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Eighth Edition of L’Oreal Portugal Medals of Honour for Women in Science
Three projects were awarded medals in the fields of Breast Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis and Pulmonary Collapse, each receiving a funding of 20 thousand Euros.
Open to all female researchers working in Portugal in the field of Life and Environmental Sciences aged up to 35 and holders of PhDs for no more than five years, the programme L’Oreal Portugal Medals of Honour for Women in Science has supported, up to the current edition, 25 young scientists.
The three projects recognized in 2011 are being conducted by three young female scientists.
Ana Barbas, who holds a PhD in Biology from the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and is currently a researcher at Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology), studies breast cancer, the oncological disease that affects and kills most women in Portugal. Her project aims to create human antibodies capable of blocking cell abnormal growth and division in order to halt the extensive growth and branching of small capillaries that promote tumour growth.
Adelaide Fernandes is 33 years old, holds a PhD in Pharmacy and is Auxiliary Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon. She is studying the role of the S100B protein in Multiple Sclerosis to ascertain if the increased levels of this protein can delay or reduce recovery following an outbreak of the disease, in order to successfully reduce the extent of the damage – the loss of essential functions such as sight or locomotion and thus foster recovery.
With a PhD from the University of Oxford, Inês Sousa, who is only 29 years old, wants to understand the genetic architecture of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax and identify the genetic variants that may increase susceptibility to this little known disease, which is the collapse of at least one lung without apparent reason. She is conducting her project at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, and at the Gulbenkian Science Institute.
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Open to all female researchers working in Portugal in the field of Life and Environmental Sciences aged up to 35 and holders of PhDs for no more than five years, the programme L’Oreal Portugal Medals of Honour for Women in Science has supported, up to the current edition, 25 young scientists.
The three projects recognized in 2011 are being conducted by three young female scientists.
Ana Barbas, who holds a PhD in Biology from the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and is currently a researcher at Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology), studies breast cancer, the oncological disease that affects and kills most women in Portugal. Her project aims to create human antibodies capable of blocking cell abnormal growth and division in order to halt the extensive growth and branching of small capillaries that promote tumour growth.
Adelaide Fernandes is 33 years old, holds a PhD in Pharmacy and is Auxiliary Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon. She is studying the role of the S100B protein in Multiple Sclerosis to ascertain if the increased levels of this protein can delay or reduce recovery following an outbreak of the disease, in order to successfully reduce the extent of the damage – the loss of essential functions such as sight or locomotion and thus foster recovery.
With a PhD from the University of Oxford, Inês Sousa, who is only 29 years old, wants to understand the genetic architecture of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax and identify the genetic variants that may increase susceptibility to this little known disease, which is the collapse of at least one lung without apparent reason. She is conducting her project at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, and at the Gulbenkian Science Institute.
Click here for more information: here.
Editorial Team
news@fm.ul.pt