulence of a bacterium".
Interaction with Governance
- Ana Paula Duarte is councilwoman of Fundão town hall for Cooperation, Knowledge and Science Networks and is responsible for promoting and implementing collaboration projects with national entities and for disseminating CICS science in the region.
- Ana Palmeira de Oliveira, integrated member of NatProMicro is the President of the Associação Empresarial da Beira Baixa (Society of Entrepreneurs of Beira Baixa). In this role, the researcher participated in several initiatives promoted by CCDRC (Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro) and the government focused on the importance of research for companies and the development of the region and the country.
- Rita Palmeira de Oliveira participated as researcher in the Innovation Platform for thermal territories (Plataforma de Inovação “Promover a Inovação Territorial”, no contexto da Estratégia Regional de Especialização Inteligente (RIS3). 27th May. CCDRC- Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro.
Internationalisation
Internationalisation has been strengthened, in 2022, in various aspects:
1) Application for funding of projects:
- Encarna Velázquez, Faculdade de Biologia, Universidade de Salamanca, Spain
- Diego Moreno/Cristina García Viguera, CEBAS, Universidade de Múrcia –
2) Student supervision:
- Roland Bücker, Charité Universitätsmedizin BerlinMedizinische Klinik für Gastroenterologie Infektiologie und Rheumatologie einschliesslich ArbeitsbereichErnährungs, Germany
- Grégory Chatel, EDYTEM Institute, University Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), FRANCE
- Filomena Silva, GUIA Group, Universidad de Zaragoza ( ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility for Training)
3) Organisation of international meetings:
Ana Paula Duarte (IM of NatProMicro) is a member of the direction of the Portuguese Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences and participates in the Organizing Committee of the EUFEPS - European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting 2023: Lisbon 2023.