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create knowledge and
improve clinical outcomes

The Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
was established in 2003 to develop biomedical research
within the School of Medicine of the University of Minho.

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June 2025
Jun 01
Jun 01, 2025 June 1 - June 5

Theoretical and practical course on neurosurgery with hands-on training in cadaver model, in a fully equipped surgical lab, reviewing the Anatomy, Pathology, and Operative approaches to vascular and neoplastic intracranial lesions.

Jun 05
Jun 05, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

ICVS Advanced Seminars, a weekly series aimed at fostering discussion on cutting-edge research, take place every Thursday at EM.
"Epidemiology of asthma in Portuguese adults – the EPI-ASTHMA study, a nationwide population-based survey”
Jaime Correia de Sousa, ICVS/EM, University of Minho

Jun 09
Jun 09, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

June 9th at 1 pm, don’t miss Cátia Rodrigues "Unveiling the contribution of itaconate to pulmonary granulomatous inflammation in sarcoidosis" at the A0.02 auditorium in UMinho’s School of Medicine.