Aida Maria Gonçalves Moreira da Silva
Title of talk: PEARL: Potential of Portuguese Camarinhas for the sustainable development of the Portuguese Coast
Description: This researcher will share the challenges faced in discovering the power of and halophytes from the Portuguese coast: finding sustainable solutions for a healthier future, with innovation in food and development of new drugs.
R&D Unit: QFM-UC - Molecular Physical-Chemistry & ESAC - Coimbra Agricultural School
Amanda Carla Santos de Mendonça
Title of talk: Development of bio-inspired solutions for erosion control in the Mondego River estuary area
Description: Developing innovative, sustainable and resilient methods inspired by nature to increase resistance to erosion on the banks of estuaries is the challenge that this researcher will share with us!
R&D Unit: ISISE - Institute for sustainability and innovation in structural engineering.
Catarina Sofia Oliveira Miranda
Title of talk: How can we make our brains "less plastic"?
Description: What are plasticizers? What do they do and how do they get to us? What can they cause in the brain and how can we try to get around it? These are some of the questions the researcher will raise and answer.
R&D Unit: CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Gisiela Klein
Title of talk: Climate change and misinformation
Description: The scenario of misinformation leads to faulty cognitive paths. Distrust in science manifests itself in the public's attitudes, choices and preferences regarding environmental policies.
R&D Unit: CES - Centre for Social Studies
Isabella Faustino Alves
Title of talk: The right to housing: the constitutional exception
Description: From the perspective of the critical theory of human rights, the aim is to articulate the violation and claim of the constitutional right to housing and the analysis of the figure of the exception.
Joana Rita Bonito Caldeira
Title of talk: Micro(Super)-heroes: the key to saving the environment!
Description: Microorganisms have unique abilities that make them environmental heroes, such as accumulating metals. Environmental microbiologists study microorganisms to detoxify heavy metals from polluted areas.
Unidade de I&D: CEMMPRE - Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes
Lília Pereira Jorge
Title of talk: What do Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome have in common?
Description: The neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease, its relationship with Down's syndrome, and how its mechanisms are investigated in the laboratory, are all topics addressed by the researcher.
R&D Unit: CIBIT - Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research
Marcela Matos
Title of talk: The (R)Evolution of Compassion: What does science tell us about its impact on our health and relationships with others?
Description: : Presentation of the concept of compassion and empirical data pointing to its impact on psychological, biophysiological and social well-being, and its benefits for promoting mental and physical health.
R&D Unit: CINEICC - Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention
Maria Inês da Cruz Roque
Title of talk: How do you remove by-products from disinfected water?
Description: The researcher's aims are to raise awareness of how disinfecting water can lead to unwanted products, how these can be avoided and their impact on health.
R&D Unit: CIEPQPF - Chemical Processes and Forest Products Engineering Research Centre
Maria João Marques Silva
Title of talk: Compounds of emerging concern - What are they, how do they affect us and how can we eliminate them?
Description: What are compounds of emerging concern? How do they affect us and how can they be eliminated? Are some of the questions addressed by the researcher.
R&D Unit: CIEPQPF - Chemical Processes and Forest Products Engineering Research Centre
Mariana Barradas Serrano Laranjo
Title of the talk: Red Light Signals: How Inhibitory Neurons Regulate Traffic in the Brain
Description: Our brain is complex! It has excitatory and inhibitory neurons that work together to maintain balanced neuronal activity. How does this happen? Just as traffic lights are essential on the street to regulate traffic, what happens in the brain? The researcher will share with us this and other information about how our brains work!
R&D Unit: CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Marie Luise Carolina Bartz
Title of talk: Soil: the unknown universe beneath our feet!
Description: Highlighting the importance of caring for, conserving and protecting our soils and the organisms that live in them, since they are responsible for sustaining life on Earth, are the objectives of the researcher!
R&D Unit: CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet
Natalia Sofia Mota Ferreira
Title of the talk: The influence of shot peening on the fatigue resistance of aeronautical components
Description: Almost all of us have certainly been on the safest form of transportation: the plane! When we board an aircraft and sit down to travel, do we ever think about the work that precedes this simple task? Flight safety is the main activity we focus on when we develop technologies to increase the fatigue resistance of aircraft components in a flight cycle (take-off, flight and landing). Shot peening is a treatment that relieves the residual stresses accumulated in this flight cycle and thus increases this safety!
R&D Unit: CEMMPRE – Centre for Mechanical Enginnering, Materials and Processes
Susana Cláudia de Freitas Rodrigues Gonçalves
Title of talk: How and why should we record the diversity of mushrooms around us?
Description: Share the importance of recording the diversity of fungi around us and invite participation in the Mushrooms in the City project, through which we can all contribute.
R&D Unit: CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet
Teresa Sofia Seara Sevivas
Title of the talk: Climbing the mountain in high heels
Description: Sharing the difficulty of doing clinical research for "love of the shirt", how difficult it is in the medical world to want to do things for the first time, the inner strength that moves us when we are told no.