O Mestrado em Genética Molecular do Departamento de Biologia da Escola de Ciências da UMinho celebra, no ano letivo de 2012/2013, 20 anos de existência, consagrando-se como o mais antigo Mestrado em Genética Molecular do país.

CBMA's Post-Graduated Training Programme is now in its 7th edition. The 2013 edition offers a wide variety of Advanced Courses on hot research topics currently in development at CBMA. Additionally, CBMA partnered with two research centres, CITAB and BioFig, to offer additional courses to the programme in further areas of expertise.

Artigo de opinião escrito por Cândida Lucas, docente do Departamento de Biologia, no Euroscientist.

Homo numericus - Actividade da responsabilidade do STOL (Dep de Biologia) em colaboração com o Dep. de Matemática de ECUM (Escola de Ciências da Universidade do Minho), com o objectivo de traduzir em números diversos aspectos curiosos do ser humano, ou mesmo da sua relação com o ambiente.

Margarida Casal, docente do Departamento de Biologia, assina o artigo de uma rubrica de divulgação de Ciência com periodicidade semanal, às quartas-feiras, resultante da parceria Correio do Minho/Escola de Ciências da Universidade do Minho.

A Direcção de Curso da Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada tem o prazer de partilhar a distinção atribuída ao seu aluno do 1º ano Rui Jorge Araújo Oliveira, através da entrega de uma Bolsa de Excelência Universidade do Minho, por ter sido o melhor estudante a candidatar-se a esta licenciatura com nota igual ou superior a 16 valores, na primeira fase do concurso nacional de acesso e em primeira opção.

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This course will be organized for post-graduation students or researchers and it will focus on the mechanisms of protein degradation and trafficking in different organisms and their mode of signaling and regulation.

It also includes a hands-on intensive module of lab work. In addition to brief descriptive lectures, the theoretical modules will entail discussions of scientific papers. The hands-on lab module will illustrate different aspects of the theoretical session topics, and will include different techniques to monitor morphological, biochemical and molecular changes associated to cell death processes and autophagy namely, epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. They will be followed by results interpretation, group discussion and final wrap up.

Targeted for researchers and postgraduate students. Special emphasis will be given to the molecular mechanisms underlying the uptake of mineral and organic solutes by plant cells in response to a challenging environment. Theoretical lessons will be complemented with experimental sessions aimed to study plant copper transporters and sugar transporters at the biochemical and molecular levels.

The course aims at giving an overview of cancer therapy, from classical chemotherapy to the development of new targeted therapies (e.g. drug nanodelivery systems). Our course will bring together experts with different basic research backgrounds (Biologists, Chemists, Biochemists, Pharmacists, Physicists, etc) and oncology health professionals, which will allow an open discussion on cancer research, as well as on current and future oncological treatments and patient care. The course will be organized in theoretical and laboratory classes and will also include a Workshop for Health Professionals (19th - 20th July 2013) entitled: “Oncological patient therapy- the role of health professionals”.

Este “workshop” tem como principal objetivo fazer uma abordagem multidisciplinar da terapêutica do cancro e dos cuidados com o doente oncológico que envolve uma equipa diversificada de profissionais de saúde, como sejam Farmacêuticos, Enfermeiros, Oncologistas, Nutricionistas e Psiquiatras.