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FODIAC at the 7th Brazilian Biotech Congress and 2nd Biotech Ibero-American Congress

The 7th Brazilian Biotech Congress and 2nd Biotech Ibero-American Congress took place from November 18th to 21st in Brasilia, Brazil. The four-day conference has been an excellent opportunity to gather experts, exchange information and strengthen the collaboration among Researchers, Professionals and Scholars from both academia and industry. Participants took part to plenary sessions, keynote speeches, poster and oral presentations focused on recent advances and new strategies in Plant, Industrial, Environmental, Animal and Human Biotechnology, offering a great overview of the current biotechnological initiatives and networks in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Among these initiatives, FODIAC, a project led by the INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory together with other 14 partners, was introduced to the audience as an outstanding example of research in the field of nanotechnology and biotechnology. Lorenzo Pastrana explained the overall objective of the project of exploring techniques to extract bioactive molecules from food waste to be applied to develop an integrative dietary solution to tackle diabetes and the associated impairment of the cognitive function among the elderly.

European Researchers Night 2018

Last September, INL was in Porto, Portugal, at the European Researchers Night bringing science and innovation to a fun and inspiring event that brought together families, scientists, artists and more. The initiative is promoted every year by the European Commission and runs in more than 300 cities simultaneously all over Europe. INL co-organized the 2019 edition: ”Science Wars” at Palácio das Artes, in partnership with INOVA+ and Fundação da Juventude. For Boryana Yotova, representative of the Education, Culture and Audiovisual Executive Agency of the European Commission, this initiative is the “opening-up” of science to the new generations and “blending education and entertainment is the perfect match” to make it successful. For INL, the event was an outstanding opportunity to showcase the work developed every day at the Laboratory by a passionate and committed group of people. Next year, INL will bring European Researchers Night to life again in collaboration with Inova+, promising new activities and experiments for everyone to learn and have fun with science.

Regional agents discuss the action plan in the context of the NMP-REG project

Norte Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-N) and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) organised an NMP-REG regional stakeholder group meeting, on 28th September, at the premises of CCDR-N, in Porto (Portugal). This meeting gathered stakeholders from the regional scientific and technological system, clusters and competitiveness poles and entities from the public sector. The session focused on the actions proposed for the Norte Region action plan, which are aimed at improving an investment priority of the Regional Operational Programme – Norte 2020. Additionally, the main challenges faced by stakeholders in this field and the project state of the art were also discussed. The participants took a very active role in this meeting and provided many interesting insights.

INL integrates Program IACOBUS to foster scientific cooperation

The INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory is one of the 26 Scientific and Higher Education organisations located in “Galicia – North of Portugal” that signed an agreement for the development of Cultural, Scientific and Teaching cooperation in this Euroregion. IACOBUS Program will promote the cooperation and exchange of human resources between the member institutions, to facilitate the flow of innovation. The protocol was signed on October 14th by the Director-General Lars Montelius on behalf of INL during a ceremony presided by the Portuguese Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Maria Fernanda Rollo, in the presence of the President of CCDR-N (Regional Coordination Agency for the North of Portugal), Fernando de Sousa, and the Vice-President of Xunta de Galicia (Galicia Regional Government), Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela.

Mission 10.000 Call for abstracts

INL Summit 2018 third day will be dedicated to Mission 10.000 – a nanoGateway International Conference. This main conference topic will be Nanotechnology: an enabler for bioeconomy and subjects as agriculture (including forestry sector), water resources and food industry will be discussed thro papers, oral presentations and many other sessions. This Mission is a collaborative multi-actor sector initiative to increase the impact of research on issues of social relevance, involving all the relevant actors to solve complex challenges. Submit your abstract on this Mission until September 15th and get involved in a unique conference. See you on October 17th, at Forum Braga! For more information, please visit the official website.

EuroNanoLab scales up nanostructuration in Europe

EuroNanoLab is an initiative to establish a large-scale distributed nanofabrication research infrastructure, and INL’s Cleanroom is one of the facilities available. This initiative brings together most of the European academic clean rooms, the place where future technology is already happening. Gabriel Chardin, from CNRS, the consortium coordinating organisation, explains why this is a major step towards a new era, in an opinion article you may read here.

KET4CleanProduction OPEN CALLS for SMEs

>> OPEN CALLS for SMEs << KET4CleanProduction is the new program tailored to support Manufacturing SMEs to tackle clean production challenges. The program’s Micro Grants aim to integrate Key Enabling Technologies in small businesses to promote the efficient use of resources, minimise environmental impact and increase business profitability and competitiveness. Selected SMEs will have access to technology services and facilities for clean production innovation through a premier Network of Technology Centres. About the MicroGrants: Scope: Micro Grants are offered for cross-border cooperation projects between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and minimum 2 KET technology centres (KET TCs), which aim to integrate key enabling technologies (KET) to solve clean production challenges. Call Opening: 1st June 2018 Call Closing: 29th April 2020, 17:00 CET Cut-off dates: 8 cut-off days at 17:00 CET on 31st July 2018, 31st October 2018, 31st January 2019, 30th April 2019, 31st July 2019, 31st October 2019, 31st January 2020, 30th April 2020 Expected Duration of a micro-grant project: up to 6 months Maximum amount of financial support for each third party: EUR 50.000 (provided as lump sum). A micro-grant covers 70% of the total project costs. The remaining 30% have to be provided by the applicant SME […]

INL takes part in the EuroNanoLab’s consortium

Portugal, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have created the EuroNanoLab consortium, an initiative to establish a large-scale distributed nanofabrication research infrastructure and expertise to increase the quality, efficiency and relevance of European basic research within nanotechnology. In Europe, there are at least seventy European university nanofabrication centres of large or medium size, which develop their know-how without any real coordination. Conscious of this dispersion, several European countries have already created national networks of academic cleanrooms to foster collaboration at the national level. This consortium currently includes 26 academic clean rooms, representing a total value of 1.5 billion euros and will be distributed on a European scale and will be able to develop a common strategy and support major European programs such as the Graphene, Human Brain or Quantum Flagships, as well as major European programs. which will undoubtedly emerge later. For more information on the project visit the EuroNanoLab website. Latest news regarding the EuroNanoLab project.

BIO2SKIN, presented by INL, among the nine winners of CÓDIGOMÁIS INNOVATION PRIZE

Under the framework of CÓDIGOMÁIS, nine innovative projects in the field of Health and Ageing were selected to be supported in their valorisation and transfer to the market. BIO2SKIN, the project presented by INL, is part of the group now entitled to the prize of fifty thousand euros (€50,000.00) in-kind contribution, to be used in services related with the implementation of the Project. BIO2SKIN will also benefit from mentoring sessions for business development, and access to a web marketplace. The CÓDIGOMAIS – A New Innovation Ecosystem in Health for Galicia and North of Portugal is a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020. It aims at fostering the creation of a cross-border innovation ecosystem in the area of cooperation Galicia-North of Portugal, open to all key regional stakeholders and with a strong international orientation. Nine partners from across North of Portugal and Galicia are working together to increase the market-oriented RTD in health, to promote the information flow on the needs and demand of technological solutions within the cooperation area and to foster cooperation between research centres, regional administration, companies and end-users. The initiative is led by ACIS – […]