Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto
Rua Alfredo Allen, 208 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Phone: +351 226 074 900
Email: info@i3s.up.pt
We have published an opinion article that highlights the pivotal role of glycosylation in immune system development and functionality.
Our recent study of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), a group of chronic autoimmune diseases affecting muscles, has been published in iScience.
Our researchers identified stage-specific glycome compositions during T-cell development and observed significant defects in key developmental checkpoints when restricting the N-glycosylation profile of thymocytes.
We are delighted to announce that an ICG research team, comprised of Ricardo Marcos-Pinto, Ângela Fernandes, Catarina Azevedo, and Salomé Pinho, has been awarded a prestigious "Research Grant" of €6,000 by the Portuguese Society of Digestive Endoscopy .
Carolina Dantas, has been awarded a €6,300 research grant from the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) and the Immunology Letters (IL). This grant will fund her internship at LUMC Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
In a major achievement, Salomé Pinho's lab has been awarded a prestigious grant worth €280,000 by the Lupus Research Alliance.
Life-threatening autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lead to increasing disability over time, but…
The GlycanTrigger project's official kick-off meeting was held in Porto, Portugal on March 13th and 14th. Led by Project Coordinator Salomé Pinho, the meeting laid the foundations for the project's implementation and discussed the planned activities.
Joana Gaifem has been honored with an "ECCO Grant" worth €80,000 by the European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO), a renowned European medical association dedicated to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).