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Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

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Sarela Garcia-Santamarina @sarsarela.bsky.social · Aug 12

We’re hiring a Postdoc in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics!

Help us decode microbial metabolism and its impact on human health @leibniz-hki.de , Jena 🇩🇪

🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Gut Microbiome Host Interactions at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

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Sarela Garcia-Santamarina @sarsarela.bsky.social · Aug 12

We’re hiring a Postdoc on Gut Microbiome–Host Interactions @leibniz-hki.de, Jena 🇩🇪

You'll create organ-on-chip models to study how microbes mediate host responses to xenobiotics

jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Stellenangebot Technische*r Assistent*in (m/w/div) bei Leibniz HKI Jobportal

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Sarela Garcia-Santamarina @sarsarela.bsky.social · Aug 12

Join our Deep Microbiome Metabolomics team as a Technician!

Work with LC/MS & ICP-MS in a cutting-edge microbiome lab @leibniz-hki.de

- CTA/chemical lab tech or BSc in chemistry/biochemistry
- LC/MS experience
- English

🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Technis...

#LabJobs #Technician #Metabolomics #LCMS

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Feb 6

🎉 ITQB & #MPS_NOVA Mentoring Program – Strategies for Mentees Workshop 🎉
Today, our mentees gathered at ITQB NOVA for an interactive workshop led by Raquel Oliveira, focusing on the power of mentoring, effective engagement strategies, and self-monitoring.
#MentoringProgram #EUTwinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Feb 4

ITQB NOVA & MPS_NOVA Mentoring Program Launches!
The ITQB NOVA Mentoring Program, supported by the #MPS_NOVA Twinning project, is now underway! This edition connects 18 Mentees with experienced Mentors from research, academia, industry, and scientific publishing across Europe. #Mentoring #EuTwinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Mar 5

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Mar 19

💡 Can we reproduce human physiology in a space as small as a chip? 🧐🔬

This was the big question at our #MPS_NOVA stand during the #ITQBNOVA Open Day.

There will be more events soon! 👋

#MissionScience #OrganOnChip #OpenDay #ScienceForAll

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Mar 24

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube!
🎙 Catarina Brito | Innate Immunocompetent Human 3D Cell Cultures for Preclinical Assessment of Advanced Therapeutics
🎙 Martin Raasch | How to Get Started with Organ-on-Chip
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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Apr 9

On April 2nd, Pedro Pedrosa, Head of Innovation at ITQB NOVA, visited the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin as part of the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project. The visit focused on learning from MDC’s Innovation Office to enhance innovation at UNL.
#Innovation #KnowledgeExchange

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · May 16

🎉 Exciting Launch: ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Labmeeting Series!
On March 17th, we kicked off the ITQB NOVA MPS_NOVA Twinning Exploratory Research Projects Labmeetings, a new initiative spotlighting the innovative early-stage research emerging from our vibrant community.
#MPS_NOVA #Twinning

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · May 16

🎉 We’re proud to see our hashtag#MPS_NOVA Twinning Conference Attendance Fellowship supporting young researchers at top international events!
Luana Macedo presented her work on extracellular vesicles in inter-organ communication at the ISEV 2025 Annual Meeting in Vienna.
#ISEV2025 #NMS #Innovation

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · May 16

🎥 A new MPS_NOVA Virtual Seminar is now on YouTube!

🎙️ Raquel Portela (ITQB NOVA) 📢 Modelling Bacterial Pneumonia Infection Dynamics in Lung-on-chip: A Comparative Study of Legionella pneumophila and Staphylococcus aureus.

#ITQB #MPS_NOVA #Research #Innovation

Minds Behind - Adrian Feile (University Hospital Jena, Germany)

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · Jul 1

Part 7 of our #MPS2025 interview series highlights Adrian Feile, a PhD student at University Hospital Jena. He explores how DPO-dependent quorum sensing affects Vibrio cholerae biofilm behavior in a 3D intestine-on-chip model --> zurl.co/WJraJ

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Adrian, a PhD Student at the University Hospital Jena in Germany. He has shown that DPO (3,5-...

Minds Behind - Daniela Marques (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · Jun 26

Part 6 of our #MPS2025 series: Meet Daniela Marques, PhD student at @NIMSB_NOVA, Portugal. She develops a microglia crosstalk MPS model of the blood-brain barrier to explore polyphenol metabolites' potential --> zurl.co/Ad5dv

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Daniela, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has d...

Minds Behind - Inês Silva (NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Portugal)

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Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · Jun 25

Part 5 of our #MPS2025 series highlights Inês Silva, a PhD student at NOVA Institute, Portugal. She developed a microphysiological method to study dopaminergic injury and inflammation in Parkinson’s disease. --> zurl.co/Ow9gg

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Inês, PhD Student at the NOVA Institute for Medical Systems Biology in Portugal. She has deve...

Minds Behind - Dr. Sarela Garcia Santamarina (ITQB NOVA, Portugal)

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎥 Dynamic42 GmbH interviewed Sarela García Santamarina, #MPS_NOVA Coordinator, during the recent MPS World Summit 2025.
Watch the video to hear her insights on the goals and achievements of the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project.

Dynamic42 @dynamic42.bsky.social · Jun 24

In part 4 of our #MPS2025 series, Dr. Sarela Garcia Santamarina (ITQB NOVA, Portugal) discusses the Horizon EU Twinning Project MPS_NOVA with Cláudia Santos (NOVA Medical School), focusing on chronic diseases & host-microbe interactions using organ-on-chip tech --> zurl.co/iC8gg

At the MPS World Summit 2025 we had the opportunity to speak to Dr. Sarela Garcia Santamarina, group leader at ITQB NOVA in Portugal and currently transitio...

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Maria Beatriz Felgueiras and Quélia Ribeiro from NOVA Medical School have been awarded a Staff Exchange on Methods to Characterize Stem Cells and Organoids at Max Delbrück Center as part of the MPS_NOVA Twinning project!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

On the 16th and 17th of June, #MPS_NOVA held its fifth training workshop — “Stem Cells, Organoids, and Methods to Characterize Them” — hosted by our partners at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔬✨ MPS_NOVA at the @Oeiras Valley Science Festival! ✨
On May 23, the MPS_NOVA Twinning Project joined the ITQB NOVA stand at the Oeiras Valley Science Festival in Taguspark — a true “laboratory-outside-the-laboratory” experience!

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

On May 26th we hosted the #MPS_NOVA training workshop on "Strategy in R&I Management", with facilitators from our partner institution, the Max Delbrück Center.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

📍 Collaboration in Action at ITQB NOVA
On May 26th, the MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from the Innovation and Funding Offices of the Max Delbrück Center, Dr. Nevine Shalaby and Dr. Seda Çöl Arslan, for a highly productive meeting.

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

🌟Join Us for the 4th Webinar of the #MPS_NOVA
On July 10th will feature two distinguished speakers at the forefront of advanced therapeutic development using organoids.
👉 Registration here: lnkd.in/dMKs5-Ku
📅 Registration Deadline: July 8th, 2025 (5 pm, WET)

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MPS_NOVA Twinning Project @mpsnova.bsky.social · Jul 7

The MPS_NOVA EU Twinning project is pleased to announce the successful completion of our first Staff Exchange “Reprogramming Somatic Cells into Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs)” — hosted by Giovanni Faga group at Human Technopole.