Symposium on Bioengineering

March 16th, Saturday

9:00Opening session

10:00Made in Bio

Álvaro Samagaio: The first years as a Bioengineer
Catarina Costa: What's next? From a Master's in Bioengineering to a PhD abroad
Rita Santos: Innovation - from academia to soft funding consultancy

11:30Coffee Break

12:00The Good, The Bad and The Cells

Anna Olsson: Replacement, Reduction and Refinement in research with animals
Darla Goeres: We can, but should we? A discussion on ethics and bioengineering
Tiago Marques: BreastXR: Revolutionizing Breast Cancer Surgery with AI and XR

13:30Lunch

14:30Curiosity Saved the Cat

Chong Li: Decoding Neurodevelopmental disorders through single-cell CRISPR Brain Organoid Screening
Inês d'Avila: Microgravity in Portugal
Sandra Cardoso: The Gut-Brain axis in parkinson's disease

16:00Coffee Break

16:30Speed Networking

17:00Baby Steps in Reproduction

Begoña Aran: Genome editing for the study of embryo development
Marcia Ferraz: Bioengineering the female reproductive tract for improved embryo production
Ramon Botigelli: In vitro gametogenesis from stem cells: recent advances, opportunities, and challenges to overcome

March 17th, Sunday

09:00Mind Matters

Federico Barban: Tales from the (closed) loop: studying the impact of electrical stimulation on brain injuries
Manuel João Pinto: From the lab to the operation room: how is modern neuroscience interrogating the brain?
Onur Parlak: Wearable biosensors from lab to life

10:30Coffee Break

11:00Speed Networking

11:30Nature's Cleanup Crew

Ana Paula Mucha: Bioremediation of pollutants in marine environments
Paula Alvarenga: The role of waste-derived amendments in the phytostabilization of soils contaminated by mining activities
Virginia Echavarri-Bravo: Bioseparation of critical and valuable metals from spent Lithium-ion batteries

13:00Lunch

14:00Science Under 5'

15:00Life Finds a Way

Cátia Santos-Pereira: Bioprospection of biosurfactants from hypersaline environments
Sandra Pucciarelli: Adaptation strategies and biotechnological applications of Atarctic bacteria
Sudhakar Rajulu: Ergonomic assessments of designs: need for population analysis-fit, accommodation, comfort and performance

16:30Coffee Break

17:00Speed Networking

17:30State of the Art

Catarina Pinheiro: BioArt: Exploring the Intersection of Art and Biology
Catarina Pombo Nabais: Bioart: the case of technological tattoos
Marta Menezes: Art and Immunology: a lifelong loving relationship

19:00Closing session