Alignment meeting with the team. Loose ideas are exchanged, like balls returned and used to take advantage of each other's movement. On the table, there are several topics that we consider important, where we unravel parallel lines. We ask which topic will be part of the next issue, and that is when the ball falls to the ground.
Will we always have to find similarities in the whole? Can’t we assume that there is a difference, because this is how it is?
Throughout this issue, we reflected on the various paths that open up to us and present us with different projects, people and realities without a mandatory common sense.
It is therefore not surprising that we had the conference that took place this month “I AM… ME”. It was an initiative of the Department of Public and Sexual Health of the AEFML and the Student Support Office of FMUL, and its main objective was to discuss and reflect on identity, equality and gender violence. That was our starting point to meet Margarida Queirós, associate professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), who conducts research on gender equality and spatial planning. We also looked inside our community and listened to Marta Croca and Marta Godinho, who are working hard to raise awareness about the persistent inequality in societies.
We wanted to cross the path and go even further. Will there be biological and emotional effects in the face of inequality in our environment? This is the question of Bruno Miranda, a neurologist who has just introduced us to the eMOTIONAL Cities project.
We expect that the cities of the future may have in mind the weaknesses of people with limitations, as is the case of Parkinson's patients. Celebrated worldwide on 11 April, what does the red and white tulip have to do with Parkinson’s Disease?
It is curious how doubts and questions lie at the base of everything. And there is a specialized area to answer so many questions, Science and its research students. On the same side of the field we have the scientist and Professor at FMUL Domingos Henrique and students of the CAML Doctoral Programme. Is science and research just a magic field, or is it a growth process that will lead to disenchantment? We asked both of them the same thing and thus we started a long way of communicating about research and a Ph.D. We also met Rui Rodrigues, who graduated with top marks from the University of Coimbra, and is currently a doctoral student at iMM-FMUL. We talked about the role of type 2 cannabinoid receptors and physical exercise in neural stem cells.
We also take stock of the Social Builders Academy and the meeting of young entrepreneurs.
And we ended in the comfort of a long-promised conversation with internist Ana Tornada, as evidence of the most positive things that are done and experienced for and by the “children” of this great joint house, Hospital and Faculty.
Let's go back to the beginning. The topic chosen for this month is 111, a number that delights us and draws attention when our eyes are on it. Order to start the great challenges and discoveries. Look for more meanings or just stick to this one. If in case of happiness you don't know what to think, look at 111.
See you next month!
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