Yesterday, Tawhidul Islam (ESR 8) from FFUL (PT) has concluded his PhD in Pharmacy, with a specialization in Biochemistry, joining the two other ESRs (Inês Mateus and Emilio Molina Molina) who have already completed this … Read more
Last month, on June 16th, the Project FOIE GRAS organised its Final Conference Meeting, where all ESRs had the opportunity to present the final results, outcomes and remarks of their individual research project. In this … Read more
The comic book ‘A Healthy Liver Will Always Deliver!’ for creating wider awareness on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and other non-communicable diseases (NCD), is part of the SDG Good Practices in the Implementation of the … Read more
For the last three months (April-June 2021), Harshitha Shanmugam (ESR11) from UNIBA, Italy, was at APDP, Portugal, to perform her secondment under the FOIE GRAS project. During this period, she validated and used three assays … Read more
A Healthy Liver Will Always Deliver! is a comic book for rising awareness on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and promote healthy lifestyles. The creation of the comic involved type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients, professionals, … Read more
Tawhidul Islam (ESR8) doing his PhD at FFUL, for two months is working at UC Biotech, where he will be analyzing mitochondrial energy metabolism and mitochondrial respiratory function of steatotic murine hepatocytes.
FOIE GRAS CNC team was present at the 16th Portuguese Congress for Diabetes, which was held on 6-8 March 2020 at Vilamoura, Portugal. Mireia Alemany (ESR13) poster presentation: “T2DM Disease Knowledge and Self-management Insights from Qualitative … Read more
Inês Simões (ESR1) doing her Ph.D. at the Nencki Institute started her three months secondment at Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, the University of Porto, where she is working under the supervision of Dr. Fernanda Borges. During … Read more
The Third Annual Congress of the Italian Association of study of Arteriosclerosis, was held on 13 December 2019, Bari, Italy. FOIE GRAS researchers from UNIBA team (Italy) presented their work as oral presentations. Harshitha Shanmugam (ESR11) … Read more
Sara Guerra (ERS2) doing her PhD research project at CNR, Italy under the guidance of Dr. Amalia Gastaldelli, performed two weeks secondment at UC Biocant, CNC Portugal. At CNC she was working with Dr. John Jones. During … Read more